Bernd Konrad

Bernd Konrad-Hans Koller Unit with Didier Lockwood: Phonolith

by Glenn Astarita
December 1, 2000

Phonolith is brought to you by the Germany-based, “Bernd Konrad-Hans Koller Unit” yet features a multinational cast of modern jazz notables appearing on selected tracks.

The title piece commences and finalizes this outing in two slightly different flavors, yet on “Phonolith 1”, violinist Didier Lockwood lends his expertise to a composition that launches with a blazing foray of harmonic splendor amid a revved up march-like motif of rapid unison choruses and linear interludes. Here, Lockwood is on fire and should ...