16 March 2019

MIYAZAWA AKIRA QUARTET ‎– KISO (VICTOR WORLD GROUP, 1970)



A.  Kiso

B1. Asama
B2. Hakuba
B3. Hida


Yasuo Arakawa, bass
Takeo Moriyama, drums
Masahiko Sato, piano
Akira Miyazawa, tenor saxophone


Recorded at Nippon Victor No. 2 Studio, Tokyo, March 17, 1970

VICTOR WORLD GROUP ‎– SMJX-10090

LP Rip

GÉRARD SIRACUSA - ANDRÉ JAUME- RAYMOND BONI – NOMMO - DANS LE CAPRICE AMER DES SABLES (PALM, 1976)




A.  Dans Le Caprice Amer Des Sables

B.  Avant Propos De L'Écrevisse À Reculons, À Reculons


Gérard Siracusa, percussion
André Jaume, saxophone
Raymond Boni, guitar

Recorded May 1976 at Studio Palm.

Palm Records, PALM 29

LP Rip

12 March 2019

ELTON DEAN'S NiNESENSE - Bracknell Jazz Festival 1978


I got this audience recording in trade from many years ago and I shared it previously in comments to some other Ninesense recording here. Recently I gave it a listen and found it wholly enjoyable and great preformance, thus I tried some equalisation from original mp3@320. In the end it is improvement I think. Setlist is similiar to 100 Club Concert from 1979. Track 5 (including 11 min of great improv) has significantly clearer sound without audience noises (which are quietly enjoyable during quiet passages earlier) and due to possible speaker entry in the fade out, it can come from some broadcast (possibly) from different concert, but I got it together with this Bracknell recording).

ELTON DEAN'S NiNESENSE - Bracknell Jazz Festival 1978

1. Fall in Free > One Three Nine  16.30
2. Nicrotto  12.13
3. Seven For Lee  13.21
4. First Born > Bounce  20.32
5. improv > Three For All (fade-out)  14.28

ELTON DEAN - alto sax, saxello
ALAN SKiDMORE - tenor sax
MARC CHARiG - cornet, tenor horn
HARRY BECKETT - trumpet, flugelhorn
NiCK EVANS - trombone
RADU MALFATTi - trombone
KEiTH TiPPETT - piano
HARRY MiLLER - bass
LOUiS MOHOLO - drums

4th Bracknell Jazz Festival, UK, July 8, 1978.


5 March 2019

SAKIS PAPADIMITRIOU - FLOROS FLORIDIS "IMPROVISING AT BARAKOS" (J.N.D., 1979)


The first Greek recording with free improvised music.
Recorded at the first modern Jazz club in Athen right below the Akropolis.


Floros Floridis, clarinet, soprano & alto saxophone
Sakis Papadimitriou, piano


01. Improvisation A Plus Opening And Closing     14:56
02. Almost Kalamatianos     4:23
03. Wave     7:11
04. Folk Improvisation     10:43
05. F2 Extract     2:30
06. Kj     5:32
07. Alto 0,5     6:23
08. Improvisation C     7:30
09. Intermission     6:47
10. Improvisation D Plus The National Rock'n'Roll     13:03


Recorded at Jazz Club of Barakos in Plaka, Athen, Greece on April 15, 1979.

J.N.D. Records 003 (CD - 2002)
Originally released as 2 x vinyl (LP 901) on the same label in 1979.

WMWM - Live At The BBC 1973

The year 1973 was decisive in Robert Wyatt’s career, more and more attracted by the vocal and taking a distance with the more experimental aspect of the prog, he was already thinking about a solo career when the accident of June 1st which will let him paraplegic rush things. However it is during the first semester of this same year that WMWM was born whose music is exclusively improvised and almost totally instrumental. Apparently this group sounds like a contradiction to the trajectory that Wyatt's career already seemed to take, but in fact we must understand this group as a sort of carelessness, as some moments of the prog have been some years before. If the accident of Robert Wyatt marks the end of an era, the last act of a period of recklessness that will this time have tragic consequences, this accident is probably not the cause of the short existence of this group. Without the fatal date of June 1, WMWM was in any case not promised to have a future as the musical differences seem obvious, especially between Gary Windo and Dave McRae. Yet it's with both that Wyatt wanted to play and this is what makes the group's interest: Windo crazy and uncontrollable, Mc Rae significantly more structured and reinforced in this posture by Ron Mathewson very inventive and sublime . Wyatt meanwhile is a bit like in "The End Of A Ear" alternating construction and demolition of the rhythm.
This post was made possible with the contribution of Propylaen2001 who provided almost all the recording of the performance given for the BBC apparently on April 4, 1973. I added the end that was missing and the first note of the saxophone in the beginning.
There is an improvisation in two parts to which I did not give titles because a complete confusion reigns around the titles of the two parts. First named "Caramus" and "Spiderman", their order appears as such on the album "Anglo American" by Gary Windo which contains edit of the performance, but the two parts have been reversed. On the version provided by Propylaen2001, the first part of the improvisation is named "Toddler" and the second "Caramus".
If you compare the second part of this recording with the version available on the album "Anglo American" you will find that the pitch of this version is a little higher. In fact for reasons of space the officially released version has not only been edited but also accelerated but that it does not get the pitch has been lowered. I preferred to leave the pitch of this version as it is because it is consistent with the first part.
There is another recording from this band where Mathewson is replaced by Richard Sinclair, of course I recommend it.
Obviously the band have also done one concert in trio without Gary Windo
-Robert: Drums, Organ, Voice, echoplex
-Ron: bass
-Dave: piano, electric piano

-Gary: tenor saxophone

4 March 2019

Equal Interest live at Yoshi's, Oakland, California



Equal Interest
Yoshi's
Oakland CA
June 19, 1999 (late show)

1 intro
2
3
4
5
6

total time: 77:35

Joseph Jarman - winds (alto sax, bass flute, flute, shawm), percussion
Leroy Jenkins - violin
Myra Melford - piano, harmonium

acoustic performance (no PA amplifiction used)


Some more Joseph Jarman coming up. This is a trio setting, wholly acoustic, without any backup from bass and regular drums, except the occasional percussion. Leroy Jenkins is a veteran of the AACM, notably for his long engagement with the Revolutionary Ensemble. Myra Melford is a pianist with a diverse background in classical music as well as jazz and blues and as can be heard from this performance, went to India and learnt to play the harmonium.

Together they weave a tapestry of chambre-like intimacy naeatly summarised in this review: The through-composed nature of much of the material along with the spare instrumentation contributes to a delicate chamber-like feel, but it’s balanced by an unusual, folksy strain of tranquillity; equally beautiful, hearty and fragile, all at once. See https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/equal-interest-equal-interest.

We'll have some more from this ensemble later on.

SAHEB SARBIB ‎– EVIL SEASON (UN-DEUX-TROIS, 1975)



A1. Evil Season
A2. Spirits
A3. Aziz

B1. Amplified Heart
B2. Arie's Dance
B3. Ascent


Daunik Lazro,alto saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion
Saheb Sarbib, double bass, reeds, flute, percussion
Jonathan Dickinson, drums, percussion
ManuelResende, electric piano, piano, percussion


Recorded at Studio Palm, Nov 1974

Un-Deux-Trois ‎– N° 4

LP Rip

KAORU ABE - 未発表音源+初期音源 (YOUTH INC, 2012)






1. Duo
2. Duo
3. Duo
4. Duo
5. Trio


Kaoru Abe, saxophones, bass clarinet, harmonica
Masayuki Takayanagi, guitar (5)
Hiroshi Yamazaki, drums (5)

Live recordings, early 1970s. Unknown drummer on 1-4.

Youth Inc - YOUTH-165

CD Rip

2 March 2019

KAORU ABE - SOLO 1973 (YOUTH INC, 2012)





1. Solo 1973
2. Solo 1973
3. Solo 1973
4. Solo 1973



Kaoru Abe, saxophone


Youth Inc - YOUTH-142 (1), YOUTH-165 (2-4)

CD Rip

1 March 2019

HELMUT SACHSE - HANNES ZERBE "HELMUT SACHSE - HANNES ZERBE" (AMIGA, 1981)




Manfred Hering, alto saxophone (side A)
Joe Sachse, guitar (side A), flute (A1, A2)
Heiner Reinhardt, tenor saxophone (A3)
Johannes Bauer, trombone (A3)
Christoph Winckel, bass (A3)
Wolfram Dix, drums (A3)


Hannes Zerbe, piano (side B)
Dietrich Unkrodt, tuba (B1)
Manfred Schulze, baritone saxophone (B2)


A1. Weber / Parkweg 1     9:48
A2. Dispersion     5:33
A3. ~ ⊿ unis. ↷ ∞     6:38
B1. Für Sven     6:21
B2. Calvados     14:13

Side A: rec. 19./20. May 1981, Amiga-Studio Berlin
Side B: rec. 26./27. May 1981, Amiga-Studio Berlin


AMIGA 8 55 858  (vinyl rip)



KAORU ABE - LIVE AT PASSE-TAMPS 18 (PASSE-TAMPS'S DISK, 1999)



1. 1977/11/24


Kaoru Abe, saxophone

Recorded live at Jazz Cafe Passe-Tamps, Fukushima on 24 November 1977

Passe-Tamps's Disk - 18-47

CDr Rip

23 February 2019

KAORU ABE - LIVE AT PASSE-TAMPS 17 (PASSE-TAMPS'S DISK, 1999)




1. 1977/11/23


Kaoru Abe, saxophone

Recorded live at Jazz Cafe Passe-Tamps, Fukushima on 23 November 1977

Passe-Tamps's Disk - 17-47

CDr Rip

22 February 2019

SCHIANO - LÉANDRE - KOWALD "TRACKS" (LE PARC, 1993)




Mario Schiano, alto saxophone
Joelle Léandre, double bass, voice (right)
Peter Kowald, double bass, voice (left)


1. Tracks (Part One)     06:41
2. Tracks (Part Two)     20:39
3. Tracks (Part Three)     06:41
4. Tracks (Part Four)     16:04



Excerpts from the concert held at the "Palazzo delle Esposizioni" in Rome - on October 14, 1993.

LE PARC 512-2 (Italy 1993)

21 February 2019

Masahiko Satoh - Pavane Lachrymae - Denon 1978

Several years ago I interviewed Masahiko Satoh, probably for the french magazine "impro jazz". One of my first questions was about the incredible diversity of styles he has been playing since the beginning of his career. He then replied, "I have no particular style, when I started to play to win money, the first band I played with, was a jazz band, if it had been a tango band I will become a tango pianist. Reality or casualness of the answer?

1 From The Highest
2 No nights are dark enough
3 And tears, and sights, and groams
4 My weary days
5 My fortune is thrown
6 And fear, and grief, and pain
7 Let me live for lorn

Masahiko Satoh: piano (steinway), Synthesizer (Korg PS-3100 Polyphonic, EMS Synthi AKS), Electric Piano (Fender), Harpsichord.

Recorded April 19 & 20, 1978

Lp Denon YX-7536-ND

This rip comes from a cd that contains also another lp: magnolia no ki not included in this post because it have been reissued as a single cd some years ago and still available.

19 February 2019

KAORU ABE - LIVE AT PASSE-TAMPS 16 (PASSE-TAMPS'S DISK, 1999)





1. 1976/02/28
2. 1976/08/30


Kaoru Abe, saxophone, harmonica

Recorded live at Jazz Cafe Passe-Tamps, Fukushima on 28 February and 30 August 1976

Passe-Tamps's Disk - 16-47

CDr Rip

16 February 2019

KAORU ABE - LIVE AT PASSE-TAMPS 12 (PASSE-TAMPS'S DISK, 1999)




1. 1976/05/30
2. 1976/05/30
3. 1976/05/30


Kaoru Abe, guitar

Recorded live at Jazz Cafe Passe-Tamps, Fukushima on 30 May 1976

Passe-Tamps's Disk - 12-101

CDr Rip

12 February 2019

BYARD LANCASTER & BILL LEWIS "PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY, 1977"





Bill Lewis, vibraphone
Byard Lancaster, tenor & soprano saxophones
Yusef Yancey, flugelhorn
Don Wilson, alto saxophone
Warren Oree, bass
Douglas Gaines, drums
Art Watson, percussion

1. Medley beginning with My Favorite Things (ends abruptly) 38:36

Recorded on 1st September 1977 at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
WXPN-FM

11 February 2019

KAORU ABE - LIVE AT PASSE-TAMPS 9 (PASSE-TAMPS'S DISK, 1999)




1. 1976/01/25


Kaoru Abe, guitar

Recorded live at Jazz Cafe Passe-Tamps, Fukushima on 25 January 1976

Passe-Tamps's Disk - 9-101

CDr Rip

10 February 2019

KAORU ABE & SABU TOYOZUMI - OVERHANG PARTY / SENZEI (QBICO, 2004)








A. February 25, 1978 (3rd Set)
B. April 15, 1978 (1st Set)
C. April 15, 1978 (2nd Set)
D. April 30, 1978 (1st Set)





Kaoru Abe, alto saxophone
Sabu Toyozumi, drums, percussion

Recorded live at Gaya, Tokyo

Qbico - Qbico 22/23

LP Rip






9 February 2019

L.S.-F.W. "ELLISPONTOS" (J.N.D., 1985)



Paul Lytton, drums, live electronics
Hans Schneider, double bass
Floros Floridis, clarinet, alto saxophone
Phil Wachsmann, violin, live electronics


1. L.R.I     19:48
2. S.R.III   16:28
3. S.R. IV   07:19


Track 1 (A):
Music created by improvising by L.S.-F.W. during its performance at 4.12.1985 in 2nd Jazz and Improvised music festival in Thessaloniki.
Tracks 2 & 3 (B1, B2):
Music created by improvising by L.S.-F.W. at 5.12.1985 in a studio date.

j.n.d. III-A
(On F.F. website > jnd re-records LP 05)

(lp rip - not my rip)

5 February 2019

MiRAGE - Now You See It... (Compendium 1977)


This one is minor rarity for Canterbury scene followers. Steve Cook was bassist in Soft Machine (Alive and Well in Paris era), Dave Sheen played in Soft Head. Other two are also familiar names. Music on band's only album on Norweigian label flows in jazz/rock vein. Not my rip, found via torrents. I see now it was reissued on CD by Vocalion with 2 bonus tracks in 2007, but seems to be OOP.

MiRAGE - Now You See It... (Compendium 1977)

A1 King's Heads
A2 Always Leaving
A3 Time Less Words
B1 Elephant's Tales
B2 Ballade
B3 Underneath The Arches And Beyond

GEORGE KHAN - tenor, alto & soprano saxes, flute
BRiAN GODDiNG - acoustic, electric & tenor guitars
STEVE COOK - electric & string bass
DAVE SHEEN - drums, percussion

Compendium Records 1977, Fidardo 9 (vinyl rip)

CD version added -- see Mr. propylaen2001 comment!

4 February 2019

UPOMING + RECENT RELEASES XVI

 I shall start with three long awaited reissues.

First we have Ian Brighton's 'Marsh Gas' with a great line-up :
Jim Livesey, alto saxophone
Marcio Mattos, bass
Sound In Brass, handbells
Ian Brighton, guitar
Roger Smith, guitar
Radu Malfatti, trombone
Philipp Wachsmann, violin

Available since December 2018, you'll get it from FMR Records.



The following two CDs/LPs are available since a few days.

Musicians are obvious on the first release. And on the edition with the pipe (Opium for Franz)  you'll have - apart - from Franz Koglmann, Steve Lacy, Aldo Romano and Stephen Horenstein also Bill Dixon and Alan Silva on the long first track.



 You'll get these two goodies through discogs.  Or through the label's website  http://www.blackmonk.at/blog (click on 'Mehr erfahren' und you see the contact address and the prices). According the label more is upcoming. Think about new and old Reform Art Unit sessions.



Almost only reissues this time. But at least this subtle new recording I would like to praise.
Here, one of my favourite musicians, Paul Lovens, has teamed with Hugo Antunes (a.o. Red Trio) and the previously unknown (to me, anyway) pianist Seppe Gebruers from Belgium.
So the line-up is percussion, double bass and two pianos, tuned a quarter tone apart.
Get it on vinyl or as a CD from the label  El Negocito.







Than I would like to alert you again about the FMP / Destination-out reissue series.
All downloads are available in numerous formats - lossless and lossy.

 https://destination-out.bandcamp.com/


Originally as LP it had three editions. One from Czechoslovakia (which was the first one) shortly followed by a release from the GDR and finally FMP / SAJ.
Produced by the rather unknown Antonin Matzner who played(?) also on this great recording. It is strongly recommended.
Others participants are f.e. Tony Oxley, Günter Sommer, Willem Breuker, Rüdiger Carl, Rudolf Dasek, Albert Mangelsdorff, Louis Moholo, Trevor Watts.........




This one is especially appreciated. Only two years ago it seemed this rare session with Danny Davis (of Sun Ra fame), Taj Mahal Travellers' Takehisa Kosugi and Peter Kowald won't be reissued at all.
One of the members had objections against a new release.
But obviously and finally Jost Gebers managed to get the rights for this download. 


Not only reissues are offered at FMP's bandcamp site but a.o. also this great unreleased session from 1984.
More music than fits on a CD these "minimalistic" improvisations are a treat;
played by Wolfgang Fuchs, Hanns Schneider (bass) and Bernhard Arndt on piano.


3 February 2019

J.Jarman & D.Moye Quartet - Live in Rome '81


The concert took place just a week before the group entered the
Barigozzi Studios (Milan) to record the album "Earth Passage/
Density" for Black Saint.

Rec. live at "Teatro Olimpico", Rome, Italy, on February 10, 1981
(mix recording)

Joseph Jarman,tenor and sopranino saxes,clarinets,flutes
Famoudou Don Moye,percussions
Craig Harris,trombone,cowbell,didgeridoo
Donald Rafael Garrett,bass,flute

1. Zulu Village (15:22)
2. Sun Spots (13:51)
3. Unknown (19:18)
4. Jawara (14:04)
5. Crushed (07:13)
6. Encore (04:47)
7. Greetings (02:08)

Total Time 1:16:46

J.Jarman & D.Moye feat. J.Dyani - Live in Milan '79

This concert took place just one day before the trio entered the
Barigozzi Studios (Milan) to record the album "Black Paladins"
for Black Saint.

Rec. live at "Cineteatro Anteo", Milan, Italy, on December 18,
1979 (mics recording)

Joseph Jarman,sopranino,tenor & baritone saxes,flutes
Johnny "Mbizo" Dyani,bass,tambourine,vocals
Famoudou Don Moye,drums,percussion

1. Medley (42:42)
2. Black Paladinds/Mama Marimba (26:58)
3. In Memory Of My Seasons/Humility
In The Light Of The Creator (09:12)
4. Crushed [encore] (04:40)

Total Time 1:23:33

Joseph Jarman- Sunbound (AECO LP, 02)1976

























We haven't had any commemorative posts re. the passing away of Joseph Jarman on 10 January 2019, so better late than never, then. This was his one and only solo album, literally speaking, posted in the early days of this blog. We will follow up with other previously posted items as well as material not previously posted here.

An obituary can be found here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/obituaries/joseph-jarman-dead.html

An interview from 2011 here:

http://www.furious.com/perfect/jarman.html

and the offiicial home page here:

http://www.thulanidavis.com/josephjarman/


From the original post:

"Philosophically Jarman's aestheic is agreeable with the freedom loving anti statism that Anarchists define for themselves as Anarchy..that is social agreement with out coercion..NO COPS ,NO COURTS ,NO JAILS, NO TAXES."From the liner notes by Joffre Stewart

"Sunbound is a live solo performance by then Art Ensemble of Chicago member Joseph Jarman, and one of a handful of recordings issued by the band's own label. The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) of Chicago had long required a solo concert as a kind of "final exam." Regardless of one's instrument, a graduate of this school was expected to be able to construct a cohesive performance alone, without benefit of supporting musicians. Thus, concerts like this one were hardly uncommon at the time, though to the wider public the idea of a saxophonist by himself on stage was still somewhat bizarre. Jarman has a significantly different approach to improvisation than his erstwhile reeds partner in the Art Ensemble, Roscoe Mitchell. The latter had an extremely structural view of improvisation, using often arcane conceptual ideas as the basis for his flights. Jarman is a more intuitive player, allowing ideas to flow in natural, lyrical fashion, even when blisteringly intense. Typically, he utilizes a wide variety of reeds and percussion, sometimes simultaneously, though the finest work here is on alto ("Universal Mind Force"). His abandonment of structure allows for some degree of meandering, and there are sections which could have stood a bit of editing, but that "excess" was part of the deal in performances such as this at the time and, in retrospect, are even part of their charm. Still, one misses a foil such as Mitchell to bounce ideas off, and the album, while generally enjoyable, lacks some of the depth and passion associated with the best Art Ensemble recordings. Recommended for AACM completists."
by Brian Olewnick

26 January 2019

PAUL VAN GYSEGEM SEXTET "AORTA" (FUTURA, 1971)


A rather unknown part of the early days of European Free Jazz, undeservedly!
- OOP as LP but also on CD.


Patrick De Groote, trumpet, flugelhorn
Nolle Neels, tenor saxophone
Ronald Lecourt, vibes
Jasper Van't Hof, piano
Paul Van Gysegem, bass
Pierre Courbois, drums

1. Nummer 86 Is Een Kerrygerecht   08:23
2. Voor Anouk                      08:36
3. Frans En Zijn Muze              04:52
4. Aorta                           18:24


Track 1 - 3 recorded at the University of Ghent, Belgium on March 15, 1971.
Track 4 recorded at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium on January 21, 1971.

FUTURA GER 27 (same number for LP and CD - this rip from the CD [OOP]).

25 January 2019

Steve Miller Trio - Meets Elton Dean (2008)



Gilles Torrent Jazztet - Terre Engloutie (Plainisphare 1986)

Deborah - vocals
Gilles Torrent -  sax
Francois Lindemann - piano
Thierry Augsburger - bass
Marc Erbetta - drums   

A1. Terre Engloutie
A2. Compensation
A3. Intermede n.1
B1. Attente
B2. Inspiration

compositions by Gilles Torrent
recorded 6-7 june 1985

Plainisphare, PL 1267-22
vinyl rip

23 January 2019

Joe Rigby - Praise - Homeboy Music 2007


-Untitled
-India (J.Coltrane)
-Earth flower

Joe Rigby: tenor & soprano sax
Ted Daniel: trumpet
Ken Filiano: bass
Lou Grassi: drums

recordings coming from rehearsal done in Brooklyn in 2007
cdr published by homeboy music, no reference

Almost at the same time the french label « improvising Being » published a superbe cd of the Joe Rigby Quartet, now the label have stopped but perhaps the owner of the label still has some copies, if you are interested you can try to get in touch here
be aware that I’m not talking about the cdr presented here but about another session that I recommend
Regarding Homeboy music, it was a tiny label who published less than 5 titles, including the full session of Norman Howard & Joe Phillips originally recorded for esp but not issued at the time, lately ESP reissued it partially on cd
https://www.discogs.com/fr/Norman-Howard-Joe-Phillips-Burn-Baby-Burn/release/1113361

16 January 2019

DON CHERRY - NEW YORK TOTAL MUSIC CO "FRANKFURT, 1968"


A short but sweet broadcast -


Don Cherry, cornet, bamboo flute
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
Karl Berger, vibes, piano
Kent Carter, double bass
Jaques Thollot, drums

1. Tune In 6:01
2. A New Folk 12:23
3. Bird Suite 7:13
4. Going Home 4:14


Recorded at Grosser Saal des Volkbildungsheims, Frankfurt on March 24, 1968 (or maybe on March 23)
Recorded at the 10th Deutsches Jazzfestival Frankfurt by Hessischer Rundfunk.

11 January 2019

Love Cry Want - Love Cry Want - 1972

1 Peace (For Dakota And Jason)
2 Tomorrow, Today Will Be Yesterday
3 The Great Medicine Dance
4 Angels Wing
5 Ancient Place
6 Love Cry

Jimmy Molneiri: drums & percussions
Joe Gallivan: Drums, Steel Guitar, Synthesizer (Moog), Percussion
Larry Young: Hammond organ
Nicholas: Synthesizer (Prototype Guitar Synthesizer), Electronics (Ring Modulator), Tape (Wind, Rain, Thunder, Lightning, Water, Hi-tension Wires, Wailing Dervish)

Recorded in June 1972, Lafayette Park, Washington DC.

this rip from the cd newjazz.com njc 001

There is a recent band under the name Love Cry Want with Joe Gallivan but the music is very different, you can check it here:

https://lovecrywant.bandcamp.com

10 January 2019

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART & PILZ-CHRISTMANN-NIEBERGALL-SMITH-KOWALD-SOMMER (STUTTGART, 1978/81)




Here we have a short and a longer Radio Jazz Group Stuttgart recording from 1978 respectively 1981.


Günter Christmann, trombone
Michel Pilz, bass clarinet
Heinz Sauer, tenor saxophone
Gerd Dudek, tenor saxophone
Wolfgang Dauner, piano
Buschi Niebergall, bass
Uwe Schmitt, drums

01. Zartgenössische Musik (Christmann)  11:43
02. Creset (Niebergall)  8:06

Recorded 1978 in Stuttgart.

----

Leo Smith, trumpet, flugelhorn, wood-flutes
Peter Kowald, bass
Günter 'Baby' Sommer, drums, percussion
Wolfgang Dauner, piano

01. Ein Stück Über Dem Boden (Kowald)  6:09
02. In The Garden Of The Soundless Winds (Smith)  19:21
03. Hilferuf Einer Schnecke (Sommer)  10:39

Recorded 1981 in Stuttgart.

9 January 2019

Φλώρος Φλωρίδης (Floros Floridis) - st (Improvisation Series 1980)






A1 - Alto             0:59
A2 - Soprano I, II, III         14:43
A3 - Μπαντούρα - Alto     4:03
B1 - Clarinette I, II         9:45
B2 - Clarinette - Flute         9:12

Floros Floridis - Alto Sax (tracks: A1, A3), Bandura (tracks: A3), Clarinet (tracks: B1, B2), Flute (tracks: B2), Soprano Sax (tracks: A2)

Recorded at Nikos Papazoglou's studio in Thessaloniki on September 23th and 24th 1980

Improvisation Series 4, Improvisation Series ‎– C 905
Vinyl
Released 1980

28 December 2018

BILLY BANG "SWEET SPACE / UNTITLED GIFT" (8TH HARMONIC BREAKDOWN, 1979/82)




SWEET SPACE:

Billy Bang, violin
Luther Thomas, alto & tenor saxophone
Butch Morris, cornet
Curtis Clark, piano
Wilber Morris, bass
Steve McCall, drums

1. A Pebble Is A Small Rock (Alternate Take)     14:09
2. Sweet Space (Alternate Take)     4:43
3. Loweski For Frank (Alternate Take)     12:13
4. Music For The Love Of It (Alternate Take)     4:23
5. A Pebble Is A Small Rock     16:37
6. Sweet Space     5:09
7. Loweski For Frank (T.F.R.)     12:50
8. Music For The Love Of It     5:44

------

UNTITLED GIFT:

Billy Bang, violin, yokobue flute, congas, bells
Don Cherry, pocket trumpet, flute, bells
Wilber Morris, bass
Denis Charles, drums

1. Echovamp 1678     12:08
2. Night Sequence  5:52
3. The Kora Song     6:05
4. Maat     11:53
5. Levitation For Santana     4:18
6. Focus On Sanity  4:25


"Sweet Space" recorded at the Loeb Student Center, New York University, November 15, 1979. Tracks 5 - 8 previously released on LP Anima 12741 (USA) - tracks 1 to 4 previously unreleased.

"Untitled Gift" recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn, New York, February 7, 1982. Previously released on LP Anima 3BG9 (USA).

Both CDs were mastered from the original source tapes.
8th Harmonic Breakdown – 8thHB 8005-6 (US, 2004)

27 December 2018

Byard Lancaster - Documentation. The End of a Decade




Jambrio 2002, CD 
first released on Bellows, 1981, LP

Byard Lancaster (flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone)
Joan Hansom (vocals)
David Eyges (cello)
Youseff Yancy (trumpet, flugelhorn, Theremin)
Michael Ray (trumpet)
Alfred Pollitt (electric piano)
Chucky Lee (drums)
Kino Speller (congas)
Edward Crockett (bass)
and more

1 - Rib Crib    6:20
2 - Mary Ann    3:29
3 - Philly Funk    4:31
4 - Sweetness    3:30
5 - Bird Eye Eye View of the World    2:47
6 - Blue Nature    8:23
7 - Imperial Police    3:39
8 - Crockett and I    7:13
9 - Brotherman    1:44

recorded at different venues with different groups in 1979

25 December 2018

PAUL DUTTON - FULL THROATLE (UNDERWHICH AUDIOGRAPHIC SERIES, 1994)




A1. Stereo Head
A2. Aurora
A3. Wolf Chant
A4. Mercure

B1. Kit-talk
B2. "For The Letter That Begins Them All, H"
B3. Smile
B4. Score For Tony, 1st Movement
B5. Borealis
B6. Northern Lights

Paul Dutton, voice

Underwhich Audiographic Series - No 47

Cassette Rip

23 December 2018

HERBERT JOOS & BERND KONRAD "SDR COMMISSIONS, 1978"


Here's a bit for Xmass - but please do not 'open' before tomorrow ;-)
"Farbspiele" is "colour play" in English whereas "Versuch 2, einem Traum die Wahrheit zu verschweigen" means "second try to hide the truth from the dream". ("verschweigen" means "to keep/remain silent")



Laureen Newton, voice
Herbert Joos, flugelhorn
Bernd Konrad, soprano & baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Wolfgang Czelusta, trombone
Jürgen Wuchner, bass
Thomas Cremer, drums
Herbert Försch, percussion
Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra

Farbspiele for Jazz Group + Orchestra
1. Farbspiele 1 (Joos)  7:46
2. Farbspiele 2 (Konrad)  14:18

Laureen Newton, voice
Herbert Joos, flugelhorn
Bernd Konrad, soprano & baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Erwin Lehn Orchestra

3. Divana (Joos)  10:15
4. Versuch 2, einem Traum die Wahrheit zu verschweigen (Konrad) 10:31

Performed live in 1978

All tracks are compositions ordered by the Süddeutsche Rundfunk to feature Joos and Konrad as composers and to give them the opportunity to perform with larger ensembles.
- on tracks 1 + 2 the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra and on tracks 3 + 4 the Erwin Lehn Orchestra, (which was the SDR's radio jazz orchestra at that time and included a lot of brilliant jazz musicians) - therefore they were also able to perform (besides their usual radio entertainment music business) in more avantgardistic contexts.

Joseph Jarman & Famoudou Don Moye - Live In Ann Arbor September 30, 1979

During the second half of the seventies and in the early eighties, Joseph Jarman and Famoudou Don Moye regularly teamed together in duet or in bigger groups who recorded albums like Egwu-Anwu, Black Paladin, Earth Passage Density or The magic triangle.
Here is a well recorded concert from this period, this time in duet following the recording published by India Navigation.

Joseph Jarman: alto, tenor, flute, clarinet, voice, percussions
Famoudou Don Moye: Drums, percussions


recorded on September 30, 1979 in Ann Arbor USA

DAVE BURRELL - THE JELLY ROLL JOYS (GAZELL, 1991)




1.  The Pearls
2.  New Orleans Blues
3.  Billy's Bounce
4.  Spanish Swat
5.  Giant Steps
6.  Freakish
7.  A.M. Rag
8.  Popolo Paniolo
9.  The Crave
10. Moments Notice

Dave Burrell, piano

Recorded at Morning Star Studio, Springhouse, PA.

Gazell ‎– GJCD 4003

CD Rip

22 December 2018

CHARLES "BOBO" SHAW & THE HUMAN ARTS ENSEMBLE "P'NK J'ZZ" (MUSE, 1981)


This is  "Çonceré Ntasiah", originally released on Universal Justice.

Shortly thereafter Muse did a reissue with another title: "P'nk J'zz".



Charles "Bobo" Shaw, drums
Joseph Bowie, trombone
Julius Hemphill, soprano saxophone
Francois Nyomo Mantuila, acoustic & electric guitars
Alex Blake, bass, electric bass
Abdul Wadud, cello


A1. Steam Away Kool 500     (10:02)
A2. Jacki Bee Tee     (8:23)
B1. Concere Ntasiah (10:57)
B2. Be Bo Bo Be     (5:13)


Recorded at Studio Rivbea, New York.


Original release on Universal Justice UJ 101
This rip from Muse MR 5232