The Globe Unity Orchestra is a free jazz ensemble.
8-672: Globe Unity was formed in autumn 1966 with a commission received by Alexander von Schlippenbach from the Berlin Jazz Festival . It had its debut at the Berliner Philharmonie on 3 November combining Gunter Hampel 's quartet with Manfred Schoof ' s quintet and Peter Brötzmann 's trio: Hampel (bcl, fl); Willem Breuker (bs, ss); Schoof (tp) with Gerd Dudek (ts); Alexander von Schlippenbach (p); Buschi Niebergall (b) and Jaki Liebezeit (d) on one side, Brötzmann (saxophones), Peter Kowald (b, tuba), Sven-Åke Johansson (d) on
16-517: A trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens , and as a member of the Globe Unity Orchestra . Since the 1980s, Von Schlippenbach has explored the work of more traditional jazz composers such as Jelly Roll Morton or Thelonious Monk . Schlippenbach started to play piano from the age of eight and went on to study composition at Cologne under Bernd Alois Zimmermann . While studying he started to play with Manfred Schoof . At
24-746: The Albert Mangelsdorff-Preis , is, together with the Hans Koller Preis , the most important jazz award in the German-speaking region. Since 1994, it has been awarded every two years by the Union Deutscher Jazzmusiker . Named after Albert Mangelsdorff , the European jazz scene's best-known trombonist , it is endowed with 15,000 Euro by the GEMA foundation. The Deutsche Jazzpreis
32-619: The European free jazz community. In 2005, he recorded the complete works of Thelonious Monk , which were released on CD as Monk's Casino . With Globe Unity Orchestra With Sven-Ake Johansson With Manfred Schoof With Aki Takase With the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra With Peter Brotzmann With Evan Parker With others Albert Mangelsdorff Prize The Deutsche Jazzpreis , also known as
40-675: The AACM big bands". They performed in New Delhi, India for the Jazz Yatra in late 1970s. They performed at the Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi in 1978. The final concert in the group's main lifetime was at the Chicago Jazz Festival in 1987. The 40th anniversary line-up for the 2006 concerts and recordings were the saxophone players Evan Parker, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Gerd Dudek, Rudi Mahall (bcl),
48-622: The age of 28 he founded the Globe Unity Orchestra . In 1988, he founded the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra , a big band that has over the years comprised, among others, Willem Breuker , Paul Lovens , Misha Mengelberg , Evan Parker , Schlippenbach's wife Aki Takase and Kenny Wheeler . In 1994, he was awarded the Albert Mangelsdorff Prize . Schlippenbach has produced various recordings and worked for German radio channels. He played with many players of
56-712: The other. During the next years this core group was completed by other European and American musicians: Johannes Bauer (tb), Anthony Braxton (as, cl), Willem Breuker (ts), Rüdiger Carl (as, ts), Günter Christmann (tb), Gunter Hampel (bcl), Toshinori Kondo (tp), Steve Lacy (ss), Paul Lovens (drums), Paul Lytton (drums), Albert Mangelsdorff (tb), Evan Parker (ss, ts), Michel Pilz (bcl, cl, bars), Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (as, cl, fl), Enrico Rava (tp), Paul Rutherford (tb), Heinz Sauer (ss, ts), Bob Stewart (tuba), Tomasz Stańko (tp), and Kenny Wheeler (tp). The Orchestra has been described as providing "the most remarkable assemblies of outside jazz talent since
64-418: The trumpets Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Schoof, Axel Dörner, Jean-Luc Cappozzo and trombonists Paul Rutherford, George E. Lewis , Jeb Bishop , J. Bauer) with Alexander von Schlippenbach (p), and drummers Paul Lovens and Paul Lytton. Alexander von Schlippenbach Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 7 April 1938) is a German jazz pianist and composer. He came to prominence in the 1960s playing free jazz in
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