Fredy Studer, Christy Doran – Half A Lifetime

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Label:	Unit Records (2) – UTR 4068
Format:	2 x CD, Album
Country:	Switzerland
Released:	1994
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Free Jazz, Contemporary Jazz

Tracklist

1-1	Anderson* / Doran* And Fredy Studer–	Collage	8:14
1-2	Studer* / Doran* / Sharrock* & Gee*–	Blind Willie	6:38
1-3	Doran* / Studer* / Minton* / Ali* & Cora*–	If 6 Was 9	11:59
1-4	«OM» And Guests–	Sono Du Wase	12:53
1-5	Red Twist & Tuned Arrow–	Belluard	5:06
1-6	Christy Doran–	Solotude	5:28
1-7	Studer* / Doran* / Zweili*–	Flight Through The Tunnel	1:38
1-8	Doran* / Studer* / Burri* / Magnenat*–	Siren	8:03
1-9	Doran* / Studer* / Blöchlinger* / Gerber* / Müller*–	Voressen	3:55
1-10	Fredy Studer–	Puls	4:03
1-11	Doran* / Studer* / Gerber* / Magnenat*–	Axelstein	6:03
2-1	Fredy Studer / Christy Doran–	Half A Lifetime	10:35
2-2	«OM» And Guests–	Back To Front	17:22
2-3	Doran* / Studer* / Müller*–	Mad Dogs And Englishmen	4:16
2-4	Red Twist & Tuned Arrow–	Kater Karlo	6:24
2-5	Doran* / Studer* / Burri* / Magnenat*–	Phoenix	9:38
2-6	Koch/Schütz/Studer* And Christy Doran–	Lucky Can	10:51
2-7	Doran* / Studer* / Minton* / Bates* / Ali*–	Fire	5:54
2-8	Doran* / Studer* / Tacuma* / Jenny-Clark*–	Quasar	9:24

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Jazzclub Hannover
Recorded At – Stadtgarten, Köln
Recorded At – Jazz Festival Willisau
Recorded At – Soundville Recording Studios, Luzern
Recorded At – Volkshaus, Zürich
Recorded At – Limmathaus, Zurich
Recorded At – Radio Studio DRS

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Urs Blöchlinger (tracks: 1-9)
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Charlie Mariano (tracks: 2-2)
Cello – Tom Cora (tracks: 1-3)
Cello [Electric 5-string] – Martin Schütz (tracks: 2-6)
Double Bass – Bobby Burri (tracks: 1-4, 1-8, 2-2), Jean-François Jenny-Clark* (tracks: 2-8), Mich Gerber (tracks: 1-9, 1-11), Olivier Magnenat (tracks: 1-8, 1-11, 2-5)
Drums – Fredy Studer (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 2-8)
Drums, Electronics – Günter Müller (tracks: 1-9, 2-3)
Electric Bass – Amin Ali (tracks: 1-3, 2-7), Jamaaladeen Tacuma (tracks: 2-8), Mani Zweili (tracks: 1-7)
Electric Bass, Voice [Announcement] – Rosko Gee (tracks: 1-2)
Electric Guitar – Christy Doran (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 1-11 to 2-8), Sonny Sharrock (tracks: 1-2)
Electric Guitar, Programmed By [Sequencer Programming] – Stephan Wittwer (tracks: 1-5, 2-4)
Ensemble – OM (10) (tracks: 1-4, 2-2)
Keyboards – Django Bates (tracks: 2-7)
Percussion – Fredy Studer (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 1-8, 1-9, 1-11, 2-1, 2-3 to 2-8)
Percussion, Voice – Dom Um Romao (tracks: 1-4, 2-2), Trilok Gurtu (tracks: 2-2)
Piano, Electric Piano, Keyboards – Jasper Van't Hof (tracks: 2-2)
Piano, Synthesizer [Oberheim] – Wolfgang Dauner (tracks: 1-4)
Soprano Saxophone – Urs Leimgruber (tracks: 2-2)
Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Hans Koch (tracks: 2-6)
Synthesizer – Stephan Wittwer (tracks: 1-5)
Tenor Saxophone – Urs Leimgruber (tracks: 1-4, 2-2)
Trombone – Ray Anderson (tracks: 1-1)
Trumpet – Manfred Schoof (tracks: 2-2), Phil Minton (tracks: 1-3)
Voice – Phil Minton (tracks: 1-3, 2-7)

Notes

Recording dates and locations:
1-1: April 25, 1994, Radio Studio Zürich, Switzerland
1-2: July 8, 1989, Pilatus-Festival, Luzern, Switzerland
1-3: March 11, 1994, Altes E-Werk, Göppingen, Germany
1-4: October 28, 1979, Limmathaus, International Jazz Festival Zürich, Switzerland
1-5: October 27, 1985, Volkshaus, International Jazz Festival Zürich, Switzerland
1-6: April 21, 1979, Gemeindezentrum Meierskappel, Switzerland
1-7: May 30, 1989, Soundville Recording Studios Luzern, Switzerland
1-8: August 31, 1989, Festhalle, International Jazz Festival Willisau, Switzerland
1-9: January 15, 1993, Jazzclub Allmend, Oberengstringen, Switzerland
1-10: August 27, 1977, Festhalle, International Jazz Festival Willisau, Switzerland
1-11: June 27, 1992, Glass Slipper Club, International Jazz Festival Vancouver, Canada
2-1: January 21, 1984, «CaBaRe»-Club, Zürich, Switzerland
2-2: June 5, 1982, «Mohren», Willisau, Switzerland
2-3: January 15, 1993, Jazzclub Allmend, Oberengstringen, Switzerland
2-4: August 12, 1985, «Sedel» rehearsal room, Luzern, Switzerland
2-5: August 31, 1989, Festhalle, International Jazz Festival Willisau, Switzerland
2-6: October 18, 1992, «Schüür», Luzern, Switzerland
2-7: April 26, 1993, «Stadtgarten» Köln, Germany
2-8: January 31, 1994, «Jazzclub» Hannover, Germany