IVO PERELMAN - WILLIAM PARKER - RASHIED ALI "LIVE" (ZERO IN, 1996)

Hello again, Here's a belated , rather fitting tribute to Rashied Ali who died a few Months ago....

this is a repost by request in Flac , the original mp3 links( 224 kbs) are still functional as far as i can tell.

One track ,a truncated edit of about 40 minutes duration , obviously a completely free improvisation.
blisteringly intense it is too...!!

the mp3's are (links gone! as of 2017) still here
http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2007/03/ivo-perelman-william-parker-rashied-ali.html

recorded at the Knitting factory NYC on the 19th of june 1996... (to my knowledge still comercially unavailable)
i thought it fitting that this be reposted here... as opposed to 9 grey chairs .

Ivo Perelman, tenor saxophone
William Parker, bass
Rashied Ali, drums

1. Untitled 47:21

Zero In 2

those interested in this might be well advised to purchase, the amazing 'studio ' release Sad Life, on Leo Feigins Leo imprint, by this same trio ... its much better recorded than this and one of the very best discs in this vein period.

ENJOY!!

String Trio Of New York - Live in Moers '79

I've taped this brief
performance during
the 8th edition of the
Moers Festival :
during those years
the German Festival
was really a "special
place" where, first or
after, all the emergent
players would be passed.









Rec. live at the 8th "Moers Festival", Moers, Germany,
on June 3, 1979 (mics recording)

Billy Bang,violin
James Emery,guitar
John Lindberg,bass

1. Bang's Bounce (20:57)
2. Abjunctinuity (07:46)
3. Subway Ride With Giuseppi Logan (06:47)
4. Encore (03:11)

Total Time 38:43

Lol Coxhill - Live in Rome '09

This concert was broadcasted the last Tuesday evening (15.12),
knowing that many people follow Coxhill's work with great passion
i've thought to post it quickly. Lol Coxhill Soirèe.

Rec. live at "Sala A - Via Asiago", Rome, Italy,
on October 19, 2009 (radio broadcast)

Lol Coxhill,soprano saxophone
Roberto Bellatalla,bass (2,4)
Luca Venitucci,piano,accordion (2,4)
Luca Tilli,cello (2,4)
Mike Cooper,guitar,electronics (3,4)
Fabrizio Spera,drums (3,4)

1. Solo (08:15)
2. Quartet (12:47)
3. Trio (21:34)
4. Sextet 09:08)

Total Time 51:45

Sun Ra Archestra - Live in Rome '80

Having listened to many Sun Ra concerts during the years
(Arkestra,small combos,solo), i can say that the level/quality
was very inconstant, from very good to tedious : this one is
good (in my opinion).
Taped by "Ilario" during the March 1980 tour.

Thanks to c & nikos for having titled the tracks !

Rec. live at "Teatro Giulio Cesare", Rome, Italy,
on March 29, 1980 (mix recording)

Sun Ra,piano,organ,synth,conductor
Michael Ray,trumpet,flugelhorn
Marshall Allen,alto saxophone,oboe,flute
Noel Scott,alto & baritone saxophone,flute
John Gilmore,tenor saxophone,clarinet,percussions
Danny Ray Thompson,baritone saxophone,flute
Kenny Williams,tenor & baritone saxophone,flute
Eric "Samurai" Walker/Chris Henderson,drums,percussions
June Tyson,vocals

01. Medley : Improv > Pleiades > Improv > Tapestry From An Asteroid > Improv > Astro Black > Strange Worlds > The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise > The Living Myth > Mystery, Mr. Ra > Discipline 27 (36:03)
02. Inside The Blues (02:08)
03. Blues (03:20)
04. Big John's Special (03:00)
05. Yeah Man! (02:30)
06. Springtime Again (06:20)
07. Limehouse Blues (03:46)
08. Watusi (07:44)
09. Lights On A Satellite (05:45)
10. Enlightenment (02:15)
11. Space Is The Place (08:55)
12. They'll Come Back (04:26)
13. Medley : Calling Planet Earth > On Jupiter > Hit That Jive Jack (15:21)
14. [cuts in >] Exotic Forest [incomplete] (01:57)
15. King Porter Stomp (04:03)
16. Sun Ra and His Band From Outer Space (01:02)

Total Time 1:48:41

Amalgam - Play Blackwell & Higgins

Continuing with the Amalgam/Jeff Clyne-oriented posts, this was recorded after the "Prayer for Peace" we posted here before. After this recording, Amalgam was to head off in a more explicit fusion direction with a change in personnel with John Stevens vacating the drum chair and Jeff Clyne leaving the bass to others. Interestingly, Clyne became a member of Nucleus and in the mid-70s started his own fusion project under the name of Turning Point. Stevens himself started the band Away, but we'll get to all of that in due course.

Meanwhile, here they are all in tribute mode - to the drummers of the early Ornette Coleman combos and to Coleman himself, of course. In the liner notes, Watts credits the natural melody and the pure rhythm approach of Coleman and the influence both drummers had on the evolution of Stevens. This is not tribute by way of emulation, but by feel - by playing what's right in the given context. Only two tracks here, both recorded live with Stevens down in the steam room, the bassists plying lightly in the background and Watts up front with short bursts of melodic rhythm. Perhaps that is a key characteristic of Watts - the sense of rhythm - strongly explored in later years with his various percussive combos under the moniker of Moire music. Still active, I'm happy to say and just recorded for the Berlin-based Jazz Werkstatt label. Amalgam was a vehicle for the development of the more convential side of the duo's playing; the Spontaneous Music Ensemble another vehicle for going beyond the conventions. And Stevens is a thrill here - his stamina is just amazing!

1. Blackwell (Stevens). Live at Birmingham Arts Lab 23.3.1972
Trevor Watts - alto, John Stevens - drums, Ron Herman - bass
2. Higgins (Stevens) Live at Phoenix, London 24.1.1973
Trevor Watts - alto, John Stevens - drums, Jeff Clyne - bass

This is off a 2004 cd rerelease on FMR Records, originally issued in 1973 on the A label.

Recorded by Trevor Watts, re-mix by Dave Pickett and sleeve design by Margaret Richards

Rev. Frank Wright Quintet - Live in Moers '81

Just come back from Rome where i've spent some nice
days with "Ilario", drunk the bottle of "Brunello di
Montalcino" and copied some great recordings from
"Ilario"'s archive.
I want to start with Rev. Frank thinking this will make
many people happy.

Rec. live at the 10th "Moers Festival", Moers, Germany,
on June 6, 1981 (mics recording)

Frank Wright,tenor saxophone,bass clarinet,vocal
Arthur Jones,alto saxophone
Bobby Few,piano
Jean Jacques Avenel,bass
Muhammad Ali,drums

1. Burkhard Hennen Intro (0:45)
2. Track #1 (25:29)
3. Track #2 (12:10)
4. Track #3 (28:03)

Total Time 1:06:29

Muhal Richard Abrams - Live in Rome '79 [2]

I've already posted here the first of two evenings with the Great Muhal
at the Roman Jazz Club "C.J. St.Louis". Here's the second with some music even more fascinating.
The photo above (January '80) was taken in Muhal's apartment at Manhattan Plaza, NYC.

Rec. live at "Centro Jazz St. Louis", Rome, Italy, on February 11th, 1979
(mix recording)

Muhal Richard Abrams,piano

1. Track #1 (44:47)
2. Track #2 (35:18)

Total Time 1:20:05

Wadada Leo Smith & Steve Lacy - Live in Pisa '78

A set of music completely improvised and full of risks (no agreement was
taken among the Two before the concert) but the result was of clear beauty.

Rec. live at "Piazza dei Cavalieri", Pisa, Italy, on
July 10, 1978 (mics recording)

Wadala Leo Smith,trumpet,flugelhorn,pocket trumpet
Steve Lacy,soprano saxophone

1. Track #1 (23:57)
2. Track #2 (16:02)
3. Track #3 (11:26)

Total Time 51:26

D.Gillespie/J.Moody/M.Roach feat. WDR Big Band - live in Moers '81 "Charlie Parker Memorial Concert"

This comes from a request the taper of the concert ("Ilario") made me,
having i a copy of the recording while he has lost the original. I was in
doubt about the request : this could be considered a privatistic use of
the blog, but when "Ilario" promised me a rare bottle of "Brunello di
Montalcino" for the upload, i've changed my opinion...

BTW, not avant-garde, but a very good concert that opened the 10th
Moers Festival : the "glorious" WDR Big Band strengthened by three
icons of the BeBop era in a program dedicated to Bird.

The photo above (taken at the concert) is by the great photographer
and dear friend of us : Luigi Zanon.

Rec. live at the 10th "Moers Festival", Moers, Germany,
on June 5, 1981 (mics recording)

Dizzy Gillespie,trumpet
James Moody,alto saxophone
Max Roach,drums

WDR Big Band : Werner Müller,conductor — Bob Coassin/Rick Kiefer/
Heinz Schachtner/Jupp Keuser,tp — Jiggs Wigham/Dave Horler/Heinz
Zimmermann/Hugo Dörfler,tb — R.Warleigh/Eddi Reisner,as — Harald
Rosenstein/Heiner Wiberny, ts — Paul Peucker,bs — Bora Rokovic,p —
Jean Warland,b — Milan Lulic,gt — Spiro Karras,dr

01. Now's The Time (03:50)
02. Barbados (06:25)
03. Lover Man (04:20)
04. Cool Blues (06:38)
05. 'Round Midnight (08:36)
06. J.C.Moses (04:52)
07. Ornithology (07:17)
08. Moose The Mooche (05:37)
09. Out Of Nowhere (04:20)
10. A Night In Tunisia (10:03)
11. Parker's Mood (05:12)
12. Drums Solo (04:25)
13. Now's The Time (11:31)
14. Bird Of Paradise (09:21)
15. Scrapple From The Apple (05:09)
16. Dexterity (04:18)

Total Time 1:43:49

HJT Trio - Live in Milan '82

This trio was a benchmark for the French jazz scene at the
end of the seventies.
Humair, in particular, may be considered one of the great
innovators among the European jazz drummers.

Rec. live at "Teatro Ciak", Milan, Italy, on November 1st, 1982
(mics recording)

Francois Jeanneau,tenor & soprano saxophones
Henri Texier,bass
Daniel Humair,drums

1. Track #1 (12:25)
2. Track #2 (12:21)
3. Track #3 (10:46)
4. Track #4 (11:27)

Total Time 47:00

Amalgam - Prayer for Peace

I sometimes feel that this blog is turning into a series of commemorations, at least as my recent posts are concerned. We have posted on Rashied Ali and Sirone recently, and now is the time to commemorate another bassist who passed away on 18 November at the age of 72. Jeff Clyne was a regular on the UK scene and has played with many of the key figures in British jazz from the late 50s onwards; Tubby Hayes, Stan Tracey, Ian Carr, Keith Tippett etc. He was a founder member of Nucleus and had his own fusion group in the mid-seventies which we will come to in a later post. And he played with Amalgam on a couple of albums and with John Stevens as well which we have blogged before, namely here and here and here and here and here.

I have chosen the first album by Amalgam which sees the group working in a trio setting:

1. Tales of Sadness
2. Judy's Smile I
3. Judy's Smile II
4. Judy's Smile III
5. Prayer for Peace*

Trevor Watts - alto sax
John Stevens - drums
Jeff Clyne - bass
Barry Guy - bass*

Recorded on 20 May 1969

This is from a cd reissue by FMR records which seems to be out of print for the moment. The original album was out on Transatlantic, a label better known for folk music.

The album is a beauty - a elegiac, melancholy tone to the compostions - all by Trevor Watts. Three takes are featured of the same tune - showing that a tune can never be exactly reproduced, at least not as far as these musicians are concerned. Listen in for the deep, warm tone from Clyne's bass and the bitter-sweetness and passion from Watts' horn. This is a seminal album and I hope that our readers feel the same.

I don't normally request items, but I'd like to make an exception. If anyone has the Jeff Clyne, Ian Carr (again with Watts and Stevens) album "Springboard", recorded in 1966 and released in 1969 on Polydor, I'd love to hear it. Never reissued and the vinyl is way up in the three digit price range, and way beyond what I'm willing to shell out for any piece of vinyl, so if there are cheaper ways of making it accessible, I'd be very interested.

Meanwhile, enjoy!

Ray Anderson Quartet - Live in Moers '80

After an important apprenticeship with Anthony Braxton and
Barry Altschul (among the others), Ray debuted as a leader,
with this quartet, at the 9th Moers Festival.
One of the best performance during all the four days.

Rec. live at the 9th "Moers Festival", Moers, Germany,
on May 25, 1980 (mics recording)

Ray Anderson,trombone
Allan Jaffee,guitar
Mark Dresser,bass
Gerry Hemingway,drums

1. Track #1 [inc.] (01:03:37)

Paul Rutherford & Barry Guy - Live in Milan '79

Two founder members of the famous improvising group "Iskra 1903",
here without the third member (Derek Bailey) : "Iskra 1902" ?
Great music from the Seventies.

Rec. live at "Cineteatro Anteo", Milan, Italy, on November 22, 1979
(mix recording)

Paul Rutherford,trombone
Barry Guy,bass

1. Track #1 (25:00)
2. Track #2 (15:04)
3. Track #3 (09:10)
4. Track #4 (12:14)

Total Time 1:01:28

Anthony Braxton - Live in Milan '79

In January '79 Mr. Braxton played for a week at "Teatro Ciak" in Milan,
this is the recording of the second evening, while Leo Records has yet
published the third and the fourth evening : "Solo ( Milano ) 1979 Vol.
1 & 2". At the end of the concert, with a couple of friends, we made an
"interview" with Mr. Braxton, who was very helpful and kind with us.
I've added the "interview" as last track (low bitrate), thinking that could
be of some interest for someone.

Rec. live at "Teatro Ciak", Milan, Italy, On January 16, 1979
(mics recording)

Anthony Braxton,alto saxophone

01. Composition 999A (08:00)
02. Composition 999B (06:10)
03. Composition 999C (06:13)
04. Composition 999D (06:08)
05. Composition 999E (17:57)
06. Impressions (05:05)
07. Composition 77F (04:14)
08. Composition 999F (06:34)
09. Composition 999G (02:17)
10. Interview (34:24)

Total Time 1:37:06

Cecil Taylor - Live in Ruvo di Puglia '00

The last evening of the 8th "Talos Jazz Festival" (2000) was
completely consecrated to the Great Cecil Taylor : first set
Cecil solo, second set Cecil & Italian Instabile Orchestra.
Here's (thanks to "Ilario") the first set, the second set was
published by Enja in 2003 with the title "The Owner Of The River Bank".
Now the evening is completely documented.

Rec. live in Ruvo di Puglia (Bari), Italy, on September 10, 2000
(mix recording)

Cecil Taylor,piano

1. Track #1 (41:44)
2. Track #2 (09:37)

Total Time 51:21

Julius Hemphill Quartet - Live in Verona '80

This performance took place just few hours after the group had finished
the recording of "Flat-Out Jump Suite" at Barigozzi Studio in Milan.
The Verona Festival programme quoted at the trumpet Baikida Carroll,
then worthily replaced by Olu Dara.

Rec. live at "Teatro Romano", Verona, Italy, on June 5, 1980
(mix recording)

Julius Hempill,alto & soprano saxophones
Olu Dara,trumpet
Abdul Wadud,cello
Warren Smith,drums

1. Heart (16:46)
2. Body (24:46)
3. Unknown (14:07)
4. Unknown (09:41)
5. Unknown (17:01)

Total Time 1:22:22

Archie Shepp & Roswell Rudd Quartet feat. Amiri Baraka - Live in Rome '04

The first reunion (after more than 30 years apart) between the two
avant-garde Giants took place at New York's Jazz Standard in 2000.
From that date, in the course of the years, the reunion became more
regular with frequent tours.
From the 2004 tour, here is the recording of the Roman concert.
Not only for nostalgics.

Rec. live at "Auditorium Parco della Musica", Rome, Italy,
on November 17, 2004 (radio broadcast)

Archie Shepp,tenor saxophone,vocals,piano
Roswell Rudd,trombone
Reggie Workman,bass
Andrew Cyrille,drums
Amiri Baraka,poetry

1. Keep Your Heart Right [R.Rudd] (09:40)
2. Archie's Intro (0:30)
3. Acute Motelitis [R.Rudd] (10:21)
4. Steam [A.Shepp] (08:38)
5. U-Jamaa [A.Shepp] (12:42)
6. Roswell Annonunces Amiri Baraka (0:38)
7. We Are The Blues [A.Baraka] (06:59)
8. Un Poco Loco [B.Powell] (06:54)

Total Time 56:27

Anthony Davis Quintet “Episteme” - Live in Botticino '09

During the end of the seventies and the early eighties A.Davis
was a usual presence on the scene of the avant-gard jazz : in
those years he was a member of The Leo Smith Ens., The
George Lewis Ens., The Leroy Jenkins Trio, co-leaded a
quartet with James Newton and his own Ens. Episteme.
From the half of the eighties he devoted his activity into
modern classical music, becoming an internationally known
composer of operatic, symphonic, choral, and chamber works.
Here you can listen to the world premiere of his new Episteme
Ensemble performing some new compositions and the old
(first rec. 1976) "Of Blues And Dreams". The encore (for trio)
is a wonderful version of Monk's Evidence to demonstrate how
still strong are his roots in jazz music. Great Concert.

Rec. live at "Crosscurrent", Botticino (Brescia), Italy,
on October 30, 2009 - World Premiere (radio broadcast)

Anthony Davis,piano
J.D. Parran,clarinet & bass clarinet
Mark Feldman,violin
Lisle Ellis,bass
Gerry Hemingway,drums,marimba & vibraphone

1. Of Blues And Dreams [A.Davis] (16:52)
2. Sudden Death [A.Davis] (19:09)
3. Loss [A.Davis] (21:55)
4. The Dream Of The Spider [A.Davis & D.Prieto] (14:02)
5. Evidence [T.Monk] (07:55)

Total Time 1:19:56

Burnin Red Ivanhoe w/John Tchicai - live in Berlin 1969

Here's a true golden nugget from the past: The Danish band Burnin Red Ivanhoe recorded in 1969 and featuring John Tchicai on most of the tracks. There seems to be a paucity of old BRI photos, so the above pic is the cover of their second album. There's also one on the inside of their third album, WWW, the band looking very laid back in the midst of scenic pastoral idyll. Typical of the times.

The main reportoire is from their first album, M144, which looks something like this:


(pic courtesy of Pius-rock who's asking a ridiculous price for this item - I haven't scanned my own copy)

BRI was among the first to mix rock with jazz inflections, well in evidence on these live numbers. Karsten Vogel was eventually to break out of the band and start a more direct jazz fusion outfit under the name of Secret Oyster, which made some albums during the 70s whereas BRI were to continue in a more straight rock direction.

As said, all numbers with the exception of "You Got Enough" are on their debut double album on Sonet. At this early point, the tunes are sung in Danish, but by their second album they had converted to English, though the instrumental prowess of this band is probably stronger than their texts. There does seem to be a kind of narrative structure to M144, related to knights and medieval times, but don't quote me on it.

Burnin' Red Ivanhoe + John Tchicai

1969-November-09
Berlin,
Philharmonie,
Jazztage 1969

Karsten Vogel,as,or
Kim Menzer,ts,fl,harm,voc
Steen Claesson,g
Jess Staehr,b,
Bo Thrige Andersen,dr
*John Tchicai,as


1 Announcement Speaker 0:30
2 Announcement 0:29
3 The Inner Landscape / Announcement 5:35
4 Purple Heart / Announcement 8:49
5* Saxophone Piece / Announcement 9:24
6* You Got Enough / Announcement 9:33
7* Ivanhoe i Brøndbyerne / Announcement 5:20
8* Medardus 10:14

total: 49:54

This was recorded off a Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg radio programme back in 04, so thanks to omega 10 for sharing it via Dime.

I do have the first three BRI albums on Sonet, but I believe most of it is out on cd by now. If any can convince me otherwise, I could always blog 'em.

Regular followers of this blog will have noticed that we have blogged the John Tchicai Cadentia Nova Danica in the past, and a perusal of the sleeve notes finds that both Vogel and Menzer participated on that record and there is a mention of this particular Berlin concert there, too.

So, a nice historical document, then. Suffice it to say that they were regulars in town and I saw them several times back in my late teens. Ah, memories ...

To jog the memories, a couple of vintage videos here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLu8730w8HE&feature=related
(Purple Heart)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC49cvahcmE&feature=related
(Gong-Gong, the Elephant Song - excerpt)

Paul Bley Trio - Live in Pisa '79

A reunion of the mid-'60s P.Bley's trio : a rare occasion for
listening again the great Kent Carter together with P.Bley
and B.Altschul.
(i've titled track 1 "Ictus", but this is clearly a medley)

Rec. live at "Teatro Giardino Scotto", Pisa, Italy,
on June 28, 1979 (mics recording)

Paul Bley,piano
Kent Carter,bass
Barry Altschul,drums

1. Ictus (18:57)
2. King Korn (37:19)

Total Time 56:16

Sam Rivers Trio - Live in Pescara '76

The new Sam Rivers Trio (best
known as Tuba Trio) was the
real winner of that 1976
Summer : only in Italy about
twelve concerts and always with
great response of public and
critics. This concert was taped
the last evening of the Pescara
Festival (07.11), but was held in
Penne, a little town near Pescara.

(i hope the great Rick Lopez read
this post)









Rec. live at "Pescara Jazz Meeting '76", Penne, Italy, on July 11, 1976
(mix recording)

Sam Rivers,tenor and soprano saxophones,flute,piano
Joe Dailey,tuba,euphonium
Sidney Smart,drums

1. Improvisation (46:56)

The Carla Bley Band - Live in Alassio '77

A concert that stuck in my mind, and now that i've digitized the tape, i hope you could enjoy it.
In my opinion this edition ("The European Tour 1977") remains among the best band Carla has ever led.

Dedicated to LYM

Rec. live in Alassio, Italy, on September 3rd, 1977

(mics recording)

Carla Bley,organ,piano,tenor saxophone,arranger,conductor
Michael Mantler,trumpet
Roswell Rudd,trombone
John Clark,French horn,electric guitar
Bob Stewart,tuba
Elton Dean,alto saxophone
Gary Windo,tenor saxophone
Terry Adams,piano
Hugh Hopper,electric bass
Andrew Cyrille,drums

1. Carla's Intro (02:37)
2. Drinking Music(07:30)
3. Song Sung Long ((09:44)
4. Dreams So Real (04:39)
5. Wrong Key Donkey (14:32)
6. Rose And Sad Song (10:00)
7. Spangled Banner Minor And Other Patriotic Songs (28:19)
8. A New Hymn (08:54)

Total Time 1:26:18

All compositions by Carla Bley

Out To Lunch - Live in Paris '09

i've got this recording from "Ilario" some days ago, apparently one
of the many Dolphy tributes, in fact one of the best of the last years,
together with that by Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra.
The group was formed in March 2008 for a concert in homage to
E.Dolphy's album at Merkin Concert Hall,NYC, and, during March
2009, they did a short tour in Europe.

Rec. live at "Festival Banlieues Bleues", Paris, France, on March 8th,
2009 (radio broadcast)

Roy Nathanson,alto & soprano saxophones
Russ Johnson,trumpet
Myra Melford,piano
Brad Jones,bass
Georges Schuller,drums

1. Hat And Beard [E.Dolphy] (13:17)
2. Something Sweet, Something Tender [E.Dolphy] (07:36)
3. Gazzelloni [E.Dolphy] (06:57)
4. Out to Lunch [E.Dolphy] (11:53)
5. Straight Up And Down [E.Dolphy] (11:52)
6. Blue Devil [G.Schuller] (09:56)
7. So Long, Eric [C.Mingus] (11:21)
8. Love Suite [E.Dolphy] (02:57)

Total Time 75:48

Sirone with Cecil Taylor Unit - live in Köln 1978

We posted a little while back a concert with Rashied Ali, Charles Gayle and Sirone to commemorate the passing away of Ali. Now the news have reached us that Sirone has also passed away, thus providing us with an opportunity to commemorate his musicianship, though obviously not the most happy occasion for doing so.

The Ali concert was from last year and this one goes back 31 years to 1978. Both have one thing in common - performed and recorded in Germany. Sirone - Norrie Jones - settled more or less permanently in Berlin in the late 80s, finding a more conducive environment for his composing skills and perhaps a more receptive audience as well.

As with Lateef, Sirone is not a player who wants to be pigeon-holed: "I know that this music that has been labeled free jazz but nothing is free and this music free jazz certainly isn't free. As a composer, I put a definite attention towards the composition merely as a path of reaching the point where we can find that magical moment when you understand...that to reach that point of that freedom is discipline and that discipline is a study, this is why that word doesn't sit so well with me because it has been abused, the music has been abused by that word 'free'. sometimes you get a lot of noise" - from an online interview with All About Jazz.

This line-up is certainly among my favourite CT Units:

CECIL TAYLOR UNIT

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto saxophone)
Raphe Malik (trumpet)
Ramsey Ameen (violin)
Sirone (bass)
Ronald Shannon Jackson (drums)

Date: June 10th, 1978
Place: Köln
Venue: Großer Sendesaal, Funkhaus

Track 1: Third part of one (23:19)
Track 2: Third worlds making (34:08) (inc)

or, alternatively

Third World Makings: 1 I, Part 1 5:48 2 I, Part 2 28:25 3 II, Part 2 23:17

This is a very dynamic and forceful combo, so the listener is in for an hour of hyper-intense interplay. It ends rather abruptly, indicating that there might have been more, but as this was a radio broadcast, I suppose that's what there was time for. Off that wonderful Dime, so thanks to posters and seeders and reseeders etc.

Ken Vandermark's Resonance Ensemble - Live in Cormòns '09

"The Resonance Ensemble, an international New Jazz group,
began in 2007 as a co-presentation by Ken Vandermark and
Marek Winiarski. After performing in Poland over the course
of several years with a large number of groups (the Vandermark
5, duo with Paal Nilssen-Love, Sonore, Free Fall, Powerhouse
Sound, the Frame Quartet and many more), Vandermark decided
that is was time to organize a band that included musicians from
that part of the world. After consulting with Winiarski (who runs
Not Two records and is an organizer of Jazz concerts in Krakow),
the two combined their resources and knowledge in order to put
together a large unit of improvisers from the contemporary scene.
The Resonance Ensemble's music has advanced Vandermark's
composing methods for large groups, work that started with the
early music of Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet and also the
Territory Bands. Much of this new material combines his interest
in “suite forms” (perhaps most influenced by Duke Ellington and
Charles Mingus) and a collaging approach to improvising structures
that he began with the Territory Band. The project provided
Vandermark with the first opportunity in his career to do nothing
but compose for a week. In September of 2009, he began a new
approach to writing for the project, a series of “modular pieces,”
which can be reassembled for each performance, giving added
spontaneity to both the improvising and the compositional structure.
The results of these efforts, coupled with the creative input of the
musicians and the organizational skills of Winiarski and the staff at
Alchemia, has given the current music scene a powerful band that
is helping to define a new era for Jazz and Improvised Music."

Rec live at "Jazz & Wine Of Peace '09", Teatro Comunale, Cormòns,
Italy, on October 23, 2009 (radio broadcast)

Ken Vandermark (USA),tenor saxophone,clarinet
WacBaw Zimpel (Poland),clarinet,bass clarinet
Mikolaj Trzaska (Poland),alto saxophone,bass clarinet
Mark Tokar (Ukraine),bass
Steve Swell (USA),trombone
Dave Rempis (USA),tenor & alto saxophones
Per-Âke Holmlander (Sweden),tuba
Tim Daisy (USA),drums
Magnus Broo (Sweden),trumpet
Michael Zerang (USA),drums,percussion

1. Modular And Abstract #1 (15:22)
2. Modular And Abstract #2 (18:05)
3. Modular And Abstract #3 (16:46)
4. Encore (04:26)

Total Time 54:40

80/81 - Live in Rome '81

80/81 a short lived super-group born within the German
label ECM, for which recorded the homonymous (and fine)
double LP in May 1980.
This Roman concert (taped by "Ilario") was part of the '81
European tour (the day before they played at the Willisau
Festival) and i think, it could be an interesting integration
at the poor official discography.

Rec. Live at the "V Rassegna Della Quercia Del Tasso",
Rome, Italy, on August 31, 1981 (mics recording)

Michael Brecker/Dewey Redman,tenor saxophone
Pat Metheny,electric guitar
Charlie Haden,bass
Jack DeJohnette,drums

1. Broadway Blues [Coleman] (27:57)
2. James [Mays,Metheny] (23:54)
3. Open [Brecker,DeJohnette,Haden,Metheny,Redman]
(32:45)
4. Turnaround [Coleman] (37:35)

Total Time 2:02:11

Yusef Lateef with Roscoe Mitchell, Douglas Ewart and Adam Rudolph - live in Minneapolis 2008

YUSEF LATEEF
ROSCOE MITCHELL
DOUGLAS EWART
ADAM RUDOLPH

Walker Art Center
McGuire Theater
Minneapolis, MN
6 December 2008

Some more Yusef Lateef coming up, but 47 years removed from the previous posting with the Mingus Jazz Workshop at Birdland and in a totally different setting. This is Lateef with percussionist Adam Rudolph, a collaborator over many years. Added is Roscoe Mitchell, saxophonist with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Douglas Ewart, Minneapolis-based multi-instrumentalist and instrument maker, the latter two long-time members of Chicago's famed AACM.

The meeting-up was instigated by Ewart who saw a connection between the AACM's explorations of sound beyond the jazz idiom and Lateef's musical studies of the cultures of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, his fascination for home-made instruments and found objects and his combination of music with poetry and recitations.

For Lateef, jazz is an odious word. "Jazz is defined as doggerel, skullduggery, poppycock, coquetry, sexual intercourse. It has nothing to do with what I do. After I graduated from the Manhattan School of Music I was asked to teach a course in the theory department and I had to name the course, so I called it autophysiopsychic music. It comes from a state of introspection. It means music from the physical, mental, and spiritual self." (from an article by Rick Mason in Minneapolis' City Pages).

Further: The material "will be created at the time," Lateef said. But don't call it improvisation. "That's another term that's used improperly," he said. "When you look at the definition of improvisation, it is to do something without previous preparation. But your whole life is preparation."

As for the AACM, "I hear they're comparable to what I do," Lateef said. According to Rudolph, "Yusef's vision and aesthetic have had an impact on a lot of AACM musicians."

So what we have here is close to two hours of intense autophysiopsychic music from the group of four. Lateef is basically on tenor sax, but also doubles on flute and piano, recites his own poetry and contributes vocals. Mitchell is certainly on alto sax and Rudolph on percussion. Ewart is on soprano, bass clarinet, flute, didgeridoo and all add percussion and small instruments. There is an amazing sax solo section emplying what sounds like circular breathing which might be Ewart, but only listening to the audio, one cannot know for sure.

All in all, an amazing two hours of introspection. Best listened to on earphones and demanding your full attention.

Paul Motian Trio - Live in Alassio '77

This was the first and only time that i had the chance
of listening David Izenzon live : after ten years of
retirement he was starting playing again with P.Motian
and C.Brackeen in this short lived trio.
What a marvellous bass player, one of the greatest
of the sixties together with Charlie Haden, Scott LaFaro,
Henry Grimes, Jimmy Garrison and few others.

Rec. live in Alassio, Italy, on September 3rd, 1977
(mics recording)

Charles Brackeen,tenor & soprano saxophones
David Izenzon,bass
Paul Motian,percussions

1. Abacus (05:52)
2. Lullaby (07:16)
3. Prelude (08:42)
4. Waltz Song (09:07)
5. Dance (09:10)

Total Time 40:09

Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin '75

Some more Mingus from his 1975 autumnal European
tour : here H.Lawson replaces Don Pullen on piano.

Rec. live in Berlin, Germany, on November 3rd, 1975
(radio broadcast)

George Adams,tenor saxophone
Jack Walrath,trumpet
Hugh Lawson,piano
Charles Mingus,bass
Dannie Richmond,drums

1. Sue's Changes (35:58)

Yusef Lateef with Mingus at Birdland 1961

Here's one for Doug Schulkind, chum, boundless music enthusiast, radio DJ, miner of the blogosphere with a weekly column on the WFMU blog and, as it happens, an unreserved Yusef Lateef admirer and aficionado. Regular listeners to his weekly radio show on Friday mornings will have noted that the entire three-hour October 9 broadcast was devoted to the music of Yusef Lateef. This show as well as all others are archived on the WFMU site for posterity, so can be listened to at any time from now to eternity (inshallah).

Even three hours can only be a selection, so here's a little something that has never been officially released. This is a part of the set of recordings known as the Birdland Broadcasts 1961-62, on WADO AM, most of them hosted by Symphony Sid, though not this one where the brief announcements are made by Pee Wee Marquette. The sessions were taped by Boris Rose, transferred to acetates and bootlegged on a variety of labels possibly run by Rose.

What's here is the first of seven sessions, comprising approx. three hours in all. This one runs for about 20 minutes and is the only to feature Yusef Lateef (and Roland Kirk!). Three pieces, the last one cut off in mid-flight.

Basic facts:

Charlie Mingus and his Jazz Workshop

Date: October 21, 1961 (live)

Location: Birdland, New York City

Charles Mingus (ldr),
Jimmy Knepper (tb),
Roland Kirk (ts, manzello, stritch),
Yusef Lateef (ts),
Charles Mingus (p),
Doug Watkins (b),
Dannie Richmond (d),
Pee Wee Marquette (mc)

a. [unknown title] 7:12
b. Ecclusiastics (Mingus) 9:15
c. Hog Callin' Blues (incomplete; fade-out) (Mingus) 3:08

The first piece is announced by Mingus as "Blue Cee", though some uncertainty exists whether that is indeed the tune and the final tune did not have a title at the time of the broadcast.

For details, here is a discographical essay:

http://mingus.onttonen.info/birdland.html.

If I'm not totally off the rails, Lateef is taking the third solo on the first two tunes and possibly the lead solo on the final, incomplete one. All classic stuff, needless to say.

Enjoy!

Kenny Wheeler Quartet - Live in Lovere '78

For completing the documentation about the "lost"
quartet by K.Wheeler, here is a recording that i've
taped just a day before the Roman concert.

Rec. live in Lovere, Italy, on July 2nd, 1978
(mics recording)

Kenny Wheeler,trumpet
Evan Parker,tenor & soprano saxophones
Barry Guy,bass
Paul Lytton,drums

1. Track #1 (37:00)
2. Track #2 (05:14)

Total Time 42:14

Charles Mingus Quintet live in Bremen 1975

I thought I'd follow up on the recent spate of Don Pullen (and George Adams) postings with this set from a live concert in 1975. Here we have Pullen and George Adams as part of the Mingus Quintet, obviously from a European tour, as there are other tapes in circulation from this year.

Close to two hours of goodness here. All classics and with ample space for the band members to stretch out. Listen in on the first track for some extended Pullen solo work, for example. Walrath is fairly new to me, so any added info is welcome.

Charles Mingus Quintet
July 9, 1975
Postaula
Bremen, Germany

Source: Soundboard (or radio?)

01 - Sue's Changes - 32:52
02 - For Harry Carney - 13:12
03 - Free Cell Block F, 'Tis Nazi U.S.A. - 8:13
04 - Black Bats And Poles - 11:39
05 - Fables Of Faubus - 15:31
06 - Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love - 13:09
07 - Theme - 1:45
08 - Remember Rockefeller At Attica - 9:36
09 - Devil Blues - 8:45

Musicians:

Jack Walrath - trumpet
George Adams - tenor saxophone
Don Pullen - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Dannie Richmond - drums

Kenny Wheeler Quartet - Live in Rome '78

This wonderful quartet was on tour during summer '78
and unfortunately (at my knowledge) didn't leave any
official recording. So i hope, you'll enjoy this one made
by "Ilario".

Rec. live at the "II Rassegna Della Quercia Del Tasso",
Rome, Italy, on July 3rd, 1978 (mix recording)

Kenny Wheeler,trumpet
Evan Parker,tenor & soprano saxophones
Barry Guy,bass
Paul Lytton,drums

1. E.Parker (15:18)
2. K.Wheeler & P.Lytton #1 (11:10)
3. K.Wheeler & P.Lytton #2 (07:55)
4. B.Guy [unc.] (11:27)
5. Quartet (34:02)

Total Time 1:19:54

ROVA Saxophone Quartet - Live in Moers '79

This was the first European concert for the ROVA S.Q.
and i think, that i was really lucky to be there, that
evening, with my tape recorder.

Rec. Live in Moers, Germany, on June 2nd, 1979
(mics recording)

Jon Raskin,baritone,alto & soprano saxes,Bb clarinet
Larry Ochs,tenor,alto & sopranino saxes
Andrew Voigt,alto,soprano & sopranino saxes
Bruce Ackley,alto and soprano saxes,Bb clarinet

1. Daredevils (08:13)
2. Unknown (16:51)
3. Unknown (10:43)
4. Jon Raskin Solo (05:59)
5. Unknown (02:24)
6. Flamingo Horizons (13:16)
7. Unknown (07:33)

Total Time 1:05:02

Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Live in Nervi '79

The particularity of this recording is the absence of
Malachi Favors (severe absence), nevertheless the
performance conserves a sure interest.

Rec. live in Nervi, Italy, on July 22nd, 1979
(mix recording)

Joseph Jarman/Roscoe Mitchell,reeds
Lester Bowie,trumpet
Don Moyè,percussions
(absent Malachi Favors)

1. Track #1 (47:59)
2. Track #2 (14:12)

Total Time 62:11

Les Rallizes Denudes - live at Shibuya Yaneura, Tokyo 1979

Back in the early days of this blog, there were a few postings of this band, basically from bootlegged cds in limited circulation. The comments concluded with that "we defiantly need more Rallizes posted!!" Indeed! So here is a continuation, from a concert in 1979. Over the last six months or so, altogether six concerts have appeared on the Dime network, covering the 1976-1987 period, all courtesy of "fyk fyk", who seems to keep good track of events in the Japanese musical underground. Some of these other posted sets are huge, but hugely valuable, too, for those of us interested in Fushitsusha and the wacky Shibusashirazu Orchestra, which I was lucky to witness in full flight back in 2000.

What to say about the Rallizes? A lot has been written about the band, about its mystique, its far- left leanings and its reputation for ear-shattering feed back, the latter certainly in evidence here. The basic formula is a rock-solid rhythm section of guitar, bass and drums laying down a steady riff which leaves main man Takashi Mizutani to overlay vocals drenched in reverb and to spin guitar solos that frequently disappear in a white wall of noise. An inspiration for Keiji Haino, for sure, but possibly for Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine, too? In any case, innovators in their time, but largely neglected by the general rock audience outside Japan. Their loss, I guess. If this catches on, we'll have more Rallizes here.

Basic info:

Les Rallizes Denudes
1979-06-13
Shibuya Yaneura, Tokyo, Japan

Lineage : Trade CDR > HDD > WAV > flac > u

AUD source : 88min

Setlist :

- disc1
1.Enter the Mirror
2.??
3.??
4.??

- disc2
5.??
6.??
7.The Last One

Please fill in, if possible.

George Adams & Don Pullen Quartet, San Remo Jazz Festival (Italy) April 28, 1985 TV

Source: TV recorded to VHS/PC and digital conversion into PAL format.
Quality: A-

George Adams: ts, fl & voc*
Don Pullen: p
Cameron Brown: b
Dannie Richmond: d

1 City gates 13:52
2 Forever lovers 12:59
3 Devil's Blues * 9:47
4 Sing me a song everlasting 8:34

Time 45:00

Don Pullen - Live in Milan '78

Someone will notice that this recording was taped
the same day of that i've posted on June 29
(Don Pullen/Joseph Jarman/Don Moyè - Live in
Frascati '78) : indeed the Frascati was a morning
concert (about 10 a.m.), so here we have the curiosity
of the same tune (a favourite of mine, for evident reasons)
played twice in a day by the same player,after a 600
kilometres journey.

Rec. live at "Teatro Ciak", Milan, Italy, on December
18th, 1978 (mics recording)

Don Pullen,piano

1. Richard's Tune (36:33)

Sam Rivers Orchestra - Live in Turin '79

The other side of Sam Rivers : compositions and
arrangements for large orchestra.

Rec. live in Turin, Italy, on November 20th, 1979
(mics recording)

Sam Rivers,conductor,reeds,flute,piano
Malachi Thompson/Jack Walrath/Oliver
Beamer,trumpets
Charles Stephens/Craig Harris,trombones
Chico Freeman/Hamiet Bluiett/Steve Coleman/
Duane Armstrong,reeds,flutes
Richard Pincell,tuba
Dave Holland,bass
Thurman Barker,drums

1. Track #1 (32:22)
2. Track #2 (40:41)
3. Track #3 (22:12) [unc.]

Total Time 1:34:16

M'Boom Re:Percussion - Live in Alassio '79

"I remember trying to explain my concept of M'Boom to people
at the record companies, and all anybody knew was that each
man had a solid reputation as a trap drummer. And so when the
record came out, they were trying to figure, well how do we
market this ? Because we didn't have a sax player or a trumpeter
or a piano. "Is it Jazz?" No, it's a percussion ensemble. We just
wanted to see if we could come up with enough music from that
style of instrumentation.
So the marketing people decided to put M'boom in the audiophile
bin, so people with sophisticated equipment could hear all these
big drums and the little bells and shakers; the sounds of skins and
metal and wood and all these devices that make sense within the
fabric of each piece.
With M'Boom, the idea was to put the drummer on the front line.
We wanted to step up and showcase our musicality. Soon members
of the band brought in pieces that were multi-layered, with
numerous metrical changes and variations. And we had a wonderful
array of instruments : a big bass drum, two bass marimbas, an octave
of concert toms, five timpani, vibraphone ans xylophone, symphonic
bells, steel drums, musical saw, Afro-Cuban percussion and dozens
of small instruments." Max Roach

Rec. live in Alassio, Italy, on September 9th, 1979
(mics recording)

Max Roach, drums,whistle,vibraphone,xylophone,tympani,orchestra
bells,afuche,percussion
Fred King, marimba,orchestra bells,tympani,percussion
Omar Clay, marimba,tympani,timbales,timbales,percussion
Joe Chambers, chimes,vibraphone,marimba,xylophone,percussion
Warren Smith, drums,tympani,vibraphone,orchestra bells,percussion
Freddie Waits, drums,orchestra bells,xylophone,percussion
Roy Brooks, drums,musical saw,percussion,temple block,cymbal,
tympani,steel drums
Ray Mantilla, African & Latin percussion,triangle

1. Onomatopoeia [O.Clay] (16:21)
2. Unknown (06:31)
3. Epistrophy [T.Monk] (09:56)
4. The Glorious Monster [M.Roach] (18:16)
5. Twinkle Toes [W.Smith]
6. Kujichaglia [R.Brooks] (08:55)
7. Caravanserai [J.Chambers] (25:45)
8. Morning, Noon, Midday [O.Clay, W.Smith] (08:19)
9. Rumble In The Jungle [O.Clay] (09:49)
10. Encore (20:08)

Total Time 2:07:49

Andrea Centazzo & Lol Coxhill - Live in Lovere '78

A duo active between the end of the seventies and the
early eighties, that sometimes turned to trio with the
addition of Austrian trumpeter Franz Koglmann.

Rec. live in Lovere, Italy, on July 1st, 1978
(mics recording)

Andrea Centazzo,percussions
Lol Coxhill,soprano saxophone

1. Darkly (30:48)
2. Encore (05:02)

Total Time 35:50

Carman Moore (feat. Sam Rivers) - Four Movements for a Fashionable Five-Toed Dragon

Here's a very interesting item supplied by "inamorata" who agreed to write a little intro to this record:

Carman Moore (feat. Sam Rivers): Four Movements for a Fashionable Five-Toed Dragon

01 Overture 2:44
02 1st Movement - Pastorale 11:22
03 2nd Movement - Urban Walk 14:58
04 3rd Movement - Colours 14:27
05 4th Movement - Folk Energy 12:47

This is a rather peculiar record, and a strange context for Sam Rivers to appear in. It may not be exactly rare (there is a copy on offer at *bay right now for USD 19.95) but definitely has not left many traces on the WWW. Here's what Rick Lopez in his amazing Sam Rivers Sessionography (http://www.bb10k.com/RIVERS.disc.html) says about it, quoting Anthony B. Rogers (I included the whole entry with the files):

"This is an LP produced by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and released in celebration of the American Bicentennial. The music was first presented at the 9th Hong Kong Ready-to-Wear Festival... The music was composed by Carman Moore and performed by members of the American Symphony Orchestra with... soloists."

The soloists are Sam Rivers, Elliott Randal, Kenneth Bichel, Richard Davis, and Warren Smith. The score by Carman Moore is played by members of the American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaiah Jackson. Although it has a jazzy tinge, it is not at all what one would expect from the list of soloists or, more specifically, the presence of Sam Rivers. I find it strange and fascinating and quite nice, but judge for yourselves.

The LP was recorded on February 29, 1976 (again according to Rick Lopez), right in the middle between what I consider the absolute high points of Sam Rivers prolific oeuvre: the IAI duo sessions with Dave Holland (February 18), and the Quest session with Holland and Altschul (March 12--13), both featuring the most intense and intimate musical communication I can think of.

I was lucky enough to find a well-kept copy and ripped and cleaned it very carefully (all remastering was done in 24bit resolution). I'm glad to share it here with the kind help of kinabalu. To him and to all other contributors here I wish to express my gratitude for the amazing amount of fine and rare music I got from this blog. I am mostly too busy to leave a comment, but this (and , hopefully, some future indirect contributions) is my sincere thank you to all of you.


Kind regards,
inamorata

Rashied Ali - Live in Moers '79

A little (and tardy) homage to the late Rashied Ali :
a solo performance during the 8th Moers Festival.

Rec. live at the 8th Moers Festival, Moers, Germany,
on June 2nd, 1979 (mics recording)

Rashied Ali,drums

1. Drums Improvisation (32:41)

William Parker's Raining on the Moon - live in Rome 2004

After Riccardo's post of Leena Conquest in Rome, I thought we definitely should have some more Leena Conquest in Rome. Bit of a toss-up about whether to go for the 2004 or 2008 concert, so here's the 2004, and if this one catches on, we might throw in the 2008 later on. I should say I caught the 2008 version roundabout the same time as the Rome date, so obviously two dates on the same tour.

As far as the William Parker oeuvre is concerned, this is, one might say, from the more accessible part of it. His Raining on the Moon ensemble is an conscious, deliberate attempt to draw upon a wider palette, to incorporate elements of the black musical heritage beyond jazz, in particular vocals and lyrics/poetry in the standard jazz ensemble set-up. Here it veers towards soul music in passages, recalling that one of Parker's many projects is a tribute to Curtis Mayfield. For those who enjoyed this set, I should recommend my earlier posting of Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, another project of exploring the width and breadth of the heritage - the latter Chicago-based and applying the banner of "Great Black Music - From Ancient to the Future". Parker is New York-based, but his vision and imagination is very much along the lines of his AACM compatriots in Chicago, extending beyond music-making to activism and community-building among his fellow NY jazzers.

Basic info:

William Parker Raining on the Moon
New York Is Now! Festival, Auditorium Parca della Musica –
Viale Pietro de Coubertin
Rome Italy
April 4, 2004

FM? > ? > CDR > EAC > FLAC

1. Soul That Died (24:16)
2. Feet Song (15:45)
3. James Baldwin to the Rescue (11:24)
4. Bowl of Stone Around the Sun (10:02)
5. unknown (10:17)

William Parker (b)
Rob Brown (as)
Lewis Barnes (tp)
Hamid Drake (d)
Leena Conquest (voc)

John Tchicai and The Open Orchestra - Live in Ceglie '08

An original project for the "Ceglie Jazz Open Festival",
that gathers together some of the best Italian
composers/improvisers with an "Old Lion" of the
free-jazz scene.

Live broadcast recorded at Piazza del Plebiscito,
Ceglie Messapica (Brindisi), Italy, on July 25th, 2008

John Tchicai,tenor sax,wooden flute,vocal
Angelo Olivieri,trumpet,flugelhorn,pocket trumpet,vocal
Mario Fragiacomo,trumpet,flugelhorn,vocal
Luca Bonvini,trombone,slide trumpet,vocal
Tony Cattano,trombone,vocal
Stefano Maltese,alto and soprano saxes,flute,vocal
Pasquale Innarella,tenor sax,vocal
Gianni Lenoci,piano,magnetic tape,vocal
Antonio Borghini,bass,vocal
Marcello Magliocchi,drums,vocal

1. Way To Nowhere [S.Maltese] (15:45)
2. Bernoulli Strata [G.Lenoci] (16:37)
3. The Spiritual Man [J.Tchicai] (09:27)
4. Ceglie Open City [P.Innarella] (10:33)

Total Time 52:23