(The following text is by Sotise - the rips might be mine or from glmlr)
A couple of wonderful records from Glmlr , including a promised rip of jamabiko.
celeste is much closer in style to Pilz's F.M.P classic Carpathes, an incredibly richly textured and lyrical free -jazz album.
while jamabiko features joyously upbeat more conventionaly swinging song forms peppered both rythmically and melodically with a township flavour.
GLMLR says
"There's not a lot known about Michel Pilz.
He was born in Germany, but has lived all his life in Luxembourg. Still does. He's probably about 70 today. He's a close friend and collaborator of Manfred Schoof. Unlike most players, e.g. tenor sax players who also play the instrument, bass-clarinet is Pilz's main instrument. He rarely plays anything else, though of course he plays sax if needed. He joined Globe Unity in its very early days in the 60's, then along with Schoof he left the band in the late 1970's, and played a lot with Schoof's own quintet (those three Japo albums, if you remember). Since then, he's kept a low profile teaching and working in Luxembourg. But he's still active."
beautiful stuff
thank you glmlr
"Celeste"Rec. Frankfurt March 1978
Trion 3901 LP
Michel Pilz, bass-clarinet
Buschi Niebergall, bass
Uwe Schmitt, drums.
Side A
1. CELESTE
2. PROMPT
3. MIRA
Side B
4. TELEP
5. MERGANSEE
6. LINDE
JamabikoRec. Frankfurt 1983
M.P. 841 LP
Michel Pilz, bass-clarinet
Itaru Oki, trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet
Buschi Niebergall, bass
Muhammad Ali, drums.
Side A
1. JAMABIKO
2. QUARTETT
3. NASU NOHANA I I
4. DOWN BEAT
Side B
5. SUMANO ULA
6. PON PON TEA
7. PILI PILI
