This year is the 50th anniversary of the big band Alexander von Schlippenbach originally convened for the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1966. Since then Globe Unity has gone on to be one of "the most remarkable assemblies of outside jazz talent since the AACM big bands" (John Litweiller, The Freedom Principle).

Henrik Waldforff  saxophones
Gerd Dudek  saxophones
Frederik Ljungkvist  saxophones
Axel Dörner  trumpet
Manfred Schoof  trumpet
Christof Thewes  trombone
Mats Äleklint  trombone
Alexander von Schlippenbach  piano
Paul Lytton  drums, percussion