More info. Photos & dates. Videos. Abbreviations: see below
From 1989 to 1991, there was a proto Mhdb band called 'Mozart' (g, b, d). Then, in 1991, Mhdb were founded as a percussion group and also session band. This group or band tested out rock & jazz standards, German folksongs, and arias (1).
From 1992 to 1993, the Mhdb-related 'Scheik' trio (tbn, b, steeld-d) virtually processed this percussion & session stuff into various 5/4 adaptations without texts, for example: "Trophie" (mp3, 30 sec), a 5/4 adaptation of a jazz standard by Monk * * */Clarke, 'Epistrophy', and the prototype of the later Mhdb "BumerangTrophue" (mp3, 3:36 min, 2008-09; 30 sec: 2003, 1997). From 1993 to 1996, the 'Scheik' duo (sous, steeld-d) developed Mhdb prototype songs from the former Scheik trio adaptations, but still only in 5/4, and added the first self-composed song prototypes, for example: the prototype of the "KarlMarxShuffle" (mp3, 30 sec), 1996, without text.
In 1994 Mhdb became an experimental duo (voc-b, voc-steeld-d). This duo completed the prototype songs with absurd texts, that were influenced by: Stan & Ollie * *, Mrs. Miller *, Mozart, Joachim Ringelnatz, Karl Marx *, et al. *, and the music & culture of the global megacities and historical metropolises. Song example: "KarlMarxShuffle" (mp3, 30 sec), 1998, with text. From 1999 to 2005, Mhdb performed as an Avantgarde Jazz & Absurd Rock trio (g, voc-b, voc-steeld-d). This trio refined the former Mhdb duo repertory. For example again: "KarlMarxShuffle" (mp3, 30 sec), 2005, text.
Mhdb 2012: Barbara Nespethal (voc, recorders, key), Anton Cik (key, arr), Wolfgang Billmann * (voc, steeld, d); ...
- Dock 4, Zwischendeck, Kassel: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 20:00
- Theaterstuebchen, Kassel: Monday, June 25, 2012, 20:30 (on the occasion of kUNSTMEILE20zwoelf, June 2 - September 9, 2012)
- Dock 4, Kassel: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
- Several private events, Kassel
Since 2005, the Mhdb band (duo-quintet: voc, voc-steeld-d, playb-computer or key, ...) has been experimenting on the basis of this repertoire of about 40 songs in live sessions and also as a virtual and beginning e-jam band. 2008-2012: "KarlMarxShuffle" (mp3, 3:29 min), text; "Klopstock&Kumpels" (mp3, 3:12 min), instrumental; "Bambulete" (mp3, 4:42 min), free, a tribute to Bambulete.org; etc.
In 2010 Bambulete (d, d, computer, non-tonal Mhdb standards, Free Jazz, etc.) were established as the 7th Mhdb band. The "KarlMarxShuffle", for example, is played as a 5/4 percussion song: "CharliesShufflete" (mp3, 3:42 min), exceptionally a little bit tonally.
The Mhdb bands (approx. 1990-) have used their songs ('Mhdb standards') as a starting point for
permanent experiments, for example, with very different U.S.-European styles, but above all urban music, culture &
development of the global megacities and historical metropolises
(2). The Mhdb texts deal with absurd everyday life in modern
German history and, increasingly, global developmental differences in relation to the global megacities and historical metropolises. The texts are similar
to the spoken word or text collages, which constantly change, but in a much
slower tempo
than the accompanying music. There are English translations. Other languages and
the setting of the Mhdb texts to music may
be possible.
Mhdb 2012: videos: password via mhdb@mhdb.net
Mhdb rehearsal room: Bambulete, Kassel, Germany, February 2012
The Mhdb songs in detail (soundclick.com):
- Set 1:
01 "MozartHatDenBlues",
text, 6:55
02 "BumerangTrophue",
text, 3:36
03 "Moench&NonneBlues",
instrumental, 4:23
04 "FliegenMeiden",
text, 6:35
05 "WindbeutelBlues",
instrumental, 3/4, 3:45
06 "SchlaegePop",
text, 5:05
07 "Schuft",
instrumental, 2:59
08 "Zaehnelos",
text, 4:03
- Set 2:
09 "MeinerAnsichtNachBlues",
instrumental, 3:05
10 "FraeuleinAngst",
text, 5:39
11 "Fertigteigwalzer",
instrumental, 3:20
12 "FledermausBlues",
text, 3:30
13 "ImGrundeHarmlosWaltz",
instrumental, 3:19
14 "HalaliShuffle",
text, 3:51
15 "WasserfallBlues",
text, 4:55
16 "DanteDreher",
text, 3:28
17 "ClickSoundBoogie",
instrumental, 4:40
- Set 3:
18 "MozartBoogie",
text, 3:31
19 "KarlMarxShuffle",
text,
5/4, 3:29
20 "LillebrorLaendler",
instrumental, 3:23
21 "OsterhasenBlues",
text, 3:23
22 "KonfirmationsChacha",
instrumental, 3/4, 4:36
23 "ErnaehrungsSamba",
text, 5/4, 2:47
24 "WeisswuersteBop",
text, 3:07
25 "RunkelruebenSalsa",
text, 5/4, 4:21
26 "OpaIhmSeinLaden",
text, 7/4, 4:00
- Set 4:
27 "BezweifleEsHupf",
text, 5/4, 5:35
28 "MehlhutKHop",
text, 4:00
29 "BestandteileBossa",
instrumental, 5/4, 2:20
30 "DeutscherBauernkriegsBlues",
text, 6:43
31 "Klopstock&Kumpels",
instrumental, 5/4, 3:12
32 "ThomasMuentzerMambo",
text, 5:37
33 "SeppelSamba",
instrumental, 3/4, 2:50
34 "JoetheJump",
text, 6:35
- Set 5:
35 "DesVogelsTueckeTango",
text, 3:34
36 "Papa&MamaJive",
text, 4:17
37 "SchillerStomp",
instrumental, 5/4, 4:17
38 "Stan&OllieTango",
text, 5:30
39 "PolologieSause",
instrumental, 3/4, 4:05
40 "CancanDesMittelalters",
text, 6:11
41 "AdamRieseRag",
instrumental, 4:15
42 "GottesgeschoepfePolka",
text, 5/4, 4:02
- Extras:
43 "Bambulete", free,
birds-drums-Saturn-flute-voice, 4:42
T
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(1)
-1990: Bass Desires
(Marc Johnson, b / John Scofield, g / Bill Frisell, g / Peter Erskine, d) "Samurai
Hee-Haw", Billy Cobham (d)
* "Magic
- Reflections In The Clouds" & "Stratus",
Comedian Harmonists,
Donna Summer (voc) "Hot
Stuff"
*,
Elvin Jones
(d)
*,
James
Brown (voc) & Clyde Stubblefield (d) "I
Got The Feelin'",
Jerry Gonzalez (tp, cong)
& Fort Apache Band,
Jethro Tull, Jo Jo Gunne "Run
Run Run",
Joe Morello
(d)
*, Mozart,
Sounds Orchestral "Cast
Your Fate To The Wind"
*,
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones &
Charlie Watts (d) "Carol", The Who "Won't
Get Fooled Again"
*,
Thelonious Monk
(p)
*
*
*
"Off
Minor" / 'Misterioso'
& 'Thelonious
In Action',
V.S.0.P. The Quintet & Tony Williams (d)
"Birdlike", ... and of course Aretha Franklin (voc) "Since
You've Been Gone", ...
(2)
Influences:
#1 U.S./European styles
. 1787-2012: more than 300
pieces, for example,
Mozart "Sonata
Facile" 1788, Albert Ammons (p) "Boogie
Woogie Stomp" 1938, Charlie Parker (as) & Kenny Clarke (d)
"Groovin'
High" 1953, Sam Cooke (voc) "Shake"
1965, The Pissing Razors
& Eddy Garcia (d)
"Fork
Tongue"
2001,
etc
. 2010s (maybe the latest in drumming and/or
double bassdrum parts):
Five Finger Death Punch "The
Bleeding",
Maino (voc) featuring Roscoe Dash
(voc) "Let
It Fly",
OMG Girlz "Gucci
This", etc
. 2011-12: Mykko Montana (voc) featuring K.Camp (voc) "Do
it", Nickelback "Everything
I Wanna Do", OMG Girlz "Haterz", Robert
Glasper (p) &
Mos Def (voc), Rush "Headlong
Flight", The Offspring "Days
Go By", Waka Flocka Flame (voc) "Homies",
... ; Eva Baronsky 'Herr
Mozart wacht auf', ...
#2 Global megacities (street
scenes): Paris
(Europe, Wiki,
Dr & Perc)
...
New York
(America, Wiki,
Dr & Perc) ...
Tokyo
(Asia, Wiki,
Dr
& Perc) ...
Cairo
(Africa, Wiki,
Dr & Perc) ...
Sydney
(Australia/Oceania, Wiki,
Dr & Perc)
#3 Historical metropolises/centers (street scenes): Catal Huyuk
(Neolithic Period, Pre History,
Wiki,
Dr
& Perc) ...
Babylon
(Mesopotamia,
Wiki,
Dr
& Perc) ...
Athens
(Ancient Greece,
Wiki,
Dr
& Perc) ... Alexandria
(Hellenism,
Wiki,
Dr
& Perc) ...
Rome
(Roman Empire, Wiki,
Dr & Perc) ...
Lubeck
(Middle Ages,
Wiki,
Dr
& Perc) ...
Baghdad
(Islam, Wiki,
Dr
& Perc) ... Xian
(Ancient China,
Wiki,
Dr &
Perc) ...
Teotihuacan
(Ancient America,
Wiki,
Dr
& Perc) ...
(3)
Mhdb song history:
.
Absurd German text, approximate English translation: "KarlMarxShuffle"
text,
"BumerangTrophue"
text, ...
.
Chord types: C, C4, C4/6, C4/6/maj7, C4/7, C5-/7, C5-/maj7, C5-/5+,
C5-/5+/7, C5-/5+/maj7, C6, C6/maj7, Cmaj7, Cmaj7/11/13/(14), C7, C°, Cm5-/7,
...
.
Measures: 4/4, 8/8, 6/8, 3/4, 5/4,
...
Abbreviations / Abkuerzungen
. arr - arrangement / Arrangement
. as - alto saxophone / Altsaxophon
. b - bass / Bass
. C, C4, C4/6, ... - chord types: see chord books / Akkordtypen,
-symbole: siehe Akkordbuecher, Harmonielehren
. computer - computer / Computer
. cong
- conga / Conga
. d, dr -
drums / Schlagzeug
.
duo - duo / Duo
.
g - guitar / Gitarre
. key - keyboards / Keyboards, Tasteninstrumente
. mp3 - mp3 / MP3
. Mhdb = Mozart hat den blues = Mozart has the blues
. min - minute / Minute
. p - piano / Piano, Klavier
. perc - percussion
(without drums) / Perkussion, Schlaginstrumente (ohne Schlagzeug)
. playb - playback / Playback
. quintet - quintet / Quintett
. recorders - recorders / Blockfloeten
. sec - second / Sekunde
. sous - sousaphone / Sousaphon
. steeld - steel drum / Steeldrum
. tbn - trombone / Posaune
. tp
- trumpet
/ Trompete
. voc - vocals, voice, rap,
recitative texts / Gesang, Stimme, Rap, Sprechtexte
. Wiki -
Wikipedia / Wikipedia
.
4/4, 8/8, 6/8,
... - measures, time signatures: see drum instruction books /
Metren, Taktarten: siehe Schlagzeugschulen
German -
More info - Mozart had the Blues, extract 1,
2, 3 -
Mozart has the blues -
Contact... -
Mhdb - A-Z
