About The Baden-Baden Free Jazz Orchestra
During the annual Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting in 1969 the Baden-Baden Free Jazz Orchestra was conducted by trumpeter Lester Bowie. It was the first time that many of these European and American jazz musicians performed together in a large group setting: Members: Alan Skidmore, Albert Mangelsdorff, Barre Phillips, Bernt Rosengren, Claude Delcloo, Dave Burrell, Eje Thelin, Gerd Dudek, Heinz Sauer, Hugh Steinmetz, John Surman, Joseph Jarman, Kenny Wheeler