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Gittin' to Know Y'All

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Released
  
1970

Length
  
44:33

Release date
  
1970

Label
  
MPS Records

Recorded
  
December 12–14, 1969

Gittin' to Know Y'All (1970)
  
Fast Last! (1974)

Producer
  
Joachim-Ernst Berendt

Genre
  
Jazz

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Artists
  
Baden-Baden Free Jazz Orchestra, Lester Bowie

Similar
  
Lester Bowie albums, Jazz albums

Gittin' to Know Y'All is an album recorded during the annual Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting in 1969 and released on the MPS label in 1970. It features two tracks by the Baden-Baden Free Jazz Orchestra conducted by trumpeter Lester Bowie, one by the Terje Rypdal Group, one by Karin Krog, and one by The Willem Breuker-John Surman Duo. This historic session was the first time that many of these European and American jazz musicians performed together in a large group setting.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

  1. "Gittin' to Know Y'All (Part I)" - 23:35
  2. "Gittin' to Know Y'All (Part II)" - 8:25
  3. "Ved Soerevatn" (Rypdal) - 5:00
  4. "For My Two J.B.'s" (Krog) - 1:06
  5. "May Hunting Song" (Breuker) - 4:47
All compositions by Lester Bowie except as indicated
  • Recorded live during the annual Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting at Südwestfunk Uko Studio I on December 12 to 14, 1969.
  • Personnel

    Tracks 1 & 2 - The Baden-Baden Free Jazz Orchestra conducted by Lester Bowie

  • Lester Bowie: trumpet and conductor
  • Hugh Steinmetz: trumpet
  • Kenny Wheeler: trumpet
  • Albert Mangelsdorff: trombone
  • Eje Thelin: trombone
  • Joseph Jarman: soprano saxophone
  • Roscoe Mitchell: alto saxophone
  • Alan Skidmore: tenor saxophone
  • Heinz Sauer: tenor saxophone
  • Gerd Dudek: tenor saxophone
  • Bernt Rosengren: tenor saxophone
  • John Surman: baritone saxophone
  • Willem Breuker: bass clarinet
  • Terje Rypdal: guitar
  • Dave Burrell: piano
  • Leo Cuypers: prepared piano
  • Barre Phillips: bass
  • Palle Danielsson: bass
  • Steve McCall: drums
  • Tony Oxley: drums
  • Claude Delcloo: drums
  • Track 3 - The Terje Rypdal Group

  • Terje Rypdal: guitar
  • Claude Delcloo: bells
  • Joseph Jarman: flute
  • Bernt Rosengren: flute, oboe
  • Karin Krog: vocals
  • Barre Phillips: bass
  • Palle Danielsson: bass
  • Steve McCall: drums
  • Track 4 - Karin Krog

  • Karin Krog: vocals
  • Track 5 - The Willem Breuker-John Surman Duo

  • John Surman: bass clarinet
  • Willem Breuker: bass clarinet
  • Songs

    1Gittin' to Know Y'All - Part 123:35
    2Gittin' to Know Y'All - Part 28:25
    3Ved Soerevatn8:38

    References

    Gittin' to Know Y'All Wikipedia