MICHAEL SELL ENSEMBLE "DER HEILIG'N LANDMUSIK" (MISP, 1984)

Michael Sell, trumpet, prepared trumpet
Sören Fischer, trombone
Theo Jörgensmann, clarinet, bassett horn
Bernd Konrad, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, alto & bass saxophone
Friedeman Graef, clarinet, soprano & bass saxophone
Wollie Kaiser, bass clarinet, soprano & tenor saxophone
Manfred Niehaus, viola
Mathhhias Frey, piano, prepared piano
Dieter Manderscheid, contrabass
Frank Köllges, percussion


A1. Der Heilig'n Landmusik     19:53
B1. Der Heilig'n Landmusik (Fortsetzung)     10:32
B2. Tentettvariations On     12:19

Soloists on A + B1: Jörgensmann (cl), Kaiser (ts) and Konrad (cbcl).


Recorded live February 11, 1984 at the Alte Oper Frankfurt / Main, Germany.

MISP 509 (vinyl rip)

MICHAEL SELL BRASS ENSEMBLE "5 STÜCKE FÜR INSTRUMENTALISTEN ODER INSTRUMENTALISTINNEN" (MISP, 1979)

Michael Sell, trumpet, flugelhorn
Frederic Rabold, trumpet, flugelhorn
Theo Jörgensmann, clarinet
Bernd Konrad,  bass clarinet, soprano & tenor saxophone
Willem van Manen, trombone
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Thomas Wiedermann, trombone
Namek Aclan, tuba
Bernd Moschner, tuba
Reinhard Glöder, bass
Frank Köllges, drums


A1. Fußwork    07:03
A2. Beinwork   12:27
B1. Worüber Man Nicht Spricht Work   10:03
B2. Rumpfwork  02:59
B3. Kopfwork   09:30

Recorded live on April 24/25, 1979 in Wilhelmsbad / Hessen, Germany.

MISP 505 (vinyl rip)

flac rip by Owombat march 2011

MICHAEL SELL DOPPELQUINTETT "EMANATIONEN" (MISP, 1983)

Theo Jörgensmann, clarinet
Bernd Konrad, baritone & soprano saxophone
Michael Sell, trumpet
Melvyn Poore, tuba
Paul Schwarz, piano (left channel)
John Fischer, piano (right channel)
Kai Kanthak, bass (left channel)
Buschi Niebergall, bass (right channel)
Diony Kube, drums (left channel)
Frank Köllges, drums (right channel)


A.  Emanationen I 14:34
B.  Emanationen I (Fortsetzung) 18:11
C1. Prolog Zu Emanationen II 5:13
C2. Emanationen II 9:51
D.  Emanationen II (Fortsetzung) 18:17



Recorded January 5 to 7, 1983 at Cornett-Studio, Cologne.

MISP 508 (vinyl rip)  (my rip)

MICHAEL SELL QUARTETT "JUGOSLAWISCHE QUARTETTE" (MISP, 1981)

Michael Sell, trumpet
Bernd Konrad, bass clarinet & soprano saxophone
Buschi Niebergall, double bass
Frank Köllges, drums


A1. Heute, Gestern, Morgen     9:20
A2. Früher Oder Später     6:35
Drei Kleine Nachspiele Zu "Früher Oder Später"     3:50
A3a. Nr. 1     1:17
A3b. Nr. 2     1:19
A3c. Nr. 3     1:14
    -
B1. Unterwegs     14:53
B2. Bestimmt Doch Unbestimmt     8:48

Track B1: Double Quartet


Recorded December 28/29, 1981 at Zuckerfabrik Stuttgart.

MISP 507 (vinyl rip)

BORN FREE (SCOUT, 1970 - a partial compilation)

Here's my third compilation - made from parts of this 3 LP release.
At least one track was reissued (completely) on CD: Peter Brötzmann's "Fuck de Boere".

The track from the Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe is also an excerpt - I shall post a longer version of it's title and more here on IS.

The track from the European Free Jazz Orchestra & AACM (broadcast) was posted in blogland some time ago.

For a complete rip (mp3-128) you can go to > http://schnickschnackmixmax.blogspot.com/2011/03/born-free-jazz-festival-frankfurt-marz.html

The quality of the LP's sound is not the best - like a good bootleg - as far as I know it IS a bootleg.
Released without the permission/knowledge of the musicians.

All in all a really interesting LP with some rare recordings - for example an early example of Günter Christmann - before his groundbreaking duo with Detlev Schönenberg.

I removed some heavy clicks and pops - that's all.

Enjoy!





BORN FREE (Compilation)

CD 1

1. Free Jazz Group Wiesbaden
Michael Sell, trumpet;
Dieter Scherf, alto, soprano saxophones, piano
Gerhard König, guitar, flute
Wolfgang Schlick, drums
"Frictions" [excerpt] (08.32)

2. Frankfurter Trio für improvisation
Christian Möllers, clarinet
Wolf Burbat, flute
Klaus-Henning Usadel, bass
"Invention 2" (03.19)

3. Limbus 4
Odysseus Artner, Bernd Henninger,
Matthias Knieper, Gerd Klaus, percussion and diverse instruments
"Kundalini" [excerpt] (04.38)

4. Frédéric Rabold Crew
Frédéric Rabold, trumpet, altohorn
Ulrich Schwarz, soprano & tenor saxophone, flute
Helmut Wilberg, alto & baritone saxophone
Walter Hüber, baritone & bass saxophones
Jochen Nitsche, electric bass
Holger Mayer, bass
Martin Bues, drums
"Tangente" (06.40)

5. Jazzworkers
Axel Hennies, tenor saxophone, flute
Michael Thielepape, alto & soprano saxophone
Ulrich Maske, guitar
Günter Christmann, bass, trombone
Rainer Grimm, drums
"Action Playing" [excerpt] (07:44).

6. Just Music
Dieter Herrmann, trombone
Alfred Harth, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Johannes Krämer, guitar
Thomas Stövsand, cello
Franz Volhard, cello
Peter Stock, bass
Thomas Cremer, drums, clarinet
"März 1970" [excerpt] (09:43)

7. New Jazz Trio
Manfred Schoof, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Peter Trunk, bass
Cees See, drums
"Satz 3" (05:43)

8. Pierre Favre Group
Juerg Grau, trumpet, guitar
Trevor Watts, alto & soprano saxophone
Irene Schweizer, piano
Pierre Favre, drums
"Siddharta" [excerpt] (06:07)

9. Joachim Kühn Group
Joachim Kühn, piano, alto saxophone
J.F. Jenny-Clarke, bass
Jacques Thollot, drums
Rolf Kühn, clarinet
"Rue de la Boule Rouge" [excerpt] (6:08)

10. Gunter Hampel Group
Jeanne Lee, voice
Gunter Hampel, flute, bass clarinet, vibraphone, piano
Willem Breuker, saxophones
Willem van Manem, trombone
Maxine Gregg, cello
Jack Gregg, bass
Arjen Gorter, bass
"Centering" (14:14)

11. Albert Mangelsdorff Quartett
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Heinz Sauer, tenor saxophone
Günter Lenz, bass
Ralf Hübner, drums
"Blues Booth" (06:21)

CD 2


1. Festival Big Band
Conny Jackel, Manfred Schoof, Frédéric Rabold, Ferencz Aszodi, trumpets
Albert Mangelsdorff, Rudi Fuessers, Egon (Günter?) Christmann, Peter Herbolzheimer, trombones
Emil Mangelsdorff, Jaki Freund, Heinz Sauer, Günter Kronberg, Gerd Dudek, saxophones
Fritz Hartschuh, vibraphone
Volker Kriegel, guitar
Günter Lenz, bass
Ralf Hübner, Kurt Bong, drums
"Noisy Silence, Gentle Noise" (06:27)

2. Dave Pike Set
Dave Pike, vibraphone
Volker Kriegel, guitar
Hans Rettenbacher, bass
Peter Baumeister, drums
"Turn Around Mrs Lot" (13:15)


Recorded on 21 and 22 March 1970 at the 12 German Jazz Festival, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Cover has number Scout ScS 11; the three LPs are numbered Scout ScS 12 - 14.

Note: [excerpt] > as on the LPs!

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MICHAEL SELL CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE "INNOVATIONEN für 10 Instrumente" MISP Records 1980

Here is - at last - Michael Sell. For more information about him see the post with "Free Jazz Group Wiesbaden".
Please note : there is obviously a bug on the cover. Namek Aclan is a tuba player - alas he's not listed on the back-cover. But apparently he does play on the album. See also the comment from October 7, 2015.
 (Frank Köllges does play during the whole album and not as I have written in the info file only on one piece - sorry.)
Michael Sell has still some older LPs and CDs - not to mention he more recent output.
You can get them here > http://www.michael-sell.de/cd.html
My favourite LPs are "Jugoslawische Quartette" with Buschi Niebergall and the double LP
"Emanationen" with its extended piece(s).

Enjoy and support the artists as long as they live!

FREE JAZZ GROUP WIESBADEN "FRICTIONS" & DIETER SCHERF QUARTET "INTERACTION" (FLAC)

Before posting more from Herbert Joos I'd like to share two lps from and
with Dieter Scherf.
The Free Jazz Group Wiesbaden were
a collaborative combo from Michael Sell, Scherf, König and Schlick.
Sell studied politics and chemistry and
Scherf was an engineer.
Sell and Scherf provided the thematic
material for this group which lasted from 1969 to 1972.
But especially the guitarist König provides an original voice to the proceedings. Playing virtual multifunctional with a distinct
sensibility for sound and great imagination.
FJGW disbanded 1973. Scherf continued for a while mainly in a trio with Paul Lovens and Jacek Bednarek.

(The music from this trio was reissued on Atavistic : http://www.atavistic.com/catalog.php?cs=2&at=1 . Buy it! You won't be disappointed.)

Later Scherf devoted himself more and more to his profession as engineer.
Michael Sell should become one of the more distinguished composers of european Jazz Avantgarde. Although his affinity to Jazz was questioned not only by himself. Wether this is correct we can hear by ourselves during the next weeks. (I plan to share some recordings under Sell's name as well). Today he does not play trumpet anymore.

Dieter Scherf has, to my knowledge, forsaken music. (Update 2014 - he continued to play piano albeit in a more mainstream setting) What became of König and Schlick I do not know. About the lp "Interaction" I assume that it is one of his last projects. I got it as a gift without any information.

Literature about these musicians is sparse and mostly out of print. But I would like to mention at least one book. "Europas Jazz 1960 - 80" from Ekkehard Jost (a sax player alike) is the "bible" of european Free Jazz. Sadly it is only in German.


Through this book I became aware that there is a distinct european Jazz scene.