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Walter Strerath-Trio Quartet Quintet-'69 GERMAN MODAL JAZZ-NEW LP

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 Walter Strerath-Trio Quartet Quintet-'69 GERMAN MODAL JAZZ-NEW LP

Walter Strerath ‎– Trio Quartet Quintet
Label:
Sonorama ‎– L-39
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Reissue
Country:
Germany
Released:
22 Jan 2016
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Modal

 Recorded May 4, 15 and 26, 1969 in Iserlohn/ Germany
Walter Strerath: piano, Hans Thomas: trumpet and fluegelhorn,
Manfred Lindner: alto and soprano saxophone, Andreas Scheel: bass, Gerd Putz: drums

Recording engineer: Karlheinz Klueter
Original 1969 album released on “jazz groove JG03”,
original recordings remastered 2009 by Jury Lutz, album comes with original liner notes in punched gatefold cover
Modern Jazz will never die and it doesn`t smell funny anymore: The original vinyl pressing of „Walter Strerath – Trio Quartet Quintet“ reached the highest amounts of all sold records in December 2008 on ebay.com, in third place and priced at 3.000$ behind two vintage albums of the Beatles and Pink Floyd. For many years the biggest international jazz collectors have tried to hunt down this first album by a commonly unknown (and nearly forgotten) jazz pianist from the small German village named Odenkirchen. The original album was manufactured in a tiny edition of 200 copies only and is impossible to find nowadays.

The unique LP contains 100% of self penned tunes and stands out as some brilliant Coltranish style jazz from Europe, many dare to say the only REAL one of its kind. The usual Walter Strerath Trio performed regionally since the mid 60s and their line-up was enhanced with trumpet, fluegelhorn and saxes just for this recording session. No other jazz album from Europe is heavier in demand than this masterpiece of modern jazz by an excellent but unknown band, recorded  in the tranquil German town Iserlohn.

Now Sonorama Records comes up with a 1:1 repressing of this vanished album - exactly 40 years after the original release saw the light of day on Karlheinz Klueters` legendary “jazz groove” label. The reissue label payed attention to a nearly identical reproduction of the (formerly silk screen-printed) gatefold cover in silver and grey colour and with original center punch. All original recordings were carefully mastered and even the CD cover adapts the exceptional artistic design by Uwe Loesch and Juergen Hillmer from Duesseldorf, appearing very close to the original artwork.

Walter Strerath earned himself the reputation as one of the best jazz pianists from Europe. The talented boy developed a deeper interest for jazz after his classical piano education and imagined the foundation of his own trio. He soon became enthusiastic about the records by Oscar Peterson and attended the concerts of many big American artists in Germany. As early as 1958 Walter Strerath presented his first solo performances. He also joined the popular Jazzbandballs and even became a member of the regional jazz club in Moenchengladbach, but still worked in his usual job as an industrial manager. Between 1963 and 1967 he collected several national awards as an amateur and performed at the Friedrich-Gulda-Festival in Vienna. This time a jury around the great Duke Ellington voted him for the best jazz pianist of the festival. After the trios` second place at the amateur festival in Zuerich, the musicians started extensive touring in many European countries. Then a new trio formation recorded the second and final album “Fly to Brazil” in 1975, on which the musicians cultivated their very own style of bossa nova jazz. Walter Strerath passed away completely unexpected at the age of 39, due to a heart attack on the 23rd of September 1981. A South American tour was already organized for 1982 but could not happen anymore because of his sudden death. (Ekkehart Fleischhammer/ References: Newspaper “Rheinische Post” of September 25th 1981, “Moenchengladbacher Koepfe” Volume 2)


Translation of original German liner notes from 1969:

THE  WALTER STRERATH TRIO
Foundation: 1966
1967: First prize at the 3rd international Amateur Jazzfestival in Duesseldorf. All musicians of the trio won the award as best soloists in „modern style“. Personal success of Walter Strerath in Vienna at the Friedrich Gulda competition. He belongs to the best pianists of the European jazz scene. 1968: 2nd place at the Amateur Jazzfestival in Zuerich. Release of an exclusive Walter Strerath Trio track on the Festival LP in Switzerland. 1st prize at the Dutch Jazzfestival in Doeticham. Moreover the Trio received numerous awards at European festivals and competitions. Successful tours in France, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg, Switzerland and Austria. On this particular album the Walter Strerath Trio also appears as a quartet and quintet (with guests Hans Thomas tp/ flh und Manfred Lindner as/ss) The recorded tunes on this album were composed by Walter Strerath, Andreas Scheel and Hans Thomas


IDENTITY CARDS

Name: Thomas, Christian names: Hans, Date of Birth: 14.8.1937, Place of Birth: Bonn, Height: 176 cm, Colour of eyes: green Unchanging marks: tp flh, official remarks: Music schools in Cologne and Hamburg, later on a member of the Werner Giertz Combo, Kurt Bong Quintet, Jazz-Couriers... member of the Ingfried Hoffmann Big Band for many years... director of the Western-Swing-Company... Jazzworkshop with Hans Gertberg... Touring with Kurt Edelhagen.

Name: Lindner, Christian names: Manfred, Date of Birth: 8.9.1937, Place of Birth: Gotha, Height: 176 cm, Colour of eyes: grey Unchanging marks: as ss, official remarks: Music studies at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen... long time member of the Ingfried Hoffmann Big Band... Jazzworkshop with Hans Gertberg... member of the Orchestra Kurt Edelhagen since 1967.

Name: Putz, Christian names: Gerd, Date of Birth: 12.3.1940, Place of Birth: Duesseldorf, Height: 180 cm, Colour of eyes: blue Unchanging marks: dr, official remarks: member of the Walter Strerath Trio since 1967... several international festival awards... best drummer of the 3rd international Amateur Jazzfestival in 1967.

Name: Scheel, Christian names: Andreas, Date of Birth: 20.5.1946, Place of Birth: Jena, Height: 178 cm, Colour of eyes: blue Unchanging marks: b, official remarks: member of the Walter Strerath Trio for a short time... he played the guitar earlier and changed to the bass in 1965.

Name: Strerath, Christian names: Walter, Date of Birth: 18.9.1942, Place of Birth: Rheydt, Height: 182 cm, Colour of eyes: blue Unchanging marks: p, official remarks: Plays piano since the age of 8... first concert with Klaus Doldinger at the age of 15... first prize at the international Piano-Festival in Moenchengladbach 1967 and 1968...awarded at many international Jazzfestivals... best pianist at the international Jazzfestival in Duesseldorf 1967 and 1968 Project coordination:


Ekkehart Fleischhammer, original recordings mastered by Jury Lutz, original graphic design and layout 1969 by 2Eck-Produktion Duesseldorf (Uwe Loesch und Juergen Hillmer), reproduction of original cover by Patrick Haase (rab.bit). Deep respect and big thanks to all musicians, the producer plus Ellen and Esther Strerath for supporting and helping out on this reissue.


Tracklist
A1     New Gospel     
A2     Walz For Ellen     
A3     The Unknown     
A4     Dance Of Rosa     
B1     Speed Up     
B2     Watermelon Girl     
B3     Little Ya Ya     
B4     Rainy Day     
B5     3/4 In Mirror     


Companies, etc.

    Copyright (c) – Sonorama

Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Barcode (Scanned): 882119003918
    ASIN: B001SZ284W
    Label Code: LC13415
    Rights Society: GEMA




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