(Free Jazz, Modern Creative) Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (Alexander von Schlippenbach, Aki Takase, Evan Parker, Rudy Mahall, Paul Lovens, Paul Rutherford, etc.) - Live in Japan '96 - 1996, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

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REM GENRE "Big Band"
REM DATE 1996
REM DISCID 4D0F9706
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.0b2"
PERFORMER "Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra"
TITLE "Live In Japan '96"
FILE "Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra - Live In Japan '96.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Eric Dolphy Medley: The Prophet - Serene - Hat And Beard"
    PERFORMER "Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Morlocks"
    PERFORMER "Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra"
    INDEX 00 17:04:52
    INDEX 01 17:07:15
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Shijo no ai"
    PERFORMER "Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra"
    INDEX 00 32:53:62
    INDEX 01 32:56:25
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Way Down South Where The Blues Began"
    PERFORMER "Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra"
    INDEX 00 39:18:05
    INDEX 01 39:20:42
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Jackhammer"
    PERFORMER "Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra"
    INDEX 00 51:38:65
    INDEX 01 51:41:27
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Good Bye"
    PERFORMER "Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra"
    INDEX 00 62:11:07
    INDEX 01 62:13:45

Live in Japan '96 captures an excellent performance by the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra at the Shin-Kobe Oriental Theater (except for "The Morlocks," which was recorded in Tokyo). This assembly of renowned international musicians - including saxophonist Evan Parker and ICP Orchestra members trombonist Wolter Wierbos and trumpeter Thomas Heberer - is led by pianist-arrangers Alexander von Schlippenbach and Aki Takase. The recording opens with a 17-minute long "Eric Dolphy Medley" arranged by Aki Takase that features the two pianists in a playful and rhythmic unaccompanied duo section. This number is followed by "The Morlocks," a piece recorded a month prior and tellingly not part of the same program, with a pounding abrasiveness lightened only briefly by a circular-breathing hyper-speed flurry of a solo from Evan Parker. Next comes an original from Takase called "Shijo No Ai" that begins with a momentarily Rova-reminiscent groove laid down by baritone saxophonist Hiroaki Katayama. A light orchestral uprising grows out of this opening, and this, in turn, gives way to simultaneous solos that sound like bounced echoes of earlier sections. Out of the semi-chaos returns the baritone groove, bringing the piece to a close. Another highlight of this album is von Schlippenbach's arrangement of W.C. Handy's "Way Down South Where the Blues Began," which opens with a swaying piano blues solo. The orchestra starts out with a convincing bluesy spirit that quickly gives way to a theatrical, near striptease interpretation and a rather silly brand of soloing that calls to mind the Willem Breuker Kollektief. And, appropriately, the closing track, "Good Bye," is a Breuker arrangement. Altogether, Live In Japan '96 is an excellent show from a premiere cast of musicians, including those previously mentioned; altoist Eiichi Hayashi; bass clarinetist Rudy Mahall; multi-reedist and flutist Gerd Dudek; tenor saxophonist Walter Gauchel; trombonists Marc Boukouya, Paul Rutherford, and Haruki Sato; trumpeters Henry Lowther, Axel Dorner, and Issei Igarashi; bassist Nobuyoshi Ino; and drummer Paul Lovens.

Thomas Heberer, Henry Lowther, Axel Dörner, Issei Igarashi - trumpets
Marc Boukouya, Paul Rutherford, Wolter Wierbos, Haruki Sato - trombones
Walter Gauchel - tenor saxophone
Evan Parker - tenor and soprano saxophones
Gerd Dudek - tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet
Rudy Mahall - bass clarinet
Eiichi Hayashi - alto saxophone
Hiroaki Katayama - tenor and baritone saxophones
Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano
Aki Takase - piano
Nobuyoshi Ino - bass
Paul Lovens - drums
Conducted by Alexander von Schlippenbach and Aki Takase