“Scattering Poems“ exquisitely combines the talents of two exceptional artists, Julia Hülsmann and Rebekka Bakken. They have chosen poems from by major US writer E.E. Cummings as the basis for the texts. Hülsmann found that Cummings' poetic pictorial world and his rhythmic feeling for language was already music. Thus, it was no problem to transform these poems into music.
Julia Hülsmann is a most remarkable pianist on the contemporary German jazz scene. Fully at ease with the jazz tradition, she is able to play with the building blocks of the music. With unerring taste, the pianist combines the most diverse influences: the impressionism of a Ravel, pop music from Sting, the jazz piano tradition from Monk to Hancock and beyond.
Her trio, which she formed in 1997, is considered by jazz enthusiasts to be one of the most subtle and distinctive bands in the German capital.
Rebekka Bakken, the Norwegian singer/songwriter met Hülsmann in New York. With her unique style, in which the influences of Joni Mitchell and Sidsel Endresen are discernable, her depth of feeling, and her stage presence, Bakken has assured herself a place in the front row of great contemporary jazz vocalists.
Tracks
01. Anyone...
02. The moon Is Hiding
03. Same Girl (Randy Newman)
04. The City Sleeps
05. Love Is More Thicker Than Forget
06. Tic Tic
07. The Wind Is A Lady
08. In Justspring
09. Maggie and Milly and Molly and May
10. A Thousand Years (Sting / Kipper)
JULIA HÜLSMANN piano
REBEKKA BAKKEN vocals
MARC MUELBAUER bass
HEINRICH KÖBBERLING drums (1) (2) (7) (8) (10)
RAINER WINCH drums (3) (4) (5) (6) (9)
All compositions by Julia Hülsmann (music) and E. E. Cummings (words) except (3) by Randy Newman and (10) by Sting / Kipper
Recorded February 2001 and May 2002 at Studio P2, Berlin.
ACT 9405 – 2 Germany