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".
If
you find it, buy this album!
