#NowPlaying John Tchicai and Cadentia Nova Danica - Afrodisiaca (MPS, 1969).

First side is the almost unbelievable 22 minutes title-track, with the large ensemble Cadentia Nova Danica led by trumpet player/composer Hugh Steinmetz.

Side 2 is just as great smaller group numbers.

A masterpiece featured in Thurston Moore's 'Top Ten Free Jazz Underground' records.

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#NowPlaying The Dave Pike Set : Noisy Silence - Gentle Noise (MPS Records, 1969).

I particularly like the tripped-out track Mathar with Volker Kriegel on sitar but the rest of the album is really nice too.

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#NowPlaying Michael Naura Quartett - Call (MPS Records, Germany 1971).

Cult German fusion record 🖤

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#NowPlaying The Mike Nock Underground - Between Or Beyond (MPS Records, Germany 1971).

Great fusion record !

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#NowPlaying Cecil Taylor - Live In The Black Forest (MPS Records, 1979).

Back in the music room after a week away 😊

Recorded live on German radio, two long tracks from Taylor with Raphé Malik, Jimmy Lyons, Ramsey Ameen, Sirone and Ronald Shannon Jackson.

Beyond awesome.

#CecilTaylor #MPSRecords #FreeJazz

#NowPlaying Gittin' To Know Y'all (MPS Records, 1970).

Recorded during the annual Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting in 1969.

Four different groups :
- Baden-Baden Free Jazz Orchestra (Lester Bowie, Dave Burrell, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Albert Mangelsdorff, Barre Phillips, Kenny Wheeler, Claude Delcloo…)
- The Terje Rypdal Group (with Joseph Jarman, Steve McCall…)
- Karin Krog
- The Willem Breuker-John Surman Duo

Monster record!
And that cover art 🖤

#LesterBowie #MPSRecords #FreeJazz

on now: George Duke - The Inner Source (1971)

from the MPS box. with every play i'm amazed how good this is. i consider him Zappa's most important band member ever.

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