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Jazz Community – Revisited [SONOL109]

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A compilation of lost tracks by the Zurich based ”Jazz Community”. One of the most important Post-Bop and Modal Jazz bands from Europe. The Sextet featured the exceptional brass section of Hans Kennel (tp, flh), Paul Haag (tb) and Heiner Althaus (ts). The three were members of ”Magog” and here they are working with various rhythm sections, using original compositions. For the first time, their most celebrated tracks from the rare LP’s ”Jazz Community” and ”Il Topo” are on one album. The tracks were produced in 1979 at the studio of Bruno Spoerri and in 1983 in concert at The Club in Rubigen, Bern.

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Jazz Community – Revisited [SONOL109]

Rolf Kuhn – Stop Time! [SONOL085]

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First release of a previously unknown album from the personal archives of ”clarinet bird” Rolf Khn, recorded 1962 in Hamburg. Outstanding modern jazz and hard bop session featuring Klaus Doldinger (ts), Ingfried Hoffmann (org/ p), Cees See (d) and Herman Schoonderwalt (b), with plenty of tunes made famous by Horace Silver (”Sister Sadie”), Charlie Parker (”Au Privave”), Miles Davis (”Solar”) or Thelonious Monk (”Bemsha Swing”) – all arranged by Khn. Comes as limited vinyl LP commemorating the 85th birthday of Rolf Khn, carefully mastered in 2014, with unreleased photos and new sleeve notes written by Khn’s biographer Maxi Sickert.

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Rolf Kuhn – Stop Time! [SONOL085]