Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting 1970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96oSJ9h_lY

Don Cherry, trumpet, flute
Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Tomasz Stanko, trumpet
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
John Tchicai, soprano & alto saxophone
Trevor Watts, alto saxophone
Willem Breuker, alto, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Peter Brötzmann, alto, tenor & baritone saxophone
John Surman, baritone saxophone
Derek Bailey, guitar
Gunter Hampel, vibes, bass clarinet
Joachim Kühn, piano, alto saxophone
Irène Aebi, violin, vocals
Dave Holland, bass, cello
Barre Phillips, bass
Johnny Dyani, bass, cello
Peter Warren, bass
John Stevens, drums, percussion, cornet
Han Bennink, drums, percussion, dhung
Stu Martin, drums
Pierre Favre, drums, percussion
Karin Krog, vocals
Norma Winstone, vocals

put this on that old jazz thread i started long ago but this is something more people should see if they haven't seen it. i'd never seen it!

well that lineup just sounds amazing.

Don Cherry lookin so damn cool in that floppy hat. and Joachim Kühn looks like he belongs on a Roxy Music album cover

Got this saved up to watch later. Hugely exciting that this is available.

Well worth reading George Lewis's essay on the event and the broader context. Parts of this made it into his AACM book, but this is the full kahuna.

https://www.criticalimprov.com/index.php/csieci/article/view/6/14

Thanks for sharing, this person is uploading some incredible stuff right now.

Think this is the earliest footage of Derek Bailey playing that I've seen - and not sure I've ever seen film of John Stevens before.

Lol the person who uploaded this is a friend of mine.

Xp scott — he lives in the same building as R@ub Roy, our mutual noise pal

no way! i thought i might see him home for the holidays but i didn't.

Han Bennik just going nuclear on the drums smokin the (meerschaum?) pipe <3

What an experience

haha, that cracked me up. everyone was watching him closely.

this is great!

wowzers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZFyK8gwEdw

daaaaaaamn

I have no idea where this guy is getting these videos, but his channel is amazing. I don't have 2 1/2 hours to spare for the big one, but this 17-minute performance of Penderecki's "Actions for Free Jazz Orchestra" is killer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1agClYujc

So glad Han Bennink is still with us, his mere existence is evidence life wasn’t a mistake.

otm

Someone on the FMP facebook page said that these shows were all originally broadcast on the German public broadcasting channel SWR. Imagine such things being broadcast today lol.

German television aired one of the greatest things i've ever seen on the internet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUcdeM3unko

Oh damn I love Kagel

Someone on the FMP facebook page said that these shows were all originally broadcast on the German public broadcasting channel SWR. Imagine such things being broadcast today lol.

I got it in 3 …

I have no idea where this guy is getting these videos, but his channel is amazing. I don't have 2 1/2 hours to spare for the big one, but this 17-minute performance of Penderecki's "Actions for Free Jazz Orchestra" is killer:

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wouldn't be surprised, he's an absolute treasure trove for this kind of thing