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gunter hampel in concert : netthis concert is our new 2-DVD birth 1oo2o6 THE MAGIC OF BASIC GOODNESS order now-send e-mail to gunthampel@aol.com ! t 1o PM poetry club bowery below astor place an ESP records presentation march 1st hunter college hall 543HN 5PM ! 68 street betweten park and lexington ave new releases on birth records: birth o8o422 CD gunter hampel solo vibrafon VIBESw

www.gunterhampelmusic.de'VIBES birth cd o81218 gunter hampel european trio+bass ask for your recension copy now !send email please ----..-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.--.--.-.-. MAKE LOVE NOT Wer hampel's ES'P-MUSIC FROM EUROPE re-issue of a 42 year old recording on the US-ESP label ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAZZ-ICON GUNTER HAMPEL recorded 1966 in the netherlands a superb recording for the avantgarde label ESP. it was his second LP in his professional jazz career and his first for an US label. the first was his famous HEARTPLANTS LP with the GUNTER HAMPEL QUINTET , with Hampel on vibrafon and flute,Manfred Schoof trumpet, Alexander v, Schlippenbach piano, Buschie Niebergall

bass and dutch masterdrummer Pierre Courbois, which is the first european outing on LP where europeans start to incorporate their own heritage, in this case it was the integration of the findings of the vienna new music legacy of schoenerg,webern und berg who influenced the improvising jazzgroup GUNTER HAMPEL QUINTET (from 196o-1966 )to discover the atonal music areas and going away from the 32 bars and 12 bars material to improvise in and from. Hampel started the jazzscene , the free jazz scene in europe and continues since then to explore the "infinity of NOW"( coda jazzmagazin,canada) Don Ellis tp remarked on the ESP 1o42 MUSIC FROM EUROPE. (actually don ellis had been sitting in with the gunter hampel quintet back in 196o at the Hamburgh Jazzclub -barret- where gunter had month-long enegagements:) "FIRST OF ALL; IT IS REFRESHING TO HEAR SOME EUROPEANS going their own way,and not merely trying to copy the latest thing in american jazz. all in all it is good to see some europeans getting over their inferior complexes and starting to stretch out and create their own music without worrying about just copying the latest record from the USA. THIS WAY THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF REALLY CONTRIBUTING SOMETHING TO JAZZ: DJANGO DIT IT- IT IS TIME SOME OTHERS TRIED SERIOUSLY: DON ELLIS So ,what happens next : . non other than BENNY GOODMAN heard the GUNTER HAMPEL GROUP playing at the COMBLAIN LA TOUR JAZZ FESTIVAL, comes totally enthusiastic on stage while Hampel' s group is playing and asks for permission of his NBC TV camera-team to tape Hampel's performance. Benny loved the frontline with the 2 bass clarinets (Hampel and Breuker). so, the next BENNY GOODMAN SHOW on NATIONWIDE TV starts with a 1o minute excerpt from Hampel's Group playing this new mindblowing stuff with Hampel's compositions and excursions into impromptu collective improvisations. that was in 1966. bernhard stolman from ESP saw that and sent Hampel a telegramm: produce a recording for my ESP label.! in that recording session a further influence in Hampel's carreer took place. one audience member in that recording session was JEANNE LEE, and her 2 year old daughter Naima kicked a beer bottle to a microphone and Hampel had to erase a few notes from the recordings, but: 2 weeks later, Jeanne was singing wih the GUNTER HAMPEL GROUP on new years eve in Amsterdam and was not only THE VOICE in his groups, like the GUNTER HAMPEL GALAXIE DREAM BAND,his ORCHESTRA and countless small group recordings on birth records, but they also have 2 children, RUOMI and CAVANA. 2oo8: But it is this ONE SONG: MAKE LOVE NOT WAR on the ESP recording that thrills young audiences in SOUTHAMERIKA and the USA. AIR-play on many radio stations and multiple requests for more airplay are encouraging the station managers to send Hampel emails FOR MORE OF HIS MUSIC . so the re-issue of this ESP recording shows, that even after 42 years, how timeless Hampel's music is. and it sounds fresh, as if it was recorded an hour ago, like all of his recordings on birth records, and that are about 12o CDs-DVDs-LPS which all have made jazz history and are introducing new works, pieces of incredible far seeing ways how to communicate with each other in the band and with the attending audience, and then ALL TOGETHER explore the still unexplored. Hampel's contribution to jazz goes that far, that he has invented,extended, composed,explored,a field of creative energy with which the improvising musician can go beyond. beyond that horizon as a limitation fence. the young audiences seem to catch up with the man and his music and his incredible working units who are up to this day experiencing in each concert new dimensions of creativity as a hard working collective TEAM .the GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY and the GUNTER HAMPEL EUROPEAN TRIO +bass are the rightful heirs of a music, gunter hampel started to perform in 1958 and is a continuous progression of our lives in our present days. all about jazz : gunter hampel continues to be active at jazz-leading edge. his notable career involves encyclopedic collaborations with North Amercan and continental jazz legends, as well as much younger generations of players.Hampel wisely surrounds himself with young musicians hat can both: keep up with him as well as push the proverbial envelope.TO GREAT EFFECT. His new works aren't a rehash of previous music, as Hampel's compositional well never dries up, though his characteristic jazz flavor is still evident. one can readily ascertain why his young companions are regarded as some of the best jazz musicians and why their leader is such an estalished musical figure." by Javier Antonio Quinones Ortiz all about jazz nyc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the ESP and BIRTH -recordings of gunter hampel can be ordered by eMail: gunthampel@aol.com visit www.gunterhampelmusic.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ gunter hampel is the featured artist in an ESP presentation on TUESDAY -FEBRUARY 17th at 1o PM,Giuseppe Loogan peforms at 11PM at the POETRY CLUB on the BOWERY -below astor place in the east village ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gunter Hampel vibrafon,bassclarinet,flute will be heard in one of his rare SOLO- performances. He presents his newest SOLO CD birth CD o8o422 vibes'vibes a stunning recording,made in new york on april 4th, 2oo8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HHmay10th2006

	Welcome to The MUSIC of GUNTER HAMPEL since 52 years on tour around the world 1958-2o1o e-mail: GuntHampel@aol.com THE GERMAN COMPOSER-BANDLEADER- VIBRAPHONIST-BASSCLARINETIST-FLUTIST-SAXOPHONIST NOT ONLY HAS WRITTEN WORLDWIDE JAZZ-HISTORY IN INTRODUCING THE GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC TO THE JAZZ-EVOLUTION BUT ALSO THE WAY HOW TO PLAY THE VIBRAFON-BASSCLARINET-FLUTE-SAXOPHONE +A WHOLE NEW CONCEPT HOW MUSIC CAN BE PLAYED FROM SOLO TO COLLECTIVE ENSEMBLES:"HIS MUSIC IS A UNIQUE PHENOMENON IN THE WORLD" HIS EVOLUTIONARY BANDS FROM 1958 TILL 2o1O HAVE WRITTEN JAZZ-HISTORY AND STAND AS A MODEL FOR INSPIRATION FOR THOUSANDS OF MUSICIANS WORLDWIDE: SAXOPHONIST the birth-evolution continues........................ since 4o years the birth records label continues to be active in the EVOLUTION of jazzmusic. the ensembles of jazz icon and innovator , composer and bandleader GH continue to create in steady ensembles the ongoing evolutionary process of collective group playing. combined with the unique compositions they keep the flame of the evolution alive and bring the most exiting music of this century live and on CDs and DVDs to the people . . to the people if you want to subscribe to our NEWS-letter send us your e-mail please. also for producers, we will send you our scheduled concert tour dates. llett of ja BIRTH RECORDS PRESENTS P.REIS STR. 1O 37O75 GOETTINGEN tel O551- 31871-- O177 26 28 O12 GERMANY "Gunter Hampel continues to be active at jazz-leading edge" all about jazz new york 2oo5 2oo9 = GUNTER HAMPEL 51 YEARS ON TOUR AROUND THE WORLD 1958-2OO9 -JUBILEE attention please we are rebuilding this and other pages in a few days our performance dates will only be seen on the left TOURPLAN -------------------------------------------- basicly we offer you with this website an insight into the music of gunter hampel a-his current working units+ a variety of workshops for musicians,groups, big bands children from 5-13 or 12-18 or 18+ seminars, lectures etc. you can book b-tourplan-where we perform and you can go and see and hear us live. c-here you can inform yourself on his more than 14o CDs-LPs-DVDs worldwide recorded master-recordings with the best musicians,singers, dancers,poets, the maestro is finding on this planet - on his own musician-label birth records . we have studio recordings + a lot of -live-recordings+ our enthusiasticly welcomed DVDs which serve the jazz community with live-recording and videotaping of almost every concert gunter hampel is performing with his various and ever changing and growing working units since 1985 when the first camcorders were available. you can relive a concert you visited or follow up on a concert you missed. this is a most unique service in the field of music. millions of people worldwide enjoy the growing and living music of gunter hampel don't miss our live concerts they are unique and can get never repeated. use our service to the communities :concerts-workshops specially the children workshops are introducing the most valuble ingredient of the jazzmusik we teach how even a 5 year old can learn the foundations for creative IMPROVISATION by music and dance-movements, in letting him discover it for him/herself this way we spread creativity and will have future expert audiences for our beloved music. contact us, leave an eMail, so we can keep informing you , and see you at our concerts , ---------------------------------------------- 2oo9 is the 4oth year of the existence of birth records, which started with one of the century recordings: birth oo1 the 8th of july 1969 with gunter hampel-jeanne lee-anthony braxton-steve McCall- willem breuker the jubilation year 2oo9 started with an incredible SOLO concert in NEW YORK CIY birth o9o217 LIFER a milestone of newest jazz development , a must. available as DVD or /and CD---------------------- EUROPEAN TRIO/quartet----Gunter Hampel-vib-bcl-fl Johannes Schleiermacher ts-bs-fl Bernd Oezsevim drums + bass :Andreas Lang GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY hampel-prince alegs-johannes schleiermacher-bernd oezsevim-hichem-cemill-tom ------------------------------------------------- 19-23.juli LISBOA -LISSABON -PORTUGAL euro trio+PRINCE ALEGS dance Children workshop + concerts at the Goethe Institut ---------------------------------- 26.juli klif 12/ concert in TEXEL holland this dynamite concert is avalable on 2 CD set-birth o9o726 NOWNESS august 31. köln-loft birthday concert USA tour september 22.-okt 9th /october 21 st philadelphia,new york-washington-richmond GUNTER HAMPEL EUROPEAN TRIO + bass gunter hampel bassclarinet-vbraphone-flute-johannes schleiermacher tenorsax-bernd oezsevim dm ,andreas lang bass sept.24th PHILADELPHIA @Johnny Brenda's 8 pm sept 25th WASHINGTON @TBD,Sonic Circuits Festival sept 26. BALTIMORE -the camel sept 28th NEW YORK local 269 east houston/ suffolk 9 pm /available as DVD o9o928 soon 3 new CD recordings : CD o9o929 EURO QUARTET +steve swell tb,sabir mateen ts,daniel carter CD o91oo2 EURO 4 + nora mccarty voice +jorge sylvbestre as CD o91oo5 EURO 4 on october 1st, 1-5 AM the gunter hampel european trio+bass was LIVE broadcasted from the studiosof WKCR 89,9 FM + on the internet worldwidewww.wkcr.org soon: DVD o91oo6 EURO 4 LIVE at yippie cafe IN NEW YORK bookings send email :GuntHampel@aol.com or call germany o177 26 28 o12 ---------------------------------------------------- soon: DVD o91o29. live Göttingen-apex european trio+bass+prince alegs tanz + exhibition INSCAPES at apex soon DVD o91o3o EURO 4 live at aufsturz- Berlin- gunter hampel-matthias schubert ts-bernd oezsevim dm -andreas lang bass 2o1o 22,januar BERLIN supamolly: music+dance improvisation company 27.märz 2o1o berlin kulturhaus mitte :euro 4 april 21-23 schwaebisch-gmünd kinderworkshop august 28th braunschweig-kulturnacht-staatstheater ----------------------------------------------------- birth DVD o9o422 new horizon GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY Hampel-Schleiermacher-Lang-Oezsevim Prince Alegs+Hichem+Tom+ dance 22.april 2oo9 BERLIN-friedsrichshain THEATERKAPELLE new DVD-------------------------------------------- birth 2DVD o9o83o Living Love Growing GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY gunter hampel-johannes schleiermacher -bernd oezsevim-prince alegs-hichem-tom-cemill as part of the children workshop august 28-august 3o soon: concert WITH the children on DVD ---------------------------------------------------------- soon DVD großburgwedel schulzentrum as part of the childrenworkshop sept 18-2o, 2oo9 soon DVD from SCHEUNE sep 19th 2oo9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GUNTER HAMPEL-JOHANNES SCHLEIERMACHER DUO for bookings send e-mail or phone o177 26 28 o12 ========================================= new CD DVD GH EUROPEAN TRIO hampel-schleiermacher-oezsevim NEW 2 DVD birth o81oo9 fulminate !!!!!!!! live at the famous b-flat in berlin, okt 9th 2oo8 order now 11 euro + mailing ---------------------- new 2 CD set from july 26.2oo9 birth o9o726 NOWNESS GUNTER HAMPEL EUROPEAN TRIO-hampel-schleiermacher-oezsevim live recorded at klif 12 theatre on texel island of the netherlands !! fabulous, the greatest yet ! 2 cds 4o years birth records jubilation price: only 11 € + mailing. order now -------------------------------------------------------------------------- new birth 2CD set BERLIN-friedrichshain-theaterkapelle GUNTER HAMPEL EUROPEAN TRIO + bass GUNTER HAMPEL-JOHANNES SCHLEIERMACHER- BERND OEZSEVIM- ANDREAS lANG new 2CD birth o81218 theaterkapelle -great concert- they play the presence,past and future of jazz, all at the same time ! incredible. dmg bruce galanther new york .............................................. 2oo9GUNTER IN NEW YORK. JANUARY+FEBRUARY+MARCH 2oo9-till APRIL 7 january 29 th 2oo9 brooklyn 6-9 pm Henry Gregg Gallery tuesday february 17th 1o PM NEW YORK bowery poetry club below astor place GUNTER HAMPELSOLO CONCERT vibrafon-bassclarinet-flute an ESP presentation celebrating the 42 year old historic master-CD MUSIC FROM EUROPE ----- this very well recieced solo concert has become already a legendary milestone of new music . this georgeous performance is available on DVD ! birth DVD o9o217 LIFER GUNTER HAMPEL Solo konzert live at bowery poetry club nyc available in ntsc +pal order it now march 1st 5 pm hunter college hall 543 HN 68 street betw park and lexington avenue more with Gunter+son RUOMI LEE HAMPEL on march 13 th 6 pm MOVING IMAGES LANG THEATRE at HUNTER COLLEGE 4.TH FLOOR ------------------------------------------------------ march 17th , 1o PM GUNTER HAMPEL together with +La Troupe MAKANDAL+ Haitian vodou percussion ensemble !! can they top his solo performance ? re-engagement ESP disk event at BOWERY POETRY CLUB new york,below astor place --------------------------------------------------------------------------- march 29th 2 pm-6 pm peekskill date attend the GUNTER HAMPEL VERNISSAGE 2 sets of solo performances on vibrafon bassclarinet flute lecture on his music + discussions on screens an exhibition of Mr.Hampel's oil on canvas paintings some of his great DVDs with his current very successfull new bands, educational and cultural-generation spanning projects also a concert with children 5-13 years old after a 3 days workshop on DVD come and be part of an educational- cultural rare event at the Bean Runner Cafe-music & art galery center in PEEKSKILL 2-6pm march 29th ! ----------------------------------------------- april 2 --1 AM-5AM gunter hampel live on WKCR radio NEW YORK with charles blass for european listeners tune in at 7-11 AM april 2nd !! www.wkcr.org ------------------------------------------- JUNE 18 th BERLIN -b-flat 21 uhr gunter hampel european trio -- June 19 th DRESDEN riesa efeu 2o uhr June 2oth Bad Hersfeld-GUNTER HAMPEL-JOHANNES SCHLEIERMACHER BERND OEZSEVIM- june 21st Göttingen-junkernschänke june 23 rd Hannover 17-18 h bundesverdienstkreuz an GH ---------------------------------------------- 19-23.of july : GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY gunter hampel-prince alegs- johannes schleiermacher-bernd oezsevim in portugal 23.LISBOA children workshop: 2o.21.22. concert 23.JULY19:3o h all at the GOETHE -institut LISSABON-LISBOA contact : gunthampel@aol.com --------------------------------------------- September 18-2o.2oo9 Großburgwedel kinder workshop+KONZERTE GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY --------------- the final children concert after 3 days of workshops of may 25,2oo8 is available now on DVD order birth DVD o8o525 Burgwedel kiko ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- 2OO9 CONC OFFER concert offers are welcomed.SEND E-MAIL OR CALL o177 26 28 o12 DVD+CD+presse and other writings: a documentation on the 3 day,very successfull YOUTH-WORKSHOP at the bayrische kultur-+jugendtage in murnau from june 26-28,2oo7 with the GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE COMPANY yes, the GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY offers successfull education-(Bildung)-programs: 3 days workshops for children 5 1/2 - 13 youth 12-18 grown ups 18 + -seminars, lectures big band workshops with the famous GH-charts get our international acclaimed birth records DVDs-CDs-LPs! order by e-mail BIRTH RECORDS HAS BEEN INTERNATIONALLY AWARDED AS A GENUINE CREATIVE contemporary JAZZHISTORY-making LABEL documenting since 1969 the original music of gunter hampel and his one of a kind ensembles, orchestras and small units , thus expanding the jazz-repertoire with new findings of how fresh-improvised music can be played collectively with his unique+new concepts, joined by these incredibly gifted and recognized international jazz artists: GUNTER HAMPEL+JEANNE LEE+ ANTHONY BRAXTON+ MARION BROWN +STEVE McCALL+ SUNNY MURRAY+MARVIN SMITTY SMITH BOB MOSES+LEO SMITH+WILBUR MORRIS+BARRE PHILLIPPS+JACK GREGG +BOB STEWART+CURTIS FOWLKES+ ART JENKINS+PIERRE COURBOIS+DANIEL CARTER+LUCKY ENNET+PERRY ROBINSON+MARK WHITECAGE+BOULOU FERRE+BILL FRISELL+KYOYO FUJIWARA+WILLEM BREUKER+MANFRED SCHOOF+ALBERT MANGELSDORFF+MATTHIAS SCHUBERT+ENRICO RAVA+THOMAS KEYSERLING+MIKE DIETZ+MARTIN BUES+DAVID SCHNITTER+BOB HANLON+PAUL BOUILLET+MARTY COOK+ALLAN PRASKIN+DAVID EYGES+ARJEN GORTER+TONI MARCUS+ANNE HARTKAMP+MURUGA+MICHEL WAISFISH+JOHN DEARTH+PRINCE ALEGS+HICHEM+JOHANNES SCHLEIERMACHER+BERND OEZSEVIM+ CHRISTIAN WEIDNER+GERRIT JUHNKE + CLEMENS ORTH+JARO+JONATHAN KLINE+JOHN STUBBLEFIELD+HARDY FISCHOETTER-CHARLES TYLER+STEFAN FRISCH+TOBIAS NETTA+SHAUN VARGAS +HINNERK BOERNSEN+ many others order now : gunthampel@aol.com	.THE MUSI	ept		BIRTH RECORDS 1969-2oo9 = 4o years !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRANDNEW JUBILEE RELEASES: birth 2 CD o81218 thank you GUNTER HAMPEL EUROPEAN TRIO +BASS live at the theaterkapelle in berlin-germany they play the presence, past and future of jazz-simultaneously !! dmg`s bruce lee gallanTER------------------------------------------birth DVD or CD o9o217 LIFER gunter hampel legendary live solo performance at the ESP night at the bowery poetry club NEW YORK! february 17th,2oo9 THE ULTIMATE HAMPEL SOLO APPEARANCE ! a must for all fans ! ------ vibraphone-bassclarinet-flute solos !!!!!! ----------------------------------------------- -DVD o9o422 new horizons-live concert irth 2 DVD o9HORIZONS GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY live at the theaterkapelle-friedrichshain-berlin gunter hampel-prince alegs-johannes schleiermacher-hichem-bernd ozsevim-tom-andreas lang bass the newest, the progression of what was before they incredibly grow and play their best ever I WAS STRUCK BY THE FRESH ENTHUSIASM OF THE FOUR MUSICIANS AND THREE STREET DANCERS OF THE GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY: THIS PERFORMANCE PROVES ONCE AGAIN THAT JAZZ IS AN AGELESS MUSIC bert vuijsje-columnist of the dutch magazines jazz bulletin and jazzism order now---------- we do not know, if you would like to play our birth o8o422 CD gunter hampel solo vibrafon VIBES`VIBES 18.DEZEMBER 2oo8 21 uhr BERLIN-friedrichshain- GUNTER HAMPEL EUROPEAN TRIO +ANDREAS LANG bass since you missed this great concert , now you can order it on a 2 cd birth o81218 NEW 2 CD/"THANK YOU" live at theaterkapelle er straorder now, and we send it to you : 11 € + mailing : send email,we send you a bill : gunthampel@aol.com --------------- new CD : birth o8o422 vibes'vibes GUNTER HAMPEL SOLO-VIBRAFON-PIECES! recorded in new york april 22 nd , 2oo8 check the september 2oo9 issue of all about jazz new york page 3o for a great review by marc medvin: "glas,shimmer, impressionism and cool all vie for prominence throughout these excursions into the multiplicitous world multi instrumentalist gunter hampel creates on every solo..."..... all -------------------------------------------------------- bei jazz-guide-berlin.de unter NEWS findet ihr bilder u.text vom großen auftritt im b-flat ----------------------------------------------- The legendary jazz composer,bandleader,vibraphonist,bassclarinetist, flutist, baritonsaxophonist GUNTER HAMPEL is one of the most influential musicians, composers and pioneers of the world wide jazz evolution.He is the major instigator of the european jazz movement since 1958, HIS LP HEARTPLANTS on MPS IS THE FIRST MANIFESTATION of a EUROPEAN -influenced IMPROVISED JAZZMUSIC which paved the way for a FREE JAZZ SCENE IN GERMANY-WEST AND EAST,HOLLAND,BELGIUM;FRANCE;ITALY and when he moved to New York in 1969 his album THE 8TH OF JULY 1969 with GUNTER HAMPEL-ANTHONY BRAXTON-JEANNE LEE-WILLEM BREUKER-STEVE McCALL began a new jazz era and is a timeless new model for future jazz to come and still stands out today as a new way of improvising together even beyond the free jazz thing: THE BEGINNING OF THE MUSIC OF BANDLEADER & COMPOSER ;ARRANGER + MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST GUNTER HAMPEL THE MUSIC OF GUNTER >THE MUSIC OF GUNTER HAMPEL IS A UNIQUE PHENOMENON IN THE WORLD< coda,canada He wrote up today more than 2ooo compositions, most of his recordings- more than 14o international award winning CDs,DVDs,LPs- are released on his own record label BIRTH RECORDS, founded 1969 ,from solo pieces, Duo,Trio,Quartet,Quintet,Sextet,Septet,Octet; Nonet,to BIG BAND,and ORCHESTRA, you can order right here. In addition he has recorded with other jazzmasters, like Marion Brown,Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor a.o. Hampel is a vital part of the european and new york jazzscene since he formed here 1971 his most influencial GUNTER HAMPEL GALAXIE DREAM BAND and his influence on american music and musicians is worldwide recognized. TV and radio stations and music magazines play and report his ongoing incredible vital and innovative music worldwide and he still performs with his amazing creative bands, namely the GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISING COMPANY, the EUROPEAN TRIO/QUARTET and the GUNTER HAMPEL-JOHANNES SCHLEIERMACHER DUO: In recent years, Hampel works mostly with gifted young musicians. >HAMPEL CONTINUES TO BE ACTIVE AT JAZZ LEADING EDGE<all about jazz-new york also incorporating improvising dancers from the breakdance movement into his incredible uplifting collective improvisation performances. since 1972 he adds to his performances his challenging workshops with children (5-13),youth 13-18,grown ups 18+, introducing them to jazz in learning in 3 days workshops how to improvise with percussion instruments and out of body movements how to improvise like in a jazz band, thus building up a deeper understanding of jazz and using it in your daily life experience + building up future audiences for the ongoing evolution of the great art and education form JAZZ besides being recognized in the jazzworld by awards from the international jazzpolls (namely the down beat no 1 jazz vibrafonist) and in being recognized in most jazzbooks HAMPEL recieved the Niedersachsen cultural and science award out of the hand of german chancelor Gerhard Schröder, for his worldwide influence on renewing jazz as a creative artform, countless awards for his vibraphone,bassclarinet,flute playing, composing and arranging, most recently the 2oo7 German Jazz Award for his lifetime achievements and the medal of honor of his hometown, the university city of Göttingen. Hampel continues to work creatively and publish new works on CDs-DVDs just stay in touch ! have a nice day ! tocheck our www.myspace.com/gunterhampelmusic www.youtube.com/gunterhampel birth-videos-shortfilms-birth DVDs-surprises-fun play with me : short by R-Kern on soundtrack 1 from new CD o7o721 STELLAR DUST/ HAMPEL-SCHLEIERMACHER DUO DVD O6O6O2 FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH/GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE COMPANY "live" at interplay-festival at academie of the arts in berlin -JUNE 6.TH,2OO6 you can watch these 2 performances on youtube/gunterhampel, also:< play with me> the first short movie been made over/on a complete soundtrack of our new CD o7o721 of THE GUNTER HAMPEL-JOHANNES SCHLEIERMACHER DUO : we are asking filmmakers to make a shortfilm of any of the tracks of this dynamite new birth-recording : birth CD o7o721 STELLAR DUST - GUNTER HAMPEL-JOHANNES SCHLEIERMACHER DUO -------------------------------------------------------- GUNTERHAMPELMUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY "LIVE" at thE JUNGES THEATER in göttingen BIRTH-DOUBLE DVD complete concert 2 sets: birth DVD o71214 communicatice encounters in PAL oderNTSC ein weiterer film von robert und sebastian aus dresden mit Gunter,Johannes,Bernd und Prince Alegs+toller lightshow des jungen theaters stürmisch gefeierter ,richtig guter, zeitloser stoff ein zuschauer sagte, DAS BESTE KONZERT in GÖTTINGEN ALLER ZEITEN ----------------------------------------------------- ALL ABOUT JAZZ-NEW YORK-AUGUST edition:GUNTER HAMPEL AUGUST 31,1937 LOUIS ARMSTRONG came streaming from the radio of a US army truck 1945 in the backyard of his home in germany, and young Gunter, already immersed in European classical music, became intrigued with this new sound.A variety of intruments began to occupy his hands including clarinet,vibes,saxophone,accordeon and flute and soon he was composing.He toured EUROPE with many groups, including his own and worked with DON CHERRY-CECIL TAYLOR-ARCHIE SHEPP-ANTHONY BRAXTON-STEVE McCALL-MARION BROWN-LESTER BOWIE and his wife JEANNE LEE, among others.In 1969,when he moved to NEW YORK ,he founded his own label BIRTH RECORDS. august 31 st :LISTEN to SWF2-radio at 23.o3 h for a radio programm by thomas loewner NDR-INFO,SEPT.1ST, 22.oo hours by Olaf Maikopf october 19. 23,o5 h BR-KLASSIK (BAYRISCHE RUNDFUNK MUENCHEN)LIVE-KONZERT FROM MURNAU: GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE COMPANY birth records is proud to present the newest studio recording birth CD o7o721 STELLAR DUST- GUNTER HAMPEL-JOHANNES SCHLEIER-MACHER DUO recorded july 21st, 2oo7 in BERLIN-germany at REBIRTHatLOVELITE bert noglik : STELLAR DUST -HAMPEL-SCHLEIERMACHER NEW CD He always has been playing wonderful, free improvised DUOs with other Jazz Greats,with MARION BROWN,PERRY ROBINSON,ANTHONY BRAXTON,STEVE McCALL,SUNNY MURRAY,with the incomparable and unforgottoen JEANNE LEE...in musical dialogs unfolds his sensibility and joy of communication which distinguishs Gunter Hampel also as a great bandleader.With long-term-energy and creative sense of mission, he achieves to transport his music into Earth's orbit..(in contrast to those who complained or even gave up, he continues forever and creates his power also out of the magnificent tradition of jazz.Out of a music, which actually has to be defined as a movement to renewal . Everything, we all debate about , he practically knew to solve: a-the selforganisation of innovativ music. b-how to address his jazzmusic towards young audiences. c-the integration of the up-growing generations. The opposition of american and european jazz bounces off of him, because he always was and is at home in both scenarios. GUNTER HAMPEL knows very well,that jazz always had to fight against the crusts of the establishment to gain recognition and respect. And in an exemplary fashion he developed survival-strategies with a modesty, which placed the music into the foreground and pushed the business into the background. His vitality and his nearness to what people moves in their day by day life, let him never end-up-in-a-cloud-cuckoo-land and made it possible for him to re-dock to the social reality..because their development is by no means indifferent to him: he shows alternativs with his music. as practised by other jazz greats he reflects beats and sounds of the young generations. He takes the expression-forms like breakdance and hiphop serious and and integrates them into his music, without to curry favour with the young musicians. THAT TOO GAINED HIM A RECOGNITION FAR BEYOND JAZZ. The "GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE COMPANY" HAS FOUND THE WAY INTO THE HEARTS OF A YOUNG GENERATION! The GUNTER HAMPEL EUROPEAN TRIO with the saxophonist Johannes Schleiermacher+the drummer Bernd Ozsevim is the instrumental center of the Music and Dance Company. The DUO of GUNTER HAMPEL and JOHANNES SCHLEIERMACHER is operating as those 2 bands ultimate inner concentration of formative essence. Gunter Hampel, the Guru who has been celebrating on August 31st his 7oth birthday,connects his, in decades collected experiences with an unbelievable young seeming spontaneity and flexibility. In a joint undertaking with the almost 5o years younger Johannes Schleiermacher, who joined Gunter's bands, when he was 17, 5 years ago, they play a music which seems to be a continuation of Hampel's legendary and pointing the way ahead, trendsetting GUNTER HAMPEL and his GALAXIE DREAM BAND, equally lyrically and expressive, free-floating and always with an spiritualized inner feeling for swing and drive. Bebop seems to be released in free-playing and all that together in a generation connecting ACTUALITY OF JAZZ!! bert noglik,leipzig order this brandnew CD stellar dust by eMail: :GuntHampel@aol.com --------------------------------------------------------- Adresse der Breling----------------er Mitte (Workshop) lautet M GUNTER HAMPEL : The prolific vibist,bassclarinetist,flutist,saxophonist, composer and founder of BIRTH RECORDS , is the major instigator of Germany's free-jazz-movement, and whose American collaborators have included his wife JEANNE LEE, DON CHERRY,CECIL TAYLOR,ARCHIE SHEPP,ANTHONY BRAXTON, STEVE McCALL,MARION BROWN,PERRY ROBINSON AND MANY OTHERS. HIS TRIO MIXES HIGH ENERGY IMPROVISATIONS WITH HAMPEL'S GREAT TUNES WITH DARK TEXTURAL MEDITATIONS Village Voice,Centerfold New York Gary Giddins arktstr. 1, 30900 Wedemark Kirche St. Martini Brelingen (Konzert) und Gemeindehaus sind direktenüber: Die Adresse Hauptstrasse 33, 30900 Wedemark
E					EMISSIONS Gunter Hampel European Trio CD 041202 Koeln, Loft Gunter Hampel-Johannes Schleiermacher-Bernd Oeszevim "Hampel continues to be active at jazz-leading edge !" all about jazz -new york ZEITGEIST Gunter Hampel New York Quartett CD 050504 new York "live" CBGB's Lounge: Gunter Hampel-Roy Campbel-Perry Robinson-Hersch Silverman-Lou Grassi PLAY WITH ME Gunter Hampel Music+Dance Company DVD 040918 DESSAU: Gunter Hampel-Johannes Schleiermacher-Bernd Oeszevim-Prince Alegs-Hichem FANTASTIC DVD ON HAMPEL'S LATEST-GENERATION-SPINNING PROJECT-BREATHTAKING !!!!!!!!!!! JUST IN TIME Gunter Hampel Music+Dance Company DVD 040918 Braunschweig-Kulturnacht-Staatstheater 2oo4 CHOICES 1+2 birth o51122 Vol 1+2 GUNTER HAMPEL EUROPEAN TRIO The newest recording - "live" at studio LOFT,Koeln Germany featuring Hampel's fantastic EUROPEAN TRIO : "HAMPEL CONTINUES TO BE ACTIVE AT JAZZ-LEADING EDGE" ALL ABOUT JAZZ NEW YORK CITY birth DVD -PAL or NTSC o51o16 FREE WILL PROCESSIONS - School of Senses- International Rhythm-Music-Dance and Education-SPECTACLE " a masterpiece " DIE WELT "Eine Schule der Sinne mit einer tollen Bildungsbotschaft, die zugleich gesellschafts-und kulturbildend ist ! EINMALIG-KOENNERISCH UND LEIDENSCHAFTLICH ! "Eine paedagogische Meisterleistung " DIE WELT" From a Unicef sponsored 14 days workshop at Kampnagel Theatre in Hamburg GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE COMPANY + 45 MUSICIANS, DANCERS FROM COLUMBIA - RUMANIA AND HAMBURG = U N B E L I E V A B L E ! NEW DVD : birth DVD o6o6o2 JUNGBRUNNEN FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY "LIVE" in BERLIN at INTERPLAY FESTIVAL at AKADEMIE DER KUENSTE-berlin-germany filmed by EDDIE KLAUS ! available in PAL or NTSC order now ! this is the ultimate-fresh + new -generation-spanning -exciting- MASTER-Performance TO ORDER SEND EMAIL GuntHampel@aol.com "Legendary Gunter Hampel is already doing with his MUSIC+DANCE COMPANYwhat we all trying to achieve" ! Roy Campbell-New York A CONCERT-A FILM-A DELIGHT-A SENSATION birth DVD o71214 COMMUNICATIVE ENCOUNTERS llive at the JUNGES THEATER GÖTTINGEN GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY "DMG BRUCE LEE NEW YORK. A TREASURE BOX OF AUDIO AND VISUAL DELIGHTS " !!! THE COMPANY AT THEIR BEST ! order this DVD now " pal or ntsc -------------------------------------------------------- new DVD o8o7o5 major glow gunter hampel music+dance improvisation company "live" at kulturnacht staatstheater braunschweig hampel-schleiermacher-oezsevim-prince alegs-zeerock-cemil-tom-dennis-bely filmed by eddie order by email to gunthampel@aol.com ------------------------------------------ new DVD o8o815 straff gunter hampel european trio "live" rhythmusfestival berlin gunter hampel-julius gabriel-bernd oezsevim filmed by robert kern order by eMail to gunthampel@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------- new/neue "live" birth DVD o8o822 youngblood GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY live at the offside jazzfestival geldern 2oo8 gunter hampel-johannes schleiermacher-julius gabriel-bernd oezsevim-prince alegs-hichem-cemil-tom- the ultimate performance of the 8tet. 4 musicians and 4 dancers do their incredible TEAM-WORK -THE NEW YORKER DOWNTOWNGALERY's BRUCE LEE GALANTHER wrote: THE GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY offer with the DVD birth o71214 communicative encounters "a treasure box filled with audio and visual delights "!-the YOUNGBLOOD-DVD THEN IS THEIR MASTERPIECE: again : the growth of a steady ensemble like Hampel's is still the best way to proceed . the new yorker : ALL ABOUT JAZZ statet:"GUNTER HAMPEL CONTINUES TO BE ACTIVE AT JAZZ-LEADING EDGE: THIS PERFORMANCE IS A MUST FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO KEEP UP WITH THE JAZZ-EVOLUTION AND HAVE THE THRILL AND FUN GOING ALONG WITH IT: -------------11 euro+4 euro mailing in europe 8 € world mailing !!!------------------------------------------------------ brandnew ! 2oo8=5o years on tour around the world birth DVD o81oo9 FULMINATE-GUNTER HAMPEL EUROPEAN TRIO "live" at the famous b-flat in Berlin-Germany 2 sets 11 euro plus mailing birth DVD o81121 ESCHWEGE GUNTER HAMPEL EUROPEAN TRIO "live" jazzclub ESCHWEGE-Germany gunter hampel-johannes schleiermacher-bernd oezsevim 2 sets 11 € + mailing birth DVD o8o525 CONCERT WITH CHILDREN GUNTER HAMPEL MUSIC+DANCE IMPROVISATION COMPANY + 25 CHILDREN final concert after a 3 days workshop you intend to book the 3 days workshop with children? here is a concert you can check yourself and enjoy 11 € + mailing.....send eMail ---------------------- YOU CAN ORDER THE BIRTH CDs-DVDs-LPs BY MAILORDER - POSTVERSAND BY ORDERING BY e-Mailing to GuntHampel@aol.com see you in our concerts--------------------------------- send e-mail for latest complete discography and order by our worldwide mailorder service CDs-DVDs-LPs with the MUSIC OF GUNTER HAMPEL since 1964 on vinyl ,cd and dvd ---------------------------------------------------------

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