VARIOUS "JAZZ ASPEKTE" (NOVA, 1973-75)

This is a rather unusual release for the German Democratic Republic.
Generally the label NOVA was for contemporary classic, entertainment and experimental releases.
But for some reason the music on this LP was not issued on the label AMIGA which had a series called AMIGA Jazz.
Further I would like to point out that the given bassist for track B2 is most likely not Blazeowsky but Christoph Niemann.
Niemann is credited for this role on all three editions of the LP which was solely reserved for FEZ (AMIGA 8 55 585, 1978).  And the title which is included on this LP is the same as on the FEZ LP/CD.

Not only was this a minor bummer but also the music played here by the Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Berlin. Nothing wrong with it for sure but as NOVA was a label reserved also for experimental music I expected something more at the margins. But expectations aren't necessarily the best guide for enjoyment. So have fun as I had after I've accepted what's on this disc ;-)

And finally here's a request. The only other recording by FEZ is on an LP released in 1979 by the
Czechoslovakian label OPUS. The festival sampler "Bratislavské Džezové Dni 1976" contains more than 15 minutes of an otherwise unavailable composition by this special group.

Gumpert's trio and the ensemble of Hubert Katzenbeier (here not on trombone!) are in fine form - as expected....



A1. Grüsse Von Buddy (Nicht Kaputt - Speziell An Achim - An Alle)  13:26

Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Berlin:
Joachim Graswurm, flugelhorn
Friedrich Schlegel, Gerhard Pabst, Heinz Becker, trumpet
Freddy Lehmann, Götz Geitner, Horst Schmidt, Hubert Katzenbeier, trombone
Helmut Wenzel, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Gerhard Miehatsch, clarinet, alto saxophone
Werner Schmidt, clarinet, tenor saxophone
Fritz Heimbach, flute, tenor saxophone
Klaus Hille, guitar
Horst Pawliczak, piano
Klaus Koch, bass
Wolfgang Winkler, drums
Siegfried Möhle, percussion
Günter Gollasch, leader
Friedhelm Schönfeld, composed, arranged

Recorded on 20.2.1975 Berliner Rundfunk, GDR.

A2. Wiesenlied  5:39

Ulrich Gumpert Trio:
Manfred Hering, alto saxophone
Ulrich Gumpert, piano
Günter Sommer, drums
(composed & arranged by the group)

Recorded 17.7.1973 Jazzwerkstatt des Berliner Rundfunks, GDR.

B1. Blues Hier Und Jetzt  10:28

Hubert Katzenbeier Quintett:
Hubert Katzenbeier, electric violin, composed, arranged
Konrad Körner, tenor saxophone
Ulrich Swillms, electric piano
Henning Protzmann, bass
Wolfgang Schneider, drums

Recorded 29.8.1974, public Studio-Jazzkonzert by "Stimme der DDR" at the Mensa of the Universität Rostock, DGR.


B2. Sonntag Im Altweibersommer 8:14

Fez:
Conrad Bauer, trombone, composed, arranged
Hannes Zerbe, piano
Peter Blazeowsky, bass
Peter Gröning, drums

Recorded 13.1.1975 AMIGA-Studio, Berlin, GDR.


NOVA 885083 (GDR, 1975)
(vinyl rip)

Bassist for track B2 is possibly Christoph Niemann

FRIEDHELM SCHÖNFELD / HUBERT KATZENBEIER "JAZZ" (AMIGA, 1972)

Side A:

Friedhelm Schönfeld Trio
Fiedhelm Schönfeld, alto & tenor saxophone, clarinet
Klaus Koch, bass
Günter Sommer, drums

A. Trio-Dimensionen 19:11


Side B:

Hubert Katzenbeier Quintett
Hubert Katzenbeier, trombone
Konrad Körner, flute, tenor saxophone
Manfred Schramm, piano
Hans Schätzke, bass
Wolfgang Winkler, drums

B1. Quartett  5:13
B2. Ballade  4:11
B3. Blues-Fasching  10:49


Recorded October/November 1972, AMIGA-Studio Berlin.

Amiga 855307  (vinyl rip)

FRANZ KOGLMANN - The Use Of Memory (1991)

Franz Koglmann ~ The Use Of Memory ~ Hat Hut Records 1991

1. Chateau De Bouges 9:39
2. For Max 4:33
3. The Use Of Memory: Bix, Miles And Chet 7:39
4. Das Ratsel Eines Tages 6:54
5. Der Vogel 10:12
6. Uccello 6:26
7. Monoblue 6:21
8. Die Kuhle, Der Duft, Der Glanz 6:16
9. Constantin's Dream 6:29

Franz Koglmann Pipetet:

Mario Arcari: oboe & english horn
Martin Schelling: clarinet & bass clarinet
Tony Coe: clarinet, bassclarinet & tenor saxophone
Roberto Ottaviano: soprano- & sopranino saxophone
Guillermo Gregorio: alto saxophone
Franz Koglmann: flugelhorn
Jean-Christophe Mastnak: french horn
Radu Malfatti: trombone
Raoul Herget: tuba
Burkhard Stangl: guitar
Robert M. Weiss: piano
Klaus Koch: bass
Fritz Hauser: drums

Conducted by Gustav Bauer

1. dedicated to Alain Resnais
2. dedicated to Max Aichinger
3. quoting from Miles Davis' 'Tune Up', passages from an improvisation by Chet Baker on 'Tune Up' and Larry Shields' 'Clarinet Marmelade'
4. inspired by Giorgio de Chirico
5. dedicated to Jean Cocteau
7. dedicated to Yves Klein
8. hommage a Franz Schubert, dedicated to Ingrid Karl
9. inspired by Piero della Francesca

All compositions by Franz Koglmann

Hat Hut Records hat ART CD 6078

ULRICH GUMPERT QUINTET "MARKOWITZ' BLUES"

Here we have Gumpert's contribution to the soundtrack(s) for a famous and long going 'crime' series - quiet popular in Germany.
The model for the music is obviously Miles Davis' "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud" (Elevator to the Gallows) - but it has clearly it's own vibe.....and hey - what a line-up!


Heinz Becker, trumpet & fluegelhorn
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, tenor saxophone
Ulrich Gumpert, piano
Klaus Koch, bass (9 to 35)
Matthias Bauer, bass (1 to 8, 36 to 39)
Günter Sommer, drums


Markowitz Blues
01.     Take 1     3:32
02.     Take 2     1:11
03.     Take 3     1:13
04.     Take 4     1:55
05.     Take 5     0:55
06.     Take 6     1:40
07.     Take 7     1:39
08.     Take 8     4:02
   
Tod Einer Alten Frau
Markowitz 2
09.     Take 1     0:47
10.     Take 2     1:04
11.     Take 3     1:27
12.     Take 4     0:43
13.     Take 5     3:32
14.     Take 6     1:28
15.     Take 7     0:25
16.     Take 8     0:41
17.     Take 9     1:06

Smell A Rat
18.     Take 1     1:41
19.     Take 2     1:03

Markowitz 2
20.     Take 10     1:48
21.     Take 11     1:17
22.     Take 12     2:53

Die Sache Baryschna
Baryschna
23.     Take 1     0:35
24.     Take 2     2:34

The Fugitive
25.     Take 1     2:19
26.     Take 2     1:40
27.     Take 3     1:06

Baryschna
28.     Take 3     2:45
   
Geschlossene Akten
Markowitz 3
29.     Take 1     0:50
30.     Take 2     0:41
31.     Take 3     1:11
32.     Take 4     1:01
33.     Take 5     1:01

Smell A Rat Again
34.     Take 1     2:25

Markowitz 3
35.     Take 1     3:36
   
Endstation
Markowitz 4
36.     Take 1     1:02
37.     Take 2     0:56

Skate On Thin Ice
38.     Take 1     2:43

Markowitz 4
39.     Take 3     1:48

Tracks 1 to 8 recorded 9.6.1992 at FMP-Studio Berlin
Tracks 9 to 22 recorded 2.2.1993 at RBT-Studio Berlin
Tracks 23 to 28 recorded 19.5.1993 at RBT-Studio Berlin
Tracks 29 to 35 recorded 1.3.1994 at RBT-Studio Berlin
Tracks 36 to 39 recorded 21.12.1994 at RBT-Studio Berlin

BASIC 50002 (CD 1995)
 [OOP]

FRANZ KOGLMANN - A White Line (1990)

FRANZ KOGLMANN - A White Line (hat ART 1990)

1 A White Line 7:27
2 April In Vienna 4:58
3 Eccentric Shorty 7:12
4 Quapp 6:06
5 Festive Minor 3:45
6 The Fabel Of Mabel 4:45
7 Bley Play 3:45
8 Jambangle 5:24
9 Oof 3:54
10 Aristony 3:45
11 For Max 3:48
12 Out Of Nowhere 3:50
13 Free (Three) Again I-III 6:26
14 Je? 3:23
15 At The Jazz Band Ball 2:37

Personnel:

Franz Koglmann - flugelhorn, trumpet
Jean-Christophe Mastnak - French horn
Raoul Herget - tuba
Mario Arcari - oboe
Tony Coe - clarinet, tenor saxophone
Helmut Federle - accordion
Paul Bley - piano
Burkhard Stangl - guitar
Klaus Koch - bass
Gerry Hemingway - drums

Conductor – Gustav Bauser

Recorded at Haus Der Begegnung Mariahilf, Vienna, Austria on November 13-17, 1989.
Includes liner notes by Franz Koglman and a poem by Art Lange.

Producers: Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger.

hat ART CD 6048 (OOP) / 71:06

ULRICH GUMPERT WORKSHOP BAND "BERLIN, 1979"

Heinz Becker, trumpet
Conrad Bauer, trombone
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
Manfred Hering, alto & tenor saxophone
Helmut Forsthoff, tenor saxophone
Ulrich Gumpert,piano
Klaus Koch, bass
Günter Sommer, drums

1. announcement WDR  00:25
2. unknown title 21:42
3. unknown title 11:51
4. unknown title 10:38
5. unknown title 04:51
6. unknown title 06:50

Recorded at the Berliner Jazztage, Berlin on November 1, 1979.


some covers you'll find at htakat's website here - scroll down, it's the picture(s) at the bottom...

ROLF & JOACHIM KÜHN QUARTET "RE-UNION IN BERLIN" (CBS, 1965)

Rolf Kühn, clarinet
Joachim Kühn, piano
Klaus Koch, bass
Reinhard Schwartz, drums


A1. Mobile Waltz (Rolf Kühn) 7:05
A2. Green Stocking (Joachim Kühn) 7:16
A3. Corruption (Joachim Kühn) 5:57
B1. The Mad Man (Rolf Kühn) 8:34
B2. Life From The Moon (Joachim Kühn) 10:45

Recorded on June 3, 4 and 5, 1965 at Amiga-Studios, Berlin, Germany.

CBS S 62407

(vinyl rip)

ERNST-LUDWIG PETROWSKY TRIO "NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP NO.138"

Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, alto, soprano & tenor saxophone
Klaus Koch, bass
Günter "Baby" Sommer, drumms & percussion

Michael Naura, announcer

1. Introduction (Michael Naura)              00:25
2. Dreiklang (E.L. Petrowsky)                      12:36
3. Wo Bleibt Mein Schwarzer Krauser (G. Sommer)  16:31
4. Ohne Mich (K. Koch)                              04:15
5. Introduction (Michael Naura)              00:38
6. Stück Für 2 Hölzer (E.L. Petrowsky)              25:31
7. Kurz Vor'm Chinesen (E.L. Petrowsky) (inc.)      00:51
8. Closing Announcement (Michael Naura)      00:11

Recorded at Studio 10, Großer Sendesaal des NDR Funkhauses, Hamburg, Germany on October 25, 1978.

Produced by Michael Naura.

Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky Octet - Live in Moers '79

Announced in the festival program as the E.L.Petrowsky Octet,
actually this group is the Ulrich Gumpert Workshop Band that
recorded two excellent albums for FMP (FMP 0600 - FMP 0710).
Perhaps, onxi may add some details.

Rec. live at the 8th Moers Jazz Festival, Moers, Germany,
on June 4, 1979 (mics recording)

Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky,soprano & alto sax,flute
Manfred Hering,alto & tenor sax
Helmut Forsthoff,tenor sax
Heinz Becker,trumpet,flugelhorn
Conrad Bauer,trombone
Ulrich Gumpert,piano
Klaus Koch,bass
Günter Sommer,drums

1. Aus Baby's Wunderhorn/Hilferuf einer Schnecke [G.Sommer](21:19)
2. Hahnenkopf/Echos von Karolinenhof/Unknown [U.Gumpert](24:46)
3. Blau Blusen Blues [C.Bauer](09:14)

Total Time 1:01:20

Hahnenkopf

ROLF KÜHN QUARTET "SOLARIUS" (AMIGA, 1964)

Another "lost" gem from the GDR - never reissued in Germany.
All compositions provided by one of the Kühn brothers except "Sie gleicht wohl einem Rosenstock" (~ 'she resembles - no doubt - a rose tree'), which originally is a folksong.





ROLF KÜHN QUARTET "SOLARIUS"


Rolf Kühn, clarinet
Michael Urbaniak, soprano & tenor saxophone
Joachim Kühn, piano
Klaus Koch, bass
Czeslaw Bartkowski, drums


1. Minor Impressions (R.Kühn) 07:56
2. Solarius (R.Kühn) 06:15
3. Sie gleicht wohl einem Rosenstock (Volkslied) 06:29
4. Mountain Jump (J.Kühn) 06:35
5. Lady Orsina (R.Kühn) 06:22
6. Soldat Tadeusz (J.Kühn) 06:40

Recorded in Berlin (East), DDR.
Track 2,3,5 and 6 on 29th November, 1964.
Track 1 and 4 on 30th November, 1964


AMIGA 8 50 046 (LP)

JAZZ-ORCHESTER der DDR (AMIGA, 1988)

Two LPs with Conny Bauer respectively Manfred Hering as leader. As far as I know the only recordings by a Free Big-Band from the DDR.
About one year later the wall came down and the musicians had to face not only an economical situation quiet different. For the majority of the East-Germans , who endured the five-year-plans et.al., BMW, Prada and Marlboro became far more important than some "esoteric" sounds. Very soon it became obvious that for most fans Free Jazz was more of a social thing (Free Jazz = Freedom) than a genuine artform.
Some of the former advocates are even listening to schlager or similar today - and this is no supposition or bias but a simple observation.
 It seems this LP was 'washed' away by history - it's release in 1989 wasn't helpful apparently.


JAZZ-ORCHESTER der DDR

LP 1 (leader Conrad Bauer)
LP 2 (leader Manfred Hering)
--------------------------------
LP 1

Conny Bauer,leader
Andreas Altenfelder,tp
Jochen Gleichmann,tp
Ferry Grott,tp
Johannes Bauer,tb
Iven Hausmann,tb
Jörg Huke,tb
Ronald Roick,frh
Matthias Schade,tu
Dietmar Diesner,as,ss
Volker Schlott,as
Manfred Hering,ts
Thomas Klemm,ts
Heiner Reinhardt,ts,bcl
René Schönherr,bs
Hanno Rempel,p
Helmut "Joe" Sachse,g
Klaus Koch,b
Günter Sommer,dr


1. Frühlingslied 18:59
2. Beutel 18:57

--------------------------------
LP 2

Manfred Hering,leader,as
Jochen Gleichmann,tp,flh
Ferry Grott,flh
Frank Gerth,tb
Jörg Huke,tb
Matthias Schade,tu
Volker Schlott,as,ss
Thomas Klemm,ts
Helmut Forsthoff,ts
René Schönherr,bs
Hansi Noack,v
Peter Koch,vc
Helmut "Joe" Sachse,g
Reiner Kühn,eb
Christoph Winkler,b
Peter Lucht,dr
Matthias Gassert,perc


1. Western - Ostern 24:48
2. Siegel + Tita 20:53


Recorded:
(LP 1) "Jazzbühne Berlin", Friedrichstadtpalast, Berlin, DDR
on 3rd June 1988

(LP 2) "Jazz in der Kammer 157", Kammerspiele des Deutschen Theaters, Berlin
on 4th December 1988

BRÖTZMANN-LACY-BREUKER-TCHICAI-PARKER-KOCH-SOMMER "SAXOPHONE SPECIAL" (East Berlin-28-3-1978)

Here's a TERRIFIC show gleaned online.... one of the many great German Free Music broadcasts of the 70's that have been preserved by Tapers and Trader's over the years.
To non Europeans ,even those whose radio arts programs are Government funded, its pleasantly odd and constantly amazing , just how much significant music was sponsored and broadcast in Western Europe...in the 60's and 70's ( and still)

help spread the goodness by sharing whatever you download ... and Buying as much as possible, all involved save for Steve Lacy are still alive and making great music.... all have extensive discographies.

Ive only Just re listened to this ..... a jaw dropingly stunning gig.....amazing shit... all improvs plus a great version of Lacy's bone!
the sound quality is very good....

Thanks to the Original Dime-a-Dozen Seeder Mbutchko... and whomever had the, for sight to record it !!

SAXOPHONE SPECIAL
Jazz ín der Kammer 1978
Kammerspiele
East Berlin, Germany
3/28/78

fm->cd trade->eac->tlh->flac

Peter Brotzmann-ss/ts/as
Evan Parker-ss/ts
Willem Brueker-ss/ts/bcl
John Tchicai-ss/as
Steve Lacy-ss
Klaus Koch-bass
Gunter Sommer-drums

1. Group Improv (KK/GS out) 7:48
2. Trio Improv (JT/KK/GS) 6:33 ->
3. Evan Parker solo 5:50 ->
4. Duo Improv (SL/WB) 6:45
5. Duo Improv (PB/GS) 5:35
6. Duo Improv (WB/EP) 6:47 ->
7. Bone (Lacy) (SL/KK/GS) 6:10 ->
8. Klaus Koch solo 4:41 ->
9. Duo Improv (JT/PB) 5:49
10.Willem Breuker Solo 5:47
11.Group Improv 10:57
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TT 72:46

Enjoy .... share freely DO NOT SELL!!
youll find some relevant info about all of the performers (other than Lacy)... and links to labels where you can Buy their official releases....
here
http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/

ENJOY!!

BTW- a great disc of the same name ....'saxophone Special' under Lacy's leadership can be found here
http://emanemdisc.com/E4024.html
highly recommended!