ArtistInfo

Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra
Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra

Compil. DE 1978 on Goethe-Institut label
Jazz and Rock (Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk)

Sampler to promote a tour of Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra to Africa, January 6th to February 20th 1979. Organized and sponsored by Goethe-Institut and Radio Deutsche Welle. All tracks previously released from Kriegel´s MPS and MOOD records. A1 is from Octember Variations, MPS, recorded Oct.-Nov. 1976. A2 from Topical Harvest, MPS, recorded Dec. 1976. A3 from Inside: Missing Link, MPS, recorded March 1972. B1 from Live im Schützenhaus, United Jazz+Rock Ensemble, MOOD Records 28 600, recorded Jan. 1977. B2 from Topical Harvest, MPS, recorded Dec. 1976. B3 from Inside: Missing Link, MPS, recorded March 1972. Note from the backside: From January 6th to February 20th 1979 the Goethe-Institut or German Cultural Institute and Radio Deutsche Welle will realize their first joint musical venture in Africa. That venture will feature, from the German side, the seven member jazz-rock group headed by the very well-known German Guitarist Volker Kriegel. The groups name: Volker Kriegels Mild Manic Orchestra. The group will perform in Khatroum, Lusaka, Ndola, Mombassa, Lomè, Dars-es-salaam, Nairobi, Kinshasa, Douala, Yaoundé, Lagos, Ibadan, Ife, Accra, Kumasi, Abidjan, Ougadougou, Bamako and Dakar. Everywhere they go, they jam with local musicans.

Musicians

	Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra , DE album by
	Hans Peter Ströer b, DE bass
	Ray Mantilla cng, perc, *1934 US congas
	Evert Fraterman dr, drums
	Joe Nay dr, 1934-1990 DE drums
	John Marshall dr, perc, *1941 GB drums
	Jon Hiseman dr, perc, *1944 GB drums
	Eberhard Weber b, *1940 DE electric bass, bass guitar
	Rainer Brüninghaus key, p, *1949 DE electric piano, e-piano
	John Taylor p, GB electric piano, electra-piano
	Thomas Bettermann key, *1956 DE electric piano, synthesizer
	Barbara Thompson fl, *1944 GB flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
	Volker Kriegel g, 1943-2003 DE guitar, composed by, illustration, cover
	Charlie Mariano as, fl, 1923-2009 DE nadaswaram, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
	Nippy Noya perc, *1946 ID percussion
	Peter Giger dr, perc, *1939 CH percussion
	Cees See dr, perc, 1934-1985 NL percussion, voice, flute, effects
	Wolfgang Dauner p, *1935 DE piano, clavinet, synthesizer
	Alan Skidmore ts, sax, *1942 GB tenor saxophone
	Heinz Sauer ts, *1932 DE tenor saxophone
	Albert Mangelsdorff tb, 1928-2005 DE trombone
	Ack Van Rooyen tr, fh, *1930 trumpet
	Ian Carr tr, fh, 1933-2009 GB trumpet
	The United Jazz+Rock Ensemble , DE performer on track

Composers

ArtistInfo App

Acknowledgements

Other Search Results