17 August 2012

United Front - Live in Moers '79


As promised, here is my recording of the United Front in Moers '79.
Note that in the Festival program, this group was listed as "Lewis Jordan Quartet".

Rec. live at the 8th Moers Jazz Festival, Moers, Germany, on Sunday,
June 3, 1979 (mics recording)

Lewis Jordan,alto sax
George Sams,trumpet & flugelhorn
Mark Izu,bass
Carl Hoffman,percussion

1. Intro by Burkhard Hennen (0:37)
2. Nothing Is More Precious Than Independence And Freedom (09:54)
3. Nomadic Winds (12:43)
4. Unknown (08:12)
5. Unknown (13:21)
6. Unknown (09:57)
7. Unknown (06:41)
8. Unknown [encore] (04:03)

Total Time 1:05:32

Nomadic Winds (excerpt)
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21 comments:

  1. riccardo17 August 2012 at 19:29:00 CEST

    mp3 (150 MB):
    rapidshare | crocko


    flac (428 MB):
    rapidshare part1 | rapidshare part2 | crocko part1 crocko part2

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  2. corvimax17 August 2012 at 20:06:00 CEST

    I'm really enthusiast about this finding, it must be before they record any album as united front, many thanks riccardo

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  3. wightdj17 August 2012 at 20:40:00 CEST

    Cool, thanks.

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  4. Unknown18 August 2012 at 00:46:00 CEST

    A group that is completely new to me, thanks a million.

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  5. ewan18 August 2012 at 03:45:00 CEST

    I wonder if Live in Berlin (SAJ-45) might be forthcoming from Destination Out?

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  6. Anonymous18 August 2012 at 14:11:00 CEST

    Wow! Great to discover this band. I'm so grateful for your blog and all the wonderful music I've found.
    I wish I could be an active contributor, but I'm lucky even to be able to access a machine at all.
    Evermore indebted and thankful,
    ...Tom F.

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  7. Byablu18 August 2012 at 21:16:00 CEST

    Great! Thanks so much Riccardo.

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  8. boldsouls20 August 2012 at 10:29:00 CEST

    ...oh yes Riccardo, I am grateful to you for reminding me to that great and hot days in Moers 1979.
    You still remember how much fun we had after Sun Ra's 'No Rain!!!'-show, there in the park.
    Unfortunately, I lost my recordings from the morning solo project with Bluiett, Carter and Jörgensmann.
    Did you record them, too?
    ...it would be nice if we could meet us at the Braxton concerts in Italy next month!?


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  9. riccardo20 August 2012 at 15:31:00 CEST

    @ boldsouls

    1. About Sun Ra: you mean the Quartet or the Orchestra
    concert? (i can post both).

    2. "Theo Jorgesmann & John Carter" previously posted, H.Bluiett not listened.

    3. Braxton will be in Italy in mid-October: happy to meet you then!

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  10. boldsouls20 August 2012 at 18:59:00 CEST

    Hi Riccardo-

    thanks for the quickly reply! Will you also be in Saalfelden? For me it's first time for years, I won't
    be in Sant Anna Arresi.

    Yes, Braxton is going to play in October. Up to now, I've booked the flight, the Hotel in Venice and the tickets in
    Reggio Emilia. The days before I'm staying in Berlin for the Quintet and after Italy in Antwerp for his solo gig.

    My e-mail is boldsouls@yahoo.de - I live between Wuppertal and Moers - it would be great if you could reply
    by e-mail, because I'm not familiar with Blog rules.

    Best!

    Juergen

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  11. riccardo20 August 2012 at 22:50:00 CEST

    @ Juergen (boldsouls)

    I will be in Saalfelden Saturday and Sunday: the "Muhal Richard Abrams’ Experimental Band" concert is a must!!
    (see you soon by e-mail)

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  12. Arcturus22 August 2012 at 17:24:00 CEST

    wow, riccardo - been having some computer problems so haven't visited for a while

    I've appreciated so many of your posts, but this may top all for me - a very crucial piece of SF bay history in this short-lived band & an important part of my early listening experience

    yet, again, thanks millions!

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  13. Arcturus22 August 2012 at 19:56:00 CEST

    United Front @ Great American Music Hall, SF w/ India Cooke & Kash Killion (3 min tease):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45K52yw-H3M

    George Sams' Middle Passage circa 1984, Part 1 of 3 starts here:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARSDE9ZQ8o

    (quartet w/ Sams, Cooke, Killion & Anthony Brown)

    George Sams'
    NuArtMetroGallery's video channel (old & new material:

    http://www.youtube.com/user/NuArtMetroGallery

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  14. Arcturus22 August 2012 at 19:57:00 CEST

    some recent India Cooke video:

    India Cooke at an OPCM free jazz jam (unidentified, that's Bill Crossman on piano who I believe organized them & Lewis Jordan on alto):

    http://vimeo.com/4156953 (w/ Eddie Gale & Lewis Jordan)
    http://vimeo.com/5137102 (duet w/ Lewis Jordan)
    http://vimeo.com/5136732
    http://vimeo.com/5010515

    Bill Crossman w/ Spirit on congas & a drummer I can't name:
    http://vimeo.com/5317350

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  15. riccardo22 August 2012 at 22:14:00 CEST

    @ Arcturus

    A warm thank you for the video suggestions!

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  16. Unknown27 August 2012 at 10:17:00 CEST

    Riccardo many thanks for the file recording artist

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  17. Anonymous10 September 2012 at 16:51:00 CEST

    Thank you Riccardo, for this and so many other musical gifts you have shared in the past.
    ...Tom F.

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  18. francisco santos8 August 2016 at 08:21:00 CEST

    re post, please...
    THX!...

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  21. francisco santos19 October 2016 at 23:14:00 CEST

    BIG THX!...

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