It's the new style

After having released 5 LPs as the "Dave Pike Set" on MPS certain changes in the group led to the "New Dave Pike Set". Eberhard Weber replaces Johann Rettenbacher on Bass and Marc Hellmann takes over Peter Baumeister's job on drums. On their first and last release they are accompagnied by a brazilian rhythm group the "Grupo Baiafro". Due to the pictures in the foldcover the Baiafros are having fun, while Dave and his Teutonic Jazzmen are looking dead serious (especially der olle Kriegel), but that's pictures only.
Listen to what they did....


cheers,
Baiasso

Values

What a value! Did i mention that i like "Hope" more than "Values".
Sometimes I'm not too sure about that. Anyway - here's more by the talented Jiggs.
He brought some talented friends and the well respected Marc Moulin did spend some writing . (I wonder what he thinks about the term "Placebo-Style-Jazz-Funk", often used as a description for average Fusion LPs that include a single trippy drum break).
If you like this one go out and find "Trombone Workshop" on MPS from the same year or George Gruntz' "Piano Conclave" from 1974 which holds breaks trippier than Marc Moulin could think of.

cheers,
Basso

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Round trip to the black forest

A little something for the Easy-Bossa-Party. Unfortunately
i sold my original Center copy. Fortunately it went to Japan
and is probably well looked after. Cheers, Basso

Please buy the recent Sonorama Reissue. It features some
incredible Non-LP tracks!

I like it funky

Mr. Fritz Gulda is in good humour. You see it & you hear it. Along with Hans Rettenbacher (Dave Pike Set) on bass and the infamous Klaus Weiss on drums Gulda kicks ass. The LP starts mellow with Blues for H.G. which is dedicated to the founder of the SABA / MPS label Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer. It tsay for a couple of tracks and then explodes with one of my favourite versions of "All Blues". The flipside starts with a 7 minute version of "Light my fire" and then cools down again. This is Jazz, my friends.

Tracks:

01. Blues For H.G. 05:50
02. I Only Have Eyes For You 05:00
03. What Is This Thing Called Love 05:00
04. All Blues 05:30

05. Light My Fire 07:20
08. Round Midnight 06:38
09. East Of The Sun 07:23