Gunter Hampel
Gunter Hampel in 2008
Background information
Born	(1937-08-31) 31 August 1937 (age 86) Göttingen, Germany[1]
Genres	Free jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vibraphone, clarinet, saxophones, piano, flute
Labels	Birth

Gunter Hampel (born 31 August 1937)^[1] is a German jazz vibraphonist, clarinettist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist, and composer. He became dedicated to free jazz in the 1960s, developing a record label (Birth Records) and working with Jeanne Lee, John McLaughlin, Muruga Booker, Laurie Allan, Udo Lindenberg, Pierre Courbois, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, Steve McCall and Perry Robinson.^[1] In 1972, he formed the Galaxie Dream Band.^[1]

Discography

• Heartplants (SABA, 1965)
• Music from Europe (ESP, 1968)
• The 8th of July 1969 (Birth, 1969)
• Dances (Paris 1969) (Birth, 1969)
• Espace with Boulou Ferre (Birth, 1970)
• Spirits (Birth, 1971)
• Out of New York (MPS/BASF, 1971)
• Ballet-Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 6 (Birth, 1971)
• Broadway/Folksong (Birth, 1972)
• Angel (Birth, 1972)
• Waltz for 3 Universes in a Corridor (Birth, 1972)
• I Love Being with You (Birth, 1972)
• Unity Dance (Birth, 1973)
• Journey to the Song Within (Birth, 1974)
• Celebrations (Birth, 1974)
• Ruomi (Birth, 1974)
• Out from Under (Birth, 1974)
• Cosmic Dancer (Birth, 1975)
• Enfant Terrible (Birth, 1975)
• Transformation (Birth, 1976)
• Vogelfrei (Birth, 1976)
• All Is Real (Birth, 1978)
• That Came Down on Me (Birth, 1978)
• Flying Carpet (Kharma, 1978)
• Reeds 'n' Vibes with Marion Brown (Improvising Artists, 1978)
• Freedom of the Universe with Jeanne Lee (Birth, 1979)
• Oasis with Jeanne Lee (Horo, 1979)
• All the Things You Could Be If Charles Mingus Was Your Daddy (Birth, 1980)
• Wellen/Waves (FMP, 1980)
• Life on This Planet (Birth, 1981)
• A Place to Be with Us (Birth, 1981)
• Companion (Birth, 1982)
• Gemini (Birth, 1983)
• Jubilation (Birth, 1985)
• Dialog with Matthias Schubert (Birth, 1992)
• Time Is Now (Birth, 1992)
• Celestial Glory (Birth, 1992)
• Next Generation (Birth, 1995)
• Koln Concert One (Birth, 1997)
• Koln Concert Part 2 (Birth, 1997)
• Solid Fun with Christian Weidner (Birth, 1998)
• The 8th of September (Birth, 1999)
• Survivor (Birth, 2001)
• Earthlings (Birth, 2001)
• The Way Out (Birth, 2003)
• Zeitgeist (Birth, 2006)
• Celestial Travellin'...and Other Ways to Get Around (Birth, 2006)
• Stellar Dust (Birth, 2008)
• Vibes Vibes (Birth, 2009)
• Lifer (Birth, 2009)
• Solo Concert - Brandenburg Concerto (Birth, 2012)
• Holy Lights + Human Rights (Birth, 2014)
• Fukushima (Birth, 2014)
• Psychedelic Lullaby for Artificial Babies (Birth, 2014)
• Bounce (Intuition 2017)