5 December 2024

What a long, strange trip ...


Photo © Roberto Masotti / Lelli e Masotti Archivio.




This blog is now in its 15th year, started back in February 2007 by Sotise, our correspondent from down under. Bundles of people have contributed over the years, some gone, others holding on and yet others joining and putting their distinctive mark on the contents and direction of the blog. Currently we have about half a dozen active posters and some very generous followers, judging from inputs to our contributions section, but we're always willing to recruit more. Potential authors can get in touch with us c/o our Blogger email addresses. We've had contributors from three continents, with a preponderance of Europeans overall.

The emphasis has been on the free/improv/experimental side of jazz, but with excursions into contemporary and classical music, from Europe and beyond. There are no rules, however; the blog is whatever the posters make of it, and we'd like to keep it that way. We focus on posting out of print material with the objective of drawing attention to music which otherwise might have remained out of sight and out of mind. Due to spam and some past experiences of personal attacks, we 've had to institute a moderator system, so comments may not appear right away, but they will be published.

With these few words, heading on ...

....NEW LINKS FOR OLD POSTS

Hi , Heres a new section, which will feature links to the Original posts of things that are just being, or have recently been re uploaded..
the Contributions and request sections are too cluttered, making it difficult to keep track!
comments will be disabled for this section!

Please help us out, if you see comments asking for a re-upload, and you have the files!!
(preferably use only file hosts accessible to free users,do not use these files to make money!)
Please do not ask us to re upload records which are generally available, or have been recently reissued, whatever the format!!

Surely it goes without saying that all views expressed on this Blog , be they impressions  delusions
reveries, political statements, opinions are ours and ours alone , Music stimulates the imagination, so switch off y'r TV, listen ... make up your own minds.

So here goes, I'll start with a few I have recently re uploaded

Update August 8, 2024 -
We've shortened the list (again) for users' convenience:



Steve Lacy  - Blues For Aida
FMT - Tango
Amina Claudine Myers & Rrata Christine Jones - Live in Rome '79
Enrico Rava - Roswell Rudd Quartet - Live in Bremen (Feb 13 1978)
Joe McPhee - Black Magic Man
Karl & Ingrid Berger - Changing the Time
Togashi / Miyake / Takahashi / Jenny-Clark - Senza Tempo
Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus - Hakaru Hayashi - After the Apocalypse
Abe/Yoshizawa/Kondo/Bailey - Aida's Call 
Kang Tae Hwan - Clearness 
Takashi Kazamaki & Danny Davis - Atmosphere
Takashi Kazamaki - Eiko no hata
Marion Brown - Live
Michel Portal Unit - In Hamburg 1974 (NDR Jazz Workshop No.99)
Michel Portal - In Kleve 
Robert Pozar - Good Golly Miss Nancy
Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Requiem für einen jungen Dichter 
Bernt Rosengren - Fly Me To The Sun
Carla Bley Big Band - Escalator Over the Hill - Live in Perugia 1998
Iskra 1903 - Free Improvisation
Masahiko Togashi / Haruna Miyake / Yuji Takahashi / Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark - Senza Tempo
Eugene Chadbourne & Polly Bradfield - Torture Time! 
Brötzmann / McPhee Quartet - Live in London 2001 
Don Heckman - Ed Summerlin Improvisational Workshop - Jax Or Bettor
Peter Brötzmann 3+1 In Berlin 1973
John Carter & Bobby Bradford - Secrets 
Heiner Stadler - Brains on Fire
Love Cry Want - Love Cry Want  
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Three Gentlemen From Chicago
New Jazz Ensemble - Burning Flowers
The Chitinous Ensemble - Chitinous 
Kazue Sawai - Ta-Wa-Go 
Walden Wimberley & His Musical Friends - What The Pyramid Told Me 
Sunny Murray - Khan Jamal - Change of the Century
Manfred Schoof - Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet - NDR Jazz Workshop No. 187
Steve Lacy / Mal Waldron - Japan Dream 
Sam Rivers Trio - Live in Lovere '77
Hugh Hopper Wilderness - Rudersdorf 2005
Itaru Oki - Dialog
Itaru Oki - Opera Night
Harry Beckett on BBC Jazz Club
Steve Lacy - Points
The Quartet - Relation
The Quartet - Interchange
Tomasz Stanko Quartet - Nuremberg 1996
Ninh Le Quan-Michel Doneda-Daunik Lazro - Concert Public
Braxton at Moers 1976 
Historic Meeting: Cecil Taylor-Anthony Braxton-William Parker-Tony Oxley - London 2007 
Steve Lacy Sextet - Wuppertal 1983  
A Touch of the Sun - Milk Teeth
Kowald-Smith-Naughton-Sommer - Live at WDR Koln 3/12/81 
District Six - To Be Free
Rajesh Mehta & Irena & Vojtěch Havel - A Day In Benedict
Stan Tracey at the BBC 1978 - 1982 
Stan Tracey and Louis Moholo - Live in Novara Italy 2006
Sonny Rollins - Live at Ronnie Scott's London 1968
Stevens.Riley.Guy - Pied Bull, 1981
David S. Ware - Flight Of I 
Katsuyuki Itakura - Calendar of Copse 
Robert Leriche - Danses
Masahiko Togashi & JJ Spirits - Updat
Andrew Hill Trio - Live at Pori 2oo2
John Tchicai Group - Montmatre, Copenhagen, May 29, 1981
Polly Bradfield, Peter Kuhn, Carolyn Romberg - Santa Cruz, House Concert, Mid 70's 
Archie Shepp Trio with Woody Shaw - Live Hamburg 1977 
Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet - Re-confirmation
Loek Dikker Waterland Big Band - Live in Moers '79'
James MacDonald - Pieces For Solo Horn (Music Gallery Editions, 1979)
Keneth Terroade - Love Rejoice (BYG 1969) 
Michel Pilz - Celeste + Jamabiko
Joachim Kühn - Sound of Feelings
Roswell Rudd's Broad Strokes Band invitée Sheila Jordan 
Evan Parker - Barry Guy - Paul Lytton - Tracks (Incus, 1983)
Evan Parker - Paul Lytton Duo - Ra (Ring Records, 1976)
Alexander von Schlippenbach Nonet - Köln 1969 
J.Jarman & D.Moye Quartet - Live in Rome '81
Joachim Kühn Africa Connection feat. Pharoah Sanders - Berlin JazzFest 2013
Lee Konitz & Martial Solal -  Duplicity (Horo, 1977)
Charles Tolliver Trio - Live in Rome '78
 
 
 
 

MAL WALDRON QUINTET "BERLIN 1975"

 

Here is a concert recording from Berlin 1975 (likely not the complete one) plus a short excerpt from a concert in Baden-Baden 1967.


Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Mal Waldron, piano
Jimmy Woode, double bass
Allen Blairman, drums

1. Hard Talk / Russian Medley  31:23

Recorded at Großer Saal, Philharmonie Berlin on November 6, 1975 at the Jazzfest Berlin.
(pre-FM)

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MAL WALDRON QUINTET  "BADEN-BADEN 1967"


Benny Bailey, trumpet
Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophone
Mal Waldron, piano, comp.
René Thomas, guitar
Gilbert Rovere, double bass
Cees See, drums

1. Ancestors  7:44
2. Maroc (fade-out) 7:25
3. Bread (fade-out) 2:15

Recorded at Baden-Badener Jazz Treffen 1967 (SWF studio in Baden-Baden)
(fm)

8 November 2024

DAVID S. WARE QUARTET "LIVE IN VILNIUS" (NO BUSINESS, 2007)

 

 

David S. Ware, tenor saxophone
Matthew Shipp, piano
William Parker, double bass
Guillermo E. Brown, drums


1. Ganesh Sound
2. Theme Of Ages
3. Mikuro's Blues
4. The Stargazers
5. The Stargazers (continues)
6. Lithuanian Whirl
7. Surrendered

Recorded 24th March 2007 at Lithuanian Russian Drama Theatre by NGR.

No Business Records NBLP 4/5
(vinyl only release > vinyl rip)

1 November 2024

AKIRA SAKATA SESSION "TOKYO, 1983"


 

Akira Sakata, alto saxophone, clarinet, vocals
Ichiko Hashimoto, piano, vocals
Hiroshi Yoshino, double bass
Nobuo Fujii, drums

1. announcement 1:16
2. Mr. H.M. 9:02
3. band introduction 1:01
4. Memories (Formerly called <A Depressing Act>) 7:25
5. announcement 0:38
6. Tamago (Egg) 11:22
7. Tori (Bird)(IH, comp.) 10:59
8. Dance (incomplete) 4:25

Recorded at NHK 505 Studio, Tokyo on May 14, 1983.
(fm)

28 October 2024

AKIRA SAKATA ORCHESTRA "TOKYO, 1982"

 

 

Shigeharu Mukai, trombone
Akira Sakata, alto saxophone
Kazutoki Umezu, alto saxophone
Yoriyuki Harada, bass clarinet
Ichiko Hashimoto, piano
Shuichi Chino, keyboards
Hiroshi Yoshino, double bass
Tamio Kawabata, electric bass
Nobuo Fujii, drums
Tony Koba, drums
Kiyohiko Semba, perussion
Lee Oskar, harmonica (guest)

1. announcement 1:44
2. band introduction 1:34
3. What Time Is It? 19:45
4. announcement 0:25
5. Trapper (incomplete) 22:14
6. announcement 1:32

Recorded at Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan Hall in Tokyo on March 29, 1982.

17 September 2024

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART "BURGHAUSEN, 1976"


 

Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Herbert Joos, trumpet
Heiner Wiberny, alto saxophone
Hans Koller, tenor saxophone
Paul Schwarz, piano
Adelhard Roidinger, double bass
Thomas Cremer, drums


01 - You Better Believe It 19:47
02 - Saduro (fade-out) / Ann Werner Götze 7:43

Recorded at Wackerhalle, 7. Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen, Germany on March 18, 1976.
(fm)

25 August 2024

EMMANUEL NUNES "EMMANUEL NUNES" (RICORDI, 2006-2011)

 

 

1. Épures du Serpent Vert II    32:00
2. Aura    17:42
3. Improvisation I - Für ein Monodram    26:26


Composed by Emmanuel Nunes
Conductor – Peter Rundel (1), Stefan Asbury (3)
Ensemble – Ensemble Contrechamps (3), Remix Ensemble (1)
Flute – Keiko Murakami (2)

- Épures Du Serpent Vert II (2005-2006) for large ensemble
- Aura (1973-1986/1989) for flute
- Improvisation I - Für ein Monodram (2002/2005) for ensemble


Recorded: Track 1 at Casa da Música, Sala Suggia, Porto on October 5, 2007
Track 2 in Neudorf/Strasbourg on April 16, 2011
Track 3 in Geneva on January 31, 2006


CD is part of a Festschrift for the 70th Birthday of Emmanuel Nunes - not available separately .

14 August 2024

LOVENS - LYTTON - KONDO - PARKER - BAUER - MAYES - LEBARON - MOSCHNER - MALFATTI - DRESSEN "4TH FESTIVAL FOR IMPROVISED MUSIC, AACHEN, 1980"

 

Here are several recordings from a festival which was held at least four or five times in Aachen, Germany (hometown of Paul Lovens). The poster above is from the festival a year before (it was the only one I've found). 


BRASS QUINTET
Toshinori Kondo, trumpet
Radu Malfatti, trombone
Johannes Bauer, trombone
Martin Mayes, french horn
Pinguin Moschner, tuba

1. unknown title 25:31
2. unknown title 17:52

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PAUL LOVENS QUARTET
Evan Parker, soprano saxophone
Anne LeBaron, harp
Paul Lovens, drums
Paul Lytton, percussion

1. unknown title 29:42

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PAUL LOVENS FESTIVAL COLLECTIVE
Toshinori Kondo, trumpet
Radu Malfatti, trombone
Johannes Bauer, trombone
Martin Mayes, french horn
Pinguin Moschner, tuba
Evan Parker, tenor saxophone
Anne LeBaron, harp
Paul Lovens, drums
Paul Lytton, drums
Rolf Dressen, drums

1. unknown title 32:55

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ROLF DRESSEN TRIO
Martin Mayes, french horn
Anne LeBaron, harp
Rolf Dressen, percussion

1. unknown title  17:26

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TOSHINORI KONDO GROUP
Toshinori Kondo, alto horn
Johannes Bauer, trombone
Martin Mayes, french horn
Pinguin Moschner, tuba
Anne LeBaron, harp
Paul Lytton, percussion

1. unknown title (fade-out)  17:35

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TOSHINORI KONDO & PAUL LOVENS DUO
Toshinori Kondo, alto horn
Paul Lovens, drums

1. unknown title  24:50


Recorded in Aachen at 4. Fest für Improvisierte Musik on October 24/25, 1981
(sb)

2 August 2024

ANTHONY BRAXTON TRIO "FIRENZE, 1979"

 


Anthony Braxton, reeds
Ray Anderson, trombone
Richard Teitelbaum, synthesizer

1. unknown titles 47:44
2. unknown titles / announcement AB 54:26


Recorded on November 19, 1979 in Firenze at Jazz Incontro 1979.
(sb)

14 July 2024

ERICH KLEINSCHUSTER SEXTET + JOE ZAWINUL "WIEN, 1967"


 

 Some more music from the Kleinschuster Sextet featuring illustrious guests.


Erich Kleinschuster, trombone
Robert Politzer, trumpet
Hans Salomon, tenor saxophone
Joe Zawinul, electric piano
Rudolf Hansen, double bass
Erich Bachträgl, drums


01. Intro EK + Painted Desert (9:41)
02. Two Years Ago (8:18)
03. Walk Tall (4:21)
04. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (5:49)
05. Rumpelstilzchen (10:38)
06. Du und I (4:43)
07. Hippodelphia (5:26)
08. Piano medley (9:03)
     a. Butterfly
     b. My One and Only Love
     c. Willow Weep for Me
     d. The Blue Room
     e. The Golden Striker
09. Interview Zawinul + Kleinschuster (8:41)

Recorded December 21, 1967 at Austrophon Studio, Wien, Austria
(during Joe Zawinul’s Christmas visit in Wien, 1967)

 This recording was donated by our friend DRONSZ.

 

7 July 2024

ERICH KLEINSCHUSTER SEXTET + Big Band Feat. SULIEMAN - HAMPTON - GORDON "WIEN, 1973"

 

Erich Kleinschuster, leader, trombone
Idrees Sulieman, trumpet
Slide Hampton, trombone
Dexter Gordon, tenor saxophone
Fritz Pauer, piano
Rudolf Hansen, double bass
Erich Bachträgl, drums

+ Big Band (a.o. probably with):
Garney Hicks, trombone
Art Farmer, trumpet
Leszek Zadlo, tenor saxophone
Fritz Ozmec, percussion


1. Every Man Is A King 7:46
2. The Waltz 10:26
3. Time For Love 9:46
4. A Day In Vienna 8:36

Recorded on May 29, 1973 at an unknown studio in Vienna.

ERICH KLEINSCHUSTER SEXTET + EJE THELIN "WIEN, 1968"

 

 

Robert Politzer, trumpet
Eje Thelin, trombone
Erich Kleinschuster, trombone
Hans Salomon, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Harald Neuwirth, piano
Rudolf Hansen, double bass
Erich Bachträgl, drums

1. Not At All 6:14
2. Perspeleman / The Linker / Poem 10:16
3. Undunn  5:34
4. Another Piece Of Music 1:36

Recorded March 22, 1968 at Austrophon Studio, Vienna.

21 June 2024

ROLF KÜHN SEXTET "HAMBURG, 1969"


 

Rolf Kühn, clarinet
James Chick Carter, tenor & baritone saxophone, flute
Heinz Sauer, tenor saxophone
Joachim Kühn, piano
J.F. Jenny-Clarke, bass
Stu Martin, drums    


01.  Vampire's Castle (JK,comp) - Ann RK 15:28
02.  Invention For Five + One (RK,comp) - Ann RK 11:29
03.  Nobody Knows You Tomorrow (JK,comp) 8:47
04.  Screams For Peace (fade-out) 5:14

Recorded on April 27, 1969 at Junges Theater, Hamburg, Germany.
(fm)

6 March 2024

MAX ROACH QUARTET "ANTIBES 1977"

 

This is the last post from the short series with recordings from the Jazz festival in Antibes 1977.


Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet
Billy Harper, tenor saxophone
Reggie Workman, double bass
Max Roach, drums

01 - It's Time (MR,comp) 15:24
02 - Six Bits Blues (MR,comp) 18:50
03 - Round About Midnight (TM,comp) 6:43
04 - South Africa (MR) - Ann MR 8:30

Recorded on July 21, 1977 at Festival de Jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins.
(fm)

1 March 2024

GATEWAY "ANTIBES 1977"


 

John Abercrombie, guitar
Dave Holland, double bass
Jack DeJohnette, drums

01 - Ralph's Piano Waltz (JA,comp) 29:56
02 - Dolores (WShorter,comp) 11:47
03 - Country Song (JdeJ,comp) 38:52
04 - See Saw (DH,comp) 13:02

Recorded at Festival de Jazz d'Antibes on July 22, 1977
(fm)

23 February 2024

HANNIBAL MARVIN PETERSON SUNRISE ORCHESTRA "ANTIBES 1977"

 


Hannibal Marvin Peterson, trumpet
George Adams, tenor & soprano saxophone, flute
Diedre Murray, cello
Steve Neil, double bass
Makaya Ntshoko, drums


01 - 23th Psaume (MP,comp) - Swing Low Sweet Chariot 32:25
02 - Diedre Song - Naima (fade-out) 16:25
03 - Ro (MP,comp) - Ann MP 19:28

Recorded at Festival de jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins on July 20, 1977
(fm)

Parts of this concert were released on ENJA 3011


21 February 2024

ALAN TOMLINSON 1947-2024

 


ALAN TOMLINSON TRIO  "KÖLN 1993"

Alan Tomlinson, trombone
Dave Tucker, guitar
Roger Turner, drums


1. improv 22:19
2. improv 09:33
3. improv 24:17
4. improv 09:37


Recorded at Loft in Köln, Germany on January 29, 1993.
(pre-fm)

16 February 2024

MANFRED SCHOOF QUINTET "DOMICILE, MUNICH - 1969"






MANFRED SCHOOF QUINTET  "MUNICH, 1969"


Manfred Schoof, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Michel Pilz, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano
Buschi Niebergall, bass, trombone
Paul Lovens, drums


1. studio intro   00:52
2. unknown track  10:41
3. unknown track  13:13
4. unknown track  17:36
5. studio outro   00:26


Recorded: October 27 (28?), 1969 at Domicile, Munich, Germany.

Announcements by Werner Goetze, BR2 (Bavarian Broadcast).

Note: tracks are for listeners convinience - this is an uninterupted performance.

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9 February 2024

RADU MALFATTI, PHIL WACHSMANN, ULRICH GUMPERT, TONY OXLEY LONDON 1981

 














Radu Malfatti   trombone
Phil Wachsmann   violin
Ulrich Gumpert   piano
Tony Oxley   drums

1. Improvisation  29:36

live at the Pied Bull, Islington, London
14th August 1981

Thanks to the original taper and to Bozo the Clown.

3 February 2024

PETER KOWALD, BOBBY NAUGHTON, LEO SMITH, GÜNTER SOMMER "LIVE AT WDR KOLN 3/12/81"


Here's another wonderful
concert, in very good sound
acquired in a trade with a 'friend'

anyone familiar with the ,wonderful fmp disc , touch the earth break the shells, will already have an informed view of the stunning empathy between kowald ,smith, and sommer.
well this concert adds the highly individual approach to the vibraphone of bobby naughton a neglected figure whos contributions to classic leo smith, anthony braxton, and roscoe mitchell albums, to some extent shaped my appreciation of the instrument's possibilities as something other than a merely pianistic approach, ah la say milt jackson.
all i can say about this is that, its a major statement by masters who's names should be in every lover of improvised music's lexicon, this is as great an example of aacm , post 60's free intergrating with euro free improv as one could hope to find, anyone interested in either should on no account overlook this superlative gem.

 
 
Wadada Leo Smith, trumpet, flute, vocals
Peter Kowald, double bass, vocals
Bobby Naughton, vibraphone, percussion
Günter Sommer, drums, percussion

1. announcement PK  1:13
2. unknown title 8:36
3. unknown title 35:42
4. applause 0:56

Recorded at WDR, Köln, Germany on December 3, 1981

1 February 2024

KARIN KROG / ZBIGNIEW NAMYSLOWSKI QUINTET "JAZZ JAMBOREE 75 VOL.2" (POLSKIE NAGRANIA MUZA, 1975)

 

A friend of mine asked me to rip this LP - he was especially keen for Namysłowski's "Schmaltztango".


Zbigniew Namysłowski, alto saxophone
Tomasz Szukalski, tenor saxophone (5)
Wojciech Karolak, fender rhodes
Paweł Jarzębski, double bass
Czesław Bartkowski, drums
Karin Krog, vocals (1-4)

01. How Long Has This Been Going On 5:55
02. Hello Thursday 8:41
03. When Fortune Smiles    5:51
04. Who Cares  4:47
05. Der Schmaltztango 25:29

Recorded live at the Congress Hall Warsaw, October 1975.

Polskie Nagrania Muza – SX 1340
(vinyl rip)

22 January 2024

VIRGINA GENTA & ANDREW BARKER "PRESSURE" (TROGLOSOUND, 2008)

 

 

Virginia Genta, tenor saxophone
Andrew Barker, drums


A1. Pressure I    9:03
A2. Pressure II   5:37
A3. Pressure III  5:10

Live session (not a concert) recorded at O Seculo, Lisbon, on October 27th, 2008.

Limited edition of 115 numbered copies.
 Handmade covers (some painted).

Troglosound – 027 (single-sided LP)
(vinyl rip)

10 January 2024

SHEPP - MANGELSDORFF - ADAMS - WALDRON "ANTIBES 1977"


 

Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Archie Shepp, tenor saxophone
George Adams, tenor saxophone
David Schnitter, tenor saxophone
Mal Waldron, piano
Cameron Brown, double bass
Charlie Persip, drums

01 - Mister PC (John Coltrane,comp) 24:32
02 - God Bless The Child (GA,ts-feat, Billie Holiday,comp) - [4:35] Body And Soul (DS,ts-feat) 8:47
03 - In A Sentimental Mood (AS,ts-feat, Duke Ellington,comp) 3:33
04 - Mood Indigo (AM,tb-feat, Duke Ellington,comp) 2:56
05 - Straight, No Chaser (Thlonius Monk,comp) - Ann GA 26:38

Recorded on July 21, 1977 at Festival de Jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France

FM

22 December 2023

QUARTETTO GATO BARBIERI – 2 (RAI, 1967)


 

A1. Untitled

A2. New Rhumba

B1. Untitled
B2. Round About Midnight

C1. Anthropology
C2. Untitled

D1. Untitled
D2. Untitled


Gato Barbieri, tenor saxophone
Franco D’Andrea, piano
Bruno Tommaso, bass
Pepito Pignatelli, drums

Released on Apr 5, 1967

RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana – am 1966 - am 1967

LP Rip

Mujician - Blackheath 1989
























Keith Tippett   piano
Paul Dunmall   bari, tenor, sop saxes
Paul Rogers    bass
Tony Levin    drums

1. Live 47:53

Greenwich Jazz Festival
Blackheath Concert Halls.
13 June 1989
Live cassette recording by Andy Isham

One that almost got away and it's quite a performance!
Merry Christmas everyone.

18 December 2023

ALPHONSE MOUZON - ALBERT MANGELSDORFF QUARTET "ANTIBES 1977"

 

 

Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Alphonse Mouzon, drums
Bob Malach, tenor saxophone
John Lee, electric bass

01 - Title (AM,dr-solo) 4:43
02 - Foreign Fun (AM,comp,AM-tb-AM,dr-duo) 8:41
03 - Title (AM-tb-AM,dr-duo) 5:33
04 - Virtue (AM,comp,AM,tb-BM,ts-AM,dr) 10:03
05 - Poobli (AM,comp) 12:38
06 - Title - Ann AM 13:06

Recorded on Juky 23, 1977 at Festival de Jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France.

FM

14 December 2023

GATO BARBIERI SEXTET "ANTIBES 1977"


 

Gato Barbieri, tenor saxophone, vocals
Edy Martinez, piano
Joe Carotenuto, guitar
Eddie Rivera Morales, double bass
Steve Jordan, drums
Angel Cachete Maldonado, percussion


01 - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) (Carlos Santana-Tom Coster,comp) 7:13
02 - Don't Cry Rochelle (GB,comp) 13:36
03 - Los desperados (GB,comp) 10:54
04 - Fiesta (GB,comp) 11:16
05 - Adios (GB,comp) 17:15
06 - I Want You (Leon Ware-Arthur Ross,comp) 8:29
07 - Ann GB - El dia que me quieras (Carlos Gardel-Alfredo LePera,comp) 7:18

Recorded July 22, 1977 at Festival de Jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France.

FM

12 December 2023

HOWARD JOHNSON & GRAVITY "ANTIBES 1977"


 

 Ensemble Gravity:
Howard Johnson, tuba, baritone saxophone
Bob Stewart, tuba
Joe Daley, tuba
Carlton Greene, tuba
Morris Edwards, tuba
Kenneth Knudsen, keyboards
Kim Sagild, guitar
Bo Stief, double bass
Kasper Winding, drums


01 - Tuba City Get Back 5:57
02 - Ma-Ma 12:10
03 - Sunny Man 8:57
04 - Evolution (Bob Neloms,comp) 6:53
05 - Kelly Blue (Wynton Kelly,comp) 14:40
06 - New Rag 6:13


Recorded on July 20, 1977 at Festival de Jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France.

FM

1 December 2023

FRANÇOIS JEANNEAU QUARTET "ANTIBES, 1977"


 

François Jeanneau, tenor & soprano saxophone
Michel Graillier, piano
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, double bass
Aldo Romano, drums


01. In Going 21:30
02. Etat de grace (AR) 5:20
03. title 5:31
04. title 7:39
05. Le Lynx (FJ) 6:42

Recorded on July 21, 1977 at Festival de jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France.

(FM)

18 November 2023

TELLEMARKK :: Koncert ze staré synagogy v Plzni (2010)


This is Czech improvising group combining jazz with ethnic influences in the vein of Don Cherry or Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. They released very fine studio album in 2017 (available here).

tellemarkk - koncert ze staré synagogy v plzni

1. jurta  14.10
2. harlem  3.50
3. jen tak si lehnout do trávy  10.53
4. tanec skurut-hai  9.34
5. mámení  2.47
6. noc v maroku  6.54

pavel hrubý - soprano sax, bass clarinet, shells
tomáš reindl - tabla, cajon, didgeridoo, hang, percussion
dorota barová - cello, line6, voice, percussion
as guest: 
františek kučera - trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion

recorded live at old synagog, pilsen, may 12, 2010

self-released as cd-r

posted with group's permission

9 November 2023

MICHEL PILZ 1945-2023

 

R.I.P.


MICHEL PILZ TRIO "LE TRAVERS, 1980"


Michel Pilz, bass clarinet
Michel van der Esch, piano
Andreas Krieger, drums


1. unknown title  24:49
2. unknown title  24:07

Recorded August 20, 1980 at 'Le Travers' in Bruxelles, Belgium.
(sb?)

2 November 2023

AIR "ANGOULEME, 1981"

 

 

Henry Threadgill, alto & tenor saxophone, flute
Fred Hopkins, double bass
Steve McCall, drums


01 - Sir Simpleton 21:53
02 - Substration 11:59
03 - Somebody Got The Wrong Shoes (For Rafael Garrett) 19:28
04 - C.T., J.L. - Ann SMcC 19:56

Recorded May 28, 1981 at Festival d'Angouleme, Theatre Municipal, Angouleme.

(FM - 16bit48)

This is the complete concert

30 October 2023

EDWARD KIDD JORDAN & IMPROVISATIONAL ARTS QUINTET "MOERS, 1982"

 

Clyde Kerr, trumpet, flugelhorn
Kent Jordan, flute, piccolo
Kidd Jordan, alto, soprano, tenor & C-melody saxophone
Elton Heron, double bass, piano
Alvin Fielder, drums, flexaphone


1. unknown title [18:21] / unknown title [18:10] / unknown title (the last 4:00 minutes are identical with the beginning of the second part) [4:00] 40:31
2. Old And New Cycles [13:36] / C-Melody-Song, Part I [3:08] / C-Melody-Song, Part II [13:33] / New York - Mississippi [9:48] 43:25


Recorded at 11. New Jazz Festival in Moers, Germany on May 30, 1982
(pre-fm)

22 October 2023

THE PROMENADERS "BEGINNER STUDIO 1981"

 



Lol Coxhill, soprano saxophone
Steve Beresford, piano, euphonium, etc.
Peter Cusack, guitar, etc.
David Toop, flute, guitar, electric bass, etc.
Paul Burwell, percussion
Max Eastley, self-made-instruments (Arc?)


01. Medley  8:26
02. Rock Around The Clock  3:51
03. unknown title 2:59
04. Stranger On The Shore  4:55
05. Soprano Saxophone Solo  10:44
06. unknown title  2:49
07. Tea For Two  2:43
08. When You're Smiling 3:11
09. Play A Simple Melody 2:18
10. Guitar Solo  5:31
11. Medley  10:57


Recorded at Studio Beginner, Cologne on May 1, 1981.
(fm)

Note: the line-up is confirmed by a list of all concerts
held at Beginner studio on Walter Zimmermann's website.
Zimmermann was the organisator of the Beginner studio concerts.
But the instruments for the musicians are tentative and based on (educated?) assumptions (written before listening to the music).

14 October 2023

JAKI LIEBEZEIT - LÊ QUAN NINH GROUP "KÖLN 2009"


 

 
Joseph Suchy, electric guitar
Achim Tang, double bass
Jaki Liebezeit, drums
Lê Quan Ninh, percussion


Set 1
1. announcement Achim Tang  0:20
2. Stadtgarten Impro I      9:31
3. applause                 0:13
4. Stadtgarten Impro II    19:24
5. Stadtgarten Impro III   18:38
6. applause                 0:30

Set 2
1. Stadtgarten Impro IV     7:57
2. Stadtgarten Impro V     11:38
3. applause                 0:22
4. Stadtgarten Impro VI     9:34
5. applause                 0:26
6. Stadtgarten Impro VII   13:16
7. applause                 1:09
 

Recorded at Stadtgarten Köln at Jazzmeeting WDR, Lab 2 on January 14, 2009
(pre-fm)

2 October 2023

TONY OXLEY'S CELEBRATION ORCHESTRA "TOMORROW IS HERE" (DOSSIER, 1985)




A veritable all-star band - an all too rare recording by one of the greatest living drummers.

Subtle and burning - reeds and strings - a great plethora of percussive meandering - a classic!




TONY OXLEY'S CELEBRATION ORCHESTRA "TOMORROW IS HERE"

Johannes Bauer, trombone
Gerd Dudek, soprano & tenor saxophone
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, clarinet & alto saxophone
Larry Stabbins, soprano & tenor saxophone
Ulrich Gumpert, piano
Phil Wachsmann, violin
Alex Kolkowski, violin
Paolo Damiani, piccolo bass
Marcio Mattos, cello
Barry Guy, bass
Ali Haurand, bass
Willi Kellers, drums
Nigel Morris, drums
Ettore Fioravanti, drums
Christoph Haberer, drums
Tony Oxley, leader & drums

1. Introduction 00:24
2. Invitation to Karlovyvary 18:41
3. Third Triad 01:56
4. Continuation of Third Triad 22:50


Recorded : October 31st, 1985, live at the Philharmonie in Berlin.

DOSSIER ST 7507

18 September 2023

BAILEY / VAN BERGEN / HONSINGER "ULRICHSBERG, 1994"


 

Derek Bailey, guitar
Peter van Bergen, tenor saxophone
Tristan Honsinger, cello

1. unknown title 22:16
2. unknown title 08:06
3. unknown title 12:02
4. unknown title 07:55

Recorded at Kaleidophon, Ulrichsberg, Austria on May 1, 1994.
(SB)

7 September 2023

DEWEY REDMAN :: Soundsigns (Galaxy 1981)


This vinyl rip was posted in Contributions section some time ago. Unlike "Musics" album from the same sessions, this was not reissued on CD.

DEWEY REDMAN :: Soundsigns (Galaxy 1981)

DEWEY REDMAN - tenor saxophone, harp ("Come Earth" only)
FRED SiMMONS - piano ("Half Nelson" and "Adesso Lo Sai" only)
MARK HELiAS - bass
CHARLiE HADEN - bass ("Piece for Tenor ..." and "Come Earth" only)
EDDiE MOORE - drums ("Half Nelson" and "Adesso Lo Sai"), saw and cymbals ("Come Earth")

A1. Piece for Tenor and Two Basses [08:23]
A2. Half Nelson [10:07]
B1. Adesso Lo Sai [13:59]
B2. Come Earth [8:00]

Compositions by Dewey Redman except "Half Nelson" by Miles Davis
Recorded October 18-19, 1978, at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley

This album consists entirely of complete-performance takes, whithout editing or overdubs.
Galaxy Records GXY-5130, rel. in 1981 

4 September 2023

MATTHIAS ZIEGLER "MARSYAS' SONG" (PERCORDS, 1992)

 


Matthias Ziegler, bass flute, contrabass flute, matusi flute, C flute
Mark Dresser, double bass
Piere Favre, percussion
Sainkho Namtchylak, vocals


1. Introduction To The Winds    2:22
2. Ente Auf Dem Yang Tse (Gegen Den Strom Schwimmend)    4:34
3. Marsyas' Song    11:05
4. Syrinx    3:06
5. Caprice Des Dieux    12:42
6. Incantation No. 3    3:21
7. Via Delle Galere 111    9:09
8. No Trombones Please    5:09
9. Canção Leal    1:41


Percords – CD 992-002 (1992)

11 August 2023

TRISTAN HONSINGER 1949-2023



 YETI  "HAW HAWAAAW"


Wolter Wierbos, trombone
Tristan Honsinger, cello
Jan Hans Berg, double bass, vocals
Martin Van Duynhoven, drums


Raapstelen Suite    
01. Jouranalen    6:23
02. Dekeuken Staat In Brand - Jouranalen 2 - Dekeuken Staat Weer In Brand    15:01
03. Spade    9:35
04. 7 Up / 6 Down    5:04
Bergaap Suite    
05. Haw Hawaaaw    2:03
06. Foodstep    4:31
07. Met Volle Buik    3:57
08. De Deci Mannen    9:25
09. The King Cannot Sing    4:18
10. Zonder Pyama    6:32

All music recorded live on 2-track at the Haarlemse Jazzclub, Haarlem, Februari '93
7 Up / 6 Down was recorded at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam, April '94

Obi Music – 010 (Netherlands, 1994)

10 August 2023

JOE GALLiVAN & CHARLES AUSTiN Intercontinental Express :: London (Compendium 1976)

 


An all-star big band recorded in London and released on LP by Norweigian label Compendium in 1976 (?)

Joe Gallivan - drums (B1,3), moog synth
Charles Austin - sax, flute
Elton Dean - alto sax (B3)
Ronnie Scott - tenor sax
Ian Hamer - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn
Nick Evans - trombone
Toni Cook - horn
Tony Randell - horn
Stephen Wick - tuba
Jeff Green - guitar
Roy Babbington - bass
Paul Robinson - drums (A1-3, B2)

Recorded 1976-77 at Freerange Studios, London 
Produced by Joe Gallivan


A1 Cry Of Hope 6:00
A2 Human Syndrone 7:56
A3 Hash 6:00
  
B1 Branetu 4:51 
B2 Melody (3:10)
  a) The Sphinx
  b) The Lynx
B3 Kingfisher Blue 9:50


This is mp3@320 found somewhere on web. If anyone can provide flac vinyl rip, it will be very welcome. (Now flac is contributed by Ernst!)

15 July 2023

HOZAN YAMAMOTO + KARL HANS BERGER "AGAIN AND AGAIN" (VICTOR, 1985)


 By request - this is not from the vinyl nor from the later CD but from a box set of Yamamtoto's Jazz encounters. Picture is from the web.

 

Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi (1 to 3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
Karl Berger, piano, vibraphone
Yoshio Ikeda, double bass (1, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Takeshi Watanabe, drums  (1, 5, 9)


1
We Are = ウィ・アー
2
Again = 邂逅
3
Home = 家灯り
4
Fragments = 花舞い
5
Lines And Spaces = 踏み石の庭
6
Smile = 木洩れ日
7
Jump For Joy = ジャンプ・フォー・ジョイ
8
Passing Rain = 通り雨
9
Lullaby = お伽話         

Recorded 1985 March 15th-16th at Victor Aoyama Studio, Tokyo.

Originally released on Victor SGS-38 (Japan, 1985-07-21)

 

13 July 2023

ERNST-LUDWIG PETROWSKY (1933-2023)

 


PETROWSKY - PHILLIPS - KELLERS  "KÖLN, 1991"


Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, reeds
Barre Phillips, double bass
Willi Kellers, drums

pt.1
1. announcement ELP 00:50
2. unknown title    39:04
3. announcement     01:13
4. unknown title    22:06
pt.2
5. announcement ELP 00:17
6. unknown title    35:00
7. announcement     01:58
8. unknown title    19:22

Recorded at the Loft in Cologne, on February 24, 1991
(pre-fm)

10 July 2023

JEANNE LEE QUARTET "UNNA, 1992"


 

Jeanne Lee, vocals
Billy Bang, violin
Peter Kowald, double bass, vocals
Andrew Cyrille, drums


1. Subway Couple (JL) 7:20 + Peace Choral (Jay Clayton) / Free Space (S. Freeman) 11:30 + Dance In Congo (BB) 10:30 + Gate Gate Paragate (PK) 9:30 (38:50)
2. No. 11 (AC)  (22:11)


Recorded at the Jazznacht in Unna, Germany on September 26, 1992
(pre-fm)

24 June 2023

PETER BRÖTZMANN 1941-2023

 One hell of a journey, that has filled my life with music.

13 June 2023

NEW PHONIC ART 1973 ‎– FREE IMPROVISATION (DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, 1974)



A1. Improvisation Nr. 1
A2. Improvisation Nr. 2

B.  Improvisation Nr. 3

Carlos Roqué Alsina, piano, electric organ
Jean-Pierre Drouet, percussion
Vinko Globokar, alphorn, trombone
Michel Portal, clarinet, saxophone, bandoneon

Recorded on 25-26 March 1973 at the Polydor Studio, Paris.

Deutsche Grammophon ‎– 2740 105

LP Rip