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The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band
The MPS Years
1996 CD
Contemporary Jazz
MPS Records
tracks 8 alto saxophone
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky
tracks 1 alto saxophone
Heinz Bigler
tracks 1 alto saxophone
Leo Wright
tracks 1 alto saxophone, oboe
Herb Geller
tracks 2 alto saxophone, reeds
Phil Woods
tracks 5, 6 alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute [alto]
Jerry Dodgion
arranged by
George Gruntz
tracks 1 baritone saxophone
Sahib Shihab
tracks 5, 6 baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Howard Johnson
tracks 1 bass
Isla Eckinger
tracks 5, 6 bass
Mike Richmond
tracks 2 to 4 bass
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
tracks 4 bass saxophone
Howard Johnson
tracks 2 to 4 drums
Daniel Humair
tracks 5, 6 drums
Elvin Jones
tracks 7, 8 drums
Peter Erskine
tracks 1 drums
Tony Inzalaco
tracks 7, 8 electric bass, bass
Gordon Johnson
tracks 3, 4 electric piano, synthesizer
George Gruntz
tracks 2, 5, 6 flugelhorn
Benny Bailey
tracks 2 flugelhorn
Dusko Goykovich
tracks 2, 5, 6 flugelhorn
Franco Ambrosetti
tracks 5, 6 flugelhorn
Palle Mikkelborg
tracks 5, 6 guitar
John Scofield
tracks 5, 6 harp
Lois Colin
tracks 5 to 8 keyboards
George Gruntz
tracks 7, 8 keyboards
Jasper Van't Hof
tracks 3 nadaswaram
Charlie Mariano
tracks 3, 4 percussion
Dom Um Romao
tracks 1, 2 piano
George Gruntz
tracks 3, 4, 7, 8 reeds
Alan Skidmore
tracks 7, 8 reeds
Bob Malach
tracks 3, 4 reeds
Charlie Mariano
tracks 2 reeds
Dexter Gordon
tracks 2 to 4 reeds
Eddie Daniels
tracks 7, 8 reeds
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky
tracks 3, 4 reeds
Ferdinand Povel
tracks 2 to 4 reeds
Flavio Ambrosetti
tracks 2 reeds
Herb Geller
tracks 3, 4 reeds
Howard Johnson
tracks 2 reeds
Sahib Shihab
tracks 7, 8 reeds
Seppo Paakkunainen
tracks 5, 6 soprano saxophone, flute
Alan Skidmore
tracks 4 to 6 tenor saxophone
Alan Skidmore
tracks 1 tenor saxophone
Dexter Gordon
tracks 1 tenor saxophone
Don Byas
tracks 5, 6 tenor saxophone, flute
Lew Tabackin
tracks 7 tenor saxophone, reeds
Joe Henderson
tracks 5, 6 tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Bennie Wallace
tracks 1 trombone
Albert Mangelsdorff
tracks 5 to 8 trombone
Eje Thelin
tracks 2 to 4, 7, 8 trombone
Erich Kleinschuster
tracks 1 to 4, 7, 8 trombone
Jiggs Whigham
tracks 3 to 6 trombone
Jimmy Knepper
tracks 5, 6 trombone
Mike Zwerin
tracks 3, 4 trombone
Peter Herbolzheimer
tracks 2, 5 to 8 trombone
Runo Ericksson
tracks 1 trombone
Slide Hampton
tracks 1, 2 trombone
Åke Persson
tracks 1 trumpet
Art Farmer
tracks 1 to 6 trumpet
Benny Bailey
tracks 7, 8 trumpet
Charles Sullivan
tracks 1 to 4 trumpet
Dusko Goykovich
tracks 1 to 6 trumpet
Franco Ambrosetti
tracks 3, 4 trumpet
Jon Faddis
tracks 3 to 6 trumpet
Palle Mikkelborg
tracks 5, 6 trumpet, flugelhorn
Allan Botschinsky
tracks 5 to 8 trumpet, flugelhorn
Americo Bellotto
tracks 5, 6 trumpet, flugelhorn
Earl Gardner
tracks 7, 8 trumpet, flugelhorn
Lew Soloff
tracks 7, 8 trumpet, flugelhorn
Tom Harrell
tracks 2 trumpet, flugelhorn
Virgil Jones
tracks 2, 5, 6 trumpet, flugelhorn
Woody Shaw
tracks 3 to 6 tuba
Howard Johnson
Phonographic Copyright (p) MPS Records
Copyright (c) Motor Music GMBH
Made By PMDC, Germany
Track 1 recorded September 16, 1971 live, at the Zürich Jazzfestival, Switzerland
Track 2 recorded April 5 & 6, 1972, at the Ambrosetti Mansion in Gentilino/Lugano, Switzerland and in concert at the Lugano Casino
Tracks 3 and 4 recorded March 14, 1976, live at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, Switzerland
Tracks 5 and 6 recorded September 22 & 23, 1978, at MPS Studio in Villingen, Germany
Tracks 7 and 8 recorded April 7 & 8, 1980, at Quartier Latin in Berlin, Germany
Barcode: 7 31453 35522 4
Label Code: LC 0979
Rights Society: BIEM MCPS
Matrix / Runout: 533 552 01 /
Matrix / Runout: MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC A (Inner ring)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L001
Mould SID Code: IFPI 01G5