"Das Jazz-Sextett" feat. Albert Mangelsdorff & Bud Shank: Hamburg Souvenirs 1957

Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Bud Shank, alto saxophone, flute
Bob Cooper, tenor saxophone, oboe
Attila Zoller, guitar
Gary Peacock, bass
Karl Sanner, drums

April 1957 at NDR studios, Hamburg, Germany

1. Our Love is here to stay (Gershwin/ Gershwin)
2. These foolish things (Strachey/Marvell)
3. Lullaby of Birdland (Shearing)
4. Embraceable you (Gershwin/ Gershwin)
5. What a difference a Day makes (Grever/Adams)

Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra feat. Stan Getz: Meadows - The Hannover Tapes

recorded at NDR Studio Hannover, Germany November 26, 1971

1. Here's that rainy day (VanHeusen/ Burke)
2. Meadows (Peter Herbolzheimer)
3. Nica´s Dream (Horace Silver)
4. Con Alma (Dizzy Gillespie)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Domination - Hamburg Souvenirs 1969

Cannonball Adderley, alto saxophone
Nat Adderley, trumpet
Joe Zawinul, piano
Victor Gaskin, bass
Roy McCurdy, drums

recorded at NDR Studios Hamburg, March 1969

1. Rumpelstilzchen (Zawinul)
2. Sack o'woe (J.Adderley)
3. Experience in E (Zawinul)
4. Do do do (N.Adderley)
5. Early chanson (Zawinul)
6. I'm on my way (N.Adderley)
7. Domination (J.Adderley)

Art Farmer Sextet: People - Hamburg Souvenirs 1965

Art Farmer, flugelhorn

Herb Geller, alto saxophone

unknown rhythm section

recorded at NDR Studios, Hamburg, December 1, 1965

1. Willow weep for me (Ronell)
2. People (Styne/ Merrill)
3. Love for sale (Cole Porter)
4. Around the world in 80 days (Young/ Adamson)
5. The sweetest sounds (Rodgers)
6. Like someone in love (VanHeusen/ Burke)

Bill Evans Trio: Very Early - Hamburg Souvenirs 1972

Bill Evans, piano
Eddie Gomez, bass
Marty Morell, drums

recorded at NDR Studios, Hamburg, February 14, 1972

1. Very Early (Evans)
2. Twelve Tone Tune (Evans)
3. Alfie (Bacharach)
4. Waltz for Debbie (Evans)
5. Midnight Mood (Zawinul)

Hans Koller New Jazz Stars: Hamburg Souvenirs 1953

Hans Koller, tenor saxophone
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Jutta Hipp, piano
Karl Sanner, drums
Shorty Röder, bass

March 9, 1953 at NDR studios, Hamburg, Germany

1. The way you look tonight (Kern/Fields)
2. Indian Summer (Herbert/Dubin)
3. You go to my head (Coots/Gillespie)
4. All the things you are (Kern/ Hammerstein)

Hans Koller was one of the best known Austrian Jazz musicians. Koller formed his quartet with pianist Jutta Hipp, bassist Shorty Roeder and drummer Karl Sanner. The group was one of Europe's most popular units in the early 1950s (recording Hans Is Hip, 1952; "5 stars" by Down Beat). Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff became member of his band in 1953. Koller had frequent contact with American jazzmen, among others with Dizzy Gillespie, whom he invited to Hamburg for a recording at NDR.

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: Hamburg Souvenirs 1953

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet
Bill Graham, baritone saxophone
Wade Legge, piano
Lou Hackney, bass
Al Jones, drums

March 9, 1953 at NDR studios, Hamburg, Germany

1. They can't take that away from me (Gershwin/ Gershwin)
2. Alone together (Schwartz/Dietz)
3. Tin tin deo (Gonzalez/Fuller)
4. Manteca (Gonzalez/Fuller/ Gillespie
5. I can't get started (Duke/Gershwin)

One of the secret early gems in the NDR (Northern German Broadcast) jazz archive is this 1953 recording of Mr. Bebop.

Joshua Redman Trio live at Zeltival Karlsruhe 2009

Joshua Redman, tenor and soprano saxophones
Reuben Rogers, bass
Greg Hutchinson, drums

recorded live at Tollzeit Zeltival Karlsruhe, June 17, 2009

1. Blackwell's Message (Joe Lovano)
2. Trinkle Tinkle (Thelonious Monk)
3. Little Ditty (Joshua Redman)
4. East Of The Sun (Brooks Bowman)
5. Hey Mama (Joshua Redman)
6. Autumn In New York (Vernon Duke)

I think this gentleman needs no introduction. His latest album "Compass", released on Nonesuch, is Josh´s strongest outing as a leader on record.

Yaron Herman Trio live in Montpellier 2008

Yaron Herman - Piano
Matt Brewer - Bass
Gerald Cleaver - Drums

recorded live at Jazzfestival Montpellier/France, Juli 21, 2008

Tracklist:
1. Joya (Matt Brewer)
2. Army Of Me (Björk)
3. Layla Layla (Alterman)
4. Paluszki (Yaron Herman)

Yaron Herman was born in Tel-Aviv on 1981-07-12. He started to learn the piano at 16 with Opher Brayer using a methodology based on philosophy, mathematics and psychology. Two years later, Yaron earned the prestigious Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music “Junior talent” prize. At the age of 19, Yaron moved to Boston, where he intended to attend the Berklee College of Music but rapidly preferred to start his career in Paris, France. In 2007 he released his first trio recording called "a time for everything", his latest outing is a hommage to Dizzy Gillespie called "Muse".

Chris Potter´s Underground live at Jazz Open Stuttgart 2009

Chris Potter, tenor sax
Adam Rogers, guitar
Craig Taborn, fender rhodes
Nate Smith, drums

recorded live at Messe Stuttgart / Halle H1, July 24, 2009

Tracklist:
1. Ultrahang
2. Viva Las Vilnius/ The Single Petal Of A Rose
3. The Wheel

After leaving Verve records Chris Potter released his latest cd, the brand new Ultrahang on ArtistShare. More information on Chris Potter and Underground can be found here.

Terell Stafford Quintet feat. Mulgrew Miller live at JazzBaltica 2006

Terell Stafford - Trumpet, Flügelhorn
Tim Warfield - Tenor and Soprano Saxophones
Martin Wind - Bass
Matt Wilson - Drums
Mulgrew Miller - Piano

recorded live at JazzBaltica, Große Konzertscheune, Salzau, Germany, July 2, 2006

Tracks
1. Off The Marc
2. Taking A Chance On Love
3. The Touch Of Your Lips
4. Blues For JT
5. Old Folks
6. He Knows How Much We Can Bear
7. Shake It For Me

"Terell Stafford plays the trumpet with remarkable technique, a great sense of melody and swing, and a lot of heart — a combination that makes him stand out on today's scene and a reason it's easy to find him performing with people like Cedar Walton, the Clayton Brothers, Kenny Barron, Matt Wilson, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band and the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra when he's not fronting his own band on gigs" (R.J. DeLuke). In 2007 he released a live recording called "Taking Chances" on Max Jazz Records.

U-Street All Stars – Something New, Something Old live at JazzBaltica 2003

Markus Holkko – as
Timo Lassy – ts, bcl
Teemu Viinikainen – g
Timo Tuppurainen – b
Jussi Lehtonen – dr

recorded live at JazzBaltica, Große Konzertscheune, Salzau, Germany, July 5, 2003

Tracks
1. Super Treat
2. Surma-Travels
3. This Time
4. Expander
5. Preach
6. Dance Hall

U-Street All Stars is a Finnish band founded in the fall of 2000. The letter U in their band name comes from the fact that they rehearse in a Street called Uudenmaankatu in Helsinki. They won some prizes, e.g. at the Jazzfestival Gexto (Spain), the international Jazz-Hoeilaart (Belgium) and at the Pori-Festival (Finland).They have released two albums on Blue Note Records, the first one called "Helsinki Sessions" (2002).

Kenny Barron Trio live at JazzBaltica 2006

Kenny Barron - p
Kiyoshi Kitagawa - b
Victor Lewis - dr

recorded live at JazzBaltica, Große Konzertscheune, Salzau, Germany, July 2, 2006

Tracks
1. And Then Again
2. Marie Laveau
3. The Very Thought Of You
4. New York Attitude
5. Song For Abdullah
6. Beautiful Love
7. Lullaby
8. Getting Sentimental Over You

Kenny Barron, the typical musician´s musician, is one of the best - and the most underrated- piano players in modern jazz history. Best known as the duo partner of Stan Getz, he is heard here leading his own great trio with Japanese bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and victor Lewis on drums. In 2008 he released a true masterwork called "The Traveler" on Emarcy.

JazzBaltica Ensemble 2007 dir. by Steven Bernstein

Steven Bernstein - cond., slide tp

Axel Schlosser - tp
Nils Landgren - tb
Karl-Martin Almqvist - ts
Jukka Perko - as
Marcin Wasilewski - p
Lars Danielsson - b
Christopher Dell - vib
Wolfgang Haffner - dr

recorded live at JazzBaltica Salzau, Germany, June 28, 2007

Tracklist:
1. Happy Hour Blues
2. Cod 21
3. Interview
4. New Viper Dance
5. HSJ
6. We Are MTO/ Harlem

The ‘core cell’ of JazzBaltica, the JazzBaltica Ensemble, has been getting together every year. This small ‘big band’, which is always made up of different artists, includes top-flight musicians from Scandinavia, Germany and the Baltic regions, with names such as Lars Danielsson, Nils Landgren, Marcin Wasilewski, Axel Schlosser, Wolfgang Haffner and Jukka Perko. Their mission is to develop special programmes for the ‘Festival of Baltic Jazz’. In 2007 the Enesemble was directed by the ubiquitious trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger/composer, and bandleader Steven Bernstein, best known for his work with John Lurie´s Lounge Lizards and his own band Sex Mob.

Jason Moran Bandwagon live at JazzBaltica 2004

Jason Moran - Piano
Tarus Mateen - Bass
Nasheet Waits - Drums

recorded live at JazzBaltica Salzau July 3, 2004

1. You´ve Got To Be Modernistic
2. Intermezzo Op.118, No.2 (Johannes Brahms)
3. Jump Up
4. Kinda Dukish/ Body & Soul
5. Ringing My Phone
6. Out Front
7. Planet Rock
8. Fire Waltz/ Infospace

Jason Moran debuted as a band leader with the 1999 album Soundtrack to Human Motion. Since then, he has garnered much critical acclaim and won a number of awards for his playing and compositional skills, which combine elements of stride piano, avant-garde jazz, classical music (cf. the beautiful Brahms Intermezzo), hip hop, and spoken word, among others. The Down Beat critics poll voted him Rising Star Jazz Artist, Rising Star Pianist, and Rising Star Composer for three years straight (2003-2005). In 2005, Moran was also named Playboy magazine's first "Jazz Artist of the Year". The Bandwagon released in 2003 a live trio album, recorded at New York's Village Vanguard, called "The Bandwagon: Live at the Village Vanguard"