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The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band
The MPS Years

Compil. DE 1996 on MPS Records label
Jazz (Contemporary Jazz)

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

Musicians

	The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band , album by
	Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky as, alto saxophone, reeds
	Heinz Bigler as, cl, *1934 CH alto saxophone
	Leo Wright fl, as, 1933-1991 US alto saxophone
	Herb Geller as, 1928-2013 US alto saxophone, oboe, reeds
	Phil Woods as, 1931-2015 US alto saxophone, reeds
	Jerry Dodgion as, fl, *1932 US alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, alto
	George Gruntz p, 1932-2013 CH arranged by, electric piano, synthesizer, keyboards, piano
	Sahib Shihab bs, fl, 1925-1989 US baritone saxophone, reeds
	Howard Johnson tu, bs, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, bass saxophone, reeds, tuba
	Isla Eckinger b, *1939 CH bass
	Mike Richmond b, *1948 US bass
	Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen b, 1946-2005 DK bass
	Daniel Humair dr, *1938 CH drums
	Elvin Jones dr, 1927-2004 US drums
	Peter Erskine dr, *1954 US drums
	Tony Inzalaco dr, *1938 US drums
	Gordon Johnson b, *1952 US electric bass, bass
	Benny Bailey tr, 1925-2005 US flugelhorn, trumpet
	Dusko Goykovich tr, fh, *1931 DE flugelhorn, trumpet
	Franco Ambrosetti fh, tr, *1941 CH flugelhorn, trumpet
	Palle Mikkelborg tr, fh, *1941 DK flugelhorn, trumpet
	John Scofield g, *1951 US guitar
	Lois Colin hrp, harp
	Jasper Van't Hof p, *1947 NL keyboards
	Charlie Mariano as, fl, 1923-2009 DE nadaswaram, reeds
	Dom Um Romao perc, dr, 1925-2005 BR percussion
	Alan Skidmore ts, sax, *1942 GB reeds, soprano saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone
	Bob Malach ts, sax, *1954 US reeds
	Dexter Gordon ts, 1923-1990 US reeds, tenor saxophone
	Eddie Daniels cl, sax, *1941 US reeds
	Ferdinand Povel fl, sax, *1947 NL reeds
	Flavio Ambrosetti sax, as, 1919-2012 CH reeds
	Seppo Paakkunainen fl, *1943 FI reeds
	Don Byas ts, 1912-1972 US tenor saxophone
	Lew Tabackin ts, fl, *1940 US tenor saxophone, flute
	Joe Henderson ts, 1937-2001 US tenor saxophone, reeds
	Bennie Wallace ts, *1946 US tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
	Albert Mangelsdorff tb, 1928-2005 DE trombone
	Eje Thelin tb, *1938 SE trombone
	Erich Kleinschuster tb, 1930-2018 AT trombone
	Jiggs Whigham tb, *1943 DE trombone
	Jimmy Knepper tb, 1927-2003 US trombone
	Mike Zwerin tr, b, tb, 1930-2010 US trombone
	Peter Herbolzheimer tb, 1935-2010 DE trombone
	Runo Ericksson tb, eu, *1944 SE trombone
	Slide Hampton tb, *1932 US trombone
	Åke Persson tb, 1932-1975 SE trombone
	Art Farmer tr, fh, 1928-1999 US trumpet
	Charles Sullivan tr, fh, *1944 US trumpet
	Jon Faddis tr, *1953 US trumpet
	Allan Botschinsky tr, fh, *1940 DK trumpet, flugelhorn
	Americo Bellotto tr, fh, cng, trumpet, flugelhorn
	Earl Gardner tr, *1950 US trumpet, flugelhorn
	Lew Soloff tr, fh, 1944-2015 US trumpet, flugelhorn
	Tom Harrell tr, fh, *1946 US trumpet, flugelhorn
	Virgil Jones tr, 1939-2012 US trumpet, flugelhorn
	Woody Shaw tr, fh, 1944-1989 US trumpet, flugelhorn

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