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  Globe Unity 67 
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Alexander von Schlippenbach and
Globe Unity 67
Gunter Hampel
Kris Wanders
Gerd Dudek
Willem Breuker
Heinz Sauer
Peter Brötzmann
Manfred Schoof
Jürg Grau
Claude Deron
Jiggs Wigham
Albert Mangelsdorff
Willy Lietzmann
Karlhanns Berger
J.B. Niebergall
Peter Kowald
Jaki Liebezeit
Mani Neumeier
Sven-Åke Johansson

Alexander von Schlippenbach and
Globe Unity 70
Evan Parker
Gerd Dudek
Michel Pilz
Heinz Sauer
Peter Brötzmann
Kenny Wheeler
Manfred Schoof
Tomasz Stanko
Bernard Vitet
Albert Mangelsdorff
Malcolm Griffiths
Paul Rutherford
Buschi Niegergall
Peter Kowald
Arjen Gorter
Derek Bailey
Han Bennink
Paul Lovens

Globe Unity 67 & 70
   Alexander von Schlippenbach's Globe Unity Orchestra

"Since the beginning of the "free jazz era" in 1960 at that time, we played almost exclusively in small groups. I was fascinated by the idea of playing our "new" music with a large ensemble."

"A compositional commission from RIAS-BERLIN for the Berliner Jazztage 1966 made it possible for me to pursue this, and I was able to put together a big band of some suitable musicians I knew, in which two already-existing groups (the Manfred Schoof Quintet and the Peter Brötzmann Trio) provided as it were a double nucleus of "Globe Unity" (as my piece was titled)."

"The premiere performance, in November 1966 in the Berliner Philharmonie, was a sensational success, because the press outdid themselves equally in extravagant praise and hysterical vituperation. With this, the GLOBE UNITY ORCHESTRA was founded and began its career, which lasted more than twenty years. The compositions presented on this CD originated in radio commissions for the Donaueschinger Tage für Neue Musik ("Globe Unity 67") and for the Berliner Jazztage ("Globe Unity 70"). The 67 piece is based on the systematic application and expansion of the procedures already used in GLOBE UNITY 66. In this respect, "GLOBE UNITY 70" is determined more by aleatorics and by semantic information for the players".  -- Alexander von Schlippenbach, June 2001 from the liners

Larger than life, bigger than any mere mortal, and presented with a gorgeous 14-panel cd booklet with reproductions of Herr Schlippenbach's original scores.

2 tracks in 52:05 minutes

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