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Artist:	DAUNER, WOLFGANG
Title:	Knirsch
Label:	HGBS MUSIKPRODUKTION (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	HGBS 016CD

"Classic interweaving of jazz, rock, avant-garde and electronic, with Larry Coryell & Colosseum's Jon Hiseman. Completely new standards were set with this recording, originally released on MPS in 1972. Knirsch became cult and still is until now, almost 40 years after its release. A unique example for the successful interweaving of jazz, rock, avant-garde and electronic. The musicians: US guitarist Larry Coryell, German keyboarder Wolfgang Dauner, British drummer Jon Hiseman, US percussionist Fred Braceful and German bassist Gunter Lenz. As its first issue, the labels promising music and HGBS Musikproduktion (in succession of MPS) will release the border surpassing masterpiece CD with its eye-catching cover of the wide open dentures. Knirsch lost nothing of its initial musical stimulus. And for the primarily young generation, it may be a totally new discovery. Although some may know at least one title, the final track 'Yin'. As this one (an honour not too many German composers experienced) was covered by Larry Coryell on his recording 'Introducing The 11th House'."

Artist:	DAUNER, WOLFGANG
Title:	Tribute To The Past
Label:	HGBS MUSIKPRODUKTION (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	HGBS 20012CD

"No doubt: German piano player and composer Wolfgang Dauner is one of the most important figures of the jazz scene in Germany. He left his footprints by, more often than not, breaking new ground. From the early 1960s on he worked exclusively for the legendary German label SABA and its successor MPS, and recorded many albums in their legendary studios in Villingen/Black Forest. Finally he returned to where it all began. Dauner went back to the MPS studios and recorded Tribute To The Past. So Dauner writes his musical autobiography, his pen being the very same Bösendorfer grand piano that he and so many other famous artists used back in the MPS days. One can hear all this clearly on the album; all three (maestro Dauner, the MPS studio, and the Bösendorfer) are still in very good shape."

Artist:	DAUNER, WOLFGANG
Title:	Changes/Zeitlaufe
Label:	IN-AKUSTIK (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	MOOD 4602CD

"Changes is the result of Wolfgang Dauner's solo production, where he used a state-of-the-art electronic sampler (EMS Synthi 100 and oberheim 4 voice) along with a grand piano in 1971 to create the sounds that he wanted in the area of jazz. Zeitlaufe (course of time), on the other hand, was a commissioned album. It set to music a Greek calendar from the photographer, Manfred Rieker. While Wolfgang Dauner was investigating the music from Ancient Greece, he came across the oldest surviving musical composition, engraved on the grave pillar of Seikilos in Asia Minor in 400 B.C. The Song of Seikilos. It's a drinking song, telling you to enjoy a life that is short."

Artist:	DAUNER, WOLFGANG
Title:	One Night In '88/Pas De Trois
Label:	IN-AKUSTIK (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	MOOD 4606CD

"The boundaries in jazz have now become smoother, the horizon is expanding. Dauner, Mariano and Saluzzi anticipated these developments back in the eighties. You can hear it immediately: three world class musicians get together. Wolfgang Dauner is one of the pioneers of German jazz and is one of the first avant-garde players; he also explores classical territory on the piano. Charlie Mariano showed for decades that he had an open ear for world music influences. And the virtuoso on the bandoneon, Dino Saluzzi brings his expressive playing into jazz sessions. Together they create enchantingly beautiful and timeless music, in the sumptuous melodies, unexpected jumps in rhythm and the elegantly flowing solos. Jazz meets tango -- in a daring, as well as emotionally moving, performance."

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