Krautjazz (German jazz-rock)

Movement · 1969 → · Munich, Cologne · Hybrids and world

In West Germany in the late 1960s, musicians coming from free jazz (Jaki Liebezeit, Mani Neumeier, who had passed through Globe Unity) and collectives such as Embryo (Munich, 1969) blend improvised jazz, psychedelic rock and world music. Embryo, "the most eclectic of the krautrock groups", embodies this jazz side of krautrock from "Opal" (1970).

Where it comes from

• Free jazz
• Free improvisation and European free

Artists

• Eberhard Weber (1940, double bass, electric double bass, cello)
• Volker Kriegel (1943–2003, guitar)
• Wolfgang Dauner (1935–2020, piano, keyboards, synthesizer)

Tracks to start with

• Opal — Embryo (1970)
• The Colours of Chloë — Eberhard Weber (1974)

Sources

• Source

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