简介：ElkeBaurs'documentaryMPS-Jazzin'theBlackForestisanaffectionateportraitoftheMPSlabelanditsfounderHansGeorgBrunner-Schwerwhodiedtragicallyinacarcrashtwoyearsago.TheLabelMPS(MusikProduktionSchwarzwald)isknownastheGerman"BlueNote."Fromthelabel'sbeginningsintheearly1960suptoitssaletoPolygramin1983,morethan600recordswereputonthemarketbyoneofEurope'spioneeringjazzlabels.Brunner-Schwer'sexceptionalrecordingtechniqueandthesheermusicalqualityofMPSrecordsmadethevinyldiscssought-afterrarities.InadditiontothemostimportantGermanartistssuchasAlbertMangelsdorff,WolfgangDauner,TheKühnBrothers,VolkerKriegelandothers,manyoftheinternationalgreatsmadetheirwaytotheBlackForest,too:OscarPeterson,GeorgeDuke,JeanLucPonty,DukeEllington,MontyAlexander,BadenPowell,DizzyGillespie--tonameonlyafew.MPSreceivedanexcellentreputationforitshigh-qualityprogressiverecordings,andtheir"jazzmeetstheworld"seriesisconsideredasfundamentaltoworldmusic.Thisfilmwasmainlyproducedbylegendary"popeofjazz"Joachim-ErnstBehrendtwhoplayedadecisivepartinmouldingtheimageofMPSwithhisavant-garde-orientationandoccasionalflightsintoalmostallareasofjazz.Inthelast15years,DJslikeOliverKorthals(MojoClub)andRainerTrübymadetheiryoungeraudienceawareoftheMPSoriginals--agenerationnotevenbornwhentherecordsfirstcameout.InterviewswithmusiciansandformerMPSstaffplusrareliveandarchivedocumentsgiveaninsideaccountofaneraandthe"MostPerfectSound." -forcedexposure.com ast: MusiciansrecordingforMPS: MontyAlexander WolfgangDauner GeorgeDuke RolfKühn JoachimKühn LeeKonitz CharlieMariano AlbertMangelsdorff JeanLucPonty ChistophSpendel EberhardWeber Others: HansGeorgBrunner-Schwer MatthiasBrunner-Schwer MarlisBrunner-Schwer KathrinBrunner-Schwer LisaBoulton RolfDonner WillyFruth GigiCampi GermanHasenfratz MikeHennessy OliverKorthhals RainerTrüby ToniSchifer a.m.o.…