| GEORGE GRUNTZ . ALLEN GINSBERG |
| JAZZ / COMTEMPORARY JAZZ / BIG BAND ORCHESTRA 1992 |
GEORGE GRUNTZ / ALLEN GINSBERG:COSMOPOLITAN GREETINGS Jazz Opera / First Performance in Concert Version WDR BIG BAND and SOLOISTS directed by George Gruntz MUSIKSZENE SCHWEIZ, MGB CD 9203(CD) (C)1992(P)1993 MGB, SWITZERLAND RECORDED: MAY 26, 1992 RELEASED: 1993, SWITZERLAND |
| CREDITS (productions) : |
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Composed by George Gruntz / Libretto by Allen Ginsberg Recorded live by Westdeutscher Runkfunk Köln, May 26, 1992, Kölner Philharmonie Producer: Wolfgang Hirschmann Sound Engineers: Reinhold Nickel, Frank Schneider Sound Assistant: Jürgen Königsfeld Remixed by Wolfgang Hirschmann, George Gruntz / Digitally Edited by Ruth Witt Production: Therese van Laere / Executive Producer: Infrasteff/Stefan Sgner Cover Painting: Bruno Gronen Scene Comments: George Gruntz / Liner Notes: Franz Xaver Nager Photo: Bilderdienst Süddeutscher / Art Direction: Mediall CD manufactured by Multi Media Masters, Yverdon |
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George Gruntz appears by courtesy of ENJA Records Ray Anderson appears by courtesy of Gramavision Records |
| CREDITS (musicians) : |
| featuring: | ||
| vocals | : |
Renée Manning, Sheila Jordan, Mark Murphy,
Ray Anderson, Howard Johnson |
| trumpets | : | Don Cherry |
| trombone | : | Ray Anderson |
| tuba, baritone sax | : | Howard Johnson |
| percussion | : | Freddie Santiago |
| bass | : | Mike Richmond |
| drums | : | Danny Gottlieb |
| piano | : | George Gruntz |
| WDR BIG BAND: | ||
| saxophones | : |
Heiner Wiberny, Harald Rosenstein, Olivier Peters, Rolf Römer, Steffen Schorn |
| trumpet | : | Andy Haderer, Rob Bruynen, Klaus Osterloh, John Marshall |
| trombone | : | Dave Horler, Ludwig Nuss, Bernt Laukamp, Roy Deuvall |
| percussion | : | Christoph Eidens |
| TRACKS : |
| DISC 1 (total time 50:13) : | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. |
Jumping the Gun on the Sun (10:31)
soloists: Ray Anderson, trombone; Olivier Peters, tenor saxophone; Renée Manning, vocal
2. |
Happening now! (11:21)
| soloists: Sheila Jordan, vocal; Howard Johnson, tuba; Don Cherry, pocket-trumpet
3. |
Those Two & Maturity (7:01)
| soloists: Don Cherry, doussn'gouni(Mali Cora), pocket-trumpet; Mark Murphy, vocal; Christoph Eidens, marimbaphone; Freddie Santiago, percussion; Mike Richmond, bass; Renée Manning, vocal; Sheila Jordan, vocal; Ray Anderson, vocal, trombone; Heiner Wiberny, flute
4. |
Bop Lyrics (8:34)
| soloists: Danny Gottlieb, drums; Howard Johnson, vocal, baritone saxophone; Heiner Wiberny, alto saxophone
5. |
7th Avenue Express (11:03)
| soloists: Mark Murphy, vocal; Mike Richmond, bass; Sheila Jordan, vocal; Renée Manning, vocal; Ray Anderson, trombone
DISC 2 (total time 33:02) :
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1. |
FUN (NY DEATH) (7:58)
| soloists: Sheila Jordan, vocal; Mark Murphy, vocal; Ray Anderson, rap, trombone
2. |
An Eastern Ballad (11:36)
| soloists: Howard Johnson, bass clarinet; Olivier Peters, flute, tenor saxophone; George Gruntz, piano; Renée Manning, vocal; Don Cherry, pocket-trumpet
3. |
Prophecy (8:58)
| soloists: Sheila Jordan, vocal; Mark Murphy, vocal; Renée Manning, vocal + all jazz instrumentalists (collective improvisation)
4. |
Death March (3:34)
| soloist: George Gruntz, piano | ||