Biography
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Globe Unity Orchestra
Effective period / Period of releases: 1973 - 2018
Members: Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Jaki Liebezeit, Jiggs Whigham, Karl Berger, Steve Lacy, Peter Brötzmann, George Lewis, Kenny Wheeler, Toshinori Kondo, Bernard Vitet, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton, Anthony Braxton, Enrico Rava, Axel Dörner, Han Bennink, Jeb Bishop, Gunter Hampel, Manfred Schoof, Alan Silva, Rudi Mahall, Mongezi Feza, Bob Stewart, Rüdiger Carl, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Malcolm Griffiths, Peter Kowald, Michel Pilz, Buschi Niebergall, Albert Mangelsdorff, Paul Rutherford (2), Gerd Dudek, Günter Christmann, Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Sven-Åke Johansson, Wolter Wierbos, Tristan Honsinger, Johannes Bauer, Heinz Sauer, Arjen Gorter, Willem Breuker, Mani Neumeier, Kris Wanders, Tomasz Stańko, Henrik Walsdorff, Peter Bennink, Jürg Grau, Claude Deron, Willi Lietzmann, Daniele D'Agaro, Gerhard Gschlößl, Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Ryan Carniaux, Christof Thewes
Free jazz big band, formed at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1966 as a collaboration between Peter Brötzmann Trio and Manfred Schoof Quintet. Since then numerous musicians have at various times played with the orchestra.