On May 26, 2023, it was the reissue of the 1968 album titled With A Little Help From My Friends by Volker Kriegel. Originally released with Liberty Records, the reissue is made with the Italian Cinedelic Records for the Cinedelic Jazz series. Kriegel taught himself the guitar at the age of 15 and started his own trio at 18, winning awards at the 1963 German Amateur Jazz Festival. While studying at the University of Frankfurt, he met Emil and Albert Mangelsdorff and continued to develop his interests in jazz. When American expatriate vibraphone player Dave Pike offered him a place in his new band, he decided to drop out of school to become a full-time musician. He remained with the Dave Pike Set from 1968 to 1973, until Dave Pike returned to the United States, when Kriegel and Eberhard Weber founded the Spectrum line-up. In 1976 he founded the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble, a changing collective that at various times included Charlie Mariano, Albert Mangelsdorff, Ack van Rooyen and Barbar...