A wonderfully ambitious project from these two legendary improvising musicians – a larger project for stage that was created by both pianist Alexander Von Schlippenbach and drummer Sven Ake Johansson – the latter of whom here is very much into his later life role as a composer! The set features a mix of voice, vocals, and music – some spoken parts by Johansson, sung passages by the great Shelly Hirsch – and work from a very hip group that includes Wolfgang Fuchs and Dietmar Diesner on saxes, Paul Lovens on drums, Tristan Honsinger on cello, Anne Le Baron on harp, and Schlippenbach on piano. There's a mixture of free jazz, structure, and voice that almost feels as if Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill had the chance to record an album for FMP – and this beautiful set presents the first-ever release of the important 1994 performance of the material. LP, Vinyl record album

Features Lew Tabackin and Frank Wess, with orchestra that includes Joe Mosello, John Eckert, Brian Lynch, and Chris Pasin on trumpets; Hart Smith, Conrad Herwig, Kenny Rupp, and Matt Finders on trombone; Jim Snidero, Walt Weiskopf, and Mark Lopeman on reeds; with Jay Anderson on bass, Jeff Hirschfield on drums, and Daniel Ponce on conga drums. CD