Regular followers will probably know of my abiding love for L'Intercommunal. Over the last few years I've posted all four volumes of Intercommunal including the homage to Jo Maka. Last year I managed to locate "Apres la Maree Noire" which added two bombarde players from Bretagne and this year, I managed to find what must be vol. 6 from the early 80s. I don't think there were more Intercommunal coming after this one.
Here we have two long slabs, covering a full side each, not unlike African records of the time. Lay down a riff and a solid groove underneath, put some vocals and horns on top and keep the show going for as long as there is any breath left. On this, we have some of the crew from the early days, Catalan vocalist Carlos Andreu, the two bombarde players, regular jazz stalwarts Bernard Vitet and Jean-Jacques Avenel and Tusques and the rhythm section keeping things moving briskly along. Not a very uptight set, this one, definitely one for the Mediterranean and further south. Somehow the vibe got me thinking of Rascals' "Peaceful World" which also lasted a full side - a very mellow world at that.
Ze factoids:
Francois Tusques intercommunal free dance music orchestra
Edizione Corsica CP 33 135
A side
"Le Musichien"
Recorded at 28, rue Dinois 19 June 1981
Carlos Andreu - vocals
Ramadolf - trombone and bells
Yegba Likoba - soprano sax
Sylvain Kassap - tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Avenel - double bass
Kilikus - percussion
Francois Tusques - piano
B - side
"les Amis d'Afrique"
Recorded in Rennes 10 July 1982
Carlos Andreu - vocals
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Sylvain Kassap - trombone
Daniele Dumas - soprano sax
Jean-Louis Le Vallegant - bombarde
Phillippe Le Strat - bombarde
Tanguy Le Dore - bass
Sam Ateba - congas
Kilikus - congas
Francois Tusques - piano
We just might have a little more Tusques coming up ...
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ReplyDeleteI share your enthusiasm kinabalu
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to this one! Whilst it's still coming down the pipe, wanted to get in with an anticipatory Thanks !
I am quite sure that you will not be disappointed.
ReplyDeleteThanks to your posts I now love Tusques (I even managed to see him live last year, and it was great!). Thanks for posting more of his material!
ReplyDeleteMerci Kinabalu !
ReplyDeleteLes amis d'Afrique is fantastic ; Le musichien is even better. Joyous and inspiring singing, superbe ! Muchas gracias, merci, vielen danke amigo !
ReplyDeleteGood to see that these posts of old Tusques material may have contributed in a small way towards generating interest in his current work. Drawing attention to otherwise unheard music is one important reason for doing this blog in the first place. As many artsits are still active, they might in various ways benefit from it.
ReplyDeleteThere's a new - excellent! - CD with Francois Tusques and Sonny Simmons "Near The Oasis".
ReplyDeleteYou'll find it there > http://www.improvising-beings.com/#ib10
Thank you Kinabalu!
Thanks Kinabalu.
ReplyDeleteIt is a fantastic series of albums and I feel very lucky to have heard them from here.
Saw it not so long on ebay and quite liked the soundclip but since I got outbid I'm grateful you posted it here - thanks a lot!
ReplyDeleteYes, saw it there too and it ended up sky high. Fortunately, I managed to find it in an online record shop in France, but only after making half a dozen enquiries.
ReplyDeleteExcellent find, kinabalu. Thank you very much for sharing.
ReplyDeletewith such a cover.... warm and sweet, many thanks kinabalu
ReplyDeleteBeautiful music.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for sharing this.
Thank you! I am enjoying this alot. The sound of the vocals and trombone in particular seem to mesh.
ReplyDeleteWOW, great to find this from here, thank you very very much! :)
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup
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ReplyDeleteHello ! Please post on Mediafire ! Thanks
ReplyDeleteI avoid Mediafire. They provide a good service, but they have a nasty habit of deleting accounts and files without notice. RS is not working?
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ReplyDeleteThanks for those fantastic Tusques re-ups, kinabalu - and also for giving me a hint about!! :)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! I have the first Piano Dazibao on lp (we have posted the second), but there was a cd reissue some years ago, so I'm not sure whether it's genuinely oop, just to follow our rules on that. Advice from fellow bloggers would be helpful.
ReplyDeleteIt is listed as available at Futura
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As is Michel Portal Alors!!!
Many thanks for the chance to hear some more Tusques.
ReplyDeletekinabalu, thanks!
ReplyDeletemany thanks, wonderful the track Le Musichien ( with part in catalan ), o yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
ReplyDeletelinks!?
ReplyDeleteJust discovered this masterpiece and was so happy that the link was still active -- THANK YOU!!
ReplyDeleteIt's reissued on SouffleContinu
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