ALBERT MANGELSDORFF QUARTET "BERLIN, 1979"

 Here's one of my favourite Mangelsdorff ROIO's.

 ...extraodinary rhythm-section - Jenny Clark!! - great solo's...

...a Happy New Year to all....



ALBERT MANGELSDORFF QUARTET  "BERLIN, 1979"


Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Gerd Dudek, tenor & soprano saxophone
Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark, bass
Aldo Romano, drums


First set:
01. Introduction by AM                      00:35
02. Quirk (Mangelsdorff)                    11:19
03. Tit For Tat (Mangelsdorff/Jenny-Clark)  12:14
04. Mood Xantoo (Mangelsdorff)              09:20
05. Night Heron (Mangelsdorff)              11:32

Second set:
06. Introduction by AM                      00:34
07. Extemporary (Mangelsdorff)              14:10
08. Boston Highway (Mangelsdorff)           08:01
09. unknown title (duet for tb and ts)      05:04
10. Trois Quatre Bumbum (Mangelsdorff)      14:41


Recorded on June 23, 1979 at RIAS Funkhaus, Studio 10, Berlin, Germany.

SAMADHI “MASAHIKO MEETS GARY” (EXPRESS/TOSHIBA, 1972)

Send to me for you - thank you Nick!



SAMADHI  “MASAHIKO MEETS GARY”


Masahiko Sato, piano, electric piano, moog-synthesizer
Gary Peacock, bass
Motohiko Hino, drums



A.  Samadhi
B1. Fairy Rings
B2. Fall Out

Recorded at Toshiba Studio, Tokyo on March 3, 1972.

EXPRESS/TOSHIBA ETJ-9003

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Attila Zoller-Masahiko Satoh, A Path through Haze 1971-MPS

In a completely different vein , heres a beautiful MPS session from 1971, featuring legendary post bop guitarist Atilla Zoller, Harmonically Challenging and at times tonally ambiguous ,though relatively straight ahead with lots of delightful free wheeling interplay,by Satoh and Zoller.

All in all rather reminiscent of  the material performed by a sensational mid sixties band led by pianist Don Friedman, that recorded a couple of albums for Prestige
the best of which ,"Metamorphoses" happens to be among my favorite records...(available on CD and well worth checking out)

To my knowledge this hasn't been issued on CD outside of Japan , unaccountably given its superb quality!... it has been around in mp3's which perhaps can still be found around the blogosphere.

this is ripped from a very clean copy , made by Teichiku in the early 70's

A Path Through Haze Mps (UL-X-38-P)1971
Attila Zoller-G
Masahiko Satoh-pno
Yasuo Arakawa-DB
Masahiko Ozu-dr
recorded at Teldec Studio Berlin, 7th Nov 1971

enjoy!! , and Explore Zoller's (and Satohs)available discography scant as it is, you wont be disappointed ... a great one of Zoller's on MPS that is available , is Zo Ko So,1965, with Martial Solal, and Hans Koller
Best S

PS, does anyone have the rarer MPS Zoller Satoh Duo... ???

Masahiko Satoh-'Yun' Solo Piano Vol2-1976

Here's another, superb solo piano lp, I know absolutely nothing about the circumstances surrounding this recording ,what i do know is that ive always considered Masahiko Satoh to be one of the
most distinctive , authentic Japanese Jazz pianists , a superb improviser whatever the Context.

This was the second in an early series of solo recordings from the 70's...

its Dense , and certainly to these ears Satoh seems to submit to and absorb the influence of Cecil Taylor(something i havent heard before on albums under his name) .. that said there is also THAT distinctive spaciousness which seems inherent to most Japanese free jazz of its day.

Pretty Sure though not absolutely Certain that this is not currently available , i welcome correction on that score..
Masahiko Satoh- Solo Piano#2, Yun
A-Yun part 1
B-Yun part 2
recorded at Columbia studios Tokyo-
6-3-1976
this issue ,Denon YX7502-ND



Note- this is my first Zippy- share upload ,on Paper their declarations of decent speeds and , no cost either to uploaders or Downloaders,suites me fine...
i would appreciate any feedback ,by those downloading this file
click on the Images forwhat scant information there is in english!!

Enjoy and Best wishes for the New year to all!!

Satoh's website
Satoh's Discography
Satoh CDs for Sale
(Btw, Cd's Japan is a ,Decent place to buy, lots of discounted stock , and a fair but not great selection of  Jazz)

Paul Dunmall / Philip Gibbs / Keith Tippett / Pete Fairclough - Onosante (2000)

From Andy's Christmas gifts - out of stock title from Paul Dunmall's cd-r label extensive catalogue.

Paul Dunmall / Keith Tippett / Philip Gibbs / Pete Fairclough - Onosante (Duns 2000)

Paul Dunmall - tenor & soprano saxes, fife, bagpipes
Philip Gibbs - guitar
Keith Tippett - piano
Pete Fairclough - drums

1. Song And Dance And (07.11)
2. For Lost Souls (34.43)
3. Onosante (07.26)
4. Manosante (06.41)

Recorded on 15 November 2000 in the Victoria Rooms, Bristol.

Cover painting by Paul Dunmall.

DUNS Limited Edition 006

JULiE TiPPETTS - Sunset Glow (1975)

Julie Tippetts - Sunset Glow (Utopia Records 1975)

01. Mind of A Child - 5.09

02 Ocean and Sky (and Questions Why?) - 5.15

03 Sunset Glow - 7.51

04 Now If You Remember - 1.55

05 Lilies - 5.43

06 Shifting Still (instrumental) - 4.21

07 What is Living - 2.28

08 Behind the Eyes (For a Friend, R.) - 5.12

Julie - voice, piano, acoustic guitar, clay drum, tambourine

Keith Tippett - piano, harmonium

Brian Godding - electric guitar

Mark Charig - cornet, tenor horn

Elton Dean - alto saxophone

Nick Evans - trombone

Louis Moholo - drums

Brian Belshaw - bass guitar

Harry Miller - double bass

Produced by George Chkiantz & Julie Tippetts with Giorgio Gomelsky

Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, 1975

CD Air Mail Archive AIRAC-1115 (Japan, 2005)

This gentle and delicate collection is one of a few Julie's works, incorporating both songcraft and jazz / free improvisation. For further exploration in this field, I would like to suggest her appearance on Carla Bley's Tropic Appetites (Watt 1974) and more recent Nostalgia 77 Sessions featuring Keith & Julie Tippett (Tru Thoughts 2oo9). Despite being reissued on cd by Blueprint (1999) and Disconforme (2ooo) labels, Sunset Glow remains unavailable for long years. I believe this album may be a good article for reissue specialists Esoteric Recordings, who is actually going to release first two Keith Tippett Group albums with their usual care about mastering and packaging.

Love, Peace & Joy

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KARLHANNS BERGER QUARTET mit BENT JAEDIG "JAZZ DA CAMERA" (DA CAMERA 1963 or '64)

I wish all the blog members, the contributors and the commentators a Merry Christmas.
A tiny gift for you.


Karl Berger - before playing the vibraphone - his first recording - Enjoy!


KARLHANNS BERGER QUARTET mit BENT JAEDIG  "JAZZ DA CAMERA"

Karlhanns Berger, piano
Bent Jaedig, flute
Joop Christoffer, bass
Bob Petrin, drums

A1. Blues Concept (Berger)       05:41          
B1. D'accord (Berger)            02:37
B2. Prof. Wotasnoozle (Berger)   03:39

Recorded in Bremen on July 3, 1963.

DA CAMERA JZ 7001

Note: Karl Berger's website says it was recorded in 1964.

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TOSHIYUKI MIYAMA & HIS NEW HERD - "NIO & PIGEON" (NIPPON COLUMBIA, 1972)

A contribution by Nick.


TOSHIYUKI MIYAMA & HIS NEW HERD - "NIO & PIGEON"

Toshiyuki Miyama, leader
Kazumi Oguro, alto Saxophone, clarinet & alto clarinet, flute, tambourine
Shinji Nakayama, alto Saxophone, clarinet, flute, siren, clapper
Shoji Maeda, tenor Saxophone & soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
Kiyoshi Saito, tenor Saxophone & soprano saxophone, clarinet, Flute, Kachi-Kachi
Miki Matsui, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Koji Hatori, trumpet, mellophone
Bunji Murata, trumpet, drum
Kenichi Sano, trumpet, siren
Kunio Fujisaki, trumpet
Teruhiko Kataoka, trombone, drum
Masamichi Uetaka, trombone, kachi-kachi
Seiichi Tokura, trombone, drum, bell
Takeshi Aoki, trombone, bass trombone, siren, guilo
Yoshinobu Imashiro, piano, gong, celesta, gara-gara
Masao Kunisada, bass
Masaru Hiromi, drums, percussion, clapper
Kozaburo Yamaki, guitar, maracas, bell, kachi-kachi, composer, arranger



A1. Hide And Seek                      04:14
A2. A Sun Shower Parade                05:11
A3. Grief For Enka                     03:17   
A4. Nio And Pigeon                     05:31
A5. When A Swan Goes To Sleep          03:34

B1. Streams Of The Sumida River        03:08
B2. Dedications To The Humble Prayer   02:35
B3. Adult's Day                        09:44

Recorded 9 & 16 May 1972 (probably in Tokyo).


NIPPON COLUMBIA NCB-7018. Adventure In Sounds series.

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MASAHIKO TOGASHI - C.P.U. – “COSMIC PULSATION UNITY” (DENON, 1975)

This LP was already posted by Flux'us in 2007 - see here - here's an upgrade courtesy Nick.



C.P.U. – “COSMIC PULSATION UNITY”

Masahiko Sato, piano
Keiki Midorikawa, bass, cello
Masahiko Togashi, drums, percussion

A.  Seki-Ran  20:57
B.  A-Un      19:11

Recorded at Nippon Columbia’s 1st studio in Tokyo, Japan on December 10, 1975.

DENON/NIPPON COLUMBIA YX-7530-ND

Note: The labels refer to "Cosmic Pulsation Unit", rather than "Unity".

WORKSHOP DE LYON "MUSIQUE BASALTE" (ARFI MOVE, 1981)

Very distinct early work of Louis Sclavis and his compatriotes. Bolcato, Merle and Rollet aren't well known outside France but listen to their music and you will wish a proper re-issue.
See also here.


WORKSHOP DE LYON  "MUSIQUE BASALTE"


Maurice Merle, alto & soprano saxophone
Louis Sclavis, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Jean Bolcato, bass
Christian Rollet, drums


A1. Bujumbura Lyon (Bolcato)  6:03
A2. Contre-Ordre  (Sclavis)   2:39
A3. Milieu Du Monde (Merle)   4:26
A4. Au Fil Du Temps (Rollet)  5:47
B1. Marche Noire (Merle)      3:37
B2. Moulin Noir (Merle)       2:43
B3. Trois Pour Deux (Merle)   4:28
B4. Chant Bien Fatal (Merle)  6:27
B5. Manig Danse (Merle)       1:25


Recorded at Studio Sybernis, Lyon, France, October 16 & 17, 1981.

ARFI MOVE WDL 005

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Soko Steidle live at Natt Jazz, Bergen 2012

While we're doing jazz in Bergen, this is a collection of three videos recorded in late May this year during the Nattjazz festival in Bergen. Soko Steidle is a Berlin-based combo given to free improvisation and housing ultra-fine front line jazzers in Rudi Mahall (again) and Henrik Walsdorff with Jan Roder and Oliver Steidle, the leader.

These chaps have three cds out so far, the two most recent ones on Jazz Werkstatt, which you are hereby advised to run out and get. This was uploaded by Steidle, but obviously not recorded by him as he was playing, except for the first sequence which has them heading down Vetrlidsalmenningen and along Vågsbunnen with Walsdorff in a wheelchair(!). Practical jokers, eh? I always make a point of catching them whenever they are in town and so also on this occasion., being seated a little bit to the right of the stage. Keep an eye out for some superb Mahall leg twitching and Walsdorffian bohemian chic. A sure sense of sartorial elegance all around.

Henrik Walsdorff - as
Rudi Mahall - bcl
Jan Roder - ba
Oliver Steidle - dr

The Deciders live in Bergen November 2012

DecidersII from kinabalu on Vimeo.

A little more home-made video from yours truly. This combo played at the USF in Bergen as part of the autumn programme of the Bergen Jazz Forum. Put together by the bassist Ole Morten Vågan, it has a fine sampling of some of Europe's finest, Rudi Mahall and Axel Dörner from Germany (Globe Unity Orchestra, Monk's Casino and Die Entäuschung), Fredrik Ljungkvist from Sweden (Atomic), Jon Fält from Sweden (Bobo Stensson) and the leader, Ole Morten Vågan from Norway.

They did their first recording in chronological order, just as the tunes appear on the cd, which by the way is just out on Jazzland. This video jumps in at the extra number, composed by Vågan and hence called Extravaganza. Geddit? Thought so. Lots of humour in this music, lots of quirky changes and lotsa fun for those who were there.

The Deciders live at USF, Bergen, Norway, 9 November 2011

Rudi Mahall - bass clarinet
Axel Dörner - trumpet
Fredrik Ljungkvist - tenor sax, clarinet
Ole Morten Vågan - bass
Jon Fält - drums

The file containing Numbers 6 to 8 was too large to upload to Vimeo so it can downloaded from here.

RS download caps

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MARION BROWN - GUNTER HAMPEL "GESPRÄCHSFETZEN" (CALIG, 1968)

I got this rip from Nick already in January - finally for you to enjoy a shred of early Free Jazz made in Europe.
The title "Gesprächsfetzen" means shreds of conversation.



 MARION BROWN - GUNTER HAMPEL  "GESPRÄCHSFETZEN"


Marion Brown, alto saxophone
Gunter Hampel, vibraphone, bass clarinet
Ambrose Jackson, trumpet
Buschi Niebergall, bass
Steve McCall, drums



A1. Exhibit A                                             02:55   
A2. Gesprächsfetzen                                     15:00   
B1. Babudah                                             07:30   
B2. Tomorrow Is The Beginning Of The End Of Yesterday     03:20   
B3. Aba                                                     06:30


Recorded live at Modernes Theater München,
Munich, Germany, September 20, 1968.

CALIG  CAL 30601

Michael Smith, ‎– Totality,Red Record – VPA 118,1974

For onxi, heres Michael J.Smith's 1974 solo lp for RED!

Smiths Early work ,was hugely idiosyncratic and Ambitious, and we here at IS love it  feeling that it has been unjustly eclipsed.

, This one though very good is perhaps a little low key, rather introspective and slightly meandering in over all tone by comparison to the group sessions we have previously posted...

Here we have a leisurely stroll through a couple of bare bones ballads and a few originals , featuring Smiths own unique, often stark variations on standard tunes , treated in a way which t is similar in many respects to the free floating way an Andrew Hill, a Howard Riley or a Paul Bley  handle a tune like angel eyes.

there is an unsettling rather frayed romanticism at play here, bitter sweet and  fractured.

Angel eyes is a stand out performance , its a tune i love ,which like Nature Boy, has a mysterioso , slightly ironic under tone,perhaps  prefiguring some profoundly unsettling pathos hovering just beneath the surface ripples..of our fragile ,shaky  albeit painstakingly constructed & ultimately delusional senses of self. 

sadly at present there appears to be only one recording featuring Smith as a (co)Leader currently available 

A wonderfully intense duo with Steve Lacy, Sidelines which can be bought direct from the source here

Michael Smith, ‎– Totality,Red Record – VPA 118,1974
Tracklist
▼
A1-Tender Are Your Eyes
A2-Jazz Ballett For Patricia
A3-All I Need Is You
B1-Angel Eyes
B2-And Then ... I Died
B3-Your Voice Speaks (1 Over Track)

M.J.Smith-Piano Solo

ENJOY!!

ps...this is pretty much a straight transfer , with the volume jacked up and light declicking in a few places

there is a little surface jitter, and rumble , i  initially tried de rumbling, but wasnt happy with the resultant musical loss , so...ive left it as is 

ROLF LIEBERMANN - GEORGE GRUNTZ "LES ECHANGES" (PHILIPS, 1962)

Rolf Liebermann composed this piece for the Swiss Expo (National exhibition) 1964. Scored for 156 machines - amongst which one can find 16 typewriters, 18 calculator machines, 8 accounting machines, 12 office perforators, 10 caisses enregistreuses, 8 humidificateurs-colleurs, 8 tele-scripteurs, 2 metronomes, 4 bells of signalisation, 2 entrance door gongs, 10 claxons, 16 telephones, 40 experimental signal receptors,1 fork lift, a duplicator and a monte-charge.
Rolf Liebermann was also the head of the main music section of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) from 1957 to 1959. In this function he was responsible for instigating the famous NDR Jazzworkshops. His most popular work might be his Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra which was premiered by Hans Rosebaud in Donaueschingen in 1954.




ROLF LIEBERMANN - GEORGE GRUNTZ "LES ECHANGES" 


Side A:

Symphonie "Les Echanges"       (02:58)
Komposition für 156 Maschinen


Side B:

Symphonie "Les Echanges" - Jazzversion  (06:32)

George Gruntz, prepared piano
Daniel Humair, drums
Pierre Favre, drums

PHILIPS 423 564 PE (1962)

Another version of this EP was released on  Turicaphon EX 17-102 (1964).





Note: "Les Echanges" was composed by Rolf Lieberman.
The Jazz version "Les Echanges" - Jazzversion was composed by Liebermann with George Gruntz.
The Jazz version includes improvised parts.
Also: The  CD release does not contain the original jazz version available on this vinyl record -  instead uses a newly recorded version by George Gruntz!

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Jon Irabagon Trio w/Barry Altschul in Moers 2011

Jon Irabagon Trio
June 11, 2011
Moers Festival Festivaltent, Moers, Germany

Jon Irabagon - saxophone
Peter Brendler - bass
Barry Altschul - drums

This is a take on the standard "Three Little Words", covered by Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and others. This is a 33-minute exercise in invention, energy and incredible stamina, most of it given to a continuous solo by Jon. An even more extreme variation of the same can be found on his recent "Foxy" where Sonny Rollins' "Doxy" is literally given a full cd treatment.

A riveting performance, to say the least. This one is posted here with Jon's approval, so here we go:

  Three Little Words by kinabalu

Jon has just launched his own label, Irabbagast Records with two brand new releases, so readers are advised to seek them out. In my own language, rabbagast means something like wild man which may be true of his playing at times, but not true of his own personality. A very pleasant guy and a fan of my home town, so what more can you wish?

Jon Irabagon in Bergen 2012

Here is a video recording featuring the excellent sax player Jon Irabagon. This was the final tune in a three-set performance at Dyvekes Vinkkjeller in downtown Bergen, arranged by Evans Jazz Club, recorded Friday 19 October during a brief tour of Western Norway. The line-up is

Jon Irabagon - alto sax
Norvald Dahl - piano
Axel Grieg - bass
Nils Drønen - drums

They did a bunch of self-penned tunes, but also some fine covers, as the one selected here, "Resolution" off John Coltrane's seminal "A Love Supreme". Jon's been regularly in town over the last few years, playing in different constellations, some local as on this night, but also visiting with Mostly Other People Do The Killing, a quartet which takes an unorthodox view of genre distinctions and which tends to name their tunes after small towns in Pennsylvania. Jon is similarly laissez faire about jazz dogma, playing inside or outside the mainstream as it suits him.

TTT (TRIPLE TRIP TOUCH) "LIVE IN WEIMAR 1998" (TTT, 1998)

.... *++* #''''' ,.,.$"§$§"!))! - dig?!  However - Sotise has certainly hit the spot - IMHO.
....a somewhat shaky session - at least soundwise. Not that the sound of the recording is bad - but the spatial arrangement seems (deliberately?) a bit `*+&!%/&!/
Wether this is already a fetish I can't say - but I like the music...although it is NOT my favourite one - at all!

As always - decide for yourself....leave a trace.



TTT (TRIPLE TRIP TOUCH)  "LIVE IN WEIMAR 1998"


Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Kidd Jordan, tenor saxophone
Gerd Dudek, tenor & soprano saxophone
Jesus Caneloni, tenor saxophone
Markus Lüpertz, piano
Peter Kühnel, guitar
Frank Wollny, bass, drums
Alan Silva, bass, keyboards
Louis Moholo, drums

Side A:
1. Free Jazz - Part 1  (13:13)
2. Free jazz - Part 2  (13:59)

Side B:
3. Free Jazz - Part 3  (05:48)

Recorded in Weimar, Germany in 1998.

TTT 37

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F.M.T. (FREE MUSIC TRIO) “TANGO” (ALAGOAS, 1997)

 

F.M.T. (FREE MUSIC TRIO)  “TANGO”

Keiki Midorikawa, cello
Sabu Toyozumi, drums
Yoshiaki Fujikawa, saxophone

1. Gravity Always Wins
2. Tango
3. All Things Flow
4. Nana's Dance
5. Anohi
6. Xanthochroi
7. Unfortunately I Won't Invite You
8. Yin & Yan

Recorded in Tokyo, 17 and 18 December 1997.

ALAGOAS Disk – ALADI 001

...this one is a contribution from Nick...

Otomo Yoshihide Trio (+Itaru Oki)- Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris Sep 27th 2008

Taking on board certain points raised in email exchanges/ critiques ,
that we are too focused on the old, somewhat anally fixated on excavating the obscure past ,through endlessly fetishizing vinyl objects which are the ever present talismen of socially retarded middle class white males,and their attendant painfully self conscious intellectual pretensions....(to the detriment and exclusion of the here and now , the fresh , new vibrant and important)

in that spirit here is a concert, i like very much by the Otomo Yoshide trio, a stripped down version of his phenomenal  new Jazz quartet/quintet , (with Veteran trumpteter Itaru Oki as special guest on one piece only)..


(original taper/seeders notes)

Otomo Yoshihide Trio
Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris
Sep 27th 2008

Otomo Yoshihide g
Mizutani Hiroaki b
Yoshigaki Yasuhiro dms
guest Oki Itaru fl,tpt on set 2 track 03 (encore)

Audience MD recording :
Sony ECM-MS907 > Sony MZ-N707 >
HDD > Creative wave studio >
Nero noise reduction > FLAC

Set 1
01 31'21 (starts with "Song for Che" by Charlie Haden)
02 12'39

Set 2
01 17'
02 19'24 ("Lonely Woman" by Ornette Coleman)
03 14'40

PS
I first became aware of Yoshihide through the uniquely eclectic,post Modern Noise rock of 'Ground Zero' in the early 90's, and have been a fan ever since..
Yoshihide has gone on to numerous projects , many such as Filament the unique electro acoustic improv group, with sachiko M and Yoshimitsu Ichiraku, have abandoned known formal,structural and instrumental conventions, using sine wave generators, empty samplers and no input mixing boards
to create light subtly nuanced complex pulsating interlocking drones
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Yoshihide is also a/(THE)contemporary monster Free Jazz guitarist , surpassing in ferocity and frenetically inventive energy such obvious role models as Masayuki Takayanagi and Sonny Sharrock ..

a note to anyone who likes this, there are many available releases of Yoshihide's  currently available
this is a great place to check out items and to buy from

Other great examples of Yoshihide playing shit hot Guitar in a 'free jazz',idiom are the collaborations with the Thing (Shinjuku Crawl is killer!!!) ,on smalltown supersound, and the Amazing, O.Y,New jazz Quartet Live in Lisbon on Cleanfeed,
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Enjoy!!

MASAHIKO TOGASHI "THREE MASTERS" (NEXT WAVE, 1980)

Out of the vaults of Nick - Enjoy.......



MASAHIKO TOGASHI  "THREE MASTERS"


Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi
Masahiko Sato, piano, electric piano
Masahiko Togashi, drums, percussion

On B3 only:
Kazutoki Umezu, bass clarinet
Yoriyuki Harada, piano
Katsuo Kuninaka, bass
Shota Koyama, drums

A1. Tohne (Distant sounds) 05:00
A2. Dry                    06:28
A3. White Autumn           06:43

B1. Minamoto               03:59
B2. Sounds                 10:41
B3. Midare                 06:18

Recorded live at Donau Hall, Donaueschingen, 18 October 1980.

NEXT WAVE/Nippon Phonogram 25PJ-1006.
Album series title : Donaueschinger Musiktage/1980, Jazz of Japan, vol.1.

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EJE THELIN “POLYGLOT” (CAPRICE, 1983)

 

Never was sure wether I like this recording or not. Since one year I listened three times to it and still the same mixed feelings.

But Nick has send me a rip yesterday - so decide for yourself...

 

EJE THELIN “POLYGLOT”

A1.    I     06:10    
A2.    II     08:15    
A3.    IV     11:00    

B1.    III     16:25    
B2.    V     04:00    
B3.    VI     01:25   

Palle Danielsson, bass, electric bass
Erik Nilsson, bass clarinet
Bertil Fernlöf, cor anglais
Leroy Lowe, drums
Ulf Andersson, flute
Bernt Rosengren, flute
Arne Löthman, guitar
Håkan Nyqvist, horn
Nils-Åke Landström, horn
Malando Gassama, percussion
Jasper Van't Hof, piano
Alan Skidmore, tenor and soprano saxophone
Eje Thelin, trombone
Jörgen Johansson, trombone
Americo Bellotto, trumpet
Gustavo Bergalli, trumpet
Tom Harrell, flugelhorn, trumpet
Mikael Lind, tuba
Alfred Pisuke, viola
Anders Dahl, violin
Margit Teimar, vocals

Recorded at Radiohuset, February to March 1981.

CAPRICE RECORDS – CAP 1291 (1983)

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Masahiko Togashi-Gary Peacock-Masahiko Satoh-Wave, 1986

A small contribution to the Celebration of Masahiko Togashi's great oeuvre
A warm reunion, Gary Peacock , hooking up again with Old Friends, Togashi &Satoh, having spent the early 70's in Japan as a student of George Ohsawa, founder of the the Macrobiotic Diet.
Peacock recorded prolifically during that sojourn including several albums with  Togashi notably the profoundly beautiful Voices (Nippon Columbia 1971) and  with Satoh(Samahdi, Far East 1971)

This Appears to be out of print at source, a thorough internet check reveals that there are but a few copies available through Amazon, at well over the Hundred Dollar mark, with only one purporting to be 'New' at 40 or so dollars , hard to know for certain ,I am open to correction on the above point..
beautiful stuff Enjoy!!

PS .. the availability of Peacock's records is Commensurate with his stature, a first choice recommendation for anyone wanting to explore his records under his own name would be 'Voice from the past' an atmospheric session Featuring Stanko and Garbarek  from 1982 on ECM

As for Masahiko Satoh , One cant recommend strongly enough,the Hugely Potent "Yatagarasu' ,a trio with Broetzmann , and Moriyama, on the NOT TWO label
And the Magnificent, 'Signature' with Joelle Leandre , and Yuji Takahashi on RED TOUCAN

AKIRA MIYAZAWA “NIJIMASU” (TAKT, 1970)

 

Really didn't know about this EP - thank you Nick!

AKIRA MIYAZAWA “NIJIMASU” (TAKT, 1970)


Akira Miyazawa,  tenor sax
Yasuo Arakawa, double bass
Masahiko Togashi, drums
Masahiko Sato, piano

A. Nijimasu (1)

B. Nijimasu (2)


TAKT “The Essence of Jazz” Series - 7” EP - YSS-10048-CT

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Clear Frame on BBC Jazz on Three 2005

Here's one of Lol Coxhill's later collaborations, Clear Frame, a quartet given to free improvisation and broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Jazz on Three. Thanks to JD for taping this concert and providing the info below.

CLEAR FRAME in session

Recorded by the BBC and broadcast on March 4, 2005

LOL COXHILL - soprano sax
HUGH HOPPER - bass
CHARLES HEYWARD - drums
ORPHY ROBINSON - percussion, vibes, steel pans, thumb piano, talking drum, shakers & bells, electronics

1. Alligator Clip
2. The Way We Weren't
3. Improv
4. Improv

Jazz on 3 presents an exclusively recorded session by British quartet Clear Frame. The group, made up of ex-Soft-Machine bassist, Hugh Hopper, Charles Hayward on drums, Orphy Robinson on percussion and steel drums, and saxophonist, Lol Coxhill, held their first major performance at the London Jazz Festival in November 2004).

 As the name suggests, Clear Frame begin each session with a blank canvas, using their considerable collective experience to work off each other and build a truly organic piece. As Orphy Robinson puts it, "expect the unexpected."

Hopper and Hayward add a fusionist element, Robinson adds colour and Coxhill adds himself. Somewhat of  a latter-day Soft Machine feel to this. Robert Wyatt was supposed to partake, playing cornet, but I can't hear any evidence of that on these pieces.

EJE THELIN "ACOUSTIC SPACE" (EMI/ODEON, 1970)

About two years ago I heard for the first time a collaboration between Joachim Kühn and Eje Thelin.
Since then I was keen to hear more from them - my appreciation goes to Nick once again for providing us with a rip!
More from Thelin & Kühn you'll find here and there

....who will release it once again?



EJE THELIN  "ACOUSTIC SPACE"


Eje Thelin, trombone
Joachim Kühn, piano, alto saxophone
Adelhard Roidinger, bass
John O'Payne, drums


A1. Piece 1  (07:13)
A2. Piece 2  (11:26)
B1. Piece 3  (07:56)
B2. Piece 4  (11:32)


Recorded at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden, April 30th, 1970.

EMI – 4E 062-34180, ODEON – 4E 062-34180

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John Tchicai with Strings

This was discreetly slipped into the comments section in response to a request, but I think it deserves front page treatment. The title might hint at a string quartet or something even larger such as a symphony orchestra, but the closest you get to strings here are guitar, piano and harpsichord (and various samples). A somewhat curious and intriguing item in the Tchicai discography. Serene and sacral soundscapes; wistful; spectres of wide openness; church-like; hymns; heavenly or perhaps heaven-bounnd and a poem recited by Tchicai right at the end. A fitting epitaph of sorts. Unusual, but delightful.

Tracks:

1. Lied
2. Test-Piece 1
3. Cross Ness
4. Hymn
5. Solemn
6. Formalism
7. Test-Piece 2
8. Lullaby
9. These Pink Roses (words by Steve Dalachinsky)

Recorded in London in 2005

John Tchicai: bass clarinet, alto sax and voice
John Coxon: electric guitar, piano, harpsichord, samples, cymbals, bowls
Ashley Wales: Samples, trumpet, bass drum, steel bowls, percussion, bowed cymbal
Mark Sanders: drums and percussion on tracks 2, 4 and 5


The two chaps accompanying Tchicai made up the drum-and-bass outfit Springheel Jack before venturing into freer terrain. This one appears to be out of print, but other items on the Treader label can be found here:

http://treader.org/

Thanks to Robert for supplying this one.

DAVID S. WARE "FROM SILENCE TO MUSIC" (PALM, 1978)

This was David S. Ware's second recording - thanks to our most generous contributor N.



DAVID S. WARE featuring JEAN-CHARLES CAPON  “FROM SILENCE TO MUSIC”


A1. Blues For A Change        09:52    
A2. In Memory Of        10:44    
B1. It Could Happen To You    07:55    
B2. Deep Purple         03:55    
B3. Prelude To A Kiss        03:53    
B4. From Deep Within Part I    02:52    
B5. From Deep Within Part II    03:20    

Jean-Charles Capon, cello
David S. Ware, tenor saxophone


Recorded by Jef Gilson at Studio Palm, Paris, on September 30 and October 1, 1978.

PALM 32

DAVID S. WARE- APOGEE "BIRTH OF A BEING" (HAT HUT, 1977)

 

DAVID SPENCER WARE (November 7, 1949 – October 18, 2012)

A genius has left us - although he would have never used the term for himself...

...Humility - 

From the spirit - never for the mundane.

DAVID S. WARE - APOGEE "BIRTH OF A BEING"

APOGEE are:
David S. Ware, tenor saxophone
Gene Y. Ashton (Cooper-Moore), piano
Marc D. Edwards, drums


A1. Prayer             10:55    
A2. Thematic Womb     16:48    
B1. A Primary Piece #1     13:57    
B2. A Primary Piece #2     12:08

Recorded April 14 (#1,3,4) and 15 (#2), 1977, CIRecording Inc. New York N.Y.

HAT HUT RECORDS hat Hut W

(from the LP - never on CD)

Thanks to Clifford Allen for reminding me about the group's name - Apogee. See also his article about David S. Ware here

ZOLLER - MANGELSDORFF - MOUZON "FREIBURG, 1975"

 ZOLLER - MANGELSDORFF - MOUZON   "FREIBURG, 1975"


Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Attila Zoller, guitar
Alphonse Mouzon, drums



1. AM/AZ         06.41
2. AM/AZ         06.28
3. AM/AZ         08.59
4. AM/AZ         06.18
5. AM/AZ/MOUZON  13.50
6. AM/AZ/MOUZON  06.33


Recorded in September, 1975 in Freiburg, Breisgau, Germany
at an unknown location.

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ALBERT MANGELSDORFF QUINTET & GUESTS "HAMBURG, 1973"

Here we have another round with a group of Albert Mangelsdorff which made only one LP ("Birds Of Underground" on MPS). This time with three guests...



ALBERT MANGELSDORFF QUINTET & GUESTS  "HAMBURG, 1973"


Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Heinz Sauer, soprano & tenor saxophones, flute
Gerd Dudek, soprano & tenor saxophones, flute
Buschi Niebergall, bass
Peter Giger, drums

added on CD 2:
Tony Scott, clarinet
Perry Robinson, clarinet
Toni Marcus, violin


CD 1:
1. Birds Of Underground                47:04
2. Wobbling Notes And Fluted Crackle   32:05

CD 2:
1. Everybody, part 1                   32:57
2. Everybody, part 2                   41:16

Recorded at the Jazzhouse, Hamburg on January 12, 1973.

(The picture of Mangelsdorff is from the Heinrich Klaffs Collection 14)

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Yosuke Yamashita-Joseph Jarman, First Time 1979

"No sky

                                                                    no earth - but still
                                                                      snowflakes fall"


                                                                     Kajiwara Hashin

This one goes out to Kinabalu , thanks for the COTW love!!

YOSUKE YAMASHITA / "FIRST TIME"
label(cat#)year: FRASCO (FS-7029) 1979

 YOSUKE YAMASHITA(p)/ JOSEPH JARMAN(as,fl,sopranino)/
 MALACHI FAVORS MAGHOSTUS(b)/ FAMOUDOU DON MOYE(ds)
tracklisting:
side a:
1. FOR D
 2. FOR M
 3. FOR J
side b:
1. THUS WE MET
 2. SYMBAL BIRD

Enjoy S!!

JOHN TCHICAI QUARTET "NACHTMUSIK - KÖLN, 1972"

JOHN TCHICAI - R.I.P.

Born in Aarhus, Denmark on April 28, 1936 - died in Perpignan, France on October 7, 2012.

Ha' det godt!

...playing now some night-music...listen the rustle of spring


JOHN TCHICAI QUARTET  "KÖLN, 1972"

John Tchicai, alto & soprano saxophone, vocals
Ole Thilo, piano
Peter Warren, bass
Pierre Favre, drums

1. unknown title                 11:47
2. unknown title                 10:37
3. unknown title                 11:34
4. unknown title                 10:14
5. Frühlingsrauschen (G.Gruntz)  09:28

Recorded in Köln, Germany for the WDR, "Nachtmusik" on May 6, 1972.

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NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP NO.93 - ALBERT MANGELSDORFF QUINTET (HANNOVER, 1973)

NDR Jazz Workshop No. 93
Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet


Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Heinz Sauer, tenor saxophone
Gerd Dudek, tenor & soprano saxophone, flute
J.B. "Buschi" Niebergall, bass
Peter Giger, drums

1. Xenobiosis (A. Mangelsdorff) (Part 1)     14:37
2. Xenobiosis (A. Mangelsdorff) (Part 2)     10:47
3. Grive Musicienne (A. Mangelsdorff)             26:11

Recorded: October 18, 1973 at Studio 1 of the NDR Funkhaus, Hannover, Germany.

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VARA STUDIOS - HILVERSUM - BOOKER ERVIN QUARTET & VAN BERGEIJK QUARTET (1966/67)

Here are two shorter recordings from the 1960s made in the Vara Studios.
Recently I became (finally) aware that the Vara Studios in Hilversum (Netherlands) were the location for many  important recordings. I do not know anything about it - but maybe someone can shed some light on this topic. Also Gilius van Bergeijk is almost unknown to me. He was born in Den Haag on November 7, 1946. Today he is working as a composer but in the sixties and seventies he has worked as a Jazz musician. Peter Brötzmann and the glorious ICP were then stations in his development.
Booker Ervin needs no introduction...the same goes for Han Bennink.......


 BOOKER ERVIN  QUARTET  "VARA STUDIO, HILVERSUM, 1966"


Booker Ervin, tenor saxophone
Pim Jacobs, piano
Ruud Jacobs, bass
Han Bennink, drums


1. BLUESETTE (not by Thielemans!) 9.03 
2. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS   8.13    
3. DAY TO MOURN                  9.55                      



Live at VARA Studio 7, Hilversum, Netherland on February 18, 1966.

GILIUS VAN BERGEYK QUARTET "HILVERSUM, 1967"


Gilius van Bergeyk, oboe
Viktor Kaihatu, bass(arco)
Arjen Gorter, bass(pizz)
Han Bennink, drums

1. VOOR DINGES, EEN LIED                               03:57
2. KONFUSI                                             06:59
3. PARAFINERADE                                        04:25
4. BALLADE VOOR DE ARBEIDER IN DE SCHEERWOL INDUSTRIE  07:16

All compositions by Gilius van Bergeyk.

Recorded at VARA Studio, Hilversum, Netherland in March, 1967.

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TAKASHI KAZAMAKI + TAKEHISA KOSUGI "ENBAN - LIVE AT THE STRANGE FRUIT" (FOOL, 1983)

Two more albums with Takehisa Kosugi - out of Nick's vaults. See the post below and there's another one with Kazamaki to be found here




TAKASHI KAZAMAKI + TAKEHISA KOSUGI   "ENBAN -  LIVE AT THE STRANGE FRUIT"

A. Untitled

B. Untitled


Takashi Kazamaki – Percussion
Takehisa Kosugi – Violin, Vocals, Electronics

Recorded live at The Strange Fruit on 19th February 1983.

FOOL 002

RIRI SHIMADA / TAKEHISA KOSUGI "THE OTHER WORLD OF ERIC SATIE" (VAP, 1982)

RIRI SHIMADA / TAKEHISA KOSUGI "THE OTHER WORLD OF ERIC SATIE”

Riri Shimada, piano
Takehisa Kosug, violin

A1. Gnossiennes No1 - No5
A2. Gymnopédies No1 - No3
B1. Gnossiennes No1 - No5
B2. Gymnopédies No1 - No3

VAP Records – 30028-25, Japan 1982.

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HIROKAZU YAMADA “KOZAN” (TIARA COMPANY, 1985)

 

I've no informations about Hirokazu Yamada. But Motoharu Yoshizawa and Mototeru Takagi are founding-fathers of japanese Free Music. My thanks goes to Nick for this and the music from the post below (Kosugi solo).

HIROKAZU YAMADA  “KOZAN”

Hirokazu Yamada, guitar
Motoharu Yoshizawa, double bass
Mototeru Takagi, tenor saxophone



A1. Dedicated To Michio Miyagi            09:02
A2. Titan                                 08:41
A3. A Dialectic Apple In The Existence    03:51

B1. Stoic Monument                        06:44
B2. Solitary Promenade                    07:44
B3. Fin De Siecle                         03:15


Recorded on October 31, 1985.

TIARA COMPANY - Tiara 001, 1986.