Open by Gerd Dudek / Buschi Niebergall / Edward Vesala
Credits
released November 15, 2024
REVIEWS
"The music on “Open” is a true improviser's almanac. The lack of predictability goes hand in hand with a concentration that never lets off, and the players have each other by the throat all the time, so to speak, leading to an intensity that doesn't quit. This contains some of the best improvising and ensemble playing I have heard in a long, long time, serving as a reminder of how great free playing can be."
- All About Jazz
"Strong summit meeting that provides further evidence of Dudek's improvisational strengths and why his name appears on so many important European Free Music releases."
- One Final Note
"From an older generation of German jazzmen, in the mid-1960s reedist Gerd Dudek along with other key members of trumpeter Manfred Schoof’s hard bop quintet joined in exploring Free Jazz. Yet this FMP reissue from 1977 was the first session made under the saxophonist’s own name. Aptly compared to American hard bop tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan - maybe Hank Mobley would be a better match - he proves here that he can excite an audience during a live date. There are many moments to savor here."
- JazzWord
"With this recording, one of the few under his name, [Dudek] shows that he was one of the outstanding saxophonists of the nascent new thing. His playing is powerful and always virtuosic, whether on soprano, tenor saxophone, or flute. This largely forgotten recording is a pearl in European music history."
-Jazz Podium
Gerd Dudek: soprano & tenor saxophone, shenai, flute
Buschi Niebergall: double bass
Edward Vesala: drums
Recorded by Bernhard Arndt on April 7th to 9th, 1977, during the Workshop Freie Musik at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin.
Original LP produced by Jost Gebers.
Mastering for this digital release by Olaf Rupp.
Produced by Markus Müller.
Cover design by Wolf Walt.
Photographs by Dagmar Gebers.
REVIEWS
"The music on “Open” is a true improviser's almanac. The lack of predictability goes hand in hand with a concentration that never lets off, and the players have each other by the throat all the time, so to speak, leading to an intensity that doesn't quit. This contains some of the best improvising and ensemble playing I have heard in a long, long time, serving as a reminder of how great free playing can be."
- All About Jazz
"Strong summit meeting that provides further evidence of Dudek's improvisational strengths and why his name appears on so many important European Free Music releases."
- One Final Note
"From an older generation of German jazzmen, in the mid-1960s reedist Gerd Dudek along with other key members of trumpeter Manfred Schoof’s hard bop quintet joined in exploring Free Jazz. Yet this FMP reissue from 1977 was the first session made under the saxophonist’s own name. Aptly compared to American hard bop tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan - maybe Hank Mobley would be a better match - he proves here that he can excite an audience during a live date. There are many moments to savor here."
- JazzWord
"With this recording, one of the few under his name, [Dudek] shows that he was one of the outstanding saxophonists of the nascent new thing. His playing is powerful and always virtuosic, whether on soprano, tenor saxophone, or flute. This largely forgotten recording is a pearl in European music history."
-Jazz Podium
Gerd Dudek: soprano & tenor saxophone, shenai, flute
Buschi Niebergall: double bass
Edward Vesala: drums
Recorded by Bernhard Arndt on April 7th to 9th, 1977, during the Workshop Freie Musik at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin.
Original LP produced by Jost Gebers.
Mastering for this digital release by Olaf Rupp.
Produced by Markus Müller.
Cover design by Wolf Walt.
Photographs by Dagmar Gebers.
