23 March 2008

Iskrastra - Bath Festival 1998



Here is a stunning concert from the 1998 Bath Festival, recorded from the BBC broadcast, featuring Paul Rutherford's Iskrastra. The music is astounding, moving effortlessly from relatively conventional 'big band' figures to extended free improvisation. The comments from the players are also very interesting.

Paul Dunmall, Simon Picard, Evan Parker, Trevor Watts, Elton Dean, Pete McPhail (reeds)
Henry Lowther, Jim Dvorak (tpt)
Rob Paton, Martin Lawrence, Richard Fox (fr horn)
Dave Amiss, Alan Tomlinson, Dave Powell (tbn)
Howard Riley, Keith Tippett (p)
Marcio Mattos, Paul Rogers (b)
Louis Moholo (dr)

There is a very interesting interview with Paul Rutherford here which talks briefly about this ensemble, here;

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=22016
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22 comments:

  1. Tantris23 March 2008 at 15:57:00 CET

    FLAC

    http://rapidshare.com/files/101697824/Paul_Rutherford_s_Iskrastra.part1.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/101700199/Paul_Rutherford_s_Iskrastra.part2.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/101702644/Paul_Rutherford_s_Iskrastra.part3.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/101704951/Paul_Rutherford_s_Iskrastra.part4.rar

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  2. ubu23 March 2008 at 16:11:00 CET

    Fine one!

    Date of recording is May 23, 1998, location is The Pavillion in Bath, the setlist is unknown, #1 compiles some statements from band members, #2-6 form some suite, #7 is the stage & radio outro.

    If my files are correct, this comes from a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

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  3. Anonymous23 March 2008 at 21:20:00 CET

    Great choice, Tantris. RIP Paul Rutherford. How tragic that such a fine musician, such an important innovator / improviser, should die relatively unknown, broke and under-appreciated.

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  4. Anonymous24 March 2008 at 23:08:00 CET

    Could not get track 4 to play everything else is fine

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  5. dalemcbdnl25 March 2008 at 09:57:00 CET

    Phenomenal group playing brilliantly. And all the tracks seem to be working at 11 + minutes into the 4th. Thanks Tantris.

    Dale

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  6. serviceton27 March 2008 at 11:15:00 CET

    this is fantastic! - many thanks.

    If anyone is interested -
    From large ensemble to Trio...
    'ROTOR' is - sadly, now "was" - Paul Rutherford, Keith Tippett, & Paul Rogers (all here in Iskrastra too).

    FLACs
    http://rapidshare.com/files/102699533/ROTOR_Trio.part1.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/102708250/ROTOR_Trio.part2.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/102716828/ROTOR_Trio.part3.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/102717555/ROTOR_Trio.part4.rar

    They became 'ROTTOR' when joined occasionally by Julie Tippett ('The First Full Turn' on Emanem recommended highly)
    http://www.emanemdisc.com/E4026.html

    This ROTOR gig recorded Ulrichsberg Austria May 5, 2005.
    It's an audience recording but sound is pretty darned good.
    And there's some quite wonderful improvising here..


    (w/ big thanks to 'tricko')

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  7. Anonymous27 March 2008 at 12:35:00 CET

    hi sotise... you said earlier, that you would repost tony oxleys incus 8 release... well, could you do that..? thanx c.

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  8. SOTISE29 March 2008 at 09:53:00 CET

    thank you tantris and serviceton both.
    for these marvelous looking concerts... cant wait to dig in soon.

    anon, asking bloggers to respond to anonymous requests is asking a lot.

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  9. Anonymous29 March 2008 at 17:22:00 CET

    i apologise; i should have known that it is unkind... i'll do better next time. c.

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  10. Anonymous18 September 2008 at 16:04:00 CEST

    downloading this as I see Louis Moholo in the line up...searching for stuff related to Dudu Pukwana whom I experienced on several occasions at 100 Club...leaving comment now as I find it difficult to find posts again by the time I've checked the vibe.

    Great stuff on this Blog so THANX for EVERYTHING..keep it up, much appreciated. Henri

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  11. Vanderbrötz18 March 2017 at 07:45:00 CET

    Please Can you reupload please...Thanks in advance

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  12. mew2327 October 2019 at 11:30:00 CET

    New Link

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  13. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth27 October 2019 at 14:31:00 CET

    Thank you, mew23!!

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  14. jeff27 October 2019 at 16:23:00 CET

    Awesome mew23. Thank you.
    Can't wait to hear this.

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  15. Vanderbrötz27 October 2019 at 17:59:00 CET

    Many many thanks mew23!!!!!

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  16. David28 October 2019 at 11:08:00 CET

    Great, thanks mew23!

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  17. Paul Jefferson Woods28 October 2019 at 15:07:00 CET

    Thanks so much for this I was at this gig and one of the few gigs that Iskrastra did RIP Paul,

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  18. DRONSZ29 October 2019 at 06:59:00 CET

    Now, could someone repost please that ROTOR concert also shared in this post?
    Thanks!

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  19. BT29 October 2019 at 18:47:00 CET

    Thank-you so much

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  20. francisco santos30 October 2019 at 06:36:00 CET

    BIG THX!...

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  21. Guitarradeplastico,scraping oddities15 November 2019 at 09:59:00 CET

    many thanks

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  22. Bhowani23 February 2024 at 18:30:00 CET

    Mew !!! Your link is still working ! Thank you so much !! For a guy who's as late as I am!

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