14 November 2019

Microcosmic Sound Orchestra - Live At The Spareroom april 23, 2005



Sonic Healing Ministries, 2005
recorded  April 23 2005

Jim Baker - electric guitar
Josh Beatly - alto sax
Ben Boye - harmonium, glockenspiel
David Boykin - soprano sax, Bb clarinet, tambourine, bell
Joseph Glidden - floor, maple syrup tins
Nicole Mitchell - bible harp, flute, voice, flutaphone
Jayve Montgomery - tenor and soprano sax, shenai, kitchen bowls, bumble ball, kalimba, bells
Karl E. H. Seigfried - sousaphone
Joel Wanek - upright bass, wood blocks
Alex Wing - bass guitar, nose flute, percussion

ten untitled tracks, 70 minutes

you can find more from MSO at Dan Godston site:
https://dangodston.bandcamp.com/music

5 November 2019

SCHLOMi GOLDENBERG, FRANTiŠEK UHLíŘ, BOB MOSES :: Music for Animals and Young Aliens

Izraeeli-Czech-American trio with their rare attempt on free improvisation.

SCHLOMi GOLDENBERG, FRANTiŠEK UHLíŘ, BOB MOSES - Music for Animals and Young Aliens

Improvisations I-VIII

SCHLOMi GOLDENBERG - tenor saxophone, clarinet
FRANTiŠEK UHLíŘ - double bass
BOB MOSES - drums, precussion

Recorded sometime around turn of the century somewhere in Israel.

27 October 2019

John Jasnoch, Rob Dainton, Mazzoll - Ear Worms



Found Property Recordings, F.P.002
CD
2001

John Jasnoch - electric guitar, mandolin and 12 string suprano guitar
Rob Dainton - drums
Jerzy Mazzoll - clarinet on track 5

1 - Bidelfeld One (Germany)     9:15
2 - Rostock One (Germany)     9:50
3 - Warsaw One (Poland)     5:47
4 - Rostock Two (Germany)     2:40
5 - Gdansk One (Poland)     8:42
6 - Gdansk Two (Poland)     3:50
7 - Warsaw Two (Poland)     7:42
8 - Biedelfeld Two (Germany)     6:28
9 - Warsaw Three (Poland)     6:19

15 October 2019

Glenn Horiuchi - Next Step (Asian Improv 1988)


on track A1, A3, B1, B2:
Glenn Horiuchi - piano
M'Chaka Uba - bass
Leon Alexander - drums

on track A2, B3:
Glenn Horiuchi - piano
Francis Wong - tenor sax
Taiji Miyagawa - bass
Samoa Koria - drums
Ayanna Hobson - vocal

A1 - In Movement         9:11
A2 - Dreamwaters         7:50
A3 - To Ar         1:56
B1 - Mochi Groove         3:42
B2 - Song For Shizuno     6:56
B3 - Next Step         7:12

All compositions by Glenn Horiuchi (BMI)
Recorded and mixed in October 1987 and January 1988 at Fanfare Studios, El Cajon

Asian Improv Records, AIR 0002
Vinyl, 1988

6 October 2019

STEVE LACY QUARTET "CHICAGO, 1986"


Yesterday, while searching for the CDr of Lacy's 1977 East-Berlin recording, I've discovered this rare line-up.


Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
Misha Mengelberg, piano
Donald Garrett, double bass
Han Bennink, drums


1. Radio Announcement 1:01
2. Hornin In 6:30
3. Criss Cross 09:48
4. Misterioso 9:57
5. Little Rootie Tootie 4:32
6. In Walked Bud into Round Midnight 6:52 
7. Bright Mississippi 6:21

Track 5: Steve Lacy solo
Track 6: Han Bennink solo into H.Bennink/M. Mengenberg Duo

Recorded at the Chicago Jazz Festival on August 29, 1986.

4 October 2019

ELTON DEAN MEMORiAL CONCERT, 100 Club, London, 9 May 2006


This was sent to me by new facebook friend and photographer Pete Woodman, who received it from another friend as found through torrents, mp3 only as it was seeded. I enhanced sound and volume. Pete also sent his photos from the gig, they are included in package.

ELTON DEAN MEMORiAL CONCERT, 100 Club, London, 9 May 2006

CD 1:

01. Intro banter - John Jack

02. Abide With Me / Trunk Call
03. Call The Devil
04. And So Tibet

-- DREAMTiME:
GARY CURSON - alto sax
JiM DVORAK - trumpet
NiCK EVANS - trombone
KEiTH TiPPETT - piano
ROBERTO BELLATALLA - bass
JiM LE BAiGUE - drums

05. Banter - John Jack

06. Improvisation

MARK HEWINS - guitar
MARK SANDERS - drums

07. Banter - John Jack, Julie Tippetts

-- DARTiNGTON iMPROViSERS TRiO:
PAUL DUNMALL - saxes
JULiE TIPPETTS - voice
KEiTH TiPPETT - piano

CD 2:

1. Banter - John Jack, Hugh Hopper

2. Seven For Lee
3. Drum Solo
4. Baker's Treat

-- SOFT MACHiNE LEGACY:
THEO TRAViS - saxes
JOHN ETHERiDGE - guitar
HUGH HOPPER - bass guitar
JOHN MARSHALL - drums

5. Banter - John Jack

6. Improvisation 1
7. Improvisation 2

MAGGiE NiCOLS - voice
JiM DVORAK - trumpet
ROBERTO BELLATALLA - bass
TONY LEViN - drums

CD 3:

1. Banter - John Jack

2. Improvisation

EVAN PARKER - tenor sax
LARRY STABBiNS - tenor sax
MARK CHARiG - cornet
PAUL RUTHERFORD - trombone
JOHN EDWARDS - bass
LOUiS MOHOLO - drums

3. Banter - John Jack

4. Improvisation

HARRY BECKETT - trumpet
LOL COXHiLL - soprano sax
ALEX MAGUiRE - piano
MARCiO MATTOS - bass
TONY MARSH - drums

5. Closing banter - John Jack, Pip Pyle

Recorded by unknown, shared on torrent. mp3@320




1 October 2019

JOANNE BRACKEEN "ROME, 1979"




Some more music from our anonymous donor who contributes many of Riccardo's recordings.


Joanne Brackeen, piano

1. unknown title 7:11
2. Mystic Touch 9:06
3. unknown title 8:54
4. Evening In Concert 8:06
5. Egyptian Dune Dance 7:45
6. Cosmic Ties And Mud Pies 5:45

Recorded at Villa Borghese, Rome on July 6, 1979.

28 September 2019

I VIRTUOSI DI CAVE "LIVE IN FLORENCE '78"



This rare recording of I Virtuosi de Cave was provided by the same amonymous donor who helps with Riccardo's posts (more is upcoming)






Eugenio Colombo (as, bar, kazumba)
Roberto Mancini (as, ts)
Alberto Mariani (ts, sop, kazumba)
Tommaso Vittorini (ts, bar, sop)


Recorded live in Florence on July 7th, 1978

(line-up / instruments culled from the Red Records LP)

27 September 2019

LARRY DUBIN AND CCMC ‎– THE GREAT TORONTO DRUMMER'S GREATEST RECORDINGS (MUSIC GALLERY EDITIONS, 1979)




A1. Larry's Listening
A2. Upon Arriving

B1. A Postponement
B2. Circuitry
B3. Down The Street

C1. Yourself Elsewhere
C2. Radio In A Stolen Car

D.  Uncalledforness

E1. Silky Times
E2. Back To Timmons

F1. Leaves Shed Their Trees
F2. One Of Your Lips
F3. Qui Ne Sert Qu'A Nous Faire Trembler

Larry Dubin, drums, pipe drums, percussion, marimba
Al Mattes, bass, electric bass, guitar, percussion
Casey Sokol, piano, electric piano, percussion
Michael Snow, piano, electric piano, synthesizer, percussion, copper tubophone, trumpet
Nobuo Kubota, alto and tenor saxophone, percussion
Peter Anson, guitar, vegematic, electric piano, kettle harp


Recorded at the Music Gallery, Toronto, except F1 recorded at Conservation Hall, Toronto

Music Gallery Editions ‎– MGE 15

LP Rip

25 September 2019

THOLLOT - RILEY - SOLAL - BLEY "JAZZ HARMONIE + CHATEAUVALLON, 1972"



JACQUES THOLLOT TRIO "JAZZ HARMONIE, 1972"

Jacques Thollot, electric piano, drums
Joachim Kühn, piano
Earl Freeman, double bass


Recorded at Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris on September 3, 1972.

Note: filmed for the "Jazz Harmonie" series - Marc Pavaux (director).


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HOWARD RILEY TRIO "JAZZ HARMONIE, 1972"

Howard Riley, piano
Barry Guy, double bass
Tony Oxley, drums

Recorded at Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris on September 3, 1972.

Note: filmed for the "Jazz Harmonie" series - Marc Pavaux (director).

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MARTIAL SOLAL  "CHATEAUVALLON, 1972"

Martial Solal, piano

Recorded at Châteauvallon Jazz Festival on August 19th, 1972.


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PAUL BLEY TRIO  "CHATEAUVALLON, 1972"

Paul Bley, piano, electric piano
Arjen Gorter, double bass
Steve McCall, drums

Recorded at Châteauvallon, France on August 27, 1972.

COMMAND ALL STARS - Curiosities 1972



OOP. Some copies for reasonable price can be found on Discogs Markeplace.

20 September 2019

CLEVE POZAR "SOLO PERCUSSION" (CSP, early '70s)



R.I.P.
Born as Robert F. Pozar on August 8, 1941 and died in April 2019.
Played with Bill Dixon on the seminal "Intents and Purposes".
But also with Bobby Naughton, Cooper-Moore and Bob James among others.

Check out this interview.




Cleve Pozar, percussion, vibes, vocal, tape, etc.

(Steve Whynott, guitar for the prerecorded tape)

CSP 125B
1. Changes 11:37
2. Cosmic Piece 07:16
 CSP 125A
3. Magistrate Lousvart 08:58
4. The Winged Coyote 06:18
5. Echo Afrika 06:10

Recorded at Intermedia Sound, Boston, Massachusetts in ~ 1972.


CSP 125A & B (on label)

BLACK ARTISTS GROUP / CECIL TAYLOR UNIT "JAZZ HARMONIE / CHATEAUVALLON, 1973"


Two more videos from the French TV -



BLACK ARTISTS GROUP  "JAZZ HARMONIE, 1973"

Baikida Carroll, trumpet, english horn, percussion
Oliver Lake, tenor saxophone & soprano saxophone, flute, percussion
Joseph Bowie, trombone, congas
Jimmy Jones, guitar
Donald Robinson, drums

Performing three selections: "Suite," "Rhythm," and "Harlem Color.


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CECIL TAYLOR UNIT "CHATEAUVALLON, 1973"

Cecil Taylor, piano
Jimmy Lyons, alto saxophone
Andrew Cyrille, drums

Recorded at Amphitheatre, Chateauvallon, France on August 24, 1973.



Both footages directed by Jean-Pierre Manquillet

16 September 2019

GUSTAV BROM ORCHESTRA with MAYNARD FERGUSON - Maynard + Gustav (1968)


GUSTAV BROM ORCHESTRA with MAYNARD FERGUSON - Maynard + Gustav (1968)

1. Maria  3.05
2. Got The Spirit  9.30
3. At The Sound Of The Trumpet  6.30
4. Pilatus  4.40
5. Changes In Meaning  11.25
6. In Misty Night  5.05

Gustav Brom Orchestra

Soloists:
Maynard Ferguson - trumpet (1-3)
Zdeněk Novák - tenor sax (1-4)
Bill Moody - drums (2)
Jaromír Hnilička - trumpet (3,5)
Josef Audes - baritone sax (3,6), bass clarinet (5)
Josef Blaha - piano (4)
Mojmír Bártek - trombone (5)

Maynard Ferguson plays on first 3 tracks only

Recorded at Supraphon studio Dejvice, Prague, November 21+22.

CD Panton 1995 (Originally released by Supraphon in 1969, then by Amiga in 1977)

14 September 2019

Ras Moshe -Live Spirit Vol 3 - Utech Records 2006

In memory of Joe Rigby.
After my preview post about Walden Wimberley some month ago I have thought to post in the future this session featuring also Wimberley but due to the passing of Joe Rigby in July it is time to post it now. Joe Rigby have played with Milford Graves in the seventies and have one record with Steve Reid (Nova). More recently he have recorded the excellent « For Harriet » for the french label improvising being in 2011 and "Praise" for Homeboy music previously also posted here. Few years before here is this session under the leadership of Ras Moshe.
One track only in a jam session style dedicated to John Coltrane and Tyron Washington.

Matt Heyner: bass
Todd Nicholson: bass
Jackson Krall: drums
Walden Wimberley: piano
Ras Moshe: tenor, alto & soprano sax + composition
Joe Rigby: tenor, alto, sopranino sax

Recorded at the Stone New York on 19 January 2006
Utech Records UR034 limited & numbered edition cd

10 September 2019

KAORU ABE & YASUKAZU SATO "ACACIA NO AME GA YAMU TOKI"



Kaoru Abe, bass clarinet (1), alto saxophone (2+3), harmonica (2)
Yasukazu Sato, percussion


1. Acacia No Ame Ga Yamu Toki  19:48
2. Chim Chim Cheree / Sombre Dimanche  27:53
3. Love Come Back To Me  22:46


Recorded live on October 31, 1971 in a classroom at Tohoku University.

WAX Records TKCA-71098

8 September 2019

TROVESI - MANGELSDORFF DUO "GENOVA 1982"



Gianluigi Trovesi, clarinets
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone

Concerto tenuto da "Albert Mangelsdorff e Gianluigi Trovesi" (solos and duos)
at the occaison of the 5° "Estate Jazz" a Villa Imperiale on July 9, 1982.

4 September 2019

JOE HENDERSON "AN EVENING WITH JOE HENDERSON" (GENOVA, 1987)



This is not a rip of the LP/CD from Red Records. It is a recording of the whole concert provided by our recent anonymous supporter.

Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone
Charlie Haden, double bass
Al Foster, drums

1. Beatrice 10:40
2. Serenity 8:41
3. Visa  9:56
4. Ask Me Now 14:19
5. All The Things You Are 13:44
6. Rue Chaptal / Royal Roost 7:56
7. Invitation 13:16

Recorded live at Genova Jazz Festival, Villa Imperiale, Italy, July 7, 1987.

(The Red Records release contained Ask Me Now, Serenity, Beatrice and Invitation)

Artwork and some photographs are included.

1 September 2019

ALBERT MANGELSDORFF "MUSIC INN, ROME, 1978"



Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone

01. A Jazz Tune I Hope (4:27)
02. For Peter (3:37)
03. Folk Mood (5:44)
04. Nexus (4:38)
05. Questions To Come (3:41)
06. Brief Inventions (2:25)
07. Yellow Hammer (2:58)
08. Mood Indigo (5:17)
09. Trilogue (4:03) -
10. The Up And Down Man (6:14)

Total Time 43:14

Recorded live at 'Music Inn', Rome on January 29, 1978.

31 August 2019

Gregg Bendian's Interzone - Live In Chicago 2001

Gregg Bendian is famous for his partnership with musicians like Cecil Taylor, Derek Bailey, William Parker or Peter Brotzmann. In the late nineties he had a very exciting band called Interzone that mixed jazz with free improvisation, rock and in a way also prog. The result was an unique sound that appears as one of the most successful in the mix of so different styles. The group has recorded three albums, one for Eremite and two for Atavistic, all oop but still easy to find for a reasonable price in the second hand market. Two musicians have made the trip from the beginning to the end beside Gregg Bendian: The Cline brothers, Nels and Alex. Bassists have changed during the short life of this band. The first cd have been recorded with Mark Dresser, the two others on Atavistic with Steuart Liebig. On this concert that comes from what appeared to be the last tour of the band, Kermit Driscol is the bassist. The show is superbe, intense with a very high musical level. It contains many tracks from their last album Requiem For Jack Kirby recorded around one year before this concert.

01 Primordial Ink
02 Kirby's Fourth World
03 New Gods
04 The Mother Box
05 Teaneck In The Marvel Age
06 Air Above Zenn-LaCD
07 Sunblade Strafe the Continent
08 Pattern Master For Octavia Butler
09 Diaspora
10 Blood: Sassoon zi tavit

-Gregg Bendian: vibraphone, glockenspiel
-Kermit Driscol : acoustic & electric bass
-Nels Cline : guitar, slide guitar
-Alex Cline : drums & percussions

Recorded Live In Chicago October 4, 2001
If some followers have others unpublished recordings of this band they are welcome to share them.

30 August 2019

MANGELSDORFF - PORTAL QUARTET + MANGELSDORFF SOLO "LIVE IN GENOVA, 1981"


Got this recording from our recent anonymous donor some weeks ago.
Portal is sometimes a bit too much in the 'background'. This might be due to him wandering around on the stage.
In the same folder was the Mangelsdorff solo - so I assume it is from the same date...



Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Michel Portal, reeds
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, bass
Aldo Romano, drums

Quartet
A1. Quartet 46:46
A2. Quartet 18:49

Solo - Mangelsdorff
B1. Solo - Mangelsdorff 6:30
B2. Solo - Mangelsdorff 7:13
B3a. Announcement - Mangelsdorff 0:18
B3b. Solo - Mangelsdorff 4:32
B4a. Announcement - Mangelsdorff 0:33
B4b. Solo - Mangelsdorff 6:23
B5. Solo - Mangelsdorff 3:00

Live at Cinema Diana, Via Paggi, Genova on February 9, 1981.

25 August 2019

Exiles - Dangerous Music (Esfoma 1986)







Exiles - Dangerous Music (Esfoma 1986)

Esfoma Recordings, ER53
Cassette
1986

A1 - Urban Nocturne    
A2 - Prism    
A3 - Mycelium Cortex    
A4 - Bad Companions    
A5 - Into The Dark    
B1 - Forest Dance    
B2 - Sonaire: Beyond The End Of Time    
B3 - Solidarity    

Greg Mills, Jay Zelenka

Instruments include Alto Sax, Piano, Flute, Melodica, Celeste, Violin, Percussion.
Credits are generic, probably keyboards are by Mills, reeds by Zelenka.

TSUKASA - YUKIE - TOYOZUMI "SEOUL SUBWAY LIVE" (JABREC RECORDS, 2001)




Yagihashi Tsukasa, alto saxophone
Sato Yukie, electric guitar
Sabu Toyozumi, percussion, voice, kokyu


1. Air 1:02
2. Sadang I 8:23
3. Sadang II 10:24
4. Jamsil I 21:41
5. Jamsil II 9:47
6. Air 0:47

Recorded on 28 April, 2001 in Seoul, South Korea.

Jabrec Art Music - JABREC 13 (CDr, Japan)

DAVE HOLLAND QUARTET & ANTHONY BRAXTON QUARTET "ANTIBES '74 & CHATEAUVALLON '73"


Two excellent concert films. (maybe the two shows aren't complete but surely worth your attention)

The first group is obviously the quartet which recorded the wonderful album "Conference of the Birds" for ECM. The album was recorded on November 30, 1972 in New York. So the concert in France was more than a half year later. Several themes of the LP are easily discernible.
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For the second ensemble I've found the following description.

Details from Coda 12/73 p.34.
"They played a suite especially written for this occasion. A piece that showed some of the aspects in the music of the multidirectional Anthony Braxton. Wheeler and Braxton matched each other beautifully, Wheeler is a musician who has much in common with Braxton, an intellectual player with a cool sound and a good ear for Braxton's intricate written lines. Their performance ended with a bebop-like tune, and drummer Bobo Shaw (from Black Artists Group from St. Louis, BAG) who throughout the piece had revealed himself as a very musical and inventive drummer, kept the music on fire." (Ib Skovgaard Petersen)

[Some discographies claim other days (23rd f.e.) for the Braxton Quartet but I stick with what's given in the TV production, although the menu gives 1974 which is - obviously - incorrect]

During this concert we have the first performances of Braxton's "Composition No. 23B" and "Composition No. 23D".



Dave Holland Quartet - Antibes, Juan-Les-Pins, 1974

Anthony Braxton, reeds
Sam Rivers, reeds
Dave Holland, double bass
Barry Altschul, drums

Recorded July 25, 1974.

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Anthony Braxton Quartet - Chateauvallon, 1973

Amthony Braxton, reeds
Kenny Wheeler, trumpet, flugelhorn
J.F. Jenny Clarke, double bass
Charles Bobo Shaw, drums

Recorded August, 25, 1973

31 July 2019

Fanakalo Francois Buttet avec Joe Malinga - Ogun


Plainisphare, PL 1267-55
CD
1990?

François Buttet : Xylophone, Trombone, Piano
Joe Malinga : Saxophone Alto
Fabio Cattaneo : Steel Drums, Clavier
Linda Giacometti : Euphonium
Daniel Genton : Percussion, Congas
Olivier Grosclaude : Saxophone Alto
Claire Huguenin : Saxophone Alto
Paul Jörg : Flûte
Corinne Juillerat : Saxophone Ténor
Jean-Philippe Larpin : Drums
Popol Lavanchy : Contrebasse
Diego Marion : Saxophone Ténor
Bernard Metraux : Euphonium, Tuba
Nikita Pfister : Accordéon, Hackbrett
John Trevor : Guitare
Serge Wintsch : Flugelhorn, Trompette
+ Background Vocals


1 - Exú    
2 - Sister    
3 - To Charlie    
4 - Pra Linda    
5 - Ogun    
6 - Janaina    
7 - Nolivé    

17 July 2019

DON CHERRY "THIS IS NOT MY MUSIC" (SWEDEN, 1978)





Here's a Swedish TV documentary about Don Cherry. Filmed for the most part in the US and on the island Cherry was living with his family during the 1970s.

With Rashied Ali, James Blood Ulmer, Nana Vasconcelos, Denis Charles, Huss Charles a.o.
Especially the music by Cherry, Ali and Ulmer is great IMO. Sadly it seems there's no other recorded evidence of this trio.


 Produced and directed by Urban Lasson

13 July 2019

ANTITHESIS "ANTITHESIS" (ARISE, 1972)




Denis Baggi, soprano & tenor saxophone
Michele Von Ritter, tenor saxophone
Urs Voerkel, piano
Bob Egloff, bass
Herbert Hartmann, drums, percussion


A1. Bella Ciao 9:10
A2. Do-Desch-Ka-Den 10:28
B1. Haze's Dance 18:14
B2. Angela 6:52


Recorded in Zürich, Switzerland on July 16, 1972


Arise Records ARRE 1001 S

(vinyl rip)

12 July 2019

Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Live In Sant Anna Arresi - August 24, 2013

This concert is part of a tour that came after the recording of "represencing", the second lp that Abrams and crew published on Eremite.
Joshua Abrams: bass & gumbri
Lisa Alvarado: harmonium
Chad Taylor: drums
The program consist of original tunes + covers from Sun Ra, Don Cherry and Johnny Dyani, interesting isn't it?
Recorded live in Sant Anna Arresi on August 24, 2013
All the records of Joshua Abrams are available here:
https://eremite.com

9 July 2019

BOBBY FEW TRIO "FEW AND FAR BETWEEN" (ADÈS, 1991)


Here is one more recording with Bobby Few on vocals and piano.


Bobby Few, piano, vocal
Raymond Ndoumbe, electric bass
Noel McGhie, drums

01. I Don't Want To Cry Over You     6:10
02. Mister Kidnap Man     4:30
03. Few's Boogie     1:43
04. Joy     2:14
05. I'd Tell The World     1:43
06. Gospel     5:25
07. Dance All Night     6:27
08. Take Me     3:34
09. I Can't Get Along With You     3:36
10. Girls Are Fun     3:04
11. Latin Quarter     2:46
12. China     3:48

Written by and words by Bobby Few

 Recorded in Montreuil, France at Studio Cargo.
Released on Disques Adès in 1991.

Bobby Few - Let It Rain - Self Produced 2002

01 Let it rain
02 Gina
03 Something there
04 Stop pimping the kids
05 Take me
06 Part of your world
07 Let it rain (part 2)
Harry Swift: bass on 1, 2, 7
Raymond Doumbe: bass on 3, 5, 6
Bob Demeo: drums on 1
Jean Claude Montredon: Drums on 2
Noël McGhie: drums on 3, 5, 6
Jon Handelsman: tenor sax on 1, 2
Rasul Siddik: trumpet on 1, 2
Bobby Few: piano & vocals
Recorded in January 2002. cd self produced BF01

4 July 2019

Theo Jörgensmann Quartet - Ta Eko Mo (z.o.o. 1997)

z.o.o., 29-1
CD, 1997

Theo Jörgensmann - Clarinet
Christian Ramond - Double Bass
Klaus Kugel - Drums, Percussion
Christopher Dell - Vibraphone

1 - Ta Eko Mo    
2 - Tsenga    
3 - Der Ruf    
4 - Seezeit    
5 - Couleurs En Mouvement    

recorded & mixed at dioton studio, krefeld 1997

1 July 2019

Sam Rivers Trio - live in Foggia 30 April 1980



This is a repost of sorts of a file posted way back on this blog. In the comments section to the original post, Rick Lopez made the very valid point that Sam's scat singing towards the end didn't sound, shall we say, entirely authentic. So I ran it through Audacity to see if anything could be done about it. I made two versions, one with 15 percent speed reduction and one with 20 percent. Listening back, the 20 percent sounded a bit soggy, so I decided to stick with the 15 percent. In other words, this runs at about 85 percent of the original speed. I can't say if I have hit the nail right on the head, but at least it comes off more plausible, and in any case, your ears are the best judge. One more technical note, this was originally posted as a high grade mp3 and is reposted in the flac format to prevent further lossiness.

What we have here is a live concert in Foggia, Italy, on 30 April 1980 with Sam Rivers on multiple instruments and vocals, Dave Holland on bass and Steve Ellington on drums. As for the gig, it's marvellous, really a stayer, one to come back to. Sam Rivers starts out on tenor, switches to soprano, continues on flute interspersed with a bit of vocalising towards the end. In all, the piece runs for 78:28, so one consequence of lowering the speed is you get at least ten minutes extra of Sam and the gang. Can't be bad, eh?



Happy Canada Day

During those last years Nick have posted many great music from Canada. Check his post of the artists jazz band, C.C.M.C, the records from the music gallery editions or the french side of the avant garde like Yves Bouliane etc. You will find many goodies. I thought that this year it could be my turn to celebrate the Canada day to thank him and to continue the series with this cd that features probably one of the guiding light of the Canadian avant garde: Michael Snow.

Visual artist but also musician who plays piano and synthesiser, Snow is an important name in electro acoustic music. he is one of the founding members of CCMC and beside his avant garde playing he have a vaste knowledge of the jazz that you can easily notice if you listen carefully his solo where he can bring some reminiscence of the tradition in an avant garde environment.

Jack Vorvis is less famous, he have been briefly member of CCMC and you can hear him on the excellent « decisive moments, hot real-time electro-acoustic collective composition », unfortunately his discography is very small.


Jack Vorvis & Michael Snow - black and white - 1994

1 Rotation
2 High Handed (Groovin HIgh)
3 Trax
4 Blues In The Clocktower
5 2 Chords For 2 Players
6 Snake Raffle Cajole
7 Space - Time
8 Titsnass
9 Free By Me - Bop
10 Percs
11 Inside Out
12 I Found
13 Easy Livin

Jack Vorvis: drums
Michael Snow: piano

track & light recordings tlr01 cd rip

25 June 2019

360º MUSIC EXPERIENCE / STEVE POTTS "MOLDE & JAM SESSION" (1970 & '74)


Another film from the 1970s - with rare footage of Steve Potts and the 360º Music Experience.



Grachan Moncur, trombone
Roland Alexander, tenor saxophone
Dave Burrell, piano
Jymie Merritt, bass
Beaver Harris, drums

Recorded at Molde Jazz Festival 1970


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Steve Potts, soprano & alto saxophone
Christian Escoudé, guitar
Boulou Ferré, guitar
Kent Carter, bass
Kenneth Tyler, drums

Recorded in France(?) in 1974

23 June 2019

Stomu Yamash'ta - Percussion Recital - Columbia 1971

1 Variations From 'Odoru Katachi’
2 I. Ikari
3 II. Nemuri
4 III. Kanashimi
5 Uzu - Improvisation

Roetsu Tousha: Drums (Tsuzumi)
Suihou Tousha: Flute (Nohkan)
Stomu Yamash’ta: Percussion

Recorded live at the small hall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Hall on January 11, 1971
Published in 1971 with two different titles: « Percussion Recital » and « The World Of Stomu Yamash’ta ». This rip comes from the on demand cdr version issued by Columbia in 2014 titled « Hito » Percussion Recital

20 June 2019

VIRGINIA GENTA & CHRIS CORSANO "THE LIVE IN LISBON" (8mm, 2008)




Virginia Genta, saxes, flute, voice
Chris Corsano, drums


A.  Some Birds Are Free People     18:02
B1. Lost Place At Sunset 9:42  
B2. Slate Explosion  6:34


On August 5th, 2008, Corsano and Genta gave a duo concert on the roof of Zé dos Bois in Bairro Alto, Lisbon, at sunset time.


8mm Records - 8mm 037 (Italy, 2009)





18 June 2019

LUIGI NONO "...DEN DER WALD IST JUNG UND VOLLER LEBEN" (1966)




> A floresta é jovem e cheja de vida <

 WDR, Cologne, Germany, 1966

Script and directed by Theo Gallehr

38"

"... the forest is young and full of life"



Theo Gallehr (1929 - 2001) was a German innkeeper (in Munich),  film director and writer.
Famous for intiating socalled "Arbeiterfilme" (movies about workers) and in 1971 he made a documentary about the Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza (released by Die Schachtel).

16 June 2019

JOOKLO DUO "FREE SERPENTS" (QBICO, 2006)




Virginia Genta, baritone & tenor saxophone
David Vanzan, drums


A1. Untitled 3:51   
A2. Untitled 4:07   
A3. Untitled 2:47   
A4. Untitled 3:37   
A5. Untitled 4:51   
B1. Untitled 3:03   
B2. Untitled 3:55   
B3. Untitled 6:08   
B4. Untitled 1:38   
B5. Untitled 2:56


Recorded on December 2, 2006.


Qbico 65 (Italy, 2007)

(vinyl rip)

URS BLÖCHLINGER TETTET "NEUROTICA" (HAT HUT, 1984)




Urs Blöchlinger, alto, bass & sopranino saxophone, flute, ch-phon, angklung, little instruments
Ruedi Häusermann,  flute, alto flute, alto & baritone saxophone, little instruments (A1, A3, B1 to B3, C1, D3)
Hans Koch, tenor & soprano saxophone, bass clarinet (B1 to B3, D1, D3)
Glen Ferris, trombone
Jürg Ammann, piano, melodica
Thomas Dürst, bass
Dieter Ulrich, drums, bugle


A1. King Arthur Meets Hans Eisler In Hollywood   13:05
A2. Peggy's Blue Skylight    5:43
A3. Quick Motion Picture With A Brake Shoe  5:38
B1. Oh, Soviel Vieh, Sophie   3:40
B2. Where Is My Funny Ballantines's    9:41
B3. Combinations    11:31
C1. Kungusisches Arbeiterlied: Niemand Weiss Hinten, Wie Er Vorn Dran Ist  14:31
C2. Die Psychology Of Steeple Chase  8:07
D1. Neurotica    12:29
D2. Adrenallini (Dedicated To Adrian Rollini)    4:47
D3. Baghwan Business    1:27

Recorded at Studio Sonographic, Schlieren, Switzerland on 4,5 & 6 June, 1984.

Hat Hut Records hat Art 2008  (1984)


13 June 2019

Pangea featuring Theo Jörgensmann, Federico Sanesi - Live At Music Academy

Binder Music Manufactory, BMM 9303
CD
Hungary
1993

1 - Dino Song (Binder)        12:24
2 - Confrontation (Szőke)    15:24
3 - Hades (Szőke)          8:15
4 - Dor Columns (Szőke)      9:56

Gábor Juhász - Acoustic Guitar
Theo Jörgensmann - Clarinet
Szabolcs Szőke - Kalimba, Gadulka, Ektare, Angklung
Federico Sanesi - Percussion, Tabla
Károly Binder - Piano

Recorded live at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, September 27th, 1993

12 June 2019

NEW JAZZ SYNDICATE - 1 - 3 (NEW JAZZ SYNDICATE, 1978)

Ernst kindly posted the second of this set and the links are still active. Here are all three in new rips.

IN THE BEGINNING (NEW JAZZ SYNDICATE, 1978)


A1. Fiat Sonus
A2. When A Lone Dolphin Cries Out

B1. Sea Rumblin'
B2. Children of Icarus

New Jazz Syndicate 1



DON'T PLAY THAT SENTIMENTAL BALLAD (NEW JAZZ SYNDICATE, 1978)



A1. Winter Ballad
A2. Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Air

B1. Forest and Moon
B2. Long Moment
B3. The "L" On IOUs

New Jazz Syndicate 2



FORWARD SUSPENSE (NEW JAZZ SYNDICATE, 1978)



A1a. If I Wasn't Hard
A1b. If I Couldn't Ever Be Gentle
A2. Tokyo '77

B1. Forward Suspense
B2. Valse for Valhalla

New Jazz Syndicate 3

Alto Saxophone – Kunio Kaneko, Keizo Inoue, Yasuo Ueda, Ryuichi Inaba 
Baritone Saxophone – Shoji Ukaji
Bass – Shin-Ichiro Iikima, Hiraoki Satoh
Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Yasuo Ueda
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Ryuichi Inaba
Drums, Percussion – Toshiro Miyauchi, Sabu Toyozumi, Mikiharu Takagi
Flugelhorn – Kouji Mikuriya
Flute – Clive Bell, Yasuo Yoda, Kunio Kaneko
Oboe, Alto Saxophone – Keizo Inoue
Piano – Ryo Hara, Hiraku Amemiya
Soprano Saxophone – Yuichi Kamata
Tenor Saxophone – Yasuhiko Morizone, Horishi Shimizu
Trumpet – Kazuo Komiya
Pocket Trumpet – Jiro Shoda 
Trombone – Jiro Shoda, Hiraku Amemiya
Vibraphone, Ryo Hara


Recorded at Hosei University Student Hall, Tokyo; November 29, December 10 and 13, 1977

LP Rip




10 June 2019

Walden Wimberley & His Musical Friends - What The Pyramid Told Me - self produced 2005

One can think that musicians who stay unknown belong to the sixties or the seventies but even from the recent times we can still discover some musicians that still play in the underground of the underground. It is the case for this talented pianist, if you check on the web you will find almost no informations about him directly. One of his first appearance seems to have been in a band created by Roy Campbell Jr and named « Shades And Colors Of Trane » with Hilliard Greene and Warren Smith. In 2004 and 2005 he made two cdr self produced and only available during his concerts, in 2006 he recorded with Ras Moshe for one of his « Live Spirits » volume, obviously… that’s all.
So if someone have more informations about him it will be appreciated.

Walden Wimberley: piano
Hilliard Greene: bass
Christopher Dean Sullivan: bass
Daniel Carter: saxophone
Ras Moshe: saxophone
Larry Boddie: percussion
Mike Thompson: drums
Recorded live at the Langston Hughes Public Library, Queens N.Y. 2005.
cdr self produced

5 June 2019

HANNE BOENISCH "JOURNEY TO THE NORTHPOLE" (GERMANY, 1971/72)






The Sratch Orchestra with a.o. Cornelius Cardew, Keith Rowe and John Tilbury

Script and directed by Hanne Boenisch

Produced by the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film, München.

Germany (Munich, Bavaria) 1971 / 72

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Got this documentary from John Tilbury on Wednesday, 29 April 2009 at the Gasteig in Munich, for the first time.
We had invited him for a concert / lecture. During his lecture excerpts of the film were shown.
Afterwards he gave us two or three copies of the DVDr. He added we should 'spread it'.*

Hanne Boenisch has died only some weeks before John Tilbury's concert in Munich.


Around 2015/6 I talked with a friend about this film. He asked wether he could watch and maybe even use it for his lectures at a Munich high school.
I readily agreed and promised him a copy of my copy. But - alas - I did not find the DVDr. After several attempts to locate it I gave up.
It seems I had lost the film during a relocation some months before.
Later that year my friend made some inquires at the BR (Bavarian broadcast) as to wether they would loan him the documentary.
But it was revelead to him that they discarded or destroyed the film!

To my delight I got it again some days ago.

And following Tilbury's idea about spreading this rare documentary I'll offer it here.

Additionally I would like to give the interested reader a link to an interview with John Tilbury.  This conversation was conducted after his book "Cornelius Cardew - a life unfinished" was published.
It is a fitting companion to the documentary - of course to read the book would be even better.



(Beware ;-) this film is only for bi-lingual viewers.
Cardew is heard for the most part talking in German, which he does quite fluently.
But there's a good portion of English to be heard during the 45 minutes .

* it should be clear that it is my responsibility to post the film here - Mr. Tilbury never asked or even encouraged me to do so.