Globe Unity Orchestra
Globe Unity Orchestra
Top Songs
| 1 | Globe Unity 2002 | ||
| 2 | Globe Unity – 50 Years | ||
| 3 | Mond im Skorpion | ||
| 4 | Phase B | ||
| 5 | Phase A |
Albums
Apr 2018 • 1 song
Jan 2014 • 1 song
May 1983 • 4 songs
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Biography
One of the earliest large-group endeavors attempted in the European free jazz movement, the Globe Unity Orchestra was founded by German pianist Alexander Von Schlippenbach in 1966, at first for the specific purpose of performing his composition "Globe Unity," which was commissioned for the Berliner Jazztage. Initially, the 19-piece orchestra combined saxophonist Peter Brotzmann's trio and trumpeter Manfred Schoof's quintet with a phalanx of other early giants of European free jazz (mostly from Germany); they included, among many others, trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff, woodwind...