17 February 2020

MiKE WESTBROOK SEXTET - Montreux Jazz Festival 1968 (Remaster)


When I first heard this set posted back in 2017 by kinabalu, I think it deserves clearer sound. For some time it sits in my To do folder and now I made a kind of remastering. Hope you will enjoy it.

MiKE WESTRBROOK SEXTET - Montreux Jazz Festival, June 15, 1968       

MiKE WESTBROOK - piano
MALCOLM GRiFFiTHS - trombone
JOHN SURMAN - baritone sax
MiKE OSBORNE - alto sax
HARRY MiLLER - bass
ALAN JACKSON - drums
                                                                                           
2 tracks
45 mins

1. Out and About (Surman) 10:27 / Unknown incl. The Girl From Ipanema (Jobim/de Moraes/Gimbel) 11:28

2. Unknown 8:24 / Forever And A Day (Westbrook) 7:08 / The Lamplighter (Surman) 8:02

15 February 2020

UPCOMING & RECENT RELEASES XV



Vertrek Ensemble are back recording and playing live again after a long hiatus.

Palace of Darkened Windows, recorded May 20, 2019.

Vadim Budman, bass VI
Ron de Jong, drums, percussion
Jason Scott, guitar

Released on 14 February 2020

bandcamp

6 February 2020

TONY SCOTT & TRADiTiONAL JAZZ STUDiO - Bumerang


This is a bit crusty, but somebody might be interested. From one of Tony Scott's visits of former Czechoslovakia.



Recorded October 1977 in studio Dejvice, Prague
Produced by Antonín Matzner
LP Supraphon 1978

3 February 2020

Sonny Simmons - Cheshire Cat Club + Olympia - 1980



Hello World!, HW02-03
2 CD, Limited Edition
France
2006

Sonny Simmons - Alto Saxophone (tracks: 1-1, 2-1, 2-2)
Freddie Williams - Bass (tracks: 2-1, 2-2)
Irvin Lovilette - Drums (tracks: 1-1), Larry Hancock (tracks: 2-1, 2-2)
Richard Clements - Piano (tracks: 2-1, 2-2)

1-1 - It's The Talk Of The Town (Symes/Neiburg/Livingston)     43:06
2-1 - Lost Village Of Um Tombey (Sonny Simmons)     22:04
2-2 - Body And Soul (Green/Sour/Heyman/Eyton)     11:57

Recorded live at the Cheshire Cat Club, San Francisco, Ca summer or fall 1980 (2-1,2-2) and also possibly at the Gnu Deli, Olympia, Wa early 1980 (1-1, 2-1, 2-2) Unknown Percussion on 1-1. Limited edition of 85. Design HW! Copyright 1980 Kirk Heydt and Sonny Simmons.

limited edition of 85
Joint release with Homeboy Music