Sonorama

[mikeweil]

As it turned out I will meet Ekkehart Fleischhammer of Sonorama Records in Berlin this upcoming Saturday. A mutual friend there recently made his acquaintance.

Any questions that I might ask him?

http://sonorama.de/

[mikeweil]

No questions?

[optatio]

I would like to have a release as LP/CD of the recording 'Karl Berger: Total Music Ensemble, 1968'

https://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2009/01/karl-berger-total-music-ensemble.html 

https://www.discogs.com/release/33418631-Karl-Berger-Total-Music-Ensemble-Hamburg-1968?srsltid=AfmBOoqAmYZDPOB4sDigXh7-r_5DnKIq_nQzWjRKo12CZuFQlVKk6wYF 

[Big Beat Steve]

2 hours ago, mikeweil said:

No questions?

O.K., so here goes: 

A wisecracking question or hint about Sonorama C-100/L-100 (Cool Europa):
Isn't a cover photo dating from 1949 (Fred Bunge blowing a lone trumpet to some kid onlookers in war-ridden Hamburg, photo by Susanne Schapowalow) a bit out of tune (literally ) with a record covering the 1959 to 1963 ("Wirtschaftswunder"!!) period? 

More seriously, a question about some rarities and obscurities that should fit the release program of the label:

1) As Sonorama has released or reissued a couple of items on SWEDISH jazz from the 50s and 60s, are there any more plans for reissues of other Swedish artists/groups that have consistently been overlooked by labels such as Dragon or Caprice?

2) LPs were released back in the day with music from the German Amateur Jazz Festivals of 1958 and 1959 (on Metronome) and 1962 and 1963 (on Columbia). But nothing ever for the 1960 and 1961 festivals. Neither for the very first Amateur Jazz Festivals in 1955, 1956 and 1957. Does Sonorama know anything about the existence of recordings/tapes from these festivals and if so, any plans for future release projects? 

3) A real, total, absolute obscurity: The July 1962 issue of the short-lived German jazz mag "JAZZER" carried the below brief news item. Does Sonorama have any knowledge of the existence of any such recordings and if so, any leads as to where to track down the music for a belated release?

Edited 45 minutes ago by Big Beat Steve