Manfred Burzlaff has been played on NTS shows including Adam Oko, with Ritual Dance first played on 17 March 2019.

Born 1932 - died 2015. German vibraphonist and bandleader. Incredible today: Standing on a stage with Chet Baker in the late 50s when he still had his James Dean face. Jamming with Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon, Jim Hall and Lionel Hampton, who takes Manfred Burzlaff's mallets in his hands and plays on Manfred Burzlaff's vibraphone. Bebop, Hard bop. Rich harmonic schemes, improvisation, furious playing, nervous, metropolitan. Faster and rhythmically freer than the swing music he has played before, although Glenn Miller became a sensation for the…