WILLEM BREUKER KOLLEKTIEF – Willem Breuker Kollektief On Tour (1977)

Label: BV Haast Records – BVHAAST 020

Format: Vinyl, LP / Country: Netherlands / Released: 1977

Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation

Recorded live at Rouen-University, Rouen, France on March 3, 1977.

Concert Production – Gérard Terronès, Michel Jules

Photography By – John Prins

Recorded By – Guy Bunel, Marc Debeauvais

A1 - Husse I . . . 5:00

        (Tenor Saxophone [Solo] – Willem Breuker)

A2 - Antelope Cobbler . . . 11:27

         (Alto Sax [Solo] – Bob Driessen, Tenor Sax [Solo] – Maarten van Norden)

A3 - Brassquartet . . .1:32

A4 - Hullie & Zullie . . . 3:42

B1 - Waaht . . . 3:25

         (Trumpet [Solo] – Boy Raaymakers)

B2 - Potsdamer Stomp . . . 5:40

         (Tenor Sax [Solo] – Maarten van Norden, Trombone [Solo] – Bernard   Hunnekink)

B3 - Husse II . . . 2:33

         (French Horn [Solo] – Jan Wolff)

B4 - Husse III . . . 5:24

          (Trombone [Solo] – Willem van Manen)

B5 - Florida . . . 2:19

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet [E-flat] – Bob Driessen

Bass – Arjen Gorter

Composed By, Arranged By, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet [E-flat] – Willem Breuker

Drums – Rob Verdurmen

French Horn – Jan Wolff

Tenor Saxophone – Maarten van Norden

Trombone – Bernard Hunnekink

Trombone, Producer – Willem van Manen

Trumpet – Boy Raaymakers

Interesting photos of the band standing stiffly with their instruments around. (Photo: John Prins)

Jan Wolff, Rob Verdurmen, Willem van Manen, Maarten van Norden, Willem Breuker, Boy Raaymakers, Arjen Gorter, Lodewijk de Boer, Bernard Hummekink, Rob Driessen, Ronald Snijders.

Photo: Joop Souverijn

A live recording from Rouen, France, On Tour, representation of the Kollektief in the late '70s. Several of Breuker's regular touchstones are covered, including tight, rhythmic crowd-pleasers like "Hullie & Zullie" and "Florida," more expansive, jazzier pieces like "Antelope Cobbler," and bits of hilarity, here a mock country & western called "Potsdamer Stomp." the Kollektief always featured some of the finest soloists around and, among others, altoist Bob Driessen, trumpeter Boy Raaymakers, and trombonist Willem van Manen deliver the goods here.

_ By Brian Olewnick

(A slightly muffled recording quality), It's good, but not clear.

If you find it, buy this album!