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This looks great to me, that band was on fire! CD's available https://originarts.com/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=82810 HAL GALPER LIVE AT THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC, 1977 ORIGIN 82810 PURCHASE ITUNES - $10.99 (Mike & Randy Brecker) comprised a blistering front line. Galper was in aggressive form, playing with an energy reminiscent of McCoy Tyner, a spirit of embellishment reminiscent of Art Tatum and a harmonic knowledge reminiscent of Bill Evans. Dockery and Moses formed a heart-pounding tandem. OWEN CORDLE, JAZZTIMES Captured during a pivotal, trailblazing period of his five decade career, pianist Hal Galper had come off the road with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet looking to establish his new working band. Pulling in Michael & Randy Brecker, whom he had recorded & worked with in the early '70s, along with bassist Wayne Dockery and drummer Bob Moses, Galper set up Sunday matinees at NY's Sweet Basil jazz club for a year to woodshed the group concept and new compositions. In the studio, 1977's "Reach Out" displayed an astonishingly original collective, all matching Galper's chance-taking, high-spirited, free-wheeling approach to music making. 1979's "Speak with a Single Voice" captured the energy of the quintet live, but on this 1977 Berlin Jazz Festival performance, the band shifts into an other-wordly overdrive. From the opening salvos of Galper's "Now Hear This," the mission is defined - jazz giants, in the prime of their youth, set free to blow, pushed to the limits by Galper's facility, full-bodied sound, and fertile imagination. TRACK LISTING: DISC ONE 1 Now Hear This 13:59 2 Speak with a Single Voice 24:36 3 I'll Never Stop Loving You 12:56 DISC TWO 1 Triple Play 14:04 2 This Is the Thing 12:33 3 Hey Fool 9:31 PERFORMERS: Hal Galper - piano Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone Wayne Dockery - bass Bob Moses - drums PRODUCTION INFO: Produced for release by Hal Galper & John Bishop Recorded live at Berliner Jazztage '77, Berliner Philharmonie on November 4, 1977, except Disc 1/Track 3: Recorded at Berliner Philharmonie on January 11, 1978 Berlin Jazz Days Artistic Director: George Gruntz ZDF concert telecast produced by Reinhard Knieper Mastered by Dan Dean, Dan Dean Productions, Mercer Island, WA Liner notes by Paul Rauch Cover design & layout by John Bishop REVIEWS OF LIVE AT THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC, 1977 Midwest Record (Chris Spector) One of the great you wish you were there moments is finally getting it's long over due release, this live date finds Galper fresh off the road from three years with Cannonball Adderley now fronting a band with the Brecker Brothers blowing away. With echoes of Miles in the air, along with a finger pounding that could only have led to early arthriti ...