Free Jazz Group Wiesbaden
Frictions / Frictions Now
LabelNoBusiness RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Awesome archival CD covering the entire production by The Free Jazz Group Wiesbaden, a quartet with the odd instrumentation of reeds (Dieter Scherf), trumpet (Michael Sell), guitar (Gerhard König, who also played flute) and percussion (Wolfgang Schlick). They released two appropriately schizoid LPs on Scherf’s LST label in 1969 and 1971 (Frictions and Frictions Now, here collected) before disbanding. This is a stunning copy of their first very rare private press side, 1969 Frictions, a spectacular early example of the European 1960s free jazz undergound
Frictions was recorded on July 12, 1969 at Walldorf Studio, Walldorf and released as an edition of 300 vinyl records on a private label in 1969. The same year there was a second edition of 200. Frictions is an uninterrupted piece, which originally consisted of these compositions: Intro For Four (Scherf), Topology (Sell), Töne (Sell), Sounds For M (Scherf), Töne I (Sell), Ballad-Allintervallreihe (Scherf), Peaceless (Scherf)
Frictions Now was recorded on July 9, 1971 at the same studio as Frictions. and released as a limited edition of 500 vinyl records on a private label in 1971. Both tracks composed by Michael Sell (GEMA), Dieter Scherf (GEMA), Gerhard König (GEMA) and Wolfgang Schlick
Release notes
Frictions was recorded on July 12, 1969 at Walldorf Studio, Walldorf and released as an edition of 300 vinyl records on a private label in 1969. The same year there was a second edition of 300 vinyl records on the private label [l=LST] in 1969. Frictions is an uninterrupted piece, which includes these compositions: Intro Four For Four (Scherf), Topology (Sell), Töne III (Sell), Sounds For M (Scherf), Töne I (Sell), Ballad-Allintervallreihe (Scherf), Peaceless (Scherf) Frictions Now was…
| 1 | Frictions | 37:32 | |
| 2 | Frictions Now Part I | 17:16 | |
| 3 | Frictions Now Part II | 18:35 |
- Dieter Scherf
- Alto Saxophone, Oboe, Piano, Flute [Shepherds Flute], Shenai, Trumpet [Prepared Trumpet], Flute [Bamboo Flute], Composed By (1), Composed By (2, 3)
- Valerij Anosov
- Co-producer [Uncredited]
- Gerhard König
- Composed By (2, 3), Guitar, Guitar [Prepared Guitar], Flute, Flute [Double Flute]
- Sell
- Composed By (1), Composed By (2, 3), Photography By [Michael Sell Photo], Trumpet
- Wolfgang Schlick
- Composed By (2, 3), Design [Original LP Cover Designs], Drums, Percussion [Metal Bracket]
- Oskaras Anosovas
- Design [Final Design], Layout [Booklet Layout]
- Ernst Nebhuth
- Liner Notes, Producer [Produced By (Uncredited)]
- Hanns E. Haehl
- Photography By [Group Photo]
- Danas Mikailionis
- Producer [Produced By]
- Arūnas Zujus
- Remastered By
