Phil Haynes

Brooklyn  —  Berlin

Brooklyn – Berlin,

which is which?

My first bridge,

1983

meeting Andreas Willers, then

1989

touring w/ Willers & Gebhard Ullmann’s

“Out To Lunch” [Nabel] .  .  .

Eurojazz w/ Brooklyn

Phil(s)!

Fast forward

several tours, past Gebhard’s first

“Basement Research” [Soul Note] .  .  .

1995

produces our collective

trio “Trad Corrosion” [Nabel]  .  .  .

A post Zorn, acoustic, hushed universe.

Back to Brooklyn,

1989

Andy Laster’s “Twirler” [Sound Aspects] .

Herb and I first meet, beginning our ritual duets.  .  .

True, free (dom), music, two

Zen  vessels  growing.

Zap past “4 Horns & What?” [Open Minds x 2] . . .

past Robertson’s “Certified” [JMT].  .  .

Herb’s no longer just of Brooklyn,

nor born only of New Jersey:

now, married expatriate living in Berlin,

1998

.

Must document “Ritual” [CIMP 222]  .  .  .

clarinets live in the Northcountry,

2000

too?

Thanks

Bob!

Which conception?

Brooklyn?

Berlin?

Perhaps our

past century has created just one:

lyrical; pointillistic; nuanced; democratic; worldly . . .

less self . . .         more organic . . .

spontaneously composed . . .

improvisation.

~Phil Haynes, June 2000