Globe Unity Orchestra

[erwbol]

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Edited January 12, 2016 by erwbol

[Steve Reynolds]

Rumbling is tremendous. Smaller group playing tunes. Their output runs from free improvisations to compositions by various musicians in and out of the band. Unlike some others, I've never warmed to the 67-70 disc. I'd rather you tube some of those awesome videos and watch the fucking maelstrom. Nothing ever like the early shows with these monster radical dudes. Watch all but really watch Bennink & Brotzmann. 

Baden Baden is very good and again song based, but alas, I've never heard Pearls and will not until it ever it comes out on CD - I'm not a download person.

I will be ordering the 2002 & 2006 recordings early next year (the 2002 disc was back-ordered on my recent order). 

Edited December 26, 2015 by Steve Reynolds

[Olie Brice]

On 26/12/2015 at 9:47 AM, erwbol said:

What other albums are considered to be the group's best, irrespective of availability on CD?

I love 'Compositions', on Japo.  Quite atypical, the calmest GUO I've heard, very beautiful album

[Homefromtheforest]

All the Japos are great..nice to hear the band so well recorded.  I love the cover on "improvisations" too..

[clifford_thornton]

Baden-Baden '75 is good. Jahrmarkt appeared on one side of the Po Torch LP Jahrmarkt/Local Fair.

[mjazzg]

I've yet to come across a bad GUO album

[optatio]

"What was perceived as a scandal marks the beginning of a success story for the Globe Unity Orchestra, ..." So Bert Noglik in his German liner notes for:

50 Jahre Jazzfest Berlin. Alexander von Schlippenbach "Globe Unity" - The Carla Bley Band "Boo To You Too". Berliner Festspiele. Limited Edition 2014.

Rec. live Nov. 3, 1966, Berlin Philharmonie (Berliner Jazztage)

Line-up for 'Alexander Schlippenbach "Globe Unity" für 13 Instrumente':

Manfred Schoof Quintet: Manfred Schoof (tp), Gerd Dudek (ts), Alexander von Schlippenbach (p), Buschi Niebergall (b), Jaki Liebezeit (dr)

Peter Brötzmann Trio: Peter Brötzmann (as), Peter Kowald (b), Mani Neumeyer (dr)

Wind Section: Claude Deron (tp), Willem Breuker (saxes), Gunter Hampel (b-cl, fl), Horst Gmeinwieser (tb), Willi Lietzmann (tuba)

 

[mjazzg]

Never really understood that release. Performances are 13 years apart and bands bear little resemblance to each other stylistically or otherwise. Struck me as being a bit of an attempt to ride the vinyl-fetish wave.

Edited January 2, 2016 by mjazzg

[David Ayers]

Looks good to me!

[mjazzg]

I don't doubt the music's good just the pairing. I can't see myself often thinking "now that was some fine GUO, what I need to hear now is some Carla Bley". Can't believe there wasn't a more sympathetic side 2 in that archive

[king ubu]

Yeah, the pairing is odd and the Bley set would have deserved release in its entirety for sure (hadn't heard (any of) the Globe Unity set before, don't know if there's more but I reckon there is) ... but I still had to get that LP, wasn't exactly cheap!