Albert Mangelsdorff - Never Let It End - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jazz enthusiasts rejoice the legendary Never Let It End by Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet, a seminal 1970 album hailed as one of the most important in the European jazz canon, receives a fresh vinyl pressing from MPS Records. Originally recorded on March 23, 1970, at Walldorf Studio in Frankfurt under producer Joachim Ernst Berendt, this free jazz masterpiece captures Mangelsdorff's innovative trombone mastery alongside Heinz Sauer on saxophones, Günter Lenz on bass, and Ralf Hübner on drums. The album unfolds across dynamic tracks like the opener InchWide OpenInch (3 45), the epic title cut InchNever Let It EndInch (9 48) - a Spanish waltz infused with improvisational fire - InchCertain BeautyInch (9 14), Inch13th ColorInch (6 54), InchOpen MindInch (4 17), InchRoitz And SpringInch (7 14), and the poignant closer InchNachwortInch (1 50). Mangelsdorff's quartet delivers pared-down power, blending avant-garde exploration with emotional depth, as featured in the expansive Originals retrospective.