NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP NO.53 "MEET IN BERLIN!" (1967)

Jimmy Owens, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Åke Persson, trombone
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Eric Van Lier, bass trombone, tuba
Gerd Dudek, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Emil Mangelsdorff, alto saxophone, flute
Jan Konopasek, tenor & baritone saxophone, flute
Attila Zoller, guitar
Don Friedman, piano
Barre Phillips, bass
Stu Martin, drums, percussion
Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums

Disc 1
01. Meet in Berlin (A. Zoller) (first version) 4:32
Solos: Zoller, Emil Mangelsdorff (as), Owens, Dudek (ts), Friedman

02. Contrasts (D. Friedman) 5:07
Solos: Friedman, Persson, Konopasek (ts)

03. Flute Blues (A. Zoller) 7:07
Solos: Konopasek (fl), Emil Mangelsdorff (fl)

04. Dreambells (A. Zoller) 6:12
Solos: collective, Zoller, collective

05. Change 'Em Up (J. Owens) 7:42
Solos: Konopasek (ts), Albert Mangelsdorff, Zoller, Friedman

06. Three Times, One Theme (A. Mangelsdorff) 10:55
Solos: Albert Mangelsdorff, Konopasek (bs), Zoller

Disc 2
07. Alicia's Lullaby (A. Zoller) 8:08
Zoller, Phillips, Heath only. Solos: Zoller, Phillips

08. Danzig Suite (A. Zoller) 10:08
Solos: Albert Mangelsdorff, Zoller

09. Spring Signs (D. Friedman) 12:23
Solos: Friedman, Phillips

10. Three, Four, Five, Six (J. Owens) 11:49
Solos: Dudek, Friedman, Owens


Recorded on August 31, 1967 at the Grosser Sendesaal des Sender Freies Berlin, Berlin.

Produced by Hans Gertberg.
"Dreambells" and "Alicia's Lullaby" are included on the LP NDR Jazzworkshop '67 (NDR 599 865).

Heiner Stadler-Brains on Fire, Vol 2(Labor lp 702)Rec 1971-3

For Agmosk and who ever else is interested, Here's Vol 2, of Heiner Stadler's Brains on Fire , i Won't Waffle on ..those interested can read my description of Vol 1....
there really is very little info online about these sessions .. so please if you know something ,fill in the  gaps.

As i stated in that post , Side one of this Lp, a Duet featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater and the Masterly Reggie Workman is unfortunately damaged almost beyond repair .
 This Therefore is just a straight rip, with only the volume raised.... no eq, de click or anything else...

I have a high tolerance for Vinyl noise , and just barely find it listenable .... i'll leave it for someone better than i to restore side one... feel free to attempt it and repost in comments.
The sound quality of these two sessions are very different, side a (the damaged side) being bright and reverberant while side two has more of a rough hewn , grainier , low budget sound.


Side A- (damaged)
1)Love in the Middle of the air
Reggie Workman -db
Dee Dee Bridgewater -Voice
Leonore Kandel- poem
rec, Generation Sound Studio- 3rd July 1973

Side B- (vg)
1)Pointed, (sextet), Workman-db, Tyrone Washington-tenor sax,fl
H.Stadler-Composer, Pno,  Jimmy Owens-trpt, Garnett Brown-Trb
Brian Brake-dr

2) U.C.S..(Quartet)
Omit, Owens &Brown

Enjoy !!

Heiner Stadler-Brains on fire ,Vol 1 ( Labor ,lp 701)rec 1966-71

Here's a great one , by Heiner Stadler a German composer , arranger and Pianist .. who moved to NYC in the Mid 60's.. most of his records have been self released ,as far as i can tell, apart from the Classic Tribute to Monk and Bird on tomato ,which other than this and vol2 is the only Other Stadler i own.

Although informed by the New thing currents of the day , to my ears this music is equally influenced by currents in European Classical music ,and in that sense these piece's are a late flowering of so called third stream , posited by Gunther Schuller and others a decade earlier , Another point of reference is George Russell particularly the contemporaneous music recorded while Russell was living in Scandinavia.

 These sessions are comprised of 2 distinct groups featuring some of the Leading lights of the Jazz avant guard.. Jimmy Guiffre is also clearly another obvious point of reference, and in fact Joe Chambers, Barre Phillips and Don Friedman were Guiffre's, regular Rythm section at the time this was recorded.

 a special note regarding the little known Tyrone Washington ,who is superb and plays up a veritable firestorm , on Heidi and all tones!


on a technical note I bought this in the Mid Eighties , (also have vol-2),the pressings have various, very audible Flaws , on top of being water damaged they look as though they have been used to cut lines of Amphetamine , as well as being eaten over.. i've cleaned them as best i can (Vol 2 is far worse) i have a vague recollection of seeing a cd release years ago of some of this Material perhaps even on the Tomato label , a single disc compilation of both volumes ... cant find any evidence that it is currently available in any form.... any info on that or other lesser known releases would be appreciated!

Jimmy Owens (tp) Garnett Brown (tb) Joe Farrell (ts) Don Friedman (p) Barre Phillips, Reggie Workman (b) Joe Chambers, Lennie White (d) Heiner Stadler (comp) New York, December 1966 and July /September-1971

 i've Just Discovered via google that this has been posted here in mp3, for those who dont like Flacs