BADEN BADEN FREE JAZZ MEETING 1968

Collective personnel according an article by Dieter Zimmerle in Germany's Jazz Podium 1969/01.(thanks to BJ for the scan)

It is really a pity that this isn't available in better sound plus with complete / correct informations and most important with more music from this event....

Manfred Schoof
Mongezi Feza
Albert Mangelsdorff
Evan Parker
John Tchicai
Willem Breuker
Becky Friend, flute
Steen Cleason, violin
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Chris McGregor
Wolfgang Dauner
Irene Schweizer
Karl Berger
Alan Silva
Eberhard Weber
Peter Kowald
Kent Carter
Louis Moholo
Pierre Favre
Jacques Thollot

Date of recording is from the same article. Further it is elaborated that tapes with pre-recorded music were used at least by Karl Berger.

1. Moonlight Alley (unknown) 10:35
Unidentified Ensemble

2. Longsmars' Ballad (Dauner/Mangelsdorff) 7:31
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Wolgang Dauner, piano

3. Stratology (Dauner) 4:50
Wolfgang Dauner, piano, ring modulator, synthesizer
+ bass(?)

4. Way Beyond Cave (Berger/Mangelsdorff) 5:40
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Karl Berger, vibes

5. unknown title 6:49
Willem Breuker, clarinet


And that's what I got with the files:

1 Moonlight Alley
Manfred Schhoof, Mongezi Feza, John Tchicai, Evan Parker, Willem Breuker, Chris McGregor, Wolfgang Dauner, Eberhard Weber, Peter Kowald, Karl Berger, Pierre Favre, Louis Moholo

2 Longsmars' Ballad
Wolfgang Dauner, Albert Mangelsdorff

3 Stratology
Eberhard Weber, Wolfgang Dauner, Irene Schweizer, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Chris McGregor

(two pianos + cembalo + celesta [from the article mentioned above] - so maybe only four musicians here?)

4 Way Beyond Cave
Albert Mangelsdorff, Karl Berger

5 Solo clarinet piece
(not listed on the cassette, possibly Willem Breuker ?)

Recorded at the Südwestfunk Studios, Baden-Baden in December 11-13, 1968.

Excerpts from the Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting 1968.