Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting 1969

Some of you may recall this album which was out on the MPS label in 1970. It featured American and European musicians in the free jazz idiom, many of the former affiliated with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), based in Chicago. The colloquial title, "Gittin' to know y'all" underlined the Baden-Baden sessions as a meeting point and as a meeting of minds.

Of course, the record could only be an excerpt of everything that happened, so here is a much fuller compilation of the meetings. I can't say whether this one is truly comprehensive, but in any case, what's on the table are approximately three and half hours of collaborations. This is a follow-up to earlier postings of the 1967, 1971 and 1976 meetings. We still have the 1970 and 1977 sessions to go, so hang in there.

The facts of the matter:

 va - Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting

 Disc 1

1-Hollow's Ecliptic No. 3 (J. Jarman) [18:09] Jarman (fl, p, voc); Mitchell (piccolo); Burrell (p); Krog (voc). Texts by Eldridge Cleaver and Joseph Jarman.
2-Announcement [2:56]
3-Getting to Know You All (L. Bowie) [34:41] Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra. Solos: Rypdal, Phillips (L) - Danielsson (R), Cuypers (prep-p), Burrell (p), Wheeler, Mangelsdorff, Mitchell - Jarman
4-Down with the Revisionists (B. Rosengren) [13:37] Thelin (tb); Rosengren (fl, ts); Cuypers (p); Rypdal (g); Danielsson (b - right); Phillips (b - left); Oxley (d - right); Delcloo (d - left)

Disc 2

1-Babudah (S. McCall) [17:04] Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra. Solos: Skidmore (ts); Wheeler (flh); Dudek (bamboo fl); Thelin (tb); Breuker (cl); Mitchell (as); Bowie (tpt)
2-Glancing Backwards (for Junior) (J. Surman) [10:45] Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra
3-Now (D. Burrell) (part 1) [15:37] Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra
4-Now (D. Burrell) (part 2) [13:16] Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra
5-Unknown Title [13:06] Wheeler (flh); Thelin (tb); Rosengren (ts); Sauer (ts); Skidmore (ts); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); Oxley (d); McCall (d)
6-Unknown Title [1:33] Mangelsdorff (tb + ring modulator) 

Disc 3

1-Open Space (A. Mangelsdorff) [17:26] Mangelsdorff (tb); Sauer (ts); Surman (bs); unknown rhythm section
2-Hello Soerste (K. Krog-J. Surman) [7:46] Wheeler (flh); Sauer (ts); Skidmore (ts); Surman (p); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); Oxley (d); Krog (voc)
3-Unknown Title [7:17] Wheeler (flh); Thelin (tb); Rosengren (ts); Sauer (ts); Skidmore (ts); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); Oxley (d); McCall (d)
4-Unknown Title [5:44] Thelin (tb); Breuker (bcl); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); Krog (voc)
5-Unknown Title [10:49] Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra
6-Ved Sørevatn (T. Rypdal) [8:38] Jarman (fl); Rosengren (fl, oboe); Rypdal (g); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); McCall (d); Delcloo (d, glockenspiel); Krog (voc)
7-Unknown Title [8:24] Jarman (fl); Rosengren (fl, oboe); Rypdal (g); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); McCall (perc); Oxley (perc); Krog (voc)
Unknown Title [4:xx] Phillips (b); Danielsson (b)

Kenny Wheeler (flh)
Hugh Steinmetz (tpt)
Lester Bowie (tpt)
Eje Thelin (tb)
Albert Mangelsdorff (tb
Roscoe Mitchell (ss, as, fl
John Surman (ss, bs)
Joseph Jarman (as, voc);
Willem Breuker (ts, cl);
Bernt Rosengren (ts, fl, oboe);
Alan Skidmore (ts);
Gerd Dudek (ts, fl);
Heinz Sauer (ts);
Terje Rypdal (g);
Dave Burrell (p, celeste)
Leo Cuypers (p, prep-p)
Palle Danielsson (b)
Barre Phillips (b)
Arjen Gorter (b)
Steve McCall (d)
Tony Oxley (d, perc);
Claude Delcloo (d);
Karin Krog (voc, p);
Unknown (ann)

 Recorded at Südwestfunk Studios, Baden-Baden
 (Dec 1969, Bootleg)

 Thanks to blogger chum Sotise for mailing me these nuggets alongside a bunch of other goodies.


UPDATE!!

Onx has kindly supplied me with a significant upgrade to this set. This new set is spread over four cds, is in the lossless flac format and adds further tracks, including the two short remaining tracks on the original lp release as seen above. As the track sequence is slightly different, I'm posting the set again in the order they appear on the four cds:

CD 1
01. Introduction 0:50
02. Babudah (S. McCall) 17:04
        Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra. Solos: Skidmore (ts); Wheeler (flh); Dudek (bamboo fl); Thelin (tb); Breuker (cl); Mitchell (as); Bowie (tpt)

03. Introduction 1:28
04. Hollow's Ecliptic No. 3 (J. Jarman) 18:09
        Jarman (fl, p, voc); Mitchell (piccolo); Burrell (p); Krog (voc). Texts by Eldridge Cleaver and Joseph Jarman

05. Introduction 0:56
06. Dear Uncle Alban (K. Krog-L. Cuypers) 3:20
        Cuypers (prep-p); Krog (voc)

07. Introduction 0:22
08. Forever (J. Surman) 4:16
        Jarman (as); Surman (bs); Phillips (b); McCall (d)

09. Introduction

CD 2
01. Introduction 2:56
02. Getting to Know You All (L. Bowie) 34:41
        Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra. Solos: Rypdal, Phillips (L) - Danielsson (R), Cuypers (prep-p), Burrell (p), Wheeler, Mangelsdorff, Mitchell - Jarman

03. Introduction 1:23
04. Now (D. Burrell) (part 1) 15:37
        Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra

05. Now (D. Burrell) (part 2) 13:16
        Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra

CD 3
01. Introduction 0:37
02. Everything is Water (K. Krog-R. Creeley) 11:50
        Krog (voc); Burrell (p); Gorter (b); Oxley (d - right); McCall (d - center); Delcloo (d - left)

03. Introduction 0:43
04. Down with the Revisionists (B. Rosengren) 13:37
        Thelin (tb); Rosengren (fl, ts); Cuypers (p); Rypdal (g); Danielsson (b - right); Phillips (b - left); Oxley (d - right); Delcloo (d - left)

05. Introduction 0:38
06. Hello Soerste (K. Krog-J. Surman) 7:46
        Wheeler (flh); Sauer (ts); Skidmore (ts); Surman (p); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); Oxley (d); Krog (voc)

07. Introduction 0:15
08. Open Space (A. Mangelsdorff) 8:33
        Mangelsdorff (tb); Sauer (ts); Surman (bs); unknown rhythm section

09. Unknown Title 12:22
        Mangelsdorff (tb); Sauer (ts); Surman (bs); unknown rhythm section

10. Introduction 0:51
11. Ved Sørevatn (T. Rypdal) 8:38
        Jarman (fl); Rosengren (fl, oboe); Rypdal (g); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); McCall (d); Delcloo (d, glockenspiel); Krog (voc)

12. Announcement

CD 4
01. Glancing Backwards (for Junior) (J. Surman) 10:45
        Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra

02. Unknown Title 13:06
        Wheeler (flh); Thelin (tb); Rosengren (ts); Sauer (ts); Skidmore (ts); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); Oxley (d); McCall (d)

03. Unknown Title 7:17
        Wheeler (flh); Thelin (tb); Rodengren (ts); Sauer (ts); Skidmore (ts); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); Oxley (d); McCall (d)

04. Unknown Title 10:49
        Baden-Baden New Jazz Orchestra

05. Unknown Title 8:24
        Jarman (fl); Rosengren (fl, oboe); Rypdal (g); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); McCall (perc); Oxley (perc); Krog (voc)

06. Unknown Title 8:29
        Thelin (tb); Breuker (bcl); Phillips (b); Danielsson (b); Krog (voc)

07. Unknown Title 0:57
        Thelin (tb) Phillips (b); Krog (voc)

08. For My Two JBs (K. Krog) 1:09
        Krog (voc + ring modulator)

09. Unknown Title 1:33
        Mangelsdorff (tb + ring modulator)

10. May Hunting Song (W. Breuker-J. Surman) 4:50
        Breuker (bcl); Surman (bcl)

Four of these tunes -- "Gittin' to Know You All," "Ved Sørevatn," "For My Two JBs," and "May Hunting Song" -- are included on MPS 15269.

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