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| Sep 24, 2010 |
Music Is Love |
Schon Schön, Wien/A, 08:30 pm |
| Oct 02, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Kultur Glashaus, Baumgartenberg-Perg/A, 08:00 pm |
| Oct 07, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Café Museum, Passau/D, 08:00 pm |
| Oct 08, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Unterfahrt, München/D, 08:00 pm |
| Oct 09, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Jazz Podium, Bayreuth/D, 08:30 pm |
| Oct 15, 2010 |
Music Is Love |
Schon Schön, Wien/A, 08:30 pm |
| Oct 24, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler & Selen Gülün |
Tamirane, Istanbul/TR, 04:00 pm |
| Oct 29, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Nexus, Saalfelden/A, 08:00 pm |
| Nov 03, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Jazzmeile Thüringen im Mon Ami, Weimar/D, 08:00 pm |
| Nov 06, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Hummers Kultursalon, Sossmar/D, 08:00 pm |
| Nov 07, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Jazzfest Berlin, Berlin/D, 05:00 pm |
| Nov 11, 2010 |
Music Is Love |
Schon Schön, Wien/A, 08:30 pm |
| Nov 19, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Blumenhalle, St. Veit a.d. Glan/A, 08:00 pm |
| Nov 20, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Wengerwirt, Weng im Gesäuse/A, 08:00 pm |
| Nov 24, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen/D, 08:00 pm |
| Nov 25, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Sudhaus, Tübingen/D, 08:00 pm |
| Nov 26, 2010 |
Drechsler |
Radiokulturhaus, Wien/A, 08:00 pm |
| Dec 09, 2010 |
Music Is Love |
Schon Schön, Wien/A, 08:30 pm |
| Dec 11, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Allmeinde Commonground, Lech am Arlberg/A, 08:00 pm |
| Dec 12, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Eremitage, Schwaz/A, 08:00 pm |
| Dec 14, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Piec Art Jazz Club, Kraków/PL, 08:00 pm |
| Dec 15, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Piec Art Jazz Club, Kraków/PL, 08:00 pm |
| Dec 16, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Klub Powiekszenie, Warsaw/PL, 08:00 pm |
| Dec 17, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Blue Note, Poznán/PL, 08:00 pm |
| Dec 18, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Mózg, Bydgoszcz/PL, 09:00 pm |
| Dec 22, 2010 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Kammerlichtspiele, Klagenfurt/A, 08:00 pm |
| Jan 18, 2011 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Babü, Wolkersdorf/A, 08:00 pm |
| Mar 12, 2011 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Jazzclub Erfurt, Erfurt/D, 08:00 pm |
| Mar 13, 2011 |
Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet "Concinnity" |
Tempel, Karlsruhe/D, 08:00 pm |
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New Album out on october 15th!
Concinnity -------------------- Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartett
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Jul 26, 2010 Homepage Update!!! -- Once again the website has been enlarged and presents now a video featuring the song "Eternal" from the upcoming album "Concinnity", directed by Alexander Frohner and award-winning director Michael Pfeifenberger. Also a photo gallery with live & studio pictures and "making of" photographies from the video production is now online. Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------
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Jul 24, 2010 new pr partner for Germany, Switzerland & Austria -- Ulrich is happy to announce the cooperation with Marion Hoelczl who will be responsible for promotion & press relations in Germany, Switzerland & Austria. For details please check the "contact" menu. ------------------------------------------------
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Jul 24, 2010 Music Is Love! -- Beginning in october 2010 once a month Ulrich will perform at the beautiful "Schon Schön" bar with a new line-up. The event is called "Music Is Love". Please check the "projects" menu for details. http://www.schonschoen.at ------------------------------------------------
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Jul 06, 2010 new booking partner for France & Switzerland -- Ulrich is happy to announce the cooperation with a new booking partner for Switzerland & France. For details please check the "contact" menu. ------------------------------------------------
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Jul 06, 2010 future plans for autumn 2010 & spring 2011 -- Beside the new cello quartet Ulrich will focus for the next time on his favorite trio line-up: bass clarinet, piano and drums. After cultivating this format for a couple of years together with norwegian piano great Tord Gustavsen he has formed a new trio which will feature two rising stars of the young austrian jazz scene: Benny Omerzell on piano and Lukas König on drums. At the moment he is deeply involved in composing new material for the band and rehearsing it. In early spring 2011 the trio will record its debut album.
Ulrich also will do a lot more film music in the next two years. At the moment three new soundtracks are in planning. ------------------------------------------------
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Apr 22, 2010 "Todespolka" coming to the cinemas -- "Todespolka", the new movie by austrian director Michael Pfeifenberger will come to austrian cinemas on may 7th and in more european countries within the next months. Ulrich has composed, arranged and composed nearly the whole soundtrack together with Heimo Trixner on guitar, Patrick Zambonin on bass and Jörg Mikula on drums. http://www.pfeifenbergerfilm.com ------------------------------------------------
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Ulrich Drechsler - bass clarinet
Rina Kaçinari - cello
Christof Unterberger - cello
Jörg Mikula - drums/frame drum
latest release: "Concinnity" (2010, Enja Records)
"Concinnity" - the harmonic equilibrium between elegance and acuteness on one hand and emotion and intensity on the other, forms the base for Ulrich Drechsler's new album. All aspects being greatly significant in his music.
Additionally here, the unique, unusual instrumentation consisting of two celli, a bass clarinet and the drums, which stretches sound into new dimensions.
On the album "Concinnity" Ulrich Drechsler combines his scandinavian, oriental, classical and club music influences, which generates pure energy that contains the best of his music: catchy melodies, enormous soundlandscapes and unresistable rhythm.
As unique as the music is the musicians engaging in this quartet are one of a kind. Rina Kacinari, a native from Kosovo, communicates the whole power and passion of her country's music with her instrument, the cello. Contrasted by the elegant play of Christof Unterberger, Jörg Mikula completes the great experience with his complexity on the drums.
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Ulrich Drechsler - tenor saxophone/bass clarinet
Benny Omerzell - keyboards/rhodes
Patrick Zambonin - electric bass guitar
Joerg Mikula - drums
Zuzee - turntables
latest release: "The Big Easy" (2009, Cracked Anegg)
Drechsler is back with a new line-up and a new album "The Big Easy" in order to sound out the possibilities of so called Nu Jazz. After the success of the last album “Fortune Cookie” (2006), which serves up a tremendous mixture of varying styles and such energy that it doesn’t allow the listener to stay seated while listening, Drechlser is taking the next logical step and moving forward with "The Big Easy". Irresistible rhythms are what have always stood in the center of Drechlser’s original quartet line-up and musical concept, which merges acoustic and electronic music in order to create a unique form of danceable jazz. However, for the new quintet, which now includes keyboards and an electronic bass, a whole new world of possibilities has opened up. The mix of styles such as Hip-Hop, R&B, Drum'n'Bass, Funk & Soul, Jazz, Blues, Bossa Nova and World Music has remained unchanged; yet, now catchy melodies, harmonies and atmospheric sounds have been added to the recipe. Drechlser has become even more eclectic and exciting without losing its original aim: getting the audience up and dancing!
Ulrich Drechsler, who has returned to the bass clarinet on “The Big Easy” in addition to playing the tenor saxophone, has established himself as one of the most versatile and appealing musicians in the jazz scene. For the new Drechlser line-up, he invited the young, Austrian pianist/keyboarder Benny Omerzell to take part and help give the music totally new tonal and rhythmical facets. A further new band member is the Swiss electric bassist Patrick Zambonin, who represents the new foundation of sound. Jörg Mikula, the band’s drummer, is pretty well-known in the meantime - partially through his longstanding collaboration with Ulrich Drechsler in other diverse formations. Due to working intensely with a variety of ethnic music styles, Drechlser’s music has become even more rhythmic and varied and intriguing. And let’s not forget Zuzee, the gifted artist of the turntables and member of the DJ syndicate "Waxolutionists", whose scratching abilities still seek to be matched.
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Ulrich Drechsler - bass clarinet
Benny Omerzell or Tord Gustavsen (on request) - piano
Joerg Mikula - drums
latest release: "Humans & Places" (2006, Cracked Anegg)
"Touching gently, floating, slowly expanding this music finally seduces the listener with its memorizable melodies, the harmonious interplay and its unresistable calm."
With "Humans & Places" Ulrich Drechsler presents his own, very personal compositions.
"Humans & Places" is taking him back to his first and favorite instrument, the bass clarinet. Together with longtime compaignon drummer Jörg Mikula, furthermore pianist extraordinaire Tord Gustavsen from Norway, he put together a fantastic group. In Tord Gustavsen he found a partner who perfectly absorbs his ideas, processing them in his unmistakable, unique way. The piano player in the all austrian version of the trio is the exceptionally gifted Benny Omerzell.
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Ulrich Drechsler - bass clarinet
Heimo Trixner - guitar
Jörg Mikula - drums
latest release: "Daily Mysteries" (2007, Cracked Anegg)
The compositions in “Daily Mysteries” tell the stories of the small personal phenomena which occur to us every day, which every one of us lives in a different way and which we cannot explain.
The musicians’ inspiration comes from a universe of landscapes and atmospheres filled with sound; sometimes elegant, sometimes sharp but constantly with a balance and peacefulness, which is unbroken note in the entire album.
Together they emerge out of a variety of constantly changing forms of expression and ideas, building a fine net, from which a warm, unique sound comes into light.
Similarly to the music of the quartet with Tord Gustavsen, the melodies and their gentle motion play a dominant role. The distance to the “proper” rhythm-group, the unique interpretation of the bass clarinet, guitar und drums, as well as the absolute equilibrium of the instruments allow the musicians to move much more freely within the context. The music acquires an ascending atmospheric character.
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Ulrich Drechsler - tenor saxophone/bass clarinet
Manuel Mayr - bass
Lukas König - drums
In the terrific ambiance of the "Schon Schön" bar in Vienna (www.schon-schoen.at) I perform once a month together with two amazing young musicians:
Manuel Mayr on acoustic and electric bass and Lukas König on drums. We play music for relaxing and dancing. Sometimes we invite additional musicians to play with us.
The event is called "Music Is Love" because that's what music is all about!
Drechsler/Gülün/Mikula
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Ulrich Drechsler - bass clarinet
Selen Gülün - piano/voice
Jörg Mikula - drums/frame drum
An exciting trio project with turkish piano player/singer Selen Gülün. The music is a mix of Selen's and my tunes which are quite different from each other. Selen has a fantastic technique and plays real expressive while my playing is more athmospheric and focused on the sound. And Jörg is the mediator between us.
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Austrian director Michael Pfeifenberger has invited me to compose and produce music for his films. It's a complete new kind work for me, totally different from writing and performing in live contexts because you always have to take care that the music is not dominating the athmosphere but supports the pictures of the movie.
-- "Der Leinwandgeher" (2008) is a documentary about the famous carinthian writer Josef Winkler. For this movie a couple of songs of my Nu Jazz project Drechsler has been used.
-- "Todespolka" (2009) a real evil political satire. Together with Heimo Trixner (git), Patrick Zambonin (b) and Jörg Mikula (dr), we recorded the music live in the studio while watching the movie. So the soundtrack feels real natural.
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| Concinnity | Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet | 2010 |
| The Big Easy | Drechsler | 2009 |
| Daily Mysteries | Daily Mysteries Trio | 2007 |
| Fortune Cookie | Drechsler | 2006 |
| Humans & Places | Ulrich Drechsler Trio feat. Tord Gustavsen | 2006 |
| The Monk In All Of Us | Drechsler/Steger/Tanschek Trio feat. Lorenz Raab | 2004 |
| Radiosnacks | Café Drechsler | 2004 |
| Café Drechsler | Café Drechsler | 2002 |
| Nebensonnen | Poesis | 2001 |
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| 01 Eternal | (play) |
| 02 See With Your Ears, Hear With Your Eyes | (play) |
| 03 Soul Walk | (play) |
| 04 Our Source | (play) |
| 05 Living Now | (play) |
| 06 Dance If You Like To | (play) |
| 07 Common Ground | (play) |
| 08 Angel From The Past | (play) |
| 09 Don't Try To Understand Everything | (play) |
| 10 Trance | (play) |
| 11 A Love Affair | (play) |
Ulrich Drechsler: bass clarinet, Rina Kaçinari: cello,
Christof Unterberger: cello, Jörg Mikula: drums.
Recorded at Hornyphone Recording Studio, Wördern, 2009 by Dieter Herndl. Graphic design: Volkmar Weiss
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| 07 Velvet Golden Glimmer | (play) |
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| 09 An Emergent Classic | (play) |
| 10 Final Prayer | (play) |
Ulrich Drechsler: bass clarinet, Benny Omerzell: rhodes, keyboards, Patrick Zambonin: electric bass guitar, Jörg Mikula: drums, Zuzee: turntables
Recorded at Hornyphone Recording Studio, Vienna, 2009 by Dieter Herndl.
Graphic design: Katharina Haines
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| 01 Morning Ritual | (play) |
| 02 Always Feels Good | (play) |
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| 04 Learning By Doing | (play) |
| 05 Childishness | (play) |
| 06 5 To 8 | (play) |
| 07 Sweet Fruit | (play) |
| 08 The Same Welcome | (play) |
| 09 The Third Button | (play) |
| 10 A Twinkle In The Twilight | (play) |
| 11 Daily Mysteries | (play) |
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Ulrich Drechsler: bass clarinet, Heimo Trixner: guitar, Jörg Mikula: drums
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| 01 Zuzee' Zong | (play) |
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| 04 Low Interval Limit | (play) |
| 05 Fortune Cookie | (play) |
| 06 Listen! | (play) |
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| 08 Cool Down | (play) |
| 09 Autodrome | (play) |
| 10 Bollywood | (play) |
| 11 Pleasure-Lover | (play) |
| 12 This Is For You To Taste | (play) |
| 13 Drechsler Is Dancing | (play) |
| 14 Windbag | (play) |
| 15 Every Album Needs A Ballad | (play) |
| 16 R.S. | (play) |
| 17 One Way Ticket | (play) |
Ulrich Drechsler: tenor saxophone, contrabass clarinet, Oliver Steger: double bass, Jörg Mikula: drums, Zuzee: turntables Recorded at 4tune Studios, Vienna, 2006 by Martin Klebahn. Graphic design: Richard Barus
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| 01 For Andy, Dedicated To Desi | (play) |
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| 04 Where Time Stands Still | (play) |
| 05 O-S-K | (play) |
| 06 Serendipity | (play) |
| 07 First Step | (play) |
| 08 The Bosporus At Dawn | (play) |
| 09 Wombat’s Love Song | (play) |
| 10 Two Boys | (play) |
| 11 Where Breathing Starts | (play) |
Ulrich Drechsler: bass clarinet, Tord Gustavsen: piano, Oliver Steger: bass Jörg Mikula: drums, Peter Ponger: piano Recorded at 4tune Studios, Vienna, 2005 by Ulrich Goebel. Graphic design: Lichtwitz
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| 01 Criss Cross | (play) |
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| 06 San Francisco Holiday | (play) |
| 07 Bye-Ya | (play) |
| 08 Pannonica | (play) |
| 09 Evidence | |
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Ulrich Drechsler: bass-, contrabass clarinet, Lorenz Raab: trumpet, Oliver Steger: bass, Harry Tanschek: drums Recorded live at Porgy & Bess, Vienna, 2005 by Ulrich Goebel. Graphic design: Lichtwitz
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Ulrich Drechsler: tenorsaxophone, bassclarinet, Oliver Steger: bass, Alex Deutsch: drums Recorded at Innenhof Studios, Vienna, 2003/2004, by René Kornfeld. Graphic design: Lichtwitz
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09 Hang Over
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| 11 Gechillte Frechheit | |
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Ulrich Drechsler: tenorsaxophone, bassclarinet, Oliver Steger: bass, Alex Deutsch: drums Recorded at Feedback Studios, Vienna, 2002, by Reinhard Buchta. Graphic design: Lichtwitz
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Ulrich Drechsler: bass clarinet, Monika Dörfler: piano, Oliver Steger: bass, Ulrich Pesendorfer: drums Recorded at X-art Studios, Pinkafeld, 2000, by Jürgen Blaskovits. Graphic design: Richard Barus
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Music has the power to express all which words cannot describe.
It can mirror all the being entirely - the hear, the soul and the spirit of a person. All the more she should be as candid as possible.
(Ulrich Drechsler)
Ulrich Drechsler started playing the clarinet in the marching band of his hometown at the age of nine. In order to getting prepared for entering a classical conservatory he studied with a clarinet teacher of the operahouse in Stuttgart. At the age of sixteen he taught himself to the tenor saxophone, leading him to focus more on improvised music. Finally he decided to study jazz and moved to Austria. Between 1992 and 1998 he studied in Graz at the University of Arts.
Since 1999 Ulrich Drechsler is living in Vienna as a freelance composer and musician. He chose the bass clarinet as main instrument. The broad experiences made in his student years mirrors in his versatile projects.
Short after arriving in Vienna he founded the trio Café Drechsler with drummer Alex Deutsch and bassist Oliver Steger which caused international furore. Stilistic elements of various styles of music, like contemporary electronic music, melt into a completely improvised and acoustic context. For their third album the group received the austrian Amadeus Award in 2005.
In the quartet Poesis Ulrich Drechsler dedicates himself to classical music. 2001 the group released a completely new adaption of Franz Schubert's song cycle "Die Winterreise" for jazzquartet entiteled "Nebensonnen"
Ulrich Drechsler has a strong bond with the music of Thelonious Monk. He put together the group The Monk In All Of Us that committed itself fully to interpreting the musical oeuvre of this great genius of jazz history. With the exotic lineup bass-/contrabass clarinet, trumpet, double bass and drums the group travels on yet unknown paths through the compositions of the great pianist. Their debut album "The Monk In All Of Us" has been nominated for the prestigious Hans Koller Award in 2005.
The Ulrich Drechsler Quartet, founded in 2005, was his debut as a band leader. With this fantastic group, featuring longterm compagnions Oliver Steger, Jörg Mikula and the extraordinairy norwegian piano player Tord Gustavsen, Ulrich Drechsler presented his original compositions for the very first time. In Tord Gustavsen he found a partner who absorbs his ideas perfectly, processing them in his own unmistakeable unique way. The debut album "Humans & Places" got raving reviews both from audience and critics.
After six years of intense concert touring "Café Drechsler" was substituted by a new project: "Drechsler" is the name of the new quartet that is staffed - next to Ulrich Drechsler - with Oliver Steger and Jörg Mikula accompanied by the great Zuzee on the turntables. Although the sound is familiar - music for dancing, a blend of HipHop, drum'n'bass, Jazz, R&B, Bossa Nova etc. - due to the new cast a totally new, independent, contemporary sound emerged. The first album "Fortune Cookie" has been released in 2006.
In order to give his compositions new forms of expression, in 2007, together with guitarist Heimo Trixner and percussionist Jörg Mikula, he founded the "Daily Mysteries Trio" with the debut of the album "Daily Mysteries" in the same year. Similarly to the music of the quartet with Tord Gustavsen, the melodies and their gentle motion play a dominant role. The distance to the "proper" rhythm-group, the unique interpretation of the bass clarinet, guitar und drums, as well as the absolute equilibrium of the instruments allow the musicians to move much more freely within the context. The music acquires an ascending atmospheric character.
In 2009 Ulrich presented a new line-up of his Nu Jazz band "DRECHSLER" together with a new album entiteled "The Big Easy". With keyboarder Benny Omerzell from Austria and swiss bass player Patrick Zambonin together with the well-known drummer Jörg Mikula and DJ Zuzee the band sounds totally refreshed and renewed. Especially the keyboards give the music some complete new facets.
The same year Ulrich finished the work on his first movie soundtrack. Together with musicians from his different band projects he created nearly the complete music for the austrian movie "Todespolka", directed by Michael Pfeifenberger.
After nearly two years of prearrangement he presents his new quartet project in 2010. The idea was to combine two of his favorite instruments, the bass clarinet and the cello, to found a new sound. The band features a completely unique line-up: Ulrich on bass clarinet, Jörg Mikula on drums and frame drum and the two cellists extraordinaire Rina Kaçinari and Christof Unterberger. The debut album "Concinnity" of the new Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet will be released by famous german record label Enja.
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I play two Selmer bass clarinets model Privilège down to low C bought in 2005 and 2010. They have a beautiful warm sound, quite good intonation and they are very easy to control, perfect for playing very soft what I do a lot. The great canadian clarinet technician Morrie Backun has modified one of the original bells for me which I use on both clarinets. I can interchange now between my regular metal bell which is louder and Morrie Backun's wooden cocobolo bell which gives me more overtones and more warmth. The low C has much more resonance and sounds like a tone, not like noise and the balance over the whole range of the instruments works also better.
Then I own the Selmer rosewood contrabass clarinet model 28, a real eye catcher. A huge instrument with a tube length of nearly 3 meters. In the lower registers the sound is really animalistic while in the higher regions it sounds quite airy. Also the tuning of the instrument is very difficult. It's too big to take it with me on tour so I use it only in the studio for film music and on some of my recordings. You can hear it on the two albums “The Monk In All Of Us”; and “Fortune Cookie”.
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Because meanwhile I play the saxophone very few I decided to give my old Selmer Mark VI away and bought a Cannonball Big Bell Stone Series tenor saxophone with an iced black nickle and iced silver plated finish. It has a bigger bore and bell which gives the instrument a very huge sound. Although it's a new saxophone it has a lot of soul and personality like the old instruments.
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I use Morrie Backun mouthpieces on the bass clarinet, model “MoBa+”. I've tried a lot of different brands and types over the years but Backun products are really outstanding. The sound is brilliant and clear, the high and very high register is warm, the middle register has a lot of resonance (that's always a problem on the bass clarinet) and the low register has a beautiful bottom, full of overtones. The control is perfect and it's really easy to combine the different registers and to play big intervals.
On the contrabass clarinet you don't have many options concerning mouthpieces. I play a Clark W. Fobes mouthpiece model “San Francisco” which works very well for me.
My tenor saxophone mouthpiece is a vintage wooden Pomarico (refaced). It's a real beautiful one with a huge dynamic range and. I can play all kinds of music, from softest jazz ballads to drum'n'bass and HipHop.
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Gonzalez reeds from Argentina: for nearly fifteen years I had the same reed brand in use until one of my students brought me a Gonzalez reed. I was totally knocked out, from the first moment I had a better control and clearer sound. Especially on an instrument like the bass clarinet you really need a good reed for mastering the whole range of the instrument. I can highly recommend them.
I'm a ligature maniac. I've tested within the last ten years nearly every new ligature for the bass clarinet. Then I've found a little manufacturer in Athens/Greece, George Paraschos and his two sons, who're specialiced in constructing wooden necks and bocals for saxophones and bassons. One of their products is a wooden! ligature which is absolutely unique. The difficult registers on the bass clarinet are the so-called clarion register (a'-g'') and the high and very high register ( c'''-d''''') where the sound is normally very thin and sharp. With the Paraschos ligature the sound has much more volume and warmth. I also use it on the saxophone with the same results.
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This is always a difficult subject concerning the bass clarinet, especially in live situations. Over the years I've tested a lot of microphone setups with very different results. The best experiences I made by using two AKG C-414 B-XLS microphones. The sound is really natural so you feel really comfortable. When I'm on tour I always have them with me.
For the saxophone the non plus ultra microphone for me is the legendary ElectroVoice Re20.
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| Ulrich Drechsler Cello Quartet |
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| Daily Mysteries |
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| The Big Easy |
| Daily Mysteries |
| Fortune Cookie |
| Humans & Places |
| The Monk In All Of Us |
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| MICA |
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| Falter |
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| M* magazine |
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| Hallo Tulln |
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| Concerto |
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| Daily Mysteries Trio: Daily Mysteries |
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| Jazzzeit |
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| Kurier | A | Jan 2008 | German |
| Concerto | A | Dez 2007 | German |
| Mica | A | Nov 2007 | German |
| Lichtspiele | A | Nov 2007 | German |
| Falter | A | Oct 2007 | German |
| Oberösterreichische Nachrichten | A | Oct 2007 | German |
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| Leipziger Volkszeitung | D | Nov 2007 | German |
| Jazzthetik | D | Nov 2007 | German |
| City Pforzheim | D | Dec 2007 | German |
| Drehpunktkultur | A | Dec 2007 | German |
| Sonic | BRD | Nov 2007 | German |
| Westzeit | BRD | Nov 2007 | German |
| JazzThing | BRD | Oct 2007 | German |
| Concerto | A | Feb 2007 | German |
| Kulturdrehpunkt | A | Jan 2007 | German |
| Jazzzeit | A | Nov 2006 | German |
| Falter | A | Nov 2006 | German |
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| allaboutjazz.com | USA | Oct 2006 | English |
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| Tirolerin | A | Sep 2006 | German |
| Tønsberg Blad | NO | Sep 2006 | English |
| Side 2 – Nettavisen | NO | Sep 2006 | English |
| Jazzthing | BRD | Sep 2006 | German |
| Phono Forum & Stereo | BRD | Sep 2006 | German |
| Der Standard | A | Sep 2006 | German |
| Concerto | A | Jun 2006 | German |
| Music Manual | A | Jun 2006 | German |
| Lichtspiele | A | Jun 2006 | German |
| Kulturdrehpunkt | A | Jun 2006 | German |
| Wiener | A | Jun 2006 | German |
| Salzburger Monat | A | Jun 2006 | German |
| Maxima | A | Jun 2006 | German |
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| Falter | A | May 2006 | German |
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| www.enjarecords.com | I'm really proud that the renowned german jazz label Enja now releases my albums. |
| www.selmer.fr | My favorite clarinet maker. I use a Privilege bass clarinet and a contrabass clarinet model 28. |
| www.clarkwfobes.com | After searching for years the right mouthpieces I’ve found Clark Fobes in San Francisco. |
| www.crackedanegg.com | Cracked Anegg records has released most of my recordings. |
| www.mica.at | Music information Center Austria. |
| www.4tune.at | The studio where we recorded "Humans & Places" and "Fortune Cookie". |
| www.theflow.cc | Photographer Wolf-Dieter Grabner who makes great pictures of musicians. |
| www.cannonballmusic.com | My second tenor saxophone is a Cannonball horn, model Big Bell Stone Series. Great instrument!! |
| www.votruba-musik.at | The viennese music store where I buy my instruments and let them maintain. |
| www.ske-fond.at | Kulturförder-Fond der Austro Mechana. |
| www.francois-louis.com | Maker of wooden saxophone mouthpieces and great ligatures. |
| www.paraschos.gr | George Paraschos is one of the kindest persons I've ever met and a genius in making wooden necks and ligatures for woodwinds. |
| www.backunmusical.com | Morrie Backun has made an incredible beautiful wooden bass clarinet bell and his mouthpieces are just a dream. |
| www.jazzfoto.at | Markus Lackinger is the house photographer of the "Jazzit" jazz club in Salzburg/A. |
| www.gonzalezreeds.com | My new reed sponsor from Argentina, fantastic products. They have also a german website www.gonzalezreeds.de. |
| www.akg.com | With the famous C 414 microphone AKG has developed the solution for the bass clarinet. |
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| www.tordg.no | I love playing with Tord Gustavsen, a brilliant piano player from Norway. |
| www.monkzone.com | One of my musical idols is Thelonious Monk. I use to play his music with my band “The Monk In All of Us”. |
| www.myspace.com/ulrichdrechsler | Here you'll find unreleased music, pictures etc. |
| www.myspace.com/joergmikula | Phenomal drummer and long time collaborator. |
| www.waxos.com | Zuzee's is an incredible Dj, the Waxolutionists is his main project. |
| www.lorenzraab.at | Brilliant austrian trumpet player, part of our Thelonious Monk tribute project. |
| www.myspace.com/rinakacinari | Cello is one of my favorite instruments and Rina plays it so beautiful and soulful. |
| www.christofunterberger.com | Composer and cello player. |
| www.oliversteger.com | Great bass player and co-founder of the Cracked Anegg record label. |
| www.myspace.com/bennyomerzell | Benny, the wonderful piano and keyboard player of my trio. |
| www.patrickzambonin.com | Patrick plays a real big, fat electric bass guitar. I'm really pleased to have the opportunity to work with him. |
| www.selengulun.com | Selen Gülün, exceptionally gifted piano player and singer from Istanbul. |
| www.pfeifenbergerfilm.com | Michael Pfeifenberger is a beautiful person and fantastic director and it's a big pleasure for me to make the music for his movies. |
| www.myspace.com/drechsler | Here you can find additional music, photographies and infos for my Nu Jazz project Drechsler. |
| www.myspace.com/lukaskoenigdrums | Lukas, great drummer with big ears and a phantastic sense of sound and atmosphere. |
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