gunter hampel is 75 this week

[alocispepraluger102]

German jazz vibraphonist, clarinettist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist and composer, gunter hampel is 75 this week.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIR.

[jlhoots]

Birth 001 with Jeanne Lee, et. al. has always been a favorite!!

[alocispepraluger102]

Birth 001 with Jeanne Lee, et. al. has always been a favorite!!

that music in the lee era went to places that very few musics ever touch.

[Pete C]

He was especially instrumental in bringing European & American improvisers together. 8th of July 1968 is an amazing document. I also have an unissued concert from '68 with Pharoah plus McLaughlin & Sharrock on guitars. Not great audio, but wild stuff. I saw him a bunch of times in NY in the '70s & '80s. Happy birthday, Gunter.

[clifford_thornton]

Ooh, I haven't heard the '68 concert w/ Sharrock & McLaughlin. There's one I'm looking for with McLaughlin and Han Bennink, too, but I don't think it's the same material.

8th of July is a classic, and I'm also very fond of the Wergo and ESP LPs. Hampel's a fascinating character.

[GA Russell]

8th of July is the only one I know. It was my first free jazz album. I think I have it in a box somewhere. Flying Dutchman label, right?

[clifford_thornton]

FD reissued the Birth/Natural Jazz private issue, which was and is Hampel's label.

[Larry Kart]

I reviewed "8th of July" for Down Beat way back when. A nice memory.

[Larry Kart]

I reviewed "8th of July" for Down Beat way back when. A nice memory.

[alocispepraluger102]

Gunter Hampel

dear friends

i recieved an overwhelming 75 birthday kiss from literally a few hundreds of you, from all over the world, from some i had not heard from for ages, and most which are very close.i wished

jeanne , marion brown, steve mcCall,thomas,shaun, and all the others who are still with us by the way of our recordings, as many expressed and even posted !and hope they are recieving your love

somehow by the universal spiritual connections which you so heart-warming have been expressing in your supporting posts on fb,email and my phone. god bless you and my children ruomi,cavana and belail and my band johannes,bernd ,andreas,prince alegs,cemill, and our friends like richard ,natural, ulli ,ingo, bruce ,....etc stay in touch.G.