1 December 2023

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 30, 2022 -
We've shortened the list (again) for users' convenience:


Saheb Sarbib Quartet - UFO! On Tour
Hamiet Bluiett - Endangered Species 
Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters - Taking The Blues Back Home
Raphé Malik Quartet - Unna Germany October 1979
Horace Tapscott's Arkestra - 15th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival
Junji Hirose - Yoshinori Motoki - Chi-Chi-Chi-Nhgacah
Junji Hirose - Solo Saxophone
Ornette Coleman - Paris Concert 1966-71
Okay Temiz & Hüseyin Ertunç, Etnik Orkestra – Live In Istanbul
Fred Frith - Ars Longa Dens Brevis 
Masahiko Togashi & Inter-Action – Inter-Action: Live At Hall Egg Farm 
Bengt Ernryd - Musik
Wolfgang Fortner - Triplum for 3 pianos and orchestra
Michael Mantler & hr Big Band - Jazz Composer's Orchestra Update
Frank Wright - Church Number Nine 
Charles Tyler - Voyage From Jericho
Armonicord - Esprit de Sel 
Swing Journal Jazz Workshop 4 - 2 to 10 / Saxophone Adventure  
Haruna Miyake - Yuji Takahashi - Ichimen Nanohana
Mal Waldron Trio - Set Me Free
Marion Brown Duos with  Wadada Leo Smith and Elliott Schwartz
Nobuyoshi Ino & Lester Bowie - Duet 
Dan Rose - Close Opposites 
Yoriyuki Harada - Kaibutsu 
Arthur Doyle Electro-Acoustic Ensemble - Patriotic Act
Michael Smith - The Dualities Of Man 
Raphé Malik Quartet - Live in Unna October 1979 
Toshinori Kondo / Henry Kaiser / John Oswald - Moose And Salmon
David Murray Trio - Live at the Peace Church 
Leroy Jenkins with The New Chamber Jazz Quintet
Saheb Sarbib, Jorge Lima Barreto - Encounters
Jean-François Jenny-Clark & Aldo Romano - Divieto Di Santificazione
Don Cherry Universal Silence - Berlin November 3, 1972
Heinz Sauer's Voices - Hamburg 1976 
François Tusques - Génération
Schiaffini - Iannaccone - Colombo - S.I.C. - Pezzo
Dudu Pukwana & Spear - In the Townships
Don Cherry Universal Silence -  Berlin November 3, 1972
Shoji Aketagawa, Kazunori Takeda - I Didn't Know About You
Arthur Blythe Quintet - Live in Milan '82
Arthur Blythe Quintet - Live in Montréal '81
Dan Rose - Close Opposites
Takao Haga -  Piyo Pio
Narada Burton Greene - It's All One 
Takao Haga, Osamu Yamaguchi - Tidal Wave
Garrett List - American Images
Jan Garbarek and Bobo Stenson Trio - Live Bremen 1974
Afro Algonquin - Live in Moers '80 
Elton Dean - Trios 
Dean - Trovesi Double Quartet - Freedom In Jazz
Andrew Cyrille - Junction
Philip Wilson Trio - Fruits (alternate rip by Pablo) 
Bobby Few - More or Less Few
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
 


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, perussion
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 through 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



10 June 2023

BERNT ROSENGREN MED FLERA "IMPROVISATIONER" (SJR, 1969)

 


Bernt Rosengren, tenor saxophone
Tommy Koverhult, tenor saxophone (A1 - B1)
Maffy Falay, trumpet (B2)
Claes-Göran Fagerstedt, piano (A1 - B1)
Torbjörn Hultcrantz, double bass
Leif Wennerströn, drums


A1. Milestones / Evidence 6:44
A2. The End / Assymetric / Ballad / Birds 15:08
B1. Congeniality 7:16
B2. Sevda Love / Arabamin Atlari 12:57


A1 & A2 recorded 2.4.1969 at Stockholmsterassen
B1 recorded 25.4.1969 at Narren
B2 recorded 22.3.1969 at Club Artibus

SJR LPS-1
(vinyl rip)

26 May 2023

MASAHIKO SATOH - 佐藤允彦 — NYOZEGAMON (OHRAI RECORDS, 2007)

 




1.Karyou-binga
2.Enbudai
3.Nyudou
4.Ennen-jyu
5.Ekou
6.Kalpa
7.Tou-higan

Masahiko Sato, piano, soundscapes

Ohrai Records, JMCK-1030

Recorded August 11, 2007; Koko Plaza Studio, Osaka

CD Rip

22 May 2023

MODERN JAZZ ALL STARS OF JAPAN - BATTLE OF FUNKY (TOSHIBA RECORDS, 1961)

 



A1. Night In Tunisia
A2. Whisper Not
A3. Blowin' The Blues Away

B1. Moritat
B2. Ah-Leu-Cha
B3. Omowaza
B4. Dig

Sadao Watanabe, alto saxophone
Hachiro Kurita, bass
Tatsuro Takimoto, bass
Hideo Shiraki, drums
Masahiko Togashi, drums
Shungo Sawada, guitar
Keitaro Miho, piano
Akira Miyazawa, tenor saxophone
Hidehiko Matsumoto, tenor saxophone
Jiro Inagaki, tenor saxophone
Akira Nakano, trumpet
Tetsuo Hayashi, trumpet

Toshiba Records - JSP-1009

LP Rip

18 May 2023

DRUNKEN DOLPHINS - WELCOME TO THE DOLPHINS (CALYPSO NOW, 1985)

 




A1. Cue
Derek Bailey, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar

A2. Dalis Car
Evan Cornog, electric guitar
Henry Kaiser, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar

A3. Harry The Possum
John Oswald, alto saxophone
Henry Kaiser, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Henry Kuntz, tenor saxophone

A4. Dr. Too - Much
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Eugene Chadbourne, electric guitar, voice

A5. Fingerprints
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Evan Parker, soprano saxophone

A6. Punctual As Actual
Henry Kaiser, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar

A7. The Blood At The Back Of The Harp
Henry Kaiser, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar


B1. Le Saxophone Rouge - Gorge
Claude Bernard, alto saxophone
Martin Schori, electric guitar

B2. Fragments 1 - 13 (Excerpt)
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Mnemonist Orchestra, instruments

B3. Tenor Sax
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Elliott Sharp, tenor saxophone

B4. Twenty - Four Eyes
Henry Kaiser, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar

B5. The Man I Love
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Raymond Boni, electric guitar

Cassette Rip

11 May 2023

ACTING TRIO - ACTING TRIO (BYG RECORDS, 1970)

 



A.  Acting N° 4

B1. Acting N° 13
B2. Cello Discordato N° 9

André Maurice, cello 'discordato'
Jean-Pierre Sabar, piano
Philippe Maté, tenor saxophone

BYG Records (Japan) – BYG-13

LP Rip


6 May 2023

JIRO SHODA "WADO" – 和童 (OHRAI RECORDS, 2007)

 


1. 寢姿 (Nesugata)
2. 和童 (Wado)
3. うつつ... (Ututu)
4. ぐるぐる (Rasen-Junction)
5. 屈強茶 (Tea Of Tough Guys)
6. Birth Of Rejoice

Kota Arai, drums
Yoshiyasu Hona, guitar
Janmah, guitar, bass, throat singing
Jiro Shoda, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, toy instruments
Satoshi Arai, wadaiko

Ohrai Records – JMCK 1028

CD Rip

26 April 2023

SHOTA KOYAMA – 音三昧I デュオ集 (OHRAI RECORDS, 2001)

 



1. ツォンボーン・トーライタイ・フルン [丸い蹄をもった,褐色の馬]
Akira Sakata, alto saxophone

2. はにやんの新居物語
Yosuke Yamashita, piano 

3. 円周率
Eiichi Hayashi, alto saxophone

4. 血の声
Katsuo Kuninaka, oud

5. 二人旅-木枯らしオーイェイ篇-
Keizo Inoue, clarinet

6. ソロ・ドラム-おわりのはじまり-
Shota Koyama, drum solo
 

Shota Koyama, duos and solos


Recorded on December 20 & 21, 2000.

Ohrai Records – SICH-1007

CD Rip

23 April 2023

Horace Tapscott important program of reissue


Nimbus West records have started a big program of issuing unpublished recordings from Horace Tapscott’s Pan African Peoples arkestra. A total of 11 cd mostly double will cover one concert from 1978 and ten from 1979. All the concerts were done at the Immanuel United Church of Christ (I.U.C.C) where Horace Tapscott managed a program of support to the black musicians around the Los Angeles community. Unfortunately the first volume is already sold out, it was pressed at 250 copies. Obviously Nimbus didn’t suppose that the reactions were so positive so fast. So the ten others volumes will be pressed at 333 copies and a program of subscription is also available. For $225 it is possible to buy all the 10 volumes or it is also possible to buy each volume separately. It is in my opinion a rare opportunity to follow a group during several month of Sunday concerts given several times by month in 1979.

https://www.nimbuswestrecords.com 

20 April 2023

QUEEN MAB - BARBIE'S OTHER SHOE (NINE WINDS RECORDS, 1997)

 


1.  Call
2.  Prayer
3.  Happy Ass
4.  Barbie's Other Shoe
5.  Like Silver Felt
6.  From Finnegan
7.  Haiku Do You?
8.  Mab Roots
9.  Myku
10. Regarding My Garden
11. Go Get' Er

Lori Freedman, clarinets
Marilyn Lerner, piano

Recorded at Allen Hunnie, Winnipeg, Manitoba in March 1997

Nine Winds Records – NWCD 0198

CD Rip

14 April 2023

Paul Dunmall Octet - Appleby 1997











Paul Dunmall - tenor saxophone
Simon Picard - tenor saxophone
Gethin Liddington - trumpet
Annie Whitehead - trombone
Chris Bridges - trombone
Keith Tippett - piano
Paul Rogers - bass
Tony Levin - drums

1. Desire and Liberation   45:19
2. Bebop Starburst   46:06

Appleby Jazz Festival.  20th June 1997
Quality cassette recording by Andy 

13 April 2023

HOZAN YAMAMOTO • CHARLIE MARIANO • JUAN JOSÉ MOSALINI • KRZESIMIR DEBSKI • ALFRED HARTH • KARL BERGER • PETER KOWALD • KEN JOHNSON • PONDA O'BRYAN • TRILOK GURTU • BARRY ALTSCHUL – WORLD • MUSIC • MEETING (EIGELSTEIN MUSIKPRODUKTION, 1985)

 



RIP Karl Berger, 1935-2023

A1. Again And Again, Again
A2. Naomi

B1. Kaze
B2. Pascha Love

7"
A. Eujapica

Charlie Mariano, alto and soprano saxophone
Juan José Mosalini, bandoneon
Peter Kowald, bass
Barry Altschul, drums
Ponda O'Bryan, percussion, congas, African drums
Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi
Alfred Harth, soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, trumpet
Ken Johnson, steel drums, congas, percussion
Trilok Gurtu, tabla, drums, percussion
Karl Berger, vibraphone, piano, marimba
Krzesimir Dębski, violin

Recorded at New Jazz Meeting Baden-Baden, Kurfürstliches Schloss, Nov. 11, 1984

Eigelstein Musikproduktion – ES 2024

Vinyl Rip




12 April 2023

THE HUMAN ARTS ENSEMBLE - POEM OF GRATITUDE (PRIVATE RELEASE, 1973)

 


A1. Introduction
A2. Out To Lunch / Sophisticated Lady
A3. Imagination 1
A4. Imagination 2
A5. Imagination 3

B1. Funny Things
B2. Poem Of Gratitude
B3. Strange Autumn Tree Shapes
B4. Upbeat Feeling
B5. God Bless The Child

James Marshall, alto saxophone, tenor radong, small instruments
Luther Thomas, tenor saxophone, tenor radong, small instruments
Ajule Rutlin, poet, tenor radong, small instruments, drums
Carol Marshall, vocal, bass radong, small instruments

Recorded October, 1972, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Private Release - TS73-38, TS73-39

LP Rip

6 April 2023

RICHARD DUNBAR - RUNNING BUDDIES VOL. 2 (JAHARI RECORDS, 1983)

 


A1. Cups Rods & Wands
A2. Message In The Wind
A3. Solar Winds Golden Showers

B1. Morning Rituals
B2. Bird Feathers
B3. Longevity Brings Its Own Rewards

Richard Dunbar, French horn, piano, guitar, bass guitar
Fred Kelly, flute, piccolo flute
Lenny King, percussion
Larry Northington, tenor saxophone
Ramsey Ameen, violin
Terry Jenoure, violin
Ken Hutson, bass
Ron Rahsaan, drums
Kevin Ross, bass (A1)
Camille Gainer, drums (A1)

Track A1 recorded 10 July 1982, A2 and B2 recorded 22 May 1982, B1 and B3 recorded 29 May 1982 at Sound Heights, Brooklyn, NY. Track A3 recorded Le Doux Studio, August 1975.

Jahari Records – JR103

LP Rip

This is the last of this series of posts, but Richard's first LP on Jahari Records, Clear-Eyed Vision, is posted at endless planets, along with a link to a great short feature film - music, dance, interviews, psychodrama - What Seems To Be the Problem - with Fred Kelly, Ali Abuwi, Ron Rahsaan, Marzette Watts, Radu Richard WIlliams, Lenny King, Olu Dara. Also - there's a concert tape of his trio at Brandeis University from 1987. Hope you enjoy them.