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Globe Unity Orchestra discography

This is a discography of albums by the Globe Unity Orchestra.

The orchestra was formed by Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1966 to perform a commissioned work for the Berlin Jazz Festival. The initial line-up was primarily drawn from smaller German groups led by Gunter Hampel, Manfred Schoof and Peter Brötzmann. In the following years the group was expanded with both European and American musicians joining the orchestra. The Globe Unity Orchestra and offshoot groups performed and recorded periodically through the late 1960s, 1970's and early 1980's. The final concert of the orchestra was at the Chicago Jazz Festival in 1987.

Reunion concerts and recordings have taken place in the 2000's.


Globe Unity Orchestra discography

Globe Unity, Alexander von Schlippenbach, 1966, SABA / MPS 15109

Tracks : Globe Unity, Sun

Musicians : Alexander von Schlippenbach, Manfred Schoof, Claude Deron, Peter Brötzmann, Gerd Dudeck, Kris Wanders, Gunter Hampel, Willem Breuker, Willi Lietzmann, Peter Kowald, Buschi Niebergall, Jackie Liebezeit, Mani Neumeier, Karlhanns Berger

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Globe Unity 73: Live in Wuppertal, Globe Unity Orchestra, 1973, FMP 0160

Tracks : Wolverine Blues, Payan, Bollocks, Yarrak, Bavarian Calypso, Out of Burtons songbook, Solidaritätslied, Maniacs

Musicians : Manfred Schoof, Kenny Wheeler, Günter Christmann, Paul Rutherford, Peter Bennink, Peter Brötzmann, Gerd Dudek, Evan Parker, Michel Pilz, Peter Kowald, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Buschi Niebergall, Paul Lovens

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Evidence, Vol 1, Globe Unity Special, 1976, FMP 0220

Tracks : Rumbling (to Joe Louis), Alexanders Marschbefehl, Evidence

Musicians : Kenny Wheeler, Albert Mangelsdorff, Paul Rutherford, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Peter Kowald, Paul Lovens

Recorded live in Berlin during the Workshop Freie Musik on March 31st, 1975.

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Into the Valley…, Vol 2, Globe Unity Special, 1976, FMP 0270

Tracks : Into The Valley, Of Dogs, Dreams, And Death

Musicians : Kenny Wheeler, Albert Mangelsdorff, Paul Rutherford, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Alex Schlippenbach, Peter Kowald, Paul Lovens

Recorded live in Berlin during the Workshop Freie Musik on March 31st, 1975.

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Pearls, Globe Unity Orchestra and Guests, 1977, FMP 0380

Tracks : Every Single One Of Us Is A Pearl, Kunstmusik II, The Onliest - The Loneliest, Ruby My Dear

Musicians : Manfred Schoof, Enrico Rava, Kenny Wheeler, Günter Christmann, Albert Mangelsdorff, Paul Rutherford, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brötzmann, Rüdiger Carl, Gerd Dudek, Evan Parker, Michel Pilz, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Peter Kowald, Buschi Niebergall, Paul Lovens

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Jahrmarkt / Local Fair, Globe Unity Orchestra, 1977, PTR/JWD 2

Tracks : Jahrmarkt, Local Fair

Musicians : Kenny Wheeler, Enrico Rava, Friedel Hettrich, Heinz Maurer, Karl Wadenbach, Karl-Heinz Bilewski, Klaus Striebe, Lothar Wagener, Friedel Kolb, Manfred Schoof, Vito Gallitelli, Günter Christmann, Paul Rutherford, Albert Mangelsdorff, Josef Gallitelli, Jochen Windgassen, Michel Pilz, Peter Brötzmann, Anthony Braxton, Gerd Dudek, Rüdiger Carl, Evan Parker, Bernhard Kleinert, Hans-Peter Krummenauer, Vangelis Zikas, Theo Powiton, Hugo Dönch, Kurt DönchLeader, Helmut Griesbeck, Peter Kowald, Hans Möllmann, Alex Schlippenbach, Spiros Papandreou, Alekos Zagoras, Rolf Schmitz, Werner Orf, J.B. Niebergall, Manfred Gruner, Paul Lovens, Peter Spormann, Vassilis Zikas, plus 25 accordion players on track 2

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Improvisations, Globe Unity Orchestra, 1978, JAPO 60021

Tracks : Improvisation 1, Improvisation 2, Improvisation 3, Improvisation 4

Musicians : Gerd Dudek, Paul Lovens, Günther Christmann, Paul Rutherford, Tristan Honsinger, Peter Kowald, Kenny Wheeler, Evan Parker, Albert Mangelsdorff, Peter Brötzmann, Buschi Niebergall, Michel Pilz, Manfred Schoof, Derek Bailey, Alexander von Schlippenbach

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Compositions, Globe Unity Orchestra, 1979, JAPO 60027

Tracks : Nodagoo, Boa, Trom-Bone-It, Flat Fleet, Reflections, Worms (dedicated to Ezra Pound), The Forge

Musicians : Enrico Rava, Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Schoof, Albert Mangelsdorff, Günther Christmann, Paul Rutherford, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Michel Pilz, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Bob Stewart, Buschi Niebergall, Paul Lovens

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Hamburg '74, Globe Unity Orchestra & Choir of the NDR-Broadcast, 1979, FMP 0650

Tracks : Overture, Interlude, Ovation, Fusion, Kollision + Explosion, Free Jazz, Epistrophen: Kanon Der Frauen "Hammonia" (A Capella) / Hymnus (Klassisch) / Berliner Luft, Specialcoda, Kontraste Und Synthesen

Musicians : Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Schoof, Günter Christmann, Paul Rutherford, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Michel Pilz, Peter Brötzmann, Rüdiger Carl, Alex Schlippenbach, Derek Bailey, Peter Kowald, Paul Lovens, Han Bennink

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For Example: Workshop Freie Musik 1969-1978, Various Artists, 1979, FMP R1/R2/R3

Tracks : Bone (Steve Lacy), Berl In Zil (Paul Rutherford), Mariahilf (Hans Reichel), I Didn´t Care (Tristan Honsinger), Daar Speelt De Baiaard Weer (Fred Van Hove), Improvisation 27376 (Derek Bailey), Question At Midnight (Albert Mangelsdorff), Soweto-Simbabwe-Mississippie-Child-Cry (Johnny Dyani), With Forks And Hope (Schlippenbach Trio), Then,Silence (Schlippenbach Trio), Things And Stuff (Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink plus Mangelsdorff), Chapter Ten (Frank Wright Unit), Konrad Usw. (Schweizer-Carl-Quartet), Biannale 1972 (Willem Breuker Orchestra), Thin In The Upper Crust (Globe Unity Orchestra), La Ronde (Vinko Globokar & Brass Group), Tetterettet (ICP-Tentet)

A triple LP of music recorded during Workshop Freie Musik at Akademie Der Künste Berlin. Comprises one LP of solo recordings, one LP of group recordings and one LP of orchestra recordings. The set also includes a large booklet with essays, a discography and many photographs.

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Intergalactic Blow, Globe Unity Orchestra, 1983, JAPO 60039

Tracks : Quasar, Phase A, Phase B, Mond Im Skorpion

Musicians : Toshinori Kondo, Kenny Wheeler, Günter Christmann, George Lewis, Albert Mangelsdorff, Bob Stewart, Gerd Dudek, Evan Parker, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Alan Silva, Paul Lovens

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Rumbling, Globe Unity Special '75, 1991, FMP CD 40

Tracks : Alexanders Marschbefehl, Rumbling (to Joe Louis), Into The Valley, Of Dogs Dreams And Death, Evidence

Musicians : Kenny Wheeler, Albert Mangelsdorff, Paul Rutherford, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Peter Kowald, Paul Lovens

Recorded live in Berlin during the Workshop Freie Musik on March 31st, 1975. Originally released on two 1976 LPs: Evidence, Globe Unity Special Vol 1 and Into the Valley…, Globe Unity Special Vol 2.

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20th Anniversary, Globe Unity Orchestra, 1993, FMP CD 45

Tracks : 20th Anniversary

Musicians : Alexander von Schlippenbach, Toshinori Kondo, Kenny Wheeler, Günter Christmann, Albert Mangelsdorff, George Lewis, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Bob Stewart, Alan Silva, Paul Lovens

Recorded live in Berlin on 4 November 1986.

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Globe Unity 67 & 70, Alexander Von Schlippenbach's Globe Unity Orchestra, 2001, Atavistic Unheard Music Series UMS ALP 223

Tracks : Globe Unity 67, Globe Unity 70

Musicians : Track 1: Manfred Schoof, Jürg Grau, Claude Deron, Jiggs Wigham, Albert Mangelsdorff, Gunter Hampel, Kris Wanders, Gerd Dudek, Willem Breuker, Heinz Sauer, Peter Brötzmann, Willy Lietzmann, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Karlhanns Berger, J. B. Neibergall, Peter Kowald, Jaki Liebezeit, Mani Neumeier, Sven-Åke Johansson / Track 2: Manfred Schoof, Tomasz Stanko, Kenny Wheeler, Bernard Vitet, Malcolm Griffiths, Paul Rutherford, Albert Mangelsdorff, Buschi Neibergall, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Michel Pilz, Heinz Sauer, Peter Brötzmann, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Derek Bailey, Peter Kowald, Arjen Gorter, Han Bennink, Paul Lovens

Track 1 recorded live in Donaueschingen in October 1967 and track 2 recorded live in Berlin in November 1970.

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Globe Unity 2002, Globe Unity Orchestra, 2003, Intakt 086

Tracks : Globe Unity 2002

Musicians : Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Manfred Schoof, Hannes Bauer, Paul Rutherford, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton

Recorded live in Klangbrücke, Aachen, Germany in January 2002.

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Globe Unity 40 Years, Alexander Von Schlippenbach / Globe Unity Orchestra, 2008, Intakt 133

Tracks : Globe Unity Forty Years, Out Of Burtons Songbooks, Bavarian Calypso, Nodago, The Dumps, The Forge

Musicians : Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Axel Dörner, Jean-Luc Capozzo, Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Schoof, George Lewis, Jeb Bishop, Johannes Bauer, Paul Rutherford, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, E.-L. Petrowsky, Rudi Mahall, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton

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Live In Berlin: Solo / Trio / Globe Unity, Alexander von Schlippenbach, 2010, Jazzwerkstatt JW 2003

Tracks : Solo: Twelve Tone Tales, Meo, Marcia Di Saturno, Fast Winds / Trio: Gold Is Where You Find It, The Bells Of St. K, Amorpha, Three In One / Globe Unity: Globe Unity 40

Musicians : Tracks 1 to 4: Alexander von Schlippenbach / Tracks 5 to 8: Alexander von Schlippenbach, Evan Parker, Paul Lovens / Track 9: Alexander von Schlippenbach, Axel Dörner, Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Manfred Schoof, Christof Thewes, Johannes Bauer, Nils Wogram, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Henrik Walsdorff, Rudi Mahall, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton

Recorded at Radialsystem V. in Berlin on September 20, 2008.

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Baden-Baden '75, Globe Unity Orchestra + Guests, 2011, FMP CD 137

Tracks : Marañao, U-487, Jahrmarkt, Hanebüchen, The Forge

Musicians : Alexander von Schlippenbach, Enrico Rava, Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Schoof, Albert Mangelsdorff, Günter Christmann, Paul Rutherford, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Anthony Braxton, Rüdiger Carl, Michel Pilz, Peter Kowald, Buschi Niebergall, Paul Lovens

Recorded in Baden-Baden during the New Jazz Meeting in November 1975. This CD was also released as part of the 12 CD box set FMP: Im Rückblick / In Retrospect.

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FMP: Im Rückblick / In Retrospect, Various Artists, 2011, FMP

CDs : CD 1: Baden-Baden '75, Globe Unity Orchestra & guests / CD 2: In Berlin 1975/77, Steve Lacy solo & quintet / CD 3: Messer und... 1975/77, Schweizer/Carl/Moholo / CD 4: At Quartier Latin 1975/77, Schlippenbach Quartet / CD 5: Wolke in hosen 1976, Peter Brötzmann / CD 6: Und? ...plus 1977, Malfatti/Wittwer / CD 7: Piano solo 1981/86, Fred Van Hove / CD 8: Close up 1994, Peter Brötzmann Die Like a Dog / CD 9: Choral-Konzert 1998, Manfred Schulze Bläser Quintett / CD 10: Live in Berlin 1999, Manuela + / CD 11: Was da ist (live) 2000, Peter Kowald / CD 12: Stretto 2010, Tristan Honsinger/Ofaff Rupp

A limited edition 12 CD box set accompanied by a 220 page booklet. All the CDs were also available separately.

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... Und Jetzt Die Sportschau, Globe Unity '75, 2013, Trost Records TR 116

Tracks : ... Und Jetzt Die Sportschau (Für Evan Parker) Take 1, ... Und Jetzt Die Sportschau (Für Evan Parker) Take 2

Musicians : Alexander von Schlippenbach, Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Schoof, Albert Mangelsdorff, Günter Christmann, Paul Rutherford, Peter Kowald, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Peter Brötzmann, Michel Pilz, Rüdiger Carl, Hans Reichel, Buschi Niebergall, Paul Lovens

A limited edition 7" single. Tracks recorded in May 1975 at Conny Plank's Studio in Neunkirchen.

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Globe Unity 50 Years, Alexander Von Schlippenbach / Globe Unity Orchestra, 2018, Intakt 298

Tracks : Globe Unity Orchestra 50 Years

Musicians : Alexander von Schlippenbach, Manfred Schoof, Axel Dörner, Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Ryan Carniaux, Tomasz Stanko, Christof Thewes, Gerhard Gschlössl, Wolter Wierbos, Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Gerd Dudek, Evan Parker, Daniele D'Agaro, Henrik Walsdorff, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Rudi Mahall, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton

Recorded at Jazzfest Berlin on November 4, 2016.

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Last updated April 2016