The Dave Pike Set
Ossiach Live 1971 (2CD)
Rare 1994 2CD re-issue on Four Aces Records of the 1971 3LP set documenting a wild festival of jazz/rock/fusion/free/electronic/ethnic music with exclusive live tracks by Tangerine Dream and Anima as well as Weather Report, O.M. Zykan Ensemble, The Dave Pike Set, Franz Hummel, Friedrich Gulda & Filharmonïja Zagreb, Parikh/Bellare, Madrigalchor Bukarest, Le Groupe Liturgique De Tunis, Surman/Phillips/El Mahdi/Ponty/Martin/Slama/Gruntz/Osman/Jouini/Fuchs and The Trio.
Infra-Red
American Vibraphonist Dave Pike may not be as well-known as contemporaries Gary Burton and Bobby Hutcherson, but recordings with Bill Evans, Herbie Mann, and Paul Bley evince Pike’s pedigree. His MPS albums from 1969 through the early 70s have become minor classics.
Underpinned by funk and fusion, Infra-Red ventures into country rock on Suspicious Child and trips through fractured iridescent landscapes on Attack of the Green Misers. Raga Jeeva Swara is a rock meditation and Send Me the Yellow Gu…
At Studio 2
American vibraphonist Dave Pike was one of the most popular musicians on the German jazz scene in the late 60s and early 70s. The Dave Pike Set attracted attention with their very individual sound, ranging between jazz, rock, free and folk, and they were one of the pioneers of independent European fusion music. Together with his three German sidemen - among them guitarist Volker Kriegel -Pike recorded four studio albums and performed at numerous festivals, e.g. at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 196…