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David Ullmann

David Ullmann is a guitarist, composer, teacher, and lifelong New Yorker. A graduate of the New School Jazz program, he has performed extensively in and around New York City, including at CBGB’s, The Blue Note, Wetlands, The Knitting Factory, and 55 Bar. He has also performed at numerous festivals, including the JVC Jazz Festival, Artwallah, Sono Arts, and The Fringe Festival. His debut album, Hidden, was released in 2005: “Hidden is an exciting record that reflects restless creativity. Each track builds on the next and works to keep the listener on guard and engaged. This dynamism leads to a satisfying sense of taking a journey as the record plays.” (All About Jazz)

David also composes music for film, most recently completing the score for “The Happy House,” a feature filn by D.W. Young. David’s first film project, Atsushi Funahashi’s “Echoes,” was well received by critics and film festivals, winning three Jury and Audience Awards at Annonay International Film Festival in France and the High Hope Award at the Munich International Film Festival.

His second album Falling, will be released this summer, featuring all original compositions and a new group that includes Chris Dingman (vibes), Gary Wang (bass), Karel Ruzicka Jr. (sax), and Vinnie Sperrazza (drums). David is simultaneously working on two other albums. Stay tuned for details.

Beginning Fall 2012, David will be teaching guitar at John Jay College in Manhattan.

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Album Review

World Jazz Quintet: Live At QPAC Theatre

Read "Live At QPAC Theatre" reviewed by Troy Dostert


Although all the members of the World Jazz Quintet are New York-based, the group's name does evoke the global palette of its music. Led by pianist Francis Hon—who, on his trio outing Before Dawn (2018), worked within pop and classical idioms in addition to conventional jazz—the World Jazz Quintet incorporates traditional Asian folk musics and a good dose of funk-based fusion in achieving its synthesis of musical touchstones. The seven cuts on Live at QPAC Theatre are well-paced, ...

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Radio & Podcasts

David Ullmann talks Jazz Guitar

Read "David Ullmann talks Jazz Guitar" reviewed by Nick Davies


This week we talk to David Ullmann about his new album Sometime. We then mix up new releases and tracks from the archives with a special focus on the album of the week, Cycle by Rain Sultanov & Isfar Sarabski Playlist Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez “El Punta Cubano" from Duologue (Mack Avenue Records) 0:00 Alister Spence & Satoko Fujii Orchestra “Imagine Meeting You Here" from Imagine Meeting You Here (Alister Spence Music) 05:26 Chris Potter “Hold ...

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The David Ullmann 8: Corduroy

Read "Corduroy" reviewed by Dave Wayne


I have to admit to suffering a bit of cognitive dissonance upon listening to David Ullmann's Corduroy. Ullmann's original compositions, expertly played by an ensemble comprised of Brooklyn's top-drawer modern jazz talent, are ostensibly inspired by television themes from the 70s. For me, 70s television themes evoke gritty, urban sounds full of clavinet, fuzz-wah Rhodes, funky drums, thumping Fender bass, and blues-rock guitar. You know... like Mannix, Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, Barney Miller, Sanford and Son, and... well... you ...

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David Ullmann: Hidden

Read "Hidden" reviewed by Stephen Latessa


Like an ace pitcher, guitarist and composer David Ullmann keeps us on our toes with a wily array of different looks, angles and spins on Hidden. There is a sense of movement throughout the tracks, as if one were wandering through a city and passing through various neighborhoods. Tabla and Fender Rhodes are employed, along with more traditional instrumentation, to add subtle shifts and textures.

The title track opens the album with mad bass and skittering tabla lending ...

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Performance / Tour

David Ullmann Quartet at Detour

David Ullmann Quartet at Detour

Source: All About Jazz


“Guitarist David Ullmann presents his luminous compositions—glassily pretty but also rhythmically driving—at this CD-release gig for the new Falling. Rounding out the band are vibraphonist Chris Dingman, saxist Karel Ruzicka Jr., bassist Gary Wang and drummer Vinnie Sperrazza.”- Time Out New York

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From QPAC Theatre

Francis Hon Music
2020

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Corduroy

Little Sky Records
2014

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Falling

Wet Cash Records
2013

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Hidden

Wet Cash Records
2006

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Lorca

From: Hidden
By David Ullmann

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