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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : The Globe Unity Orchestra
t i t l e : Hamburg
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Atavistic UMS248
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : October/2004
t r a c k s : 02
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 80,1 MB
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The collective energies of the Globe Unity Orchestra were at a
high-point in the mid 1970s, at which time the group was known
both for its earth-shaking power and the deep thinking of its
instigator, pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, who had
studied contemporary orchestration and knew well how to arrange
for an improvisors' big band.
In 1974, as a radio project for NDR JazzWorkshop, Schlippenbach
composed a piece for his orchestra and the NDR choir. "Hamburg
'74" was, as he has explained subsequently, Schlippenbach's
"contribution to humor in the music." It is an unusual and
beguiling piece, an side-long encounter between classical
voice, improvised music whisper and free jazz yowl. With a
Globe Unity that included a sax section of Peter Brotzmann,
Evan Parker, Rudiger Carl, Gerd Dudek, and Michel Pilz, Peter
Kowald on bass, brass including Kenny Wheeler, Gunter
Christmann, Manfred Schoof and Paul Rutherford, Schlippenbach
on piano, Peter Kowald on bass and tuba, special guest Derek
Bailey on guitar, and BOTH Han Bennink and Paul Lovens on
drums, this was a lean, mean orchestral machine. The original
LP included an arrangement for orchestra and choir of Schoof's
"Kontraste und Synthesen," one of the pieces he and
Schlippenbach played together during the '60s in the Manfred
Schoof Sextett.
Remastered from the original tapes, Hamburg '74 is a lesser-
known classic of European free music, available for the first
time on CD, with the original packaging and previously
unpublished photo.
http://www.atavistic.com
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01-Hamburg '74 [26:30]
02-Kontraste und Synthesen [19:07]
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45:37 min
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