jacques coursil- black suite 1969 , 320 lame

brent , has ripped this to 320

and says'just thought i'd also send along a 320 rip of coursil's black suite.you can post if you like, or if you think what was posted at the church is fine then that's cool as well.'

sorry its taken me so long brent

i hadnt checked my hotmail address in a while.

this is a favourite of mine, but my vinyl is pretty scuffed

so i appreciate your upgrading to 320... thanks

the standout performer on this for me is braxton on contra bass clarinet, he sets a mysterious slightly ominous tone nice.

here's a review by dr Eugene chadbourne.. who is'nt all that kind to the rythym section which i think are great!

'This amazing trumpeter led two album sessions for BYG, both highly respected projects. This might be the one to take off to the desert island, as the presence of Anthony Braxton as part of the band really makes for an intoxicating brew, if abstract free jazz is the cup of tea on order. Braxton is just fantastic in a collaboratory role, cutting loose with even more of an edge than when leading the band and adding texture with his contrabass clarinet that brings to mind the fog rolling into the forest right before the scene where the villagers storm the evil castle. Arthur Jones cuts loose on alto sax in the manner that makes all his appearances on this label so delightful — fiery, full of spirit, always an exciting presence. As kind of the lost voice of the trumpet in modern jazz, Coursil is not only a great discovery for the modern jazz fan, but a fine creative vintage that holds up to repeat visits over the years. His control of the difficult horn and totally original melodic thinking really makes his playing stand out among the admittedly thin ranks of avant-garde trumpet players. None of the players who have Coursil's technical mastery play with as much heart and soul. He also proves himself a great bandleader, passing some of the key tests of this distinction with the music featured on this album. One composition after which the record has been titled takes up the entire slab of vinyl, clocking in at a bit over a half-an-hour. Only a good bandleader can pull off an epic of this sort, and only a good bandleader can pull together a rhythm section that on paper promises the excitement of the local newsboys sitting in. The French bassist and drummer featured here were this label's Grade Z rhythm section, and sound better playing quietly than they do when hitting loudly. That's because of the recording, which distorts the drums and bass after a certain level of attack. On the other hand, the quiet sections are not picked up as well by the microphones — assuming there were microphones — and, as a result, the horns have even more room to maneuver. Let's allow the artist to serve as his own critic in the case of pianist burton greene, who would later publicly dismiss all of his playing from this era as being claptrap. Like another much more famous and prolific modern jazz trumpeter and bandleader, Coursil takes even questionable music contributions, such as the entire existence of this rhythm section, and turns it into a highly useful musical function. Jazz scholars who feel rhythm sections are unimportant can, of course, gloat over the musical success of this particular album. At any rate, it is one of the best examples of just how beautiful modern jazz can be.

JC, trumpet; Anthony Braxton, contrabass clarinet, soprano sax; Arthur Jones, alto sax; Burton Greene, piano; Beb Guerin, bass; Claude Delcloo, drums, percussion

thanks brent

derek bailey and han bennink- icpoo4 1969, LAME 320

heres a christmas present from brent who says 'Ok Mr. Fancypants-high-bitrate, here is icp004 at 320: '

this is the very first of many collaborations between derek bailey and han bennink.

and its a true marvel.

unfortunately this will probably not ever be reissued because the tapes of early icp albums have regretably been lost, (i dont know the full story of how that tradgedy happened, but merely read a referance to the fact some 15 years ago).

many thanks to brent for this contribution.

han bennink at his advancing age is still making high energy music, and recording at an alarming rate... check it out... and his art(he designed the covers)

here

http://www.hanbennink.com/

details of this session are

icp 4 1969han bennink –drDerek bailey- g

An old woman is shelling beans…..

Chonki chonki..

gachi= long thin African trumpet

Good morning, Derek

1Kst,kst

Suki

Tsk,tsk

link in comments at 320

The Leaders - Live Paris 2007

the leaders
jvc jazz festival
new morning paris, france18.10.2007

Personnel:

chico freeman – ts, ss
bobby watson – as
eddie henderson – tr, flh
fred harris – p
buster williams – b
michael baker – dr

01. unknown title 22:44
02. unknown title 32:29
03. intro chico freeman 04:46
04. the ascended one 16:25

The muti-instrumentalist reedsman, Chico Freeman formed the first version of the band he called The Leaders in the 1980s. The other horn players were Lester Bowie and Arthur Blythe. They made several recordings, one of which, "Slipping and Sliding" is still available for download on fredito's excellent blog site http://huppeshyalites.blogspot.com/ (you'll have to search for it).

The Leaders have recently been reformed with the lineup on this concert, recorded in Paris (one of a grand tour of Europe in October and November). I'm not familiar with Bobby Watson, I gather he started his career with Art Blakey and later formed a band called Horizon (which I know nothing about). Eddie Henderson played with Herbie Hancock's band for many years, and has since played with just about everybody around. Of the rhythm section, I guess the best known is Buster Williams, having played with Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Elvin Jones and a whole bunch of other greats, as well as leading his own bands.

The music on this recording is really red hot. Stylistically, I guess you'd call it hard bob (or post bebop). I don't really know what these labels mean.

The recording is taken from a satellite broadcast, courtesy of seeder "unclewolfi".
I have posted links for both flac and mp3 VBR 0. Links in comments.

Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet - Illumination (1963)

If you'd bought this LP when it was released, you'd be a bit pissed-off when you got it home and found out that it contains only about 30 minutes music and that it didn't represent value for money. If you'd hung on to it though, your patience would have been rewarded, as good copies now go for about 150 USD.



Sadly this is not my vinyl rip. It came from "Orgy In Rhythm" blog I think quite a while ago (my thanks to them). Following the interest of my recent Jones post, "Live At The Lighthouse", I thought there may be interest in this, which I think may be Elvin's first recording as leader.


Though, perhaps lacking the exitement of his later recording, Elvin is pretty solid throughout, but the main reason why fans should download this is for the terrific line-up:-



Elvin Jones: drums
Jimmy Garrison: bass
McCoy Tyner: piano
Charles Davis: baritone saxophone
Prince Lasha: clarinet & flute
Sonny Simmons: horn & alto saxophone

As far as I know this was the only occasion on which Simmons and Lasha recorded with Elvin.
Links in comments (click post title).
The vinyl has been ripped at a modest 160 kbps. If anyone has a copy at higher bitrate thay would be prepared to post, then I for one would be very grateful.

Burton Greene - Aquariana

Since there is a recent Burton Greene posting on this blog, I thought I'd recycle one of my old postings for the C#9 blog. This one did not make it to the front page, so it's quite possible it might have passed unnoticed by many.

Not one of the more significant releases in the Byg Actuel series in my view. I haven't quite made up my mind about this one. Very free-wheeling and blow-outish as was the style at the time. I believe I've read somewhere that Greene disowns his earliest recordings. Be that as it may, but here it is for others to have the opportunity to make up their minds about it.

Tracks:

1. Aquarius Suite
2. Out of Bartok
3. Two One-Two Vibrations

Full line-up for each track can be found in the attached scans of front, back and inner covers.

Recorded in June 1969 in the Saravah Studios, Paris.

Dudu Pukwana & Spear - Flute Music

Here's my first "official" contribution to the blog (and thanks to Sotise for inviting me).

I have a long-lasting fascination with the whole South-African expat scene that started back in the mid-60s when the members of the Blue Notes came to the realisation that it was no longer possible for a racially mixed band to play in South Africa. They came to Europe and with the sole exception of Louis Moholo-Moholo, none of them survived to see and experience liberation.

Spear was one of the many groups or combinations started by members of the Blue Notes, in this case Dudu Pukwana & Mongezi Feza. All in all, they released three albums, "In the Townships", "Diamond Express (reissued as "Ubagile") and this one, which has never been rereleased. Origninally out on the Caroline label in 1975, a subsidiary of Virgin (yep, that's right!) I dunno whether the first one is easily available anymore, but if there's an interest, I can always put it up here.

This is off a cdr version acquired in NY last year (which conveniently saves me the time and effort of ripping my own slightly worn vinyl copy). This is Dudu and Mongesi in an afro-funk-jazz mode, music as appealing to the heart and feet as to the head. And this particular release has the added interest of featuring John Stevens on the drums, in a very different style from what he's normally associated with (the SME etc.) Funk 'em, John!

Tracks:

1. Flute Music (Mongezi Feza)
2. Shekele (Dudu Pukwana)
3. Ko-didi (Victor Williams)
4. Sondela (Mongezi Feza)
5. Freeze (Dudu Pukwana)
6. You Cheated Me (Mongezi Feza)
7. Flute Music (Mongezi Feza)

Line-up:

Dudu Pukwana - alto, piano, percussion, voice
Mongezi Feza - trumpet, flute, congas, percussion, voice
Victor Williams - piano, electric piano, voice
Pete Cowling - bass guitar
John Stevens - drums
"Bob" - congas
"The Princess" - vocals

If this one catches on, I can promise more Dudu afro-funk-jazz kindathing from the 80s (when he had his Zila band and his own label, too). And of course. much more Blue Notes and BN-derived items, too!


Enjoy - heads and feet!

the dead C- language recordings volumes 1 and 2 (2000) ogg

Away from jazz based modes of improvisation for just an instant..

Heres an epic slab of prime narco fueled free post industrial improvised nowave neo psych madness.
This ones been out of circulation for a while ,and those familiar with dead c’s post siltbreeze releases on the bada bing, and starlight furniture labels
http://www.forcedexposure.com/bin/search.pl?search_string=dead+c&searchfield=artist

may need some priming in preparation for the unpleasant frisson generated by a post apocalyptic headfuck,.
Dead c developed in bored reaction to the morbund state of flying nun style orthodox new Zealand style guitar jangle pop.
Take the best improvised bits out of early sonic youth, remove the mostly boring lyrics, the pop hooks too then cross that with xenakis pieces kraanerg and persepolis, and you get an idea of the density of the sonic territory.
That doesn’t quite prepare you for the primal rhythmic, grunt punctuated by shimmer cymbal
Accents worthy of…
Its ironic that one of their best releases should be so inaccessible, 2nd hand copies of this are fetching quite some bucks on ebay.

Dead C- language recordings vols 1 and 2
Vol-1
Accelerate
Dec, pussyfooting
Speederbat, all channels open

Vol-2
One night
Realisation con slider
Fake electronics, tuba is funny (slight return)
Drill bit, high original, tidewater

Recorded between the 12th dec 1995 and the 22nd of august 1999

BURTON GREENE, ALAN SILVA- 'THE ONGOING STRINGS' 1980 FLAC and LAME

the post has dissapeared

blogger is screwing up.

BLOGGER SUCKS

I DID NOT DELETE MY POST

fucked if im going to write out the info again

heres the basic info on this session

Greene Burton / Silva Alan - "The Ongoing Strings"
Rec. live at the Bim Huis in Amsterdam 14 February 1980
Hat Hut Fifteen 2R15 - 2LP

Greene Burton, piano, prepared piano, percussion, voice on first setSilva Alan, bass, cello, percussion, voice on second set.

CD1 = LP1
1. Side A first set2. Side B first setCD2 = LP21. Side A second set2. Side B second set

No track titles given.

raphe malik quartet- live in unna germany october 1979

the great Raphe malik
trumpet player first heard in cecil taylors stunning combo’s of the mid 70’s- early eighties, died last year leaving a gaping hole in the hearts of many admirers.
Read about malik’s life and the circumstances surrounding his death here.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=9159

here is a great concert from 1979, featuring 2 of malik’s most simpatico musical collaborators masters in their own right glenn spearman and jay oliver both also now sadly departed and very much missed.
The drummer on this date is steve mcraven .
This concert was originally on dime ,and may perhaps still be there in flac format.
This is a 256 rip , which I got in a trade with a friend.

Many thanks to the original trader/taper ,seeder


details

raphe Malik Quartet
Unna ,germany

19791016
Raphe Malik tp
Glenn Spearman ts
Jay Oliver b
Steve McCraven dr

1) 52:05 SUITE: Life Without Lloyd


total time 52:21

buy raphe malik discs

check out his many great releases on ermite, fmp etc

david murray solo saxophone VOL'S 1and2, FLAC AND LAME

Continuing on with the series of early david murray recordings.
Here is murrays biggest challenge up to that point, 2 lps of solo saxophone made for cecma(another great Italian label).
For me this is the crest of a peak which includes sweet and lovely and interboogieology, and culminates with the great early octet recordings ming and home.

These 2 solo lp’s have been out of circulation since being released together on a now out of print cd in 1990.

I had only ever heard(through a friend) vol -2 which includes a great version of body and soul.
Vol 1 features 2 of murrays best early compositions in intense and very vivid versions ‘sweet and lovely’ and ‘flowers for albert’.

Murray David - "Solo - Live - Volume 1"
Cecma 1001 LP
Rec. 30 May 1980 - live in Nyon, Switzerland

Murray David, tenor, bass-clarinet.

(1) (A1) Both feet on the ground(2) (A2) B. C. (3) (B1) Rag Tag(4) (B2) Sweet Lovely(5) (B3) Flowers For Albert


Murray David - "Solo - Volume 2"
Cecma 1002 LP
CD Tracks 6,7,8 or Side A of this LP, recorded NYC August 1980.
CD tracks 9, 10 or Side B of this LP recorded 30.5.1980
live in Nyon, Switzerland, as per LP vol. one above.

Murray David, tenor.

(6) (A1) Body and soul(7) (A2) We see(8) (A3) untitled(9) (B1) Solo # 1(10) (B2) Solo # 2

both of the albums are included in one split archive (though in separate folders)
in both vbr and flac

many thanks to glmlr – for the original rip from clean vinyl, and for the opportunity to finally hear vol 1 , and have a hard copy of both these marvelous records!

LEE KONITZ- MARTIAL SOLAL DUPLICITY 1977( DOUBLE LP) HORO, FLAC AND LAME

heres a great and now sadly rare and unreissued LEE KONITZ/ MATIAL SOLAL album , which was recorded in italy for the shortlived, now famed horo label.

The horo label ,is probably most remembered these days for a couple of legendary sun ra small group albums, and documents of sam rivers tuba band.
They also recorded many supposedly “mainstream ‘ gems.
I d have to disagree with anyone who thinks of konitz, as a mainstream player.

John tchicai reffered to konitz as the most avantguard sax player of the sixties after Coltrane!!!

This album contains what must be among the most radical deconstructions of standard jazz tunes ever
With konitz and solal pushing into a chromaticism so extreme on some tracks that tonal centers of tunes disappear entirely.
Often the melody is not even stated in its original form at all, and either fractured beyond the point of recognition.
Or completely pulverized after a brief passing statement.

Its easy to characterize this as cool, dry, whatever.
That there are freedoms here is an understatement, the pervasive level of thematic abstraction has its own freefloating momentum.

Check it out and understand what tchicai,( and Braxton ,for that matter) was on about.

DUPLICITY
Konitz- alto and tenor sax
Martial solal- piano

(double lp)
info and some partial scans included.

CLICK ON THE SCANS ABOVE TO ENLARGE THEM

ARTHUR BLYTHE QUINTET - LIVE IN MONTRÉAL, QB, CANADA JULY 1981

Here's a wonderful concert by the great Arthur Blythe in his prime.

One of my favourite concert albums of all time has always been the Grip/Metamorphosis set on India Navigation from a few years before this concert.

Arthur has been around forever, and has recently (last 10 years) made a spate of great records for diverse labels.

For a time it looked like he was floundering after being picked up by cbs, for whom he made a couple of great records which didn’t sell, and are only now being rediscovered for the gems they are.
Label executives have never been terribly tolerant of artists intentions, unless they can make money.
So it seemed to a lot of Arthurs fans for a time that he was being manicured , and given a commercial makeover that didn’t suit him at which a lot of his virtues and integrity were sacrificed, to recoup the big advances and initial cost of that manicure.

But Arthur's back in full force,
And heres a potent souvenir from the glory days of that great period from the mid seventies to the early eighties.

Thanks to the original seeder/trader
[I'm sorry I don’t have the flacs for this one! > now available in Flac]

Arthur Blythe Quintet
Jazz festival –Montreal Quebec
July 1981

Track list
1)intro, announcement
2)?
3)?
4)hip tripper
5)illusions
6)faceless woman
7) short solo- by Arthur
8)?

(see comments for an improved track list)

Personnel-
Arthur Blythe - alto sax
Bob Stewart - tuba
Abdul Wadud - cello
Kelvyn Bell - guitar
Bobby Battle - drums

check out arthur's recent recordings!!

Elvin Jones - Live at The Lighthouse 1972

Elvin Jones is not often posted on blogs. He may not have had the artistry of Sunny Murray or Max Roach, but he was one of the greatest rhythmic drummers of all time. Famous of course for his 6 year stint with Coltrane, after which he was replaced by Rashied Ali, Elvin embarked on a career as leader of his own bands. I had the good fortune to catch a live concert in London, slightly earlier than this recording, and with Joe Farrell instead of Liebman.

This recording was released as a double LP by Blue Note. For some unexplained reason they never re-released it on CD. I have seen reference to a Japanese import, but I've never seen it. The highlight of the set, for me, is the opening tune "Fancy Free" which has some fantastic soloing from Liebman on soprano and Grossman on tenor.

Details:

Elvin Jones - drums
Steve Grossman - tenor sax
Dave Liebman - tenor and soprano sax
Gene Perla - bass

Tracklist
01 Announcement
02 Fancy Free (Donald Byrd)
03 Sambra (G Perla)
04 The Children, Save The Children (D Garcia)
05 Happy Birthday
06 Sweet Mama (G Perla)
07 New Breed (D Liebman)
08 My Ship (I Gershwin)

Vinyl ripped at VBR quality 0. Links in comments.

NOTE. On average, the posts on this blog are downloaded about 100 times. About 4 or 5 comments are left by you. That means an awful lot of people are just taking. If you don't like the music, please say so. If you do, please let us know. I've seen a lot of blogs disppear because the bloggers become dispirited. Thank you.

Rashied Ali Quartet - New Directions In Modern Music 1971

Ali, who replaced Elvin Jones in John Coltrane's band, formed this quartet after Coltrane's death. On this session Fred Simmons was standing in for the regular pianist, Don Pullen. The style of musically carried on from where Coltrane left off - high energy stuff, with lots of drumming and long solos.

Fred Simmons - piano
Stafford L James - bass violin
Carlos Ward - alto saxophone and flute
Rashied Ali - percussion

As-Salaam-Alikum 22:26
Akela 21:10

Ripped at VBR quality 0. Links in comments.

DAVID MURRAY- LOW CLASS CONSPIRACY 1976 (ADELPHI LP 5002) FLAC and LAME

HERES A CONTINUATION of posts of OOP early david murray, this is a great one murray is phenomenal on this considering he was barely out of his teens.

and fred hopkins and phillip wilson, are simply unique one of the best rythm sections around at the time in this very free setting.

this features the definative version of deweys circle,a tune murray apparently still occasionally plays.

i disagree strongly that the tunes are unmemorable.

ripped to FLAC and VBR MP3

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heres a review by scott yanow

This LP contains tenor saxophonist David Murray's first full-length album as a leader. At 21, Murray already had remarkable technique and these explorations with bassist Fred Hopkins and drumer Phillip Wilson are quite adventurous. The opening "Extremininity" is an intense unaccompanied tenor feature, Hopkins takes "Dedication to Jimmy Garrison" as his showcase and the other three pieces are full of interplay by the full trio. None of the compositions themselves are that memorable and some listeners may find Murray's screams and screeches (which he would modify a bit in later years) to be a bit too emotional, but this was a strong first effort.

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MORE TO COME

AIR -SUISSE AIR 1978 ,FLAC and LAME

HERE'S, a stunning live album by one of the all time
great free jazz groups, this the first album of theirs i ever bought, and Ive loved the collective sound of this group ever since.


threadgill has now like anthony braxton transcended the idiom, and there are plenty of pointers to this (rampantly eclectic )future direction throughout this GLORIOUS slab .

this bands palette was as broad as it was subtle, almost everything can happen,a truly rich and rewarding listening experience.

i never tire of listening to this, one could spend a lifetime and find continual renewal.

who knows why the aeco became more acclaimed than AIR or the Revolutionary ensemble for me along with Leo smith and anthony braxton's mammoth oeuvre.
the most joyous and satisfying listening experiences Ive ever had, contemporary free jazz is hugely mannered by comparison.

fred hopkins and steve mccall -are sadly no longer with us.








this is a very clean vinyl rip, and shame on bmg or whomever owns novus for not deeming air's albums worthy of full hansomely packaged reissue.

its almost criminal.
many people are starving for this, and if they dont step in and fill the gap, we will continue to share it in the form of crackly vinyl rips!!

a pox on their stingy bottom line mentality, and bottomless profit mongering.
as well as there ephemeral taste shaping on a mass toxic scale.

BUY REISSUED AIR.

VISIT HENRY THREADGILLS PAGE (the only one i can find)
http://www.ejn.it/mus/threadgi.htm




album info
air suisse , recorded live at montreux jazz fest july 22, 1978, released by novus( now bmg)

side 1
lets all go down to the footwash
abra

side 2
suisse air

henry threadgill- saxes, fl
fred hopkins -db
steve mccall- dr

many thnks to yann ,for his help with this current batch of rips!

Max Roach Quartet - Live Berlin 1990

This is one of two concerts seeded by "joerg" - many thanks to him. It is a satellite broadcast, performed by Roach's long-standing quartet.

Details:

Max Roach, dr, voc
Cecil Bridgewater, tp
Odeon Pope, ts
Tyron Brown, b

Philharmonie, JazzFest Berlin/Germany, 3rd November 1990

The Smoke That Thunders 03:45
Elixir Suite 05:36
Tricotism 03:37
Cherokee 06:45
In A Sentimental Mood 08:40
I Want To Talk About You 05:33
South Africa Goddamm - Blues March 08:24
It's Time - Mr.Hihat 07:29

Max (and all performers) is in fine form, though for me, the highlight of the concert is the rendition of "In a Sentimental Mood", which has some great horn-playing and a superb solo bass section, with Roach playing in a very sensitive and controlled manner.

Concert is recorded at VBR quality 0. Links in comments.

Charles Lloyd Quartet - Live Karlsruhe, Germany 1994 (FM recording)

I've heard it said that Charles Lloyd's later recordings on ECM lack the excitement and creativity of his earlier work. This certainly can't be said of this recording, a live concert in Germany 1994. This is an FM recording, so sound quality is excellent. Many thanks to "billjen" for seeding.

Details:

Charles Lloyd
6/14/94Karlsruhe, Germany

Charles Lloyd - Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Chinese Oboe
Bobo Stenson - Piano
Anders Jormin - Double-Bass
Jon Christensen - Drums

1. Milarepa (Lloyd)/Improvisation (Group) 15:26
2. Piercing the Veil (Lloyd) 9:01
3. Evanstide, Where Lotus Bloom (Lloyd) 13:45#4. Thelonious Theonlyus (Lloyd) 13:23 * 5. All My Relations (Lloyd) 11:49
6. Fish Out of Water (Lloyd) 16:23

Recording at mp3 quality 0. Link in coments

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath - Live Berlin 1971

This recording has done the rounds several times on the net, so some of you will have it. For those who haven't I recommend you grab it - it's a gem.



Line-up

Harry Beckett - trumpet
Marc Charig - trumpet, cornet
Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
Nick Evans - trombone
Dudu Pukwana - alto sax
Mike Osborne - alto sax, clarinet
Alan Skidmore - baritone, tenor and soprano sax
Gary Windo - tenor sax
Chris McGregor - piano, keyboards
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums


I guess you all know the origin of B of B, so I'll spare you the story. I don't know the origin of the recording, the sound's far too good for a 70s audience bootleg, so I guess that it's a radio broadcast. Oddly enough, though it's supposed to have been recorded in Berlin, the announcer of the concert is (or sounds) English, and the band seem to be appearing between other acts.

The recording is ripped at 192 kbps (very good quality), with 2 single tracks of about 30 mins each.

Link in comments (click post title).

Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III - Live NYC Vision Festival 2007 ,FLAC and LAME

This recording comes by way of a torrent (thanks to "jazzrita" for seeding). It is an audience recording. The sound quality is reasonable, I'd say typical of a modern audience boot. I've enclosed a small 1 min mp3 sample (see Links) so you can judge for yourself.



Concert details:


Joe McPhee - Survival Unit III
2007-June-20 NYC, USA,Angel Orensanz Center, 12. Vision Festival 2007


Joe McPhee,fh,as
Fred Lonberg-Holm,cello
Michael Zerang,dr

1 Title (JMcP,as) 8:34
2 Title (JMcP,as) 7:52
3 Title (JMcP,as) 14:53
4 Title (JMcP,fh) / Announcement JMcPh 14:38
Total Time: 45:58


I'd be interested to know where McPhee got the name "Survival Unit" (was it a personal statement about his life?), why there wasn't a SU I, but III came 30 years or so after II.


Sample, flac and mp3 links in comments.

MARCO ENEIDI TRIBUTE (ON TARANS FREE JAZZ HOUR

taran said...
"hey sotise, for your info and that of your readers:here's to cherishing the alive & kickin': Taran's Free Jazz Hour is hosting a freaking 12-hour non stop free jazz show in the honor of the great saxophonist MarcoEneidi ":www.tfjhp.blogspot.com

Lester Bowie Quartet- Bern, Switzerland November 17th 1977

hi all

many thanks to boromir for keeping this blog active in the last month with some great concerts and vinyl rips.

heres another great one , the sound is far from perfect, and unfortunately i dont have this in lossless worth hearing none the less .

the music is inventive and has an energy that studio recordings in lesters case seldom captured.

massimo urbani is a real revelation here, i have heard him on perhaps one or two things before, but this is somethin' ese.

unfortunately after uploading this, whilst burning a disc my disc drive collapsed, so i wont be able to upload for a few weeks.

many thanks to the original seeder on dime, and boromir for this.

heres the info:

Lester Bowie QuartetBern, Switzerland
November 17th 1977
Lester Bowie tp,

Masimo Urbani as

,Peter Frei b

Martin Silverberg dr
1) 20:242) 42:33 3) 01:11 4) 02:10total time 67:46

the rythym sections nothing special , though they are more than merely meritricious.

and they more or less keep out of the way.

John Tchicai - Cadentia Nova Danica (1968)

After a number of succesful years during the early 60s in New York, where he recorded with, among others, Coltrane and Shepp, Tchicai returned to his native Denmark and formed the group Cadentia Nova Danica. This band made two recordings, of which this was the first. The band was enlarged considerably for the second, Afrodisiaca.

The line up (see back cover in scans) was mainly comprised of Danish musicians, none of whom, to my knowledge, subsequently became known outside Scandinavia (at least in the jazz field, although I gather the second altoist, Vogel, became well-known in progressive rock). The music on the recording, which was done live in a hall in Aarhus, Denmark, has a strong Scandinavian feel to it (not surprisingly). Tchicai plays some nice solos, but it is the ensemble that makes this a terrific recording.

Ripped from vinyl at VBR quality 0. Links in Comments.

David Murray and Sunny Murray Quintet - Live 1975

This recording comes by way of a bit torrent (thanks to original seeder), originating from an FM recording WXPN FM Philadelphia Pa Aug 21 1975. I think this was one of only two sessions that this particular line-up gigged together, though of course the two Murrays have played together many times. Both are in fine form in this set, with David sounding sometimes like Ayler, sometimes like Sonny Rollins, sometimes like Trane. There is much sensitivity in the tracks as well as some good hard blowing. I particularly like the vibes work of Khan Jamal.

Line-up

david murray-tenor sax
sunny murray-drums
khan jamal-vibraphone
monnette sudler-e.guitar
sonny johnson-bass

track one.9:10
track two.8:45
track three.10:08
track four.12:33
track five.8:26
track six.7:47
track seven.7:20

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Art Ensemble of Chicago - Live at Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany 1987 (FM recording)

I picked this up off the net some time ago. It originates from a German radio broadcast. I'm not an expert on AEOC's work, but I've never heard them play Ayler's Ghosts before. I'd be interested if any afficionados out there can add titles to the unknowns. They're full of the usual gongs, bells, sirens, whistles etc that typifies AEOC's work. There's some fiery blowing on Ghosts, but I'm not sure whether it's from Jarman or Mitchell (or a combination).

Tracklist:
01 Unknown 13:05
02 Ghosts 22:38
03 Unknown 7:32
04 Unknown 14:52
05 No Woman No Cry 4:52

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Andrew Hill - Big Band and Solo Live Recordings

This is a tribute to Andrew Hill broadcast last week on BBC Radio 3. It consists of a live US-UK Big Band concert, and excerpts from a solo session commissioned by the BBC.

Andrew Hill Big Band, recorded May 24, 2003 at the Bath Pavillion as part of the 2003 Bath International Music Festival
Line-up:
Tony Kofi, Jason Yarde - alto saxophones
Denys Baptiste, Greg Tardy - tenor saxophones
Phil Todd - baritone saxophone
Ron Horton, Noel Langley, Chris Storr, Byron Wallen - trumpets
Roland Bates, Pat Hartley, Fayyaz Virji - trombones
Andy Grappy - tuba
Andrew Hill - piano
John Hebert - bass
Nasheet Waits - drums
Set list:
Not Sa No Sa 15:28
Smooth 13:11
Bellezza Apposita 11:17
Divine Revelation 7:54
New Pinocchio 8.54
Flying In The Sky 7:07

Andrew Hill, recorded solo at Gateway Studios, London in April 2000
Fourth Fifth 19:33
Smooth

Oddly, the setlist differs from that given for the same concert on the Hill discography website. If anyone has any clues as to why I'd be interested to know.

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Chris McGregor Group - Very Urgent (1968)

This recording was posted over at c#9 some months ago, but I see the link is no longer active, so for those who missed it or to newcomers to these shores, here it is again.

This is a new rip from what is a quite rare vinyl.

Line-up

Chris McGregor - piano

Dudu Pukwana - alto

Ronnie Beer - tenor

Mongezi Feza - pocket trumpet

Johnny Dyani - bass

Louis Moholo - drums

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Ted Daniel Quartet - Live Recording Tokyo 1978

This recording orginated from an FM broadcast and comes by way of bit torrent (thanks to "blackforest" for seeding).

Line-up:-

Ted Daniel trumpet, flugelhorn
Joseph Bowie tb
Hideaki Mochizuki b
Tatsuya Nakamura dr

Daniel has perhaps never had the recognition he deserves. He has recorded with the likes of Archie Shepp, Dewey Redman, Andrew Cyrille, Sam Rivers, Billy Bang and Henry Threadgill, but has made only 3 recordings under his own name (one of these, "Tapestry" was uploaded by James on his blog Nothing Is http://ajbenjamin2beta.blogspot.com/ and I see is still available - you'll have to search the blog to find it).

Joseph Bowie, whilst perhaps not having the great talent of his older brother, Lester, nevertheless is a good partner for Daniel. Again, several recordings from the 70s, featuring Bowie, can be found on the Nothing Is blog. I understand that nowadays he is involved more in funk bands, such as Defunkt, rather than with free jazz.


I know very little about the Japanese rhythm section, other than that Nakamura went on to play with John Zorn.

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john stevens- freebop 1982 affinity lame 320kbs vinyl rip

heres one that was , kindly left in the comments to boromir's post of a broadcast by the same band. this is brought to us by kinablu, many thanks(hope you dont mind us posting this, it deserves greater exposure)

i havent heard a great deal of stevens in this much more jazz orientated context, the few i have heard have been wonderful.

this one is particularly good, a vinyl in stunningly good sound , of kinablus lovingly preserved vinyl.

John Stevens: FreebopAFF 101Recorded live at the South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell Jazz Festival, July 3, 1982

Personnel:Gordon Beck-piano

Jon Corbett-trumpet

Pete King-alto

Paul Rutherford-trombone

Jeff Clyne-bass

John Stevens-drums

Track listing:Side One:1. Blue Line2. Rhythm Is3. Take CareSide Two:1. Okko2. Kook

Kinablu says” It's a hybrid of sorts which really works, imho. Particularly enjoyed the interplay of Peter King and Gordon Beck. Really a bit of a showcase for King on this date. And proves that John Stevens did a whole more than the pure improv of SME (which I find myself appreciating as much, if not more).

Link here:

http://www.divshare.com/download/1759272-c58

Enjoy!

Archie Shepp - Pitchin' Can (1969)

This recording was released on the America label (which I understand never paid it's artists). It consists of just 2 tracks, the first "Uhuru (Dawn of Freedom" is the longest of the two and continues across both sides of the LP. This track has never been released on any other recording. The second, "Pitchin' Can" which is also the title of this album, has also been released on a CD Black Gipsy, but which I don't think is available.

Uhuru, particularly, is high energy stuff of the type Shepp was playing at the end of the 60s: 3 drummers, including the wonderfully named Ostaine Blue Warner, providing a back drop for Shepp' s searing tenor. There's also some nice work from Clifford Thornton, Lester Bowie
and Alan Shorter.

Line-up:-

"Uhuru"

Lester Bowie (tp)

Alan Shorter (flh)

Clifford Thornton (vtb)

Archie Shepp (ts)

Bobby Few (p)

Bob Reid (b)

Muhammad Ali (d)

Djibrill (cga)

Ostaine Blue Warner (per)

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"Pitchin Can"

Clifford Thornton (tp)

Archie Shepp (ss)

Noah Howard (as)

Julio Finn (hca)

Leroy Jenkins (vla)

Dave Burrell (p)

Earl Freeman (b)

Sunny Murray (d)

Chicago Beau (vo)
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John Stevens Freebop - Live at Bracknell Jazz Festival July 3rd 1982 (FM Recording)

This is a rare example of the group led by the late great drummer John Stevens, called "Freebop". It was recorded by the BBC at the Bracknell (Berks, UK) Jazz Festival July 1982 and subsequently broadcast on FM radio. This posting comes from a bit torrent upped by "6135terry", my thanks to him. Of particular interest to me about this music, is the presence of altoist Pete King, who is a beebopper, not known for his excursions into this territory. The other band members are stalwarts of the UK free jazz scene (sadly though, Paul Rutheford passed away very recently, Stevens died in 1994).

There are only 25 minutes on this broadcast, the full concert was subsequently released on vinyl on the Affinity label (AFF101), from which the above image is obtained. This record is long OOP, if anyone has it I'd love to know as I think it was the only recording of this band. Stevens of course recorded as leader of many other bands, perhaps most notably SME. Many of the SME recordings are available on the EMANEM label.

Line up:

Paul Rutherford (tb)

Trevor Watts (as)

Pete King (as)

John Etheridge (g)

Jeff Clyne (b)

John Stevens (d).

Sorry about the brevity of this post, but at least it's only a small download.

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Kang Tae Hwan Ichiraku Yoshimitsu Uchihashi Kazuhisa

Kang Tae Hwan/Ichiraku Yoshimitsu/Uchihashi Kazuhisa
Clearness [Psycho Records - Psycho 103-4 ]

Live at Indoyo/Hofu [#Disc 1] on November 23. 1999
Live at Big Apple/Kobe [#Disc 2] on November 25. 1999
Live at Otis/Hiroshima [#Disc 2] on November 24. 1999

Psycho 103-4 2xCDr Set


Kang Tae Hwan Alto Saxophone [#1.2]
Yoshimitsu Ichiraku Drums/Percussion/Electronics [#1]
Kazuhisa Uchihashi Guitar/Effects [#2]


Disc 1 01. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Ichiraku 16:20
Disc 1 02. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Ichiraku 19:29
Disc 1 03. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Ichiraku 9:32
Disc 1 04. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Ichiraku 9:06


Disc 2 01. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Uchihashi 4:12
Disc 2 02. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Uchihashi 6:08
Disc 2 03. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Uchihashi 5:54
Disc 2 04. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Uchihashi 5:34
Disc 2 05. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Uchihashi 3:36
Disc 2 06. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Uchihashi 3:54
Disc 2 07. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Uchihashi 4:40
Disc 2 08. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Uchihashi 6:39
Disc 2 09. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Uchihashi 5:33
Disc 2 10. [Untitled Track] Tae Hwan/Uchihashi 6:54

Limited Edition, 300 copies only.
Sorry about the lack of info but I’m on Holiday & running out of time!!!
All I can say is; if you don’t own any albums by Korean artists this is an excellent place to start!!!


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New York Art Quartet - Mohawk (1965)

I think this may have been posted before on a blog, but not for some time, so I guess some people don't have it. It was a short-lived quartet, which produced only two recordings to my knowledge, of which this is the second. The quartet, led by alto saxophonist John Tchicai, have a very distinctive sound, never reproduced by any other ensemble. The uniqueness of the sound comes from the collective interpretations of the tunes, rather from any long solos.

It is also interesting to note that all four members of the quartet are still alive and peforming (to my knowledge).

Line-up:

John Tchicai: alto sax

Roswell Rudd: trombone

Reggie Workman: bass

Milford Graves: percussion

Vinyl ripped at 256 kbps. Includes scans.

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DAVID MURRAY AND LOW CLASS CONSPIRACY- FLOWERS FOR ALBERT( LIVE AT THE BIM HUIS AMSTERDAM AUG 18, 1977) LAME 320

stanley crouch, free jazz drummerman ?

Here’s a great one , from a very adventurous youthful david murray, this was a seasoned band, and it contains some of murrays most "out" playing ever, I have to confess im a huge fan of murrays , and this period from roughly 75- 82 produced some of the best so called “free jazz” tenor in the history of the music, this is well on par and in my view better than what people like gayle, and david s ware are now doing, somewhat different too, although theres no doubting albert aylers influence here(flowers for albert is a dedication to ayler)
1960’s sonny Rollins is also a huge influence.
With butch morris , fred Hopkins, and the great don pullen on board, you pretty much get the idea in advance that its going to burn red hot.
A lot of free jazz snobs who are suspicious of virtuosity and prefer a noisy staccato attack , and full on multi phonic assault, view murray as a sellout, I love (very selectively his later stuff too) and if possible I recommend to their attentions the very moving tribute to don pullen on diw called ‘the long goodbye’.

The real surprise for younger people here must surely be Stanley crouches’s presence as drummer with this band, crouch is now best known as a reactionary critic who dismisses cecil taylor as not being in the black music tradition at all, and who through his enormous power over the likes of protégés like wynton marsallis has spread his neo con dogma,throughout all mediums including television and film the most notorious example being his presence as eminence grise behind the scenes of ken burns series about jazz.

Crouch was once a stalwart of the loft scene, who though no where near as inventive and authoritative as milford graves , Andrew cyrille and sunny murray , or phillip Wilson(who also drummed with this group), none the less does surpassingly well.
This was originally released as 2 separate albums vol1 “penthouse jazz’ and vol2 “holy siege on intrigue”
This rip though was taken from the semi bootleg cd released in 1990 on the westwind label which is now out of print.

Here are the details
David Murray
DAVID MURRAY AND LOW CLASS CONSPIRACY FLOWERS FOR ALBERT
West Wind 2039 (Germany CD - 1990)
Recorded August 18, 1977 at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam
David Murray (ts), Lawrence "Butch" Morris (c), Don Pullen (p), Fred Hopkins (b), Stanley Crouch (d)

1. Flowers For Albert (Murray) 3:45
2. Patricia - Lost And Lonely (Murray) 7:41
3. Holy Seige On Intrigue (Murray) 41:49
4. Joann's Green Satin Dress (Morris) 16:13

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