Globe Unity Orchestra

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This date by the Globe Unity Orchestra featured pianist Alexander Von Schlippenbach, guitarist Derek Bailey, drummers Paul Lovens and Han Bennink, saxophonists Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Rüdiger Carl, Gerd Dudek, and Michel Piz, bassist Peter Kowald, trumpeters Kenny Wheeler and Manfred Schoof , and trombonists Paul Rutherford and Günter Christmann -- a completely gone lineup at the height of Euro free jazz in 1974. To add to the drama, the band is joined by the Choir of the NDR Broadcast under the direction of Helmut Franz. All of this was captured at the NDR Jazz Workshop.

PERSONNEL:

• Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Michel Pilz, Peter Brötzmann, Rüdiger Carl - reeds
• Günter Christmann, Paul Rutherford - trombone
• Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Schoof - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Alex Schlippenbach - piano
• Derek Bailey - guitar
• Peter Kowald - bass
• Paul Lovens - drums
• Han Bennink - drums, percussion
• The Choir Of The NDR-Broadcast

Recorded during the 105th NDR Jazzworkshop, November 19, 1974, Hamburg

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Hamburg '74 ...............26:29 min

• SIDE B
• B1. Kontraste Und Synthesen .... 19:11 min.