Recorded live at the cave at Balve, West Germany, July 27/28, 1974 and May 31/June 1, 1975. Box Set with 11 CDs featuring the best of the New Jazz Scene from Europe and the USA in 1974/75. 32-page booklet with concert pictures, posters, flyers and newspaper clippings (in German and English). Includes complete performances and improvisations by Peter Brötzmann, Jasper van’t Hof, John Surman (with the legendary Trio Surman-Osborne-Skidmore) Misha Mengelberg, Han Bennink and many more!
RECORDED live at the cave at Balve, West Germany, July 27/28, 1974 and May 31/June 1, 1975
CD 1 (73 min.):
Contakt Trio + Brötzman-van Hove-Bennink
CD 2 (85 min.):
Jasper van’t Hof & Pork Pie
CD 3 (70 min.):
SOS (Surman-Osborne-Skidmore)
CD 4 (75 min.):
Dieter Scherf Trio + Franz Koglmann Quintet – Steve Lacy Quintet
CD 5 (78 min.):
Misha Mengelberg-Han Bennink Duo + Jazzcrew Stuttgart
CD 6 (67 min.):
Jazzcrew Stuttgart + Polish Jazz Summit
CD 7 (75 min.):
Gary Burton Quintet
CD 8 (77 min.):
Jan Wallgren Orkester + Jiri Stivin-Rudolf Dasek-System Tandem
CD 9 (71 min.):
Jiri Stivin-Rudolf Dasek-System Tandem + Krzysztof Zgraja-Barre Phillips Duo
CD 10 (79min.):
Krzysztof Zgraja-Barre Phillips Duo + Brom Gustav Big Band
CD 11 (39min.):
Brom Gustav Big Band + Eero Koivistonen Quintet + Emil Viklicky Trio