Ginger Baker • No Material (ITM 1435; Germany) Featuring the monster lineup Sonny Sharrock & Nicky Skopelitis on guitars, Peter Brotzmann on saxes, Jan Kazda on electric bass and Ginger Baker on drums. This all-star quintet existed for only one week in 1987, just three gigs only, with this set recorded on March 28th in Switzerland. Their name came from the fact that they had no material, just pure improv. This is not totally free though, as Ginger, aided perfectly by another strong spirit, el. bassist Jan Kazda from the German band Das Pferd, provides a focused anchor via his trademark whirlwind drumming. Nicky Skopelitis does a wonderful job on el. 12 string rhythm guitar by also providing some essential glue to hold it together as Sharrock and Brotzmann take spectacular spectacular solos here and there throughout. As the illuminating liner notes by Steve Lake point out, this music does sound like the Laswell-produced Ginger Baker record 'Horses and Trees' from the same period.
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Ginger Baker • drums
Peter Brötzmann • tenor sax, clarinet, bass sax
Sonny Sharrock • guitar
Nicky Skopelitis • guitar
Jan Kazda • bass
Peter Brötzmann • tenor sax, clarinet, bass sax
Sonny Sharrock • guitar
Nicky Skopelitis • guitar
Jan Kazda • bass
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