Info requested on Berlin "Jazz Galerie" club

[EKE BBB]

This one's (mainly) for our German board members:

Do you have any info on a jazz club located in Berlin called "Jazz Galerie" which was active at least in the late 1960s and early 1970s? Any sort of information/documentation is most appreciated (location, photos, archives, newspaper articles, contact of former owners...). I am assuming this is a different one from the famous "Jazz Stage". And sorry if this is well-known lore.

Tete Montoliu reportedly played at the Jazz Gallery for some time starting probably mid-May 1969, backed by a local rhythm section, as reported in an interview published in the Spanish newspaper "La Vanguardia".

Many thanks in advance!

 

[title edited for correct German spelling]

Edited April 10, 2023 by EKE BBB

[Niko]

I just googled a bit, starting with how I would spell it, Jazzgalerie... It's mentioned a few times here

http://www.andrecondouant.de/inhalt/leow/leo0.html

Apparently, the address was Bundesallee 194b in Berlin-Wilmersdorf.... And it was the location of Eric Dolphy's last gig...

[EKE BBB]

2 hours ago, Niko said:

I just googled a bit, starting with how I would spell it, Jazzgalerie... It's mentioned a few times here

http://www.andrecondouant.de/inhalt/leow/leo0.html

Apparently, the address was Bundesallee 194b in Berlin-Wilmersdorf.... And it was the location of Eric Dolphy's last gig...

Thanks, Niko!

[optatio]

https://jatzzt.de/interview-mit-mickey-bahner-bassist/

"Mickey: Wie ich vorhin sagte, man hatte eine Hausrhythmusgruppe, Anfang der siebziger Jahre machte man das nicht mehr. Aber ich habe dann auch noch einmal mit Tete Montoliu gespielt, blinder Pianist, der zunächst in der „Galerie“ spielte. Mit dem bin ich dann nach München gegangen, um dort auch Haustruppe zu spielen, mit Joe Nay am Schlagzeug, ein Berliner Schlagzeuger. ..."

[mikeweil]

That's a very interesting interview. This is a pic from El Babaku's recording at the Jazz Galerie, a very special album.

the Fritz Pauer also is very good.

Billy Brroks was an amazing drummer. 

[mikeweil]

AFAIK these are the only recordings from the Jazz Galerie ever released.

[Ken Dryden]

Looks like I need that Fritz Pauer LP.

[EKE BBB]

On 4/10/2023 at 8:22 PM, optatio said:

https://jatzzt.de/interview-mit-mickey-bahner-bassist/

"Mickey: Wie ich vorhin sagte, man hatte eine Hausrhythmusgruppe, Anfang der siebziger Jahre machte man das nicht mehr. Aber ich habe dann auch noch einmal mit Tete Montoliu gespielt, blinder Pianist, der zunächst in der „Galerie“ spielte. Mit dem bin ich dann nach München gegangen, um dort auch Haustruppe zu spielen, mit Joe Nay am Schlagzeug, ein Berliner Schlagzeuger. ..."

Many thanks for the link to this very interesting interview.

Yes, drummer Joe Nay was strongly connected with Tete in 1971, taking part in several of his discs: "Body and Soul" (Enja), "Recordando A Line" (Discophon), "Ten To Two Blues" (Ensayo) and "It's About Blues Time" (Ensayo, under Goykovich's leadership). I have also got documentation on several concerts in Germany (Spring 1971) and Spain (Autumn 1971, with Dexter Gordon or Pony Poindexter).

As for Mickey Bahner, in my TM chronology, he only appears once: in a concert in Schwabach (May 1971), with Dusko Goykovich on trumpet and flugelhorn and Frank St. Peter on tenor sax, of which there is a private tape.

In the abovementioned interview, Bahner talks about "early 70s", so maybe he is not the bassist on Tete's first residence at the Jazz Galerie in May 1969... or rather he simply does not recall this earlier collaboration.

Edited April 12, 2023 by EKE BBB

[Niko]

It's not so clear actually what he says exactly regarding the timing of events, in particular whether his playing with Montoliu is (partly) before the early 70s: I would translate this "Wie ich vorhin sagte, man hatte eine Hausrhythmusgruppe, Anfang der siebziger Jahre machte man das nicht mehr. Aber ich habe dann auch noch einmal mit Tete Montoliu gespielt, blinder Pianist, der zunächst in der „Galerie“ spielte. Mit dem bin ich dann nach München gegangen, um dort auch Haustruppe zu spielen, ..." as follows: "Like I said before, there used to be house rhythm sections, but in the early seventies that wasn't done anymore. But I did play once again with Tete Montoliu, blind pianist, who had initially (?) played in the Jazzgalerie. With him, I then went to Munich, to form a house rhythm section ..." (the second time, he says Haustruppe, "house troup", which I guess is a joke from back then...)