MASABUMI KIKUCHI, MASAHIKO TOGASHI, GARY PEACOCK ‎– POESY : THE MAN WHO KEEPS WASHING HIS HANDS (PHILIPS, 1971)

A1. The Milky Way
A2. Dreams
A3. The Trap
A4. Apple

B1. Get Magic Again
B2. Foaming Around Sounds
B3. Aspiration
B4. End


Masabumi Kikuchi, piano
Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Gary Peacock, bass


Recorded at Victor Studio, Tokyo on June 30, July 13-16 1971

Philips/Nippon Phonogram - FX8518, re-issued as FS-6507 and 18PJ-1007.

Vinyl Rip

DUNMALL / GIBBS / TIPPETT / BELLATALLA / FAIRCLOUGH - KUNIKAZU (DLE017)

Paul Dunmall, tenor saxophone
Philip Gibbs, guitar
Keith Tippett, piano
Roberto Bellatalla, bass
Peter Fairclough, drums

1. Kunikazu  28:22
2. Samu  6:13
3. Inissud  22:42

Victoria Rooms, Bristol.  7 October 2001
Recording engineer: Jonathan Scott
Painting: Paul Dunmall

PAUL DUNMALL / TONY MARSH - LIVE AT THE KLINKER (DLE016)

Paul Dunmall, tenor and soprano saxophones
Tony Marsh, drums

1. The Snapper  22:28
2. It could have been you  10:26
3. Geisha gig  28:57

Klinker Club, London.  7 June 2001
Recording: Tim Fletcher
Painting: Tony Marsh

PAUL DUNMALL / PAUL ROGERS - JA JA SPOON (DLE013)

Paul Dunmall - tenor saxophone, bagpipes
Paul Rogers - five-string double bass

1. Ja Ja Spoon  22:25
2. Spoon Ja Ja  16:19
3. Ja Spoon Ja  10:23

Victoria Rooms, Bristol.  27 May 2001
Recorded by Jonathan Scott.  Mastered by Chris Trent.
Painting by Paul Dunmall

NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP NO.69 - JOHN SURMAN & FRIENDS "CONFLAGRATION" (1970)

Kenny Wheeler, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Eje Thelin, trombone
John Surman, soprano and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Mike Osborne, alto saxophone
Anthony Braxton, alto & sopranino saxophone, contrabass clarinet
Alan Skidmore, tenor saxophone
Chick Corea, piano
Dave Holland, bass
Barre Phillips, bass
Stu Martin, drums
Barry Altschul, drums, percussion


1. Conflagration (B. Phillips)             14:04
   Solos: Skidmore; Mangelsdorff/Corea; Martin/Altschul; Surman (ss)/Wheeler

2. 6s and 7s (B. Phillips)             12:28
   Solos: Phillips; Surman (bs); Wheeler; Braxton; Skidmore; Mangelsdorff
 
3. B (S. Martin)                     10:40
   Solos: Altschul; Mangelsdorff

4. Malachite (J. Surman)             12:26
   Solos: Skidmore; Surman (bs); Mangelsdorff/Osborne; Braxton (cbcl); Corea

5. Coins (C. Corea) (inc)             02:56
6. Causes Are Events (K. Wheeler)     16:24
   Solos: Mangelsdorff; Braxton (as); Corea

7. Sometime Ago (C. Corea) (inc)     16:32
   Solos: Braxton (sss); Corea; Wheeler

Recorded at Studio 10, Grosser Sendesaal des NDR Funkhauses, Hamburg on November 27, 1970.

PAUL DUNMALL - SOLO BAGPIPES II (DLE012)

Paul Dunmall - Gaida, Northumberland and Border bagpipes

1. Infinity within a semitone  3:39
2. No food to eat  2:46
3. The day before freedom  6:19
4. Loved ones  6:03
5. Wild tiger mind  8:09
6. A bag mistake  5:57
7. The expanding universe  3:46
8. Snatch us from the terrors of fear and pain  5:12
9. The mountains love big pipes  15:23

Recorded : Victoria Rooms, Bristol.  27 April 2001
Engineered and mastered: Jonathan Scott
Painting: Paul Dunmall
Track 9 for Jerry and Nathalie

RIC COLBECK QUARTET "THE SUN IS COMING UP" (FONTANA, 1970)

You'll find some background to Ric Colbeck  here.


Ric Colbeck, trumpet
Mike Osborne, alto saxophone
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, bass
Selwyn Lissack, drums

A1. Aphrodite  14:28
A2. Subdued  6:27    
B1. The Sun Is Coming Up  9:53    
B2. Lowlands  11:39

Recorded at Chalk Farm Studios London on 19-20 January 1970.

FONTANA 6383 001 (vinyl rip)

John Stevens - Freebop - at Bracknell and at the BBC

While I'm in the business of reviving John Stevens posts, here are two more posted back in 2007, actually in the first year of this blog. They were posted here and here . The discussion back then went into a great deal of minutiae about what was recorded when and where, but it ended up in consensus. What is on the record was from the Bracknell festival in 1982 whereas the non-released session was done for the BBC later in the year, but also in front of a live audience. Maybe that created some confusion.

Freebop played as a sextet on both occasions with a core group of four, and two separate guests for each session. The Bracknell group was as follows:

Gordon Beck - p
Pete King - as
Jon Corbett - trp
Paul Rutherford - tmb
Jeff Clyne - b
John Stevens - d

Side One:

1. Blue Line
2. Rhythm Is
3. Take Care

Side Two:

1. Okko
2. Kook

The BBC session:

Paul Rutherford (tb),
Trevor Watts (as),
Pete King (as),
John Etheridge (g),
Jeff Clyne (b),
John Stevens (d).

Rec. live by BBC Radio,
prob. London, UK
October 19th, 1982;

transmitted : BBC R1, ‘Sounds of Jazz’ (‘Jazz Club’ slot),
Sun November 7th, 1982.

1. Blue Line (Stevens)  11.00
2. announcer 00.55
3. Take care (Stevens)   05.010
4. announcer 00.41
5. Rhythm is (Stevens) 10.32

The group was conceived as a tribute to Phil Seamen, veteran drummer on the UK scene in the 50s and 60s and a source of inspiration for Stevens. With different line-ups, the vibe was bond to differ as well. Gordon Beck is much to the fore on the Bracknell recordings, but Pete King is highly present on both. I kind of think of this as a showcase for King, not as appreciated as he should be back in the day. '

As the name indicates, this was a meeting place for musicians coming from the bop mainstream and from the improv end of the spectrum, but it all gels beautifully here.

The Freebop record was posted as an mp3 back in 2007 and that link is unbelievably still active. For this post, I've gone to the master wav file, so this is now posted in lossless flac. I'm hoping to post more Stevens in the near future, particularly his Away fusion group which made a few records in the 70s, on prog/mainstream labels and some early 80s stuff as well.

TAKEHIRO HONDA & GERD DUDEK ‎– FLYING TO THE SKY (TRIO RECORDS, 1971)

A1. Dji-Dji-Eitch-Eitch

B1. Flying To The Sky
B2. Floating On The Sea

Günter Lenz, bass
Motohiko Hino, drums
Takehiro Honda, piano, electric piano
Gerd Dudek, tenor & sopranino saxophone

Recorded March 1, 1971

Trio Records ‎– RSP-9019

Vinyl Rip

John Stevens - Chemistry

Here is a repost of a post back in 2009, due to a request in our comments section.

Led by John Stevens, this is a different mix from his chamber-like SME or his foray into jazz-rock fusion with Away (similarly to Trevor Watts' Amalgam). The accent here is on chemistry, finding a group of players who have not interacted much before, doing it on the spur and creating that live feeling and keeping in the rough edges; anything to avoid that smoothness. Although John had played with the others individually and in smaller groups before, the group as such was new to this adventure.

The line-up:

Kenny Wheeler - trumpet/flugelhorn
Ray Warleigh - alto sax
Trevor Watts - alto sax
Jeff Clyne - bass
John Stevens - drums

01_Bass Is
02_Coleman
03_The Bird

The legacy of Coleman is quite evident in these pieces, certainly in the lightness and rhythmic fluidity of Watts' playing, another Colemanian trait and one Watts was going to refine in the years to come. Warleigh inserts a grittier, earthier counterpart to Watts' flights of fancy. Wheeler juts in with some tight, jagged spurts on both the second and third tracks. Clyne leads in the first piece slowly and deliberately with the group gradually joining in and with Stevens holding down an airy, light and very elegant groove. While the first piece is tentative, the two following pieces are machine-gun charged. Both open with short, sharp statements played at a breakneck pace with Watts heading off into the first solo on the second piece and Warleigh on the third. Both Clyde and Stevens get to do short, succinct solos, only broken up by restatements of the theme. However, at the mid-point of the third and last piece, the urgency of the piece suddenly breaks off into an introspective, elegiac mood which might recall the chamber intimacy of the SME, though never getting as taut and abstract. With John Stevens, always expect the unexpected!

All in all, ultra-fine playing from all concerned, indicating that the chemistry was indeed there on the day or more precisely, during three hours of studio recordings in November 1975. This was made at the Riverside Studio, presumably in London, but released on the Berlin-based Vinyl label in 1977 and never rereleased on cd, as far as is known. Steve Lake provided detailed sleeve notes on the back cover of the record, which has been reproduced here and appended to the tracks.

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART & KARL BERGER "STUTTGART 1971/72"

Ack Van Rooyen, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Walter "Joki" Freund, soprano & tenor saxophone
Frank St. Peter, alto & tenor saxophone
Gerd Dudek, soprano & tenor saxophone, flute
Karl Berger, vibraphone
Wolfgang Dauner, piano, ring modulator
Eberhard Weber, bass, cello
Fred Braceful, drums
Allen Blairman, drums

1. We Are You (K. Berger) (Dedicated to Albert Ayler)     15:56
2. Announcement                                     00:25
3. Sounds (K. Berger) (inc)                             05:42
4. It's Your Turn (K. Berger) (first version (inc))     16:55
5. Introduction (Dieter Zimmerle)                     00:40
6. It's Your Turn (K. Berger) (second version (inc))     11:44

Recorded ar Radio Studio SWR Villa Berg, Stuttgart on July 29, 1971.

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Ack Van Rooyen, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Walter "Joki" Freund, soprano & tenor saxophone
Frank St. Peter, alto & tenor saxophone
Karl Berger, vibraphone
Wolfgang Dauner, piano, ring modulator
Eberhard Weber, bass, cello
Fred Braceful, drums
Makaya Ntshoko, drums
Ingrid Berger, vocals

7. Introduction                             00:51
8. Catch Up - Who is Blind? (K. Berger) (inc)     17:23

Recorded at Radio Studio SWR Villa Berg, Stuttgart in July, 1972.

DEREK BAILEY, EVAN PARKER ‎– COMPATIBLES (INCUS RECORDS, 1986)

A1. Incus: The Bones Of Contention

B1. Vein Forms: Peter Riley
B2. In Memoriam: Laurent Goddet
B3. NYC: E & K


Derek Bailey, guitar
Evan Parker, saxophone


A. Recorded 22 April 1985 at the Arts Theatre London during the Incus Festival.
B1-3. Recorded 27 July 1985 at the Bethnal Green Music Library, London.

Incus Records ‎– 50

Vinyl Rip

GIBBS / ADAMS / DUNMALL - SOMETHING NORMAL (DLE010)

Philip Gibbs, guitars, ukulele banjo
John Adams, guitars, banjo, mandolin
Paul Dunmall, soprano saxophone, swanee sax, flute, pregnophone, moxeno, bagpipes

Disc A

1. Deprived of oxygen  3:18
2. Fens to the right, boilerman  5:55
3. Hey! He's eating my teeth  15:08
4. Disturbing events  11:32
5. I'll drink to that  7:20
6. Discussions with an astral being  9:42
7. Full moon creeper  4:04
8. Beautiful young lady  0:55

Disc B

1. Come on in the seats are filthy  14:34
2. Psycho snuffling  1:37
3. The boyman who ate a whole sweet  3:05
4. Normal past, out future  12:49
5. True phenomenon  4:57
6. The ambrosia of Kuppaswamy  9:00
7. Shiva's gift  5:34
8. The final wedge  1:40

Recorded at the Victoria Rooms, Bristol.  10 April 2001
Engineer: Jonathan Scott.  Painting: Paul Dunmall

GIBBS / ROGERS / DUNMALL - GWINKS (DLE009)

Philip Gibbs, guitar
Paul Rogers, double bass
Paul Dunmall, soprano saxophone, bagpipes

1. Bird on a mountain  29:59
2. Gwinks  9:10
3. Cherpers  12:42
4. Two dogs digs feathers  11:11

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Scott
Victoria Rooms, Bristol.  16 February 2001
Painting: Paul Dunmall

NEW JAZZ TRIO + STREICHQUINTETT "FRANKFURT, 1972"

Manfred Schoof, trumpet & fluegelhorn
Peter Trunk, bass, cello
Cees See, drums, percussion, zither
Koenraad Ellegiers, violin
Christel-Renate Wüstenbecker, violin
Herbert Krey, viola
Manfred Niehaus, viola
Othello Liesmann, cello
Dietrich Schulz-Köhn, announcement

1. radio introduction                   00:40
2. introduction (Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)     00:39
3. Ludus Totalis (M. Schoof)             03:52
4. Feathered Friends (M. Schoof)     04:23
5. Currents (M. Schoof)             04:34
6. Portraits > Hommage (M. Schoof)     09:57
7. Summoonata - Absolute (M. Schoof)     11:24

Recorded on March 26, 1972 at the Kongresshalle, Frankfurt during the 13th German Jazzfestival.

BENGT NORDSTRÖM ‎– NATURAL MUSIC (BIRD NOTES, 1968)

A. Bird Notes And Folk Tunes

B. Spontaneous Creation

Bengt Nordström, alto & tenor saxophone
Sven Hessle, bass

Bird Notes ‎– BNLP 2

Vinyl Rip

RUTHERFORD -:- BRÖTZMANN -:- PARKER "THREE RECORDINGS - AUDIENCE, 1976/80/81"

Re-discovered these three audience recordings last week on one of my external hd.
Enjoyed them quiet a bit -


ISKRA 1904  "BERLIN 1976"
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Derek Bailey, guitar
Tristan Honsinger, cello
Peter Kowald, bass

1 >improv<  14:08

Recorded at the "Workshop Freie Musik", Akademie der Künste, Berlin on 24.3. - 28.3.1976.

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PETER BRÖTZMANN SEXTET  "BRACKNELL 1980"
Mark Charig, trumpet
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Peter Brötzmann, tenor & bass saxophone, clarinet
Peter Kowald, bass
Barry Guy, bass
John Stevens, drums, cornet

1,. >unknown title<    37:35

Recorded at an unknown venue in Bracknell, UK on July 5, 1980.

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EVAN PARKER SEXTET  "LONDON 23-08-81"
George Lewis, trombone
Evan Parker, tenor & soprano saxophone
Alex Schlippenbach, piano
Maarten Altena, bass
Paul Lovens, percussion
Paul Lytton, percussion

1. >improv<  27:46

Recorded at an unknow venue in London on August 23, 1981.

GEORGE RUSSELL SEXTET "STOCKHOLM - GYLLENE CIRKELN 1964/65"

The above picture is part of the art-work which went along with the files I got from the "follyforto seewhat" blog some years ago. Thanks once more to the original uploader.

The music of the two George Russell Sextets posted here is really very good!



Bernt Rosengren, tenor saxophone
Thad Jones, trumpet
Garnett Brown, trombone
George Russell, piano
Barre Phillips, bass
Al Heath, drums

1. radio introduction 0:44
2. Stratosphunk (Russell)/ 'Round Midnight (Monk)/ Sippin' At Bells (Davis) 23:54

Recorded at the Gyllene Cirkeln in Stockholm in October, 1964.

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Bernt Rosengren, tenor saxophone
Bertil Lövgren, trumpet
Eje Thelin, trombone
George Russell, piano
Roman Dylag, bass
Al Heath, drums

3. radio introduction 0:08
4. The Outer View / Kentucky Oysters  (all tunes by Russell) 28:09

Recorded at the Gyllene Cirkeln in Stockholm on April 9, 1965.

BENGT "FRIPPE" NORDSTRÖM - MEANINGLESS (BLUE TOWER RECORDS, 2003)

1. Woofin' And Tweetin'
2. Half Nelson
3. Drums
4. Rue Chaptal
5. Woofin' And Tweetin'
6. Meaningless


Allan Wajda, piano
Bengt "Frippe" Nordström, alto & tenor saxophone
Bernt Rosengren, tenor saxophone
Lalle Svensson, trumpet
Fredrik Norén, drums
Björn Alke, bass
Bertil Löfgren, trumpet (2)
Bo Skoglund, drums (3)


Recorded in Stockholm, 1962-64

Blue Tower Records - BTCD08

CD Rip

DUNMALL / GIBBS / BALACHANDAR - MANJAH (DLE007)

Paul Dunmall, soprano saxophone
Philip Gibbs, guitars
M. Balachandar, mridangam

1. Soonachudra  11:22
2. I could yak it  22:23
3. Manjah  9:21
4. Speaking about others  8:22
5. Yellow paste  5:17

Recorded at Victoria Rooms, Bristol.  8 February 2001
Engineer: Jonathan Scott

BARRY GUY NEW ORCHESTRA & ELLIOTT SHARP "BERLIN, 2009"

If my memory serves right this was first posted on "FollyForToSeeWhat".
Sadly no proper release has surfaced.



Barry Guy, bass, director
Evan Parker, tenor & soprano saxophone
Mats Gustafsson, reeds
Trevor Watts, reeds
Per Texas Johansson, bass clarinet
Herb Robertson, trumpet
Johannes Bauer, trombone
Per Åke Holmlander, tuba
Agusti Fernandez, piano
Paul Lytton, drums
Raymond Strid, drums
Elliott Sharp, guitar, electronics

1. Danaus (Barry Guy) 23:41
2. Radio Rondo (Barry Guy) 30:32 

Recorded live at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Main Stage during the Jazzfestival Berlin on November 6, 2009.

DUNMALL / GIBBS / ADAMS / MARSHALL / MARSH / NOBLE - ZAP III (DLE005)

Paul Dunmall, tenor saxophone
Philip Gibbs, guitar
John Adams, guitar
Oren Marshall, tuba
Tony Marsh, drums
Steve Noble, drums

1. Zap III (part one)  35:22
2. Zap III (part two)  25:59
3. Zap III (part three)  9:34

Recorded: Victoria Rooms, Bristol.  23 October 2000
Engineer: Jonathan Scott

DUNMALL/ADAMS/MARSHALL/SANDERS/NOBLE - ZAP II (DLE004)

Paul Dunmall, tenor saxophone
John Adams, guitar
Oren Marshall, tuba
Mark Sanders, drums
Steve Noble, drums

1. Zap II (part one)  45:07
2. Zap II (part two)  28:51

Live at the Vortex, London.  20 April 1997
Recording: Andy Isham
Mastering: Marco Anderson
Painting: Dorothy Dunmall (Paul's mum)

DUNMALL/MARSH/GIBBS - IT ESCAPES ME DLE003

Paul Dunmall, tenor and soprano saxophones
Tony Marsh, drums
Philip Gibbs, electric and acoustic guitars

1. It escapes me  13:14
2. Thousands on a raft  21:26
3. Zachary problem  4:59
4. Never mind what they say  8:49
5. Two people, one oxen  11:41
6. Spirit boy  6:37

Recorded: 4 July 2000 at Bath College
Engineer: Paul Morris
Mastering: Marco Anderson
Painting: Tony Marsh

DUNS LIMITED EDITION  (DLE003)

DUNMALL/ADAMS/SANDERS - LIVE AT THE SUBTONE (DLE002)

Paul Dunmall, tenor saxophone
John Adams, guitar
Mark Sanders, drums

1. Yelling for you (part one)  29:45
2. Yelling for you (part two)  33:42

Recorded at the Subtone Club, Cheltenham.  28 Feb 1999
Recording: Andy Isham. Mastering: Marco at Andersonshelta
Cover painting: Paul Dunmall

DUNS LIMITED EDITION DLE002

PAUL DUNMALL - SOLO BAGPIPES (DLE001)

1. In a certain state of consciousness those questions don't exist  9:59
2. Islands of conclusions  9:38
3. The lair  4:54
4. The saint  3:21
5. New bag explorations  11:49
6. Andean Candy  13:11

Recorded at Lanes End Studio, Farlow by Jim Murphy. 1st November 1999.
Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 Border pipes.  3, 4 Northumberland pipes.
Cover painting by Paul Dunmall

(DUNS LIMITED EDITION DLE001)

TERUMASA HINO - ALONE, ALONE AND ALONE AND ALONE TOGETHER (COLUMBIA, TAKT JAZZ SERIES, 1970)

ALONE, ALONE AND ALONE

A1. Alone, Alone And Alone
A2. Soulful

B1. Summertime
B2. Downswing
B3. B-Lunch

Terumasa Hino, trumpet

Motohiko Hino, drums

Yuji Ohno, piano

Kunimitsu Inaba, bass

Recorded at Teichikukaikan Studio, Nov. 16, 17 1967 

Columbia, Takt Jazz Series  ‎– XMS-10023 - 1970

This re-issue, Columbia Tact Jazz Series YS-7037-CT, 1980. 

Vinyl Rip

ALONE TOGETHER

A. Introduction - Alone Together

B1. Satsuki

B2. Make Left

Steve Grossman, alto & soprano saxophone

Richard Davis, bass, electric bass

Motohiko Hino, drums

Harold Mabern, piano, electric piano 

Terumasa Hino, trumpet, flugelhorn

Recorded at "Sound Media" Studio, New York, Apr. 6, 7, 1970 

Takt Jazz Series, Columbia ‎– XMS-10027-CT - 1970
This re-issue, Columbia Tact Jazz Series - YS7510-CT, 1977.

Vinyl Rip

Giorgio Buratti-(J.Byard, D.Richmond, B.Jones,E.Preston) A smooth day ...-Durium lp, MS A 77268-1971

A rare one by eclectic Italian Jazz and improvising bassist and later electro - acoustic composer Giorgio Buratti , heard here in an impromptu studio session with members of Charles Mingus's touring band at the time..
 An unexpectedly intense foray into total improvisation, rather similar in substance and perhaps inspired by Mingus's 1961 free-cut up Collaged piece 'Passions of a man' , similarly alternating rambunctious, abrupt explosive polytonal gospel romps with elided pointillistic textural abstraction.. .
....besides which the fun being had by all involved is palpable and infectious...and very clearly audible..almost relentlessly so!

Amazing !.. what a joy to hear the great Jaki Byard in completely free mode for an entire record  , his contribution is outrageously fluid ..and certainly among the busiest and most genuinely interactive i've ever heard him..

Not much info to be gleaned online  about this particular session,
Here's a link to Buratti's website
Buratti made a string of interesting experimental albums from the late 60's to the mid 70's , some of which don't easily fit into genre classifications,one of those" Explosions "can still be found here, see the last comment by al66
ENJOY!!

PS.. this was a garage sale find years ago , the record is pockmarked with tiny indentations ... not a great copy .. to be sure.!.

ALAN SILVA CELESTRIAL COMMUNICATION ORCHESTRA "DESERT MIRAGE" (IACP, 1982)

On this and the previous Alan Silva post, he is not playing himself but it's "his" music nonetheless.

These sprawling vistas - like flying and/or floating over vast sky- and landscapes. Immersed but somehow not attached.

On this LP the music has sometimes a dreamlike quality (see/hear "Desert Mirage") and au contraire to his LPs on BYG the music here has a more "structured" sound. Not that I would dislike "unstructured" sounds from Alan Silva or per se...

The Silva - as ever.



ALAN SILVA CELESTRIAL COMMUNICATION ORCHESTRA "DESERT MIRAGE"

Pierre Faure, flute
Carl Schlosser, flute, piccolo
Aldridge Hansberry, flute, alto flute
Karo, alto clarinet
Denis Colin, bass clarinet
Jean Querlier, oboe, cor anglais
Bruno Girard, violin
Pascal Morrow, violin
Didier Petit, cello
Itaru Oki, trumpet, bugle
Jeff Beer, trumpet
Serge Adam, trumpet
Bernard Vitet, trumpet
Michael Zwerin, trombone
Doménico Criseo, trombone
Francois Cotinaud, tenor saxophone
Georges Gaumont, tenor saxophone
Arthur Doyle, tenor saxophone
Philippe Sellam, alto saxophone
Sébastien Franck, alto saxophone
Henri Grinberg, soprano saxophone
Antoine Mizrah, electric bass
Rosine Feferman, bass
Francis Gorge, guitar
Francois Leymarie, electric bass
Jacques Marugg, vibes, marimba, timbales
Adrien Bitan, vibes, marimba
Ron Pittner,drums
Bernard Drouillet, drums
Gilles Premel, percussion
Alan Silva, conductor

LP 1

1. Desert Mirage 20:06
2. A D N 08:20
3. After Coda 09:40

LP 2

1. February The Third (1st Part) 14:41
2. February The Third (2nd Part) 09:29
3. Procession 10:57


Recorded on June 25,26 & 27, 1982 at Aquarium Studio, Paris.

IACP 7004-5

Soloists on:
LP1
Tr.1 Jean Querlier - Aldridge Hansberry - Itaru Oki - Michael Zwerin
Tr.2 Philippe Sellam - Denis Colin - Jacques Marugg - Bruno Girard - Arthur Doyle - Bruno Girard - Georges Gaumont - Jeff Beer - Jean Querlier
Tr.3 Francois Cotinaud - Pierre Faure
LP2
Tr.1 Bruno Girard - Bernard Vitet - Georges Gaumont - Denis Colin - Sébastien Franck - Francois Cotinaud
Tr.2 Jean Querlier
Tr.3 Sébastien Franck - Arthur Doyle - Francis Gorge - Carl Schlosser - Bernard Vitet - Georges Gaumont - Denis Colin

ALAN SILVA CELESTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS ORCHESTRA "THE SHOUT" (SUN RECORDS, 1978)

ALAN SILVA CELESTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS ORCHESTRA "THE SHOUT"
(Portrait For A Small Woman)

Georges Menousek, alto saxophone
Georges Gaumont, soprano saxophone
Jo Maka, alto & soprano saxophone
Francois Cotinaud, tenor saxophone, oboe
Luc Le Masne, bass saxophone
Jouk Minor, baritone saxophone, contrabass clarinet
Denis Colin, bass clarinet, octocontra alto-clarinet
Robert Garrison, trumpet
Pierre Sauvageot, trumpet
Bernard Vitet, trumpet
Itaru Oki, trumpet
Adolf Winkler, trombone
Michael Zwerin, trombone
Pierre Faure, flute
Jacques Dolias, violin
Catherine Lienhardt, violin
Bruno Girard, violin
Helene Bass,cello
Pierre Jacquet, bass
Armand Assouline, percussion
Michel Coffi, drums
Muhammad Ali, drums

1. Golden Flower 10:14
2. The Shout 05:51
3. Le Voile Pastel 03:06
4. Ijo 06:33
5. Broadway 09:12
6. Communications 03:15
7. Stepping 02:05

Recorded at Studio Davout, Paris in November, 1978.

SUN RECORDS SEB 003

Soloists on:
Tr.1 Itaru Oki - Jo Maka - Francois Cotinaud - Bernard Vitet
Tr.2 Muhammad Ali
Tr.3 Jo Maka
Tr.4 Denis Colin - Luc Le Masne - Michael Zwerin
Tr.5 Jo Maka - Adolf Winkler
Tr.6 Jouk Minor
Tr.7 Itaru Oki
Note: Luc Le Masne is not listed in the line-up.
He most probably plays some kind of clarinet.

Update (25.08.2013) - Now I know that Le Masne did play bass saxophone and not clarinet.
See his comment below!

AKIRA MIYAZAWA QUARTET - SEA HORSE (Pony Canyon, 2002)

1. Green Dolphin Street
2. In A Sentimental Mood
3. Poor Butterfly
4. Baby Sea Horse
5. Stardust
6. Tenor Madness
7. I Can't Get Started
8. Take The A Train
9. If Ever I Would Leave You


Akira Miyazawa, tenor sax
Harumi Takeuchi, piano
Shunsuke Takeuchi, bass
Masahiko Ozu, drums

Recorded on 21 December 1989 at the Grand Hotel, Hammamatsu

Pony Canyon - M & I - MYCJ-30145

CD Rip

BADEN BADEN NEW JAZZ MEETING 1973

Mongezi Feza, trumpet
Uli Beckerhoff, trumpet
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Perry Robinson, clarinet
Charlie Mariano, alto saxophone
Dieter Scherf, alto saxophone
Bobby Jones, tenor saxophone
Zbigniew Seifert, violin
Toto Blanke, guitar
Philip Catherine, guitar
Jasper Van't Hof, keyboards
Dave McRae, keyboards
Wolfgang Dauner, keyboards
Chris McGregor, keyboards
Palle Danielsson, bass
Peter Trunk, bass
Jean François Jenny-Clark, bass
Edward Vesala, drums
John Marshall, drums
Okay Temiz , percussion
Norma Winstone, vocals
Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcement

Disc 1
01. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:30
02. Ballad for B.B. (P. Catherine)     6:57
    Blanke (L), Catherine (R)

03. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:45
04. Normal (A. Mangelsdorff)     2:47
    Mangelsdorff, Winstone

05. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:25
06. Ohne Mühe (W. Dauner)     9:32
    van't Hof (el-p, org) (L), Dauner (p, synth) (R)

07. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:14
08. Angel Wings (P. Catherine)     16:38
    Catherine, Seifert, McRae (p), van't Hof (el-p, org), Trunk, Marshall

09. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:52
10. Fugavi (J. van't Hof) (second version)     11:47
    Mariano, van't Hof, Trunk, Marshall

11. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:49
12. Lopez (A. Mangelsdorff)     17:30
    Mangelsdorff, Breckerhoff, Scherf, Mariano, Dauner, Danielsson, Vesala

13. Announcement (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:04

Disc 2
01. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:16
02. Blasting Off (P. Robinson)     5:46
    Robinson, McRae, Jenny-Clark, Vesala

03. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:49
04. Moon Quake (J. van't Hof)     2:28
    Mariano, van't Hof, Trunk, Marshall

05. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:10
06. Trio Tronic (W. Dauner)     5:35
    van't Hof (el-p, org) (L), McRae (el-p), Dauner (p, synth) (R)

07. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:00
08. Questions to Come (A. Mangelsdorff)     1:37
    Mangelsdorff, Vesala

09. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:31
10. Kasilana (O. Temiz) (inc)     8:41
    Feza, Mariano, McGregor, Danielsson, Temiz

11. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:29
12. Indifferent (D. Scherf)     2:31
    Mangelsdorff, Scherf, Robinson, Danielsson, Winstone

13. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:45
14. Before (P. Catherine)     5:50
    Blanke (L), Catherine (R)

15. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:48
16. Electric Circus No. 1 (T. Blanke)     9:48
    Blanke, van't Hof, Vesala

17. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:59
18. Human Being (N. Winstone)     10:59
    Winstone, Mangelsdorff, Mariano, McRae, van't Hof, Danielsson, Marshall, Vesala

19. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     2:45
20. St. Nikolaus (C. McGregor) (inc)     6:05
    Winstone, Jones, Robinson, Mariano, Scherf, Feza, Beckerhoff, Mangelsdorff, Catherine, Blanke, Seifert, McRae (el-p), van't Hof (el-p, org), Dauner (p, synth), McGregor (p), Danielsson, Jenny-Clark, Vesala, Marshall, Temiz

Disc 3
01. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:11
02. Peter's Bass Meet (P. Trunk)     8:56
    Jenny-Clark (L), Danielsson, Trunk (R)

03. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:39
04. Fugavi (J. van't Hof) (first version)     7:50
    Mariano, van't Hof, Trunk, Marshall

05. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     2:02
06. Lion (P. Trunk)     6:45
    Breckerhoff, Feza, Mangelsdorff, Robinson, Scherf, Mariano, Jones, Seifert, Blanke, Catherine, van't Hof, Trunk, Vesala, Marshall, Temiz

07. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:02
08. Walk Softly, Carry a Black Stick (B. Jones)     6:37
    Jones (cl), Robinson, Trunk, Danielsson

09. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:42
10. Electric Circus No. 2 (T. Blanke)     6:02
    van't Hof (L), Blanke (R), Vesala

11. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:40
12. Trio Electric (W. Dauner)     3:04
    van't Hof (el-p, org) (L), McRae (el-p), Dauner (p, synth) (R)

13. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:47
14. Voyage (E. Vesala)     7:08
    Breckerhoff, Feza, Mangelsdorff, Mariano, Jones, Robinson, Danielsson, Jenny-Clark, Vesala

15. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:43
16. My Night, My Day (Z. Seifert) (inc)     11:25
    Mariano, Jones, Seifert, Dauner, Danielsson, Vesala

Disc 4
01. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:51
02. Lopez (A. Mangelsdorff)     16:53
    Mangelsdorff, Breckerhoff, Scherf, Mariano, Dauner, Danielsson, Vesala

03. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:39
04. Angel Wings (P. Catherine)     15:07
    Catherine, Seifert, van't Hof, McRae, Trunk, Marshall

05. Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:45
06. Duo Electron (W. Dauner-J. van't Hof)     11:04
    Dauner (p, synth), van't Hof (el-p, org)

07. Introduction     0:45
08. Blasting Off (P. Robinson)     7:51
    Robinson, Scherf, McRae, Jenny-Clark, Vesala

09. Introduction     0:11

Disc 5
01. Introduction     0:29
02. Kasilana (O. Temiz)     9:14
    Feza, Mariano, McGregor, Danielsson, Temiz

03. Introduction     0:41
04. Lion (P. Trunk)     5:03
    Breckerhoff, Feza, Mangelsdorff, Scherf, Mariano, Jones, Robinson, Seifert, Blanke, Catherine, van't Hof, Vesala, Marshall, Temiz

05. Introduction     0:18
06. Before (P. Catherine)     5:14
    Blanke, Catherine

07. Introduction     0:33
08. Human Being (N. Winstone)     10:48
    Winstone, Mangelsdorff, Mariano, van't Hof, McRae, Danielsson, Vesala, Marshall

09. Closing announcement  0:04


Discs 1-3 include music recorded during the Baden-Baden New Jazz Meeting in Südwestfunk Studios in Baden-Baden early December.
Most probably before Discs 4-5 were recorded at a public performance on December 7, 1973 at Kurfürstliches Schloss in Mainz.

HALKI COLLECTIVE - Κολλεκτίβα Χάλκης (LARISSA IMPROVISER' GUILD, 1984)

This rare LP is a contribution by Alex from Solex.
He posted it in the request section. But it deserves a proper post IMHO.
Thank you, Alex!


Vasilis Sitras, tenor saxophone (on side A only)
Hristos Papageorgiou, trombone(1,2), guitar(3), violin(4,5)
George Kostoulis, double bass(1,2,4,5), electric bass(3)
Sakis Grimboulis, drums, percussion


Side A:
1. Quartet a  13:06
2. Quartet b  10:05
Side B:
3. Trio a  9:34
4. Trio b  8:00
5. Trio c  4:21

Recorded on February 11, 1984 at Municipal "Sineac" on Piraeus, Greece.

Art work: Efi Sdoukou


LARISSA IMPROVISER' GUILD 1 (private pressing)

(vinyl rip)

AKIRA MIYAZAWA - NOYURI (EASTWORLD, 1992)

1. 野百合 / 作曲:宮澤昭
2. 12+2 / 作曲:宮澤昭
3. 秋意 / 作曲:渋谷毅
4. Beyond the flames / 作曲:渋谷毅
5. Sea horse / 作曲:宮澤昭
6. 浜名湖 / 作曲:宮澤昭
7. Water beetle / 作曲:宮澤昭
8. Dozing blues / 作曲:宮澤昭



Akira Miyazawa, tenor saxophone
Takeshi Shibuya, piano, organ


Recorded 5-6 December 1991

Eastworld - TOCT-6631

CD Rip

AMM - October Gallery 15.12.91 Set 2

AMM

EDDIE PREVOST, percussion
LOU GARE, violin, tenor sax
KEITH ROWE, guitar, electronics
JOHN TILBURY, piano

Second set  45:09

October Gallery, London.  15 December 1991

Maybe this only applies to non-drivers like myself, but have you ever been at a gig/concert when you know you have to leave by a certain time to catch the last train/bus and, as good as the music is, you’d like it to finish, but it doesn’t, it seems to go on forever, even when there was a natural obvious ending five minutes ago?  Well this gig wasn’t like that, not for me anyway. I was getting a lift from the wonderful girl who used to drive to most of the venues around England where I made the recordings I’ve been posting.  (Eternal thanks to her.) No, I was relaxed, knowing I could hear every last note, scrape and thrum.  But John Tilbury, on the other hand, needed to catch his train and left halfway through this second set.  Thus turning AMM into the Masters of Disorientation I suppose.

Thank you to the six people who kindly left a comment to set 1.  Your encouragement gives me a sense of purpose.

 

@Maready, Lou Gare was the opposite of a front-man.  He would stand, or walk around at the back of the rest of the group.  I only met him a few times but he came across as a very humble, gentle and thoroughly nice man.  It’s a shame we don’t hear more of him.  It’s well worth hearing the AMM albums made when it was just the duo of Prevost and Gare:  ‘At the Roundhouse’ (Anomalous Records) and ‘To Here and Back Again’ (Matchless Recordings).  Also his solo (tenor) album ‘No Strings Atttached’ (Matchless Recordings).  Obviously ALL the AMM albums are worth hearing.

Lou Gare on YouTube 

Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Karyobin

There was a request for this one from Roberto T. a while back in our comments section at the top. I knew I had it on the Ipod, so it must be retrievable from the archives. Perseverance shall be rewarded, they say, so here it is.

This is a classic, needless to say. British improv; understated, chamber-like, light-footed, intimate, attentive, cohesive, whatever adjectives may apply. And a fine thing, all in all.

Guitar [Electric] - Derek Bailey
Saxophone [Soprano] - Evan Parker
Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Kenny Wheeler
Bass - Dave Holland
Drums - John Stevens

Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios 18/2/68.

Producer - Eddie Kramer
Recorded By - Eddie Kramer

Artwork By [Painting Of Karyobin] - Robert Macauley

MASAHIKO SATO & NEW HERD ORCHESTRA "CANTO OF LIBRA" (COLUMBIA, 1970)

I have posted the companion to this recording more than four years ago.
New links over there...and now to:



Masahiko Sato, piano, celesta

Toshiyuki Miyama, conductor

NEW HERD ORCHESTRA
Koji Hatori, Bunji Murata, Kenichi Sano, Kunio Fujisaki, trumpet
Teruhiko Kataoka, Masamichi Uetaka, Seiichi Tokura, Takeshi Aoki, trombone
Hiroshi Takami, Shinji Nakayama, alto saxophone
Kosuke Ichihara, Shoji Maeda, tenor saxophone
Shunzo Sunahara, baritone saxophone
Yoshinobu Imashiro, piano
Kozaburo Yamaki, guitar
Masao Kurisada, bass
Teiichi Tabata, drums

1. Canto I    11:21
2. Canto II   05:48
3. Canto III  08:02
4. Canto IV   05:36
5. Canto V    05:29

Music composed and arranged by Masahiko Sato.

Recorded in Tokyo on July 15 & 18, 1970.

COLUMBIA NB-7001 (LP)
(COCB-53493 CD)

KEIZO INOUE "IN MOERS" (TRIO, 1981)

I believe this item is OOP - if not please post a comment - otherwise also appreciated ;-)



Keizo Inoue, clarinet, alto clarinet, recorder, alto saxophone, little instruments
Günter Christmann, trombone, bass
Paul Lovens, percussion



01. Himmel              05:31    
02. Wasser              06:36    
03. Feuer              07:09    
04. Passionato I     03:20    
05. Passionato II      02:32    
06. Passionato III      01:14    
07. Passionato IV      02:56    
08. Passionato V     03:48    
09. Passionato VI      05:25    
10. Passionato VII      05:05    
11. Passionato VIII      02:20
12. Passionato IX       02:07    
13. Passionato X      01:53    
14. Passionato XI      01:20    
15. Passionato XII      01:56    
16. Passionato XIII      04:41    
17. Passionato XIV      02:51    
18. Passionato XV      01:44


Recorded by Elke Schipper in Moers, Germany on 7th & 8th June, 1981.


TRIO RECORDS PAP 25010
(this version MTCJ 5508 - CD)

AMM - October Gallery 15.12.91 Set 1

AMM

EDDIE PREVOST, percussion
LOU GARE, tenor sax
KEITH ROWE, guitar, electronics
JOHN TILBURY, piano

Set 1.  39:34

October Gallery, London.  15 December 1991

TONY OXLEY QUINTET. London. 1981

 
TONY OXLEY, drums, electronics
HOWARD RILEY, piano
LARRY STABBINS, sax
PHIL WACHSMANN, violin
HUGH METCALF, guitar

1. Oxley, Stabbins, Wachsmann, Riley  11:48
2. Oxley, Riley  11:45
3. Metcalf, Riley, Wachsmann  10:18
4. Oxley, Stabbins, Wachsmann, Metcalf (?)  13:00
5. Metcalf  3:57
5. Quintet  24:50

Goldsmiths College, London.  21 February, 1981

Thanks to AP for his live cassette recording.

AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS "SONG FOR MOTHER E" (LEO, 1979)

This a contribution by Mew23 - thanks again!

Amina Claudine Myers, piano, organ, voice
Pheeroan akLaff, drums, percussion, voice

1. I'm Not Afraid [04:42]
2. 3/4's of 4/4 [05:15]
3. Have Mercy Upon Us Chant [10:53]
4. Song for Mother E [03:43]
5. The Real Side [05:51]
6. The Immortal [05:39]
7. Inner Destruction [07:38]
8. I'm Not Afraid, Refrain [03:14]
total time [46:55]

"This album is dedicated to my mother, Mrs. Elnora M. Thurman."
All compositions by Amina Claudine Myers

Recorded October 9, 1979, at Big Apple Recording Studios, NY.
Leo Records LR100

SUNNY MURRAY "SONNY'S TIME NOW" (JIHAD, 1965)

Some hours ago there was a request for this album - I believe it is OOP.
This post contains the title "The Lie" which was for the first time released on the Japanese LP re-edition. The package included a one-sided single which wasn't part of the original Jihad LP.
The CD contains both - single + LP.
What to say else about the music - it is a classic and it should appeal to everyone who digs f.e. ESP.
Soundwise it is a bit murky and sadly the bassists are best heard in the quieter parts.
But the intensity of the music will make up for those shortcomings and Mr. Murray IS a master of the drums.


Sunny Murray, drums
Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone
Don Cherry, trumpet
Henry Grimes, bass
Lewis Worrell, bass
Amiri Baraka, spoken words


01. Virtue             11:03
02. Justice (pt.1 + 2) 12:51
03. Black Art          06:41
04. The Lie            05:55

TT 36:32


Recorded Brooklyn, NY, November 17, 1965.

Amiri Baraka was known as LeRoi Jones at this time and is so credited on the issues.
Sunny Murray spelled his name "Sonny" at this time.

JIHAD PRODUCTION Jihad 663 (LP)
DIW Records – DIW-355 (CD)

LÉON FRANCIOLI / BEB GUÉRIN / BERNARD LUBAT / MICHEL PORTAL "CHÂTEAUVALLON 76" (L'ESCARGOT, 1976)

Michel Portal, alto & tenor saxophone, bandoneon, bass clarinet, clarinet
Beb Guérin, double bass
Lêon Francioli, double bass, trombone
Bernard Lubat, percussion, piano

Side A:
01. Souffrière - Volcan (8:22)   
02. Souffrière - Erruption (5:52)   
03. En Voiture Simone     (2:50)
Side B:
04. À La Niche (6:40)   
05. 1, 2, 3, 4 (1:49)   
06. Angels  (3:26)
07. Los Inclassables  (4:39)


Recorded during Festival de Jazz de Châteauvallon, France on August 23, 1976.

Music on track 1,2,7 by M.Portal; track 3 by B.Lubat; track 4 by B.Guerin; track 5 by L.Francioli; track 6 by A.Ayler.

L'ESCARGOT ESC 382 (vinyl rip)