Eijiro Nakagawa Quartet ~ Hisatsugu Suzuki Quartet ~ Toshio Osumi Trio ~ NHK Fureai Hall, Tokyo; 2014

Three sessions from two quartets and a trio, from 2014, with a mixture of standards and original material.

Eijiro Nakagawa Quartet - NHK Fureai Hall, Tokyo; 23 June 2014 (54:59)

C Jam Blues (Ellington)
Boot City
Focal Point
Trisense
Heaven’s Kitchen
Next Page
Samba de Rio

Eijiro Nakagawa - trombone
Masaki Hayashi - piano
Yuji Yajima - electric bass
Tappi Iwase - drums

Hisatsugu Suzuki Quartet - NHK Fureai Hall, Tokyo; 5 June 2014 (53:59)

Little Girl Blue (Richard Rogers)
I Should Care (Sammy Cahn)
In Love In the Rain
Waltz of August
Four Brothers

Suzuki Hisatsugu - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Yuya Wakai - piano
Yasuhiko Sato - bass
Dairiki Hara - drums

Toshio Osumi Trio - NHK Fureai Hall, Tokyo; 28 August 2014 (27:26)

Speak Low
The Look of Love
You Don’t Know What Love Is
A Hard Day’s Night

Toshi Yuki Sakane - piano (Speak Low, The Look of Love)
Hakuri Kim - piano (You Don’t Know What Love Is)
Hiromu Aoki - piano (A Hard Day’s Night)
Yutaka Yokoyama - bass
Toshio Osumi - drums

Broadcast on France Musique on 16 September 2015; the radio commentary is included as it includes set dates and set list and band member details. Apologies in advance for any misspelling of names - all corrections appreciated.

I hope you enjoy this, and best wishes for 2017 to everyone.

RADIO - RADIO (GEKKAN, 2000)

1. Davadavadava

2. Radio


Daisuke Fuwa, electric bass
Naohiro Kawashita, tenor & soprano sax
Katsui Yuji, violin
Takeshi Shibuya, organ
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, drums, vocals

Live recording from 1994

Gekkan - gekkan-007

CDr from Mads, thanks

JOHN TCHICAI & HARTMUT GEERKEN "CONTINENT" (PRAXIS, 1980)

John Tchicai, alto saxophone, bass drum, sudanese zebra drum, coptic church drum, pakhawaj, voice, piano (on A3)

Hartmut Geerken, piano, voice, gargling, whistle, rubab, dun harp, swarmandal harp, afghan sarangi,
tabla, wuhan gong, egyptian gongs, peking opera gongs, finger cymbals, egyptian circus cymbals,
egyptian waterseller's cymbals, finger cymbals, sudanese zebra drum, congas, lead camel bell,
egyptian donkey bells, afghan bells, egyptian ramzan drum bells, cappadocian door bells,
byzantine bells, waterphone, triangle, dar, beer tin, zallari, tibetan chinkas, sahara screw,
parnes steel, tibetan boo-chals, clockwork organ


A1. Marching Cara Cara     1:01
A2. I Saw A Continent     5:47
A3. To The President Of The Heavenly Empire     6:39
A4. The Indians Of The Continent     2:16
A5. The Dignity In The Belly     2:38
B1. Juanschukai Is Baader     5:17
B2. Maja Thurup     5:48
B3. Oktana A.E.     4:00
B4. Towards The Force World Age     6:04


Recorded at "Ploutashos Studios", Kifissa, Athens, October 18, 1980.

Praxis CM 102 (vinyl rip)

DAVEY WILLIAMS, LADONNA SMITH, WALLY SHOUP ‎– DERVISHES OF THREE AND TWO (TRANS MUSEQ, 1986)

Dervishes Of Three

A1. Unembedded Particles From The Wild West
A2. Dervish Water

Dervishes Of Two

B1. Rodent Ground Party
B2. Night With The Owl Hats
B3. Combing The Furrows
B4. Melody For Empty Storefronts


Wally Shoup, alto saxophone, Casio keyboard
Davey Williams, guitar
LaDonna Smith, viola, horseshoes

Cassette Rip

NEW JAZZ SYNDICATE ‎– THE ETERNAL RECURRENCE (NEW JAZZ SYNDICATE, 1980)

A. The Eternal Recurrence Part I

B. The Eternal Recurrence Part II



Alto Saxophone – Kaneko Kunio, Tsubota Yutaka, Yoda Yasuo
Double Bass – Hiraoki Satoh, Iijima Shin-Ichiro, Nakamura Yo, Tanaka Atsushi
Drums – Miyauchi Toshiro, Takagi Mikiharu
Flute – Yoda Yasuo
Piano – Amemiya Hiraku, Ryo Hara, Yamano Yasuko
Tenor Saxophone – Kamata Yuichi, Kawashita Naohiro
Trombone – Amemiya Hiraku
Trumpet – Hattori Katsuji, Komiya Kazuo, Shoda Jiro, Tomioka Eisuke
Viola – Itoh Hiroshi



Recorded live at Hosei University student hall, on 11 January 1980

New Jazz Syndicate 4

LP Rip

FEDAYIEN - IV (GEKKAN, 2003)

1. Davadavadaba

2. Under Paris Skies / Comme à la Radio

3. Davadava



Daisuke Fuwa, bass
Naohiro Kawashita, tenor & alto sax, violin
Shiro Ohnuma, drums
Kazu Nakahara, guitar on track 3


Photo by Takahashi Hiroshi


Tracks 1 and 2 were included on the gekkan-002 CDr and track 3 was added on a bonus CDr in a box set -re-release.

Recorded at Jittoku, Kyoto 1994 (1) and Chocolate City, Yoyogi 1992 (2, 3)

Gekkan - gekkan-002 and bonus CDr

Thanks again to Mads for all these.

TONER, RETURN FROM EARTH ‎– TONER / RETURN FROM EARTH (TRANS MUSEQ, 1986)

Toner

A. The Making Of The Lousitania

Davey Williams, guitar, arco guitar
Jim Willet, guitar, whistle, piano
LaDonna Smith, violin, recorder, percussion


Return From Earth

B1. Return From Earth
B2. Soul Review
B3. Pavlovian Absentmindedness

Wally Shoup, alto saxophone
LaDonna Smith, cornet, piano, viola
Davey Williams, electric guitar
Jim Willet, Juno synthesizer


Transmuseq

Cassette Rip

VARIOUS ‎– NIGHT BLOOMING VOICES (TRANS MUSEQ, 1986)

A. Malleable Gestures

John Corbett, acoustic guitar
Sara Boyd, violin
Wally Shoup, alto saxophone
Trish McCarl, cello, voice
Davey Williams, electric guitar
Jim Willett, electro-acoustic guitar, metal lid, voice
LaDonna Smith, viola, percussion, voice


B. Night Blooming Voices

Wally Shoup, alto saxophone
Trish McCarl, cello, voice
Davey Williams, electric guitar
Jim Willett, electro-acoustic guitar, metal lid, voice
LaDonna Smith, viola, percussion, voice

Recorded on 23 June 1986

Transmuseq

Cassette Rip

FEDAYIEN / SHIBUSASHIRAZU ORCHESTRA - OWABI DISK - APOLOGY DISK (GEKKAN, 2006)

1. Shibusashirazu Orchestra - Ohnuma Blues, Nagisa No Hito

2. Fedayien - Sauteed Green Pepper and Eggplant, Let's Talk About a Little Home, Fuwa Rumba



Fedayien live broadcast from NHK 505 Studio, Shibuya, Tokyo , 3 March 1992.

CDr Rip


Thanks again to Mads for the rip.

DAISUKE FUWA & SHUNJI YAMAMOTO (GEKKAN, 2000)

Daisuke Fuwa, bass, percussion, electronics

Shunji Yamamoto, flute


All tracks untitled


Recorded on 17 May 1980.

Gekkan - gekkan 004

CDr Rip


Thanks enormously to Mads for a treasure trove of Gekkan releases.

Gekkan (aka Fuwa Monthly) was a CDr label selling archival Daisuke Fuwa related CDrs via the web from around 2000-2006. A few were later remastered and issued on Chitei Records.

JACKSON KRALL - ASSOCIATED BIG BAND & SECRET MUSIC SOCIETY (STORK 1001 + 1003)

Got these two cassette rips from a friend a few days ago. I was alerted that the recordings contain some digital artifacts but haven't found much of it.
Enjoyed the music (what else...!) and I'm especially delighted to have some more sounds from the rarely recorded Earl Cross.


THE ASSOCIATED BIG BAND

Denis Charles, drums
Jackson Krall, drums
William Parker, bass
Hal Onserud, bass
Albey Balgochian, bass
Masahiko Kono, trombone
Marco Eneidi, alto saxophone
Rob Brown, alto saxophone
Daniel Carter, alto saxophone, trumpet
Richard Keene, tenor saxophone, flute
Lewis Barnes, trumpet
Leopanar G. Witlarge, fluegelhorn
Karen Borca, bassoon, soprano saxophone

A1. Snapping Turtle (Borca) 7:54
A2. Ceres Interlude (Keene) 8:31
A3. BoP (Balgochian, Onserud, Parker) 5:28
B1. Dennis and Jackson at the Beach (Charles, Krall) 2:26
B2. Ghosts (Ayler) 12:29
B3. Cross Cross (Krall) 7:32

Recorded October 27, 1991, 11 pm at the Knitting Factory, NY.

The Associated Big Band (Stork 1001) (cassette release)

Source: original cassette > 24 bits / 48 kHz WAV > FLAC [removed - manually - some digital artifacts]


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JACKSON KRALL & THE SECRET MUSIC SOCIETY

Yaya Mohammed Majid, tenor saxophone
Marco Eneidi, alto saxophone
Earl Cross, trumpet
William Parker, bass
Jackson Krall, drums


A. Beyond the Yellow Line  23:52
B. Somewhere on Columbus Ave.  27:49

Recorded July 21, 1984, Shuttle Theatre, New York City

Jackson Krall & The Secret Music Society (Stork 1003) (cassette release)

Source: cassette dub > 24 bits / 48 kHz WAV > FLAC  (from STORK 1003)

PAUL ROGERS & MARION BRANDIS - New York 1987

PAUL ROGERS - bass
MARION BRANDIS - flutes

1. 26:27
2. 09:48

Exp.Intermedia, NY

December 1987

Ahmad Jamal trio ~ Paris, 25th June 1971

(1) Bogota (Richard Evans) (15.28)

(2) Manhattan Reflections (Ahmad Jamal) (14.06)

(3) Extensions (Ahmad Jamal) (11.31)

(4) Poinciana (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) (10.59)

Ahmad Jamal (piano)
Jamil Sulieman (bass)
Frank Gant (drums)

Studio 104 de la Maison de la radio à Paris; 25th June, 1971 (courtesy of France Musique)

DAVEY WILLIAMS, LADONNA SMITH ‎– GREEN (TRANS MUSEQ, 1986)

A1. Cilantro
A2. Whimsy Hoof-prints
A3. Evening Song I
A4. Evening Song II
A5. Hard Work
A6. Zero-Sen

B1. Romance
B2. Green

Davey Williams, electric guitar
LaDonna Smith, viola, Casio keyboard

Cassette Rip

JEANNE LEE ‎– CONSPIRACY (SEEDS RECORDS, EARTHFORMS RECORDS, 1975)

I have listened to this many more times since the last post, but the transition in Sundance from the spoken-word poem to the dance between Jack Gregg's bass and Jeanne Lee's vocal is still spine-tingling.


A1. Sundance
A2. Yeh Come T' Be
A3. Jamaica
A4. Subway Couple

B1. The Miracle
B2. Your Ballad
B3. Angel Chile
B4. Conspiracy


Allan Praskin, clarinet (B2)
Perry Robinson, clarinet (B2)
Mark Whitecage, alto clarinet (B2)
Jack Gregg, bass
Steve McCall, drums
Gunter Hampel, flute, piano, vibraphone, alto and bass clarinet
Sam Rivers, soprano and tenor saxophone, flute
Marty Cook, trombone (B2)

Ensemble tracks recorded by George Klabin, Sound Ideas Studio, New York, February 1974.

Solo tracks and mix by Jan Rathbun, Blue Rock Studio and Good Vibration Studio, April and May 1974.

Seeds Records 5, Earthform Records - 814

Vinyl Rip

LADONNA SMITH, DAVEY WILLIAMS - TRAVELLERS (TRANS MUSEQ, 1990)

Travellers

A1. The Big Deep
A2. Takeoffs
A3. Travellers
A4. The Silver Plume Vamp
A5. The Sunken Dance Hall

Live At Klang

B1. Sky Tunnel
B2. Riding The Wave Form
B3. Schools Of Anima


Davey Williams, electric & slide guitar, tape-measure, 6-motored JPW-autograph model baseball glove

LaDonna Smith, viola, violin, voice, keyboards

Side A recorded on 3 May 1990.
Side B recorded in concert at KLANG, Atlanta, Georgia on 30 April 1990.

Trans Museq ‎– trans museq 10

Cassette Rip

THE MASTERS OF UNORTHODOX JAZZ "OVERGROUND" (BARABBAS RECORDS, 1969)

Harun Ghulam Barabbas, alto saxophone
Alaeddin Adlernest, bassoon
Ahmad Pechoc, piano
Toni Michlmayr, double bass
Muhammad Malli, percussion

A1. Magnetic Girl 10:05
A2. Space Girl 9:54
B1. Pissing Girl 6:13
B2. Everyone A Master 12:50

Recorded at 22:00 hrs, Austrophon-Studio, Vienna, May 16th, 1969.

BARABBAS RECORDS HGB 1001

WALLY SHOUP ‎– ALABAMA DUETS (SELF-RELEASED, 1987)

A. With Ted Bowen
B. With LaDonna Smith


Ted Bowen, acoustic bass
Wally Shoup, alto saxophone
LaDonna Smith, viola

Side A recorded at the Dogwood Lodge, Cottondale, Alabama on 11 August 1986.
Side B recorded at Trans Studio on 4 October 1987.

Cassette Rip

UPCOMING & RECENT RELEASES II

 I won't give a review for this latest release on the almost dormant label "psi".
But these 'liquid sculptures' have won my admiration easily. Quite a special sound-world.
Gouband plays lithophones (percussion played on and with stones) while Nauseef mostly uses metallic percussion.
Evan Parker feels strongly that this is one of the best records he has ever made.
And I gladly agree with this notion. Already added to my 'top ten' of 2016.
Highest recommendation on my side.

 Just deleted the link for a LP rip we've offered in 2010.
Yesterday morning - some minutes before I went to work - I discovered that it was reissued in September. Luckily it was available in Germany and so I got it today.
Remastered from the original tapes and housed in a LP replica.
A great early collaboration between Japanese and Afro-American masters.

The above recording is the second CD which shall add up to a trilogy.
"Luten" > Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky is in top condition here despite being 81 when this 30 minutes of music were recorded - yeah.
The line-up appeared promising before I heard it for the first time some weeks ago:

Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky - as, cl
Elan Pauer - p, perc
John Edwards - b
Robert Landfermann - b
Christian Lillinger - dr, perc

Available through the label Euphorium and elsewhere.

DISCOVERED & RECOMMENDED

I don't know wether the Al Neil Trio is really the first Free Jazz group from Canada.
But this recent purchase is surely an extraordinary find for me.
Especially the vocalisations from Richard Anstey have won me over. And this is true despite my general aversion for lyrics/poems et. al. "attached" to music.
But that's not the whole story. The integration of field recordings in the process of improvisation and the general musical prowess of the trio makes for an engaged listening experience.
In my book this double CD is THE reissue (out-of-five) of 2016, albeit released already in 2002.
It will be available as long as stock lasts. You can get it here as download or as the complete package including liner notes and reminiscences from a.o. Eugene Chadbourne, Milo Fine and Al Neil.


The first free jazz group in Canada:
Al Neil - piano, zither, vocals, miscellaneous instruments;
Richard Anstey - acoustic bass, soprano sax, vocals, toy instruments;
Gregg Simpson - drums, percussion, toy instruments, sound collages

Includes 30 page booklet with reviews and photos.

More info to be found there.

Paul Fields, Fritz Novotny - To James Joyce (jazzfields1983)

Fritz Novotny - soprano sax, arghool, bombarde, glockenspiel, flutes, percussion, artwork
Paul Fields - violin (track 1), alto sax (track 2), synthesizer (track 3), piano (track 4)

A1 - Kinds Of...        8:34
A2 - Existence        5:10
A3 - Silence        5:41
B - Europe            19:45

Recorded September 14, 1983 at Jazzfields Tonstudios, Lower Austria.
Composed, Arranged by Fritz Novotny and Paul Fields

Jazzfields Records, RAU 1012
Vinyl
Austria, 1983

Gérard Grisey - Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil

There seems to have been a good reaction, in number of downloads at least, to Grisey's Les Espaces Acoustiques posted here a few weeks ago, and I hope that posting music like this here is not only of interest to regular visitors, but also attracts others who may become equally interested in some of the other music posted here.

So here is Gérard Grisey's most famous piece, Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil (1997-8), a meditation through four songs - from Christian, Egyptian, Greek and Mesopotamian cultures - on the passing from life to death. I don't hear any morbidity here, or sentimentality, instead a beautiful, rarefied contemplation, on the cusp of Liebestod.

I recorded this from France Musique earlier this year, and it is a remarkably assured performance. Don't hesitate if you get the chance to see this in concert!

Gérard Grisey


Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil, pour soprano et grand ensemble

Barbara Hannigan : soprano 



Ensemble Intercontemporain


Conductor : Susanna Mälkki

2008 Agora Festival, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

7th June, 2008

TOOT "KONFRONTATIONEN 2000"

Toot was founded in 1998. Meanwhile they released two CDs with recordings from 2003, 2005 and 2008. You can find them here and there.

More info about this great trio you'll find at Lehn's website.



Phil Minton, voice
Axel Dörner, trumpet
Thomas Lehn, analogue sythesizer


1. ... 15:08
2. ... 15:35
3. ... 11:53
4. ... 02:26


Recorded on July 22, 2000 at Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf, Austria during 'Konfrontationen 2000".

LADONNA SMITH & DAVEY WILLIAMS ‎– BOAT SONGS OF THE YELLOW EYE (CASSETTE DOCUMENTS, 1986)

A. Boat Songs Of The Yellow Eye

B. Precipitation Of The Whales


Davey Williams, electric & slide guitar
LaDonna Smith, viola, violin, voice, alto horn


Side 1 recorded live at Roulette, NYC, on 2 November 1984.

Side 2 live radio broadcast on WMFO-FM, Medford, Massachusetts, on 27 October 1984.

Cassette Documents - CD 6

Cassette Rip