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Jazz Under The Midnight Sun
A remastered vinyl reissue. The Lars Lystedt Sextet from Sweden played many international Jazz festivals in the early '60s. On the sessions presented here the band features the astonishing Leif Hellman and Lars Göran Ulander on sax. Edition of 500 copies.
European Jazz Sounds
The 'European Jazz Sounds' series, that started around 1960 with legendary albums by the Michael Naura Quintet, Tubby Hayes and Max Greger, sees a welcome revival! This first volume presents the early recordings of the renowned Joki Freund Quintet from the late 1950s. German saxophonist and arranger Joki Freund played with Jutta Hipp in the mid-'50s, before forming his own Joki Freund Quintet. During the late '50s they played various European festivals, together with visiting American musicians …
More Modern At The German Jazz Festival 1966
An incredible meeting of talents – both American and European jazz musicians coming together at a festival that must have been one hell of a event – certainly more exciting than just about any jazz festival we've ever attended in our lifetime! Unlike other festival recordings, this isn't just any sort of rehash of standards, done by all-star groups – and instead showcases some of the best modern jazz talents on both sides of the Atlantic in the mid 60s – all trying to outdo each other with their…
Modern At The German Jazz Festival 1966
Double album with unreleased live recordings from the German Jazz Festival 1966 featuring all the big German names of the time - Albert Mangelsdorff, Horst Jankowski, Hans Koller, Rolf Kühn, Klaus Doldinger etc! Listen to Mangelsdorff's "Plakate" or Kühn/Doldinger's "Gemini Waltz". Limited edition release (500 copies) with spectacular sound quality! "We are very excited to announce what we think is one of the most exciting jazz albums that have been issued in recent years. It includes the most b…
International Holy Hill Jazz Meeting 1969
CD version. BE! JAZZ is happy to come up with a true “holy” modern/free jazz gems of the late 1960s. The original double LP was issued by Meno Liechtenstein’s CB Records – he was also the organizer of the “International Holy Hill Jazz Meeting” in Heidelberg/Germany. The sound quality on the original album was not really bad – but it certainly was not really good as well. We spent a lot of work on a proper restoration of the live tapes. The result is truly amazing – after almost 50 years we are n…
Eje Thelin At The German Jazz Festival
An amazing set from Swedish trombonist Eje Thelin – a live date, but a totally excellent session that stands as one of the best demonstration of his talents in the 60s! On the European scene at the time, Thelin was easily one of the most inventive players on the trombone – one of the few who could hit the soulful swing of American musicians like Curtis Fuller or JJ Johnson, but also an artist who was starting to stretch out into new realms too – just a touch of Grachan Moncur and Roswell Rudd, w…
Café des Pyrénnées
Edition of 500. Rare LP with Hans Koller, Albert & Emil Mangelsdorff, Joki Freund, Pepsi Auer and more of the German jazz elite. One of the long forgotten masterpieces of European -especially German-
Modern Jazz is the legendary 'Rhein Main Jump' album! The original
version was issued in 1958 by the JAZZTONE label. If you are in any way
familiar with jazz, just check the line-up and you will have an idea of
the music's quality. As far as we know the music has never been
re-issued anywhere.N…
Nelson's Waltz
Wolf Escher turned to Modern Jazz while studying music in Dortmund. He played in the Peter Heidemann Quintet, and performed with Ingfried Hoffmann's big band at the Kölner Jazz Festival in 1967. In 1969 he recorded his first single with the Wolf Escher Quintet for the legendary JG label. This single is a much coveted collector's item today. He subsequently toured with the Big Bands of Johannes Fehring and Dusko Goykovich. In 1972 he formed the fusion band Time In Space, which was successful in c…
European Jazz Sounds
The few recordings made by the Modern Jazz Group, based in Freiburg, Germany, are scarcely documented. The MJGF was founded around
1954 by pianist Ewald "Waldi" Heidepriem, one of the pioneers of modern
jazz in Germany in the 1950s. The music of the Modern Jazz Group
Freiburg was truly excellent. Even today it sounds incredibly modern and
energetic. This release documents a wonderful chapter of German jazz
history. European modern jazz at its finest! Vinyl-edition.
Rhein Main Jump
One of the long forgotten masterpieces of European -especially German- Modern Jazz is the legendary 'Rhein Main Jump' album! The original version was issued in 1958 by the Jazztone label. If you are in any way familiar with jazz, just check the line-up and you will have an idea of the music's quality. As far as we know the music has never been re-issued anywhere. With Hans Koller, Albert & Emil Mangelsdorff, Joki Freund, Pepsi Auer and more of the German jazz eliteNow this reissue appears with f…
International Holy Hill Jazz Meeting 1969
BeJazz is happy to come up with a limited edition (500 copies) of a true “holy” modern/free jazz gems of the late 1960s. The original double LP was issued by Meno Liechtenstein’s CB Records – he was also the organizer of the “International Holy Hill Jazz Meeting” in Heidelberg/Germany. The sound quality on the original album was not really bad – but it certainly was not really good as well. We spent a lot of work on a proper restoration of the live tapes. The result is truly amazing – after almo…
So Far
Between 1961 and 1965 Eje Thelin formed his first own group with which he toured across Europe. In 1964 he performed in Copenhagen with George Russell; from the late 60s to the mid-70s he played with Joachim Kühn and John Surman and turned to Free Jazz. This quintet is famous for the cooperation with Belgian Joel Vandrooogenbroeck, who had played with big names such as Barney Wilen and Zoot Sims. In 1968 Vandroogenbroeck formed the experimental rockband Brainticket.This 1963 session features the…
Fisherman's.com
Trost have unearthed another gem from the Japanese jazz maestro Akira Sakata, together with Bill Laswell, Hamid Drake, and Pete Cosey. Fisherman's.com was released originally on CD, Japan-only, by Starlets Records in 2001. This release marks its first time on vinyl and available worldwide. Fisherman's.com is Sakata's ode to folksongs of the sea -- an intense personal statement on the fluidity of tradition. Personnel: Akira Sakata - alto saxophone, vocals, synth; Bill Laswell - bass, synth; Hamid…
Sunstroke
LP version. A young, super-tight and intense power trio from Moscow, Brom genuinely push heavily, crossing over among improv, noise-rock and free jazz with Sunstroke. "One of the most amazing mixes of musical elements I have heard in a long freakin´ time."--Mats Gustafsson Personnel: Dmitry Lapshin - double bass; Anton Ponomarev - saxophone; Yaroslav Kurilo - drums.
Rio
Rio is a limited live release by Peter Brötzmann's Full Blast. This is power free jazz in trio format, recorded at Audio Rebel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2016. With all the projects Brötzmann is currently working on, Full Blast - with the precise and dynamic Swiss rhythm section of Marino Pliakas (electric bass) and Michael Wertmüller (drums) is the most consistent, the longest running. Mixed and mastered by Martin Siewert in Vienna. Artwork by Peter Brötzmann.
Huntington Ashram Monastery / World Galaxy
Two seminal early Alice Coltrane albums on one CD. "Composer, pianist, keyboard player, harpist and bandleader Alice (McLeod) Coltrane married John Coltrane in 1965. She played in her husband's band until his passing in 1967 but his influence remained strong throughout her music thereafter. Few of her albums reflect this influence more strongly than Huntington Ashram Monastery, recorded in 1969, and World Galaxy, recorded in 1971, here combined as part of the Impulse!/Universal 2-on-1 Impulse! r…
Universal Consciousness / Lord Of Lords
Two seminal early 70s Alice Coltrane albums on one CD. "It may seem unfair at first to mention John Coltrane -- Alice's beyond-famous husband -- when talking about her music, but listening to Alice Coltrane, you get the impression you can't mention her without talking about John. In an interview with Alice Coltrane -- originally from the September 1968 issue of Jazz and Pop magazine, but later reprinted in the liner notes for then 1998 Impulse! reissue of her first solo record, A Monastic Trio -…
Needs B
The never before released Bird Curtis's second album, equally great as the first one, comes with UK flip sleeve. Limited to 500 copies. The critically acclaimed quintet is back with their second album! Finally available for the first time after it was recorded 50 years ago. ‘Needs B’ is a beautifully crafted set with one traditional and 9 original songs, filed under the classic British jazz sound blending modernism and bop with a strong focus on melody. With a top line-up of London musicians Ian…
Gip
Reissue of Norwegian post-bop from early seventies - holy grail among jazz collectors. Limited to 500 copies. Recorded in 1970 and released on Arne Bendiksen’s Flower label in 1971, this Norwegian post-bop gen has today become a highly priced collectors item. Featuring Erik Andresen on Alto-Sax, Roy Hellvin on Piano, Tore Nordlie double bass and Svein Christiansen on drums. This reissue comes with with CD inside sleeve, improved sound, new liner-notes and one bonus track.
Cointreau 1969
Never before released fantastic Modal Jazz/Free/Hard-bop from Norwegian NRK radio archives. First official release, limited to 500 copies. Two exclusive quartet tracks taken from NRK radio archives 1969. Recorded in 1969 by NRK broadcasting, these two tracks are lifted from a showcase program featuring Norwegian jazz musicians. Contains the beautiful lyrical modal piece ‘Cointreau’ and the Jon Henderson penned ‘Upsurge’ Featuring Erik Andresen on Alto-Sax, Egil Kapstad on Piano/electric piano, T…