Release Date: 03 December 2012
Label: Art Of Groove
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 885513801876
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
Guitarist Volker Kriegel was one of Europe's finest jazz-rock guitarists and is still remembered for his tasteful contributions to recordings by vibraphonist Dave Pike and the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble. Kriegel is captured at his very best on "Live At Jazzfest Berlin '81", a combined CD and DVD package which is released for the first time. Also featured is bassist Eberhard Weber who is, of course, best known for a number of groundbreaking albums on ECM.
Weber had also worked with Kriegel previously as a member of "Spectrum", a quartet which the guitarist formed in the early 1970's, and was also a key component of Kriegel's recordings for Joachim Ernst Berendt's legendary MPS label. On November 1981 in Berlin, however, the band presented in concert was simply titled "Volker Kriegel and Friends" and the group performed an unfamiliar (but enthusiastically received) repertoire mostly based around new pieces recorded for his solo album, "Journal". Largely modal in character, the music is notable for its dreamy textures and in addition to the exemplary six-string work also features Kriegel on (so-called) sitar guitar.
Personnel: Volker Kriegel (guitar & sitar guitar), Wolfgang Schluter (vibraphone), Thomas Bettermman (keyboards), Eberhard Weber (bass), Ralf Huebner (drums)
Tracklisting
Volker Kriegel
Jeremy Steig & Eddie Gomez
Volker Kriegel & Friends
Heinz Sauer & Jasper Van't Hof
Oscar Peterson & Ben Webster
Trilok Gurtu, Simon Philips & NDR Bigband
Weather Report
Weather Report
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu
