VINKO GLOBOKAR & ENSEMBLE NEW PHONIC ART "DRAMA & CORRESPONDENCES" (BASF, 1973)

Requested by Andy Yue a few days ago and contributed by Bernhard in July 2013.


Side A  (21:30)
1. Drama Für Einen Pianisten Und Einen Schlagzeuger I - V

Jean-Pierre Drouet, percussion, microphone, throat microphone, pedals, ring modulator, loudspeakers
Carlos Roqué Alsina, piano, microphone, throat microphone, pedals, ring modulator, loudspeakers

Side B   (20:10)
1. Drama Für Einen Pianisten Und Einen Schlagzeuger VI Und VII

Jean-Pierre Drouet, percussion, microphone, throat microphone, pedals, ring modulator, loudspeakers
Carlos Roqué Alsina, piano, microphone, throat microphone, pedals, ring modulator, loudspeakers
 
2. Correspondences Für 4 Solisten

New Phonic Art:
Michel Portal, bass clarinet,
Jean-Pierre Drouet, percusiion
Carlos Roqué Alsina, piano
Vinko Globokar, trombone

A1 & B1 composed in 1971.
B2 composed in 1969.

Recorded in '73

BASF ‎– 20 21803-1  (vinyl rip)

Mary Halvorson Quintet ~ ~ Cormòns, Italy, 26th October 2014

This is an absolutely red hot set from the Mary Halvorson Quintet. It sounds a lot like free jazz, but I can hear waltzes and reels, and snippets of folk music throughout. I hope you enjoy this!

Mary Halvorson ~ guitar
Jonathan Finlayson ~ trumpet
Jon Irabagon ~ soprano & tenor sax 

John Hébert ~ bass
Ches Smith ~ drums & percussion

Cantina Renato Keber, Cormòns, 26th October 2014

Broadcast on RAI3 FM; 24th July 2015

KIM DAE HWAN "LIKE A DEW ALSO LIKE A THUNDER" (BIGTORY, 1988-2001)

Kang Tae Hwan, alto saxophone (5 + 6)
Choi Sun Bae, trumpet (5 + 6)
Kazumi Watanabe, guitar (4)
Yoriyuki Harada, piano (2)
Yosuke Yamashita, piano (4)
Kang Eun Il, haegum (3)
Kim Dae Hwan, puk (1 + 7), drums & percussion (2 - 6)

1. Solo     07:49
2. Duo             16:35
3. Duo             08:31
4. Trio     20:20
5. Trio     09:03
6. Trio     04:34
7. Solo     03:21


Track 1 and 7 recorded at FM Tokyo, September 1993; track 2 recorded May 10, 2001; track 3 recorded in Kangnung, South Korea, May 27, 2000; track 4 recorded at Shinjuku Quest Hall, Tokyo, October 20, 1999; tracks 5 and 6 recorded at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo, July 5, 1988.

BIGTORY BIGD-001 (2004)

JOHN TAYLOR (1942-2015) - SOLO, Bath Festival 1996

Terribly sad news about the great John Taylor leaving us.

RIP John Taylor (1942-2015)

Beautiful man, beautiful music.

JOHN TAYLOR - SOLO PIANO

1. Pure and simple/Love theme from Spartacus/Old time  22:13
2. How deep is the ocean  10:20
3. Interview with Chris Parker  10:56
4. Helena  6:33 (w. tape flip)
5. Ambleside  8:42
6. Everybody's song but my own  6:42

BBC Radio 3  Jazz from Bath Festival, May 1996

MUJICIAN TRIO - INN ON THE GREEN, 1995

MUJICIAN TRIO

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 18.33
2. 30.55

Inn on the Green, Wentnor.  26 March 1995

Quality cassette recording.  Enjoy.

Masabumi Kikuchi - RIP - July 2015

VARIOUS - ELECTRONIC MUSIC PROJECT (KUBU, 1983)

A. Electronic Music Project Quartet

B. Electronic Music Project Full Group


Quartet and full group

Larry Stabbins, saxophone
Matt Hutchinson, synthesizer, keyboards, piano
Paul Rutherford, trombone, electronics
Phil Wachsmann, violin, electronics, tape

Full group

Bertrand Clement, double bass
Anonymous, piano
Paul Kirby, saxophone
Steve Moore, saxophone
Loz Speyer, trumpet
Phil Durrant, violin, electronics



Recorded at the West Square Studio, London, in October 1983

Kubu ‎– Kubu Cassette 004

Cassette Rip

FRED VAN HOVE, PHIL WACHSMANN ‎– FRED 'N PHIL (KUBU, 1983)

A. Duo In Ghent
B. Duo In London, Ontario


Fred Van Hove, piano
Phil Wachsmann, violin


Recorded in Ghent, Belgium, on 1 March 1983 and in London, Ontario, Canada, on 29 October 1981

Kubu ‎– Kubu Cassette 003

Cassette Rip

Garrett List - The Real Live Orchestra. In and Out (Igloo 1986)

Garrett List - Trombone, Voice
Marc Pirard - Guitar, Bass
Jean-Pierre Urbano -  Guitar, Arp Synthesizer
Denis Pousseur - Keyboards, Synthesizer

IN
A1 - We're Cool Now         5:52    
A2 - Voices Of The World (1)     6:00    
A3 - Tower Of Babel         3:01    
A4 - Romeo & Juliette         5:33    

OUT
B1 - Voices Of The Worlds (2)     3:25    
B2 - Facing The Truth         5:48    
B3 - Blood Brothers         4:15    
B4 - New Adam         4:33    

Music for IN composed by Garrett List
Music for OUT improvised by RLO

Recorded june 1985

Igloo, IGL 037, Vinyl
Released 1986

And then there was none ...

With the passing away of Jerome Cooper on 6 May this year, the Revolutionary Ensemble has taken their revolution to the spiritual realm. Leroy Jenkins died in 2007 and Sirone in 2009, both of whom have been featured on this blog before as well as the Ensemble in full. The Revolutionary Ensemble started up in the 1970s, mostly playing the loft and club circuit in New York, disbanded in 1977 and came together in the new millennium to make a couple of albums before it was all over.

With a basic lineup of violin, bass and percussion, the group developed a chamber-like sound, less rowdy perhaps than their free jazz compatriots at the time, yet, still distinctely anchored in free improvisation.

The three sets featured here were recorded at the Tin Palace, located on the Bowery, close to CBGBs, and one of the few places offering performance space for this type of music. It eventually folded in the late 70s, but there are fond memories attached to the place to judge from accounts found on the web.

Revolutionary Ensemble
January 14 1977
Tin Palace
NY, NY

master audience cassette > cdr (transferred by orchiddoctor)
cdr > eac(secure mode) > peak pro 5.2(adjust volume, trim wave files) > flac(level 6) (tracked/edited by carville, no noise reduction)

total time 2:24:58

1st set 54:29
1 19:12
2 14:43
3 7:08
4 13:25 (tape flip @ 5:01)

2nd set 59:09
1 14:25
2 30:30 (tape flip @ 27:10)
3 14:13

3rd set 31:19
1 7:32
2 11:09
3 12:35

This is another recording done by "orchiddoctor" and edited and uploaded by "carville", so thanks to them for keeping history alive. To quote orchiddoctor's notes:

"The Revolutionary Ensemble. What can I say? Rare performances (among the last) by an underappreciated group that just couldn't get work. These two nights were the only times I saw them. I did do a photo shoot of Jerome Cooper a year later at his practice space in the meat packing district, and I saw him with Roscoe Mitchell at the Wildflowers set; but I don't recall seeing any of these guys again. Certainly not as a unit. Just for flavor, during the quiet moments--especially Leroy's solos--you can hear the cash register at the Tin Palace going ca-ching. I miss that sound! The Palace is now a vacant, ugly mess, haunted by the ghosts of great musicians. R.I.P. Mr Jenkins and Sirone."

And Mr. Cooper.

MICHAEL SNOW ‎– MUSICS FOR PIANO, WHISTLING, MICROPHONE AND TAPE RECORDER (CHATHAM SQUARE PRODUCTIONS, 1975)

A,B. Falling Starts
C.    W In The D
D.    Left Right


Michael Snow, tape, whistle, microphone, piano


Produced by the Isaacs Gallery, 832 Yonge St., Toronto, Michael Snow and Chatham Square.

Chatham Square Productions ‎– LP 1009/10

LP Rip