{"title":"Michael Mantler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Mantler is a renowned trumpeter and bandleader, hailing from Vienna, Austria. Born on August 10, 1943, he has made significant contributions to the world of music throughout his career. With a unique style and impressive talent, Mantler has established himself as an influential figure in the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a father and husband, Mantler's personal life has also played a role in shaping his musical journey. He is the proud father of *a275733* and was married to *a250037* from 1965 to 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMantler's work can be compared to other notable artists such as Carla Bley, Barre Phillips, John Surman, Marilyn Crispell, Collin Walcott, Louis Sclavis, Paul Bley, Edward Vesala, Jon Balke, The Carla Bley Band, Gary Peacock,Hugh Hopper,Terje Rypdal,Eberhard Weber ,Arild Andersen,Kenny Wheeler,Miroslav Vitous ,John Abercrombie,Gary Burton Quartet,and Enrico Rava. His unique sound and innovative approach make him a standout performer in the music industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"many-have-no-speech","title":"Many Have No Speech","description":"\u003cp\u003eReissue of Michael Mantler's 1988 WATT\/ECM album featuring Jack Bruce, Marianne Faithfull and Robert Wyatt on vocals. The Austro-American trumpeter Michael Mantler has been concerned with the reciprocal relationships between music and literary texts for years. He's set texts by Samuel Beckett (No Answer), Edward Goerey (The Hapless Child) and Harold Pinter (Silence) to music. In all of those recordings, Mantler used more traditional, smaller ensembles.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 'Many Have No Speech', he uses an orchestra for the first time. Here he set texts by Samuel Beckett, Philippe Soupault, and Ernst Meister to music. The work on this production took a year and a half: the recordings took place in London, New York, Boston and Copenhagen. This was due in no small part to Mantler's choice of singers; in addition to Jack Bruce and Robert Wyatt (with whom Mantler had worked on previous albums), Many Have No Speech also features Marianne Faithfull - another of those \"broken voices\" that Mantler holds in such high regard.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRarely does the translation from text to music succeed in what Michael Mantler accomplishes on this production: he finds a perfect unity of text and music, treating them as equals, not as one medium in the service of the other. In the music, the improvisational elements are reduced to a minimum in order to preserve the greatest possible coherence. The music reflects the tenor of the texts: extreme concentration and precision in the (musical) language, a brittleness that goes as far as abstraction, leaving enough room for the listener's own interpretation.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Bruce: voice \u003cbr\u003eMarianne Faithfull: voice \u003cbr\u003eRobert Wyatt: voice \u003cbr\u003eMichael Mantler: trumpet \u003cbr\u003eRick Fenn: guitar \u003cbr\u003eThe Danish Concert Radio Orchestra    \u003cbr\u003ePeder Kragerup: conductor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50406752518475,"sku":"2017804","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_a16418ec_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726590410"},{"product_id":"comment-c-est","title":"Comment C'Est","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeclaring that he is \"no longer able to ignore overwhelming and outrageous recent world events\", trumpeter and composer Michael Mantler leaves the world of abstract music behind to tackle a host of contemporary evils head-on in 'Comment c'est'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis texts for the album, sung by French-born singer Himiko Paganotti, respond to what he calls \"the all-pervading environment of hatred, greed and corruption.\" Comment c'est \"refers specifically and reacts strongly to recent events and concerns itself with a range of deadly serious subjects, such as war, terrorism, hostages, migration, poverty, fear and the exceedingly sorry state of the world in general.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersonnel: Himiko Paganotti (voice), Michael Mantler (trumpet), David Helbock (piano), Max Brand Ensemble, Christoph Cech (conductor) \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50464535544139,"sku":"1021934","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9c696cbd-0097-4ff9-b4e2-43ad12fcae28_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727276127"},{"product_id":"michael-mantler-concertos","title":"Michael Mantler: Concertos","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Austrian-born trumpeter's new album features an \"all star\" line-up ranging from Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason to legendary jazz trombone giant Roswell Rudd.  A new album by Michael Mantler is always an event, and Concertos is likewise special: it's the first album of new material by the trumpeter in eight years (since Hide And Seek, recorded 2000) and it features an exceptional line-up of soloists in the seven pieces. Besides Nick Mason and Roswell Rudd, the other star performers are Majella Stockhausen, new music pianist (and daughter of the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen); mallet percussion virtuoso Pedro Carneiro, who has recorded for ECM New Series with Erkki-Sven T??r; guitarist Bjarne Roup?, key member of Mantler's Chamber Music and Songs Ensemble; jazz tenorist Bob Rockwell, respected bandleader in his own right (who has also played with everyone from Thad Jones to Tito Puente); and Michael Mantler himself - playing excellent, exciting trumpet.   There's superb playing also by the Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin under the direction of Roland Kluttig. It is music that connects to Mantler's distinguished history with the Jazz Composer's Orchestra in the 1960s ? with the soloists now drawn from contemporary new music as well as jazz and rock, supported by a musically flexible classical chamber ensemble. Concertos was recorded in Berlin, New York and Pernes-les-Fontaines, between November 2007 and February 2008.  Personnel: Michael Mantler (trumpet), Bjarne Roup? 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