ULI GEISSENDOERFER - COLORS

COLORS was founded in 2011 by Uli Geissendoerfer as an amalgam of his two earlier Las Vegas projects RED, A Latin Jazz powerhouse sextet and BLUE, a World Music quartet to octet. It is geared towards spanning the globe of Jazz, with a special emphasis on vocalist Pascale Elia and her interplay with saxophonist Charles McNeal. Ryan Rose and Derek Jones complete the high-energy rhythm section. The group features many original compositions by Mr. Geissendoerfer and highly creative arrangements from various styles; from The Beatles to Sergio Mendez.

Pianist and composer Uli Geissendoerfer is a very creative and outstanding musician. Originally from Munich, Geissendoerfer’s life long musical journey contains a central theme of exploring rhythms and melodies across many styles of music, with a special emphasis on World, Jazz and improvisation. Uli’s deep understanding of various musical styles is demonstrated by the various musicians he has worked with: William Cepeda (awarded a Grammy nomination), Groove Collective, Giovanni Hidalgo, Tito Puente, Blood Sweat & Tears, Leslie Uggams, Cirque du Soleil, Kofo the Wonderman and Ute Lemper.

Uli’s current projects, also diverse in style and texture, include: Colors (a World Jazz Quintet), with their debut CD entitled, Colors, featuring Pascale Elia. The Beregovsky Project, a duo with violin virtuoso Alicia Svigals. Bangalore Breakdown, and an Indian World Jazz project featuring Premik Russell Tubbs. Premik and Uli just finished recording a Duo CD entitled Passport, which is due out in September. Uli has previously released two albums as a leader: The Extension and Transformation 9/11 (on the Caramella d’Oro label). The Extension features some of New York’s finest Latin Jazz artists and Transformation 9/11 is a highly emotional, completely improvised solo piano CD dealing with events and emotions of September 11.

As film composer, Uli has collaborated with Emmy nominated composer Steve Sandberg for the critically acclaimed short film, “Climbing Miss Sophie,” winner of the NYU film festival 2002, along with an invitation to Sundance Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival among other prestigious festivals worldwide. Bill Plympton’s new cartoon “Idiots and Angels” features three works of Uli’s and Nicole Renaud’s. Uli was awarded best sound design at the 48 hour film festival earlier this year and one of his and Nicole’s songs, “Red,” made it to the short list for the Oscars.

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