released December 1, 1980

REVIEWS

"There are only a few recordings as well produced, and justifying their own claim to document things to such a high degree as 'Snapshot'. Nearly the whole spectrum of what one has got accustomed to calling GDR-Jazz, is represented with characteristic recordings. ....'Snapshot' is a 'Must' for everybody seriously involved with free improvised music." --Thomas Fitterling, Jazz Podium

"West Berlin’s Free Music Production has come out with this double-album and 48-page booklet. The music was recorded at the concert series 'Jazz Now – Jazz aus der DDR', which presented all the major G.D.R. musicians and groups, with the exception of trombonist Conrad Bauer, who was taking part at the time in Stockholm’s Ad Lib ’79. The accompanying booklet offers a long overdue theoretical and analytical view of New Jazz and/or improvised music in the G.D.R., with articles by Wilhelm Liefland, Martin Linzer, Rolf Reichelt, Hans Rempel and Jürgen Engelhardt. With over 60 photos and biographies-discographies of all the musicians on the records, the publication enhances what is the most ambitious project yet documenting the contemporary G.D.R. jazz scene." --Jazz Podium



LP 1

1) Sieben Viertel (9:14)
Composed by Manfred Schulze

Berliner Improvisations Quartett
Hermann Keller: piano
Manfred Schulze: baritone saxophone, clarinet
Andreas Altenfelder: trumpet
Wilfried Staufenbiel: cello, voice

Recorded August 10th, 1979

2) a: Nachschlag-aufgewärmt (5:22)
2) b: Jazz now-und später (5:49)
Composed by Ulrich Gumpert & Günter Sommer

Gumpert-Sommer Duo
Ulrich Gumpert: piano
Günter Sommer: drums, percussion

Recorded August 12th, 1979

3) Manchmal scheint´s als ob (9:30)
Composed by Friedhelm Schönfeld

Friedhelm Schönfeld Trio
Friedhelm Schönfeld: reeds
Wolfgang Weber: cello
Dieter Keitel: drums

Recorded August 11th, 1979

4) For C.M. (including: oh Lord please don´t let them drop that atomic bomb on me, by Charles Mingus) (11:24)
Composed by Ulrich Gumpert & Günter Sommer

Ulrich Gumpert Workshop Band
Heinz Becker: trumpet
Manfred Hering: alto & tenor saxophone
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky: reeds
Helmut Forsthoff: tenor saxophone
Johannes Bauer: trombone
Ulrich Gumpert: piano
Klaus Koch: double bass
Günter Sommer: drums

Recorded August 11th, 1979

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LP 2

1) WiKoPe (10:44)
Composed by Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky

Studio IV
Joachim Graswurm: trumpet, flugelhorn
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky: reeds
Hubert Katzenbeier: trombone
Eberhard Weise: piano
Klaus Koch: double bass
Wolfgang Winkler: drums

Recorded August 12th,1979

2) Anophelismücke (10:23)
Composed by Ulrich Gumpert, Günter Sommer & Manfred Hering

Gumpert-Sommer Duo + Manfred Hering
Ulrich Gumpert: piano
Günter Sommer: drums
Manfred Hering: alto & tenor saxophone

Recorded August 10th,1979

3) a: Talar (Heinz Becker) (6:36)
3) b: Enfant (Ornette Coleman) (3:50)

Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky Quartett
Heinz Becker: trumpet
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky: reeds
Klaus Koch: double bass
Günter Sommer: drums

Recorded August 12th,1979

4) Nummer 3 (Ausschnitt) In memoriam Albert Ayler (13:31)
Composed by Hans Rempel

Hans Rempel Orchester
Heinz Becker: trumpet, flugelhorn
Joachim Graswurm: trumpet, flugelhorn
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky: reeds
Helmut Forsthoff: tenor saxophone
Johannes Bauer: trombone
Burkhard Glaetzner: oboe
Hans Rempel: piano
Wolfgang Weber: cello
Klaus Koch: double bass
Andreas Aigmüller: drums

Recorded August 12th, 1979

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Recorded live by Bernhard Arndt & Jost Gebers during the Jazz Now concert series August 10th till 12th, 1979, at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin.

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Design/Layout by Manfred Kussatz.
CD mastering by Olaf Rupp.
Produced by Jost Gebers.