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Berlin Jazz Festival

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11/03/1966
Albert Ayler
Set 11. Our prayer [Donald Ayler] (4:25)
2. Ghosts [Ayler] | Bells [Ayler] (11:12)
3. Truth is marching in [Ayler] (7:02)
4. Omega [Ayler] (3:42)
Personnel: Donald Ayler-tp; Albert Ayler-ts; Michel Sampson-vln; Bill Folwell-b; Beaver Harris-d.
CommentPart of the 11 CD Ayler Tree
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11/04/1967
Thelonious Monk
Set 1Blue Monk
Epistrophy
Ruby My Dear
We See
CommentClark Terry, tp
Ray Copeland, tp
Jimmy Cleveland, tb
Phil Woods, as
Johnny Griffin, ts
Charlie Rouse, ts
Thelonious Monk, p
Larry Gales, b
Ben Riley, ds
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11/??/1968
Sonny Sharrock & Sunny Murray
CommentSonny Sharrock Guitar
Sunny Murray Drums
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12/??/1968
Don Cherry
CommentDon Cherry w. w/ Sharrock, Berger, Kuhn, Sanders, Rosengren, Mangelsdorf, Falay & Thelin
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11/06/1969
Cecil Taylor
Set 1Fragments Of A Dedication To Duke Ellington
CommentCecil Taylor - Grand Piano
Jimmy Lyons - Alto Saxophone
Sam Rivers - Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Vocals
Andrew Cyrille - Drums
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??/??/1970
Globe Unity Orchestra
Set 1Globe Unity 70 (Alexander von Schippenbach)
Ode (Manfred Schoof)
Drunken In The Morning Sunrise (Peter Br?tzmann)
CommentEvan Parker (ts,ss)
Gerd Dudek (ss,ts,fl)
Michel Pilz (bcl,fl,ss)
Heinz Sauer (bars,ts,as)
Peter Br?tzmann (ts,bars,bassetthorn)
Kenny Wheeler (tr,flgh)
Manfred Schoof (tr,flgh,bachtrompete)
Tomasz Stanko (tr)
Bernard Vitet (tb)
Albert Mangelsdorff (tb)
Malcolm Griffith (tb)
Paul Rutherford (tb,tenorhorn)
Buschi Niebergall (b,bass-tb)
Peter Kowald (tuba,b)
Arjen Gorter (b,elb)
Alexander von Schlippenbach (p,perc)
Derek Bailey (elg)
Han Bennink (dr,shellhorn,dhung,gachi)
Paul Lovens (dr,perc)
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??/??/1970
Chicago Blues All-Stars With Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Set 1Chicago Blues All-Stars - All The Things I Used To Do
Chicago Blues All-Stars - My Babe
Chicago Blues All-Stars With Sister Rosetta Tharpe - That's All
Chicago Blues All-Stars With Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't Rain
Set 2
Set 3
CommentWillie Dixon: Bass, Vocals
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Guitar, Vocals
Walter Horton: Harmonica
Lafayette Leake: Piano
Lee Jackson: Guitar
Clifton James: Drums, Vocals
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11/01/1972
Evan Parker & Paul Lytton
CommentEvan Parker (ts), Paul Lytton (perc)
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11/??/1972
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Commentw/ Elvin Jones
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01/11/1973
Peter Brötzmann
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
CommentPeter Brötzmann reeds
Alexander von Schlippenbach p
Peter Kowald b
Paul Lovens d
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11/01/1973
Peter Brötzmann
Set 1Moonbeef
Tribute To Ben
CommentPeter Brotzmann-reeds
Peter Kowald-bass
Paul Lovens-drums
Alex Schlippenbach-piano
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11/04/1973
Second Generation
Set 1Swiftly Fast
Three
Invitation
CommentJimmy Owens (flhn), Joe Henderson (ts), Gary Burton (vib), Cedar Walton (p), Larry Ridley (b), Roy Haynes (d)
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11/01/1974
Sonny Rollins
Set 1The Cutting Edge
A House Is Not A Home
Look For A Silver Lining
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
First Moves
Alfie's Theme
CommentSonny Rollins (ts), Rufus Harley (bagpipes, ss), Yoshiaki Masuo (g), Gene Perla (b), David Lee (d)
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11/06/1975
Gary Bartz
CommentNTU Troop: Gary Bartz (as, ss, voc), Charles Conway Mims, Jr. (p, ky), Curtis Robinson (b), Howard King (d).
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11/08/1975
Egberto Gismonti
Set 1Salvador
Dan?a das Cabe?as
Untitled
CommentEgberto Gismonti ? piano & guitar
Nana Vasconcelos ? percussion
Palle Danielson ? bass
Daniel Humair ? drums
Special Guest:
Hermeto Pascoal ? flute
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11/08/1975
Albert Mangelsdorff, Jaco Pastorius & Alphonse Mouzon
CommentTrilogue: Albert Mangelsdorff (tb), Jaco Pastorius (el-b), Alphonse Mouzon (d). May also circulate dated 11/6/76, but according to Berlin Jazz Festival website group performed at 1975 festival.
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11/03/1976
Betty Carter
Set 1unknown title
Round Midnight
Tight
If I Should Lose You
Just Friends
All The Things You Are
I Didn't Know What Time Is Ws
Star Eyes
CommentBetty Carter (voc), John Hicks (p), Dennis Irwin (b), Clifford Barbaro (d)
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11/04/1976
Anthony Braxton
Commentofficially released on "The Montreux/Berlin concerts"
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11/04/1976
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
CommentKalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (reeds), Malachi Favors (b), John Betsch (d)
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11/02/1977
Shelly Manne
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
CommentShelly Manne - Drums
Lee Konitz - Alto Sax
Mike Wofford - Piano
Chuck Domanico - Bass
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11/06/1977
Sam Rivers
Set 1Universal Message
CommentSam Rivers-reeds, woodwinds, piano
Dave Holland-bass
Joe Daley-tuba
Barry Altschul, Charlie Persip-drums, percussion
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11/03/1978
Abdullah Ibrahim
CommentAbdullah Ibrahim (p, ss, fl)
Talib Qadr (as, fl)
Greg Brown (b)
John Betsch (d)
Miriam Makeba (voc, t14 - t21)
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11/01/1979
World Saxophone Quartet
CommentOliver Lake (as, ss, fl), Julius Hemphill (as, ss, fl), David Murray (ts, bcl), Hamiet Bluiett (bs)
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11/01/1979
Ulrich Gumpert
Set 1announcement WDR 00:25
unknown title 21:42
unknown title 11:51
unknown title 10:38
unknown title 04:51
unknown title 06:50

Recorded at the Berliner Jazztage, Berlin on November 1, 1979.
CommentULRICH GUMPERT WORKSHOP BAND "BERLIN, 1979"


Heinz Becker, trumpet
Conrad Bauer, trombone
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
Manfred Hering, alto & tenor saxophone
Helmut Forsthoff, tenor saxophone
Ulrich Gumpert,piano
Klaus Koch, bass
Günter Sommer, drums
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11/01/1980
Albert Mangelsdorff & Wolfgang Dauner
Set 1A Little Funk From Time To Time
Steps Of M. C. Escher
Mood Azure
Landscapes
Rip-Off
Call Me Daddy
CommentAlbert Mangelsdorff (tb), Wolfgang Dauner (p)
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11/08/1981
Lounge Lizards
Set 1Incident On South Street
StompinŽ At the Corona
Dutch Schulz (The Dancing Gangster)
Thrown Or Was Pushed
Epistrophy
Ballad
LisaŽs Too Short To Run For President
I CanŽt Hardly Walk
You Haunt Me
Harlem Nocturne
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
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Juice Of Peculiar
Set 2
Set 3
CommentJohn Lurie as
Danny Rosen g
Evan Lurie p,ky
Steve Piccolo b
Anton Fier d
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11/06/1982
Charles Lloyd
Set 1Night Blooming Jasmine
Forest Flower
CommentCharles Lloyd – Tenor Saxophone
Michel Petrucianni – Piano
Palle Danielson – Bass
Sonship Theus – Drums
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10/29/1983
Miles Davis
Set 1Speak (M. Davis-J. Scofield)
Star People (M. Davis)
What It Is (M. Davis-J. Scofield)
It Gets Better (M. Davis)
Hopscotch (M. Miller)
Star on Cicely (M. Davis)
Code M.D.
Jean Pierre
CommentThis was the second show that evening (the first show was televised). Frequently circulates without Code M.D. and Jean Pierre, which were broadcast on FM, Radio Bremen2 (on 08th June 1984)

Miles Davis: Trumpet
Bill Evans: Sax, Flute
Darryl Jones: Bass
Al Foster: Drums
Robert Irving III: Keyboards
Airto Moreira: Percussion
John Scofield: Guitar
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10/30/1983
Cecil Taylor Unit
Set 133:21
CommentCecil Taylor p
Jimmy Lyons as
Brenda Baker voc
William Parker ts
Rashied Parker perc
Andres Martinez perc
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10/30/1983
Denny Zeitlin
Set 1Free Improvisation >
What Is This Thing Called Love? >
Fifth House
Time Remembers One Time Once
Country Fair
Quiet Now
Cascade

Encore :
Unknown
Set 2
Set 3
CommentDenny Zeitlin: Grand Piano
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11/02/1985
Freddie Hubbard
Set 1Skydive
Misty
One Of A Kind
Just A Ballad For Woody#
I'll Remember April#*
Bernie's Tune#*
Thermo
CommentFreddie Hubbard - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Kenny Garrett - Alto Saxophone, Flute
Donald Brown - Grand Piano
Ira Coleman - Double Bass
Carl Allen - Drums

* - w/ Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet
# - w/ Woody Shaw - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
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11/01/1986
John Stubblefield
CommentJohn Stubblefield (ts, ss), Geri Allen (p, ky), Charnett Moffett (b), Victor Lewis (d), Mino Cin?lu (perc)
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11/04/1987
Michael Brecker
Set 1Nothing Personal
Choices
Upside Downside
My One And Only Love - Sycygy
CommentMichael Brecker, ts
Joseph Calderazzo, key
Mike Stern, g
Jeff Andrews, b
Adam Nussbaum, ds
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11/05/1987
Ornette Coleman
Set 1Peace warriors
Today, yesterday and tomorrow
Word For Bird
Lonely woman
Latin Genetics
Mothers of the veil
The happiest of love
CommentOrnette Coleman (as), Don Cherry (tp), Charlie Haden (b), Billy Higgins (d)
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10/31/1991
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Set 1New York Is Full Of Lonely People
Ohnedaruth
Song For Atala
The Emperor*
Siesta For The Fiesta*
In The Still Of The Night*
Variations*
African Woman*^
Menangege*^
America*^
Black Man*^
CommentLester Bowie - Trumpet
Joseph Jarman - Reeds
Roscoe Mitchell - Reeds
Malachi Favors Maghostut - Bass
Famoudou Don Moye - Drums

* - w/ Brass Fantasy:
Gerald Brazel - Trumpet
Earl Gardner - Trumpet
Jim Sealy - Trumpet
Luis Bonilla, Jamal Haynes - Trombone
Vincent Chancey - Flugelhorn
Marcus Rojas - Tuba
Vinnie Johnson - Drums

^ - w/ Amabhuto Male Chorus:
Max Bhe Bhe - Vocals
Ndonda Kunze - Vocals
Joe Leguabe - Vocals
Thomas Moyo - Vocals
Kay Nxumalo - Vocals
Jack Nyoni - Vocals
David Serame - Vocals
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11/16/1994
Elvin Jones
Set 1It Don't Mean A Thing
Three Card Molly
April 8th
CommentGreg Tardy (ts), Delfayo Marsalis (tb), Willie Pickens (p), John Brown (b), Elvin Jones (d).
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11/02/1995
Archie Shepp
Set 1New Deal
Everything Happens To Me
Mama Rose
Blues
CommentArchie Shepp ts, voc
Micheal Fleming b
Jackie Byard p
Todd Myers dr
Earl Turbinton as
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11/02/1995
Archie Shepp & Earl Turbinton
Set 1Everything Happens To Me
CommentArchie Shepp ts, voc
Micheal Fleming b
Jackie Byard p
Todd Myers dr
Earl Turbinton as
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11/02/1995
Archie Shepp & E. Turbinton
Set 1Everything Happens To Me 18:02
CommentArchie Shepp ts, voc
Earl Turbinton as
Micheal Fleming b
Jackie Byard p
Todd Myers dr
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11/03/1995
Abraham Burton
CommentAbraham Burton (as), Alan Palmer (p), Billy Johnson (b), Eric McPherson (d)
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11/02/1996
Taj Mahal
Set 1Queen Bee
Blues Ain't Nothing
Strut
You Rascal, You
Further On Down The Road
Big Knee'd Gal
Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')
Diving Duck Blues
Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
John, Ain't It Hard
She Caught The Katy
CommentTaj Mahal: g; voc
Bob Stewart: tuba
Joe Daley: tuba
Howard Johnson: flh, tuba, bs
Earl McIntyre: tuba, flh
Johnny Lee Schell: g
Jon Cleary: p, keyb
Bill Rich: b
Tony Braunagel: dr
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??/??/1996
Benny Golson
Set 1Are You Real?
Out Of The Past
Blues March
I Remember Clifford
Whisper Not
Set 2
Set 3
CommentWhisper Not Tour:
Benny Golson (ts), Art Farmer (tp), Curtis Fuller (tb),
Geoffrey Keezer (p), Dwayne Burno (b), Joe Farnsworth (dr),
and Featuring... Jon Hendricks (voc).
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08/11/1997
Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter
Set 1Sonrisa
Aung San Suu Kyi
Memory Of Enchantment
Footprints
Maiden Voyage
CommentWayne Shorter - saxophones
Herbie Hancock - piano
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11/06/1997
Conrad Herwig
Set 1Announcement
Satellite
A Love Supreme
Announcement/ Africa
Impressions/ Announcement
CommentThe Latin Side Of John Coltrane
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11/18/1997
Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter
Set 1Sonrisa (20:44)
Aung San Suu Kyi (9:40)
Memory Of Enchantment (14:10)
Footprints (12:38)
Maiden Voyage (19:04)
CommentWayne Shorter [saxes]
Herbie Hancock [piano]
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11/08/1998
Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock
Set 1Sonrisa
Aung San Suu Kyi
Memory Of Enchantment
Footprints
Maiden Voyage
CommentWayne Shorter (ss), Herbie Hancock (p).

The same show may also circulate dated 1997 instead of 1998, which is the date provided when made available via bit torrent. However, according to the JazzFest Berlin website, the duo performed at the 1998 Berlin Jazz Festival.
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11/04/1999
Herbie Hancock
Set 11. (unknown) [33:46]
2. (unknown) [2:55]
3. (unknown) [6:23]
4. (unknown) [25:29]
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11/05/1999
Peter Brötzmann Tentet
Set 11. Old Bottles, No Wine 10:30
2. Introduction of the musicians 2:36
3. Other Brothers 26:38
4. (Untitled) 34:24
CommentPeter Br?tzmann tenor saxophone, clarinet
Ken Vandermark tenor saxophone, b-flat clarinet
Mars Williams alto & tenor saxophone
Mats Gustafsson tenor saxophone, flutophone
Joe McPhee soprano saxophone, pocket trumpet, valve trombone
Toshinori Kondo trumpet, electronics
Jeb Bishop trombone
Fred Lonberg-Holm cello, violin
Kent Kessler double bass
Hamid Drake drums
Michael Zerang drums
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11/05/1999
Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet
Set 1Old Bottles, No Wine
Other Brothers
untitled improvisation
Set 2
Set 3
CommentPeter Brötzmann ts,cl,tarogato
Mars Williams ts,as,cl
Ken Vandermark ts,cl,bcl
Mats Gustafsson bs,f
Joe McPhee pkt-c,valve-tb,ss
Jeb Bishop tb
Toshinori Kondo t
Fred Lonberg-Holm clo
Kent Kessler b
Michael Zerang d,perc
Hamid Drake d,perc
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11/06/1999
Christof Lauer
CommentChristof Lauer (ts, ss), Marc Ducret (g), Anthony Cox (b), Gene Jackson (d)
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11/01/2001
Esbjörn Svensson
Commentw/ Magnus Ostrom, Dan Berglund
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11/04/2001
Roy Hargrove
CommentRoy Hargrove (tp), Justin Robinson (as), Larry Willis (p), Dwayne Burno (b), Willie Jones III (d), guests - Steve Carrington (ts), Nils Landgren (tb)
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11/01/2002
Irene Schweizer
CommentIrene Schweizer (p)
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11/03/2002
George Lewis & The NOW Orchestra
Set 1Hello/Goodbye
Broken Dreams
Shadow Graph 2
CommentGeorge Lewis (tb, cond), Coat Cooke (reeds, co-leader), Ron Samworth (g, co-leader), Bruce Freedman (ss), Graham Ord (reeds), Saul Berson (as), John Korsrud (tp), Kevin Elaschuk (tp), Rod Murray (tb), Brad Muirhead (b-tb), Mary Oliver (vla), Clyde Reed (b), Paul Blaney (b), Achim Kaufmann (p), Kate Hammett-Vaughan (voc), Dylan van der Schyff (d)
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11/09/2003
Mino Cinelu
CommentMino Cinelu (perc, voc)
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11/05/2004
ICP Orchestra
CommentThomas Heberer (tp), Wolter Wierbos (tb), Ab Baars (reeds), Michael Moore (reeds), Tobias Delius (reeds), Misha Mengelberg (p), Mary Oliver (vla, vn), Tristan Honsinger (clo), Ernst Glerum (b), Han Bennink (d)
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11/08/2008
Roswell Rudd
Set 1Fan Fare
To The Day
Unknown
Unknown
Slide To The Family Bone
Muskrat Ramble
Unknown
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11/01/2014
Daniel Humair
Set 1Daniel Humair, drums
Emile Parisien, sax
Vincent Peirani, accordion
Jérôme Regard, bass

Five tracks (22’, 34’, 49’, 60’)
Total: ca 65 min
Set 2
Set 3
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