Alexander Von Schlippenbach

DIGIPACK EDITION

Never before released on CD: the first piano solo recording of one of the leading and most influetial musicians from the first generation of European free improvisers. Alex von Schlippenbach studied classical composition with Bernd Alois Zimmermann at the Hochschule Köln, at the same time he started working as a jazz pianist with Gunter Hampel and Manfred Schoof. In 1966 he established the "Globe Unity Orchestra" certainly one of the most influencial and successful European jazz groups. Schlippenbach has been invited to perform all over the world and achieved numerous awards for his work as pianist, composer and bandleader.

ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPEMBACH, piano solo

Munich, February 4, 1972

TRACKS:

01. Fuge für Tante Lilli
02. Yarrak
03. Pumpkin
04. Prelude to a Magic Afternoon of Miss Yellow Sunshine
05. Niminy – Piminy
06. Payan
07. Lazy June
08. Lazy June
09. Aimless
10. Good Night, George
11. Kinds of Weirdness