ERICH KLEINSCHUSTER SEXTET + PHIL WOODS (WIEN, 1969)

Tracks 1 - 12
Robert Politzer, trumpet
Erich Kleinschuster, trombone
Hans Salomon, tenor saxophone
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
George Gruntz, piano
Rudi Wilfer, piano
Rudolf Hansen, bass
Erich Bachträgl, drums
Klaus Schulz, announcement


01. Introduction                                    00:11
02. Weekend (P. Woods)                                    06:08
    Solos: Woods, Kleinschuster, Gruntz(?)

03. Introduction                                    00:48
04. Sweet Snoops (P. Woods-G. Gruntz)                  05:00
    Solos: Gruntz, Salomon, Politzer, Woods, Kleinschuster

05. Introduction                                    00:41
06. And When We Were Young (P.Woods)                  06:21
    Solos: Woods

07. Introduction                                       00:08
08. Samba du Bois (P. Woods)                            06:02
    Solos: Salomon, Woods, Kleinschuster, Gruntz

09. Introduction                                    00:49
10. The Perils of Poda (P. Woods)                    07:19
    Solos: Salomon, Politzer, Kleinschuster, Bachträgl

11. Introduction                                    00:42
12. Dance of the Dum-Dums (P. Woods)                    07:13
    Solos: Politzer, Woods, Kleinschuster, Salomon, Wilfer or Gruntz, Woode

Note: according the announcer only Gruntz plays piano on "When We're Young".

Tracks 13 - 23
Robert Politzer, trumpet
Erich Kleinschuster, trombone
Hans Salomon, tenor saxophone
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Fritz Pauer, piano
Jimmy Woode, bass
Erich Bachträgl, drums
Klaus Schulz, announcement

13. Radio Intro "Jazz Profile"                            00:28
14. Introduction                                    00:20
15. Black Cherry Fritters (P. Woods)                    06:45
    Solos: Kleinschuster, Politzer, Salomon, Pauer, Woods

16. Introduction                                    00:14
17. Guess What? (P. Woods)                            05:28
    Solos: Woods, Kleinschuster, Pauer

18. Introduction                                    00:10
19. Gentle Eyes (F. Pauer)                            06:51
    Solo: Woods

20. Introduction                                    00:11
21. Philanthropy (H. Salomon)                            04:09
    Solos: Salomon, Kleinschuster

22. Introduction                                    00:11
23. For My Friends (R. Politzer)                    05:52
    Solos: Salomon, Woods

24. Introduction                                    00:14
25. Riot (H. Hancock) (inc. [fade out])            01:39
    Solo: Salomon


Recorded May 2, 1969 at Austrophon Studio, Vienna (for which session?).

HANS KOLLER FREE SOUND "VIENNA, AUDIMAX, 1974"

Hans Koller, soprano & tenor saxophone, announcements
Zbigniew Seifert , violin
George Gruntz , electric piano, synthesizer
Adelhard Roidinger, bass
Janusz Stefanski, drums, percussion

1. band intro  1:43
2. Adea (Seifert) 24:57
3. Space (Koller) 21:58
4. Red Robin Hood In Baghdad (Gruntz) (incomplete - radio ann. v/o) 8:20

Recorded at Audimax der Universität, Wien (Austria) on June 12, 1974.

ROLF LIEBERMANN - GEORGE GRUNTZ "LES ECHANGES" (PHILIPS, 1962)

Rolf Liebermann composed this piece for the Swiss Expo (National exhibition) 1964. Scored for 156 machines - amongst which one can find 16 typewriters, 18 calculator machines, 8 accounting machines, 12 office perforators, 10 caisses enregistreuses, 8 humidificateurs-colleurs, 8 tele-scripteurs, 2 metronomes, 4 bells of signalisation, 2 entrance door gongs, 10 claxons, 16 telephones, 40 experimental signal receptors,1 fork lift, a duplicator and a monte-charge.
Rolf Liebermann was also the head of the main music section of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) from 1957 to 1959. In this function he was responsible for instigating the famous NDR Jazzworkshops. His most popular work might be his Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra which was premiered by Hans Rosebaud in Donaueschingen in 1954.




ROLF LIEBERMANN - GEORGE GRUNTZ "LES ECHANGES" 


Side A:

Symphonie "Les Echanges"       (02:58)
Komposition für 156 Maschinen


Side B:

Symphonie "Les Echanges" - Jazzversion  (06:32)

George Gruntz, prepared piano
Daniel Humair, drums
Pierre Favre, drums

PHILIPS 423 564 PE (1962)

Another version of this EP was released on  Turicaphon EX 17-102 (1964).





Note: "Les Echanges" was composed by Rolf Lieberman.
The Jazz version "Les Echanges" - Jazzversion was composed by Liebermann with George Gruntz.
The Jazz version includes improvised parts.
Also: The  CD release does not contain the original jazz version available on this vinyl record -  instead uses a newly recorded version by George Gruntz!

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George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band - Live in Stuttgart '78

"George Gruntz's Concert Jazz Band, an orchestra that sticks to
originals by bandmembers (both past and present) and the leader's
arrangements, has long been one of the most stimulating of all jazz
big bands." Scott Yanow

Rec. live in Stuttgart, Germany, on September 30, 1978
(radio broadcast)

George Gruntz,keyboards,arranger,conductor
Franco Ambrosetti/Palle Mikkelborg/Woody Shaw/Earl Gardner,trumpets
Runo Erickson/Jimmy Knepper/Eje Thelin/Michael Zwerin,trombones
Jerry Dodgion/Bennie Wallace/Alan Skidmore/Lew Tabackin,reeds
Howard Johnson,tuba
John Scofield,guitar
Mike Richmond,bass
Lois Colin,harp
Elvin Jones,drums

1. Destiny [G.Perla] (12:11)
2. Napoleon Blown Apart [F.Ambrosetti] (14:31)
3. The Age Of Prominence [F.Ambrosetti] (23:21)

Total Time 50:05