''The Morlocks and Other Pieces'' is an album by

Alexander von Schlippenbach Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 7 April 1938) is a German jazz pianist and composer. He came to prominence in the 1960s playing free jazz in a trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens, and as a member of the Globe Unity Orch ...

and the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. It was recorded in July 1993 at RIAS Studio 10 in Berlin, and was released in 1994 by FMP. It features six compositions by Schlippenbach with dates ranging from 1983 to 1993.

Reception

In a review for

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, Thom Jurek wrote: "With ten years between the earliest and latest compositions here, one can imagine how varied the program is... it's a wonderful collection of modern music that showcases even further the vast range of musical languages that von Schlippenbach has at his disposal." The authors of the ''

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'' stated: "This record establishes Schlippenbach much more clearly as a composer. It is worth comparing its language to that of the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra under Barry Guy, which is simultaneously more abstract but also more orthdoxly jazz-centred."

Track listing

All compositions by Alexander von Schlippenbach. # "Any Piece, But A's Piece (1993)" – 10:28 # "Contrareflection (1989)" – 7:06 # "Rigaudon Nr. 2 Aus Der Wasserstoffmusik (1987)" – 12:03 # "Marcia Di Saturno (1984)" – 12:54 # "The Morlocks (1993)" – 16:00 # "Jackhammer (1983)" – 10:32

Personnel

– piano, conductor * Darcy Hepner – alto saxophone * Claas Willecke – flute, baritone saxophone * Tilman Denhard – flute, piccolo, tenor saxophone * Walter Gauchel – tenor saxophone *

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– tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone *

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– trumpet * Henry Lowther – trumpet * Thomas Heberer – trumpet * Jörg Huke – trombone * Marc Boukouya – trombone * Sören Fischer – trombone * Utz Zimmermann – trombone *

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– piano, conductor * Nobuyoshi Ino – double bass * Paul Lovens – percussion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morlocks and Other Pieces Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra albums 1994 albums Big band albums FMP/Free Music Production albums