2 January 2008

Jimmy Lyons, Oliver Lake, Henry Threadgill - Live Nickelsdorf 1980.

This is somewhat of a curiosity. The 3 great altoists improvising together, without rhythm section. I know nothing about this concert apart from basic details:-

1980-August-16
Nickelsdorf, Austria,
Konfrontationen 1980

Oliver Lake,as
Jimmy Lyons,as
Henry Threadgill,as

It is just a single piece of about 30 minutes. Thanks go to jazzrita for seeding. I'm not sure whether it is an FM broadcast or an audience boot, but the sound quality is very good. If anyone knows anything at all about this trio (was it a one-off gig ?) then I'd be pleased to hear from them. See if you can distinguish which player is which. I can make out Lyons's distinctive style, but can't tell between the other two.

I've put up an mp3 link. I have it in flac, which I'll upload if there is enough interest.

Link in comments.

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17 comments:

  1. Boromir2 January 2008 at 11:29:00 CET

    Unfortunately massmirror (which I like because it gives the downloader choice) is not working at the moment so I'm using RS again.
    MP3 VBR high quality

    http://rapidshare.com/files/80486022/Lyons_Lake_Threadgill.rar

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  2. SOTISE2 January 2008 at 15:03:00 CET

    this looks stunning ,b thanx for sharing it here.
    ive never heard any lyons that was less than great... and lake .. threadgill magicians both at their peak.

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  3. Anonymous4 January 2008 at 01:34:00 CET

    Thanks you so much! As wonderful as this is, a flac version would be great!

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  4. Anonymous4 January 2008 at 02:24:00 CET

    Boromir -- wow. Thanks much for this.

    Given the recent dust-up witnessed here, I'd like to go out of my way to thank all of you involved for sharing so much wonderful music here. The first great pleasure of this blog is learning that performances like this one ever existed. Getting to hear the music is gravy. I only wish I had something worthwhile to give back (the things I contributed to the Church weren't exactly big hits).

    Anyway, cheers! Please know that none of this is taken for granted. I hear something new and wonderful every day thanks to you guys.

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  5. Boromir4 January 2008 at 10:06:00 CET

    Slothrop,

    Thanks very much for your appreciation.
    Please remember that any OOP contribitions are most welcome, however commonplace or rare. The contibutors here have very wide choices in music, from Kid Ory to Derek Bailey and I'm sure that our visitors are th3e same. And there are new folks visiting all the time who didn't catch the stuff that was posted at the church.

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  6. Boromir4 January 2008 at 14:06:00 CET

    Flac version:-

    rapidshare.com/files/81156592/Lake_Lyons_TGill_flac.part1.rar

    rapidshare.com/files/81170684/Lake_Lyons_TGill_flac.part2.rar

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  7. Arcturus8 January 2008 at 04:54:00 CET

    stunning little get-together, isn't it? sounds like a festival thing - I wouldn 't be surtprised if there were other OL/HT gigs, but the addition of Lyons sounds a real treat - may be a while til I get to hear this, but many thanks for posting it - I'm greatly looking fwd to it

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  8. Anonymous12 December 2010 at 21:19:00 CET

    This is an outstanding performance! 3 of my very favorite alto players I never could have dreamed to have record solo together and the set is both gentle and vigorous in their approach. Really a delight! Thanks so much for spreading the love....

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  9. SantosCurser22 October 2013 at 21:08:00 CEST

    gone, sadly.

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  10. TetsuoDark6 December 2013 at 08:52:00 CET

    any chance for a re-up ? thanks in advance :)

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  11. JazzHound15 October 2016 at 22:38:00 CEST

    At this point I can only imagine what this sounds like. If possible to re-up, that would be wonderful!

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  12. geronimo75 March 2018 at 22:36:00 CET

    Is it possible to re-up the flac version of this? Thank you

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  13. David12 May 2018 at 12:44:00 CEST

    reup possible? Thanks!

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  14. Conor 11 March 2021 at 00:52:00 CET

    Any chance of this being re-upped?

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  15. mew2329 March 2021 at 23:27:00 CEST

    Re-up (flac)

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  16. Nick26 April 2022 at 05:00:00 CEST

    Link is still active! Belated thank you for the re-up, mew23.

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  17. Nick26 April 2022 at 05:02:00 CEST

    Link still active! Thanks for the reup @mew23, and thanks @Boromir for the original share

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