NDR Big Band
1973 & 1976 & 1977
Hamburg

CD 1   total 69:45

May 1976
leader: George Gruntz

1. The Blues 18:29 
2. Triple Hip Trip 7:44 
3. Epitaph for a Friend 11:58 
4. The Boogie 7:32 
5. Israel 4:34

solos by: 
Benny Bailey, 
  Kenny Wheeler - tp, flh 
Herb Geller - as, oboe 
Alan Skidmore - ts, ss 
Warren Gould - bassoon 
Wolfgang Schlüter - vib, marimba 
George Gruntz - p, syn 
Daniel Humair - dr


October 1973
leader: Ingfried Hoffmann		

6. Die Windmühle 6:29 
7. Nostalgie 4:13 
8. Posaunenengel 3:39 
9. Heisser Kaffee / 5:09
						
solos by:
Benny Bailey - tp, fh 
Jiggs Whigham - tb 
Herb Geller - as, oboe 
Ingfried Hofmann - p


CD 2   total 55:25

April 1977
leader: Franz Thon

1. Terra Sambas 7:10
2. Veronica’s Waltz  8:19
3. Gemini’s Samba 7:20
4. Beyond 8:32
5. Whatever You Like 6:43
6. The Beacon  4:48
7. Time Will Tell  7:49
8. Moonspider  4:49

solos by: 
Benny Bailey - tp,fh
Sal Nistico - ts
Horace Parlan - p
Jimmy Woode - b
Tony Inzalaco - dr, comp	


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