Christmann Schönenberg Duo
We Play
FMP Records (Germany) 1973
FMP 0120 (LP) Original pressing. White label. Gatefold sleeve.
sleeve : EX(light color-faded, wear on corner)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise)
Released in 1973 on the prestigious free-jazz label FMP, this debut album is by the duo of Günter Christmann, the singular German bassist who participated in numerous free-jazz sessions with the European Free Jazz Orchestra, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the Globe Unity Orchestra, and others, and German drummer Detlef Schönenberg. The album contains material recorded that same year at the Radio Bremen studio in Bremen. Rather than playing his principal instruments, bass and cello, Christmann demonstrates his versatility by performing exclusively on trombone. Together with Schönenberg’s drums, he sends sounds radiating outward as though giving expression to all the phenomena of the natural world, carefully navigating the spaces between stillness and motion. Free improvisation unfolds throughout the album, making this a masterpiece on a par with their 1975 release Topic.
Original German pressing.
A2: Chuckling
B2: Fighting Cats