Label: AMIGA – 8 50 041 (Series: Amiga Jazz)
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue
Country: German Democratic Republic (GDR); Released: 1980
Style: Hard Bop, Free Jazz
Recorded at Walldorf Tonstudio Frankfurt, 6 and 7 Jun 1964
Photography By [Liner Foto] – Mara
Eggert
Producer - Horst
Lippmann
Liner Notes By – Karlheinz Drechsel
Written-By – Albert Mangelsdorff (tracks:
A1 to A4, B2, B4), Heinz Sauer (tracks: B1), Ravi Shankar (tracks: B3)
Albert Mangelsdorff had just completed a long
concert tour in Asia prior to this recording session in Frankfurt, where he
documented many of the originals that he performed on the road.
A1 - Now Jazz Ramwong . . . 9:02
A2 - Sakura Waltz . . . 3:27
A3 - Blue Fanfare . . . 6:41
B1 - Three Jazz Moods . . . 6:13
B2 - Burungkaka . . . 3:28
B3 - Raknash . . . 4:42
B4 - Theme From Vietnam . . . 0:59
B5 - Es Sungen Drei Engel . . . 7:31
ALBERT MANGELSDORF – Trombone
GÜNTER KRONBERG – Alto
Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
HEINZ SAUER – Tenor
Saxophone, Soprano SaxophoneGÜNTER LENZ – Bass
ROLF HÜBNER – Drums, Percussion
Brilliant modern jazz from German trombonist Albert
Mangelsdorff – recording here in 1964, but sounding years ahead of his time,
with an amazing a blend of jazz and Asian styles! The album's one of
Mangelsdorff's best ever – a set of rhythmic tunes that seem clearly informed by
the work of Ornette and Joe Harriott, but also based along eastern themes
picked up by the group on a tour of the Orient – and performed by a sharp-edged
quintet that includes Heinz Sauer on tenor and soprano sax, Günter Kronberg on
alto, Günter Lenz on bass, and Ralph Hübner on drums. There's some nice traces
of MPS/Saba modal and Jazz Meets the World styles – and overall, the rhythmic
pulse keeps things from getting as free and out as on Mangelsdorff's 70s sides
– really soaring, but never too far out – and always with a cool exotic groove.
The whole thing's great – instantly striking, and always a treasure – and titles
include "Sakura Waltz", "Now Jazz Ramwong",
"Raknash", "Theme From Vietnam", and
"Burungkaka".
_ By KEN DRYDEN
If you find it, buy this album!
