THE DIRECTORS - Union Tavern, 1987

JON CORBETT - cornet
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor, soprano and baritone saxophones
TONY MOORE - bass
PAUL HESSION - drums

SET 1
1. 17:06
2. 6:45
3. 17:38
4. 5:40
5. 7:02

SET 2
1. 30:18

Union Tavern, London.  7th March 1987  

STEVE LACY ‎– TORMENTS (MORGUE, 1979)

A1. Staples
A2. Zeal
A3. The Oil

B1. The Owl
B2. Torments


Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone


Recorded on 16 June 1975 (not 6 July 1975, as given on the cover) at Silk Hall, Kyoto.

Morgue - 01

LP Rip

DON CHERRY'S NU - Live at the Bracknell Jazz Festival, 1986

DON CHERRY - pocket trumpet, piano, vocals, doussn'gouni
CARLOS WARD - alto saxophone, flute
MARK HELIAS - bass
ED BLACKWELL - drums
NANA VASCONCELOS - percussion, berimbau, vocals

1. Lito  23:29
2. Chopin Chopeen  8:01
3. Foolish Heart  6:58
4. Traffic  6:39
5. O Berimbau  4:35
6. Untitled  11:20
7. Limbo  8:37
8. Mopti  5:00


Live At The Bracknell Jazz Festival, 1986  (BBC Jazz Legends)

I remember John Stevens at the side of the stage intently studying Ed Blackwell's drumming.

Happy Christmas.

Stockhausen Festival, Munich, 21 - 25 October 2015

Munich saw a different kind of Oktoberfest this year, with a five day Stockhausen festival, much of which was broadcast by BR-Klassik's Horizonte programme.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard played the first eleven Klavierstücke in concerts spread across the festival; I really like these performances, as they are played in a way which (to my ears), makes a strong connection to the piano music of Messiaen and Boulez. Apart from X, from which there are two substantial extracts, all the other pieces were broadcast in their entirety.

In addition, there are really excellent performances of three other pieces;

Kontakte (22 October)
Pierre- Laurent Aimard (piano)
Dirk Rothburst (percussion)
Marco Stroppa (klangregie / sound direction)

Zyklus (22 October)
Dirk Rothburst (percussion)

Hymnen (23 October?)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paul Jeukendrup (klangregie / sound direction)
Conductor - Peter Eötvös

With a bit of luck, the other pieces at the festival, including Mantra, might be either broadcast or released. It would be great to hear from people who were able to attend any of these concerts, or indeed any of the performers.

KEITH TIPPETT'S TAPESTRY - Manchester 1997 (BBC)

GETHIN LIDDINGTON - trumpet
PINO MINAFRA - trumpet
JIM DVORAK - trumpet, cornet
MARK CHARIG - trumpet
MALCOLM GRIFFITHS - trombone
DAVE AMIS - trombone
PAUL RUTHERFORD - trombone
OREN MARSHALL - tuba
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone, bagpipes
SIMON PICARD - tenor saxophone
LARRY STABBINS - soprano and tenor saxophones
ELTON DEAN - alto saxophone, saxello
GIANLUIGI TROVESI - alto saxophone, alto clarinet
LEE GOODALL - alto saxophone, flute,
JULIE TIPPETTS - voice
MAGGIE NICHOLS - voice
VIVIEN ELLIS - voice
PAUL ROGERS - bass
LOUIS MOHOLO -drums
TONY LEVIN - drums
KEITH TIPPETT - composer, piano

1. First Weaving  74:17
2. Outro (Geoffrey Smith)  0:45

Band on the Wall, Manchester  22rd May 1997

BBC Radio 3 broadcast (24/5/97)

Buy 'Live at Le Mans' 2CD by the Keith Tippett Tapestry Orchestra (Edition Records) at sale price here

KEITH TIPPETT'S TAPESTRY - Bishop's Castle 1997

GETHIN LIDDINGTON - trumpet
PINO MINAFRA - trumpet
JIM DVORAK - trumpet, cornet
MARK CHARIG - trumpet
MALCOLM GRIFFITHS - trombone
DAVE AMIS - trombone
PAUL RUTHERFORD - trombone
OREN MARSHALL - tuba
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone, bagpipes
SIMON PICARD - tenor saxophone
LARRY STABBINS - soprano and tenor saxophones
ELTON DEAN - alto saxophone, saxello
GIANLUIGI TROVESI - alto saxophone, alto clarinet
LEE GOODALL - alto saxophone, flute,
JULIE TIPPETTS - voice
MAGGIE NICHOLS - voice
VIVIEN ELLIS - voice
PAUL ROGERS - bass
LOUIS MOHOLO -drums
TONY LEVIN - drums
KEITH TIPPETT - composer, piano

1. First Weaving  77:31

Three Tuns, Bishop's Castle.  23rd May 1997

For bventure and softnucleus

Buy 'Live at Le Mans' 2CD by the Keith Tippett Tapestry Orchestra (Edition Records) at sale price here

Minafric Orchestra, with Louis Moholo, Keith Tippett & Julie Tippetts ~-~ For Mandela ~-~ Puglia, 13th September 2014

Here's one from the 2014 Talos festival in Puglia, Italy, with the Minafric orchestra playing their 'For Mandela' suite, with guests Louis Mofolo, Keith Tippett and Julie Tippetts. This is high energy and really good fun free music, almost a collision between Alan Silva's Seasons, Albert Ayler and Sun Ra.

vocals Gianna Montecalvo, Cinzia Eramo, Lisa Manosperti

saxophones Roberto Ottaviano, Sandro Satta, Pasquale Innarella, Carlo Actis Dato, Nicola Pisani

trumpet Pino Minafra, Vito Mitoli, Marco Sannini, Giorgio Distante

trombone Beppe Caruso, Sebi Tramontana, Michele Marzella

keyboards Livio Minafra

bass Giorgio Vendola

drums Vicenzo Mazzone

drums Louis Moholo-Moholo

vocals Julie Tippetts

piano Keith Tippett

Piazzetta le Monache, Ruvo di Puglia, 13th September 2014

Evan Parker - solo - Sant'Anna Arresi - 1st September 2015

Here's a transcendental solo performance by Evan Parker, from earlier this year at Santa'Anna Arresi, broadcast a few days ago by RAI3.

This is down-sampled from a hi-res recording I made of the broadcast, and if there's sufficient interest, I can post that - much larger files, however.

James Blood Ulmer: Mainstage - Jazzfestival 2015 mp2

Veranstaltungsort:Congress Zentrum Saalfelden

James Blood Ulmer
„Are You Glad to Be in America?“
USA

Sendezeit: 03:57 Uhr
Titel: See Through
Länge: 08:02 Min
Interpret: James Blood Ulmer (and band)
Komponist: James 'Blood' Ulmer

Sendezeit: 03:48 Uhr
Titel: Interview
Länge: 09:13 Min
Interpret: James Blood Ulmer (and band)
Komponist: James 'Blood' Ulmer

Sendezeit: 03:40 Uhr
Titel: Jazz is the Teacher (Funk is the Preacher)
Länge: 08:20 Min
Interpret: James Blood Ulmer (and band)
Komponist: James 'Blood' Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer - guitar, vocals
Ronny Drayton - guitar
David Murray - tenor saxophone
Oliver Lake - alto saxophone
Hamiet Bluiett - baritone saxophone
Calvin Jones - bass
G. Calvin Weston - drums
Aubrey Dayle – drums

It's only 22:00 but hopefully they'll broadcast more.......

DAM - Radio broadcast 1986

PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone
TONY MOORE - double-bass
DAVE ALEXANDER - drums

1. 22:46

BBC Radio 3.  Jazz Today.  Broadcast 16 June 1986

I saw this trio once.  I'd seen Paul at a gig in Birmingham and he said they were going to be playing at the Oporto in London.  So, when the time came, I went down to check them out.  As I remember, the London streets were busy, busy, the tubes were packed, but when I got to the downstairs room at the Oporto pub there was loooads of space and maybe half a dozen people.  The music though was very busy, almost overwhelmingly so to ears relatively new to this sort of thing. Intense and extremely exciting.

I'm guessing I missed the start of taping this off the radio, and for some reason didn't record the dulcet tones of the great Charles Fox, which might have helped.  Paul can't find his tape of the broadcast, so unless someone else can come up with more completeness - this is all there is.  Check out some fabulous stopping and starting near the beginning.  Both Tony Moore and Dave Alexander have never really got the recognition they deserve.     

DLM - Radio broadcast 1983

PAUL DUNMALL- tenor saxophone
TONY MOORE - double-bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. Intro by Charles Fox  2:16
2. 133  11:23
3. Announcement  0:52
4. Two is Three  14:29
5. Outro  0:27

BBC Radio 3 'Jazz in Britain'.   Recorded 12 January 1983
Broadcast 21 Feburary 1983

THINKO JAZZ - Radio broadcast 1987

Yay!  THINKO JAZZ man!

MARK LANGFORD - bass clarinet
JERRY UNDERWOOD - tenor saxophone
ANDY SHEPPARD - tenor and soprano saxophones
PAUL DUNMALL - baritone and tenor saxophones
PAUL ANSTEY - bass
TONY ORRELL - drums

1. 7:01
2. 6:28
3. 11:49

Bit lacking in info on this one.
(Another shorty, on the other side of The Quartet tape)

THE QUARTET - BBC Jazz Today 1987

ALI HAURAND - bass
GERD DUDEK - tenor and soprano saxophone, flute
ROB VAN DEN BROECK - piano
TONY OXLEY - drums

1. Introduction - Charles Fox  0:33
2. Unbounded  10:53
3. Announcement 0:12
4. Announcement 0:27
5. Pannonica  4:30
6. Announcement  0:36
7. Ente-taining  9:48
8. Outro  0:20

BBC Radio 3, Jazz Today.  Broadcast 30 November 1987

Short one.

MUJICIAN - VIENNA 2003

PAUL DUNMALL - tenor and soprano saxophones
KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

Set One
1. 33:11
2. 11:14

Set Two
1. 43:58

Porgy and Bess, Vienna.  19th October 2003