Label:
MPS/BASF Records – 2921752-3
Format:
2 × Vinyl, LP / Gatefold sleeve / Country: W. Germany / Released: 1973
Style:
Free Jazz, Modal, Free Improvisation
Recorded
in January 1973 at MPS Studio, Villingen, W. Germany.
Design
[Cover], Photography By – Bernhard Wetz
Photography
By [Liner Photos] – A.C. Besgaard, Anne Delmas, G. Hasenfratz, R. Kühn
Produced
by MPS-Records, Villingen
Matrix
/ Runout (Side A runout, etched): A 0666 121 S 1 / 2921752-3 -1
Matrix
/ Runout (Side B runout, etched): B 0666 121 S 2 / 2921752-3 -2
Matrix
/ Runout (Side C runout, etched): C 0666 122 S 1 / 2921752-3 -3
Matrix
/ Runout (Side D runout, etched): D 0666 122 S 2 / 2921752-3 -4
side
1
A1
- Brother Rolf .......................................................................................................
1:53
A2
- Byg Bridge .........................................................................................................
5:53
A3 - Amok .................................................................................................................
5:50
A4
- She's A Beauty
..................................................................................................
4:30
A5
- Spaced In
..........................................................................................................
4:28
side
2
B1
- Body And Soul
...................................................................................................
5:11
B2
- Phallic Dance
.....................................................................................................
6:03
B3 - Juxtaposition ......................................................................................................
3:46
B4
- All The Things You Are ......................................................................................
3:35
B5
- Paris '72 .............................................................................................................
0:58
side
3
C1
- This Way Out
.....................................................................................................
4:51
C2
- Do Dat Dudek ....................................................................................................
5:25
C3
- Sound Color One
...............................................................................................
2:00
C4
- Sound Color Two
...............................................................................................
1:16
C5
- Other Way Out
...................................................................................................
3:45
side
4
D - Unison
Union
..................................................................................................
20:25
Musicians:
Joachim
Kühn – piano, alto saxophone
Gerd
Dudek – tenor & soprano saxophone, flute
Peter
Warren – bass, cello
Daniel
Humair – drums, percussion
JOACHIM
KUHN "This Way Out" (1973 German, 16-track double LP on MPS, with red
labels and 2921752-3 catalogue prefix, front laminated gatefold sleeve with
0666 121 overstickered catalogue number. Stunning advanced Jazz here from a
label that putout some of the very best, forward thinking, and often glorious
sounding Fusion records of the seventies.
Joachim
Kühn is joined by Daniel Humair, one of Europe’s most celebrated drummers,
along with bassist/cellist Peter Warren, whose play has graced the albums of
such diverse greats as Clarla Bley and John Scofield. The impressionistic
miniature Brother Rolph serves as an introduction, the up-tempo Byg Bridge
spans over to the helter-skelter of Amok, while the well-named ballad She’s a
Beauty precedes the straight-ahead swing of Spaced In. Kühn tenders a personal
solo-rendering of the classic Body And Soul, then switches to alto sax on the
harsh, ritualistic Phallic Dance.
Juxtaposition
features contrasting solo and group dynamics, and the trio show their standards
chops on the medium-tempo All The Things You Are. The musical snapshot Paris 72
book-ends the 10 trio pieces. German saxophonist Gerd Dudek, whose playing
credentials include Carla Bley and Don Cherry, joins the trio on the next six
pieces. He takes up soprano on the Latin-like This Way Out, while he’s on tenor
and Kühn on alto with hell-bent free solos on Do Dat Dudek. Sound Color One and
Two are miniatures that explore the possibilities of musical textures. Other
Way Out is a free dialogue between piano and soprano, and Unison Union brings
the quartet together in a display of intuitive inspiration. 16 pieces of creative
brilliance.
If
you find it, buy this album!
