Boxset / Compilation · 1996
Tracklist
1 Lonely Woman 5:46
2 Gravenstein 6:03
3 The Mazurka 6:38
4 Triple Hip Trip 7:28
5 Morning Song Of A Spring Flower 8:59
6 Destiny 11:33
7 Black Narcissus 11:45
8 Pistrophallobus 15:35
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (tracks: 8), Heinz Bigler (tracks: 1), Leo Wright (tracks: 1)
Alto Saxophone, Oboe – Herb Geller (tracks: 1)
Alto Saxophone, Reeds – Phil Woods (tracks: 2)
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute [Alto] – Jery Dodgion (tracks: 5, 6)
Baritone Saxophone – Sahib Shihab (tracks: 1)
Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Howard Johnson (tracks: 5, 6)
Bass – Isla Eckinger (tracks: 1), Mike Richmond (tracks: 5, 6), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (tracks: 2 to 4)
Bass Saxophone – Howard Johnson (tracks: 4)
Drums – Daniel Humair (tracks: 2 to 4), Elvin Jones (tracks: 5, 6), Peter Erskine (tracks: 7, 8), Tony Inzalaco (tracks: 1)
Electric Bass, Bass – Gordon Johnson (tracks: 7, 8)
Electric Piano, Synthesizer – George Gruntz (tracks: 3, 4)
Flugelhorn – Benny Bailey (tracks: 2, 5, 6), Dusko Goykovich (tracks: 2), Franco Ambrosetti (tracks: 2, 5, 6), Palle Mikkelborg (tracks: 5, 6)
Guitar – John Scofield (tracks: 5, 6)
Harp – Lois Colin (tracks: 5, 6)
Keyboards – George Gruntz (tracks: 5 to 8), Jasper Van't Hof (tracks: 7, 8)
Nadaswaram – Charlie Mariano (tracks: 3)
Percussion – Dom Um Romão (tracks: 3, 4)
Piano – George Gruntz (tracks: 1, 2)
Reeds – Alan Skidmore (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 8), Bob Malach (tracks: 7, 8), Charlie Mariano (tracks: 3, 4), Dexter Gordon (tracks: 2), Eddie Daniels (tracks: 2 to 4), Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (tracks: 7, 8), Ferdinand Povel (tracks: 3, 4), Flavio Abrosetti (tracks: 2 to 4), Herb Geller (tracks: 2), Howard Johnson (3) (tracks: 3, 4), Sahib Shihab (tracks: 2), Seppo "Baron" Paakkunainen (tracks: 7, 8)
Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Alan Skidmore (tracks: 5, 6)
Tenor Saxophone – Alan Skidmore (tracks: 4 to 6), Dexter Gordon (tracks: 1), Don Byas (tracks: 1)
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Lew Tabackin (tracks: 5, 6)
Tenor Saxophone, Reeds – Joe Henderson (tracks: 7)
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Bennie Wallace (tracks: 5, 6)
Trombone – Albert Mangelsdorff (tracks: 1), Eje Thelin (tracks: 5 to 8), Erich Kleinschuster (tracks: 2 to 4, 7, 8), Jiggs Whigham (tracks: 1 to 4, 7, 8), Jimmy Knepper (tracks: 3 to 6), Mike Zwerin (tracks: 5, 6), Peter Herbolzheimer (tracks: 3, 4), Runo Ericksson (tracks: 2, 5 to 8), Slide Hampton (tracks: 1), Åke Persson (tracks: 1, 2)
Trumpet – Art Farmer (tracks: 1), Benny Bailey (tracks: 1 to 6), Charles Sullivan (a.k.a. Kamau Adilifu) (tracks: 7, 8), Dusko Goykovich (tracks: 1 to 4), Franco Ambrosetti (tracks: 1 to 6), Jon Faddis (tracks: 3, 4), Palle Mikkelborg (tracks: 3 to 6)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Alan Botschinsky (tracks: 5, 6), Americo Bellotto (tracks: 5 to 8), Earl Gardner (tracks: 5, 6), Lew Soloff (tracks: 7, 8), Tom Harrell (tracks: 7, 8), Virgil Jones (tracks: 2), Woody Shaw (tracks: 2, 5, 6)
Tuba – Howard Johnson (tracks: 3 to 6)
About this release
MPS Records – 533 552-2 (Germany)
Track 1 recorded September 16, 1971 live, at the Zürich Jazzfestival, Switzerland
Track 2 recorded April 5 & 6, 1972, at the Ambrosetti Mansion in Gentilino/Lugano, Switzerland and in concert at the Lugano Casino
Tracks 3 and 4 recorded March 14, 1976, live at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, Switzerland
Tracks 5 and 6 recorded September 22 & 23, 1978, at MPS Studio in Villingen, Germany
Tracks 7 and 8 recorded April 7 & 8, 1980, at Quartier Latin in Berlin, Germany
Thanks to snobb for the addition