UNDERKARL - MARATON

• underkarl: maraton
      (2001, cd, ger, private release) 

Underkarl is / was Sebastian Gramms's project.
Featuring Sebastian Gramms on double bass, Lömsch Lehman on reeds, Nils Wogram on trombone, Frank Windgold on guitar and Dirk-Peter Kölsch on drums, Underkarl released their first album in 1996.
Their third release, "Maraton", got recorded at the Jazzmarathon festival in Groningen, NL, in October 2000. It included a mash-up of 'Dancing Queen (Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson) / Caravan (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) / Eat That Question' (Frank Zappa)'.

Superb !!
The entire album is amazing. The mash-up with the Zappa track is just the icing on the cake.

This album was on my want list for quite a while...
Thanks again for this fine gift, J. !!