Clarinet Summit

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Clarinet Summit was a project organized by producer Joachim-Ernst Berendt in 1979. [1]

A 1979 concert was released on MPS Records as You Better Fly Away. It features John Carter, Perry Robinson, Gianluigi Trovesi, Bernd Konrad, Theo Jörgensmann, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Didier Lockwood, Stan Tracey, Eje Thelin, Kai Kanthak, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Günter Sommer, Aldo Romano. [2]

Later, John Carter founded a group called Clarinet Summit. A 1981 concert, released on vinyl in two volumes as In Concert at the Public Theater (both on India Navigation), was reissued in 1991 on a single CD with the same title. [3] [4] [5] It features Carter, Alvin Batiste, David Murray, Jimmy Hamilton. [6]

In 1987, Southern Bells was released on Black Saint, featuring the same quartet. [7]

Beginning in 2015, some former members of the “Clarinet Summit 1979” group began working together again using the name Clarinet Summit. The members of the group are Perry Robinson, Theo Jörgensmann, Gianluigi Trovesi, Bernd Konrad, Albrecht Maurer, Sebastian Gramss and Günter Sommer. [8] In 2017, this formation released a live CD titled Clarinet Summit. [9]

Discography

Source: [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Clarinet Summit". Njuuz.de. September 14, 2015. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Clarinet Summit - You Better Fly Away". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Clarinet Summit - In Concert at the Public Theater". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Clarinet Summit - In Concert at the Public Theater Vol 2". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Clarinet Summit - In Concert at the Public Theater Vols 1 and 2". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  6. ↑ AllMusic Clarinet Summit review
  7. ↑ "Clarinet Summit - Southern Bells". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  8. ↑ "multiphonics festival 2015". Multiphonics-festival.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  9. ↑ "Clarinet Summit - Clarinet Summit". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Clarinet Summit". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
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