THE WUPPERTAL WORKSHOP ENSEMBLE – The Family (LP-1982)

Label: FMP – FMP 0940

Format: Vinyl, LP; Country: Germany - Released: 1982

Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation

Recorded live on September 7th 1980, during the 8th Wuppertaler Free Jazz Workshop

Design by Peter Kowald

Photography By – Unknown Artist

Producer – Jost Gebers, Peter Kowald

Recorded By – Jost Gebers

A1 - Improvisation I (Charig/Rutherford/Poore/Brötzmann/Parker/

        Trovesi/Wachsmann/Van Hove/Kowald/Sommer) . . . 5:50

A2 - Fantale (Evan Parker) . . . 9:31

A3 - Bones and wishes (Phil Wachsmann) . . . 6:13

B1 - Improvisation II (Charig/Rutherford/Poore/Brötzmann/Parker/

        Trovesi/Wachsmann/Van Hove/Kowald/Sommer) . . . 10:05

B2 - The Family (Fred Van Hove) . . . 11:35

Marc Charig - trumpet, alto horn

Paul Rutherford - trombone, euphonium

Melvyn Poore - tuba

Peter Brötzmann - saxophones & clarinets

Evan Parker - soprano & tenor saxophone

Gianluigi Trovesi - saxophones & clarinets

Philip Wachsmann - violin

Fred Van Hove - piano

Peter Kowald - double bass

Günter Sommer - drums

This short-lived all-star assemblage of European talent only released one LP, and this is it! A large group that wears its size lightly, there is a lot of space for solos and smaller group work, while also allowing for some tremendously beautiful, all-in crescendos. And don't let the "workshop" of the title lead you astray: this is a band with a full understanding of the repertoire, and complete command of the material. Come join The Family!

DISCOGRAPHY: FMP Numbers (LP's, CD's & Singles), SAJ Numbers, Uhlklang:

http://www.fmp-label.de/fmplabel/discographie/fmpnumbers_en.html

If you find it, buy this album!