Gunter Hampel (born 31 August 1937) is a German

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vibraphonist, clarinettist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist, and composer. He became dedicated to

free jazz Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians during ...

in the 1960s, developing a record label (Birth Records) and working with

Jeanne Lee Jeanne Lee (January 29, 1939 – October 25, 2000) was an American jazz singer, poet and composer. Best known for a wide range of vocal styles she mastered, Lee collaborated with numerous distinguished composers and performers who included Gunter ...

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Laurie Allan Laurie Allan (born 19 February 1943, London) is an English drummer, best known for stints in Delivery and Gong. Biography Allan started drumming when he was 12. His professional career got going in the early 1960s. He was in The First Real Poe ...

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, Steve McCall and

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. In 1972, he formed the Galaxie Dream Band.

Discography

* ''Heartplants'' (SABA, 1965) * ''Music from Europe'' (ESP, 1968) * ''The 8th of July 1969'' (Birth, 1969) * ''Dances (Paris 1969)'' (Birth, 1969) * ''Espace'' with

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(Birth, 1970) * ''Spirits'' (Birth, 1971) * ''Out of New York'' (MPS/BASF, 1971) * ''Ballet-Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 6'' (Birth, 1971) * ''Broadway/Folksong'' (Birth, 1972) * ''Angel'' (Birth, 1972) * ''Waltz for 3 Universes in a Corridor'' (Birth, 1972) * ''I Love Being with You'' (Birth, 1972) * ''Unity Dance'' (Birth, 1973) * ''Journey to the Song Within'' (Birth, 1974) * ''Celebrations'' (Birth, 1974) * ''Ruomi'' (Birth, 1974) * ''Out from Under'' (Birth, 1974) * ''Cosmic Dancer'' (Birth, 1975) * ''Enfant Terrible'' (Birth, 1975) * ''Transformation'' (Birth, 1976) * ''Vogelfrei'' (Birth, 1976) * ''All Is Real'' (Birth, 1978) * ''That Came Down on Me'' (Birth, 1978) * ''Flying Carpet'' (Kharma, 1978) * ''Reeds 'n' Vibes'' with

(Improvising Artists, 1978) * ''Freedom of the Universe'' with

(Birth, 1979) * ''Oasis'' with Jeanne Lee (Horo, 1979) * ''All the Things You Could Be If Charles Mingus Was Your Daddy'' (Birth, 1980) * ''Wellen/Waves'' (FMP, 1980) * ''Life on This Planet'' (Birth, 1981) * ''A Place to Be with Us'' (Birth, 1981) * ''Companion'' (Birth, 1982) * ''Gemini'' (Birth, 1983) * ''Jubilation'' (Birth, 1985) * ''Dialog'' with Matthias Schubert (Birth, 1992) * ''Time Is Now'' (Birth, 1992) * ''Celestial Glory'' (Birth, 1992) * ''Next Generation'' (Birth, 1995) * ''Koln Concert One'' (Birth, 1997) * ''Koln Concert Part 2'' (Birth, 1997) * ''Solid Fun'' with Christian Weidner (Birth, 1998) * ''The 8th of September'' (Birth, 1999) * ''Survivor'' (Birth, 2001) * ''Earthlings'' (Birth, 2001) * ''The Way Out'' (Birth, 2003) * ''Zeitgeist'' (Birth, 2006) * ''Celestial Travellin'...and Other Ways to Get Around'' (Birth, 2006) * ''Stellar Dust'' (Birth, 2008) * ''Vibes Vibes'' (Birth, 2009) * ''Lifer'' (Birth, 2009) * ''Solo Concert - Brandenburg Concerto'' (Birth, 2012) * ''Holy Lights + Human Rights'' (Birth, 2014) * ''Fukushima'' (Birth, 2014) * ''Psychedelic Lullaby for Artificial Babies'' (Birth, 2014) * ''Bounce'' (Intuition 2017)

References

External links

* – official site * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hampel, Gunter Avant-garde jazz musicians German jazz vibraphonists German jazz saxophonists Male saxophonists German jazz clarinetists German jazz flautists German jazz pianists 1937 births Living people ESP-Disk artists 21st-century saxophonists 20th-century German male pianists 21st-century German male pianists 21st-century clarinetists German male jazz musicians Globe Unity Orchestra members Clarinet Contrast members Improvising Artists Records artists 20th-century flautists 21st-century flautists