MUJICIAN - Exeter 1989 Set 2

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor, baritone and soprano saxophones, penny whistle
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 25:22
2. 18:48

Exeter and Devon Arts Centre, 11th November 1989

For Tantris, Sotise, Kinabalu, Nick, Ernst, Milos, Softnucleus

The real deal.

BAILEY / SABU / BRÖTZMANN "LIVE IN OKAYAMA 1987" (IMPROVISED COMPANY, 1987)

Derek Bailey, guitar
Peter Brötzmann, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, tarogato
Yoshisaburo Toyozumi, drums, percussion

1. PB + YT (21.45)
2. DB (22.25)
3. DB + PB + YT (27.29)

Recorded live in Aix-en-provence, Okayama, Japan, on 16 November 1987.

Improvised Company CD002

BINDER QUINTET WITH JOHN TCHICAI (KRÉM, 1982)

heres a serenely beautiful , bittersweet music that’s very much a central European folk inflected fusion with free jazz.

I know nothing of the Hungarian ‘binder quintet’ beyond this one lp ive owned for 20 years.
A unique gem ,that’s worn very well and is unlikely to ever be reissued on cd.

There is no date at all on the lp, late seventies early eighties seems very likely.
This was put out on KREM the recording label of the state controlled Hungarian national radio broadcaster.

Enjoy


>The text above is by sotise which posted this gem almost at the beginning of this blog ( 9th November, 2007!). And here I discovered the music for the first time in 2009 or so...
Just recently I listened to it and was again delighted.
So here's a re-up for all who haden't the chance the first time around.<

Personnel is

BINDER QUINTET
Mihaly Dresch,  tenor saxophone , harmonica
Károly Friedrich, trombone, harmonica
Károly Binder, piano
Róbert Benkö, contrabass
István Baló,  drums
with
John Tchicai,  alto saxophone

1. Vasvirág (Iron Flower) 20:59  
2. Sirató (Dirge) 6:48  
3. Közép-európai Zajongások (Central-European Hubbub) 15:48

Composed by Mihály Dresch


Recorded at Hungarian radio studio, Budapest, July 29, 1982.


Binder Music Manufactory  BMM 9606 (CD)
Originally released on LP in 1983 - Krém SLPX 17759

ERICH KLEINSCHUSTER SEXTET + LESZEK ZADLO "VIENNA, 1972"

Erich Kleinschuster, trombone, announcements
Leszek Zadlo, bass clarinet, soprano & tenor saxophone, flute
Fritz Pauer, electric piano
Jimmy Woode, bass
Erich Bachträgl, drums
Fritz Ozmec, percussion

1. Intro 1:22
2. Whole Tone Dance 10:11
3. Directions 4:38
4. Intensity 7:27
5. Einsiedlerplatz (Hermit's Square) 10:46
6. Saturn 11:51
7. Ephedes BH 8:10
8. unknown title (incomplete) 3:29

Written by Erich Kleinschuster except "Directions" which was written by Joe Zawinul.

Recorded at Amerikahaus, Vienna,  Austria on September 18, 1972.

IANNIS XENAKIS "KRAANERG" (ERATO, 1968-69)

This is the recording of  "Kraanerg's" premiere.
Although the composition is a continous piece of music I've post it each LP side separately.
So you have four files...

...for more information go to Wikipedia



Kraanerg Musique Pour Orchestre Et Bande Magnétique
[Musique de ballet pour orchestre et bande magnétique 4 pistes :
1(pic).1.2(clpic, clCB).1(cbn)-2.2.2.0, crd (3.3.2.2.2 ou multiple)]

Marius Constant, conductor
Ensemble Ars Nova De L'O.R.T.F.

Recorded June 2, 1969 Ottawa, Inauguration du National Arts Centre, National Ballet Guild of Canada
- the rehearsal began in April 1969.

Erato  STU 70527/28 (vinyl rip)

Originally available with the LP box "XENAKIS" (Erato STU 70526/27/28/29/30), 1969.

Kraanerg is a composition for 23 instruments and 4-channel analog tape composed by Iannis Xenakis, originally for a ballet with choreography by Roland Petit and set design by Victor Vasarely. It was created for the grand opening of the Canadian National Arts Centre in Ottawa, which was originally to coincide with Expo 67 but was delayed to 1969.


As the LP was part of a box set there's no cover - I've simply added the red letters to the box' front pic for a start...
...only after uploading I've discovered one nasty audible crack on side D.....

William Parker - Hamid Drake - John Dikeman ~ Sant'Anna Arresi ~ 5th September 2015

Almost an hour of this trio's set at Sant'Anna Arrest in September 2015 - at once energetic and lyrical, with Dikeman's sax superbly offset by Parker and Drake.

William Parker - bass
Hamid Drake - drums & percussion
John Dikeman - saxophone

Sant'Anna Arresi; 5th September 2015 (from RAI3 live recording)




By the way, RAI3 broadcast the Evan Parker Quartet's 4th September set from the same festival a couple of weeks ago. I wasn't able to record this broadcast - if someone has a recording, could it be shared here?

KEITH TIPPETT - solo. London 1992

KEITH TIPPETT -  piano

1. August Air  41:02

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London   May 1992

BBC Radio 3.  Impressions. b'cast 17 Oct 1992

Don't miss Keith Tippett's excellent recent solo release Mujician Solo IV - live in Piacenza.

Also a new cd by the Keith Tippett Octet - The Nine Dances of Patrick O'Gonogon

DUNMALL. ROGERS. HESSION, Termite Club, Leeds 1988

PAUL DUNMALL - ss, ts, bs
PAUL ROGERS - b
PAUL HESSION - d

1. 40:02
2. 38:57

Termite Club, Leeds   30th June 1988

Thanks to taper.

HENRY THREADGILL'S ZOOID "POP START THE TAPE, STOP" (HARDEDGE, 2003)

Henry Threadgill, flute, bass flute, hubkaphone
Liberty Ellman, acoustic guitar
Tarik Benbrahim, oud
Dana Leongi, cello
Jose Davila, tuba
Elliot Humberto Kavee, drums


A. Pop Start The Tape, Stop     24:35
B. Pop Start The Tape, Stop (Cont'd)     18:09


Recorded at Engine 27, New York City, September 12, 2003
Limited edition of 1000 (numbered) copies


HARDEDGE HE-001  (vinyl rip)

SOPHiA DOMANCiCH TRiO :: Rêve de singe (1993)

SOPHiA DOMANCiCH TRiO :: Rêve de singe (Gimini 1993)

1. Reve De Singe [SD] (7:49)
2. P.D.M. [SD] (13:12)
3. Dji-Dji Up [SD] (6:16)
4. Jocelyn [SD] (10:42)
5. Cold Shoulders [SD] (9:04)
6. Blott On The Landscape [SD] (9:44)
7. Mon Reve Familier [PR] (10:15)
8. Lunch, The Rabbit [SD] (8:59)

SOPHiA DOMANCiCH - piano

PAUL ROGERS - 5 string bass

TONY LEViN - drums

Rec: Feb 1993 - Loc: Studio de Chennevieres (France) - Eng/Pr: Gérard Lhomme 

For Andy, kinabalu, onxidlib, sotise, Nick and all good people, especially those who passed from our lives.

brothermiloo2.

::

LILLI FRIEDEMANN "EINSTIEGE IN NEUE KLANGBEREICHE DURCH GRUPPENIMPROVISATION" (UNIVERSAL EDITION, 1973)

Here we have a rather obscure example of improvised music. I've stumbled on this release while doing my regular unsystematic but occaisonally fruitful researches.

Lilli Friedemann (* 17. Juni 1906 in Kiel; † 20. Dezember 1991 in Mölln) was a German violin and viola player and an improviser.
A pupil of a.o. Paul Hindemith she developed from the mid 1950s onward the socalled „Musikalische Gruppenimprovisation“ (musical group improvisation).
1964 she founded the „Ring für Gruppenimprovisation“ (ring for group improvisation). This was followed by the a series of writings called „Ringgespräch für Gruppenimprovisation“ (ring-talks for group improvisation).
Her first experiments towards an improvised music were through accompanying theatre performances.
In 1986 she founded the group "Ex Tempore". With this ensemble she brougt her way of group-improvising to the public.
She was also a pioneer in historically informed performances of baroque-music in Germany.

1968 she became university lecturer in Hamburg.
Today her knowledge in playing and her writings are applied mainly in music-therapy.
Her script "Ordnung ohne Herrschaft" (order without lesdership/dominance), on which she worked until her death, remains unfinished.
Her first example of improvised music was released in 1969: " kollektivimprovisation als studium und gestaltung neuer musik".

Somehow, while reading the book, I had the impression, that the music on this vinyl was produced without much knowledge of what was going on in improvised music all around the world since the end of the 1950s.
But wether this is an approbriate observation is a moot point.

The title in Englisch: A1- meter and opposition; A2 - two sound-pictures as a riddle; B1 - fog-horns; B2 - mot-play
"einstiege in neue klangbereiche durch gruppenimprovisation" means "entering into new areas of sound through group improvising"





Performer:
Arend Schmidt, Beate Quaas, Brigitte Emmel, Frank Grootaers,
Lilli Friedemann, Reiner Juhl, Ulrike Gruß, Wilhelm Schulz



A1. Metrum Und Opposition  4:26
A2. Zwei Klangbilder Als Rätsel  2:11
B1. Nebelhörner 3:34
B2. Mot-Spiel 2:40

- Metrum und Opposition (seven players)
- Zwei Klangbilder als Rätsel (for seven to eight players)
- Nebelhörner (eight players)
- Mot-Spiel (a. two players with identical instruments improvise over a "Mot";
a third one offers contrast. b. two players with different instruments improvise over a "Mot";
a third one uses a simple "Contra-Mot". )

No instruments given on the vinyl. But in the book in which the 7" is housed the following instruments are listed for track B1:
organ-pipe ("trombone"-organ pipe), voice, contrabass, cello, viola, tenor-recorder.

Universal Edition – 20 P 050, Universal Edition – UE 20050  (7" - 1973)

Svein Finnerud Trio - from the NRK archives

Following up the earlier posting of Min Bul, here is a 25 - minute clip from Norwegian TV archives. It was shown om 27 February 1970 and is divided into two parts. First is an introduction by composer Kåre Kolberg and Svein Finnerud himself and then there is a twenty-minute clip from a performance at Centralteateret in Oslo on 14 November 1969.

Bjørnar Andresen (bass) and Espen Rud (drums) made up two-thirds of Min Bul and the Svein Finnerud Trio continued in this form until the mid-70s. The trio was resurrected in the early 90s, but with new drummers replacing Espen Rud. Svein Finnerud died in 2000 and Bjørnar Andresen in 2004. Finnerud and Andresen had known each other since childhood days and they cooperated right until the end. While Jan Garbarek and Terje Rypdal launched international careers through their association with the ECM label, the Finnerud Trio reamined fairly unknown despite being very much part of the scene in the late 60s.

I have transcribed the introductions, which are in Norwegian, for the benefit of non-Scandinavian speakers. This is what's said, translated into passable English, I hope.

Kåre Kolberg:

Ten to fifteen years ago one started thinking again that music is also visual and not only audible. Out of that came a new hybrid form which in want of a better term was called instrumental theatre - music that not only wanted musicians to be visible, but to draw their actions into the composition itself. There could be many reasons why this hybrid form emerged at the time, but one reason could be tape music where well-dressed, experienced stage musicians were replaced by loudspeakers, not a very exciting sight. TV forced one to rethink how the doings of musicians could be transmitted to the eyes. One might have thought that this hybrid form would reach many, also those not very interested in music. As instrumental theatre came out of an exclusive, even excluding, modernist way of theought, it did not win many friends. Pretentiousness and the absence of humour did not make things better. If it could not be perceived as play, then many thought it came from a confused mind. Last autumn at the Munch museum a group with a different point of departure made their contribution - Svein Finnerud Trio. Coming from jazz, they have a quite different, friendly attitude towards the audience. What they did had humour which felt good and made one think of their performance as a sort of play, a play from people used to play with sounds. Splashing water can sound good, not to speak of fighting on a steel plate. Then one might ask what made these musicians enter the borderland between art for the eyes and art for the ears.

Svein Finnerud:

It was no longer enough for us to express ourselves through this and that instrument. For us it became natural to start to use other means of expression and we include the smallest things, anything that has musical value and then we individually think about what we associate with that sound. We think about how to create the best setting for that sound. I am inclined towards the word sound, because music is nothing but organised sound. The point of musical theatre is to emphasize and amplify these sounds and often we choose a movement that does not match the sound at all and thereby create a tension between movement and music. It can be a grotesque moment or something funny, clown-like. With instrumental theatre one is more aware of things that one usually does not notice. I think that we walk around sleeping with open eyes and ears. We have discovered a new sound, a new realm of experience in familiar things and sounds. Our present time alienates man from himself and by perceiving these familiar sounds and things, we are brought closer to ourselves.

After the introductions we will see a passage of musical theatre and after that they seque into Plastic Sun, the title tune of their second album.

This was taken from a series of programmes titled "Musikk utenfor alfarvei" (literally Music outside the main road) and we will have more programmes posted here in the time to come.

Terje Rypdal Trio live at Sendesaal, Bremen 1973

Since there seems to be a bit of interest in Rypdal at the moment, here is a set I dragged out of the archives. This was posted in our conributions section as high-grade mp3s, but since I had the flac files lying about, I thought I might as well put them here.

Terje Rypdal Trio
April 4, 1973
Sendesaal, Bremen

Terje Rypdal (g, fl)
Barre Phillips (b)
Jon Christensen (d)

Disc 1
Journal (B. Phillips)    7:04
Horizon (T. Rypdal)    11:12
Black Boy (T. Rypdal)    9:36
Back of J. (B. Phillips)    4:05
Bend It (T. Rypdal) (inc)    14:52

Disc 2
Electric Fantasy (T. Rypdal)    11:00
Event IV (G. Russell)    5:33
Rainbow (T. Rypdal)    8:18
Icing (T. Rypdal-J. Christensen)    15:02
Tough Enough (T. Rypdal) (inc)    6:45

More than 90 minutes in all.

Jon Christensen was with the Jan Garbararek Group at the time and so was Rypdal initially, though I think he might have left by the time of this recording. Barre Phillips was in John Surman's Trio, but the trio might have disbanded by 1973.

Basically improvisational, good sound and to my knowledge, never officially released. 

TERJE RYPDAL - BJØRNAR ANDRESEN - ESPEN RUD "MIN BUL" (POLYDOR, 1970)

Terje Rypdal, guitar, soprano saxophone
Bjørnar Andresen, bass
Espen Rud, drums

1. I Cried A Million Tears Last Night     4:17
2. Invocation     4:09
3. Champagne Of Course     11:06
4. Ved Sørevatn     6:03
5. Nøtteliten     7:32
6. Strange Beauty     5:47


Recorded at Rosenborg Studios, Oslo, Norway, September, 1970.


Originally released on Polydor 2382 003 (Norway, 1970)

(This rip from Take5 TAKE5 35015, 2010 - bootleg)

MUJICIAN - B.M.I. Birmingham 1989. Set 2

The hits keep coming...

KEITH TIPPETT - piano, music box
PAUL DUNMALL - penny whistles, tenor and soprano saxophones
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

 

SET 2

1. 26:04

2. 23:37

Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham.  14th January 1989

MUJICIAN - B.M.I. Birmingham 1989. Set 1

KEITH TIPPETT - piano, music box
PAUL DUNMALL - penny whistles, tenor and soprano saxophones
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

Set 1
1. 45:24

Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham.  14th January 1989

The very first concert under the name Mujician.  What Keith Tippett does in the first ten minutes, taking it down to an exquisite, hear-a-pin-drop, almost-stop, is a beautiful thing.

Special.

Nice recording by Stu.

DOMINIC DUVAL R.I.P. (* 27th April 1945 in New York City; † 22nd July 2016)

Support The Dominic Duval Fund

CONTACT TRIO "MUSIK" (JAPO, 1980)

Again my thanks goes to the original uploader.


Evert Brettschneider, electric & acoustic guitar
Aloys Kott, electric & acoustic bass
Peter Eisold, drums, percussion


A1. Air Lines 8:15
A2. String Games 8:36
A3. Daddy Longleg 3:37
B1. Simply Symphony 9:00
B2. Silence 7:23
B3. Elbow Dance 6:06


Recorded October 1980 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.

Japo Records – JAPO 60036 (vinyl rip)

CONTACT TRIO "NEW MARKS" (JAPO, 1978)

This is not my rip - so thanks goes to the original uploader!



Evert Brettschneider, acoustic & electric guitar
Aloys Kott, bass
Michael Jüllich, percussion, marimba, vibes


A1. Happy 7:30
A2. Circle 12:57
B1. The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog 3:49
B2. Stoned Tunes 3:56
B3. New Marks 10:17


Recorded January 1978 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.

Japo Records – JAPO 60024  (vinyl rip)

ALTENA '72 (JG RECORDS)

Thanks to the original uploader. Shame on me but I've forgotten whom I have to thank for this rip...


SIDE A:

MICHAL URBANIAK GROUP
Urszula Dudziak, voice, synthesizer
Michal Urbaniak, violin, saxophone
Adam Makowicz, electric piano
Roman Dylag, bass
Czeslaw Bartkowski, drums


SIDE B:

SCANDINAVIAN NEW JAZZ GROUP
Bobo Stenson, electric piano, accordion
Palle Danielsson, bass
Lennart Aberg, tenor & soprano saxophone
Kjell Westling, soprano saxophone
Bengt Berger , drums, percussion


SIDE C:

WOLFGANG DAUNER'S ET CETERA   
Wolfgang Dauner, keyboards, sitar
Attila Zoller, guitar
Armen Halburian, percussion
Fred Braceful, drums


SIDE D:

KARL BERGER COMPANY
Karl Berger, vibraphone, piano
Ingrid Berger, voice
Peter Kowald, bass
Allan Blairman, drums

Recorded at the 3. Internationales New Jazz Meeting auf Burg Altena, June 24 and 25, 1972.

JG RECORDS JG 32/33 (vinyl rip)

ORNETTE COLEMAN "A WEALTH OF ROIO's"

Since July 9 we're almost flooded by a wealth of Ornette Coleman ROIO's.
The last offer was given yesterday.....

We believe this more than generous contribution deserves a proper post.
Our appreciation goes to our anonymous donor!



Ornette Coleman live Paris 11-4-1965 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!bNZVEYgZ!6fUNWl_BAR_ycU-FoxR6qlVbskXv6Qf8tHs2QzqxDzQ

Ornette Coleman live Amherst 11-30-1967 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!nVgSxT5J!5aWiGyge3c20FGPT9wmgz6hTVG_YnjttxFoXKCgOGTc

Ornette Coleman live Belgrade 11-2-1971 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!nQoTlTBT!c80qWUr7EMvHLX1x1WCzueQl5VHMxtYZsep35UlVzcE

Ornette Coleman live Bilzen 8-24-1969 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!uM4yxRwS!qWHeRNNBN8XnvZXuyj68bkz0_zxdJVsK8lgMFLV0F34

Ornette Coleman live Copenhagen 10-31-1965 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!HBZ2BB7a!DWu9XFDfxAtxM_bOcCdLf05MTsXkaHRgnubD4ltzpJs

Ornette Coleman live Berlin 10-30-1965, Bremen 12-3-1965 and San Remo 3-27-1966 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!mF5UjCgI!_yMOHHM1k1AB64Am2Pml9D4U6VBbFPsHR-1hNv-n48g

Ornette Coleman live Cologne 11-11-1971 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!GZ5lWayL!dUcpo4wHU5kqOqbyQBToKVeJ8o2JOappG93eC_seYZU

Ornette Coleman solo live Cologne 11-11-1971or1972 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!3RgzHC7I!phHu5f-7yDKES1XmOX2j5tvaesvO-4H03Xu-0vDtNZ0

Ornette Coleman live Paris 2-12-1966 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!TQp0HCza!2m8ajuK_JUM1oV2NFhRW038yPFnl8QnWwYHpvQOmxQw

Ornette Coleman live NYC 7-4-1972 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!nRYxkQLD!yv6aewKbLAK-tmSF9F1_dxFenJWWSH2wQ4mAAw37gu4

Ornette Coleman live Bracknell 7-8-1978 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!TRIDCCoa!9zWW_c1b2AChZc4mf4_jReJPVV6esHLg-DGW6I2_7gY

Ornette Coleman live Moers 6-8-1981 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!OI4jzS7b!POSQtESMt3PXmQLWEwmk1xXId93qdYrts_bvmCZ2biw

Ornette Coleman live Hartford 6-30-1985 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!iBRBhZYL!UAxbGqfn-O0AKJHW1PJPBXYh0Gxio_ICTknQ0C6FMoM

Ornette Coleman live Zuerich 10-30-1987 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!LQo1WYyZ!vt6_lkgU9MqYhprqJzzO69SwvNb-Hbbviwq_zLduHAs

Ornette Coleman live Austin 11-14-2004 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!vRJVWIqQ!sv6p4NPHX6Z-yODc5VDBhO5IC72t0rUqzgl9wVVFjDg

Ornette Coleman live Antwerpen 8-19-2007 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!qEBlmSbZ!nQOt_HZVDqYdrI0obYA2eNlGKAnrd_OpFbOSlJU2ERg

Ornette Coleman live Essen 2-14-2007 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!DF5yESjS!wVOEKjlLNuowZjjU0WfGCQKwXhVYRHnYp7rNypZVXms

Ornette Coleman live Rotterdam 7-15-2007 in FLAC.

https://mega.nz/#!6IZlEZJD!Aj80GHt9f9Oz7G8hlBylT8Vv0BBGPH0jQuLDKrfqRrc

DIZZY GILLESPIE BIG BAND. London 1987. BBC broadcast

DIZZY GILLESPIE - trumpet
GLEN DREWES - trumpet
VIRGIL JONES - trumpet
EARL GARDNER - trumpet
JON FADDIS - trumpet
FRANK LACY - trombone
STEVE TURRE - trombone, conch
BRITT WOODMAN - trombone
BOB STEWART - tuba
JUKKA PERKO - alto saxophone
JERRY DODGION - alto saxophone, flute
SAM RIVERS - tenor and soprano saxophones, flute
RALPH MOORE - tenor saxophone
HOWARD JOHNSON - baritone saxophone
JAMES WILLIAMS - piano
ED CHERRY - guitar
JOHN LEE - bass
IGNACIO BERROA - drums
DANIEL PONCE - congas

SET 1

01 Intro - Charles Fox  2:35
02 Prelude and Tocatta  12:54
03 Emanon  4:44
04 Lover Come Back to Me  5:44
05 'Round Midnight  10:30
06 Things to Come  8:13
07 Interview  20:19

SET 2

01 Manteca  14:46
02 Without You, No Me  9:33
03 Night In Tunisia  16:53
04 The Champ  12:04
05 Olinga  11:52
06 Outro - Brian Morton  1:41

Royal Festival Hall, London.  July 1987

Audio Letter - It Is This It Is Not This (Neti-Neti) - 1988

Label: CNLF - CNLF-1
Format: Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1988

Dennis Charles -  Drums, African Hand Drum, Indian Bells, Cymbals
Sue Ann Harkey - Prepared 12 String Guitar, Percussion, Train Whistle
Sharon Gannon - Words, Vocals, Violin Echo-plex, Tibetan Bells, Indian Ankle Bells
David Life - Sarengi, African Lyre, Steel Drums
Don Cherry - Pocket Trumpet, Doussn' Gouni, Berimbau, Flutes and Whistles

A1 - Paracelsus Paradigm    
A2 - Is This A Bridge Exactly?    
A3 - Gajananam    
B1 - Liberation From Samsara    
B2 - Neti-Neti    
B3 - Fading Green

Recorded on Mothers Day 1987 at Harold Dessau Studio, NYC.
Direct Metal Mastering at Europadisc NYC Hannukah 1987.

About Audio Letter:
The Past... In 1979, long before Seattle was known for Cobain and Cornell, vocalist/violinist Sharon Gannon and guitarist Sue Ann Harkey formed, as Gannon describes it, "a stream-of-consciousness experiment" which they dubbed Audio Letter. Although other musicians would drift in and out of their orbit, the duo remained a constant as their experimental nature allowed Gannon to incorporate her interests in alchemy, meditation, and Eastern philosophy into their work.

Relocating to New York in 1983, Gannon and Harkey became fixtures in the downtown experimental and world music scene, finding fellow musicians such as John Zorn, Fred Firth and Ikue More to be kindred spirits. Audio Letter's wholly improvised gigs in East Village venues like Life Cafe and 8BC attracted a growing number of fans including legendary jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, drummer Denis Charles, and artist/musician David Life. Collaborations with Cherry, Charles, and Life resulted in It Is This, It Is Not This, Audio Letter's first album, released in 1987.

The album garnered enthusiastic critical acclaim in the underground music world exemplified by future Rolling Stone critic Ann Powers who, then writing for The Rocket, described it as a "philosophical and musical stew different than any other aural communication in Seattle." However, the world had not yet awakened from the Reagan years and Audio Letter disbanded in 1988. Gannon and Harkey simply waited for the times to catch up to them

Narada Burton Greene - European Heritage - 1978 (circle)

Narada Burton Greene -  Acoustic Piano, Prepared Piano, Bell, Wooden Flute, Misc. Percussion

A1 - Renaissance Variations I. Languan Lijornson     6:20    
A2 - Variations on Roumanian Folk         14:55    
B1 - March Sun                 9:00    
B2 - Museums                 5:54    
B3 - Renaissance Variations II. Kalenda Maya         5:32    

Recorded live in De Koepelkerk, Purmerend, Holland, November 12, 1978

Circle Records, RK 121178/18
Vinyl, 1978

MUJICIAN - BARBICAN FOYER. LONDON 1995

PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone
KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 28:05
2.  7:38

Barbican Foyer, London.  8th May 1995  afternoon

May Bank Holiday in 1995 was moved to the second Monday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.  So that's why it felt like a Sunday.  It was a mini jazz fest, I think, in the foyer of the Barbican.  Mujician were just one of several bands playing.  So there were loads of people who'd come out, sitting on the floor, kids running round.  I managed to hunker down near the piano and got this amazing cassette recording.  Enjoy.

MUJICIAN - THE CUSTARD FACTORY, BIRMINGHAM 1995

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 44:22

The Custard Factory, Birmingham. 5th May 1995

I love Keith Tippett's less-is-more feature.

A tribute to Derek Bailey. Jazz on 3. 2006

A tribute to Derek Bailey

1. An overview of the music of guitarist Derek Bailey.
With commentary by Tony Oxley, Gavin Bryars, Evan Parker, Pat Metheny and Alex Ward.  47:26

2. Music Improvisation Company  10:32

3. Interview  4:24

4. Derek Bailey and Susie Ibarra  16:52

5. Derek Bailey and Alex Ward  7:18

Presented by Jez Nelson.  Jazz on 3.  BBC Radio 3.  Broadcast 20th January 2006

INCUS RECORDS IS BACK IN ACTION.  CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE.

Scroll down to the seventh comment for links.  Thanks.

ORNETTE COLEMAN "MAN ON THE MOON / GROWING UP" (STATESIDE / IMPULSE, 1969)

Ornette Coleman, alto saxophone
Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone
Don Cherry, trumpet
Charlie Haden, bass
Ed Blackwell, drums
Emmanuel Ghent, electronic devices (A)

A. Man On The Moon (Dr. Emanuel Ghent & O. Coleman) 3:06
B. Growing Up  (O. Coleman) 2:17


Recorded in NYC, July, 1969.

Stateside – 2C 006-90.643 M (France)

(vinyl rip)

For further reading:
http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD53/PoD53Ornette.html
http://valghent.com/emmanuel-ghent-ornette-coleman-man-on-the-moon/

John Zorn & Pierre Boulez ~ String Quartets ~ Jack Quartet ~ Cernier; 24th August 2015

I wasn't familiar with John Zorn's string quartets before listening to this recording, but on the strength of this, I'll be looking for more. The Remedy of Fortune is the strongest piece, and contains multiple quotes from other quartets I know and play, including the Beethoven's Grosse Fuge.

This concert also includes performances of both the early and late versions of Boulez's Livre pour Quatuor; beautiful serial works that condense an entire narrative into small gestures.

John Zorn: The Alchemist
Pierre Boulez: Livre pour quatuor (1948/49)
Pierre Boulez: Livre pour quatuor (2011/12)
John Zorn: The Remedy of Fortune

Jack Quartet
Christopher Otto, violin
Ari Streisfeld, violin
John Pickford Richards, viola
Kevin McFarland, cello

Cernier, Switzerland; 24th August 2015

Robert Landfermann Quartet ~ Münster, 29th January 2016

01 - Black is the colour / Iktsuarpok / Katarrh
02 - radio / commentary
03 - Chrach
04 - radio / commentary
05 - Night will fall (parts 1 and 3)


Robert Landfermann Quartet
Chris Speed – ts, cl
Achim Kaufmann – p
Robert Landfermann – b
Jim Black – dr


Theater, Münster, Germany; 29th January 2016

SAALFELDEN JAZZ FESTIVAL FIRE! ORCHESTRA Registrato al Congress Centre, Saalfelden, il 30.08.2015 mp2

 Mats Gustafsson sax tenore
Johan Berthling basso elettrico
Mariam Wallentin voce
Sofia Wernberg voce
Anna Högberg sax alto
Mette Rasmussen sax alto
Lotte Anker sax alto e tenore
Jonas Kullhammar sax basso
Goran Kajfes cornetta
Niklas Barnö tromba
Mats Äleklint trombone
Per-Ake Holmlander tuba
Andreas Berthling elettronica
Finn Loxbo chitarra
Julien Desprez chitarra
Martin Hederos tastiere
Mads Forsby batteria
Andreas Werliin batteria

LONDON JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA - Theoria, London 1991

Irene Schweizer - piano
Henry Lowther - trumpet
Jon Corbett - trumpet
Marc Charig - trumpet
Alan Tomlinson - trombone
Conrad Bauer - trombone
Radu Malfatti - trombone
Steve Wick - tuba
Trevor Watts - reeds
Evan Parker - reeds
Pete McPhail - reeds
Simon Picard - reeds
Paul Dunmall - reeds
Phil Wachsmann - violin
Barre Phillips - bass
Barry Guy - bass, composer
Paul Lytton - drums

1. Theoria  (Guy)  55:00

Written for Irene Schweizer's birthday

Recorded 22nd March, 1991.   Shaw Theatre, London, UK.

Horațiu Rădulescu ~~ String quartet no. 4 ~~ Asasello Quartet; Cologne, 3rd May 2016

Rădulescu's fourth quartet is one of the more radical spectral pieces; it's for nine string quartets, one of which plays live, with the remaining quartets played back from recordings from different locations in the hall. The idea is to explore the harmonic spectrum, and to allow the audience to experience new spectra as the sounds criss-cross, interact and interfere.

The extent to which this is achieved is debatable, but a performance is undoubtedly an enthralling experience. A recording can only hint at this, but here is a recording from Colognes' Acht Brücken festival by the Asasello Quartet, from earlier this month.

Horațiu Rădulescu:

infinite to be cannot be infinite, infinite anti-be could be infinite (infinit a fi nu poate fi infinit) op. 33 (1976; rev. 1987) - fourth string quartet for nine string quartets

Asasello Quartet
Trinitatiskirche, Cologne; 3rd May 2016

SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE "THE SOURCE - FROM AND TOWARDS" (TANGENT, 1970)

Kenny Wheeler, trumpet
Bob Norden, trombone
Chris Pyne, trombone
Ray Warleigh, alto saxophone
Trevor Watts, alto & soprano saxophone
Brian Smith, tenor & soprano saxophone
Mike Pyne, piano
Marcio Mattos, bass (right channel)
Ron Mathewson, bass (left channel)
John Stevens, drums

Side A (24:44)

A1.     Part One: Expectancy    
A2.     Part Two: Birth    
A3.     Part Three: Thanksgiving    
A4.     Part Four: Time Goes On (Version A)

Side B (25:34)

B1.     Part Four: Time Goes On (Version B)    
B2.     Part Four: Time Goes On (Version C)    
B3.     Part Five: You Know

Recorded on 18th November 1970

TANGENT TNGS 107 (vinyl rip)

LONDON JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA - Harmos, London 1991

Henry Lowther - trumpet
Jon Corbett - trumpet
Marc Charig - trumpet
Alan Tomlinson - trombone
Conrad Bauer - trombone
Radu Malfatti - trombone
Steve Wick - tuba
Trevor Watts - reeds
Evan Parker - reeds
Pete McPhail - reeds
Simon Picard - reeds
Paul Dunmall - reeds
Phil Wachsmann - violin
Howard Riley - piano
Barre Phillips - bass
Barry Guy - bass, composer
Paul Lytton - drums

1. Harmos  (Guy)  46:45

Recorded 22nd March, 1991 at Shaw Theatre, London, UK.

LONDON JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA - Double Trouble, London 1991

Henry Lowther - trumpet
Jon Corbett - trumpet
Marc Charig - trumpet
Alan Tomlinson - trombone
Conrad Bauer - trombone
Radu Malfatti - trombone
Steve Wick - tuba
Trevor Watts - reeds
Evan Parker - reeds
Pete McPhail - reeds
Simon Picard - reeds
Paul Dunmall - reeds
Phil Wachsmann - violin
Howard Riley - piano
Barre Phillips - bass
Barry Guy - bass
Paul Lytton - drums

1. Double Trouble (Guy)  55:04

21st March , 1991.  Shaw Theatre, London, UK.

JOHANNES BAUER _ R.I.P.

Johannes Bauer * July 22, 1954 - † May 6, 2016

THEO LOEVENDIE CONSORT "ANTIBES, 1969"

Here's a short recording by Theo Loevendie's Consort from Antibes previously offered in some comments or in the contributions section.

It was recorded the same year as the Blue Notes (in Antibes) after they left South Africa.
From both groups there was a french TV footage but apparently it has been deleted from youtube.
 Which may not have a whole lot to do with this recording but it seemed like a good place to start....



Theo Loevendie, alto saxophone, piano
Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophone
Joop Mastenbroek, baritone saxophone
Willem Van Manen, trombone
Nedly Elstak, trumpet, piano
Maarten Altena, bass
Johnny Engels, drums
Martin van Duynhoven, drums


1. Mr. Brook, part one  01:44
2. Mr. Brook, part two  07:00
3. Pepy                 05:38
4. Mandela!             08:11


Recorded on July 27, 1969, Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, 10th International Jazzfestival.

TAMIA "SENZA TEMPO" (T Records, 1981)

Tamia, voice / vocals


1. Madrugada              4:49
2. Appels              2:33
3. Out Of Air             10:51
4. Lamento              1:16
5. Stray Wind              8:13
6. Dance              5:03
7. Chant Pour Une Étoile 3:05


This album has been recorded in october 1981 in Paris at the Studio Acousti by Alain Cluzeau.

The first version of "senza tempo" has been created in concert for the 1979 Autumn Festival in Paris.
This record has been realised exclusively with successive recordings of Tamia's voice on a 16-track tape recorder.
The voice has not been submitted to any technical effect.

T RECORDS T1002 CD

Michel Portal & Hamid Drake "Michel Portal Acoustic Tour" Ville de Savigné L' Evêque France 2012-April-05

Source:
Culturebox Live Webcast > Php/AdobeHDS > HDD > Flash Video


Format Flash Video
Overall bit rate: 2 249 Kbps

Video
Format: AVC
Format profile: Main@L3.1
Bit rate: 2 127 Kbps
Width: 1152 pixels
Height: 648 pixels
Display aspect ratio: 16:9
Frame rate: 25.000 FPS
Scan type: Progressive

Audio
Format: AAC
Bit rate: 192 Kbps
Channel(s): 2
Sampling rate: 48.0 KHz

Linup:
Michel Portal: sax, clarinet, bandoneon
Hamid Drake: drums, percussion

Setlist:
Improvisations (Michel Portal, Hamid Drake)
La Javanaise (Serge Gainsbourg)

Running Time: 0:53:54

Heavenly Sweetness Festival Florian Pellissier Quintet (Jazz) + Cotonete + Special Guest JAZZLIVE mardi 5 avril 2016 mp2

Florian Pellissier en direct du New Morning
Un pied dans le New York du début des 60’s, l’autre résolument ancré
dans la scène jazz parisienne actuelle…Voilà pour l’esprit qui anime le Florian Pellissier Quintet, un groupe actif depuis 11 ans et qui présentera ce soir son troisième album, "Cap de Bonne Esperance"  au New Morning...Un concert à suivre en simultané dans Jazzlive

05/04/2016
Pianiste hyper-actif qu'on retrouve avec des projets aussi variés que Setanta, Guts, Camarao ou Leron Thomas, Florian Pellissier revient avec le projet qui lui tient à cœur, son quintet de jazz.
Après le succès critique de son deuxième album « Biches bleues», Florian Pellissier a décidé d'enchainer rapidement avec un nouvel opus. L'équipe de haut vol n'a pas changé, mais le style s'est affirmé, et ce « cap de Bonne esperance » devrait un peu plus imposer Florian Pellissier sur la scène jazz française.
== Line up ==
Florian Pellissier (Piano), Yoni Zelnik (Contrebasse), David Georgelet (Batterie), Christophe Panzani (Saxophone), Yoann Loustalot (Trompette) 

Myra Melford "Snowy Egret" 23 marzo 2016 Locandina IL CARTELLONE JAZZ & WINE OF PEACE mp2

Myra Melford "Snowy Egret"
pianoforte, melodica Myra Melford
tromba Ron Miles
chitarra Liberty Ellman
basso acustico Stomu Takeishi
batteria Ted Poor

Registrato alla Cantina Renato Keber, Cormòns, il 25 ottobre 2015

BROTZMANN, TiPPETT, MiLLER, KELLERS - München 1983

This wonderful document of unrecorded (as far as I know) quartet was shared on DIME by Owombat back in 2009, and later probably here in Contributions section, or maybe somewhere else. I did kind of remastering and spliced together original three parts of each set, as they were continuous performancces. It took four stages of equalization to make sound somehow balanced, although saxophone is still loudest instrument. Enjoy.

BROTZMANN, TiPPETT, MiLLER, KELLERS - Unterfahrt München, 1983-07-05

Set I  (41:12)
Set II  (32:35) 
Set III  (28:55)

Total concert 102:38

Peter Brötzmann - clarinet, tenor & baritone sax
Keith Tippett - piano & piano interior
Harry Miller - bass
Willi Kellers - drums & vibes

Audience recording

Darmstadt 28.11.15 Fred Frith – TA TA TA mp2

Im Rahmen von "cresc… – Biennale für Moderne Musik Frankfurt Rhein Main" inszeniert Fred Frith diese besondere Begegnung seines Ensembles mit ausgewählten Musikern der hr-Bigband.

Fred Frith, Gitarre, Electronics
Lotte Anker, Alt- und Tenorsaxofon
Susana Santos Silva, Trompete
Okkyung Lee, Cello
Christine Wodraszka, Piano
Heike Liss, Visual Arts
Oliver Leicht, Electric Clarinet
Steffen Weber, Tenor- und Sopransaxofon
Christian Jaksjö, Posaune
Martin Scales, Gitarre
Thomas Heidepriem, Bass
Jean Paul Höchstädter, Schlagzeug

Art Ensemble of Chicago live at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1990

Here's one I keep coming back to regularly. Beautifully recorded by Dutch radio, this is an excerpt of their performance at the NSJF in Scheweningen in 1990. I went to see them in 1987 and I recall they were playing up on the roof of the main concert building in Scheweningen which is just outside The Hague. I'm not sure whether this is the first set or whether it is a cut and paste of their full performance. There is a longer audience tape of the full one, but of lower audio quality. So I'm sticking with this one instead, even if shorter.

We get to hear first the serene "Prayer for Jimbo Kwesi" which was out on "The Third Decade" album. Then follows an improvisational passage, featuring Roscoe Mitchell among other exciting happenings, and after that it segues into the stately "Song for Atala" which was on their "Dreaming of the Masters", showing that the AEC can play 'em as straight as anybody. The info file that came with this set lists more than what you actually get to hear here.

The line-up is the usual quintet which you can see above. So what else to say but enjoy the company of the masters! Just possibly my fave ensemble of all and anytime!

Jazz na Fábrica - Anthony Braxton Quartet & Roscoe Mitchell

I was in Brazil for a few weeks recently, and came across these two live recordings of the Anthony Braxton Quartet (from 2014) and Roscoe Mitchell solo (from 2013), from the Ao Vivo Jazz na Fabrica  festival in Sao Paulo.

They're both excellent, and show both musicians at the top of their game, so I can strongly recommend buying these. No rips here, obviously, but there are some samples on the SESC web page, here.

Hugues Dufourt ~ Apollon et les continents ~ Witten, 23rd April, 2016

From this year's Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, this is one of the more impressive pieces, inspired by the enormous fresco of 'Apollo and the Continents' in Würzburg by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

The first two pieces - Africa and Asia - show Dufourt's spectral background, and could be described as music for large spaces, or installations. The last two - Europe and America - are much more energetic and remind me at times of the large group pieces by Braxton - hence the post here. The recording from WDR3 is fine, although the announcer did decide to talk over the first few seconds of 'America'.

Hugues Dufourt 
Apollon et les continents, d'après Tiepolo für Ensemble
World premiere of the cycle

L’Afrique d’après Tiepolo (2004)
L’Asie d’après Tiepolo (2009)
L’Europe d’après Tiepolo(2011)
L’Amérique d’après Tiepolo (2016)

Jean-Pierre Couleau - piano
ensemble recherche 
Recorded at the Blote Vogel Schule, Witten; 23rd April 2016