George Russell - Berlin 1970 & Don Ellis - Berlin 1968 (George Russell Fest #4/7) - now on dime

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Don Ellis played with Russell early on (documented on a few of the later's great early 60s album on Riverside, see my earlier Russell post for more info), so it was pretty logical to combine these two shorter sets. The Russell composition was released twice on Soul Note, as far as I know. About Ellis I don't know that much. Two of his earliest albums for Pacific Jazz have been reissued on CD by Blue Note/EMI, and I also have his Columbia album "Electric Bath". Earlier on he did a few small group albums (for Candid mainly, but one for New Jazz/Prestige - another OJC to get before it's gone, I assume...), and later on he did a few more albums for Columbia (some of which have been reissued on CD by the Wounded Bird label).

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George Russell Group
Berliner Jazztage 1970
Berlin (DE), Philharmonie
November 5, 1970

Manfred Schoof - trumpet
Albert Mangelsdorff - trombone
Gerd Dudek - tenor sax
Terje Rypdal - guitar
George Russell - piano
Günter Lenz - bass
Jon Christensen - drums

1. Stage Introduction AM (1:29)
2. Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (George Russell) 18:12

TT: 19:41

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Don Ellis - Berlin Dream Band
Berliner Jazztage 1968
Berlin (DE), Philharmonie
November 8, 1968

Don Ellis - trumpet, quarter-tone-trumpet, conductor, arranger
Ron Simmonds, Ack van Rooyen, Harry Samp, Carmel Jones - trumpet
Ake Persson, Siegfried Schmidt, Henry Masnik, Jean Orieux - trombone
Hyronimus Engel - tuba
Leo Wright, Klaus Marmulla, Lothar Noack, Helmut Brandt - sax
Fritz Pauer - piano
Hajo Lange, Jurgen Ehlers, Hans Rettenbacher - bass
Dai Bowen, Billy Brooks - drums
Heinz Niemeyer, Dave Hildinger, Werner Windler, Kurt Giese - percussion

on "Night City" add The Peter Cornehlsen Chorus - voices

3. Announcement DE (1:15)
4. Night City (8:36)
5. Announcement DE (0:15)
6. The Blues (8:07)
7. Announcement DE (0:40)
8. Pussy Wiggle Stomp (16:47)

All Compositions by Don Ellis

TT: 35:42

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TT: 55:23 / Sound: A / Source: FM
Lineage: FM > ? > CDR in trade > EAC (secure) > Cool Edit Pro (added track mark & fades) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)