globe unity | company
Sunday, July 8th, 2007
GLOBE UNITY: JAHRMARKT/LOCAL FAIR Po Torch PTR/JWD 2
Kenny Wheeler, Enrico Rava, Manfred Schoof / trumpets, Gunter Christman, Paul Rutherford, Albert Mangelsdorff / trombones, Evan Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Anthony Braxton, Gerd Dudek, Rudiger Carl, Michel Pilz / saxophones & reeds, Alex Schlippenbach / accordion & piano, Peter Kowald / conductor & tuba, J.B. Niebergall / doublebass, Paul Lovens / percussion and musical saw. Plus, on “Local Fair” (Side 2): the Wuppermusikanten Orchestra, the Wupperspatzen Orchestra, and Mousikon Synkrotima Spirou Papendreou (quartet).
Recorded; November 25, 1975 & June 5, 1976 in performance.
GLOBE UNITY: PEARLS FMP 0380
Orchestra same as above, though Peter Kowald also plays bass and does not conduct, and Alex Schlippenbach does not play accordion.
Recorded: November 25-27, 1977 and February 21, 1977 (Schlippenbach piano solo)
GLOBE UNITY: IMPROVISATIONS JAPO 60021
Orchestra same as above with the addition of Derek Bailey / guitar, and Tristan Honsinger / cello.
Recorded; September 1977.
COMPANY 5 Incus 28
Leo Smith / trumpet and flute, Maarten van Regteren Altena / bass, Derek Bailey / electric and acoustic guitars, Tristan Honsinger / cello, Steve Lacy / soprano saxophone, Anthony Braxton / clarinet, flute, alto and soprano saxophones, Evan Parker / soprano and tenor saxophones.
Recorded; May 26, 1977.
The Globe Unity records move from extreme to extreme - at the one end (Jahrmarkt/Local Fair) having to do with form and its superimpositions, at the other (Improvisations) with the shattering of form completely, at least as a preconceived element, and in between (Pearls) having to do with form as a skeletal model around which improvisation takes place. Each record is completely distinctive, each has its own terms on which it works, and each is an important orchestral showcase.
