European Echoes
Context
Two-part piece recorded in Bremen in June 1969 by sixteen European improvisers, including three pianists (Schweizer, Van Hove, Schlippenbach) and two drummers. It is the very first release on the FMP label. Bill Shoemaker compared it to Coltrane's "Ascension."
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Free improvisation and European free, Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of Free improvisation and European free: Free jazz, Dutch jazz.