3 November 2011

MAARTEN ALTENA OCTET & NONET "QUICK STEP" (CLAXON, 1984/85)





And on we go with one more gift from Nick. My heartfelt thanks to you!

This time we got to hear a bigger line-up - quite intersting to compare his smaller units to this expanded one.




MAARTEN ALTENA OCTET & NONET "QUICK STEP"


Nonet:

Kenny Wheeler, trumpet
Wolter Wierbos, trombone
Maud Sauer, oboe, alto oboe, shahnai
Lindsay Cooper, bassoon
Paul Termos, alto saxophone
Maartje ten Horn, violin
Guus Janssen, piano
Maarten Altena, bass
Ab Baars, tenor saxophone

(Quick Step / Lomo / Buona Notte)


Octet:

Eric Boeren, trumpet
Simone de Haan, trombone
Paul Termos, alto saxophone
Peter van Bergen, tenor saxophone
Maartje ten Hoorn, violin
Guus Janssen, piano
Michael Vatcher, drums
Maarten Altena, bass

(Vaas / Bit / Bes / Mode)



A1. Quick Step 04:02
A2. Vaas 07:37
A3. Bit 08:52

B1. Bes 06:17
B2. Mode 07:08
B3. Lomo 06:14
B4. Buona Notte 04:10


Recorded:

Quick Step, Lomo, Buona Notte on 13 & 14 May, 1984 at Ijsbreker, Amsterdam.
Vass, Bes, Mode on 2 & 3 July, 1985 at Bach Hall, Amsterdam.
Bit on 6th May, 1985 at Vredenburg, Utrecht dzring Freedom Festival.

CLAXON 86.16

(lp rip)

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16 comments:

  1. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth3 November 2011 at 00:25:00 CET

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  2. Anonymous3 November 2011 at 01:35:00 CET

    one quick step after the other - thanks to nick + onxidlib for this extraordinairy altena rips, they sound fantastic.

    bigger scans for this also @ fonos.nl

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  3. wightdj3 November 2011 at 16:35:00 CET

    So rare. Thanks much.

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  4. Daniel Cecil11 January 2012 at 16:37:00 CET

    Oh man, thanks for turning me on to Maarten Altena. I live in Amsterdam now, and was lucky enough to find this and Rondedans in the used bin at Concerto. If you're on the lookout for any Dutch jazz records, give me the word and I'll keep my eyes open.

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  5. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth24 February 2013 at 11:16:00 CET

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  6. Anonymous24 February 2013 at 18:53:00 CET

    marvelous! huge thank for the repost!

    Igor

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  7. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth18 May 2014 at 20:04:00 CEST

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  8. martin19 May 2014 at 17:05:00 CEST

    'Thank you' x 6 for these, onxidlib, and a seventh 'thank you' for persuading me to splash out and buy 'Miere'.

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  9. Javier Roz30 April 2015 at 10:51:00 CEST

    Thanks onxidlib!

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  10. francisco santos14 February 2018 at 00:48:00 CET

    BIG THX!...

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  11. Bhowani25 March 2018 at 19:24:00 CEST

    Many thanks, Onxidlib !

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  12. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth6 September 2019 at 08:46:00 CEST

    1fichier

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  13. BT6 September 2019 at 18:29:00 CEST

    Thank-you very much

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  14. Solomon6 September 2019 at 19:45:00 CEST

    Thank you!

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  15. Monkey Island Blues5 October 2019 at 13:09:00 CEST

    Many thanks Ernst for the re-up!!

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  16. roberth27 May 2020 at 11:03:00 CEST

    thank u ernst for this one i have a few things by him
    on vinyl but always wanted to investigate more
    was his label claxon or something like that?
    roberth

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