INCISIONI
 GOP
Siena Jazz Big Band - dal vivo - Conductor: Klaus Lessmann
1.New Orleans Bump (Jelly Roll Morton) 2.Birthday (Lennon/McCartney) 3.Perdido
(Juan Tizol) 4.(There is) No greater love (Jones/Symes) 5. Jessica (Richard
betts) 6. Bei Dir war es immer so schoen (Theo Mackeben) 7. The scene
(J. Zawinul/N.Adderley) 8. Love in five ( Klaus Lessmann) 9. Abstrutions
(Stanley Cowell) 10. Stevedore stomp ( Duke Ellington) 11. Waltz No.3
(Frédéric Chopin) 12.Paperology(Klaus Lessmann) 13.Clarinet
Lament(Duke Ellington/Barney Bigard)
GUEST: Karlheinz Miklin (as) in 'No greater love' - John
Ramsay (dr) in 'The scene', 'Love in five' e 'Abstrutions' - Renato Chicco
(p) in 'Waltz No. 3', 'Paperology' e 'Clarinet lament'
 Siena
Jazz Big Band - Conductor: Klaus Lessmann
ABSTRUTIONS
1.Unit 7 (Sam Jones) 2.Lentement,mademoiselle (Django Reinhardt) 3.Is
it really the same? (Keith Jarrett) 4. Mr. Walker (Wes Montgomery) 5.Frankie
and Johnny (Trad.) 6.Psycofarma (Franco Fabbrini) 7.Alligator crawl (
Thomas 'Fats' Waller) 8.Lonesome nights (Benny Carter) 9.Bem Bom (Barnabè,Renno,Gudim)
10. Movin'along (Wes Montgomery) 11. Abstrutions (Stanley Cowell) 12.KV
428 (Klaus Lessmann) 13. But not fom me - Tadd's Delight (Gershwin-Dameron)
14.Lotus Blossom (Billy Strayhorn) 15.Unit 7 ( Sam Jones)
Registrato presso la sede dell'associazione Siena Jazz i giorni 1 e 3
dicembre 2002 ed in occasione del concerto tenutosi l'11 dicembre 2002
presso il teatro dei Varii a Colle Val d'Elsa - Mixato presso lo studio
"Le Carrozze Records" in Siena da Vincezo Vanni - Foto di Giovanni
Terminio - Foto di copertina di Patrizia Cresti - In memoria di Gabriele
Salvatore.
Siena Jazz Big Band Abstrutions
Siena Jazz Records SJR 10803
 GOP
Siena Jazz Big Band - Conductor: Klaus Lessmann
1.The mooche (D.Ellington) 2. Stompy Jones (D.Ellington) 3.Big city blues
(D.Ellington) 4.Swingin' the blues(C.Basie)5.A tisket,a tasket (Feldman/
Fitzgerald) 6.Dusk(D.Ellington) 7.Tickle toe (L.Young) 8.All too soon
(D.Ellington) 9.Perdido (J.Tizol) 10.Tonight I shall sleep with a smile
on my face (D.Ellington) 11.The sticks (J.Adderley) 12.Hummin' (N.Adderley)
13.Jive Samba (N.Adderley) 14.Work Song (N.Adderley) 15.Sweet Emma (N.Adderley)
16.Walk Tall (Zawinul-Marrow-Rein) 17.I'm on my Way (N.Adderley jr.)
recorded 1999; le carrozze records order on line at: www.carrozze.it
This is the debut CD of this school based big band. The ensemble was
recorded in the afternoons to ensure that the ensemble was good enough
and the solos were added later. The director reminded me that it was an
amateur band and not to expect too much! In fact this is an enjoyable
CD featuring transcriptions of classic Ellington and Basie material by
the leader. ... It has a feel of the Cotton Club, some great reminders
of the music of the thirties and beyond. This is a laudable project and
deserves support. I know the next CD will be even better as the group
gain more experience of the discipline of recording.
http://www.j.r.killoch.btinternet.co.uk/amends.htm#gop
RECENSIONI
Der Burghausener Klaus Lessmann lebt seit 1986 in Siena, Italien. Warum
auch nicht, wer wuerde nicht gerne in Bella Italia leben? Dort ist er
als Musiklehrer, Buchautor und Big Band Leader taetig. Mit seiner Siena
Jazz Big Band war er nun im Studio. Ein herrliches Album ist dabei entstanden,
luftig, transparent und warm. Wie Bella Italia eben. Als waere geradezu
die italienische Lebensart in die Arrangements eingewoben worden. Auch
die Songauswahl ist etwas fuer sonnigere Gemueter: Django Reinhardt, der
fruehe Keith Jarrett, Wes Montgomery, Fats Waller, Benny Carter, Gershwin,
Billy Strayhorn, nebst einem einzigen Titel von Lessmann selbst und einem
von seinem Bassisten Franco Fabrini (sic!). Das Orchester agiert niemals
solistenbezogen.
Auch dann nicht, wenn der Leader zur Klarinette greift und den Ton angibt.
Nicht einmal drueckt einem das viele Blech gegen die Gehoergaenge. Wunderbar
inszeniert sind die Ausfluege in di Jazzhistorie. "Abstrutions"
ist locker und leicht, stets groovt es, swingt und immer ist Lessmanns
Big Band fuer eine ueberraschende Wendung gut. Toll.
Klaus D. Zeh (Jazzpodium)
Klaus Lessmann, nato a Burghausen (Germania), vive dal 1986 a Siena in
Italia.
Perché no, chi non vorrebbe vivere nella 'Bella Italia'? A Siena
lavora come insegnante di musica, autore di libri ed è il leader
della 'Siena jazz Big Band' con la quale ha recentemente realizzato un
lavoro in studio. Ne è nato un bellissimo CD, aeroso, trasparente
e caldo, appunto come la 'Bella Italia'.
E' come se negli arrangiamenti si percepisse il modo italiano di vivere.
Anche la scelta dei brani e degli autori è roba per anime assolate:
Django Reinhardt, il giovane Keith Jarrett, Wes Montgomery, Fats Waller,
Benny Carter, Gershwin, Billy Strayhorn insieme ad una composizione dello
stesso Lessmann e una del suo bassista Franco Fabbrini. L'orchestra è
sempre in tiro e non è mai esclusivamente al servizio del solista,
neanche quando il leader prende il clarinetto e guida la band. I tanti
ottoni presenti nell'organico non suonano mai troppo forte. Il viaggio
nella storia del Jazz è inscenato in questo cd in modo bellissimo.
All'ascolto 'Abstrutions' suona rilassato e leggero ma, nello stesso tempo,
c'è sempre groove, swing e la big band di Lessmann riesce sempre
a sorprendere l'ascoltatore. Notevole.
Klaus D. Zeh
Abstrutions is the second recording by Italy's Siena
Jazz Big Band, which was formed in 1994 as a part of the 'Associazone
Siena Jazz' school and now includes professional musicians as well as
students and amateurs. The band's earlier album, GOP, comprised of ten
songs associated with Duke Ellington and seven with Cannonball Adderley,
was given a lukewarm reception by this reviewer.The band stretches more
this time around, covering tunes by a diverse assortment of composers
from Django Reinhardt, Fats Waller, Benny Carter and Billy Strayhorn to
Keith Jarrett, Wes Montgomery, Stanley Cowell, Tadd Dameron
and others. There are two originals, 'Psycofarma' by bassist Franco Fabbrini,
and 'KV 428' by the band's director, Klaus Lessman. The album opens and
closes with brief renditions of Cannonball's theme, bassist Sam Jones's
'Unit 7'.
While there's no doubt that three years have made a difference in the
band's cohesion and prowess, there's also no doubt that this is basically
a college-level ensemble, even though an admirable one in many respects.
Brass and reeds
are usually on the mark, the rhythm section sharp and supportive, and
if the soloists aren't especially spellbinding they are at least respectable.
Lead trumpeter Maurizio Pasqui is a standout on 'KV 428' (recorded in
concert, with a minor stereo glitch in midstream), guitarist Diego Perugini
likewise on the two compositions by Montgomery, 'Mr. Walker' and 'Movin'
Along.'
Lessman is another of the soloists, unlimbering his clarinet on Reinhardt's
'Lentement, mademoiselle,' Carter's 'Lonesome Nights,' Strayhorn's 'Lotus
Blossom' (on which he excels) and 'But Not for Me/Tadd's Delight,' his
soprano sax on 'Bem Bom,' one of three vocals by Maria Laura Bigliazzi
who returns from GOP (the others are 'Frankie and Johnny' and 'But Not
for Me').
As before, Ms. Bigliazzi has her problems with the English language and
seems far more at ease on the Brazilian 'Bem Bom,' which she interprets
delightfully. In sum, a meaningful step forward for the Siena Jazz Big
Band, which continues to advance under Mr. Lessman's able guidance.
Jack Bowers
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?review_id=11489
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