EKKEHARD JOST QUINTET "CARAMBOLAGE" (VIEW,1983)

Excellent music by Ekkehard Jost and his comrades. "Palestrinas Reise nach Cadiz" is one of my favourite tunes from him which he has recorded at least twice. Another version and other clichè-free music can be found here. http://www.jazzhausmusik.de/pages/catalog_by_id.php?label_id=11 I would like to recommend three CDs: "Deep" with - among others - Tony Oxley and "Some Other Tapes" with different line-ups (including the second version of "Palestrinas Reise nach Cadiz"). And "Wintertango" with his working group. 

 

Herbert Hellhund, tp, flh, zither
Dirk Huelst, ts, roll shuter
Ekkehard Jost, bs, bass-sax, zither, perc
Georg Wolf, b
Joe Bonica, dr, perc

1. Mobibobi 06:56
2. Lonely Langgöns 07:01
3. Kleine Serenade für HeHe 04:38
4. Tangenten 12 & 13 06:39
5. Stieselkick & Dat Walzerle 04:34
6. Palestrinas Reise nach Cadiz 05:56
7. Omega Jive 04:21
8. Saint Malo 04:46
9. Haste Gesagt 06:21

 Recorded at Amman Boutz Studio, Giessen, Germany; on September 11th - 14th, 1983. (all pieces by E.Jost except tr.8 by H.Hellhund) View VS 0028/Jazz series

LEIPZIGER JAZZTAGE ZUM 25. - FREEe JAHRE (1977 - 1984)

CD 1

1. Hans-Jürgen Lindner "Wir Beginnen Jetzt..."  2:37
   2.LJT 9.6.1977

2. Berliner Improvisationsquartett "Siebenviertel"  6:24
Hermann Keller, piano, composition
Manfred Schulze, baritone saxophone, clarinet, composition
Andreas Altenfelder, trumpet
Wilfried Staufenbiel, cello
   2. LJT 9.6.1977

3. Friedhelm Schönfeld Trio  "Nachtwalzer"  13:11
Friedhelm Schönfeld, tenor saxophone
Reinhard Walter, piano
Dieter Keitel, drums
   3. LJT 21.5.1978

4. Andreas Altenfelder Quintett  "Für M."  7:32
Andreas Altenfelder, trumpet
Johannes Bauer, trombone
Heiner Reinhardt, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Christoph Winckel, bass
Wolfram Dix, drums
   4. LJT 11.5.1979

5. Doug Hammond Duo  "Steps"  11:57
Doug Hammond, drums
Sulaiman Hakim, alto & soprano saxophone
   4. LJT  11.5.1979

6. Das Quintett  "ohne Titel"  33:38
Heinz Becker, trumpet
Konrad Bauer, trombone
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, alto & soprano saxophone, clarinet
Klaus Koch, bass
Günter Sommer, drums
   5. LJT  26.6.1980


CD 2

1. Albert Mangelsdorff  "ohne Titel"  6:10
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
   5. LJT  27.6.1980

2. Jost / Glawischnig Doppeltrio  "ohne Titel"  11:57
Ekkehard Jost, baritone & bass saxophone
Dieter Glawischnig, piano, bass trombone
Michael Schläper, soprano & tenor saxophone
Jürgen Bock, bass
Georg Wolf, bass
John Preininger, drums
   6. LJT  28.3.1981

3. Károly Binder Quartet feat. John Tchicai  "Exercise"  8:12
Károly Binder, piano
John Tchicai, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Mihály Dresch, tenor saxophone
Róbert Benko, bass
István Baló, drums
   8. LJT  30.9.1983

4. Hannes Zerbe Sextett  "B-A-C-H"  19:00
Hannes Zerbe, piano
Michael Sell, trumpet
John English, trombone
Manfred Hering, soprano & tenor saxophone
Klaus Koch, bass
Dieter Keitel, drums
   8. LJT  1.10.1983

5. Borbetomagus  "ohne Titel"  33:18
Jim Sauter, alto & tenor saxophone
Donald Dietrich, alto & tenor saxophone
Donald Miller, guitar
   9. LJT  30.9.1984

LJT 2500-1/2501-2

EKKEHARD JOST R.I.P.

Ekkehard Jost 22.01.1938 - 23.03.2017

Songs against marching in lock-step....

GRUMPFF ‎– ICH WEIß AUCH NICHT, WAS LOS IST (WERGO, 1981)

A1. Ich Weiß Auch Nicht, Was Los Ist
A2. Freddies Tango

B1. Flöz Air
B2. Guten Tag, Vogel



Ekkehard Jost, alto & baritone saxophone, accordion
Georg Wolf, bass, accordion
Johannes Oehlmann, drums, accordion
Manfred Becker, piano, accordion
Michael Schläper, soprano & tenor saxophone, accordion


Recorded at the New Jazz Festival, Hamburg, on 21 October 1979 at the Fabrik

Wergo ‎– WER 80 005

LP Rip

GRUMPFF ‎– UNHIP TRIP (VIEW RECORDS, 1980)

A1. Launeddas
A2. Bye Bye Wilhelm
A3. Glawis Traum
A4. Nuraghe

B1. Schleiflack L + T
B2. Orgel-Morgan
B3. Brother Datzi
B4. Unhip Trip


Ekkehard Jost, alto, & baritone saxophone, balafon, zither, launeddas, dhurki, flexafone, bird tweets, cowbells, bells, double ocarina, steel drums
Georg Wolff, double bass, organ, balafon, flexible pipe
Johannes Oehlmann, drums, gongs, congas, balafon, chimes, bells, toy-horn, hot tin case
Manfred Becker, piano, mouth organ, xylophone, rattle, flutes, pipe organ, coconuts
Michael Schläper, soprano & tenor saxophone, organ, cuica, rattle, bells, triangle, zanza, flexible pipe



Recorded on 12th & 25th August 1980 in Giessen

View Records ‎– VS 0012

LP Rip

SOMMER / JOST - DuOh! "DIE DUNKLE WOLKE" (FISH MUSIC, 1987)

Update: Recently I've re-listened to this album. And I enjoyed it even more than a few years ago.
IMO it's a minor classic -

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A meeting between the eastern and the western part of Germany. It was not the first one.
Already before 1973 Jost Gebers fom FMP brought musicians from West-Berlin to the City's eastern part. These meetings/concerts between musicians from the DDR and the "West" were at the beginning illegal.
A concert by the Irène Schweizer Quartet on October 1973 marked the beginning of official encounters. The relationship to the DDR administration remained somewhat fragile and demanded creative input especially from Jost Gebers.
It is safe to say that the reunion was already on it's way before anyone even imagined the german reunification.

This recording - made two years before the wall came down - is a superb example of this notion.
But luckily the music does offer a much broader view of sound - humour included.

It's not necessary to introduce Günter "Baby" Sommer. Ekkehard Jost is mostly known as the author of seminal books about European Jazz (among others).
By no means only a theoretician he is also an accomplished reedist with a preference for the low tones. An original musician who deserves a wider recognition.

His own label Fish Music has up to date 14 releases from which only the first three LPs are deleted.
The CDs are still available from himself.

His examination of folk music is singular insofar as the original feeling remains intact even when the music becomes "abstract". Clear structures but still some sense of wonder.




Günter Sommer, drums, percussion
Ekkehard Jost, sopranino, baritone & bass saxophone, bass & contrabass clarinet

01. Il passo pesante (Sommer) 2:21
02. Oh Lützellinden (Jost) 4:55
03. Nou? (Sommer) 4:13
04. Ich bin ein freier Bauernknecht (trad./Jost/Sommer) 2:21
05. Schnatter Jump (Jost) 1:41
06. One-Two-Tre (Sommer) 5:29
07. Fahr wohl, lieber Klaus (Jost) 3:43
08. Ingelheimer Fernsicht (Jost) 2:41
09. Jamais de Schlappland in my casa grande (Jost) 5:33
10. So long Karl May (Sommer) 4:05
11. Es geht eine dunkle Wolke herein (trad./Jost/Sommer) 2:12

Theme from tr.4 is a peasant song from the 17th century.
Theme from tr.11 is from Johann Werlins manuscript compilation (1646).

Amman Boutz Studios, Gießen, Germany on 2nd November 1987

Fish Music FM 001

(vinyl rip)

Enjoy.

Amman Boutz (fish music 1989)

Ekkehard Jost - accordion, reeds
Dieter Manderscheid - contrabass
Joe Bonica - drums
Herbert Hellhund - trumpet

A1 - Verzeihen Sie Das Harte Wort     7:46    
A2 - Blech Shuffle Stomp No.1         4:12    
A3 - Nebel-Leben             5:17    
A4 - Rue De Lappe             5:08    
B1 - Tangenta Nova             6:26    
B2 - Pablo                 7:17    
B3 - Dodicodi             6:20    
B4 - Zufällig Der Biber         1:45    

composed By  Ekkehard Jost
recorded January 13.-15., 1989 in Giessen/Germany

fish music 1989. FM 002
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SOMMER - JOST - MANDERSCHEID "CAMINO FATAL" (FISH MUSIC,1990)

...and another one from Germany.


SOMMER - JOST - MANDERSCHEID "CAMINO FATAL"


Ekkehard Jost,bs,sops,bcl,cbcl
Dieter Manderscheid,b
Günter Sommer,dr,perc


01. Das Grosse Rad (S/J/M) 04:18
02. Murphy (J) 06:50
03. Tris (M) 05:37
04. Oh Hangelstein (J) 03:50
05. Die Reise Zu Georg-Philipp Gaga (J/M/S) 02:52
06. Die Ungelösten Fragen Der Sippe Valdez (J) 04:30
07. Deep Steezle Kick (J/S/M) 04:13
08. Nymphaea Alba (Kuchenbuch) 03:45
09. French Tour (M) 04:04
10. Camino Fatal (M/S/J) 05:38


Recorded in Giessen, Germany on August 16./17., 1990

FISH MUSIC FM003