{"product_id":"philip-catherine-nicolas-fiszman-live-at-the-berlin-jazzbuhne-festival-1982-lost-recordings-lp","title":"Philip Catherine \u0026 Nicolas Fiszman - Live at the Berlin Jazzbühne Festival 1982 - The Lost Recordings LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"subdescription\"\u003eRecorded at Volksbühne, Berlin Jazzbühne Festival, German Democratic Republic, 13.VI.1982\u003cbr\u003eSTEREO ℗ 1982 DRA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"subdescription\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemastered from the original analog tapes by ℗ \u0026amp; © 2023 THE LOST RECORDINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"subdescription\"\u003e33 rpm Lacquer-cuts: Kevin Gray \u003cbr\u003eVinyl 180g pressed at Optimal Media, Germany \u003cbr\u003eNew tip-on gatefold printed in Italy\u003cbr\u003e1st edition limited to 2000 copies, hand numbered\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"subdescription\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCheck point Catherine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“In the afternoon we performed in a rather austere theatre in East Berlin. Then I remember we crossed Checkpoint Charlie that evening to play in a club in West Berlin. The atmosphere was completely different. I felt as though we were living in a black and white spy movie.” Nicolas Fiszman recalls that chaotic day of 13 June 1982. Two outstanding guitarists, Philip Catherine and Nicolas Fiszman, who at the time was only seventeen years old, were taken from one side of Berlin to the other in pouring rain to perform to unlikely audiences. At both concerts, they played the same programme of seven pieces written by Philip, with the exception of “Crystal Bells”, composed by Charlie Mariano. The pair were not master and student. Rather, Philip remembers Nicolas like a young brother he might have taken to the beach. After the 1960s, Philip became a major figure on the jazz scene, working with the greatest: Charles Mingus, Chet Baker, Stéphane Grapelli, Dexter Gordon, to name only a few. Nicolas has played with Charles Aznavour, Vanessa Paradis, Francis Cabrel and Eric Serra, and travels the world with Sting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn that gloomy afternoon, the two guitarists, alone on stage, decided to brighten up the morosity that reigned. The pieces they played bore titles such as “Janet”, “Babel” and “Petit Nicolas”. It is hard to believe that this varied, well-constructed, polyphonic music was not entirely written down on paper. Philip says, “Nothing is written from beginning to end. I compose the themes and some harmonic bridges. Then we have a chord chart … and that’s it.” The foundations are written; inspiration, taste, fantasy and friendship do the rest. We feel as though we are taking a nonchalant walk through Rio or Miami. The concert is punctuated by thunderous applause.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor these brief minutes in that year 1982, the East Berliners were able to fly over their tightly closed borders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe are privileged to have unearthed this unique concert where two outstanding artists bring together two cultures to create an intense blaze of happiness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59548216459345,"sku":"3516628411113","price":17.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/5778\/3889\/files\/MOCKUP_1LP_FRONT_1_f0fe0b0c-fe67-4017-8769-c3fde7f09c55_jpg.webp?v=1779348573","url":"https:\/\/c09u90-kd.myshopify.com\/products\/philip-catherine-nicolas-fiszman-live-at-the-berlin-jazzbuhne-festival-1982-lost-recordings-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}