THE UNITED JAZZ + ROCK ENSEMBLE: The United Jazz + Rock Ensemble developed from a group of jazz musicians that was formed for a 1974 to 1975 television show of Süddeutscher Rundfunk (South German Broadcasting). The group played mostly original compositions ranging from jazz to rock. During the twenty seven years of its existence the band produced fourteen albums, all of them on Mood Records. In 2002, the group went on their “Farewell Tour 2002”. Among the reasons was Barbara Thompson’s suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:

Barbara Thompson & Charlie Mariano (sax)
Ack Van Rooyen (flhn)
Ian Carr (tp)
Albert Mangeldorff (tb)
Volker Kriegel (g)
Wolfgang Dauner (p)
Eberhard Webber (b)
Jon Hiseman (d)

CD 1 - LIVE IM SCHUTZENHAUS
Live “Schutzenhaus”, Stuttgart-Heslach, January 7-9, 1977.

01. Circus Gambet
02. hey Day
03. Steps Of M.C Escher
04. South Indian Line
05. Hypnotic Pignose
06. The Love That Cannot Speak It's Name
07. Be-Bop Rock

CD 2 - LIVE IN BERLIN
Live “Latin Quarter”, Berlin, October 30 & 31, 1981.

01. Ausgeschlafen
02. Red Room
03. Storyboard
04. Out Of The Long Dark
05. Freibad Sued
06. Des'Sch Too Much
07. Simply This
08. Trans Tanz
09. South Indian Line