EUROPE(AN) JAZZ ALLSTARS

The band was formed by Joachim Ernst Berendt on the occasion of the 1969 Berliner Jazztage. The band comprised of European musicians recognized in recent DownBeat polls of jazz . They recorded one album in Berlin as "The Down Beat Poll Winners in Europe" in November 1969. During August 1970 this band was sent on a Japanese tour as the European All Stars, organized by Berendt. from discogs