Baikida Carroll The Spoken Word

Baikida Carroll The Spoken Word

Hat Hut M/N 1979
Hat Hut Records, Switzerland

Baikida Carroll Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Prepared Trumpet

Recorded Live at Mapenzi in Berkeley, CA
April 22,1977 & April 1, 1978.

Recorded by Cynthia Kanstein and Daryl Suzukawa

The Spoken Word I (Carroll) 17:05
The Spoken Word II (Carroll) 14:30
Third Image (Carroll) 15:15
Rites And Rituals (Carroll) 11:50
Double Rainbow Forest (Carroll) 10:25

Baikida Carroll’s made important contributions to some truly great recordings, and yet his own material seems to get far less a profile than it should. He was part of the Dogon A.D. band under Julius Hemphill’s leadership, part of David Murray’s big band Live on At Sweet Basil, and part of the Black Artists Group on In Paris, Aries, he’s on John Carter's Castles of Ghana, Oliver Lake's NTU, Muhal Richard Abrams' Blues Forever.

Given how readily he seems to work with others it’s quite a surprise to find how inventive he is out on his own. Here’s a double LP’s worth of some interesting and stimulating music, where he uses volume (and lack of it), messed-up instruments and even some strong playing to truly talk through his horn. Thanks again to Dale for passing this on to me.

Charles Tyler at WKCR

This is a fairly brief set of Charles Tyler tunes recorded at the WKCR Studios, NY, NY, arguably the best jazz radio station anywhere.

Four tracks in all - total time 39:23

Track 1 recorded 12-8-74
Charles Tyler Alto Sax
Earl Cross Trumpet
Ken Hudson Bass
Steve Reid Drums

Tracks 2,3 recorded 3-14-77
Charles Tyler Baritone Sax, Alto Sax,Voice
Phillip Wilson Drums Voice

Track 4 interview at time of rebroadcast in 1983

The first track features the key players of Earl Cross and Steve Reid which in July of the same year recorded the wonderful "Voyage from Jericho" with Ronnie Boykins stepping in on bass and with Arthur Blythe making a guest appearance on a couple of tracks. Reid was also on next year's "Live in Europe", both rereleased on the Bleu Regard label out of France, but becoming very scarce these days, I believe. Both are very good, but the Jericho is essential. Also look out for the extensive "Saga of the Outlaws" on the Nessa label.

The second and third tracks are playful, improvisational duos (theatrics and dramatics) with Philip Wilson (who also made a very fine duo record with Lester Bowie at about this time, briefly mentioned in the interview snippet at the end of this collection).

Tyler would often alternate between alto and baritone. Personally I prefer his alto sax, which better brings out the sweet melancholy of his tone, but the gruffness of the baritone does not hide it completely.

This is another Dime download/seed, but, oddly enough, no takers, so I'm hoping for a little more responsiveness here. Tyler deserves it.

Miroslav Vitous Quartet - Live Hamburg 1980

Details:

MIROSLAV VITOUS QUARTET
Live at 'Onkel Pö' in Hamburg, Germany, 1980-01-31

LINEUP

Miroslav Vitous -b

John Surman -sax,bcl

Kenny Kirkland -p

Jon Christensen -d

TRACKS

01. SILVER LAKE 12.24

02. WHEN FACE GETS PALE 9.34

03. REVISED EDITION 15.48

04. MOUNTAIN IN THE CLOUDS 14.10
Total Time: 51.57 min

Vitous of course is perhaps most noted as being a founder member of Weather Report, so was in the vanguard of early fusion. He also played in the excellent trio with Chick Corea and Roy Haynes, and more lately with Jan Garbarek.

I don't know whether this quartet played together often, but on this recording they really get it together. The first track is reminiscent of WR, Surman even sounding remarkably like Wayne Shorter. The third track starts off with a ferocious soprano solo from Surman, and turns into one of the numbers from an early album of his, I don't recall which one.

I'd never heard of Kenny Kirkland, but apparently he played with Wynton and Branford Marsalis among others and featured on Vitous's ECM recordings. He had a drugs problem and died at an early age in 1998.

This is a very good quality FM broadcast. Thanks to ricola for seeding. Links in comments.

BUSCHI NIEBERGALL TRIO feat. MICHEL PILZ "MOERS 1978"

This one was somehow prompted by a discussion in the comment section of an earlier posting where one commentator professed his admiration for the work of Michel Pilz.

So when the opptunity came to download this concert from Dime, naturally I had to take it to find out. My inclination had been in the direction of people like Michel Portal and Rudi Mahall (and we shall have both in upcoming posts), but Pilz is certainly a worthwhile addition to the premier league. I find him distinctly different - more linear, flowing if these words make any sense - not unlike Brötzmann.

Listening to this 30-minute piece, I find Mr. Pilz overshadowed by Mr. Niebergall who has a physical attack which reminds me of the great South Africans Harry Miller and Johnny Mbizo Dyani. You get the feeling that once he's through, the whole damn thing can be sold off as scrapwood.

Niebergall was in the forefront of the first generation of German free jazzers, having played with virtually anybody on the scene, including Brötzmann himself.

This particular line-up with Pilz and Uwe Schmitt on drums appears only to be documented on a 1978 release "Celeste" on the Trion label. There's one to hunt for!

Niebergall ceased making records round about 1980 and reportedly lived in recluse in Frankfurt a.M. until his death in 1990.

A short radio intro and then "Tilip", recorded at the Moers New Jazz Festival on 15 may 1978.

What's on offer here is 30 minutes plus of dynamite. Dig in!


Michel Pilz, bass clarinet
Buschi Niebergall, bass
Uwe Schmitt, drums

1. speaker/broadcast 0:25
2. Tilip (Michel Pilz) 33:30

Recorded at New Jazz Festival, Moers on May 15, 1978.

Athens Creative Media Encounter Festival brings jazz greats to Athens – First Day Third Concert

11 p.m. - Ad hoc group organized by Joe Morris

Joe Morris Ad Hoc Group

Athens Creative Media Encounter,

40 Watt Club,

Athens, GA

April 1, 2004

source: AUD > DAT > Tascam Stand Alone > CDR > EAC > FLAC

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Joe Morris-g

Fredrik Ljungkvist-cl

Ken Vandermark-cl

Joe McPhee-pkt tp/ss

Jeb Bishop-tb

Fred Lonberg-Holm-cello

Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten-b

Michael Zerang-perc

Athens Creative Media Encounter Festival brings jazz greats to Athens - First Day Second Concert

Peter Brotzmann & Nasheet Waits

Athens Creative Media Encounter,

40 Watt Club,

Athens, GA

April 1, 2004

source: AUD > DAT > Tascam Stand Alone > CDR > EAC > FLAC

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Peter Brotzmann-reeds

Nasheet Waits-drums

I will post Flac and MP3   shortly.

Circle - Quartet Pieces Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Following on from the recent Hamburg Concert, and with special thanks to Boromir for posting the interim Bergamo piece, we continue with Circle.

"Quartet Pieces Nos. 1, 2 & 3".
Recorded in the studio - New York - 21st August 1970.

Chick Corea, piano, prepared piano, vibes, percussion, bass-marimba
Anthony Braxton, alto, sopranino, clarinet, contrabass-clarinet, percussion, voice
Dave Holland, bass, cello, acoustic guitar, percussion
Barry Altschul, drums, percussion, bass-marimba, vibes.

These three fascinating pieces are the earliest example of Circle's other side, their work in a lifeless studio, with no engrossed audience to offer inspiration, challenge or acceptance. All three pieces were issued only on a Blue Note 2LP set called "Circulus", under Corea's name, and have never appeared on CD, to my knowledge. This rip is taken from the original vinyl, with apologies for the occasional surface noise. The music is also the first recorded evidence of Braxton playing with what was until then Corea's trio.

In the opening minute or so, the musical aesthetic promptly reveals itself to be far closer to developments (in 1970) in European-style free improvisation and contemporary classical music, rather than the conventional notions of jazz. All three pieces are open improvisations, stark, spiky, a tad austere, with a disorienting use of space, unnerving deviations, terse twists and turns. A volcanic highlight appears on Piece No. 2 at the 5 minute mark, where Corea suddenly hits upon a single note, wrings the life out of it in seconds and sends the entire band careering off in a wholly unexpected (by them) direction. All the musicians use a wider-than-usual range of instruments, e.g. Holland on acoustic guitar, Corea on vibes and Braxton's vocal contribution at end of Piece No. 2 will surely raise an eyebrow or two.

The musical results show thrilling interplay, rich in detail, and no lack of careful listening among the players. What is more extraordinary is that just three days before these recordings were made, Corea and Holland, both on electric instruments, played an explosive set with Miles at Tanglewood on 18th August and followed it up a few days later with Miles' Isle of Wight Festival appearance on 29th August in front of a mere half-million people. In between the two, they tossed us these three acoustic gems.

glmlr

Athens [GA] Creative Media Encounter Festival April 1-5, 2004

During the next few weeks I will be posting this entire festival in chronological order.

Josh Love wrote:

 Over the course of the past three years, several of the world's most renowned and influential improvisational jazz musicians have found in Athens a haven for their forays into uncharted sonic territory.

Appropriately enough, it all started on an open-minded whim. In 2000, local musicians Julie Powell and Erik Hinds attended a concert performance in Atlanta of the Vandermark 5 featuring preeminent saxophonist and clarinettist Ken Vandermark, a new-school free jazz luminary and the 1999 recipient of the prestigious MacArthur ''Genius'' grant. 

  

''I had no idea who the Vandermark 5 were, but Erik suggested we go see the show in Atlanta,'' says Powell, a correspondent for Marquee and the Athens Banner-Herald. ''I think I had some sort of awakening that night, and the one thing I was sure of was that what Ken and his ensemble were doing was the answer I had been looking for - not so much the style of music, but the passion with which they were innovators.''    After seeing that performance in Atlanta, Powell invited Vandermark to do a residency at the University of Georgia School of Music in Athens. He brought his DKV Trio for three days of workshops and concerts which were a great success, Powell says. 

''Although Athens had not been a stop on the avant-garde circuit up to that point, the enthusiastic reception of the attendees led to a veritable who's who of free jazz players coming to Athens over the next two years,'' Powell says.  In fact, Vandermark himself returned to play the 40 Watt a year later. At that point, Powell says she met with Vandermark and the idea of a doing a larger scale festival in Athens was born. ''The discussion started with the Black Mountain residencies in which Merce Cunnigham, John Cage, Martha Graham and a ton of other artists from all disciplines gathered to create new art. The whole idea was that Americans were just copying the Europeans as far as 'high' art went,'' she explains. ''When you look at how American art changed after Black Mountain, you can really see the value of bringing all these artists together for synergy. Basically, we just thought it was time to try to do something like that again. Athens is such a creative place with so much support for new art, it really seemed like a logical place to do it.''

And so the Athens Creative Media Encounter Festival was born.

For the first time in the U.S., ACME, under the guidance of Vandermark, brings together 22 international musicians and two journalists for a week of collaboration and dialogue. Starting today, the inaugural ACME Festival will include concerts, lectures, workshops and seminars and bring its lineup of world class performers to the 40 Watt Club and ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art.

Although the festival this year features only music and journalism, the goal in the future, Powell says, is for the festival to be multi-disciplinary with artists collaborating over a longer period of time, hence the name Athens Creative Media Encounter.   Meanwhile, through ACME, Hinds, Powell and Vandermark hope to attract not just free jazz die-hards, but anyone interested in exploring a form and approach to music that challenges preconceptions and never promises to be mainstream-palatable, but also holds infinite rewards for those willing to make the leap.

  

Sure, the obstacles to overcome might seem intimidating at first.

Concert Program 2004

Thursday, April 1

   

   8 p.m. - Atomic

   9:30 p.m. - Peter Brötzmann/Nasheet Waits duo

   11 p.m. - Ad hoc group organized by Joe Morris

   

Friday, April 2

  

   8 p.m. - Joe Morris solo

   9:30 p.m. - The Thing & Joe McPhee

   11 p.m. Atomic/School Days

  

Saturday, April 3

  

   3 p.m. - Free Fall

   4:30 p.m. - Triage

   6 p.m. - Joe McPhee solo

   9 p.m. - Vandermark 5

   10:30 p.m. - Joe Maneri trio

  

  

Sunday, April 4

  

   3 p.m. - School Days

   4:30 p.m. - Joe Maneri/Mat Maneri duo

   6 p.m. - Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet

  

    

Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Thursday, April 1, 2004. 

More pictures and some news (please read !)

As the last pictures post seemed to please a lot of you, here are a few 1970's covers from the French magazine Jazz Hot. Particularly nice pic of Braxton playing chess !
Credit is as follow : Lacy : Gérard Noël /Coleman & Braxton : Latapie-Trombert / Dixon : Latapie / Rivers & Holland : Alex Dutilh.

The news :
I've been working on an online database to store scanned material related to the kind of music we share here, and it is nearly operational (should be working in a few days). For the moment there is something like 70-80 articles - mostly interviews, not available elsewhere on the net - stored in it but that number could grow quickly if things go well, that is to say if people want to participate and upload their own material. In order to avoid legal problems linked to copyright issues the database will be private but anyone interested is welcome, whether you have things to share or not. To stay informed, please send an email to the address in the comments and I will answer with a detailed text on how to make things work and a password.

If things go well, this database could become a great tool for all of us making researches on free music so let's hope it will !

Pierre


PS : if one of our dear readers is a drummer and has 30 minutes to lose, I need your help so please get in touch :).

Sun Ra - Manchester 1982

SUN RA ARKESTRA

ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND

29-7-82

DISC ONE:         (65.19)

1st set

1.   UNTITLED IMPROV >  (kora,perc)

2.   UNTITLED IMPROV >  (perc)

3.   PLEIADES >

4.   UNTITLED IMPROV  (eb,EVI,perc)

5.   ALONG CAME RA >

6.   THE LIVING MYTH

7.   DISCIPLINE 27 >

      UNTITLED IMPROV

8.   RA TO THE RESCUE #1 >

9.   RA TO THE RESCUE #2 >

10. UNTITLED IMPROV    (perc, ens)

11. 1984

12. UNIDENTIFIED TITLE   (p)

13. FATE IN APLEASANT MOOD

14. UNIDENTIFIEDE TITLE

DISC TWO:         (69.19)

1.   THEY PLAN TO LEAVE  (JG, SR voc)

2.   I COULD HAVE ENJOYED MYSELF ON THIS PLANET

3.   HAPPY AS THE DAY IS LONG

4.   SPACE IS THE PLACE >

      WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS

2nd set

5.   UNTITLED IMPROV

6.   STRANGE WORLD / BLACK MYTH

7.   DISCIPLINE 27-11 >

      SEA OF IMMORTALITY >

      RIGHT ROAD, WRONG DIRECTION >

8.   THE LAST DAYS >

9.   CRAZY AS A DAISY

10. PRELUDE TO KISS

11. LIGHTS ON A SATELLITE

12. BIG JOHN'S SPECIAL

DISC THREE:        (46.34)

1.   WATUSI

2.   UNIDENTIFIED TITLE  (p)

3.   YEAH MAN !

4.   SLEEPING BEAUTY

5.   MOONSHIP JOURNEY

      (inc.  FIRST STOP MARS / SECOND STOP JUPITER /ON JUPITER

               JOURNEY TO SATURN / PLUTO TOO )

encore.....

6.   THEY'LL COME BACK >

      I HAVE MANY NAMES

CASS > DAT > CDR

AUD MASTER SONY TCS 330 > DAT > CDR > EAC > CDwave > CDR

( recorded and transfered  Simon Shepherd / retracked and titled Chris Hilling )

cover art - Christopher Eddy

SUN RA -  p, syn, voc / RONNIE BROWN -  tp / LONGINEU PARSONS -  tp

TYRONE HILL -  tb / MARSHALL ALLEN -  as, fl, ob, EVI / JOHN GILMORE -  ts, cl, timb, EVI

ELOE OMOE -  as, bcl, fl, EVI / JAMES JACSON - bsn, ob, Inf-d 

DANNY RAY THOMPSON - bars, as, fl, EVI /  ROLLO RADFORD - stand up eb 

CLIFFORD JARVIS - d / TOMMY 'BUGS' HUNTER - d / SAMARAI CELESTIAL - d

JUNE TYSON - voc / GREG PRATT - dance / CARLA WASHINGTON - dance

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3 CDs, the links to the first includes scans and text.

Flac an MP3s to follow. Please no comments until I've posted the RS links.  I'm off to Europe, will post more SunRa in  September.

Thanks and enjoy. 

Gus

Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra - Binghamton, NY

Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra

April 26, 1991

Binghamton, NY 

Source: Soundboard 

Disc 1: 

01. introduction 0:17

02. untitled improvisation 3:53 >

03. Somebody Else's Idea 6:38

04. East Of The Sun [1 sec. distortion] 3:50

05. Prelude To A Kiss 4:56

06. Blue Lou 6:18

07. Retrospect 9:35

08. Early Autumn 7:40

[tape flip]

09. Friendly Galaxy [9 sec. dropout] 8:52

10. Love In Outer Space 7:40

11. Nameless One #2 11:39

Total time: 71:16

Disc 2:

01. Sunset On The Nile [some mic shorting in & out] 9:49

02. "Thank You" 1:11

Encore:

[abrupt start]

03. They'll Come Back [5 sec. dropout] 6:60

04. "Thank You Thank You" 1:51

Total time: 19:50

[some mic/amp "buzzing" in several spots throughout the recording]

Alternate tracking suggestion:

Put tracks 1-8 on disc 1 and the remaining tracks on disc 2.

Then the original tape side 1 would be on disc 1 and tape side 2 would be on disc 2.

MC - Mike Newmark (WHRW)

personnel:

Sun Ra - piano, synthesizer

Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet, vocals

Jothan Callins - trumpet, flugelhorn

Chris Capers - flugelhorn

Marshall Allen - alto sax, flute, piccolo

Noel Scott - alto sax, percussion

John Gilmore - tenor sax, clarinet, timbales, vocals

James Jacson - bassoon, percussion

John Ore - bass

Buster Smith - drums

poss. Clifford Barbaro - drums

Lorimil Machado - berimbau, percussion

Elson Nascimento - percussion

June Tyson - vocals [rlc, with help from Abdullah; note also personnel on Friendly Galaxy.] 

song notes: 

untitled improvisation (prob. Adams, tp; Ra, syn)

Somebody Else's Idea (Ra) (Tyson, voc; Allen, fl; Ra, p; Tyson and ensemble, voc; Ra, syn; Capers, flg)

East of the Sun (Bowman) (Ra, p; Gilmore, voc; prob. Adams, tp; Ra, p)

Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington-Mercer) (Ra, p; Allen, as; Ra, p)

Blue Lou (Sampson) (Scott, as; Abdullah, tp; Gilmore, ts)

Retrospect (Ra) (Ra, p, syn; Capers, flg; Ra, p; Ore, b)

Early Autumn (Herman-Mercer-Burns) (Ra, p; Callins, flg -- doing Hobart Dotson-like lead in a modification of the 1961 arrangement; Gilmore, ts; Ra, p)

Friendly Galaxy (Ra) (Abdullah, tp; Allen, fl; Gilmore, cl; Ra, p)

Love in Outer Space (Ra) (Ra, p; Gilmore, Tyson, and ensemble, voc; Allen, fl; Ra, p; Tyson and ens. voc.)

Nameless One #2 (Ra) (Abdullah, tp; Scott, as; Callins, tp; Ore, b)

Sunset on the Nile (Ra) (Allen, fl; Capers, flg; Tyson and ensemble, voc.; poss. Hill, voc; marching through the audience) 

They'll Come Back (Ra) (Tyson and ens. voc.) 

Sun Ra Santa Cruz 1987

Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, California. 5/10/87. Broadcast over KUSP-FM. 93 min. Not the complete show. Excellent sound. (Rebroadcast on WKCR Sun Ra memorial show, 6/8/93)

1st set:
unidentified improvisation (incl. Patrick, as; Wilson, ts; Allen or Gilmore, EVI)
unidentified improvisation (Ra, p; Davis, as)
East of the Sun (Bowman) (Gilmore, voc; Ra, p and syn)
[It's Only a] Paper Moon (Rose-Harburg-Arlen) (Jenkins, voc; several verses added by Jenkins)
Frisco Fog (Carr-Roberts)
unidentified title (Jenkins, falsetto wordless voc)
Queer Notions (Hawkins) (Ra, p; Gilmore, ts)
Beautiful Love (Young-Coots-Gillespie-Van Alstyne) (Ra, voc; Gilmore, ts)
Inside the Blues (Ra) (Ra, p)
Slumming on Park Avenue (Berlin) (Jacson and ens voc; Raand ens, voc)
When You See Danger / Now's the Time (Parker) / Straight No Chaser (Monk) (Jenkins, scat voc; prob. Thompson, bs)
We Travel the Spaceways (Ra) (Ra and ens voc; the original tune; marching)
Outer Spaceways Incorporated / Space Is the Place (Ra) (Ra, declamation; more marching; not the original tunes)

The Arkestra: Ra-p, syn, voc; Eddie Gale-tp; Marshall Allen-as, ob, fl, EVI, perc; Pat Patrick-as; Danny Davis-as; John Gilmore-ts, EVI, perc, voc; Ronald Wilson-ts; Eloe Omoe-as, bcl, contra-alto cl; James Jacson-bsn, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum, voc; prob. Danny Thompson-bs; unidentified-b; Buster Smith-d; unidentified-cga, perc; Art Jenkins-voc. (rlc)

An exceptional concert -- one of the few times Art Jenkins' bebop scatting was captured on tape. Eddie Gale confirms his presence on this tape.

Flac and MP3 forthcoming. No scans.

A few more ...

A few more of those French ads from the 70's featuring free players. The most surrealistic being the last one, advertising the availabilty of Ayler, Shepp, Ra and Sanders records in all "Euromarchés", a French hypermarket chain !

P.

Cecil Taylor Unit, The Power Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 15th April, 1976

In April, sotise posted a stunning Cecil Taylor Unit concert from Berlin in November 1975. This concert is from six months later, and has moments that are equally powerful - the sheer force of Jimmy Lyons' alto in the first section, and his interplay with Cecil and David S Ware, is breathtaking. The recording is from an FM broadcast and is also very good. Many thanks to abbcccus for reseeding this recently on dime.

Cecil Taylor Unit

The Power Center Michigan State University at Ann Arbor

15th April, 1976

Original broadcast WCBN-FM / National Public Radio "Jazz Alive"

Cecil Taylor - piano

Jimmy Lyons - alto saxophone

David S. Ware - tenor saxophone

Raphe Malik - trumpet

Marc Edwards - drums

1 Improvisation [32:10]

2 Cecil Taylor announcement [00:18]

3 Petals (incomplete) [13:46]

Anthony Braxton Diamond Curtain Wall Quartet - Besançon & Moscow - June 2008

Here are two good audience recordings from recent concerts in Europe by the Anthony Braxton Diamond Curtain Wall Quartet. (Many thanks to the tapers and seeders on dime - blackforest and decade). 

There is a short clip on youtube of the Moscow concert which gives a good feel for the interplay between the group and the atmosphere of that concert. Overall it's the recording I like best, as the music is closest to the ghost trance music of the Iridium set. By contrast, the Besançon concert makes much greater use of 'noise', in the manner of the Wolf Eyes music, which I like less - even though I suppose it is a natural extension of the drone which underpins much of GTM. (Having said that, much of the music is still astonishing).

Opéra Théatre de Besançon; 27th June,2008
DOM Cultural Center, Moscow; 29th June, 2008

Anthony Braxton - reeds and laptop
Taylor Ho Bynum - brass (trumpets, cornet, trombone)
Mary Halvorson - electric guitar
Katherine Young - bassoon

New Movements in jazz (Nederlands radio transcription service 87.073/076) disc 2, Ernst Glerum's -New Klookabilities ,FLAC and LAME

FROM THE LINER NOTES..
"Ernst Glerum (b.1955) is a bass player with one of the best Dutch orchestras: J. C TANS and THE ROCKETS, and also composes much of the band’s material. The quality of this and other work caused the NOS to invite his composition for the 1986 Festival. Glerum chose to write for an eleven piece orchestra, the members of which were brought together especially for the occasion. The resulting music was a wonderful combination of traditional music forms and playing techniques and contemporary improvised music. The band consisted of: 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 tuba, 3 reeds, piano, electric guitar, bass and two drummers. Glerum added to these already manifold talents of composer, leader and basist, by playing a minature electric organ, the Philicorda, which had been marketed for home use some years before and which under the magic touch of Glerum emitted some splendidly silly sounds. To emphasize the traditional element within the music Glerum called the band New Klookabilities, a name derived from “KLOOK” the nickname of the late Kenny Clarke."


Michael Moore Clarinet/altosaxaphone
Sean Bergin altosaxaphone
Frank Nielander alto-/tenorsaxaphone
Horst Grabosch trumpet
Walter Wierbos trombone
Larry Fishkind tuba
Michiel Braam piano/celesta
Jorg Lehnardt guitar
Ernst Glerum bass/philicorda/leader/composer
Han Bennink drums/percussion
Peter Prommel percussion


Side AGirofonetica 28’14”
- Swolch 17’35”
- Fly-over 10’38”
Side BGyrodrome 7’05”
Do the Pip/
Mob the Mob 6’10”
Gyroscope 5’33”
All compositions by Ernst Glerum
Recorded on August 21st, 1986 at the Meervaart in Amsterdam

JOHN STEVENS - SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE (aka ‘Oliv’) (MARMALADE, 1969)

A Friend ,who wants to remain anonymous has sent me this.

John Stevens – Spontaneous Music Ensemble (aka ‘Oliv’)
Kenny Wheeler (fh), Trevor Watts (as), Johnny Dyani (b), John Stevens (perc), Maggie Nicols (voc), Pepi Lemer (voc),
Carolann Nicholls (voc). Rec. by Eddie Offord at Advision Studio, London, February 7th, 1969.
Waiting for Giorgio 14’02 unissued
add Derek Bailey (g), Peter Lemer (p)
Waiting for Giorgio 22’50 –
Oliv I (Stevens/Nicols) 19’33 Marmalade 608008/Polydor 2384 009 (lp)
all out except Watts, Dyani, Stevens, Nicols
Oliv II (Stevens/Nicols) 16’02 Marmalade 608008/Polydor 2384 009 (lp)

This is almost folk like , very different to the pointilism derided as plink plonk scratch by detractors, which characterises most of their out put.

many thanks to the friend

enjoy!!

E.Parker,J.Edwards, L.moholo-(in memoriam Paul Rutherford)TOTAL MUSIC MEETING BERLIN 01.-04.11.2007 FLAC and LAME

Heres another great concert originating from dime.
great sound ...as good as any official recordings by Parkers regular trios..many thanks to H, and the taper/seeder /traders!!
sound quality is superb.

TOTAL MUSIC MEETING 01.-04.11.2007
Berlinische Galerie, Alte Jakobstr. 124-128in Memoriam Paul Rutherford

Evan Parker.....ts John Edwards.....b Louis Moholo-Moholo.....dr
friday concert: 2007-11-02 (45:44)


1) 38:592) 6:42
saturday concert: 2007-11-03 (50:52)1) 44:102) 6:42
total: 96 min


as for recommending a favourite official release, its a tough call because they are invariably good.
one that i listen to a lot is emanem's live at the vortex emanem 4022
http://www.emanemdisc.com/E4022.html

Circle - Nefertiti - Live Bergamo March 1971

This comes as a liberated track from a bootleg Chick Corea compilation LP, seeded by inamorata (many thanks to him for letting it out). The original lineage is not clear, probably an FM broadcast, good quality. I don't worship at Braxton's shrine, but I do like this.

Details:-

Circle
March 19, 1971
Third International Jazz Parade at Bergamo Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo (Italy)

Anthony Braxton, sss & as
Chick Corea, p
Dave Holland, b & cello
Barry Altschul, dr & perc

01 Nefertiti (Wayne Shorter) 17:42

I guess someone, somewhere has the remainder of this recorded concert. Anyway, it's a track to add to the Hamburg concert recently posted.

As it's only a short recording, I'm posting in Flac only, link in comments.

How often do we see the image of free jazz musicians being used to sell something else than their own records ?

Vintage Selmer ads from the back covers of early 70's French jazz magazines. No music in this post, just those nice pictures from another time !

P.

TTT featuring A.R. Penck "TTT Live! Konzert Basel" (ca. 1984, not cat. number) FLAC & MP3-320

Next number is our Penck series, this one features Frank Lowe & Louis Moholo (side B only).

Info from Rick Lopez's discography :

TTT featuring A.R. Penck: TTT Live! Konzert Basel

no issue # (LP) (SW) --issue # of "A 0022" is given by some sources, but is not seen anywhere on the recording itself.

ca. 1984 / Museum Für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland

1. First Gig Studio Fawe Street
2. What about JAZZ today!

A. R. Penck (fender piano, drums)
Heinz Wollny (bass)
Frank Wollny (guitar)
Frank Lowe (tenor sax)
Louis Moholo (drums)

* Penck is credited w/ drums on front cover, piano on back.


Enjoy,
Pierre

Frank Wright - Run with the cowboys

Continuing the Frank Wright series and his 80s recordings, this is a private lp release that was recorded at Studio Fawe Street. London E14. No date is given for this recording.

The line-up is as follows:

Frank Wright - tenor sax, vocals
Frank Wollny - guitar
Peter Kowald - acoustic bass
Coen Alberts - drums
A.R. Penck - el-piano, flute, vocals

Tracks:

1) Run with the cowboys
2) Do you like it (part 1)
3) An other day
4) Do you like it (part 2)

The back sleeve reports only one track on side 2, but a closer inspection of the record reveals that there is indeed a second track, which turns out to be a continuation of "Do you like it". For sake of convenience, I've split side 2 into two separate tracks.

New to this record is that Heinz Wollny is recording, but not playing, and Peter Kowald has been brought in to take care of bass duties and Coen Alberts to man the drums which is all for the better, in my view.

There's much more of a consolidated group sound here centered on the Wright - Kowald - Alberts trio and Frank Wollny, the most accomplished of the TTT lot, falls in nicely with the "outside" trio. Mr. Penck dabbles on el-piano throughout and is more of a distraction than a genuine contributor, but if you manage to somehow abstract from his "contributions", the record is not at all bad, not the least due to the presence of Wright and Kowald.

Three longish pieces (one split in two) and quite free-wheeling, this is the best I've heard so far of the Wright-Penck collaborations and certainly much better than the Ulm gig, posted here earlier. That said, I haven't heard all yet ...

Don Cherry-John Tchicai - Live Nyon 1980

Details:

Don Cherry - John Tchicai - Group
1980-May-30

Nyon, Switzerland,Jazzfestival 1980

Don Cherry,tp,melodica

John Tchicai,as,ss,voc

Irene Schweizer,p

Leon Francioli,b

Pierre Favre,dr

1 Title (fade-out) 38:15

2 Announcement Speaker 0:22
Total Time: 38:37

This is a good quality radio broadcast. Thanks to seeder and taper.

MP3 and Flac links in comments.

New Movements in Jazz disc 1 ,1987, ICP orchestra plays Herbie Nichols (radio nederlands transcription service, 87.073/076) FLAC and LAME

Here’s some more icp , recorded live in 1983 and preserved by the netherlads radio transcription service, subsequently released as disc 1 of a 4 lp set called ‘new movements in jazz’. This is for J a friend who likes his Herbie Nichols. I have unfortunately not been able to find any references to this set on line, nor can I find appropriate scans or photos , my scanner is broken and I simply cannot afford to replace it. If anyone owns this and would like to share some scans of the extensive notes that go with the package ,please do so in the comments. I’ll be uploading the other lp’s in the set soon.

this is a particular favourite of mine ,as good as Nichols repertory gets, all of the arrangements are by mengelberg. By icp standards this may strike some as being too reverentially straight. I guess it hinges on just how much one likes nichols’s music . The info is not included in the files

NEW MOVEMENTS IN JAZZ: various artists This 4xLP set features ICP Orchestra & Guest soloists, Contraband, New Klookabilities, Maarten Altena Octet.


Program 1: ICP Orchestra & Guest soloists

1/ Gig (Nichols, Mengelberg) 9:50
2/ Houseparty starting (Nichols, Mengelberg) 5:35
3/ Blue chopsticks (Nichols, Mengelberg)
3:38
4/ Change of seas on (Nichols, Mengelberg) 5:44
5/ Happenings (Nichols, Mengelberg) 5:26
6/ Hangover triangle (Nichols, Mengelberg) 9:13
7/ Step tempest (Nichols, Mengelberg) 4:38
8/ 12 bars (Nichols, Mengelberg) 6:45


Recorded at Meervaart, Amsterdam on August 13, 1983



George Lewis: trombone;
Steve Lacy: soprano; Kent Carter: bass; Misha Mengelberg: piano; Han Bennink: drums; Michael Moore: reeds; Sean Bergin: reeds; Paul Termos: reeds; Wolter Wierbos: trombone; Garret List: trombone; Larry Fishkind: tuba; Maurice Hortsthuis: viola; Ernst Reijseger: cello.

1987 (?) - Radio Netherlands Transcription Service, 87.073-6 (4xLP)

Frank Wright in Ulm 1990

Following Pierre's posting and jumping ahead in time, this is in all likelihood the last extant recording of Frank Wright. He died on 17 May 1990 and according to the information I've got, this was recorded on 4 March.

It was made at the Galerie Holm in the South German town of Ulm on the occasion of an exhibition of A.R. Penck's graphical works. It's quite obviously an amateur recording, under less than ideal conditions and with quite a bit of chatter in between and during tracks.

Checking the Penck discography at http://www.bb10k.com/PENCK.html, it appears that there is a cd release of this date and the above cd covers are taken from that release. I haven't been able to trace that release on-line which presumably would have sounded much better.

At this point, the band was down to Wright on sax and vocals, Frank Wollny on el-bass and Mr. Penck himself on drums. I've never been a fan of Penck the drummer. I find his style cluttery and clattery, and Wollny does a fair enough job on bass. So this is really for Frank Wright completists, but who isn't?

Quite a reverby recording, no known tunes except track 4 which is "Jerry", somewhat of a Frank Wright staple. It first appeared in a trio format on "The Earth", his debut album for ESP back in the sixties and later in a quartet format with piano on "Shouting the Blues", an album released in France in the late seventies.

Not much point in doing a flac of this one, imho, so only high-quality mp3s in the comments section.

The next one will be better, I promise!

Saheb Sarbib Quartet UFO! On Tour

Saheb Sarbib Quartet UFO! Live On Tour

1981 Cadence Records

Recorded Live in 1979

Saheb Sarbib bass, piano and shenai (an Asian oboe-like instrument)
Mark Whitecage alto saxophone (right channel)
Daunik Lazro alto saxophone (left channel)
Martin Bues drums

1. One For Mo (dedicated to Muhammad Ali) (Sarbib)
2. Egypt (Sarbib)
3. UFO (Sarbib)
4. Between C&D (Sarbib)

This is a wonderful live recording, with the bass, drums and two saxes line-up that Sarbib seemed to prefer. This was a new recording to me, although I know his Soul Note releases from the same period. I'm again indebted to Dale, bits of whose collection I'm letting loose to those who'll give the material a listen. As I work through the records Dale's shared with me I am beginning to realise what a man of good judgment he is. Most of the LPs he's shared are new to me, but they all contain truly marvelous music. I've been playing them on tight rotation for several weeks. My comments are based upon these recent experiences.

Sarbib is a driving bass-player, who writes angular and abstract themes which the saxophonists obviously enjoy playing no end. The double alto front line is an interesting one, and works well, especially as the stereo allocations allow the listener to hear who's playing at any one time. Whitecage plays on one of the Soul Note releases, but it's long-term associate Lazro who really impresses especially on the opening track. Bues seems to understand every twist and turn that Sarbib makes, and I had a big grin on my face for most of the time I listened to the two of them tumble around. I'm a sucker for such playing.

The LP's cover contains the transcript of an interesting, and at times playfully combative, interview with Sarbib by Bob Rusch from Cadence Magazine. There's quite a bit to learn about the bassist here, even when he is being purposely illusive. The middle eastern sounds that come through the themes and the band's playing seem to be something to do with Sarbib's origins, and his fluency in fusing the tightness of bands in the jazz tradition with free playing, Asian and African influences owe a lot to being the son of a jazz musician and studying widely across the world's music. I'd certainly like to hear more from the man, whose music I only have a small sample of, and I'm completely ignorant about his European work and US-based big bands. The origins of 'One for Mo' are clear; 'Egypt' is the strongest articulation of the North African themes in his work; and 'UFO' describes the landing of a craft from another world. It's the most textual of all the tracks. 'Between C&D' isn't a musical reference as I first thought, but named for the Manhattan 10th Street loft of John Betch, whom Sarbib has played with. Whitecage has his strongest playing here, with twining, bluesy lines forming round mellow bass and percussion. When Lazro, solos the band go into overdrive, and then sit back and admire all that they have achieved, prod it some more, and then let Sarbib have pretty traditional solos, before a jolly ensemble out. The audience are strangely reserved, possibly not familiar with the music. I'm guessing it was recorded in Europe, possibly France.

It's a joy throughout.

Expect more goodies soon.

TTT featuring A.R. Penck "Catch the dollar" (unknown date, MPO LP-BB 13/UTOPIA) FLAC & MP3-320

Part two of our Penck series, this time featuring Frank Wright & Butch Morris. Info from Rick Lopez's discography :

TTT featuring A.R. Penck: New York, New York [Catch The Dollar]

music corporation MPO LP-BB 13/UTOPIA (LP)

Date ? / Venue ?

1. New York, New York!!
2. Catch the dollar!
3. Proof and search!

Frank Wright (sax; vocals)
Butch Morris (cornet)
Frank Wollny (guitar)
Heinz Wollny (bass)
A.R. Penck (drums, Cover Art)
[Butch Morris also erroneously credited w/ "sax and vocal" at www.avantgart.com/Schall-Penck.htm]

Trilogue Live!

Review by Thom Jurek

For those of you looking for some funky, chunky, Jaco Pastorius jams, this isn't the place. For those looking for extremely free playing where Mangelsdorff's trombone runs wild and chaotic, this isn't it either. For the fusion freaks entranced by Alphonse Mouzon's skittering drum work that stops and starts on a sliver of light, best look elsewhere. For the rest, who are seeking great jazz in any configuration, this just might be your ticket. Recorded at the Berlin Jazz Days in 1976 and originally issued on LP while Pastorius was at the height of his tenure with Weather Report and playing an all-Mangelsdorff selection, this trio delivers an inspired performance that relies on timing, virtuosity, and a little humor for its bread and butter. The title track is the opener, and its slight abstraction is quickly replaced by Pastorius suggesting the frame of the melody to his counterparts, who pick it up and glide. On "Zores Mores," knotty little post-bop lines are woven into an easy framework of Mouzon's dancing hands and a solid yet very flexible interplay between the trombonist and Pastorius' ever-inquisitive basslines. The shimmering tension between the trio's members is all heat on "Accidental Meeting," the closest piece to pure abstraction here, but Mangelsdorff insists on, at the very least, the articulation of jazz formalism. "Foreign Fun" starts out like surreal circus music, but quickly walks the razor's edge between Weather Report's more adventurous material and noirish jazz. The set closes with the groaning humor of "Ant Steps on Elephant's Toe," a bumping, bubbling, dub-style cut that features Mangelsdorff blowing fully out of the blues and Pastorius playing the very best Aston Barrett he can. The dub effect gives way to funk about halfway through, and Mouzon becomes animated, doubling and tripling his cohorts in a joyful dance of curiosity and discovery. This cut is street-tough, plenty nasty, and leaves the audience -- and listeners too, no doubt -- begging for more. 

Trilogue - Live : Live "Berlin Jazz Festival", Berlin, November 6, 1976

Albert Mangelsdorff, tb/Jaco Pastorius, eb/Alphonse Mouzon, perc. 

01 Trilogue 

02 Zores Mores 

03Foreign fun 

04 Accidental meeting 

05 Ant steps on an elephant's toe 

MP3s links  in comments, if interested, ape or flacs would be offered.

Beryl Booker Quintet with Miles Davis - Birdland, 26th April, 1952

This short (12 minute) FM broadcast appeared on dime over the weekend (thanks to natefrawg), and I thought I'd share it here as it is very listenable and has a lot of music, despite average to poor sound - in fact, the sound very much adds to the atmosphere.

Beryl Booker Quintet (w/ Miles Davis)
26th April, 1952
Birdland, New York

Source: FM Broadcast

Miles Davis (tpt)
Don Elliot (vb, mellophone)
Chuck Wayne (g)
Beryl Booker (p)
Clyde Lombardi (b)
Connie Kay (d)

01 Radio intro (0:17)
02 Rifftide (4:11) (not Lady Be Good, according to dime cognoscenti)
03 Introduction (0:24)
04 It Could Happen to You (4:32)
05 Introduction (0:13)
06 Wee Dot (2:13)
07 Announcer talking over Birks' Works (0:39) (again, identified by joerg from dime)

Details of this unissued radio session are also to be found here.

TTT featuring A.R. Penck "3 + 2 = XXXXX" (1984, music corporation) FLAC & MP3-320

As promised, we start a little series of Penck LPs posts. This one as already been up on Church Number 9 but is presented here in flac & high quality mp3.

Info from Rick Lopez's discography :

TTT featuring A.R. Penck : 3 + 2 = XXXXX

music corporation (LP) 1984

May 27, 1984 / Dimensional Sound Studio, New York City

1. We Met Frank and Butch in Town
2. Our Sound Unity

Frank Wright (sax, voice)
Butch Morris (cornet)
Frank Wollny (guitar)
Heinz Wollny (bass)
A. R. Penck (drums, Cover Art)


If any of you knows how all these sessions came about, we'd be very interested to know.

Enjoy,
Pierre

Elton Dean's Newsense - FM Broadcast Berlin 1997

Details:

ELTON DEAN’S NEWSENSE
Berlin Jazzfest
07 November 1997

FM radio broadcast

Elton Dean: alto sax, saxello
Roswell Rudd: trombone
Paul Rutherford: trombone
Annie Whitehead: trombone
Jim Dvorak: trumpet
Alex McGuire: piano
Marcio Mattos: cello
Paul Rogers: bass
Mark Sanders: drums


Perhaps the most widely-known fact about Elton was that he gave half his name to a budding popstar legend. For those who don't know the story - in the 60s Elton co-led a band along with blues singer Long John Baldry. The band's pianist took half his professional name from each of these guys and went on to fame and fortune (whether these were deserved is a matter I won't get into).

Elton was an early member (though not a founder) of Soft Machine, and with the Soft Machine Legacy which was a reunion band formed around 2002. In the intervening years he played in numerous free jazz groups along with Keith Tippett and others in that circle. Newsense, which was put together in 1997 is a little unusual in having three trombonists, led by the great Roswell Rudd. Rutherford worked frequently with Elton in Keith Tippett's band, and Annie Whitehead is the best female British trombonist around.

The numbers on this concert are an interesting mixture of free group improvisation and big band arrangements. The brass blend together extremely well.

The guy who seeded this on dime (can't remember his moniker, but my thanks to him and to the original taper) did so on the second anniversary of Elton's death in 2006. Sadly, last August, Paul Rutherford also passed away. I think this recording is a fitting trubute to them both.

Sound quality on this FM recording is excellent. MP3 and Flac links in comments.

Ted Daniel: In The Beginning

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Ted Daniel: In The Beginning

1. Greeting (Ted Daniel)
2. Illusions (Arthur Blythe)
3. Folley (Charles Tyler)
4. Hassan (Oliver Lake)

Recorded at Studio We, New York City on April 12, 1975 (tracks 1&2) & May 21, 1975 (tracks 3&4). Released on CD in 1997.

Altura Music ALT1-412755217525

April 12, 1975 (tracks 2&4)
Ted Daniel (tp), Oliver Lake (as), Arthur Blythe (as), David Murray (ts), Charles Tyler (bs), Hassan Dawkins (ss), Kappo Umezu (as, bcl), Richard Dunbar (french hn), Melvin Smith (g), Tatsuya Nakamura (perc, tubular d)

May 21, 1975 (tracks 1&3)
Richard Dunbar (fh), Ahmed Abdullah (tp), Ted Daniel (tp), Charles Stephens (tb), Charles Tyler (bs), Kappo Umezu (as, bc), Hassan Dawkins (ss), Danny Carter (ts), Tatsuya Nakamura (perc, tubular d), Steve Reid (traps), Richard Pierce (b), Melvin Smith (g).

This may well be David Murray's first commercial recording. It also features a host of players who went on to define the late 1970s New York loft jazz scene. The CD included a short essay by Daniel on the music and its context. It seems to imply that these recordings were not previously available.

The ensemble was a horn-heavy big band characteristic of the time. I have to admit that I bought the record as part of my attempt to collect everything David Murray had recorded, but the music is perhaps as interesting for the contributions of others, and it's value is in what it tells us about the time. You'll need to make a little effort to listen to this, as it seems to have been recorded from a single mic in a largish room. However, the mastering is good, and the playing always interesting.

Daniel says he conceived of 'Greeting' as part of a suite, with this part conveying majesty. There's solos from Daniel and Lake, and it seems that the written theme was liberally interpreted by the players with some conducting from Daniel.

The far more interesting 'Illusions', seems to be a wander through the history of big band playing. As the journey unfolds we move through ensemble work, improvisation amongst sections, and some solos. Murray opens the solos, and although many of his mannerisms are apparent, and the gospel top notes shriek out, he integrates this with other horns, responding to their interjections. There's some great trio playing against a horn section riff. The ideas for the WSQ are apparent here. Blythe is clearly more accomplished at this point, and I love the duet with Melvin Smith's guitar. It's like ten pieces of music bundled into one.

Tyler's 'Folly' is very military and vaudeville at the same time. Some ensemble work and horn soloing gives way to a guitar-led cacophony cut through with percussion. there's less variety in this over twenty minute piece.

'Hassan' features Murray as the new boy on the block. It's my favorite here. Lot's of variety, multiple short solos integrate into a textural flow, which regularly congeals into a swinging ensemble style which then slowly unwinds again. It's easy to see from this track why Murray made such a quick impression on his arrival in New York; even amongst players with more experience on the scene.

This is more an intriguing snapshot in time than a classic recording, but I hope you enjoy it.

John Carter & Bobby Bradford quartet- secrets 1972 (revelation lp 18)FLAC & lame

many thanks to "serviceton" for providing this wonderful album, i am grateful to have a clean and intact version of this.
on the day that i bought my copy 15 years ago from a second hand record store ,there i was smugly walking back to the train station thinking what a lucky score to have nabbed it in mint condition for a few bucks , when suddenly i bumped into a pole and dropped the bag the lp was in , it fell hard onto the concrete and subsequently rolled into the gutter , chipping the edge making the first track on either side unplayable.

serviceton says
“2 records were released on Revelation Records by the Carter / Bradford group.
The 1st, from 1969 and credited to the New Art Jazz Ensemble was entitled 'Seeking' and is the record that was re-released by HatArt on the early 90's.

The *other* Revelation LP came out in 1972, and is titled "Secrets'. It's never been put on CD, which is a pity as it's a warm & intelligent jazz record.

the personnel is
john carter- clarinet, alto sax
Bobby Bradford- tpt,
nate morgan or bill henderson- pno
Louis Spears or Henry Franklin- db
Ndugu or Bruz Freeman- dr


btw/ if there's any demand serviceton and i , both have more out of print john carter material.

enjoy!!

Joe McPhee "The Willisau Concert" (1975, hat Hut B) FLAC & MP3-320

To complement Dale & Wallofsound recent McPhee posts, here is the second Hat Hut release. Standing between "Black Magic Man" and "Tenor" is not an easy place for a record in a discography but this one fits quite well. The formation is a trio, with McPhee playing tenor and soprano, John Snyder on synthesizer and processed voice, and South African Makaya Ntshoko on drums. For those who don't like synthesizers, be warned that it is not used here as a gimmick or as decoration. It has a very big, uncompressed sound typical of the experiments of the 70's and at times it feels like it is the center point of the music, at least in terms of sound mass.

It has been a long time since I posted on Inconstant Sol so expect a lot of nice material in the near future. In the meantime, hope you enjoy this one.

Pierre


Note : I wanted to post K. Curtis Lyle & Julius Hemphill until now very rare "Collected Poems for Blind Lemon Jefferson" M'Bari LP as a complement to "Dogon A.D." but I found out that it has been reissued by Ikef records. The label does not seem to have a web site but is widely distributed.