MICHAEL NAURA "OCHSENZOLL" (MOOD, 1985)
Here's something quite different. Michael Naura was more famous for being the chief producer (editor) for the NDR (North German Broadcast), where he managed to produce the "most comprehensive and interesting Jazz program in Europe" (Ian Carr).
But he was also a pianist and author/critic. His writings sometimes were quite polemic and sharp, yet he had a vast knowledge and a sometimes acerbic wit.
His first recordings are clearly informed by George Shearing; he openly acknowledged the influence of Brubeck, Horace Silver or the MJQ. His main partner in music - Wolfgang Schlüter - was the one who provided the more creative improvisations.
Here are my rough translations of the titles and the sub-titles (see files for cover pictures):
Feuerwehr > fire brigade
Psychiater Blues > psychiatrist blues
Feuerfee > fire faerie (pixie)
Ochsenzoll > ox-toll (customs duty); the subtitle dedicates this tune to the "locked [patients] of station 12, psychiatry, general hospital, Hamburg-Ochsenzoll (a borough of Hamburg)"
Franz Brandnarb > franz burn scar
Endlich Ruhe > finally calmness (piece/quietness) - this track is a kind of early "ambient".
On side A all musicians are playing and on side B only the duo of Naura and Schlüter.
Is it Jazz?- yes and no - as always - hear for yourself...and Enjoy!
MICHAEL NAURA "OCHSENZOLL"
Michael Naura, piano, organ, mexican clay-flutes
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Herbert Joos, trumpet, fluegelhorn, alphorn
Wolfgang Schlüter, vibraphone, percussion
A 1. Feuerwehr 04:59
A 2. Indira 03:40
A 3. Psychiater Blues 07:29
A 4. Feuerfee 02:39
A 5. Ochsenzoll 05:26
Side B:
B 1. Franz Brandnarb 09:49
B 2. Max Ernst 04:47
B 3. Endlich Ruhe 09:49
Recorded during the scoring of Peter Rühmkorfs "Die Feuerfee" at the NDR, Hamburg, Germany 1985.
MOOD RECORDS MOOD 28 654
(lp rip)
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onna sidenote
ochsenzoll basically mean oxtoll
so the place where once upon a time the toll for ox was collected
but in Hamburg where the NDR sits
theres also a big psychatry at ochsenzoll
so if u r crazy..u need to go ot ochsenzoll
so i would interpret the album title as crazy
Listened on my morning walk. Very nice. Albert Mangelesdorf!!!
Thanks very much.
Thanks
as bugel said above, Ochsenzoll means a psychiatric hospital in general. Everyone in Hamburg knows, what it is meaning, if you say someone lives at Ochsenzoll: it's a lunatic asylum.
the music on this lp was composed for a radio adaptation of "Die Feuerfee" a "kind of fairy tale" by Peter Rühmkorf. It's telling about the firefighter Franz Brandnarb (an anagram btw) going mad and becoming an arsonist. Argueing he has been tempted by a fairy (Feuerfee), his life ends at Ochsenzoll, the lunatic asylum of Hamburg.
i loved this music from the first time i listend to it during a brioadcast. I love these musicians and i love the late Peter Rühmkorf, too.
Many thanks.
thank you!
Great stuff, thanks.
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