Volker Mainz - Mainz Studio Recordings (1963-1969)

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Label
SWR
Release Date
May 14, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Volker Kriegel
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 14, 2021
    • UPC
      730099042659
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      JAH-426
    • LABEL
      SWR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Django

      Composer: John Lewis

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Helmut Kampe, Dieter Mattschoss

    2. Tabú (Taboo)

      Composer: Margarita Lecuona

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Helmut Kampe, Dieter Mattschoss

    3. Israel

      Composer: John Carisi

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Helmut Kampe, Dieter Mattschoss

    4. St. Louis Blues

      Composer: William Christopher Handy

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Helmut Kampe, Dieter Mattschoss

    5. Rhythm-a-ning

      Composer: Thelonious Monk

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Helmut Kampe, Dieter Mattschoss

    6. Les enfants s'ennuient le dimanche

      Composer: Charles Trenet

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Helmut Kampe, Dieter Mattschoss

    7. Les feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves)

      Composer: Joseph Kosma

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Helmut Kampe, Dieter Mattschoss

    8. Three Seconds

      Composer: Oliver Nelson

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Helmut Kampe, Dieter Mattschoss

    9. Tea and Rum

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Dieter V. Goetze, Claudio Szenkar, Peter Baumeister

    10. Morandi

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Dieter V. Goetze, Claudio Szenkar, Peter Baumeister

    11. Don't Wait

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Dieter V. Goetze, Claudio Szenkar, Peter Baumeister

    12. Nana Imboro

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Dieter V. Goetze, Claudio Szenkar, Peter Baumeister

    13. Nyleve

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Dieter V. Goetze, Claudio Szenkar, Peter Baumeister

    14. Connie's Blues

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Dieter V. Goetze, Claudio Szenkar, Peter Baumeister

    15. Viande

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Reinhard Knieper, Claudio Szenkar, Ralf Hübner

    16. Traffic Jam

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Emil Mangelsdorff, Reinhard Knieper, Claudio Szenkar, Ralf Hübner

    17. Little Pear

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Emil Mangelsdorff, Reinhard Knieper, Claudio Szenkar, Ralf Hübner

    18. Norwegian Wood

      Composer: John Lennon, Paul McCartney

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Reinhard Knieper, Claudio Szenkar, Ralf Hübner

    19. Five By Four

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Emil Mangelsdorff, Reinhard Knieper, Claudio Szenkar, Ralf Hübner

    20. Royal Harp

      Composer: Claudio Szenkar

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Reinhard Knieper, Claudio Szenkar, Ralf Hübner

    21. Cry It Out

      Composer: Claudio Szenkar

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Reinhard Knieper, Claudio Szenkar, Ralf Hübner

    22. Soul Eggs

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Gustl Mayer, Hans Rettenbacher, Fritz Hartschuh, Peter Baumeister

    23. Noisy Silence, Gentle Noise

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Gustl Mayer, Hans Rettenbacher, Fritz Hartschuh, Peter Baumeister

    24. Somewhat, Somewhere, Somehow

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Hans Rettenbacher, Fritz Hartschuh, Peter Baumeister

    25. Sitting On My Knees

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Gustl Mayer, Hans Rettenbacher, Fritz Hartschuh, Peter Baumeister

    26. Slums On Wheels

      Composer: Volker Kriegel

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Gustl Mayer, Hans Rettenbacher, Fritz Hartschuh, Peter Baumeister

    27. I'm On My Way

      Composer: Hans Rettenbacher

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Hans Rettenbacher, Fritz Hartschuh, Peter Baumeister

    28. Pluns

      Composer: Gustl Mayer

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Gustl Mayer, Hans Rettenbacher, Fritz Hartschuh, Peter Baumeister

    29. Mother People

      Composer: Frank Zappa

      Performer: Volker Kriegel, Gustl Mayer, Hans Rettenbacher, Fritz Hartschuh, Peter Baumeister


When the Darmstadt teenager Volker Kriegel (1943-2003) officially debuted his first chords in the late 1950s, the guitar was still an outsider instrument in jazz. It could boast a few luminaries, but actually everything was still open when, in 1963 and 1964, the autodidact from Hessen won first prizes as guitarist and soloist at the amateur jazz festival in Düsseldorf. The debut recordings in 1963, which Südwestfunk (SWF) recorded with the nineteen-year-old guitarist in trio at the Deutschhaus in Mainz, and the 1969 studio sessions in the Kammersaal Studio, are worlds apart. For one thing, the guitar itself had carved out a career. On top of this, Kriegel had gained in self-confidence. But above all, he had found a counterpart in Claudio Szenkar, who opened up perspectives not only in terms of communication and composition but also through Kriegel’s own instrument. The combination of vibraphone and guitar was then still fairly new. In 1968, Kriegel decided to make music his main profession. Thanks to "With A Little Help from My Friends" and an appearance at the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt, he achieved the breakthrough into public recognition. Together with the vibraphonist Dave Pike, the bassist Hans Rettenbacher and the drummer Peter Baumeister, he founded the Dave Pike Set, which became for four years his artistic center and a beacon combo of European jazz rock. And for the SWF (Südwestfunk, today SWR) he went twice into the sound studio. With the exceptions of The Beatles’s anthem "Norwegian Wood" and "Mother People" by the young guitar berserker Frank Zappa, hardly any pieces by other musicians are still to be heard in these recordings.