VON SCHLIPPENBACH, ALEXANDER - The Living Music

180 gram vinyl reissue of German free improvisation pianist and composer Alexander von Schlippenbachs The Living Music, originally released on his own Quasar label in 1969. Recorded by Conny Plank, it features Peter Br_ɬ_tzmann (tenor & baritone saxophone), Manfred Schoof (cornet, flugelhorn), Michael Pilz (bass clarinet, baritone saxophone), Paul Rutherford (trombone), Buschi Niebergall (double bass, bass trombone) and Han Bennink (drums, percussion). The Living Music remains one of the paramount avant/free jazz records. - Cien Fuegos.

\r\n"...the six pieces on The Living Music explore the concepts of open spaces and collective improvisation at least as much as they do everyone-solos-at-once clatter." - All Music Guide (4/5) .