Chicago Plan

DIGIPACK EDITION

More than 10 years of partnership between American trombonist, composer Steve Swell and German tenor saxophonist, bass clarinetist and composer Gebhard Ullmann after their successful first collaboration, The Ullmann/Swell Quartet featuring bassist Hill Greene and drum legend Barry Altschul continues now with a new version of the quartet featuring renowned Chicagoans, Michael Zerang, drums, percussion and Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello. This ensemble is appropriately named The Chicago Plan. The plan of course is to integrate the leaders’ fresh written material to inspire and be in the service of groundbreaking areas of improvisation that include world rhythms, universal textures and other worldly sound experiences.

PERSONNEL:

STEVE SWELL, trombone
GEBHARD ULLMANN, tenor sax, bass clarinet
FRED LONBERG-HOLM, cello, electronics
MICHAEL ZERANG, drums

Chicago, September 22nd, 2015

TRACKS:

01. Variations On A Master Plan (Part 3)
02. Composite #10
03. Variations On A Master Plan (Part 2)
04. Rule #1: Make Sure You Can Play Your Own Tune
05. Déjà Vu
06. For Henry