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Various Artists

Heidelberger Jazztage '72 (2LP)

Format2LPLabelMPS, BasfGenreJazz & Improvisation

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Original 2LP documentation released by MPS/Basf of the great 1972 jazz/rock/fusion festival with exclusive live recordings by Anima, Association P.C., Kurt Edelhagen Big Band, Brassy Brew, Erwin Lehn Big Band, Karl Berger Company, Hans Koller Free Sound, Tremble Kids, Art Farmer Quartet, Rhythm Combination & Brass and the Michael Naura Quartet.

condition (records/cover): NM / EX+

Gatefold sleeve.

The odd item out, and the one whose presence on a krautrock shelf needs a word of explanation. This is a live document of the Heidelberg jazz festival, issued the following year by MPS, the Black Forest label that was West Germany's great jazz institution. The bill is straight modern jazz and big band: the Kurt Edelhagen orchestra with Benny Bailey aboard, the Art Farmer quartet, Michael Naura, and Association P.C., the last of these a hinge between worlds, since Pierre Courbois's group was pushing jazz toward rock at the very moment Can and Embryo were pushing rock toward jazz.

That overlap, more than any genre label, is the reason it belongs here. Recorded live and mastered with the clarity MPS built its name on.

Details
Cat. number: 29 21655-1
Year: 1973

Release notes

Gatefold cover

Tracklist
A1Kindly Leave The Stage4:58
A2Frau Theunissen5:54
A3Faun7:52
B1Rotor Rooter5:32
B2From Now On8:10
B3Isus Mirror6:55
C1At The Jazz Band Ball5:10
C2Cascavelo7:28
C3Let's Boom Chitty Boom7:32
D1Miriam10:42
D2Anima11:12
Credits
MPS-Atelier
Design
Harzheim
Photography By
Werkmeister
Photography By
Becker
Photography By
Borchert
Photography By
Hugel
Photography By [Front]

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