Walter Strerath Trio Quartet Quintet LP 1969 original

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Walter Strerath Trio Quartet Quintet LP 1969 original NO reissue

Das ist der heilige Gral des europäischen Jazz. Ein wahres Wunder ist das nicht, denn das für diese Aufnahme ausnahmsweise durch Bläser zum Quartett bzw. Quintett erweiterte Trio um den Pianisten aus dem beschaulichen Odenkirchen nahm hier eine federleicht swingende Modern Jazz-Perle (mit ganz sanftem Soul-Einschlag) auf, die, jenseits des Atlantiks und auf einem größeren Label veröffentlicht, sicherlich weit mehr Popularität nach sich gezogen hätte,was dann später auch kam,spätesten nach 2008 als es zu einer limitierten Wiederauflage kam.

Bei der vorliegenden Platte handelt es sich aber wohlgemerkt um eine der 200 Originale.

Das originale Seidendruck-Cover-Kunstwerk befindet sich in einem excellenten  Zustand ohne Beschädigungen ,Abreibungen oder Lichtausbleichungen..

Die Platte selbst ist ebenfalls in hervorragendem Zustand, quasi  wie pressfrisch..

Stammt aus der Sammlung eines klassischen Musikers,der die Platte wahrscheinlich nur einmal auf einem sehr gutem HiFi Plattenspieler zwecks Überspielung auf Tape aus der Hülle genommen hat.Kann aber auch sein,dass die Platte noch nie auf einem Plattenteller lag , da der ursprüngliche Besitzer hauptsächlich mit klassischer Gitarrenmusik beschäftigt war und die Platte wahrscheinlich Anfang der 70er geschenkt bekommen hat.

 For our englisch speaking Friends...

This Item is the original from 1969 (one of 200) and not the reissue from 2008 .

The holy grail and most searched album of collctors of modern jazz worldwide.

Cover and Record in excellent mint condition.

Modern Jazz will never die and it doesn`t smell funny anymore: The original vinyl pressing of „Walter Strerath – Trio Quartet Quintet“ reached the highest amounts of all sold records in December 2008 on ebay.com, in third place and priced at 3.000$ behind two vintage albums of the Beatles and Pink Floyd. For many years the biggest international jazz collectors have tried to hunt down this first album by a commonly unknown (and nearly forgotten) jazz pianist from the small German village named Odenkirchen. The original album was manufactured in a tiny edition of 200 copies only and is impossible to find nowadays.

The unique LP contains 100% of self penned tunes and stands out as some brilliant Coltranish style jazz from Europe, many dare to say the only REAL one of its kind. The usual Walter Strerath Trio performed regionally since the mid 60s and their line-up was enhanced with trumpet, fluegelhorn and saxes just for this recording session. No other jazz album from Europe is heavier in demand than this masterpiece of modern jazz by an excellent but unknown band, recorded  in the tranquil German town Iserlohn.

 Exceptional artistic design by Uwe Loesch and Juergen Hillmer from Duesseldorf.

Walter Strerath earned himself the reputation as one of the best jazz pianists from Europe. The talented boy developed a deeper interest for jazz after his classical piano education and imagined the foundation of his own trio. He soon became enthusiastic about the records by Oscar Peterson and attended the concerts of many big American artists in Germany. As early as 1958 Walter Strerath presented his first solo performances. He also joined the popular Jazzbandballs and even became a member of the regional jazz club in Moenchengladbach, but still worked in his usual job as an industrial manager. Between 1963 and 1967 he collected several national awards as an amateur and performed at the Friedrich-Gulda-Festival in Vienna. This time a jury around the great Duke Ellington voted him for the best jazz pianist of the festival. After the trios` second place at the amateur festival in Zuerich, the musicians started extensive touring in many European countries. Then a new trio formation recorded the second and final album “Fly to Brazil” in 1975, on which the musicians cultivated their very own style of bossa nova jazz. Walter Strerath passed away completely unexpected at the age of 39, due to a heart attack on the 23rd of September 1981. A South American tour was already organized for 1982 but could not happen anymore because of his sudden death.

 References: Newspaper “Rheinische Post” of September 25th 1981, “Moenchengladbacher Koepfe”

Name: Thomas, Christian names: Hans, Date of Birth: 14.8.1937 Music schools in Cologne and Hamburg, later on a member of the Werner Giertz Combo, Kurt Bong Quintet, Jazz-Couriers... member of the Ingfried Hoffmann Big Band for many years... director of the Western-Swing-Company... Jazzworkshop with Hans Gertberg... Touring with Kurt Edelhagen.

Name: Lindner, Christian names: Manfred, Date of Birth: 8.9.1937 Music studies at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen... long time member of the Ingfried Hoffmann Big Band... Jazzworkshop with Hans Gertberg... member of the Orchestra Kurt Edelhagen since 1967.

Name: Putz, Christian names: Gerd, Date of Birth: 12.3.1940 member of the Walter Strerath Trio since 1967... several international festival awards... best drummer of the 3rd international Amateur Jazzfestival in 1967.

Name: Scheel, Christian names: Andreas, Date of Birth: 20.5.1946 member of the Walter Strerath Trio for a short time... he played the guitar earlier and changed to the bass in 1965.

Name: Strerath, Christian names: Walter, Date of Birth: 18.9.1942 first concert with Klaus Doldinger at the age of 15... first prize at the international Piano-Festival in Moenchengladbach 1967 and 1968...awarded at many international Jazzfestivals... best pianist at the international Jazzfestival in Duesseldorf 1967 and 1968 Project coordination:


original graphic design and layout 1969 by 2Eck-Produktion Duesseldorf (Uwe Loesch und Juergen Hillmer.