UNITED JAZZ + ROCK ENSEMBLE / LIVE AT NDR FUNKHAUS 1997 (2CDR)

Ack van Rooyen - trumpet
Ian Carr - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Albert Manglesdorff - trombone
Barbara Thompson - saxophone, flute
Christof Lauer - saxophone
Wolfgang Dauner - piano
Volker Kriegel - guitar
Dave King - bass
Jon Hiseman - drums

DISC 1
1. DOUBLE BIND
2. DRACHENBURG FUR R.
3. LIE IN WAIT
4. WOUNDED LOVE
5. ELONGATE

DISC 2
1. FANTASY FOR IMPROVISERS
2. THE WORM'S TURN
3. IN MEMORY
4. POSTCARD FUR F.W. BERNSTEIN
5. unknown

True to their name, this is a high-quality soundboard live recording of a band fusing jazz and rock. The lineup features an impressive array of talent, ranging from jazz luminaries like Kenny Wheeler, Wolfgang Dauner, and Albert Manglesdorff (known for his collaborations with Jaco Pastorius) to masters of the prog/jazz-rock scene such as Ian Carr—leader of Nucleus (the band that famously included Allan Holdsworth)—and Jon Hiseman.

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