Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass live at Berliner Jazztage 1973

Benny Bailey, Ron Simmons, Ack van Rooyen, Palle Mikkelborg (tp)
Jiggs Wigham, Ake Persson, Rudi Fuesers (tb); Peter Herbolzheimer (btb)
Herb Geller (as, ss, fl)
Dieter Reith (org); Horst Mühlbradt (elp); Philip Catherine (g)
Lucas Lindholm (b); Kenny Clare (dr)
Special guest: Jon Faddis (tp) on tracks 3 and 4
recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin, November 3, 1973

1. Frog Dance (Peter Herbolzheimer)
2. Timbales Calientes (Horst Mühlbradt)
3. Sunflower Chant (Peter Herbolzheimer)
4. Nica's Dream (Horace Silver)

n 1969 Herbolzheimer formed his Rhythm Combination and Brass (RC&B) for which he wrote most of the arrangements. This big band was unique in that it had an international lineup of eight brass, but originally only one saxophone, with Herb Geller in that chair. The list of brass players included Allan Botschinsky, Art Farmer, Dusko Goykovich, Palle Mikkelborg, Ack van Rooyen (Netherlands) and Jiggs Whigham. The rhythm section consisted of two keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and percussion and included renowned musicians such as Dieter Reith, Philip Catherine, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Bo Stief, Alex Riel, Grady Tate, and Nippy Noya. For special events the group was augmented as necessary, but the basic combination remained as such for several years. In the late 1970s the band toured successfully with a "jazz gala" program featuring guest stars such as Esther Phillips, Stan Getz, Nat Adderley, Gerry Mulligan, Toots Thielemans, Clark Terry, and Albert Mangelsdorff. In later years the RC&B played many concert tours, television shows and jazz festivals. It was later replaced by a regular sized big band, which featured many noted international artists such as Dianne Reeves and Chaka Khan, that was still active until Peter's passing.
In 1972 Herbolzheimer wrote music for the Edelhagen Band's opening of the Olympic Games in Munich. In 1974 Herbolzheimer's Rhythm Combination & Brass entered an annual television competition held in the Belgian seaside resort Knokke, winning the coveted Golden Swan Award. He also won the International Jazz Composers Competition 1974 in Monaco. Herbolzheimer's arrangements are a distinctive amalgam of swing, Latin and rhythmic rock music. In 1973 RC&B released "Wide Open" on MPS.

zeitkratzer vs. Terje Rypdal & Palle Mikkelborg: Beyond - live at Jazzfest Berlin 2010

Reinhold Friedl musical director, piano
Burkhard Schlothauer violin
Anton Lukoszevieze cello
Uli Phillipp bass
Maurice de Martin percussion
Marc Weiser electronics
Frank Gratkowski clarinet, saxophone
Hild Sofie Tafjord French horn
Hilary Jeffery trombone
Terje Rypdal guitar
Palle Mikkelborg leader, trumpet
recorded live at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Main Stage, November 5, 2010

Beyond I: Tantra (Palle Mikkelborg)
Atlas I (Terje Rypdal)
Beyond II (Palle Mikkelborg)
Atlas II (Terje Rypdal)
Beyond III (Palle Mikkelborg)
Atlas III (Terje Rypdal)

This group’s name says it all. Berlin-based zeitkratzer (“time-scraper”) ensemble, grouped around composer, pianist and musical director Reinhold Friedl chips away at the norms of time. The ensemble’s top-class line-up interprets the notion of “contemporary music” in its very own way, it “shakes off the chains of notation” by first and foremost emphasising the aspect of “contemporariness”.
In joint projects with Lou Reed, Jim O’Rourke or Merzbow, the group’s underlying concept of a European soloists’ ensemble displayed surprising intersections of different contemporary conceptions of organising sound. Their ensemble thereby benefits from the diverse experiences its members have with improvisation, electronics, Minimalist music, Rock, Pop, Noise and folklore, the voyage always heading further into the past as well as into the future.
With Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal and Danish trumpet player Palle Mikkelborg zeitkratzer has invited two heavyweights of Nordic jazz who in their intensive application of different timbres on their part for five decades have been blurring the outlines of musical categories.
Co-production with the NEWJazz Meeting of SWR

zeitkratzer vs. Terje Rypdal & Palle Mikkelborg: ‘Beyond’ at SWR NEWJazz Meeting, Baden-Baden 2010

Reinhold Friedl musical director, piano
Burkhard Schlothauer violin
Anton Lukoszevieze cello
Uli Phillipp bass
Maurice de Martin percussion
Marc Weiser electronics
Frank Gratkowski clarinet, saxophone
Hild Sofie Tafjord French horn
Hilary Jeffery trombone
Terje Rypdal guitar
Palle Mikkelborg leader, trumpet

recorded live at  SWR NEWJazz Meeting, Baden-Baden, November 4, 2010

This group’s name says it all. Berlin-based zeitkratzer (“time-scraper”) ensemble, grouped around composer, pianist and musical director Reinhold Friedl chips away at the norms of time. The ensemble’s top-class line-up interprets the notion of “contemporary music” in its very own way, it “shakes off the chains of notation” by first and foremost emphasising the aspect of “contemporariness”.
In joint projects with Lou Reed, Jim O’Rourke or Merzbow, the group’s underlying concept of a European soloists’ ensemble displayed surprising intersections of different contemporary conceptions of organising sound. Their ensemble thereby benefits from the diverse experiences its members have with improvisation, electronics, Minimalist music, Rock, Pop, Noise and folklore, the voyage always heading further into the past as well as into the future.
With Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal and Danish trumpet player Palle Mikkelborg zeitkratzer has invited two heavyweights of Nordic jazz who in their intensive application of different timbres on their part for five decades have been blurring the outlines of musical categories.
zeitkratzer´s latest CD is called "zeitkratzer WHITEHOUSE"