Leo Records 25th Anniversary

(2-CD Set) (AVAILABLE NOW) in November 2004, Leo Records marked the 25th anniversary of the label with a 3-day festival at the Loft in Koln, Germany. The highlights of the festival have been documented on this double CD, which is limited to 750 copies. The musicians taking part were Joachim Gies (reeds), Denis Stilke (drums), Gebhard Ullmann, Jurgen Kupke, Michael Thieke (clarinet), Xu Fengxia (guzheng/voice), Frank Gratkowski (reeds), Aki Takase (piano), Rudi Mahal (bass clarinet), Simon Nabatov (piano), Paul Lovens (drums) and Lauren Newton (voice). Track listing: Right from the Start, Travel Preparations, Dreierlei, Seven 9-8, Parlami Di Me, Almost Twenty-Eight, Gospel, Tumbling Rocks Thrust Into Air, Rolling Into a Thousand Drifts of Snow and more.