From Europe With Jazz Nordic All-Stars / NOVI Singers / Zurich International Festival All-Stars / Bosko Petrovic

• 1Salamanderdans09:28
• 2Next Please05:55
• 3Lonely Woman05:46
• 4Sigo's Garden18:53
• Total Runtime40:02

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There are lots of surprises on this 1972 production. It’s a potpourri of “live” festival big bands with some of the greatest jazz musicians of the time. First off, the Nordic All-Stars. Danish composer-trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg’s composition “Salamanderdans” demonstrates why he is one of jazz’s great contemporary composers. On the piece, Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek of ECM fame is surrounded by the best from the North. Ear-opening early Garbarek. Poland’s Novi Singers follow. On “Next Please”, a scintillating mixture of modern and experimental illustrate why they have attained cult status. Next, the Zurich International Festival All-Stars, read like a who’s who of European and American jazz. Dexter Gordon, Don Byas, Art Farmer, and Albert Mangelsdorff are just a few of the greats. George Grunz’s arrangement of Ornette Coleman’s “Lonely Woman” creates a symphonic hue to this classic ballad. Lastly, “Sigo’s Garden” an extravagant piece of greenery as Boško Petrović & the Non-convertible Eastern All-Stars race through the undergrowth. The music sounds as fresh today as it was then.

Track 1: Salamanderdans (Palle Mikkelborg) - Nordic All-Stars
Jan Garbarek ts, cl, fl; Terje Rypdal, g; Jon Christensen, dr (Norway); Juhani Aaltonen, ts, as, fl; Heikki Sarmanto, p; Seppo Paakunainen, bs, fl (Finland); Bertil Lövgren, tp; Palle Danielsson, b; OIl. Holmquist, tb, tuba (Sweden); Palle Mikkelborg, tp, flh; Allan Botschinsky, tp; Jesper Thilo, cl, ts, as, ss, bcl, cbcl, fl (Denmark)

Track 2: Next Please (Bernard Kawka) - NOVI Singers
Ewa Wanat, Janusz Mych, Bernard Kawka, Waldemar Parzynski (Poland)

Track 3: Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman, arr. G. Gruntz) - Zurich International Festival All-Stars
Art Farmer, tp (USA); Benny Bailey, tp (USA); Dusko Goykovich, tp (Yugoslavia); Franco Ambrosetti, tp (Switzerland); Slide Hampton, tb (USA); Jiggs Whigham, tb (USA); Albert Mangelsdorff, tb (Germany); Ake Persson, tb (Sweden); Herb Geller, as, oboe (USA); Leo Wright, as (USA); Dexter Gordon, ts (USA); Don Byas, ts (USA); Sahib Shihab, bs (USA); Heinz Bigler, as (Switzerland); lsla Eckinger, b (Switzerland); Tony lnzalaco, dr (USA); George Gruntz, p, el.p (Switzerland).

Track 4: Sigo’s Garden (Boško Petrović) - Boško Petrović Quintet & the Non-convertible Eastern All-Stars
Simeon Sterev, fl (Bulgaria); Jiri Stivin, fl, as (Czechoslovakia); Dan Mindrila, ts (Roumania); Zbigniev Seifert, .1. v (Poland); Salko Mujicic, fl; Ozren Depolo, as; Brane Zivkovic, p, organ, fl; Miljenko Prohaska, b; Ratko Divjak, dr; Boško Petrović, v, marimba, tarabuka drum (Yugoslavia).

Live recordings made at the Festivals of Södertälje, Zürich and Ljubljana

Digitally remastered

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