The European All Stars

This was a selected group of musicians from several European countries for a jazz festival in Berlin over the Pentecost/Whitsun weekend in 1961. From the liner notes of the record 1961 recorded at the festival: "At Whitsun, jazz lovers from all parts of Germany, and even from the large regions behind the Iron Curtain met in Berlin. They were there to see and hear jazz on stage, its different musical ways of expressions, and its various relations to other forms of art. This festival was marked by two highlights: first, the genius of Thelonious Monk spreading dramatic tension, as usual, and the performance of the European All Stars presented by Joachim-Ernst Berendt. -- Thirteen musicians came together, from twelve countries -- each country sending its leading musician, says Berendt. ..."