Rising Tones Cross

A jazzfilm by Ebba Jahn

• Peter Kowald Quartet [Charles Gayle, tenor saxophone; Marilyn Cripsell, piano; Rashied Ali, drums; Peter Kowald, bass]: Melting, Lines, Cycle.

• Peter Kowald Trio [Charles Gayle, tenor saxophone; John Betsch, drums; Peter Kowald, bass]: Harvest green.

• John Zorn, reeds/Wayne Horvitz, keyboards: Sunday afternoon at Life Cafe.

• Billy Bang's Forbidden Planet [Billy Bang, violin; Kim Clarke, bass; Wayne Horzitz, keyboards; Oscar Sanders, guitar; Bobby Previte, drums]: Music for the love of it.

• William and Patsy Parker Ensemble [Wayne Horzitz, piano; Ricardo Strobert, alto saxophone, flute; Masahiko Kono, trombone; Dennis Charles, drums; William Parker, bass, Lisa Sokolov, voice; Jeanne Lee, voice; Ellen Christi, voice; Patsy Parker, dance; Marla Mitchell, dance; Carol Penn Muhammed, dance; Frank Boyer, dance; Keith Dames, dance; A.R. Penck, scene]: A thousand cranes opera.

• Charles Tyler Quintet [Charles Tyler, alto saxophone; Roy Campbell Jr., trumpet; Curtis Clark, piano; Wilber Morris, bass; John Betsch, drums]: Life can be so what ever.

• Don Cherry and Sound Unity Festival Orchestra [Don Cherry, piano; Marla Mitchell, dance; Peter Brötzmann, tenor saxophone; Rüdiger Carl, tenor saxophone; Daniel Carter, alto saxophone; Dennis Charles, drums; Ellen Christi, voice; Peter Kowald, bass; Wilber Morris, bass]: Kangaroo hoople.

• Jemeel Moondoc Sextet [Jemeel Moondoc, alto saxophone; Roy Campbell Jr., trumpet; Ellen Christi, voice; Rahn Burton, piano; William Parker, bass; Rashiel Ali, drums]: In walked Monk.

• Irène Schweizer, piano/Rüdiger Carl, tenor saxphone: For Julian Beck.

• Peter Brötzmann Ensemble [eter Brötzmann, tenor saxphone; Charles Gayle, tenor saxophone; David S. Ware, tenor saxphone; Frank Wright, tenor saxphone; Jemeel Moondoc, alto saxophone; Roy Campbell Jr., trumpet; Masohiko Kono, trombone; Irène Schweizer, piano; Peter Kowald, bass; William Parker, bass; Rashied Ali, drums]: Alarm.

Film directed by Ebba Jahn; 119 minutes in length; available via http://members.aol.com/FilmPals/links.htm.

Video samples

• Peter Kowald soloing in a concert of the PK Quartet: 18 seconds; 1.8 MBytes
• Peter Kowald soloing in workshop: 17 seconds; 1.8 MBytes
• Rüdiger Carl accompanied by Irène Schweizer: 19 seconds; 1.4 MBytes
• Irène Schweizer in duo with Rüdiger Carl: 25 seconds; 1.9 MBytes
• Peter Brötzmann including a brief section with Frank Wright: 24 seconds; 2.2 MBytes