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Jazz Stories: A Photo History George Gruntz (June 24, 1932, Basel – January 10, 2013, Basel) conducting at soundcheck for ndr Big Band, Bern casino, switzerland, october 1995. Gruntz soundchecks for larger groupings usually involved some rehearsallike run-throughs, and this was no exception, possibly including guests dino saluzzi and/or erika stucky, who both shone in the concert. This was a sort of society gig for George, in his nation’s capital, with plenty of dignitaries in the audience, unto even the papal nuncio. published as frontispiece in his autobiography als weisser neger geboren (corvus verlag, 2002) and in my 2008 jazz calendiary (jazzprezzo, 2007). 76 | CadenCe Magazine | april May June 2013 Photo Credit: ©2012 by Patrick Hinely, Work/Play®
Jazz Stories: A Photo History including, blessedly, english, but his preferred language was always music. While he is likely to be most remembered as an arranger and bandleader, he usually played more than just ‘arranger’s piano’ with his cjB, and his smaller-ensemble recordings contain many delights. To cite influences, one could say his playing style encompassed the compelling drive of Bud powell and the sheer joy of vince Guaraldi, while his compositions embodied the modernism of Kurt Weill and the dramatic swing of George Gershwin. Though this doesn’t locate him fully or precisely, it gives some idea of his breadth and depth. Whether for his own tunes or those of cjB members, he composed and arranged with charts and parts designed, a la duke ellington, another of his inspirations, for specific players. and what specific players they were. it would probably be shorter to list those from the top drawers of europe and the usa who didn’t play in the cjB than those who did. To name a few: saxophonists dexter Gordon, lee Konitz, charlie mariano, joe henderson and Bennie Wallace; trumpeters Benny Bailey, Kenny Wheeler, enrico rava, franco ambrosetti and jack Walrath; on drums, elvin jones, daniel humair, paul motian, peter erskine and adam nussbaum. a complete listing can be found at: www.georgegruntz.com/index.php/de/geor-gruntz-concert-jazzband/musiker. elsewhere on that same site can be found a complete discography. The listing that follows is my own favorite dozen George Gruntz recordings: anniversarY, by flavio ambrosetti (enja 9027, 2-cd, 1996). Gruntz is heard with his cjB co-founder on radio lugano recordings dating from 1959 to 1976, and his growth from journeyman to stylist is prodigious. The chops just don’t stop, and while you could find plenty of more radical examples of the liberation of european jazz from american domination, that gradual process of self-realization can be heard evolving here, gloriously. menTal cruelTY: The 1960 jaZZ soundTracK, by George Gruntz (atavistic ums/alp238, 2012). This latter-day film-noir score was Gruntz’s first recording session as a bandleader, with his sextet’s roster presaging the high-profile selectivity of cjB. While he’d already worked with Barney Wilen, he hadn’t with Kenny clarke, at first, George’s charts stumped the drummer, but Klook quickly picked up on 3/4 time, which was evidently new to him. sT. peTer poWer, by George Gruntz (mps 15186, 1968). of the many obscure gems in the mps catalogue, this trio recording with bassist eberhard Weber and drummer daniel humair is among the most grievously overdue for reissue on cd. recorded in a church in the Black forest, Gruntz is playing its organ, with repertoire ranging from jazz standards to Gershwin, ornette coleman – and carla Bley. sweetly out there, with just enough edge. it’s probably available unofficially somewhere on the web (isn’t everything?) aT The monTreuX jaZZ fesTival, by phil Woods (verve 440 065 512, 2003). recorded at the 1969 festival (two days before les mccann and eddie harris’ sWiss movemenT, another perpetual cooker), Gruntz teams again with 77 | CadenCe Magazine | april May June 2013
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