26 September 2007

John Tchicai - Cadentia Nova Danica (1968)



After a number of succesful years during the early 60s in New York, where he recorded with, among others, Coltrane and Shepp, Tchicai returned to his native Denmark and formed the group Cadentia Nova Danica. This band made two recordings, of which this was the first. The band was enlarged considerably for the second, Afrodisiaca.

The line up (see back cover in scans) was mainly comprised of Danish musicians, none of whom, to my knowledge, subsequently became known outside Scandinavia (at least in the jazz field, although I gather the second altoist, Vogel, became well-known in progressive rock). The music on the recording, which was done live in a hall in Aarhus, Denmark, has a strong Scandinavian feel to it (not surprisingly). Tchicai plays some nice solos, but it is the ensemble that makes this a terrific recording.

Ripped from vinyl at VBR quality 0. Links in Comments.
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32 comments:

  1. Boromir26 September 2007 at 15:50:00 CEST

    Link

    massmirror.com/19c6699a3bbc2fee7ed3860b90c43e64.html

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  2. Anonymous26 September 2007 at 16:22:00 CEST

    Thanks gentlemen! One of those early classics that gets too often forgotten.

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  3. 100926 September 2007 at 21:25:00 CEST

    thanks! i never would have known of this record had it not been posted here.

    very interesting stuff tchicai was up to once he got back to the old country. not what one might have expected (i.e. nyaq-type stuff). it's got a sound not too far (maybe?) from what bill dixon was doing on *intents & purposes*.

    if anyone knows anything about the danish scene at the time i'd love to hear it.

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  4. Anonymous27 September 2007 at 16:47:00 CEST

    Yes, Vogel and Menzer went on to found Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, who made some memorable albums in the prog vein. Vogel later started Secret Oyster which went in a more fusionist direction. Interestingly, Savage Rose, another leading Danish band at the time, also sported some jazzers in their line-up, Alex Riel, to mention one ...

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  5. SOTISE28 September 2007 at 12:58:00 CEST

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  6. SOTISE28 September 2007 at 13:06:00 CEST

    thanks for this, i have mixed feelings about it , i find this a bit ponderous thick texturally,or something
    not quite up to afrodisiaca.

    by the way anyone whos interested in burnin red ivanhoe and savage rose can find some at the geat mutant sounds blog among others
    here
    http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/search?q=burnin+red+ivanhoe

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  7. dickflex28 September 2007 at 20:05:00 CEST

    Thanks, really looking forward to hearing this one! I never knew of its existence.

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  8. Anonymous30 September 2007 at 02:29:00 CEST

    Many thanks Boromir! I have been looking for this one for some time now. Tchicai is a favorite of mine. You wouldn't happen to have his "Solo" LP on FMP ... ? I relish this one in the meantime!

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  9. Sunmyth1 October 2007 at 02:24:00 CEST

    I've been looking for this one for a long time. Thanks!!!

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  10. SOTISE1 October 2007 at 04:44:00 CEST

    @frank wells
    sadly early fmp seems out of bounds as far as jost gebbers is concerned, he basically has everthing that goes up removed through his complaints to both r.share and blogger.
    even though he has no plans to reissue the stuff!

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  11. Nuage fiché qui rêve2 October 2007 at 03:43:00 CEST

    Thanks Boromir and Sotise.

    I love this cover !

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  12. Peter6 October 2007 at 02:35:00 CEST

    Excellent, Boromir! I have been hoping particularly for "On Tuesday" for some time!

    (BTW: I am another Peter, and knew of this album!)

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  13. SOTISE8 October 2007 at 16:45:00 CEST

    more tchicai comming up soon from this end too.
    as soon as my discdrive arrives.
    john tchicai and the binder quintet
    on the hungarian krem lable from the early 80's

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  14. Anonymous12 October 2007 at 16:48:00 CEST

    Sotise,

    thanks for the Burnin' Red Ivanhoe tip. Yes, I've got that one and the two that came before it.

    As for Jost Gebers, yes, we know by now that he's quite serious about keeping his music unheard. I shall of course contribute my bit towards that objective ;-)

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  15. Peter19 October 2007 at 14:02:00 CEST

    Boromir, I've cleaned up this recording a bit, and am about to repost it on Call It Anything, which you know (International section), to give it a wider airing. I've given you the credit for the post, as you will see.

    I also addressed sotise's comment about the puddingy nature of the sound on the LP. ....

    Cheers again for sticking this classic up in cyberspace. It certainly deserves a CD release.

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  16. Nuage fiché qui rêve27 June 2008 at 18:25:00 CEST

    I've been listening in parts recently and finally today the complete record : a terrific recording indeed, I love it. Sometimes scary, always fascinating, excellent. A brutal beauty, stunning !

    Merci beaucoup Boromir and everyone involved

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  17. Shefferson27 August 2008 at 20:37:00 CEST

    Hi Boromir,

    sorry I discover your fantastic
    blog just the last month.
    The link for this record is not working anymore.
    Would you be so kind to post the link for Tchicai-Record again ?

    Regards
    Shefferson

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  18. Bloody Holly30 August 2008 at 20:27:00 CEST

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  19. Miles Pflanz13 May 2010 at 07:23:00 CEST

    maybe a reup is in order?

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  20. Miles Pflanz13 May 2010 at 07:23:00 CEST

    maybe time for a re-up, purdy please?

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  21. Anonymous10 October 2012 at 14:02:00 CEST

    definitely time for a re-up now, purdy purdy please?

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  22. Anonymous23 October 2012 at 16:59:00 CEST

    another one chiming in for a flac re-up - one of his best for sure...

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  23. Calisan25 October 2012 at 18:00:00 CEST

    Really deserves by the moment a FLAC re-up! Please! Neither CD on the horizont.

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  24. DW19 February 2015 at 07:26:00 CET

    A re-up would be graciously received!

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  25. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth19 March 2015 at 11:42:00 CET

    GO to http://prettybrian.blogspot.de/2014/03/john-tchicai-cadentia-nova-danica.html for an excellent rip.

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  26. DW20 March 2015 at 02:06:00 CET

    onxidlib, thanks! Got it!

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  27. BrianC6 June 2016 at 08:06:00 CEST

    Anyone able to re-up this?

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  28. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth28 December 2016 at 14:42:00 CET

    Here's brian's rip in flac:
    1fichier

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  29. paul_k28 December 2016 at 18:47:00 CET

    Can anyone upload to something other than 1fichier? Thanks.

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  30. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth29 December 2016 at 10:42:00 CET

    Alternate link
    http://www.imagenetz.de/f0d5c9415/John-Tchicai_Cadentia-Nova-Danica.rar.html

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  31. paul_k31 December 2016 at 23:27:00 CET

    Thank you Ernst!

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  32. Jackfruit Salad8 February 2023 at 02:40:00 CET

    So grateful you kept Fichier live. Thank you very much!

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