Wallis Bird is an Irish musician residing in Berlin. She has released six studio albums, including ‘Architect’ in 2014, and Home in 2016. She performed at the Eurosonic Festival in 2012, when Ireland was the Spotlight Country, and has worked with numerous musicians on various projects.
Luise Volkmann is a German jazz and improvisation musician and composer. She has played with Devin Gray, Satoko Fujii, Xu Fengxia, Moritz Sembritzki, and Natsuki Tamura, among others. As a bandleader, she founded small bands such as Konglomerat and also large ensembles in Germany and France. Her newest large ensemble is Ete Large, featuring herself and a dozen musicians.
Ete Large, under the direction of Volkmann, has released an EP featuring two beautifully contrasting tracks, featuring Wallis’s vocals, pragmatically titled Ete Large and Wallis Bird. Volkmann is delighted to have worked with Wallis and calls it a beautiful cooperation. The first track on the EP is ‘Chorale, my quiet Pal’. It is an atmospheric, gentle number, featuring Wallis’s superb vocals, which are wonderfully suited to this music. She transitions from beautifully pitched melody to keening, emotive phrasing, and the backing of deep brass and woodwinds adds atmosphere and nuance to the vocal lines.
The second track is a complete contrast. ‘Their Quotes and How They Twist Them,’ and Wallis shines here with beautifully told stories about living with people and having to listen to them as they talk about different things, twisting what is said. The ensemble orchestration is creative and supportive, enhancing the beauty of the lyrics and harmony of the vocals.
If you want to know more about Ete Large, the links below are highly recommended.
Two contrasting tracks of superb quality.
Bandcamp: https://luisevolkmann.bandcamp.com/music
Wallis EP : https://luisevolkmann.bandcamp.com/album/t-large-and-wallis-bird
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