31 August 2013

BRUIRE ‎– MUSS MUSS HIC! (AMBIANCES MAGNÉTIQUES, 1991)



Cassette Store Day.


A.  Muss Muss Hic!

B.  Le Dernier Des Vinyles

  B1. Scratch Jazz
  B2. Tu Me Fais Tourner La Tête
  B3. Tu M'as Tordu Un Bras
  B4. La Marche Du Sillon
  B5. Les 9 Oraisons Du Vinyle
  B6. Nostalgie Plastique
  B7. Le Pick-Up Maudit



Robert Marcel Lepage, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
Michel Côté, percussion, electronic drums, ondes courtes, cassettes, synthesizer, vocals
Martin Tétreault, turntables, tapes



Muss muss hic! - commissioned by Société Radio-Canada and co-produced by Société Radio-Canada with WDR Hörspiel-Studio. Recorded at Studio 13, Société Radio-Canada, August 1990.

Le dernier des vinyles - excerpts from a Bruire concert at Festival "Montréal Musique Actuelle", recorded at "Foufounes électriques", November 2, 1990.

Ambiances Magnétiques ‎– ARM 03a

Cassette Rip


THE GERMAN ALL STARS ‎– IN SÜDAMERIKA (CBS, 1969)





I don't know the exact recording date, but close to Onxi's posted live set from January 1969. Munich is not currently in South America.



A1. O. T.
A2. Invention For Five

B1. Na Sowas
B2. Die Grosse Reise

C1. Hornsalut
C2. When Lights Are High
C3. How Long

D1. Sketch Up And Downer
D2. Impressionen Spanischer Impressionen
D3. Thema Mal Drei


Günter Lenz, bass
Ralf Hübner, drums
Wolfgang Dauner, piano
Emil Mangelsdorff, saxophone
Gerd Dudek, saxophone
Heinz Sauer, saxophone
Rolf Kühn, saxophone
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Rudi Füssers, trombone
Ack Van Rooyen, trumpet
Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Willi Johanns, vocals

Recorded live at The Domicile, Munich

CBS ‎– S 66 217

Vinyl Rip

EUGENE CHADBOURNE ‎– VOLUME THREE: GUITAR TRIOS (PARACHUTE, 1977)





A.  Peafowl

  A1. Two Peafowl
  A2. Tails Folded In Close
  A3. Pause For A Moment In The Front Yard Dusk

B.  We Are Always Chasing Phantoms


Eugene Chadbourne, acoustic 6 string and two prepared 12 string guitars, unamplified electric guitar, toys, sirens, plastic horns, radio

Randy Hutton, acoustic 6 string guitar (A1-3)
Richard Baker, nylon string guitar (A1-3)

Henry Kaiser, electric guitars, acoustic guitar, plastic horns (B)
Owen Maercks, electric guitar and toy guitar (B)

Recorded on 27 February 1977 by Wade McGregor's Fly-By-Night-Sleep-By-Day Productions, Calgary (A1-3) and on 21 April 1977 in John Jordan's Basement Studio, Upton, Masschusetts (B).

Parachute ‎– P003

Vinyl Rip

28 August 2013

TOSHI TSUCHITORI ‎– AJAGARA (D.Y.M. RECORDS, 1980)




A1. DRUMYTHM 1 Solo Improvisation
A2. DRUMYTHM 2 Solo Improvisation
A3. DRUMYTHM 3 Solo Improvisation

B1. DRUMYTHM 4 African Drums Ensemble
B2. DRUMYTHM 5 Solo Improvisation



Toshi Tsuchitori, drums, voice



Solo Improvisation was recorded July 4, 1980 at Soundscape, New York.

African Drums Ensemble was recorded November 18, 1978 at Ife, Nigeria

D.Y.M. Records ‎– DYM 003

Vinyl Rip

TOSHI TSUCHITORI ‎– BREATH (D.Y.M. RECORDS, 1980)




A1. Natural Voice Vibration
A2. Natural Voice With Bamboo Flute
A3. Natural Voice With Bamboo Flute
A4. Bolivian Flute Solo

B1. Natural Voice With Harmonium And Wind
B2. Natural Voice With Cello



Toshi Tsuchitori, drums, voice


A3 performed on December 13, 1979, Theater Onze, Lausanne, Switzerland.
A4 performed on February 6, 1980, A.R.C. Musee D'art Modern, Paris.
B1 performed May 19, 1980, Tee Tree Gulley Hill, Adereida, Australia.
B2 performed December 12, 1979, Theater Onze, Lausanne, Switzerland.

D.Y.M. Records ‎– DYM 002

Vinyl Rip

TOSHI TSUCHITORI ‎– DRUMYTHM (D.Y.M. RECORDS, 1978)




A1. Voice Improvisation
A2. Voice Improvisation
A3. Drum Improvisation
A4. Drum Improvisation

B1. Voice Improvisation With Gong
B2. Drums Improvisation
B3. Drums Improvisation




Toshi Tsuchitori, drums, voice


Recorded live in Paris on June 25th, 1978.

D.Y.M. Records ‎– DYM 001

Vinyl Rip


D.Y.M. was a brief offshoot of the Bellows label, on which Toshi played percussion with Billy Bang on Changing Seasons. Although solo drums don't always sound inviting, the percussion / vocal drones in this series are very engaging.



27 August 2013

Dwight Andrews - Mmotia. The Little People (Otic 1979)





There was a request for this not long ago. Now it looks totally oop.

Probably a name not well known,  All Music Guide says  'Andrews is a multi-instrumentalist and composer best known for his work with pianist Anthony Davis, saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell and other members of the Chicago and New York avant-garde schools (Geri Allen, Andy Bey, Hamiett Bluiett).'

Dwight Andrews - Soprano & Alto Saxophones. Bass & Contra Bass Clarinet, Alto Flute, Indian Wood Flutes, Percussion;
Nat Adderley - Piano;
Nana Vasconcelos - Percussion, Flex-Tone, Corpo, Voice, Bottles, Beads, Atumpan

A1. Um Girrasol
A2. Nao e'?
A3. Moers 1978
B1. Danca Das Kashala e Sarhanna
B2. Mmotia-The Little People
B3. Vamos Para Casa

recorded january 11 and 12, 1979 at Blue Rock studios, New York
Otic records 1979

NÉBU ‎– MOTUS (LES DISQUES CADENCE, 1980)





A1. Morceau En Forme De Pierre
A2. Abaque
A3. Motus

B1. Eboulements
B2. Sibylle
B3. Quatre A Quatre


Claude Simard, contrabass, electric bass, electric piano, percussion
Jean Derome, alto, bass, piccolo flutes, traversiere, flute en do, flute en bois, electric piano, voice, percussion
Pierre Saint-Jacques, piano, electric piano, cymbal, percussion, voice
Mathieu Léger, drums, percussion (A2, B3)
René Lussier, electric guitar (A2, A3, B1)



Recorded at Studio TM, Montréal, Canada, 18 February to 10 March 1980

Les Disques Cadence ‎– CAD-1008

Vinyl Rip

26 August 2013

Ennio Morricone-The Black belly of the Tarantula and My dear Assassin -1971




Here's one of the great Morricone soundtracks , i taped a friends Vinyl years ago, taping over a cassette that was probably 10 years old when i recorded over what was on it....
I havent seen the Film , not a huge fan of Franco Nero(was it Franco Nero???)...but musically this is just something else!

Gruppo di Improvisatione Nuova Consonanza, are rumored to be performing on parts of this, and certainly some parts have sections which are freely improvised , though not that many.... not too much distinctive Morricone Tpt either but...lots of electric Organ drones that sound like C.Roque Alsina or Franco Evangelisti, and some evocatively scratchy atonal guitar, Scelsi-esque string sections, and so forth.

I transferred this years ago , and used some compression , being inexperienced at ripping tapes.
the results sound fine despite minor flaws...
Enjoy
probably not worth Flac-ing , given that certain types of Compression introduce a lossy element...especially strong leveling programs
if anyone really wants Flac's i can upload those later.
would be great if some one were willing to share a straight Vinyl rip of this

Arthur Doyle-No More Crazy Women, QBICO 33


A single sided Lp, of Trio performances featuring Wilbur Morris, and Rashid Sinan, interspersed by looped tracks of Doyle mixed by Sonic reducer , featuring members of Doyle's Electro acoustic Ensemble, Tim Roland and David Cross.
the cover image is by Cindy Sherman.
Enjoy!

EUGENE CHADBOURNE & POLLY BRADFIELD ‎– TORTURE TIME! (PARACHUTE, 1981)






A. Untitled

B. Untitled


Eugene Chadbourne, dobro
Polly Bradfield, violin



Concert recorded at Logos Studio, Gent, Belgium on 2 April 1981

Parachute ‎– P016

Vinyl Rip

ARTHUR DOYLE / TAKASHI MIZUTANI / SABU TOYOZUMI ‎– LIVE IN JAPAN 1997 (QBICO, 2003)






A Nov.8th Or 9th, I Can't Remember When

B Alabama And Mississippi Reunited

C1 I Pass, Then Resist
C2 I'd Live In Her World, Then Without Her In Mine

D1 Love Heat
D2 Joy



Arthur Doyle, tenor saxophone, flute, voice
Sabu Toyozumi, drums
Takashi Mizutani, electric guitar

Qbico ‎– QBICO 09/10

Vinyl Rip


Marian McPartland Trio-A Delicate Balance ,Halcyon 105 LP ,1972



One More Post Celebrating the life and music of Marian McPartland!
This one goes out to the Boogie Man..
Some nice things here, including a great version of Freedom Jazz Dance, and a lovably cheesy 
rendition of the hoary old Easy listening /pseudo exotic chestnut 'El Condor Pasa'
McPartland plays Wurlitzer Electric Piano on a third of the selections!

Enjoy!!


25 August 2013

EUGENE CHADBOURNE ‎– BLUES (PARACHUTE, 1984)






A1. Mickey
A2. It's Bluestime
A3. Whiter Shade Of Pale
A4. Stardust

B1. Theme From Membrane
B2. Song To The Savior


Eugene Chadbourne, guitar, tapes, voice

Parachute ‎– PA 19

Cassette Rip

Arthur Doyle and Hamid Drake-Your Spirit is calling-QBICO 15, 2003



For Nick ,
this is one of the most accessible, and expansive records by Arthur Doyle the great master Griot. 
Drake is fabulously responsive ....

Would be nice to have an upgrade of the trio on Qbico with Mizutani,and Sabu Toyzumi
if anyone cares to share it!

i'll rip no more crazy women soon...
Enjoy

THE JAZZ EPISTLES "JAZZ EPISTLE VERSE 1" (CONTINENTAL, 1960)



THE JAZZ EPISTLES  "THE JAZZ EPISTLE VERSE 1"



Kippie Moeketsi, alto saxophone
Hugh Masekela, trumpet
Jonas Gwangwa, trombone
Dollar Brand, piano
Johnny Gertze, bass
Makaya Ntshoko, drums

A1. Dolla's Moods (Hugh Masekela)       5:32   
A2. Blues For Hughie (Kippie Moeketsi)       5:58    
A3. Ukujonga Phambili (Dollar Brand)        3:49    
A4. I Remember Billy (Kippie Moeketsi)     6:04    
B1. Vary-Oo-Vum (Dollar Brand)         5:05    
B2. Carol's Drive (Jonas Gwangwa)        5:15    
B3. Gafsa (Dollar Brand)               4:22    
B4. Scullery Department (Kippie Moeketsi)  7:02


Recorded at Gallo Studio, Johannesburg, South-Africa on January 22, 1960.

CONTINENTAL CON-T 14

(this rip from Gallo Record Company CDZAC 56R)

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24 August 2013

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Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting 1970


This scenic picture of downtown Baden-Baden is meant to signal more vintage goodies from the annual free jazz meetings in that town in Southwest Germany. We have posted excerpts from the 1967, 1969 and 1971 meetings before and we will have the 1977 coming up in a little while. So now for the 1970 set which I think is the most complete of the ones we have posted up to now. I had a set which ran to about six hours and thirty minutes, but this set adds another hour and introductions to most of the pieces heard.

This is recorded off radio, medium wave I would think. They are all in mono, though the intros indicate they were also broadcast in stereo. The introductions are by Joachim E. Behrendt most likely, the driving force behind these annual meetings. Occasionally one hears communications bursting in on the radio frequency, but not too often, fortunately.

I've been listening to these recordings over the last few weeks. There's too much in there to be summarised in a few sentences, but suffice it to say that the line-up reads like a who's who of European-based musicians in the impro-free jazz spectrum round about 1970. Most were invited, but some actually came along out of curiosity, like John Surman's Trio, and promptly sat in on several sessions.

These recordings feature all possible combinations, from the full free jazz orchestra to small groups to duos to solo performances. All in all, a treasure trove of what was happening at that particular point in time. The set lists are found with the individual zipped files in the comments section. Seven cdr-equivalents in all, running for about seven hours and thirty minutes. Thanks to Onx and a US-based trading partner for supplying the yummies. On to you, dear folks!

Don Cherry, trumpet, flute
Manfred Schoof, Tomasz Stanko, trumpet
Paul Rutherford, Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
John Tchicai, soprano & alto saxophone
Trevor Watts, alto saxophone
Willem Breuker, alto, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Peter Brötzmann, alto, tenor & baritone saxophone
John Surman, baritone saxophone
Derek Bailey, guitar
Gunter Hampel, vibes, bass clarinet
Joachim Kühn, piano, alto saxophone
Irène Aebi, violin, vocals
Dave Holland, bass, cello
Barre Phillips, bass
Johnny Dyani, bass, cello
Peter Warren, bass
John Stevens, drums, percussion, cornet
Han Bennink, drums, percussion, dhung
Stu Martin, drums
Pierre Favre, drums, percussion
Karin Krog, Norma Winstone, vocals
Unknown, announcer

ARTHUR DOYLE ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE ‎– PATRIOTIC ACT (QBICO, 2006)






A1. Homo
A2. When The Shit Goes Down
A3. Milk Brain
A4. Butt Call



Ed Wilcox, drums
Nuuj, electronics
Leslie Q, guitar
Arthur Doyle, kinetic sax kaboom, village voice
Vin Paternostro, Roland 505
Dave Cross, turntables



Recorded at the No Fun Fest. March 19 2004, North Six, NYC.

Qbico ‎– QBICO 50

Vinyl Rip

MAARTEN ALTENA - CITIES & STREETS (HAT ART, 1991)





I know someone was looking for this, but lost their request .. anyway, it's another Maarten Altena gem.

1. Prikkel
2. Blauw Beest
3. Rij
4. Slange
5. Triptych
6. Echoes & Shadows
7. Rif


Maarten Altena, double bass
Christel Postma, violin
Marc Charig, trumpet, altohorn
Michael Moore, alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
Michiel Scheen, piano
Michael Vatcher, percussion
Peter Van Bergen, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
Wolter Wierbos, trombone


Recorded at Radio DRS, Zürich, Switzerland, on 9 and10 October 1989

Hat ART - hat ART CD 6082

CD Rip



23 August 2013

Graham Sparks-Gurus are Fucked- Fringe benefit Cassette 573, 1983


Not much Australian music improvised or otherwise on I.S so far, Here's something by a friend of mine.. who was active on the small experimental, and free improvised music scene in Sydney from roughly 1978-9 to the mid 80's...

A genuine rarity,100 copies released on what was John Rose's LP/and Cassette lable until he sold the enterprise in the mid or late 80's , to someone who has done absolutely nothing with it since..
I met Graham in the late 80's ,just before he pawned his Alto , he had fallen on tough times, and i was close to being on skid row myself...

This album is a mixed bag , as was the experimental scene in the 80's a fertile time during which outside of AM radio,there was lots of cross pollination of genres,one could go to a pub and see 5 completely different sets in one evening with occasional  unrehearsed jams in between...Post Punk bands were experimenting , and improvising extensively , the Slug Fuckers, Mad room and numerous others playing completely unscripted sets, something which just wouldn't happen today.. besides which by the early 90's poker machines, had already killed off all but the most mainstream venues , today there isn't  a  single Jazz club in Sydney where you will see free improvised music of any kind or what most of us think of as free jazz.
where improvised music takes place publicly it tends to be in Art galleries or tiny warehouses, or special festivals one or two weeks a year such as the Now Now.

Stylistically here echoes of Don Cherry are evident in the flute pieces, the group pieces being basically long Jams , AACM influenced ethno freak outs with an electrto acoustic element..the electronics being oscillators built by Graham

For my money the best and most individual pieces are the 3 Alto solos... some startling soulful original playing there....
Graham didn't even have a copy of the tape.and was surprised to see it resurface.. thanks to Juke for lending me his Copy !
which despite Grahams comments is not that bad sounding at all , no worse than many cassette releases of the time.

Here's Graham in his own words on "Gurus are Fucked"  ..

"It was a surprise to hear from my friend Sotise that he'd come across a copy of 'Gurus are fucked'.
I made this recording thirty years ago , most of the work being done in a hall near circular quay.
It is not my best work ,and quite frankly I was glad it was behind me and forgoten ,but there you have it,
All our deeds both good and bad are recorded for eternity in the fabric of the universe.

I was about 24 years of age and this was probably recorded with a Selmer balanced action alto.
The other members of the band were Alan Corne and Paul Huntingford.
Alan is still playing drums but I don't know what Paul is doing.
The recording quality poor because the trashy tape recorder , which I purchased from a pawn shop,had a very heavy compression function and consequently ironed out all of the dynamics ,which really crapped me off because I like to play with a lot of light and shade.
The title 'Gurus Are Fucked', is a rebuke for "spiritual teachers of all flavours who claim to know God and his plans and who perceive that taking money , time ,and energy from their customers is a valid occupation.
So many of my friends were sucked in screwed and ripped off by these charlatans.
Although thirty years has passed I still think that gurus are fucked.,but time has made me more erudite and the manipulation of language in poetry is like a fine telescopic site on a canon.

Although I never found a way to make money from music or art ,and gave up music twenty five or so years ago in order to purchase food and not sleep in squats , I have always managed to assuage my creative urges and have recently purchased a beautiful 1943 Beuscher Big B alto,and have taken up painting again.
Please find attached some poems pertinent to my continued views on gurus.
Thank you"
Graham Sparks.




Marian McPartland (RIP)- Interplay, Halcyon LP 100,1970


Here's a Nice M.McPartland lp , the few,non virtual friends i have who like Jazz dismiss this and her records in general as cocktail tinkling.. there's a lot more to it than that.
... and no to my ears she's no Bill Evans clone..
True this is a mellow affair compared to live at hickory house, and the bassist isn't as interesting or subtle as she...
According to discogs, this is from 1970, and can be purchased for as little as , 2 dollars, her stock is obviously lower than it should be!

Roll a fat one , mellow out  enjoy, and spare a thought for those around the world living in squalor , under the jackboots of oppressive governments, or living in War zones , who can barely feed themselves, let alone accumulate terabytes of music,unlike the majority of us living in a luxury predicated on the very squalor of those oppressed peoples.

NÉBU ‎– NÉBU (LES DISQUES CADENCE, 1978)




A1. Calmos
A2. Carcajou
A3. Jeu De Dame

B1. Comme Un Invitée
B2. La Femme Du Cheikh Souffre De Chromatisme


Claude Simard, contrabass, electric bass
Jean Derome, flute, bass flute, voice
Pierre Saint-Jacques, piano, melodion, percussion, voice


Recorded at Studio Marko, Montréal, October 1978

Les Disques Cadence ‎– CAD-1002

Vinyl Rip


22 August 2013

FRED ANDERSON SEXTET "FRANKFURT, 1977"



What a coincidence - it seems that Bozo requested this during the upload...


Bill Brimfield, trumpet
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Fred Anderson, tenor saxophone
Dieter Glawischnig, piano
Ewald Oberleitner, bass
John Preininger, drums

1. Unknown Title     04:45
2. Unknown Title     12:41
3. Unknown Title     04:28
4. Unknown Title     04:58
5. Unknown Title     14:27

Recorded at the Jazz Festival in Frankfurt (unknown location), Germany on February 1, 1977.

Note: The rhythm section are the "Neighbours", three Austrian musicians who played on several occasions with Fred Anderson.
The four recorded the LP "Accents" on the Musicians Record Co. label (1978).


Frank Lowe Orchestra-Lowe and behold., Musicworks 3002,1977


This ones for Aussie Tony, not my favorite Lowe by any means... flawed by the very high standards of ' the Flam', and other magnificent masterpieces ...by F.Lowe who simply was one of the of the greatest period.!

the AACM and more specifically Wadada Leo Smith;s influence is obvious here

My own dessert island selections, apart from 'the Flam' are the ferociously beautiful collaborations with Joe Mcphee on legend streets one and two.... check them out on the Cadence website!

and yeah..Polly Bradfield, is subtly brilliant  here , she should be as famous as John Zorn , who doesn't to my ears sound entirely comfortable.

Enjoy.

LESLI DALABA ‎– TRUMPET SONGS AND DANCES (PARACHUTE, 1979)





A1. Tracks Along The Water
A2. Two Up
A3. Skittles (to Fred Astaire)
A4. Barrytown

B1. Two Down
B2. Suite For Hopalong Cassidy: A Stop In Town / Back On The Trail
B3. Hollows
B4. Tanz Pesen


Lesli Dalaba, trumpet
Polly Bradfield, violin (B2)
Wayne Horvitz, bass (A2)


Barrytown was recorded live at Bard Hall, Annandale, N. Y. June 1978.
Two Down was recorded live at Transpace, Tuscaloosa, Ala. August 1978.
Two Up and Hollows were recorded at WKCR studio, Columbia University, January 1979.
Remaining titles recorded at Studio K, N.Y.C. March 1979.

Parachute ‎– P010

Vinyl Rip

DEREK BAILEY & JOHN STEVENS. 1980






















FROM Z-BO'S SHELF

DEREK BAILEY, guitar
JOHN STEVENS, percussion, mini-trumpet

1. 32:59
2. 36:39

Green Man, London.  13 April 1980

21 August 2013

MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ WITH CECIL TAYLOR













Marian McPartland died last night.
I dug out an old hissy tape (the sound gets rather wobbly towards the end) and am posting it here in respect.
If anyone has this in better sound....

Just in mp3.

1. Part 1  27:56
2. Part 2  26:12


PLEASE LOOK DOWN THE COMMENTS FOR BVENTURE'S FLAC UPGRADE!!!

Thanks bventure.

THE GLASS ORCHESTRA ‎– TALES FROM SILICONESIA (GLASS ORCHESTRA RECORDS, 1981)




A. Fred's Fable

B. Verrillon 9 (Excerpt)



Marvin Green, glass instruments
Miguel Frasconi, glass instruments
Paul Hodge, glass instruments
V. Eric Cadesky, glass instruments


Glass Orchestra Records ‎– G001 E.P.

Vinyl Rip

GERMAN ALL STARS "DOMICILE, MUNICH - JANUARY 1969"






GERMAN ALL STARS  "DOMICILE, MUNICH - JANUARY 1969"


Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Ack van Rooyen, trumpet
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Rudi Fuesers, trombone
Rolf Kühn, saxophone
Emil Mangelsdorff, saxophone
Heinz Sauer, saxophone
Gerd Dudek, saxophone
Wolfgang Dauner, piano
Günter Lenz, bass
Ralf Hübner, drums


1. Sketch Up And Downer   08:26
2. introducton            00:10
3. Invention For Five     19:33
4. introduction           00:06
5. Run Summer             14:12
6. introduction           00:11
7. Impressionen           08:42
8. Thema Mal Drei         06:13

Recorded at the Domicile, Munich, Germany in January 1969.

20 August 2013

THE GREAT 3 – BEGIN THE BEGUINE (AEOLUS, 1994)





1.  Summertime
2.  Skylark
3.  Waltz Step
4.  Misty
5.  My Favourite Things
6.  Kansago-No
7.  Begin The Beguine
8.  Coral Spring
9.  Laura
10. Bley's Triad
11. Home On The Range


Gary Peacock, bass
Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano

Recorded at Onkio Haus, Tokyo, on 1-2 April 1994.

Aeolus – AJCD-S002, 1994.

CD Rip




18 August 2013

GERMAN ALL STARS "DOMICILE, MÜNCHEN, 1971"




GERMAN ALL STARS "DOMICILE, MÜNCHEN, 1971"


Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Ack van Rooyen, trumpet
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Rudi Fuesers, trombone
Michael Pilz, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Emil Mangelsdorff, alto saxophone
Heinz Sauer,, soprano & tenor saxophone
Gerd Dudek, tenor saxophone
Wolfgang Dauner, piano, e-piano, synthesizer
Günter Lenz, bass
Ralf Hübner, drums

1. Out Of Rich/Nuggis            15:46
2. Gebäude                       12:14
3. Hammerkopp                    16:00
4. Hornsalut                     13:43
5. Announcement by Werner Götze  00:13

Recorded at the Jazzclub Domicile, Munich (Germany), September 9, 1971.


TOSHI TSUCHITORI ‎– THE EUPHIO (BALCONY RECORDS, 1984)





A. Solo • Trunk Cymbalism

"when an elephant gets to beating the top cymbal with its trunk........."


B. Duo • High-Hat Ratation

"when a rat starts running around in the high-hat........."






Toshi Tsuchitori, drums, voice

Fred Frith, six strings bass guitar, Casiotone, home-made instruments [B]


Recorded live on 17 May (A) and 20 July (B) 1984

Balcony Records ‎– BOYS 2

Vinyl Rip



EMBERS LIVE
















JIM DENLEY, flute, piccolo, alto sax, voice
JOHN BUTCHER, tenor and soprano sax
CHRIS BURN, piano, percussion
MARCIO MATTOS, cello, digital sampler

1. Quarrying at the Bim  19:56
2. Nite bites  7:41
3. Breakfast with Vincent  17:25
4. Tenderfoot's haruspicy  10:12

1 & 3 Recorded at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam. 17 Nov 1988
2 Recorded at the Bunker, Rotterdam. 19 Nov 1988.  and (??) Cafe Wilhelmina, Eindhoven. 21 Nov 1988
4 Recorded at Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham. 25 Oct 1988

ACTA 3.  Cassette only.

17 August 2013

HARTMUT GEERKEN / MICHAEL RANTA ‎– THE HELIOPOLAR EGG (QBICO, 2010)



Live in Teheran, Calcutta, Dacca, Manila, Seoul and Osaka in 1976


A. Untitled

C. Untitled
D. Untitled

E. Untitled
F. Untitled

G. Untitled
H. Untitled

I. Untitled
J. Untitled

K1. Excerpt From "Arrangements" (Toshi Ichiyanagi)
K2. Lonely Mountain (Shoko Shida)
L1. Same Trains
L2. Coda


Michael Ranta, mallet instruments, xylophone, marimba, metallophone, vibraphone, tabla, flexatone, castagnets, Japanese oboe, argool, gong, tamtams, short-wave receiver, Chinese violin, er-hu, jung-hu, wood block, echo machine, cup bells, Indian israj, voltage-controlled oscillator, voltage-controlled filter, vocals

Hartmut Geerken, piano, prepared piano, piano strings, Tibetan tingshak, water tingshak, waldteufel, mokkatam pot rattles, bells, water bells, sleigh bells, gongs, water gongs, Tibetan boo-chals, water boo-chals, musical clock, Tibetan horn, singing tube, maracas, wood block, temple block, Peking opera gongs, castagnets, lead camel bell, short-wave receiver, swarmandal, whistles, argool, monkey drum, toy xylophone, lion bell, gopichand, Egyptian cymbals & sagat, waterphone, voice, toy glockenspiele, thumb piano

José "Pepito" Bosch, congas [G,H]

Toshi Ichiyanagi, synthesizer [L2]



LP1 recorded on 25 November 1976 at Baghe Ferdows-Zafaranieh in co-op with Nirt, Teheran, Iran.

LP2 recorded on 3-4 December 1976 at Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta, India.

LP3 recorded on 8 December 1976 at the German Cultural Institute in co-op with the Academy of the Arts, Dacca, Bangladesh.

LP4 recorded on 13 December 1976 at Abelardo Inner Green (open air) in co-op with the U.P. College of Music, Manila, Philippines.

LP5 recorded on 15 December 1976 at the Korea Drama Center, Seoul, Korea.

LP 6 recorded on 18 December 1976 at the Goethe-Institute, Osaka, Japan.


Qbico ‎– QBICO 101

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PHIL WACHSMANN ‎– WRITING IN WATER (BEAD RECORDS, 1985)




A.  Writing In Water

B.  Water Writing

B1. Prelude
B2. Song
B3. Violin Song
B4. Monody Line With Squeaks And Foot Work In Two Parts
B5. Blurred Edge
B6. Melody

Phil Wachsmann, violin, electronics



A side recorded at the Actual Festival, Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 19 October 1984

B1 recorded at The Cut, 3 October 1984
B2 at the Ufton Centre, 1 April 1985
B3 and B4 at West Square Studio, 15 June and 8 June 1985
B6 in London, 31 August 1985

Bead Records ‎– BEAD 23

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CHRIS BURN'S ENSEMBLE on Midnight Oil

















Following on from Nick’s posting of the Burn/Butcher album Fonetiks, I dug out this old radio broadcast of Chris Burn’s Ensemble.  I’ve left in all the between-track chat not only because it’s interesting but because it is a joy to hear such well-spoken voices.
Some Ensemble recordings are still available through John Butcher’s website.

CHRIS BURN, piano
JOHN BUTCHER, sop and tenor sax
JIM DENLEY, flute
STEVIE WISHART, violin, hurdy-gurdy
PHIL DURRANT, violin
MARCIO MATTOS, cello, bass
JOHN RUSSELL, guitar
MATT HUTCHINSON, synth, electronics

01. Introduction  0:56
02. Airground glide  4:42
03. Interview 1  3:10
04. Influence and concealment  7:29
05. Interview 2
06. Fun for all  12:51
07. Interview 3  0:41
08. Cordboil and the four dwarves  11:21
09. Interview 4  0:43
10. Interview 5  1:48
11. Slow storm scene  4:33
12. Zip code  7:36
13. Outroduction  0:33 

BBC Radio 3. 'Midnight Oil'.   Broadcast March 1993  (I think)           

URS BLÖCHLINGER ‎– DON'T CALL BACK - WE LET YOU KNOW (UNIT RECORDS, 1987)




A1. Sonny's Back
A2. No Arguments, Please
A3. I Love You - But Later
B1. Der Kungusische Cheftrainer
B2. Let's Take Take And Then The...



Urs Blöchlinger, alto & sopranino saxophone, melodica
Heinz Geisser, guitar
Tomi Hirt, bass
Dieter Ulrich, drums

Tom Varner, french horn (B1)
Dave Taylor, bass tuba (B1)
Jacques Siron, bass (B2)
Jean-Paul Autin, bass clarinet, recorder (B2)
Ives Cerf, tenor saxophone (B2)
Jürg Solothurnmann, alto & tenor saxophone (B2)


Recorded April 10 1987, at ‘Festival Intime’ Radiostudio DRS, Zürich

Unit Records ‎– UTR 4027

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TOMASZ STANKO - MICHEL PILZ QUARTET "MOERS, 1996"



TOMASZ STANKO - MICHEL PILZ QUARTET "MOERS, 1996"


Tomasz Stanko, trumpet
Michel Pilz, bass clarinet
Christian Ramond, bass
Klaus Kugel, drums

CD1:
1. Suite (Melusina) 14:53
2. Cecelina 6:53
3. Gaby's Rhapsody 8:46
4. War Song 8:15
5. Sunia 8:19

CD2:
6. Sandrinella 8:08
7. Relais De La Petrusse 6:45
8. Fast Song 7:39
9. Suite 2 12:59

Recorded for the WDR Jazzmeeting at 'Die Röhre', Moers on March 7, 1996.


16 August 2013

CHRIS BURN - JOHN BUTCHER ‎– FONETIKS (BEAD RECORDS, 1984)





A1. Subtitles
A2. Punctuate
A3. Cause And Effect (Two Parts)

B1. Phonophilia - Fast
B2. Acute
B3. Inside The Narrative



Chris Burn, piano, percussion, trumpet
John Butcher, soprano & tenor saxophone


Recorded November and December 1984 at Bark Studios, London

Bead Records ‎– BEAD 24

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15 August 2013

JOHN STEVENS @ Terry Day Benefit 1991






















The first SME piece has been issued on the excellent 'Hot and Cold Heroes' (Emanem) as 'One for Terry Day', although with a small section edited out.  If you don't have that cd, I heartily recommend you buy it.

On a side issue, I have only just realised that I've been zipping files rather than a folder of files.  Sorry about that.

Enjoy. 

1. SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE    14:26
   
    JOHN STEVENS, percussion, mini-trumpet
    NIGEL COOMBES, violin
    ROGER SMITH, guitar 

2. SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE +    7:50

    JOHN STEVENS, percussion, mini-trumpet
    NIGEL COOMBES, violin
    ROGER SMITH, guitar
    PHIL MINTON, voice
    MAGGIE NICHOLS, voice

3. LARRY STABBINS, tenor sax    17:45  
    PAUL ROGERS, bass
    JOHN STEVENS, drums         

4. JOHN STEVENS - POEM     2:06 

Part of a benefit concert for Terry Day, at the Red Rose, London.      1st December 1991. 

Cassette recording.