20 September 2010

Harry Beckett Trio live in Cottbus, DDR, 1982



More Harry Beckett and there will be even more in the time to come. This is a killer set from the old German Democratic Republic, showing that they weren't entirely cloth-eared as far as jazz was concerned on the eastern side of the wall.

This is Beckett in a 70s Miles mode, but not in the funky fusion mode which is what you might have expected. Short, clipped bursts of trumpet, sparse, nothing ostentatious. Behind is the juggernaut of Harry Miller and Louis Moholo which guarantees that it's gotta be good. Of course, we've heard of the Osborne and Brötzmann trios with these two super-heros so I'm extremely happy to have found this set and to be able to share it with all of you. This is off the Dime network, but these jazzy golden nuggests tend to disappear all too soon, so I'm determined to keep it available here on this blog.

Basic facts:

Harry Beckett Trio
Cottbus (Germany)
45. Jazzwerkstatt
1982-04-24 - April 24, 1982


Harry Beckett tp, flh
Harry Miller b
Louis Moholo dr

1) 38:10

Reportedly taped off radio, so the sound quality is impeccable.

What's left to say but enjoy!
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14 comments:

  1. gilhodges20 September 2010 at 17:11:00 CEST

    Miller, who would be dead 18 months later, is in particularly fine form.

    ...And Kinabalu enters the realm of the super-heroic. Thank you, kind Sir.

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  2. corvimax20 September 2010 at 20:30:00 CEST

    thank you!

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  3. Anonymous20 September 2010 at 22:42:00 CEST

    wow, thank you *again* for upstanding service to humanity -MB

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  4. longbranch21 September 2010 at 02:39:00 CEST

    Good catch, bravo! Looking forward to this one. Thanks!

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  5. Anonymous21 September 2010 at 11:37:00 CEST

    Excellent surprise Kinabalu! Thank you very much.

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  6. Damon Smith21 September 2010 at 15:32:00 CEST

    I am fine with dealing with flacs once they download, but the Flacs from this site have always failed for me.
    MP3s would be much appreciated! This sounds amazing!!

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  7. Anonymous21 September 2010 at 22:25:00 CEST

    Thanks for the wonderful music. You have the BEST free jazz/creative improv site on the internet.

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  8. slovenlyeric22 September 2010 at 18:07:00 CEST

    Thank you for posting this one! It is nice to get to hear Beckett in a small group setting. What a group!

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  9. ritzbird22 September 2010 at 22:53:00 CEST

    Thanks a lot for this post, a fitting tribute to Harry who died a couple of months ago.
    He was a lovely man who always made time for a little chat with me after a gig.

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  10. amnesia23 September 2010 at 20:21:00 CEST

    Good to see a full post from you again - and what a post!

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  11. Anonymous2 October 2010 at 19:20:00 CEST

    Part one is not longer available, any chance you could put it up again?

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  12. kinabalu4 May 2011 at 16:12:00 CEST

    Both parts are still available. Just checked.

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  13. Henri14 May 2012 at 15:31:00 CEST

    Real Nice One!!
    Thanking you muchly...

    small query re dates; text file with download gives "19840424 - April 24, 1984" but blog has "1982-04-24 - April 24, 1982" - also all other files (like md5) have '82...so I'm assuming '82 is the correct date??

    Sound quality good - download still good.

    Henri

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  14. kinabalu14 May 2012 at 21:22:00 CEST

    @Henri: It is April 24, 1982 at Jazzwerkstatt Peitz No. 45.

    By the way, I think I oought to delete the links as this concert was released last year with Elton Dean's Ninesense, "Ninesense Suite", which took place at Jazzwerkstatt Peitz No. 41 on June 20, 1981. It was released on the Jazzwerkstatt label, so it can now be ordered through the usual channels.

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