Gittin' to Know Y'All is a various artists album recorded during the annual Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting in 1969 and released on the MPS label in 1970. It features one track by the Baden-Baden Free Jazz Orchestra conducted by trumpeter Lester Bowie, one by the Terje Rypdal Group, one by Karin Krog, and one by The Willem Breuker-John Surman Duo. This session was the first time that many of these European and American jazz musicians performed together in a large group setting.Lewis, G. E., Gittin’ To Know Y’all: Improvised Music, Interculturalism, and the Racial Imagination accessed August 12, 2011
Reception The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic Review accessed August 12, 2011
Track listing "Gittin' to Know Y'All" (Bowie) - 32:00 "Ved Soerevatn" (Rypdal) - 5:00 "For My Two J.B.'s" (Krog) - 1:06 "May Hunting Song" (Breuker) - 4:47 Recorded live during the annual Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting at Südwestfunk UKO Studio I on December 12 to 14, 1969.
Personnel Track 1 - The Baden-Baden Free Jazz Orchestra conducted by Lester Bowie Lester Bowie: trumpet and conductor Hugh Steinmetz: trumpet Kenny Wheeler: trumpet Albert Mangelsdorff: trombone Eje Thelin: trombone Joseph Jarman: soprano saxophone Roscoe Mitchell: alto saxophone Alan Skidmore: tenor saxophone Heinz Sauer: tenor saxophone Gerd Dudek: tenor saxophone Bernt Rosengren: tenor saxophone John Surman: baritone saxophone Willem Breuker: bass clarinet Terje Rypdal: guitar Dave Burrell: piano Leo Cuypers: prepared piano Barre Phillips: bass Palle Danielsson: bass Steve McCall: drums Tony Oxley: drums Claude Delcloo: drums Track 2 - The Terje Rypdal Group Terje Rypdal: guitar Claude Delcloo: bells Joseph Jarman: flute Bernt Rosengren: flute, oboe Karin Krog: vocals Barre Phillips: bass Palle Danielsson: bass Steve McCall: drums Track 3 - Karin Krog Karin Krog: vocals Track 4 - The Willem Breuker-John Surman Duo John Surman: bass clarinet Willem Breuker: bass clarinet
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