6 August 2014

KEITH TIPPETT / PAUL DUNMALL / CHRIS BOLTON / TONY LEVIN - BARTONS ARMS






















THE FRIENDLY FACE OF FREE IMPROVISATION.....

As Keith Tippett likes to call it 'spontaneous composition', and this really sounds like it.  I don't think I can think of a more musical group of doggedly determined free improvisers; making up tunes as they go along. There are moments of real beauty, real passion, real swing, real good old fun, and even reggae!  I hope you can enjoy this.

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - baritone and soprano saxophones
CHRIS BOLTON - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 17:56
2. 20:19

Bartons Arms, Birmingham.  14 November 1986


  

12 comments:

bventure said...

Brilliant, thanks Andy - and a very belated enormous thanks to both you and Paul for the DLE deluge. Had been away & came back to find all the DLE wonders plus a Sun Ra flood on Dime, & been catching up ever since. Also recommend anyone to visit Bartons Arms, an amazing ornate Victorian survival.

wightdj said...

Cool, pre-Duns LE, thanks.

Nick said...

Thanks Andy - I saw KT at the Bartons Arms around that period, but it must have been a year or so before this. Great venue.

Bernd said...

Many thanks Andy for this great music.

chrisc said...

I'm definitely gonna enjoy this. Thank you Andy.

martin said...

Oh joy! Thank you. I saw all but one of these 'notMujician' gigs; and I remember each night Tony Levin seemed to manage just one facial expression - pure happiness.

Danny said...

Hi Andy,
Again and as always: thank you for spreading this fantastic music.

martin said...

This is the gig I missed, so extra thanks. However, my first track seems to lack any sound. Is it just me?

martin said...

Yes it was me. I have downloaded again and everything is now fine.

sandor essedy said...

thanks for this one.

corvimax said...

fantstic! many thanks

Digger Ancient Garage said...

Hey there S