Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester - Live At Berliner Jazztage, 1980

The "Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester" was a brass band formed in 1976, in Frankfurt, by Heiner Goebbles, Alfred Harth, Christoph Anders and others - in an attempt to reinforce artistically the left student movement demonstrations of that period. The band, designed mostly for live appearances, was consisting of about twenty musicians and played on stage, at the streets and in diverse political activities.

In spite of the circumstances of its birth, "The So-Called Left Radical Brass Orchestra" never was a preacher of left dogmatism. Their repertoire crossed the music history from baroque & classical period, early twentieth century to free-jazz and avant-garde, including original pieces, traditonal themes, covers of Hanns Eisler, Frank Zappa etc.

The band was close to student protests for political and social improvements, with topics such as civil disobedience, protest against nuclear power and offenses against human rights. They played at events of the Frankfurt Sponti scene, trying to add music with a political message. They were inspired by Hanns Eisler's music, with a communicative dimension ("kommunikative Dimension").

Their interpretations were imaginative, inventive, uncompromised but not snobbish, eclectic, intellectual and yet very amusing - a channel for direct communication with the people.

This is a live recording from the Berliner Jazztage on November 1st, 1980. It was broadcasted on NDR3, Sept. 9, 1981


Tracks:

00:00 01. Stimmen und Gedanken über die rote Fahne
02:07 02. Trotz alledem
06:02 03. Circa
11:42 04. Tagesschau
19:53 05. Ohne dass ich sagen würde, ich bin der neue Führer
27:24 06. Grossvater Stöffel [Eisler/Brecht]
27:56 07. Unisono
32:05 08. Hälfte des Lebens [lyrics: F. Hölderlin]
34:35 09. Homesick-Blues [lyrics: P.P. Zahl]
38:30 10. Ich grolle nicht [cp: R. Schumann]
41:09 11. Baderkatalog
44:51 12. Maschine
48:52 13. Le rappel des oiseaux [cp: J.-Ph. Rameau]
51:54 14. O'Guarracino / Tschüs

total 56:48


Klaus Becker, Johannes Eisenberg - trumpet
Michael Höhler, Peter Lieser - trombone
Uwe Schriefer, Jörn Stückrath - tuba
Alfred Harth, Christoph Anders - tenor sax
Heiner Goebbels - tenor sax, accordion
Rolf Riehm, Barbara Müller-Rendtorff - alto sax
Henning Wiese - alto sax
Thomas Jahn - Soprano sax, flute
Cora Stephan - flute
Herwig Heise - clarinet
[?] - voice


Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester - Live At Berliner Jazztage, 1980

(flac, recording in one track)