Helmut Brand

DIGIPACK EDITION

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

Amazing modern jazz from the estate of composer, arranger and baritone saxophonist Helmut Brandt, recorded March 1963 at Haus des Rundfunks in West Berlin - featuring Benny Bailey, Herb Geller, Nat Peck and Ack van Rooyen. One-off concert of mostly unknown Brandt compositions played by eleven soloists from the Berlin radio orchestras of RIAS and SFB, including Boogie Waltz, Opus C-Moll 794, Ferien-Suite in six movements plus Jerry van Rooyen's lost tunes Trifi and Stellar. Forgotten work by one of the key figures of cool and modern jazz in Germany, carefully restored and remastered in 2017.

PERSONNEL:

HELMUT BRANDT, baritone sax
BENNY BAILEY, trumpet
HARRY SAMP, trumpet
ACK VAN ROOYEN, trumpet
HERB GELLER,alto sax
STFEN VON DOBRZYNSKI, tenor sax, flute
SIEGFRIED SCHMIDT, valve trombone
NAT PECK, trombone
GÜNTER MEIER, piano
HAJO LANGE, bass
HEINZ NIEMEYER, drums

Recorded at Haud des Rundfunks, West Berlin, March 27, 1963

TRACKS:

01. Boogie Waltz
02. Trifi
03. Berlin Calling
04. Opus C-Moll 794
05. Boris (Rendezvous)
06. I Passkontrolle
07. II Einsame Insel
08. III Sturmwarnung
09. IV Strandfest
10. V Urlaubsflirt
11. VI Fotoalbum
12. Tea For Two (*)
13. Stellar (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS