ERICH KLEINSCHUSTER SEXTETT ‎– Erich Kleinschuster Sextett (2LP-1972)

Label: MPS Records/BASF – 29 21356-0

Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: Germany / Released: 1972

Style: Free Jazz, Post Bop, Modal

Recorded Live of 9.1.1971 to 18.10.1971  in the Vienna Amerika-Haus.

Design [Cover] – Gerhard Burczik

Photography By – Lui Dimanche

Engineer [Tontechnik] – Ernst Neuspiel

Producer, Liner Notes [German, English - Mallindi, Kenya, January 17, 1972] – André Heller

Recording Supervisor [Aufnahmeleitung] – Paul Polansky

Matrix / Runout (Seite A, 1. Platte): A-1089 A1/C3A Made In Germany

Matrix / Runout (Seite B, 1. Platte): A-1089 B1/C3A Made In Germany

Matrix / Runout (Seite C, 2. Platte): A-1090 A1/C3A Made In Germany

Matrix / Runout (Seite D, 2. Platte): A-1090 B1/C3A Made In Germany

A  -  VLGM - Very Little Green Man ..................................................................... 18:42

B1 - English Garden Walk ................................................................................... 10:25

B2 - To Mr. Parikh ................................................................................................ 10:15

C1 - Confab ........................................................................................................... 9:05

C2 - "S" ............................................................................................................... 13:43

D1 - Sunshine In Raindrops .................................................................................. 5:10

D2 - Erwägung ...................................................................................................... 5:40

D3 - Backsliders Hambone ................................................................................... 8:33

Musicians:

Erich Kleinschuster – trombone

Leszek Zadlo – alto / soprano / tenor saxophone (tracks: A, B1, B2, C2)

Hans Salomon – alto / tenor saxophone (tracks: C1, D1 to D3)

Art Farmer – trumpet / flugelhorn (tracks: D1 to D3)

Fritz Pauer – piano / electric piano

Adelhard Roidinger – bass (tracks: A, B1, B2, C2)

Rudolf Hansen – bass (tracks: C1, D1 to D3)

Erich Bachträgl – drums / percussion

Fritz Ozmec – percussion(tracks: A, B1, B2, C2)

For more than 50 years Erich Kleinschuster, the native of Graz has not only characterized the history of jazz in Austria as a soloist, composer, arranger and bandleader, it already as a longtime director of the ORF entertainment music / production department as well as a music teacher, he has decisively influenced subsequent music genres. A literary trombone - as Andre Heller once described his friend Erich Kleinschuster.

But first, the jazz professor was actually a doctor. As a professional jazz musician, he decided not to make a decision until 1958 when he was invited to the "International Youth Band" at the "Newport Jazz Festival". There he met jazz greats such as Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley and Louis Armstrong, with whom he even shared the stage.

In 1966, he founded the Erich Kleinschuster Sextet - and soon gained international recognition, not to mention his popularity in Austria. In 1971, Kleinschuster founded the "ORF Big Band", which he was responsible for 10 years. In 1969, he founded the Jazzinstitut at the Vienna Conservatory, in 1985 the jazz department at the Carinthian Conservatory, and in 1981 he was full professor at the Graz University of Performing Arts.

When it comes to providing jazz with the right value, Erich Kleinschuster is always at the forefront. After all, there is the audience - this has proved once again its successful festival "Jazzsommer Graz", and if he wants to retire as its director now, that does not mean that he wants to be quieter.   (Ö1 Morgenjournal)

Note:

This text comes from the year 2005, i.e. the master trombonist celebrated his 80th birthday.

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ALBERT MANGELSDORFF, J.F. JENNY-CLARK, RONALD SHANNON JACKSON – Albert Live In Montreux! (LP-1981)

Label: MPS Records ‎– 0068.261, MPS Records ‎– MPS 15572

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: Germany / Released: 1981

Style: Post Bop, Avant-garde Jazz

Recording Live at Casino Montreux, July 16, 1980, Switzerland.

Cover – Studio Icks

Photography By – Encore Photographics

Mixed By – Albert Mangelsdorff, J.E. Berendt, Paul Landsiedel

Mixing dates: Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 1980.

Producer – Joachim-Ernst Berendt

Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): 0703 900 S 1 0068 261 S1 3 20 A 1

Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): 0703 900 S 2 0068 261 S2 3 20 B 1

A1 - Dear Mr. Palmer ........................................................................................... 16:02

A2 - Mood Azur ..................................................................................................... 5:57

B1 - Stay On The Carpet ....................................................................................... 5:57

B2 - Rip Off .......................................................................................................... 16:08

Musicians:

Albert Mangelsdorff – trombone

J.F. Jenny-Clark – bass

Ronald Shannon Jackson – drums, percussion

Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff was considered a major innovator on his instrument, not just on the European free improvisation scene but also worldwide. He performed in a wide range of settings from solo to big band with some of the finest musicians of the era. On this live recording from the 1980 Montreux Jazz Festival, drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson and bassist J. F. Jenny-Clarke join him.

“Dear Mr. Palmer” starts off with bleats of brass and bass as the band joins together for some thoughtful interplay. Blasts of trombone build choppily unaccompanied in open space. The bass and drums begin to roil the music with thickly plucked bass and nimbler percussion making for a musical high wire act. Mangelsdorff again takes a solo section making eerie sounding noises before the entire trio takes the music out with a fast and hard conclusion. The length of the performance allows the group to fully explore the possibilities the trio format offers. There is a raw and forlorn sensibility to the leaders trombone on “Mood Azure” with high pitched bass and roiling drums setting an abstract foundation for the trombone to solo over. The music is kept under control, and flurries of faster playing strain at the leash in this moody and atmospheric performance. “Stay on the Carpet” opens with drums rolling and trombone stuttering, uttering high pitched streaks and streams of notes. Bass and drums join together to make for a powerful team and show that the group can turn on a dime and take their improvisation in unexpected directions. They can work in quiet whispers as well as moving dynamically to screaming louder passages. Mangelsdorff takes “Ripp Off” in his own direction, cleaving the open space with grumbling and sputtering trombone. He probes and explores the silence to see what possibilities lay there, adrift in space and time. There is a radical shift as the bass and drums move in and he even tips a sly wink to his forbears, adding a hint of swagger like he’s in a postmodern New Orleans parade. Both Jackson and Jenny-Clarke are afforded solo opportunities, which they take full advantage of before the trio ends their concert together to rousing applause.

(Review by Tim Niland)

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JOE HAIDER – Reconciliation (EGO Records – 4001 / LP-1974)

Label: EGO Records – 4001

Format: Vinyl, LP / Country: Germany / Released: 1974

Style: Contemporary Jazz

Recorded November 1974 at Connie's Studio in Neunkirchen.

Artwork By [Cover Design] – Kathy Fröhlicher

Photography – Josef Werkmeister

Engineer – Connie Plank

Crossover, published by KLAWEI-MUSIKVERLAG, Putzbrunn b München

Produced by Joe Haider

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped): ST 4001-A

Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped): ST 4001-B

A1 - Crossover .............................................................................................. 10:07

A2 - Spanish Groove ...................................................................................... 9:55

B1 - Mas De Serles ........................................................................................ 8:35

B2 - Magdalena .............................................................................................. 5:37

B3 - Reconciliation ......................................................................................... 5:35

Musicians:

Joe Haider – piano

Ack Van Rooyen – fluegelhorn

Andy Scherrer – tenor / soprano saxophone

Günter Lenz – bass

Todd Canedy – drums, percussion

The first big break as a professional musician, he received in 1965. At that time he was hired as a pianist and conductor of the house trio at the Munich jazz club "Domicile" and worked there during the following three years. Thus, he had the opportunity to play with many European and American jazz musicians.

During two years (1968-70) Haider conducted the Radio Jazz Ensemble des Bayerischen Rundfunks (7-10 musicians), for which he also composed, arranged and worked as a producer - a job that Haider has brought a lot of prestige. So he got a commission, among others, for the "Dürener Music Days", perform an original composition that was there awarded the third prize. These were to the work "Fate of a Child", written in memory of his daughter who died young.

The period 1970-1989 was marked by several innovations in career Joe Haider: With the Swiss jazz quartet "Four for Jazz" (Heinz Bigler, alto saxophone, Isla Eckinger, bass and Peter Giger, drums) we went both on tour and in the recording studio , Next, the pianist founded together with Eckinger and drummer Pierre Favre his own trio, toured and took plates under his own name. Then he formed together with the US trombonist Slide Hampton a Big Band, the "Slide Hampton / Joe Haider Orchestra", in which, inter alia, the trumpeter Benny Bailey and Idries Sulieman, the tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon and trombonist Bob Burgess participated. The band embarked on a major European tour and played a record one for the label MPS. Besides Haider played by Leszek Zadlo quartet in Poland, the Sal Nistico Quartet, with Benny Bailey Quintet with Nistico, Eckinger and drummer Billy Brooks and the Dusko Goykovich / Joe Haider Quintet, in which Roman Schwaller played tenor saxophone.

In 1984, Haider took over in addition to his teaching activity the post of Director of the "Swiss Jazz School" in Bern. In this oldest private and fully accredited Jazzschule Europe he remained until 1995, where he was awarded in 1994 by the government of the canton of Bern for his achievements in the field of music the "Big Culture Award". But still there was time for some part-time functions such as another grossorchestrales adventure that Joe Haider Orchestra featuring Mel Lewis. Also from this band, there is a disk recording, which received a Best Big Band Recording of the Year 1988 "German Record Prize".

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MUUN MUSIC UNIVERSE (Ing Rid / Karl Berger / Dave Holland and friends) – Vol. 1 - The Peace Church Concerts (2LP-1974)

Label: Creative Music Communication – CMC 00101

Series: CMC Series – 1

Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold / Country: US / Released: 1974

Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation

Recorded in concert on May 25 and May 22, 1974 at the Washington Square Church, New York City.

Recording Engineer By – Bob Cummins

Cover Design – Joan Eliott

Photographs – Ray Ross

Concept and written compositions by Karl H. Berger

Distributed in the USA – India Navigation Company

Matrix / Runout (Label side A) [etched]: A- 00101-1 A

Matrix / Runout (Label side B) [etched]: B- 00101-2 B

Matrix / Runout (Label side C) [etched]: C- 00101-1 C II

Matrix / Runout (Label side D) [etched]: D- 00101-2 D II

        SPACE IN TIME

A  -  Part I: Live Time ............................................................................................ 14:40

B  -  Part II: Dance Now Is We Are ....................................................................... 24:10

        SILENCE IN SOUND

C1 - Part I: The Continual Pattern ........................................................................ 14:35

C2 - Part II: Music Is .............................................................................................. 9:40

D  -  Part III: Tune In Time In ................................................................................ 22:10

Musicians:

Ing Rid – vocals, percussion

Karl Berger – piano, vibraphone, percussion

Dave Holland – bass

Richard Teitelbaum – instruments [various], synthesizer

Bob Moses – percussion (tracks: A, B)

Betty MacDonald – violin (tracks: A, B)

Garrett List – trombone (tracks: C1, C2, D)

Ilene Marder – flute (tracks. A, B)

Tom Schmidt – bass (tracks. A, B)

Eva Berger and Savia Berger – voice, sounds [initial sounds] (tracks: A. B)

Very rare original 1974? US private pressing on Creative Music Communication (Woodstock NY) (catalog # CMC 00101 / CMC Series No. 1) recording from Washington Square Church (Peace Church) with original gatefold sleeve. This two record set was recorded by Bob Cummins and distributed by his India Navigation label, but was a production of the Creative Music Foundation.

This is wonderful work in spacy and spiritual atmosphere. It's never released on a CD.

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ROLF + JOACHIM KÜHN QUINTET – Transfiguration (LP-1967 - Re-LP-1972)

Label: MPS Records – CRM 637

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue / Country: W. Germany / Released: 1972

Original released: / SABA – SB 15 118 ST (LP-1967)

Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation

Recorded January 19, 1967 at Peter von Zahn Studio, Hamburg.

Design [Graphic Work], Layout [Lay-out] – Gigi Berendt

Painting [Cover] – Wojciech Fangor

Photography By – Josef Werkmeister, Maria Rehfuß-Oberländer

Engineer – Henning Rüte

Producer – Joachim E. Berendt

Comes in a gatefold-sleeve

Matrix / Runout (Side A): 599392 -A / SB 15 118 - A

Matrix / Runout (Side B): 599392- B / SB 15 118 – B

A1 - Transfiguration ....................................................................................... 13:48

A2 - Lunch Date .............................................................................................. 8:22

B1 - Solo Flights ............................................................................................ 12:30

B2 - But Strokes Of Folk ................................................................................. 9:00

Personnel:

Rolf Kühn – clarinet, bass clarinet

Joachim Kühn – piano

Karlhanns Berger – vibraphone

Bab Guérin – bass

Aldo Romano – drums, percussion

One of the best records ever cut by the brothers Rolf and Joachim Kühn – a beautiful set of modally influenced tracks that show the strong modernist tradition in European jazz of the 60s! The album's quite sharp-edged for MPS in the mid 60s – and Karl Berger's vibes join the clarinet of Rolf and piano of Joachim – with rhythm support from Beb Guerin on bass and Aldo Romano on drums – both players whose own sense of freedom really unlocks the main soloists! Berger's vibes add a nicely chromatic quality to the record – and the whole thing's relatively free overall – starting with modal impulses, but hardly rhythmic at all, given the way the drums and bass move as freely as the other instruments. Titles include "Lunch Date", "Transfiguration", "Solo Flights", and "But Strokes Of Folk". (Heavy red label MPS pressing, with deep groove!

(Dusty Groove, Inc.)

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ROLF KÜHN JAZZGROUP – Going To The Rainbow (BASF – CRC 008/LP-1971)

Label: BASF – CRC 008

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: W. Germany / Released: 1971

Style: Free Jazz, Contemporary Jazz

Recorded at the Cornet-Studios, Cologne on December 14/15, 1970.

Engineering Wolfgang Hirschmann

Produced by Klaus Lorenzen

Comes in a gatefold-sleeve

German Original Press. Red BASF labels.

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): A-0051 A-1 / CRC 008 A

Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): A-0051 B-1 / CRC 008 B

A1 - Houndhouse Rock .................................................................................. 4:50

A2 - Sad Ballade ............................................................................................ 3:39

A3 - T.C.B.  ..................................................................................................... 9:45

B1 - Going To The Rainbow ......................................................................... 12:55

B2 - Racing It Down ....................................................................................... 6:55

Musicians:

Rolf Kühn – clarinet

John Surman – baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, electric piano

Alan Skidmore – tenor saxophone

Joachim Kühn – piano, organ

Chick Corea – electric piano

Peter Warren – bass

Tony Oxley – drums, percussion

THE ROLF KUHN JAZZGROUP: "Going To The Rainbow" (BASF Records – CRC 008 / Gatefold Jacket / Rarity). Original 1971 high quality German pressing. Great free Improvisation with spiritual undertones influenced by Miles Davis. One of Kühn's timeless recordings for which he got assisted by heavy weights like John Surman, Alan Skidmore, Chick Corea and Tony Oxley. Absolutely stunning free improv with an addictive rolling groove that really puts the funky cat out there. Highest recommendation.

(Tiliqua Rec.)

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