Various Artists

• 2X LP GATEFOLD EDITION

• FIRST VINYL REISSUE EVER

• LIMITED TO 500 COPIES

In August 1979, East German musicians were invited to perform a three-day festival in West Berlin. Billed as "Jazz Now," this landmark meeting was recorded and initially released in a limited edition.

From stunning duos to challenging small-group performances, from large rave-ups to Mingus nods, Snapshot: Jazz Now Jazz Aus Der DDR provides much more than that name suggests. It's as complete a portrait of jazz in the GDR as one is ever likely to find, and a moment in time that continues to reverberate -- via these sounds -- today.

Features: Berliner Improvisations Quartett, Gumpert/Sommer Duo, Friedhelm Schönfeld Trio, Ulrich Gumpert Workshop Band, Studio IV, Gumpert/Sommer and Manfred Hering, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky Quartett, and Hans Rempel Orchester.

PERSONNEL & TRACKS:

• ON LP ONE
• A1. BERLINER IMPROVISATIONS QUARTETT - Sieben Viertel
• Manfred Schulze - baritone sax, clarinet
• Wilfried Staufenbiel - cello, vocals
• Hermann Keller - piano
• Andreas Altenfelder - trumpet
• A2. GUMPERT-SOMMER-DUO - Nachschlag Aufgewärmt
• Günter Sommer - drums
• Ulrich Gumpert - piano
• A3. GUMPERT-SOMMER-DUO – Jazz Now- Und Später
• Günter Sommer - drums Ulrich Gumpert - piano

• B1. FRIEDHELM SCHÖNFELD TRIO - Manchmal Scheint's Als Ob
• Wolfgang Weber - cello
• Dieter Keitel - drums
• Friedhelm Schönfeld - reeds
• B2. ULRICH GUMPERT WORKSHOP BAND - For C. M.
• (Including Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me/Mingus)
• Manfred Hering - alto & tenor sax
• Klaus Koch - bass
• Günter Sommer - drums
• Ulrich Gumpert - piano
• Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky - reeds
• Helmut Forsthoff - tenor sax
• Johannes Bauer - trombone
• Heinz Becker - trumpet

• LP TWO
• C1. STUDIO IV - Wikope
• Klaus Koch - bass
• Wolfgang Winkler - drums
• Eberhard Weise - piano
• Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky - reeds
• Hubert Katzenbeier - trombone
• Joachim Graswurm - trumpet
• C2. GUMPERT-SOMMER-DUO + MANFRED HERING - Anophelismücke
• Manfred Hering - alto & tenor sax
• Günter Sommer - drums
• Ulrich Gumpert - piano

• D1. ERNST-LUDWIG PETROWSKY QUARTETT – Talar + Enfant
• Klaus Koch - bass
• Günter Sommer - drums
• Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky - reeds
• Heinz Becker - trumpet
• D2. HANS REMPEL ORCHESTER - Nummer 3
• ([Ausschnitt/A part of the piece] In Memoriam Albert Ayler)
• Klaus Koch - bass
• Wolfgang Weber - cello
• Andreas Aigmüller - drums
• Burkhard Glaetzner - oboe
• Hans Rempel - piano
• Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky - reeds
• Helmut Forsthoff - tenor sax
• Johannes Bauer - trombone
• Heinz Becker, Joachim Graswurm - trumpet