Lester Bowie conducts
Gazzelloni | Cincinnati, OH USA | 06/12/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This 1969 album features a 50 piece orchestra, with the title track (parts I & II) composed and conducted by trumpeter Lester Bowie. Recorded in Baden-Baden, Germany, the album has an all-star cast (including John Surman, Kenny Wheeler, Roscoe Mitchell, Willem Breuker, Barre Phillips, Tony Oxley, Albert Mangelsdorff, Terje Rypdal, and many others you will know). Sponsored by Südwestfunk radio and organized by Joachim Ernst Berendt, this album documents the first significant meeting point between European free jazz and Chicago's AACM. A real must-own for any fan of the avant-garde. Highly Recommended"