Conny Bauer (trombone), Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, piccolo clarinet), Dietmar Diesner (soprano saxophone), Tony Oxley (drums)
Recorded at Jazzwerkstatt Peitz Nr. 42, September 19, 1981
September 1981 at Filmtheater der Stadt Peitz, a movie theater in the East German smalltown of Peitz. Radio guys show up at the cinema to record what Konrad Bauer once described as 'ephemeral happiness.' They capture what's meant for the moment and vanishes into the air right above the heads of the crowd. More than a quarter of a century later, we get the opportunity to listen once again to the encounter of two first-class improvisors who discovered a common language on the spot. It's amazing to listen to Konrad Bauer and Gianluigi Trovesi throwing ideas at each other. Simultaneously, they build up a multi-layered netting, providing a rhythmic base, tonal arrangements and melodic continuity in the process. A weekend in Peitz with a supreme line-up includling two duos: Konrad Bauer & Gianluigi Trovesi and Tony Oxley & Dietmar Diesner. Note that it wasn't planned that those two duos unite to become a quartet, it just happened. Impromptu Quartet. When those two duos unite to become a quartet, they exemplify what can be described as 'collective improvisation.' It's the encounter of two different approaches: Tony Oxley (a master in detaching jazz rhythm from beat) and Dietmar Diesner (then a newcomer) unite with more jazz-oriented improvisors Konrad Bauer and Gianluigi Trovesi. Their high-energy play, their urgency, the screaming, the hymnal elements, the final diminuendo - none of that was planned or agreed upon, let alone written down. They just let it flow - Bert Noglik