Gunter Hampel

vibraphone, bass clarinet, saxophones, flute, piano · 1937–2026 · Göttingen

German vibraphonist, clarinetist and composer, he helped build postwar European improvised jazz. He founded the Birth label in 1969 and worked for many years with singer Jeanne Lee, his wife.

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Styles

• Free improvisation and European free
• Free jazz

Landmark tracks

• Heartplants (1965)

Sources

• Source

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