27 February 2014

RUF DER HEIMAT "MACHINE KAPUT" (KONNEX, 1995)


Thomas Borgmann, sopranino & tenor saxophone
Peter Brötzmann, tárogató, alto & tenor saxophone
Christoph Winckel, bass
Willi Kellers, drums


1. Machine Kaput     17:05
2. Nothing To Decide     08:28
3. Keys + Screws     31:22

Tracks 1+2 recorded in concert at Tacheles, Berlin, 29th June 1995.
Track 3 recorded at Eldenaer Jazz Evenings, Greifswald, 30th June 1995.

KONNEX KCD 5070

26 February 2014

Jemeel Moondoc Muntu - The Intrepid Live In Poland (PolJazz 1981)


A1 - Blues For Katie     16:58
B2 - First Feeding     14:30
B3 - The Intrepid     7:40

Jemeel Moondoc - Alto Saxophone
William Parker - Bass
Rashid Baker - Drums
Roy Campbell - Trumpet

music by Jemeel Moondoc
Live, Festival Jazz Nad Odra, Wroclaw, Poland, 1981

Released in limited club edition, purchased by subscription.
PolJazz 1981, PSJ-106, LP
vinyl rip

25 February 2014

Reggie Workman-Summit Conference,2-8-1995, aud


Here's a  good Audience capture of the summit conference band , this was obviously recorded while they were touring the essential postcards Cd.
Nice long chewy set ... thanks to the original Taper/Seeders!
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SEEDERS Notes
Reggie Workman's Summit Conference

August 2, 1995

Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
(first set only)


Reggie Workman  bass,
Andrew Hill  piano,
Sam Rivers  flute, soprano & tenor sax
Julian Priester  trombone
Pheeroan akLaff  drums

01 Conversation (Sonelius Smith)  25:31
02 Suite Tristan (Workman) 13:15
03 unidentified  8:39
04 Joanne (Hill) 13:29
05 Breath (Priester)  10:06
06 Midnight River Crossing (AkLaff)  5:49

TT 76:49

This quintet of giants came to be as a consequence of Ralph Simon’s offer to Reggie Workman to record a CD for his label Postcards in 1993. The result is the brilliant "Summit Conference" (Postcards  POST1003), highly recommended and still in press.
This show was recorded almost two years later at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA. I can neither find it in a bot list search nor apparently in blogland, so I assume it is uncirculated on the web. This is a remarkably fine audience (or perhaps, on stage) recording with a intimate and very concentrated atmosphere and no distracting noise at all.
On the CDR I received there were very short silent parts near the start and end of tracks 2 and 3 which are probably due to a transfer from a CDR with SBEs.
 I repaired this and retracked all tracks. Pitch is correct (I suppose this comes from a digital source).
 As the levels initially are very low on the original recording, I raised them a little (more so in the very low passages and less so towards the end).
 I also applied a tiny amount of compression to the really loud passages.
 As always, I did all processing in 24bit.

The closing stage announcement identifies track 5 as "Midnight River Crossing" and track 6 as "Breath".
 Both relevant discographers (Ronald Lyles in his Andrew Hill Discography and Rick Lopez in his Sam Rivers Sessionography) do so likewise (see below), but track 5 is clearly the same as Julian Priester's "Breath" on POST1003,
 so I assume that track 6 is "Midnight River Crossing" by Pheeroan akLaff.

There might be a splice in track 1 at 3:32:485. I removed a click there.


All praise goes to the creators of the music, truly a summit conference, and thanks so much to the unknown taper!

Lineage:
Aud > ? > Trade CDR > HD (xACT) > 24 bit edited and remastered (ProTools LE with various plugins) > 16bit PCM (with dither) > tracking (Sound Studio) > flac (8) (xACT)


Entry in the Sam Rivers Sessionography by Rick Lopez
http://www.bb10k.com/RIVERS.disc.html

95.08.02 • Reggie Workman's Summit Conference [Audience Recording]
August 2, 1995 / Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
1. Conversation (Sonelius Smith) [25:29]
2. Suite Tristan (Workman) [12:47]
3. unknown title [8:24]
4. Joanne (Hill) [13:24]
5. Midnight River Crossing (AkLaff) [10:11]
6. Breath (Priester) [5:48]

Reggie Workman (bass)
Andrew Hill (piano)
Sam Rivers (flute-2, soprano sax-4, tenor sax-1,5,6)
Julian Priester (trombone)
Pheeroan akLaff (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Hill/hill-disc.htm}


Entry in the Andrew Hill Discography by Ronald Lyles
(http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Hill/hill-disc.htm)

Date: August 2, 1995
Location: Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
Label: [private recording]

Reggie Workman (ldr), Sam Rivers (f, ss, ts), Julian Priester (tb), Andrew Hill (p), Reggie Workman (b), Pheeroan akLaff (d)
a. 01   Conversation Piece - 25:10  (Sonelius Smith)
b. 02   Suite Tristan - 12:47  (Reggie Workman)
c. 04   Joanne - 13:08  (Andrew Hill)
d. 05   Midnight River Crossing - 10:00  (Pheeroan AkLaff)
e. 06   Breath - 4:23  (Julian Priester)

Sam Rivers (f) on b; (ss) on c; (ts) on a, d-e.

Group known as Summit Conference.

One additional selection - #3: 8:24 - title unknown.

23 February 2014

SUMMIT CONFERENCE - Knitting Factory, NY. 1998






















REGGIE WORKMAN, bass
SAM RIVERS, flute, tenor sax
JULIAN PRIESTER, trombone
JOHN HICKS, piano
PHEEROAN AKLAFF, drums

1. 28:01
2. 11:41
3. 15:27
4. 04:58

Knitting Factory, New York.  June 1998.

BBC Radio 3 'Jazz on 3'

MUJICIAN - Band on the Wall. 1997


















KEITH TIPPETT, piano
PAUL DUNMALL, tenor and soprano saxophone
PAUL ROGERS, bass
TONY LEVIN, drums

1. 17:21
2. 11:04
3. 08:01
4. 10:33

Band on the Wall, Manchester.  22 May 1997

BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

21 February 2014

PETER EVANS - solo "ULRICHSBERG, 2007"


The picture above (by Iztok Zupan) is from the concert in Ulrichsberg's Pfarrkirche (parish church) during the Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon.
I only knew his solo CD from 2006. But to see and hear him in a live-setting was quite astonishing.

 "Peter plays lines the likes of which I have never heard. Extremely chromatic, with wide intervals and unexpected changes of direction. This guy can play just about anything, it seems." Dave Douglas



Peter Evans, trumpet, piccolo trumpet

1. {  14:15
2. }  17:34
3. ]  12:52
4. [  07:37


Recorded at the Pfarrkirche, Ulrichsberg, Austria on April 28, 2007.

EDDIE PRÉVOST - solo "ULRICHSBERG, 2000"



Eddie Prévost, percussion

1. >Concert< 41:52

Recorded April 28, 2000 at the Jazzatelier, Ulrichsberg, Austria.

Note: do not let you irritate by the lone clasper at 16:20 ;-)
Silence at the beginning of the CD is part of the concert.


20 February 2014

MUJICIAN - Toronto 1999






















KEITH TIPPETT, piano
PAUL DUNMALL, tenor saxophone, ocarina, bagpipes
PAUL ROGERS, bass
TONY LEVIN, drums

1. 61:03
2. 07:40

Music Gallery, Toronto.  21 May 1999

For Onx and Nick




PAUL RUTHERFORD "OLD MOERS ALMANAC" (RING RECORDS, 1976)




Paul Rutherford, trombone and voice

Side A:
1. Hank Over            08:29
2. Tolly Blues           11:03

Side B:
1. Old Moers Almanac     17:17
2. Arlbedesame           04:53

Live at 5th International New Jazz Festival (open air), Schloßpark, Moers, Germany on June 7, 1976.

RING 01014

(lp rip)

My thanks goes to  wightdj for an improved front cover.


19 February 2014

GRAHAM L. ROGERS - R.I.P.



I have the sad obligation to announce the death of Graham L. Rogers.
Today I got a mail from his brother.
Graham - better known to most as glmlr - has died from cardio-vascular complications on December 21, 2013 in Athens.

His last contribution to IS was a copy of CT's "Praxis" LP he has send me in November last year.

I didn't know Graham very well.
But I shall miss him as a helpful friend and comrade in music.
R.I.P.

17 February 2014

FLOROS FLORIDIS - KROK TRIO (j.n.d., 1986)



Floros Floridis, clarinet, alto & soprano saxophone
Dimitris Polyzoidis, violin, viola
Michalis Siganidis, bass

1. 7, 9, 11                             (05:58)      
2. Φίγκοβιτς                            (08:40)       
3. Mysterioso  (Th.Monk)                (05:47)                  
4. Ο Ζακ Πιτσούνι Στα Εχθρικά Πυρά      (06:02)        
5. K.R.O.K.                             (03:23)  
6. Kula-Kula                            (07:14)      
7. 5 Έλληνες Στον Άδη                   (02:24)


Recorded at Radio Station Macedonia, Studio EPT-1 on 23rd October, 1986.

j.n.d.6

(lp rip)

YOSHIAKI FUJIKAWA AND EASTASIA ORCHESTRA - JAZZBÜHNE BERLIN '84 (REPERTOIRE RECORDS, 1991)




1. Bold and Able
2. Lardiga
3. Divine Gift and Yellow God
4. Only for Life
5. Never Say Die
6. Tribal Chief


Yoshiaki Fujikawa, leader, alto sax
Tetsuji Yoshida, trumpet
Ichiyu Komiya, trumpet
Hiroshi Itaya, trombone
Haruki Sato, trombone
Kazutoki Umezu, saxes
Keizo Inoue, saxes
Junji Hirose, saxes
Hiroaki Katayama, saxes
Keiki Midorikawa, cello
Takeharu Hayakawa, bass
Takashi Kikuchi, drums
Tatsuji Yokoyama, percussion

Recorded live at Volksbüne East Berlin on June 17, 1984.

Repertoire Records, REP 4914-WZ; Wave, WWWCJ-1022

CD Rip




16 February 2014

TAKEHISA KOSUGI & AKIO SUZUKI - NEW SENSE OF HEARING (ALM-URANOIA, 1980)





A. Duo Improvisation
B. Duo Improvisation

Takehisa Kosugi, violin, radio transmitter,voice
Akio Suzuki, analopos, kikkokikiriki, spring cong, glass harmonica

Recorded on 2nd April, 1979 at Aeolian Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Alm-Uranoia - UR-3

Vinyl Rip

Re-up for Dan


15 February 2014

MASAHIKO TOGASHI, RICHIE BEIRACH - FREEDOM JOY (TRIAL RECORDS, 1998)





1. Rectilinear
2. Haze
3. Bagatelle #6
4. Little Eyes
5. Inter-Action
6. Circle, Chain, Mirror
7. Ida Lupino
8. Waltz Step
9. Sunday Song


Richie Beirach, piano
Masahiko Togashi, percussion

Recorded at Mesena Hall, Susaka City, on 25 September 1997.

Trial Records - ETR 001

CD Rip




13 February 2014

CHEIKH TIDIANE FALL, MALACHI FAVORS & SUNNY MURRAY ‎– AFRICAN MAGIC (CIRCLE RECORDS, 1979)




A1. Wolofu Bugu Bolibana
A2. I Am A Soldier I - African-American Spiritual

B1. I Am A Soldier II - African-American Spiritual
B2. African Ancestrian Piece
B3. Angry Man 8:00


Cheikh Tidiane Fall, congas, tama, tabla, voice, percussion
Malachi Favors, bass, voice, percussion
Sunny Murray, drums, voice, percussion


Recorded June 5, 1979

Circle Records ‎– RK 5679/17

Vinyl Rip





12 February 2014

DOLLAR BRAND ‎– MANNENBERG - 'IS WHERE IT'S HAPPENING' (AS SHAMS RECORDS, 1974)






A. Mannenberg ~ 'Is Where It's Happening'

B. The Pilgrim


Robbie Jansen, alto saxophone, flute
Paul Michaels, bass
Monty Weber, drums
Dollar Brand, piano
Basil Coetzee, tenor saxophone, flute

As Shams Records - The Sun ‎– SRK 786134

Vinyl Rip




11 February 2014

LEO CUYPERS ‎– BRULL BAND (VARAJAZZ, 1985)





A1. Bouncing With Babe
A2. De Gigant
A3. Burengerucht

B1. De Wedstrijd
B2. Killer Joe Suite



Ernst Glerum, bass
Martin Van Duynhoven, drums
Jan Kuiper, guitar
Leo Cuypers, piano
Bob Driessen, reeds
Maarten Van Norden, reeds
Willem Van Manen, trombone


Recorded on 21 December 1984 in "o 42", Nijmegen.

VaraJazz ‎– VARAJAZZ5217

Vinyl Rip





EXTREMELY QUARTET. Brighton, 1996



PAUL DUNMALL, alto and tenor sax
JOHN LAW, piano
BARRY GUY, bass
LOUIS MOHOLO, drums

First set
1. 45:18

Second set
1. 36:59
2. 9:23

The Lift, Brighton.  29th March 1996

For Rudi

10 February 2014

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART - Brötzmann-Mangelsdorff-Dauner-Bennink "STUTTGART 1985"





Peter Brötzmann, baritone & tenor saxophone, clarinet, tarogato
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Wolfgang Dauner, piano
Han Bennink, drums, percussion

1. First Attack (Dauner) 04:21
2. Sticks To Come (Mangelsdorff) 08:18
3. Dropsticks (Bennink) 24:40
4. Jetzt Stürzen Wir Wieder Ab (Brötzmann) 20:32

Recorded on January 17, 1985 in Stutgart (possibly at Villa Berg), Germany.


9 February 2014

DUNMALL - MATTOS - PREVOST. 1997

















PAUL DUNMALL,  tenor sax
MARCIO MATTOS,  bass
EDDIE PREVOST,  drums

1. 47:26

Spitz, London.  25th September 1997


8 February 2014

J.R. MONTEROSE ‎– IS ALIVE IN AMSTERDAM PARADISO (HEAVY SOUL MUSIC, 1969)





A1. I Remember Clifford
A2. Sonnymoon For Two

B1. Reborn One
B2. Reborn Two


J.R. Monterose, tenor saxophone
Han Bennink, drums
Jan Jacobs, bass (B1, B2)
Groentjie, timbales (B1, B2)
Steve Boston, conga (B1, B2)


Recorded at Paradiso, Amsterdam in June 1969

Heavy Soul Music ‎– HSM 1502

Vinyl Rip


7 February 2014

DUNMALL - ROGERS - DRAKE . Bristol, 2004
















PAUL DUNMALL, tenor and soprano sax, bagpipes
PAUL ROGERS, 7 string ALL bass
HAMID DRAKE, drums

First set  34:39
Second set  47:37

Music Rooms, Bristol.  24th May 2004

HARRY MILLER QUINTET ‎– DOWN SOUTH (VARAJAZZ, 1984)





A1. Down South
A2. Ikaya
A3. Deep Down Feeling
A4. Schooldays

B1. Opportunities
B2. Flame Tree
B3. Mofolo


Harry Miller, bass
Mark Charig, cornet,trumpet
Han Bennink, drums
Sean Bergin, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone
Wolter Wierbos, trombone


Recorded 3 March 1983 in Vara Studio 3

VARAJAZZ ‎– 4213

Vinyl Rip



6 February 2014

PAUL DUNMALL - TONY MOORE - MATT LEWIS Jericho Tavern, Oxford 1987



















PAUL DUNMALL, tenor and baritone saxophone
TONY MOORE, bass
MATT LEWIS, drums

Set 1  40:27
Set 2  22:02
Set 3  30:34

Jericho Tavern, Oxford.  1st February 1987

Leave a comment Danny!



HOARACE TAPSCOTT "THE GIANT IS AWAKENED" (FLYING DUTCHMAN, 1969)






















Serviceton, in the comments to his post of Arthur Blythe's bush baby has kindly also added the classic 1969 Horace Tapscott album 'the giant is awakened' another beauty as yet unreissued on disc except briefly in japan as a semi authorised 'release".

Horace Tapscott - piano
Arthur Blythe - alto Saxophone
David Bryant - bass
Walter Savage Jr - bass
Everett Brown Jr - drums


Recorded April 1, 1969 in Los Angeles
Produced by Bob Thiele
Released on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label
FDS-107


A1. The Giant Is Awakened (Tapscott)     17:19
A2. For Fats (Blythe)                   02:20
B1. The Dark Tree (Tapscott)            06:58
B2. Niger's Theme (Tapscott)            11:54


cheers serviceton!

Note:
This a re-up (kind-of) of the 2008 post from Sotise ...
...new links added (from CD re-issue - OOP...)

IAN BRIGHTON-COLIN WOOD-FRANK PERRY-RADU MALFATTI-PHIL WACHSMANN "BALANCE" (INCUS, 1973)





Ian Brighton, guitar
Colin Wood, cello
Frank Perry, percussion
Radu Malfatti, trombone, khene, bass recorder
Phil Wachsmann, violin

A1. Constellations Of Force     19:59
B1. Remember The Smell Of Earth When You Were Young     3:00
B2. Cogito Ergo Slum  4:03
B3. Almostmaybesometimesnever 1:46
B4. Worsel Centrum  6:51
B5. Outer Equilibrium Together With Inner Section     5:10


Recorded in Southend, 10 and 11 September 1973.

INCUS 11

 - scans by Nick - ripped by onxidlib -

5 February 2014

DOLLAR BRAND / DON CHERRY / CARLOS WARD ‎– THE THIRD WORLD - UNDERGROUND (NADJA/TRIO, 1974)




A1. Don's Song
A2. Cherry

B1. Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro
B2. Jabulani-Easter Joy
B3. Waya-Wa-Egoli
B4. Swazi
B5. Wayeah-Wayeah-O


Dollar Brand, piano
Don Cherry, trumpet, vocals, percussion
Carlos Ward, alto saxophone, vocals, percussion

Recorded live at the Jazz-House Montmartre, Copenhagen, November 14, 1972

Trio Records ‎– PAP-9018, Nadja ‎– PAP-9018

Vinyl Rip

Not sure of the release year for this: does anyone know?





2 February 2014

FRED VAN HOVE / WOLFGANG DAUNER "REQUIEM FOR CHE GUEVARA / PSALMUS SPEI" (MPS, 1968)



For Fredzo and Alex in Solex


Side A:
WOLFGANG DAUNER "PSALMUS SPEI FOR CHOIR AND JAZZ GROUP" 13:25

Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Gerd Dudek, tenor saxophone
Wolfgang Dauner, organ, Hohner-electra-melodica
Eberhard Weber, cello
Jürgen Karg, bass
Fred Braceful, drums
Choir (Kantorei) at St. Martin in Kassel
Conducted by Klaus Martin Ziegler


Side B:
FRED VAN HOVE  "REQUIEM FOR CHE GUEVARA, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JOHN F. AND ROBERT KENNEDY, MALCOLM X" (for organ and jazz group) 17:27
Cel Overberghe, Kris Wanders, Willem Breuker, saxophone
Ed Kröger, trombone
Peter Kowald, bass
Fred Van Hove, organ
Han Bennink, drums

Recorded live at the "Kirche am Südstern", at the Berlin Jazz Festival on November 10, 1968.

MPS 15205 ST (LP)
(ripped from CRYSTAL 066 CRY 45 303 [LP], 1979)

Note: Psalmus Spei has psalm 58/2,4,5 and 139/7-12 as lyrics for the choir.
Requiem for Che Guevara... is based on Martin Luther's "Mitten wir im Leben sind, von dem Tode umgeben" (in the midst of live we're surrounded by death)

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Wadada Leo Smith - What is Democracy?



What is Democracy? is the second part of Wadada Leo Smith's three-part Ten Freedom Summers, performed by his Golden Quartet and the Ligeti String Quartet over three nights at Café Oto in November 2013, as part of the London jazz festival.

Yes, the message is there, but this is dense, powerful music that delivers its message through elegant complexity. There is a propulsive force that reminds me of Mingus and Cecil Taylor, and Wadada seems to want to make reference to several voices of Miles Davis - I can hear mid-50s Miles to begin with, and Live-Evil later, and it is this changing voice that seems to successfully create the space for the string quartet in the later pieces. Wonderful stuff - let's hope that Radio 3 broadcast more, or that Café Oto release a recording of all three nights - the entire suite is however available as a studio recording (highly recommended).

Many thanks to Tom Philips who recorded this from Radio 3 in excellent quality, and also to Stefano for the artwork included.

Ten Freedom Summers - Second Collection: What is Democracy?

Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Anthony Davis (piano)
John Lindberg (bass)
Anthony Brown (drums)

The Ligetti Quartet
Mandhira de Saram (violin)
Patrick Dawkins (violin)
Richard Jones (viola)
Ben Davis (cello)

00 - Interview + Intro (2.17)
01 - Freedom Summers (6.08)
02 - Medgar Evers (23.55)
03 - Sunday Morning (16.23)
04 - Emmet Till (23.43)

Café Oto, London, 22nd November, 2013

LEO CUYPERS - IN AMSTERDAM (BV HAAST RECORDS, 1980)






A1. Mattox Medley
A2. Saint Michel

B1. Prinsengracht
B2. De Riem
B3. Romance
B4. Skinned Ahead/Jarrett


Leo Cuypers, piano


Recorded live in the "Brakke Grond" Amsterdam, May 19th, 1979.

BV Haast Records ‎– BVHAAST 028

Vinyl Rip



LEO CUYPERS ‎– "LIVE" IN SHAFFY (BV HAAST RECORDS, 1974)





B1. Swing Along With Babe

B3. Russell
B4. Love You Tenderly
B5. Ham & Egg Stango


Piet Noordijk, alto saxophone
Willem Breuker, soprano, alto, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Leo Cuypers, piano
Arjen Gorter, double bass
Rob Verdurmen, drums
Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophone
Willem Van Manen, trombone
Martin Van Duynhoven, drums
Ronald Snijders, flute
Jan Wolff, horn
Koen Van Slogteren, oboe
Bernard Hunnekink, trombone
Maurice Horsthuis, violin


Track A1 and B1 recorded September 24, 1974.
Track A2, B2, B3 and B4 recorded September 25, 1974.
Track B5 recorded September 27, 1974.

BV Haast Records ‎– BV HAAST 001

Side A and B2 are still available on Zeeland Suite / Johnny Rep Suite CD from http://wbk.home.xs4all.nl/bvhaastwinkel.html

Vinyl Rip