BOOTLEG - 1970

DEUTSCHE JAZZ FESTIVAL BIG BAND  "FRANKFURT, 1970"

Frankfurt

Pretty busy these days and not much time for blogging,  Moreover I need to go back home and rip some new material  (I have over 50 LPs never re-issued on CD and never seen in the blogsphere waiting to be cleaned, ripped and posted). That's what I'll do between Xmas and New Year, ripping LPs and drinking muled wine.

Luckily, the one and only onxidlib came to the rescue with another piece of modern archeology, an unreleased live performance of a large German All Stars Big Band recorded in 1970 at the 12th Deutsches Jazz Festival.

Just look at the names, they're all there.  The music is ambitious, very much a reflection of its time.  It means some controled madness - the influence of free jazz is still very prevalent in European jazz of the early seventies, and the band is led by Mr. Albert Mangelsdorff!  But the sun  always shines after the storm.  

For instance the Gunter Lenz's composition "Intoxication" starts in a fairly free manner but rapidly everything falls into place and order succeeds to chaos.    

If you dig seventies progressive big bands, this one 's for you.

  

Albert Mangelsdorff - Volker Kriegel (1973)
source: wikipedia - commons

Band

Conny Jackel, trumpet

Frédéric Rabold, trumpet

Manfred Schoof, trumpet

Ferenc Aszodi, trumpet

Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone

Rudi Fuesers, trombone

Egon Christmann, trombone

Peter Herbolzheimer, trombone

Emil Mangelsdorff, alto saxophone, flute

Heinz Sauer, alto & tenor saxophone

Gerd Dudek, soprano & tenor saxophone

Walter "Joki" Freund, soprano & tenor saxophone

Günter Kronberg, baritone saxophone

Volker Kriegel, guitar

Fritz Hartschuh, vibes

Günter Lenz, bass

Ralf R. Hübner, drums

Kurt Bong, drums

Wolfram Röhrich & Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcer

Tracks

1. Introduction (Röhrich & Berendt)                    02:16

2. Intoxication (G. Lenz)                                    14:03

3. Jazzminers Dance In Frankfurt (J. Freund)      11:30

4. Palazzo Blue (V. Kriegel)                               06:12

5. Noisy Silence, Gentle Noise (V. Kriegel)        06:27

Recorded at the Kongresshalle, Frankfurt on March 21, 1970.

Frankfurt, 12th Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970, first concert.

The tune "Noisy Silence, Gentle Noise" has been issued on LP (Born Free: The 12. German Jazz Festival, CBS Scout Sc-S 11).

NEW LINK - Sept. 2017

ANOTHER DREAM BAND

KURT EDELHAGEN ALL-STAR BAND  "WESEL 1967"

Recorded April 7, 1967 at Städtisches Bühnenhaus, Wesel, Germany - radio transcription

I can’t wait to post this new contribution from Onxidlib.  Got it this morning and here it is, on the blog!

The accurately named Kurt Edelhagen All Stars Band. 

Kurt Edelhagen orchestra at his peak with a fantastic line up: Shake Keane, Wilton Gaynair, Leo Wright, Derek Humble just to name a few ...... I wish I could travel back in time and see these guys live!

Source: http://tonyoldies.homestead.com/127thpage.html

Track 1 - 13 + 15 - 19

Kurt Edelhagen, conductor

Ellsworth "Shake" Keane, trumpet, fluegelhorn 

Horst Fischer, trumpet

Hanne Wilfert, trumpet

Rick Kiefer, trumpet

Otto Bredl, trombone

Oliver "Jiggs" Whigham, trombone

Manfred Gätjens, trombone

Helmut "Nick" Hauck, bass trombone

Heinz Kretzschmar, soprano & alto saxophone

Derek Humble, , alto saxophone

Leo Wright, alto saxophone, flute

Wilton Gaynair, tenor saxophone

Kurt "Bubi" Aderhold , baritone saxophone, flute

Bora Rokovic , piano

Peter Trunk, bass

Dai Bowen, drums

Peter Trunk - http://www.radioswissjazz.ch/cgi-bin/pip/html.cgi?lang=de&m=entity&w=Peter+Trunk

Beb Guerin
http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?artist=Beb+Guerin

Only track 14:

Rolf Kühn, clarinet

Joachim Kühn, piano

Beb Guérin, bass

Aldo Romano, drums

Dietrich Schulz-Köhn, announcer

01. Introduction (Edelhagen)                             00:37

02. Theme (K. Edelhagen)                             00:51

03. Introduction (Edelhagen + Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)     02:48

04. Avalon (B.G. DeSylva-A. Jolson-V. Rose)             02:46

05. Tippin' In (K. Edelhagen)                             04:38

06. Introduction (Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)             02:29

07. Raga Gaud Saranga (J. Mayer)                     05:15

08. I Want to Be Happy (V. Youmans-I. Caesar)             04:52

09. Introduction (Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)             01:57

10. Gensel's Message (L. Wright)                     07:20

11. Midnight in Berlin (L. Wright)                     03:12

12. The Wiggler (K. Edelhagen)                             07:01

13. Introduction (Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)             04:08

14. Highlights (K. Edelhagen)                             06:30

15. Introduction (Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)             02:32

16. Emancipation Blues (O. Nelson)                     07:24

17. Introduction (Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)             00:25

18. This Could Be the Start of Something Big (S. Allen) 05:57

19. Theme (K. Edelhagen)                             01:05

Recorded April 7, 1967 at Städtisches Bühnenhaus, Wesel, Germany.

RARITY #49

MITTERNACHT IN MUNCHEN

BRUNSWICK 86016 LBP (10") - GERMANY, 1953

This 10” was recorded just a few days after my birth. Like me, it is 60 years old, a bit scratchy but it still  swings hard!

Thanks to Onxidlib - and an anonnymous friend of his -  for unearthing this memento from a bygone era, the Golden Age of Radio! - and for taking the time to rip and clean it.

Your work is much appreciated my friend!

MITTERNACHT IN MÜNCHEN  - JUBILEE CONCERT ON THE OCCASION OF THE 500TH BROADCAST

Here is some interesting information on the Mtternacht in Munchen radio broadcast (in German):

• Mitternacht in Munchen
• Jazzreitung

TRACKS

Side A:

1. The Beat  (Gene Ammons) 2:46

2. Perdido  (Tizol/Lenk/Drake) 7:03

3. How High The Moon  (Hamilton/Lewis) 2:49

4. Night Train  (Jimmy Forrest) 3:07

Side B:

5. MIM-Boogie  (Werner Scharfenberger) 3:02

6. Muskrat Ramble  (Kid Ory) 4:12

7. The Man I Love  (George Gershwin) 3:20

8. Rosetta  (Hines/Woods) 3:42

9. Festival Riff  (Erich Becht) 1:53

TT 31:57

Track 1, 4, 8 + 9:

Max Greger Big Band;

Fritz Weichbrodt, Rudi Grätz, Harry Franke, Sepp Huber, trumpet

Max Büttermann, Fritz Gläser, Willi Schmidt, Max Höll, trombone

Hugo Strasser, alto saxophone & clarinet (solo on 8)

Herbert Peltzer, alto saxophone

Max Greger, tenor saxophone (solo on 1,2 + 4)

Heinz Eberle, Sepp Seitz, tenor saxophone

Delle Haensch, baritone saxophone

Klaus Ogermann, piano (solo on 5)

Hans Lehmann, bass

Sylo Deutsch, drums

Track 5:

Die Dixie Maximators:

Fritz Weichbrodt, trumpet

Hugo Strasser, clarinet

Max Büttermann, trombone

Klaus Ogermann, piano

Hans Lehmann, bass

Sylo Deutsch, drums

Track 2 + 3

Die Deutschen Jazz-Sieger [The German Jazz-Winners]:

Fred Bunge, trumpet (solo on 2 + 9)

Günter Fuhlisch, trombone (solo on 2 + 3)

Delle Haensch, alto saxophone

Max Greger, tenor saxophone

Paul Kuhn, piano

Max Büttermann, bass

Teddy Paris, drums

Note: Members of the German Jazz-Winners do also play on other tracks except tr.6 + 7.

Track 7:

Paul Kuhn, piano

Max Büttermann, bass

Teddy Paris, drums

Werner Götze, announcer

Recorded at the 'Deutsches Theather, Munich on May 4, 1953 on the occaison of the 500th broadcast of "Mitternacht in München".  (Mitternacht is midnight..).