Globe Unity Orchestra: Festspielhaus, Berlin (November 3, 2006)

Globe Unity Orchestra
Festspielhaus, Berlin

November 3, 2006 (15 items; TT = 88:20)

Festspielhaus, Berlin

Source/Quality: RB (B+)

Kenny Wheeler (tpt, flh); Manfred Schoof (tpt); Jean-Luc Capazzo (tpt); Axel Dörner (tpt); Paul Rutherford (tb); Johannes Bauer (tb); Jeb Bishop (tb); George Lewis (tb); Evan Parker (ss, ts); Gerd Dudek (ss, ts, fl); Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (as, bs, cl); Rudi Mahall (bcl); Alexander Von Schlippenbach (p, prep p); Paul Lovens (d, perc); Paul Lytton (d, perc)

Disc 1
1	Introduction (Reinhard Kager)	2:10
2	Introduction	2:59
3	Globe Unity 40 Years (A. von Schlippenbach)	19:11
4	Out of Burton's Songbook (W. Breuker)	12:13
5	Introduction	2:13
6	Bavarian Calypso (A. von Schlippenbach)	5:16
7	Introduction	1:45
	Schlippenbach talks about the band
8	Introduction (Reinhard Kager)	0:34
9	Nodagoo (K. Wheeler)	6:11
10	The Dumps (S. Lacy)	13:01
11	The Forge (A. von Schlippenbach)	7:43
12	Closing announcement	0:37

Disc 2
1	Introduction (Reinhard Kager)	1:16
2	The Dumps (S. Lacy)	12:46
3	Closing announcement (Reinhard Kager)	0:25

Recorded at the Jazzfest Berlin. A rare appearance by Kenny Wheeler, who was recovering from a stroke and takes a nice solo on "Nodagoo."

This combines two FM broadcasts: one from Südwestfunk Radio 2 (SWR-2), May 31, 2007 and another from Deutschlandfunk (DLF), September 17, 2007. The provenance of the various items listed above is as follows:

Introduction (R. Kager) (SWR-2)
Introduction (unknown) (DLF)
Globe Unity 40 Years (SWR-2)
Out of Burton's Songbook (DLF)
Introduction (unknown) (DLF)
Bavarian Calypso (SWR-2)
Introduction (Schlippenbach) (DLF)
Introduction (R. Kager) (SWR-2)
Nodagoo (DLF)
The Dumps (DLF)
The Forge (DLF)
Closing announcement (DLF)
Introduction (R. Kager) (SWR-2)
The Dumps (SWR-2)
Closing announcement (R. Kager) (SWR-2)

Globe Unity OrchestraFestspielhaus, Berlin

Globe Unity Orchestra
Festspielhaus, Berlin