Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Ross, Ronnie Stephenson, Hans Koller etc. – Junges Forum 65 (Unreleased Tracks From The Mps-studio) (Vinyl 2LP)

More than 20 top-class jazz musicians met in July 1965 for a jazz workshop at the Ruhr Festival in Recklinghausen and recorded a total of 17 pieces. Nine tracks from the live recording were to be released the same year as the first double LP on the young Villingen jazz label SABA (the forerunner of MPS). Everything was prepared for this, but it never happened. It is not really clear why, because everything was technically ready for release. With Hans Koller, Rolf Kuhn, Leo Wright, Benny Bailey, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Ross, Stuff Smith and others, many leading players of the jazz scene at the time were involved. However, the two music tapes were not pressed onto record and slumbered unheard for many years in the MPS archive in Villingen. In 2018, on the 50th anniversary of the MPS label, this was made up for: the double LP, which was to be released as "Junges Forum 65" by SABA, was released by HGBSBlue in a limited edition and is now also available here. The music of the workshop formation is still full of sparkling creativity today, almost 60 years after it was recorded. You can hear first-class jazz on a bebop basis, which was played in Europe at that time by an immensely creative generation of musicians full of commitment. A listening pleasure for every jazz fan on the one hand, but also a wonderful documentation captured on this double LP.

Disc 1

Side 1

• 1. Stephenson's Rocket
• 2. Now's The Time

Side 2

• 1. Ode To a blossom
• 2. Jazz Essay

Disc 2

Side 1

• 1. 100 Proof
• 2. The Freedom

Side 2

• 1. The Band goes Churchy
• 2. Gemini Waltz
• 3. Music For Pablo II