| Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert | ||||
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| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | November 28, 1970 | |||
| Venue | Parktheater Iserlohn, West Germany | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Label | CBS/Sony Japan SOPL 19-XJ | |||
| Producer | Kiyoshi Itoh | |||
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Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert (also issued as Circle 1: Live in German Concert) is a live album by Circle, a free jazz quartet that featured multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton, pianist Chick Corea, double bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Barry Altschul. It was recorded by German radio on November 28, 1970, in Iserlohn, West Germany, during an extended European tour that also took the group to the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, and was released on vinyl in 1971 by CBS/Sony Japan. Along with Circle 2: Gathering, the album was reissued on CD by Corea's Stretch label during the 1990s.[1][2][3][4][5]
The album features two compositions by Holland, "Toy Room" and "Q and A" (incorrectly listed as "O and A"), presented as a medley, followed by the jazz standard "There Is No Greater Love". All three pieces would later appear on the live album Paris Concert, recorded during February 1971 and released by ECM in 1972.[6]
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- ^ "Circle Catalog". JazzDisco.org. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ "Circle-1 Live In German Concert". ArtistInfo. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ Gluck, Bob (2016). The Miles Davis Lost Quintet and Other Revolutionary Ensembles. The University of Chicago Press. p. 126.
- ^ Walls, Seth Colter (September 7, 2016). "Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ "Circle: Paris Concert". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved August 18, 2023.