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| MPS Records: Heidelberger Jazz Tage '73 / Zürich Jazz Festival 1971 (Release: June 2nd, 2017) Summer comes and the festival season starts. Therefore we present two festival live recordings from the beginning of the 70's. First the Heidelberger Jazz Tage '73. This amazing constellation of groups ranges from traditional to modern through fusion and experimental. And second the Zürich Jazz Festival 1971. MPS recorded the highlights of that 1970 festival with such success that they came back for the 1971 edition. Heidelberger Jazz Tage '73 This amazing constellation of groups ranges from traditional to modern through fusion and experimental. Guitarist, composer, writer, and cartoonist Volker Kriegel's quartet Spectrum was at the forefront of the European jazz fusion scene. His Lastic Plemon flashes by, fast-moving and funky with some hip rhythmic surprises. Austrian pianist Fritz Pauer played with virtually every major figure in modern jazz. Teamed up with bassist Jimmy Woode of Ellington Orchestra fame, Pauer's trio burns through Woode's funky, blues-drenched Don't Move. Hungarian-born guitarist Attila Zoller worked with stylists ranging from Benny Goodman to Herbie Hancockand was admired by such guitarists as Jim Hall and John Abercrombie. Zoller's quartet plays his powerful Boara Sbar, a piece that combines Hungarian folk and fusion. ... Line-Up: Association P.C. + Jeremy Steig, Attila Zoller Quartett, Fritz Pauer Trio, Spectrum, Turk Murphy's Frisco Jazz Band Zürich Jazz Festival 1971 First set up as a festival for Swiss amateur jazz musicians, by 1970 the Zurich Jazz Festival had grown into a unique comingling of top international amateur and professional groups encompassing virtually every form of the music, from traditional jazz to the Avant-guard. MPS recorded the highlights of that 1970 festival with such success that they came back for the 1971 edition. The first three pieces are devoted to the winners of the amateur competition. The Danish trad Fessors Big City Band plays in an infectious Chicago-style on Chief Monteur Joys, while on Percenta Pro Hnizdovku, the Czech Jazz Q Praha is fiery and fusion-oriented, and the Swiss-based Kaleidoscope gets down and funky on the blues-laced Brother Where Are You. The following four professional bands highlight a diversity of styles. Famous for his work with King Oliver, Armstrong, and Morton, clarinet legend Albert Nicholas and his Harlem Ramblers personify the undying majesty of New Orleans music on the classic Basin Street Blues. ... More Line-Up: All Star Trumpet Workshop, All Star Trombone Workshop, Bigband Of The German-Swiss Radio Light Orchestra with Maynard Ferguson, Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Fessor's Big City Band, International Festival All Stars, Jazz Q Praha, Kaleidoscope, Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra, Albert Nicholas with The Harlem Ramblers MPS Records New Digital Releases Digital Mastered for iTunes Distribution: Edel:Kultur/ Kontor New Media MPS Records Release Date: June 2nd, 2017 (2 months exclusively on iTunes. Subsequently available on all common download services.) Mastered for iTunes // 24-bit-Transfer from original master tapes // produced by Dirk Sommer write your comments about the article :: © 2017 Jazz News :: home page |