{"product_id":"mengelberg-misha-peter-brotzmann-evan-parker-peter-bennink-paul-rutherford-derek-bailey-han-bennink-groupcomposing","title":"MENGELBERG, MISHA\/PETER BROTZMANN\/EVAN PARKER\/PETER BENNINK\/PAUL RUTHERFORD\/DEREK BAILEY\/HAN BENNINK - Groupcomposing","description":"\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCorbett vs. Dempsey presents a reissue of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMisha Mengelberg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroupcomposing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, recorded in 1970 and originally released in 1978. Comprised of a one-time international free music supergroup, and originally released as the sixth production on pianist Mengelberg and drummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHan Bennink\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's ICP label, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroupcomposing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been largely absent from the history books. This is the case because the record has been so unavailable, certainly not as a comment on the magnitude and magnificence of the music. With its Bennink cover (take that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!) and its two side-long tracks, it is an improvised music aficionado's treasure. Mengelberg and Bennink are joined by Bennink's brother, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Bennink\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, on alto saxophone and bagpipes(!), with an incredible reed section of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvan Parker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Brötzmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Rutherford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on trombone, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerek Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on guitar. Moving from peaks of intensity to droning deescalation, totally improvised live in concert in 1970, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroupcomposing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e should be heard in the company of related records like Brötzmann's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMachine Gun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (CF 020LP, 2018) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNipples\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (CF 013LP, 2016), early \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon Jazz Composer's Orchestra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlobe Unity Orchestra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eManfred Schoof\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEuropean Echoes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(CF 008LP, 2013. The music is reissued here for the first time as a stand-alone CD, with original album art and an interior salon of never-published period photographs by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGérard Rouy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The first in an ongoing series of ICP reissues on Corbett vs. Dempsey, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroupcomposing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e restores a classic LP to its rightful place in the canon.\" - Corbett Vs. Dempsey.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Corbett Vs. Dempsey","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":13794359738431,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2295\/2925\/products\/CVSD056CD_CU.jpg?v=1571718576","url":"https:\/\/www.fusetronsound.com\/products\/mengelberg-misha-peter-brotzmann-evan-parker-peter-bennink-paul-rutherford-derek-bailey-han-bennink-groupcomposing","provider":"fusetron","version":"1.0","type":"link"}