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Tales of Time

Greg Germann

Tales of Time

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Origin Records
UPC: 0805558282324
Catnr: ORIGIN 82823
Release date: 13 August 2021
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Label
Origin Records
UPC
0805558282324
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ORIGIN 82823
Release date
13 August 2021
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About the album

New York-based drummer/composer Greg Germann has spent the better part of the last two decades touring the world with Broadway shows, and then making his mark as a Telly Award-winning film composer, utilizing his background in classical percussion and jazz to guide his hand. With encouragement from an important mentor, drummer Clarence Penn, Greg turned his attention to documenting a collection of his wide-ranging compositions for modern jazz quartet. With Penn producing, they pulled together a group of supreme improvisors including saxophonist Donny McCaslin, pianist Luis Perdomo and bassist Yasushi Nakamura to tackle Germann's rhythmically expansive & melodically rich works. Recorded in November of 2020, the compositions present a dynamic view of life during the Covid-19 pandemic. From the relentless post-bop opener, “Rush Hour,” to the reflective “Quarantine,” Tales of Time is Germann’s calling card for jazz fans worldwide.
Der in New York lebende Schlagzeuger/Komponist Greg Germann hat den größten Teil der letzten zwei Jahrzehnte damit verbracht, mit Broadway-Shows durch die Welt zu touren und sich dann als Telly-Award-gekrönter Filmkomponist einen Namen zu machen, wobei ihm sein Hintergrund in klassischer Perkussion und Jazz die Hand geführt hat. Mit der Ermutigung durch einen wichtigen Mentor, den Schlagzeuger Clarence Penn, wandte Greg seine Aufmerksamkeit der Dokumentation einer Sammlung seiner weitreichenden Kompositionen für ein modernes Jazzquartett zu. Mit Penn als Produzent stellten sie eine Gruppe hervorragender Improvisatoren zusammen, darunter den Saxophonisten Donny McCaslin, den Pianisten Luis Perdomo und den Bassisten Yasushi Nakamura, um Germanns rhythmisch ausladende und melodisch reiche Werke in Angriff zu nehmen. Aufgenommen im November 2020, präsentieren die Kompositionen einen dynamischen Blick auf das Leben während der Covid-19-Pandemie. Vom unerbittlichen Post-Bop-Opener "Rush Hour" bis zum nachdenklichen "Quarantine" ist Tales of Time Germanns Visitenkarte für Jazzfans weltweit.


Artist(s)

Greg Germann (drums)

Greg Germann has been touring all around the world playing the drums for various touring productions for the past 15 years. He became one of the most respected and consistent performers. Some of these national tours included broadway shows like 'Wicked', 'Grease' and 'Finding Neverland' and even spent a year traveling with the Big Apple Circus. Over his career, he has performed with artists such as Ben Vereen, Sir Roland Hanna, Antonio Hart, Clifton Davis, John Davidson, Jimmy Heath, and Jeb Patton as well as many others.  Growing up in Deer Park, Long Island he studied with Bob Leto, who used to make him sit in at the local jazz club Sonny's Place often as a teenager. During his high school...
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Greg Germann has been touring all around the world playing the drums for various touring productions for the past 15 years. He became one of the most respected and consistent performers. Some of these national tours included broadway shows like "Wicked", "Grease" and "Finding Neverland" and even spent a year traveling with the Big Apple Circus. Over his career, he has performed with artists such as Ben Vereen, Sir Roland Hanna, Antonio Hart, Clifton Davis, John Davidson, Jimmy Heath, and Jeb Patton as well as many others. Growing up in Deer Park, Long Island he studied with Bob Leto, who used to make him sit in at the local jazz club Sonny's Place often as a teenager. During his high school years, he attended Manhattan School of music Prep division where he had invaluable experience playing in orchestras and learning more of the classical repertoire. He attended Queens college, where he studied classical percussion with Michael Lipsey, but also took initiative to study jazz with Clarence Penn, Alvester Garnett, Carl Allen and Tommy Igoe. He has been composing film scores for the past ten years. In 2014, He won a Telly award for "Use of Music" for the "Invaders Webseries". That path to film scoring started when Greg started playing with singer songwriters in New York City in the early 2000s. Often he would be involved with the creative process by having to decipher what groove is the best way to help keep a listener's interest in a song while still letting the music breathe. Soon after working with various projects, he realized that film scoring was just the next logical step. Back in 2015, after coming back to New York City after touring with "Wicked" the beginnings of the debut record "Tales of Time" were conceived . On November 1, 2020 that idea came to fruition with 11 of his original compositions being recorded. The concept of the album operates on a few levels. Time is the most important aspect of a drummer's playing, many of the songs incorporate different time signatures and each song tells a story. This record features Donny McCaslin (tenor sax) Luis Perdomo (piano), Yasushi Nakamura (bass), Chelsea Forgenie (vocals) and is being produced by his mentor and teacher Clarence Penn. This album conveys that he is more than just a sideman who can play a part in a Broadway pit, but can play a part in a Broadway pit, but also a bandleader and solo artist. The influences on this record range From Bach to Joe Henderson, to Radiohead. Most recently, Greg can be heard on the single "Stardust" by Cassandra Kubinski, which has just been nominated for a Grammy in October 2020.

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Composer(s)

Greg Germann (drums)

Greg Germann has been touring all around the world playing the drums for various touring productions for the past 15 years. He became one of the most respected and consistent performers. Some of these national tours included broadway shows like 'Wicked', 'Grease' and 'Finding Neverland' and even spent a year traveling with the Big Apple Circus. Over his career, he has performed with artists such as Ben Vereen, Sir Roland Hanna, Antonio Hart, Clifton Davis, John Davidson, Jimmy Heath, and Jeb Patton as well as many others.  Growing up in Deer Park, Long Island he studied with Bob Leto, who used to make him sit in at the local jazz club Sonny's Place often as a teenager. During his high school...
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Greg Germann has been touring all around the world playing the drums for various touring productions for the past 15 years. He became one of the most respected and consistent performers. Some of these national tours included broadway shows like "Wicked", "Grease" and "Finding Neverland" and even spent a year traveling with the Big Apple Circus. Over his career, he has performed with artists such as Ben Vereen, Sir Roland Hanna, Antonio Hart, Clifton Davis, John Davidson, Jimmy Heath, and Jeb Patton as well as many others. Growing up in Deer Park, Long Island he studied with Bob Leto, who used to make him sit in at the local jazz club Sonny's Place often as a teenager. During his high school years, he attended Manhattan School of music Prep division where he had invaluable experience playing in orchestras and learning more of the classical repertoire. He attended Queens college, where he studied classical percussion with Michael Lipsey, but also took initiative to study jazz with Clarence Penn, Alvester Garnett, Carl Allen and Tommy Igoe. He has been composing film scores for the past ten years. In 2014, He won a Telly award for "Use of Music" for the "Invaders Webseries". That path to film scoring started when Greg started playing with singer songwriters in New York City in the early 2000s. Often he would be involved with the creative process by having to decipher what groove is the best way to help keep a listener's interest in a song while still letting the music breathe. Soon after working with various projects, he realized that film scoring was just the next logical step. Back in 2015, after coming back to New York City after touring with "Wicked" the beginnings of the debut record "Tales of Time" were conceived . On November 1, 2020 that idea came to fruition with 11 of his original compositions being recorded. The concept of the album operates on a few levels. Time is the most important aspect of a drummer's playing, many of the songs incorporate different time signatures and each song tells a story. This record features Donny McCaslin (tenor sax) Luis Perdomo (piano), Yasushi Nakamura (bass), Chelsea Forgenie (vocals) and is being produced by his mentor and teacher Clarence Penn. This album conveys that he is more than just a sideman who can play a part in a Broadway pit, but can play a part in a Broadway pit, but also a bandleader and solo artist. The influences on this record range From Bach to Joe Henderson, to Radiohead. Most recently, Greg can be heard on the single "Stardust" by Cassandra Kubinski, which has just been nominated for a Grammy in October 2020.

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