29 April 2008

Misha Mengelberg and ICP play Monk and Ellington - Radio Broadcast


Jazz Middelheim 1999
Antwerpen (Belgium)
August 1999 (prob. August 13)

Source: FM broadcast

The first 3 tracks consist of Mengelberg in a trio with Masada rhythm section, Greg Cohen (b) and Joey Baron (d) who were appearing at the festival with Zorn. The tracks are
1) Unknown (possibly Monk tune)
2) Well You Needn't (Monk)
3) The Man I Love (Gershwin)

The remainder of the concert is played by MM and the members of ICP, thought to be:-

Michael Mengelberg (p)
Thomas Heberer (t)
Wolter Wierbos (tb)
Michael Moore (as,cl)
Ab Baars (ts,cl)
Tristan Honsinger (vc)
Ernst Glerum (b)
Han Bennink (d)

Tracks are:-

4) Unknown
5) Unknown
6) Ellington Medley - Caravan, Mood Indigo, Solitude and the Mooch.

Dutch speakers may be able to make out the identity of the unknown tracks. There is quite a bit of conversation between MM and Bennink going on.
Thanks to seeder and taper.

Link in comments.
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11 comments:

  1. Boromir29 April 2008 at 16:57:00 CEST

    MP3 Link (High quality VBR)

    http://rapidshare.com/files/111041127/ICP_MP3.part1.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/111051001/ICP_MP3.part2.rar

    I have flac versions, but it's a big upload and I'm about to go on holiday. If there's significant interest I'll post an upgrade in a couple of weeks.

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  2. Anonymous30 April 2008 at 00:56:00 CEST

    oh yes - lovely!

    i don't know the titles of the unknown tunes - the first sounds very well like monk, but could easily be a mengelberg original.

    thanks, boromir for uploading this set - mp3 is good for me, and the sound quality is excellent!! happy holidays! ;D

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  3. ubu2 May 2008 at 13:10:00 CEST

    some more info (from my edited version, same dime source, I assume):

    ICP Orchestra
    Jazz Middelheim 1999
    Antwerpen (Belgium), Park den Brandt
    August 14, 1999

    most likely:
    Thomas Heberer - trumpet
    Wolter Wierbos - trombone
    Michael Moore - alto sax, clarinet
    Ab Baars - tenor sax,clarinet
    Michael Mengelberg - piano
    Tristan Honsinger - violoncello
    Ernst Glerum - bass
    Han Bennink - drums

    1. unknown (5:43) >
    2. unknown (7:08)
    3. unknown (4:45) [string feature]
    4. Announcement MM (0:29)
    5. p/d-duo improvisation (5:29) >
    6. Caravan (Mills-Ellington-Tizol) 10:46
    7. Mood Indigo (Ellington-Bigard-Mills) 9:50
    8. Solitude (DeLange-Mills-Ellington) 6:12
    9. The Mooche (Duke Ellington) 10:56
    10. Announcement MM (0:11)
    11. unknown (Moore) 7:15
    12. unknown (11:01) [encore]

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  4. ubu2 May 2008 at 13:11:00 CEST

    and for the trios - alas I can't identify #1 either:

    Mengelberg-Cohen-Baron
    Jazz Middelheim 1999
    Antwerpen (Belgium)
    August 1999 (prob. August 13)

    Misha Mengelberg - piano
    Greg Cohen - bass
    Joey Baron - drums

    1. unknown > Ann MM (8:00)
    2. Well You Needn't (Monk) > Ann MM (9:19)
    3. The Man I Love (Gershwin) 6:07

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  5. centrifuge3 May 2008 at 21:14:00 CEST

    thanks boromir... only just got round to this and i can't identify the first piece either, but although it's monkish, it's not his, bound to be a mengeleberg original i think. listen to the opening motif, which recurs throughout - that's basically the original star trek theme isn't it?? or at least it's close enough to suggest it was written by someone who had heard that and was toying with it... works quite well, transmuted into a wistful jazz comp for piano trio...

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  6. Anonymous11 May 2008 at 11:07:00 CEST

    identifying track #1 was pretty easy (if i thought of it before!) - it's the title track to the trio's studio recording "no idea", composed by mengelberg. the cd was released by the japanese label diw in 1997.

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  7. Unknown11 May 2009 at 20:01:00 CEST

    Thanks for this, and all the other wonderful offerings at this truly great blog. I'm an English jazz writer with a blog of my own, and although I don't post recordings you may be interested in a review of a recent ICP gig in Edinburgh...

    http://africpepperbird.blogspot.com/2009/05/icp-orchestra-in-edinburgh.html

    Keep up the great work, this is a mecca...

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  8. bozo the clown29 August 2011 at 19:48:00 CEST

    Maybe someday the older generation of tape collectors that are sitting on tons of "REEL" Duke shows would start putting them here for better circulation. Until that day, i would like to recommend humbly that you all save your lunch money and BUY the Duke Ellington Treasury Series CDs- they are beautifully done, very-informative, fun to kick-back and enjoy, important parts of the history of the music we all love.

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  9. Anonymous22 July 2014 at 00:42:00 CEST

    Please: I would love to see this re-upped. Flac versions, any versions. But not on Rapidshare please!
    thanks,
    AC

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  10. JazzHound30 December 2016 at 03:56:00 CET

    A few years after AC, but I would also love to hear this concert. Mengelberg + crew are do some marvelous things with Monk and Ellington.

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  11. roberth29 October 2018 at 04:14:00 CET

    a few more years anyone who downloaded this have it?
    please re up
    roberth

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