30 October 2014

NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP NO.50 "REMEMBER OSCAR PETTIFORD" (1967)




Dusko Goykovic, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Milo Pavlovic, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Åke Persson, trombone
Eric Van Lier, trombone, tuba
Eddie Busnello, alto saxophone
Johnny Griffin, tenor saxophone
Hans Koller, tenor saxophone
Mal Waldron, piano
Karl-Theodor Geier, bass, cello
Eddie De Haas, bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums
Hans Gertberg, announcer

Rehearsal
01. Rehearsal chatter                         0:16
02. Blues In The Closet (B. Powell)         5:05
Solos: Goykovic (tpt); Persson; Goykovic/Persson/Heath (4s)

03. Rehearsal chatter                         1:33
04. Keep The Fort (O. Pettiford)         4:17
Solos: De Haas (b); Geier (cello)

05. Rehearsal + chatter                 3:21

Concert
06. Remember O.P. (M. Waldron)                 5:10
Solos: Goykovic (tpt); Pavlovic (flh)

07. My Little Cello (O. Pettiford)         4:00
Solos: De Haas; Geier (cello)

08. Introduction (Hans Gertberg)         0:15
09. Keep The Fort (O. Pettiford)         4:14
Solos: Persson; Van Lier (tb)

10. Introduction (Hans Gertberg)         0:50
11. Bohemia After Dark (K. Clarke)         7:27
Solos: Pavlovic (tpt); Busnello; Griffin; Pavlovic/Busnello/Griffin (4s)

12. Introduction (Hans Gertberg)         0:41
13. Blues In The Closet (O. Pettiford)      7:08
Solos: Griffin; Heath; Griffin/Heath (4s)

14. Closing announcement                 0:22

Recorded on February 24, 1967 at Studio 10, Grosser Sendesaal des NDR Funkhauses, Hamburg.

29 October 2014

JEF GILSON ‎– ANTHOLOGY JEF GILSON 1945/1975 : THE BEGINNING OF JEAN-LUC PONTY (PALM, 1975)






A1. Laughin'Sophie
A2. Saxifrage
A3. Three-four Strings
A4. Parodixieland
A5. Big Ben

B1. Java For Raspail
B2. Before Z
B3. Horoscope
B4. Three-Four-Two
B5. King Of The Mountain
B6. Up To The Light


Jean-Luc Ponty, violin, clarinet (B6)
Bernard Vitet, flugelhorn (A1,2,5,6, B4,5)
François Jeanneau, soprano saxophone (A1,2, B2-6)
Jean-Louis Chautemps, tenor saxophone (A1-4, B2-6), baritone saxophone (A3,4)
Joseph Martin, french horn (A1,2, B2-6)
Claude Lenissois, bass clarinet (A1,2, B2-6), clarinet (B3)
Jef Gilson, piano (A1-4, B1-6)
Henri Texier, bass (A1,2,3-5, B1-6)
Stephane Vilar, drums (A1-4, B2-6)
Mowgli Jospim, trombone (A4, B4,5)
Pierre Bergeret, trumpet (A5, B1)
Ivan Jullien, trumpet (A5, B1)
Michel Poli, trumpet (A5, B1)
Jean-Pierre Burtin, trombone (A5, B1)
Dominique Watre, trombone (A5, B1)
Raymond Pichereau, bass trombone (A5, B1)
Joseph Martin, french horn (A5, B1)
RM Nicolas, clarinet (A5, B1)
Claude Lenissois, bass clarinet (A5, B1)
François Jeanneau, soprano saxophone (A5, B1)
Jean-Louis Chautemps, tenor saxophone (A5, B1)
William Boucaya, baritone saxophone (A5, B1)
Michel Portal, alto saxophone (A5, B1)
Claude Langue, harp (A5, B1)
Jean-Claude Petit, piano (A5)
Jacques Thollot, drums (A5, B1)
Willy Coquillat, percussion (A5, B1)



Recorded in Paris, Januray and March 1963

Palm ‎– PALM 19

LP Rip





28 October 2014

WATAZUMIDO DOSO ROSHI (1910-1992) "HOTCHIKU"



There is a request for Hotan Yamamoto's "Silver World" which I have as a LP. But unfortunately not yet ripped.
Honestly I don't know when I will be able to do so...
But I got three rips - some month ago - from a great shakuhachi player whom I previously only knew by name.
Have listened to the music only a bit - but it's quite special to say the least.....



Watazumido, shakuhachi (Hochiku)

01.   Saji  06'34
02.   Watazumi No Shirabe      06'14       
03.   Sugagaki  02'04
04.   Mushirabe  01'10
05.   Suzuru        02'52
06.   Sanya      11'23
07.   Sanan  09'22
08.   Kudariba (Kansai)  01'39       
09.   Kudariba  (Oshu)  03'10
10.   Kokuji       08'33
11.   Tamuke  03'08
12.   Hifumi No Shirabe  01'53
13.   Honshirabe  01'58       
14.   Reiho  03'11
15.   Shingetsu  05'05


Recording Date: 1968

Tracks 1-13 taken from "Watazumido (Hochiku)" (Polydor, 1968); track 14 from "Hochiku to shakuhachi" (Polydor, 1961), track 15 from "Hochiku" (Polydor, 1961).

POLYDOR UDC-499 (CD - Japan 2000)

WATAZUMIDO DOSO ROSHI (1910-1992) is perhaps the most legendary of all modern shakuhachi players and teachers. Amongst his many students is Yokoyama Katsuya, one of greatest players in Japan today.

Regarding himself as something other than a musician, Watazumido based his music in an uncompromising vigorous physical discipline. He was a practitioner of the Jo stick, a long hardwood pole with which he used to stretch, massage, pounds and invigorate his body in a daily regimen beginning at 3:30 AM each day. For over 3,000 consecutive days, he maintained this discipline.

Watazumido studied Rinzai Zen attaining the title of Roshi or Master and later became the Kanjo or unifying head of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism. He shunned traditional organized Zen practice for 32 years in favor of his own iconoclastic approach distinguished by breath training and vigorous exercise at its core. The lengthening of the "Out Breath" in his practice is directly descended from the wisdom of the breath as practiced in Zen.

Watazumido's music is as unique as it is intense. His style of shakuhachi playing is based on a discipline combining Zen breath awareness and the martial arts. He is known for the blowing an original, personal style of Honkyoku on bamboos of enormous size and length called hotchiku flutes. shakuhachi.com

NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP NO.2 - HANS KOLLER (1958)



Jörgen Ryg, trumpet
Hans Koller, tenor saxophone
Gerd Dudek, tenor saxophone
Willi Sanner, baritone saxophone
Attila Zoller, guitar
Werner Giertz, piano
Oscar Pettiford, bass, cello
Dave Moore, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums

Disc 1
01. Wiener Blues (A. Zoller)     4:40
02. Early Piece (A. Zoller)     3:05
03. Amusia (A. Zoller)     5:09
04. The Lady is a Tramp (R. Rodgers-L. Hart)     3:48
05. Bernie's Tune (B. Miller-J. Leiber-A. Stoller)     3:59
06. F.G.E. Blues (H. Koller)     5:50
07. The Box (H. Koller)     3:16
08. Yesterdays (J. Kern-O. Harbach)     4:09
09. Willow Weep for Me (A. Ronell)     4:30
10. Kenny's Feeling (A. Zoller)     3:43

Disc 2
01. Cohn's Limit (H. Koller)     6:26
02. Yardbird Suite (C. Parker)     4:01
03. Love Nest (A. Zoller)     4:11
04. Dark Glow (W. Giertz)     5:29
05. Stalag 414 (A. Zoller)     4:45
06. Gertberg Walk (O. Pettiford)     3:56
07. The Gentle Art of Love (O. Pettiford)     6:00
08. Willie der Bär (H. Koller)     6:40


Recorded: November 14, 1958 at Grosser Sendesaal (Studio 10) des NDR Funkhauses, Hamburg.


COMPOSERS POOL "THE BIG REUNION" (RAVENNA, 1985)



Kenny Wheeler, trumpet (or fluegelhorn)
John Surman, baritone saxophone
John Taylor, piano
Dave Holland, bass
Tony Oxley, drums


1. introduction  00:53 
2. unknown title 27:38
3. introduction  02:54 
4. unknown title 31:19
5. unknown title 16:39


Recorded in Ravenna at "Rocca Brancaleone" on July 4 , 1985.

26 October 2014

TERUMASA HINO - THE MAGNIFICENT TRUMPET OF TERUMASA HINO (MCA RECORDS, 1970)




A1. Watermelon Man
A2. Song For My Father
A3. Back Lush
A4. The Return Of The Prodigal Son

B1. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
B2. Cantalope Island
B3. Little Sun Flower




Terumasa Hino, trumpet
Konosuke Saijo, tenor ssaxophone
You Tokuyama, piano
Yuji Ohno, piano
Kunimitsu Inaba, bass
Motohiko Hino, drrums

MCA Records - JMC-5001

LP Rip




THE WILD ROOTS "LONGING FOR PEACE" (RICKS RECORDS, 1992)



Here's something entirely different - for a change...

I Wayan Lantir, gender, balinese drums, gong, flutes
Inus Vendri Putra Nugraha, javanese drums, javanese flute, percussion, koor vocals
Oen's Untung P. Sigalingging, violin, percussion, west java drums, bamboo gamelan, bass guitar
A.H. Purnomo, acoustic guitar, java-sitar, bamboo flutes, magic trumpet, koor vocals
Madi Kertonegoro, chinese, balinese & javanese flutes, sakahochi flute, drum, gangsa, percussion



01. Memory Of Ubud Monkey Forest  6:12
02. Rafting In Ayung River  7:20
03. Tell To The Rainbow That I Longing For Peace  9:06
04. Lalilu-lilalideng  5:12
05. From San Francisco To Mendocino  2:30
06. From Beijing To Padangbai  8:09
07. Palestina  8:19
08. Cross Culture  3:41
09. Diary Of Ubud Night Market Cleaner  6:06
10. Anti Black Magic  4:06



Recorded in Ubud, Bali.

RICKS RECORDS (1992)

(cassette rip)

25 October 2014

JACK BRUCE R.I.P.





















JOHN SURMAN
JACK BRUCE
JON HISEMAN

1. 4:53
2. 7:56
3. 7:38
4. 4:07
5. 5:33
6. 27:49
7. 7:29

BBC 1971

BARRY WALLENSTEIN ‎– TAKING OFF (AK-BA RECORDS, 1982)




A1. Careful Bump / Lucky Man / Macho Mouth
A2. Cages
A3. Love Talk / Rescue / Hazard Heat
A4. Do It Now / Short Life
A5. The Jeweled Moths / Going On

B1. Taking Off
B2. Time Down / Love And Crush / Autumn Music
B3. Birthday Poem / Tune For Annie
B4. To My Love / Lady Of Fashin / A Lone
B5. In The Breath Of The Drum / Girl On The Bed
B6. Lullaby Land / Improv


Jeremy Steig, flute
Jeff Meyer, percussion
Bill Chelf, piano
Charles Tyler, saxophones
Barry Wallenstein, poetry

Recorded at Sound Hights Studio, Brooklyn, 1981


AK-BA Records ‎– AK-BA-1040

LP Rip



23 October 2014

NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP NO.53 "MEET IN BERLIN!" (1967)



Jimmy Owens, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Åke Persson, trombone
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Eric Van Lier, bass trombone, tuba
Gerd Dudek, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Emil Mangelsdorff, alto saxophone, flute
Jan Konopasek, tenor & baritone saxophone, flute
Attila Zoller, guitar
Don Friedman, piano
Barre Phillips, bass
Stu Martin, drums, percussion
Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums

Disc 1
01. Meet in Berlin (A. Zoller) (first version) 4:32
Solos: Zoller, Emil Mangelsdorff (as), Owens, Dudek (ts), Friedman

02. Contrasts (D. Friedman) 5:07
Solos: Friedman, Persson, Konopasek (ts)

03. Flute Blues (A. Zoller) 7:07
Solos: Konopasek (fl), Emil Mangelsdorff (fl)

04. Dreambells (A. Zoller) 6:12
Solos: collective, Zoller, collective

05. Change 'Em Up (J. Owens) 7:42
Solos: Konopasek (ts), Albert Mangelsdorff, Zoller, Friedman

06. Three Times, One Theme (A. Mangelsdorff) 10:55
Solos: Albert Mangelsdorff, Konopasek (bs), Zoller

Disc 2
07. Alicia's Lullaby (A. Zoller) 8:08
Zoller, Phillips, Heath only. Solos: Zoller, Phillips

08. Danzig Suite (A. Zoller) 10:08
Solos: Albert Mangelsdorff, Zoller

09. Spring Signs (D. Friedman) 12:23
Solos: Friedman, Phillips

10. Three, Four, Five, Six (J. Owens) 11:49
Solos: Dudek, Friedman, Owens


Recorded on August 31, 1967 at the Grosser Sendesaal des Sender Freies Berlin, Berlin.

Produced by Hans Gertberg.
"Dreambells" and "Alicia's Lullaby" are included on the LP NDR Jazzworkshop '67 (NDR 599 865).

BARRY WALLENSTEIN, CECIL MCBEE, STANLEY COWELL ‎– BEAST IS (AK-BA RECORDS, 1978)




A1. Revenge, Liberty NY, Legend Of The Wild West
A2. In The Money Talk, All Messed Up
A3. Skimmer, Deception I And II, Snow Fire, A House In The Mountains

B1. Loss Of Parts, Complaint, Paranoia, Back Ache
B2. Beast Is A Wolf, Spider's Way, Snake
B3. A Sleeping Man, Field Of Questions, Shorty Life Of A Five-Minute Dancer
B4. Footprints, Where I Need To Be, Time After Time



Cecil McBee, bass, cello
Stanley Cowell, piano
Barry Wallenstein, poetry


Recorded at Downtown Sound, NYC, June 15, 1976

AK-BA Records ‎– AK-1020

LP Rip




21 October 2014

MICHEL PILZ TRIO "CELESTE" (TRION, 1978)


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


A1. Celeste  4:19
A2. Prompt  8:45
A3. Mira  8:52
B1. Telep  7:43
B2. Mergansee  9:36
B3. Linde  6:25


Recorded Trion Sound Studio, Frankfurt, Germany in March 1978.

TRION 3901 LP 

Note: the cover pics are mine but the rip is still the old one from glmlr which was posted in 2010 by Sotise  see here


LiMBO (2005)


LiMBO (self-released, 2005)

1. Takto! / This Way!
2. Vzpomínka na Afriku / Remembering Africa
3. Frygidní muži / Frygid Men
4. Mr. Long
3. Balada o starých časech / Ballad about Old Times
6. 4 v bazaru / 4 in Bazaar
7. Franta / Frankie
8. Karlíkovi z lásky / To Charlie with Love
9. Dalí na pastvě / Dalí on Graze
10. Nahý rabín (Krása, děkujem.) / Naked Rabi (Great, Thank You.)
11. Blues ze sna / Blues from a Dream
12. Tušení / Premonition
13. Škrunda / Clump  {bonus track}

PAVEL HRUBÝ - tenor sax, bass clarinet
FRANTiŠEK KUČERA - trumpet, flugelhorn
TARAS VOLOSHCHUK - double bass
MiLOŠ DVOŘÁČEK - drums, percussion

Recorded 13. - 14.5. 2005, Faust Records studio, Prague

Czech group Limbo (well, the bass player is Ukrainian, and current drummer from Slovakia), led by reed player Pavel Hrubý, will celebrate 10 years anniversary soon. As acoustic quartet, they are always operating ECM-like side of freebop with slight direction towards improv (at concerts especially). Other (sometimes parallel) seven piece, so called electro-acoustic incarnation is no less attractive. Presented here is their self released acoustic debut, which was reissued last year as mp3 download by blogspot netlabel Signals from Arkaim with one bonus track.
Their fourh (third acoustic) album titled Koncert from 2012 is out on Polí5 label and available in all formats with Name your price option on label's bandcamp store.

19 October 2014

HANS KOLLER FREE SOUND "VIENNA, AUDIMAX, 1974"



Hans Koller, soprano & tenor saxophone, announcements
Zbigniew Seifert , violin
George Gruntz , electric piano, synthesizer
Adelhard Roidinger, bass
Janusz Stefanski, drums, percussion

1. band intro  1:43
2. Adea (Seifert) 24:57
3. Space (Koller) 21:58
4. Red Robin Hood In Baghdad (Gruntz) (incomplete - radio ann. v/o) 8:20

Recorded at Audimax der Universität, Wien (Austria) on June 12, 1974.

JEF GILSON ‎– ANTHOLOGY JEF GILSON 1945/1975 : THE BIG BAND ERA (PALM, 1975)




A1. Chakan
A2. Valse Pour Helene
A3. Le Duel
A4. Eric


B1. Peristyle
B2. Wild Coast
B3. Ubirajara
B4. Rencontre
B5. This One My Last
B6. I Saïe
B7. Creole Love Call
B8. Strings For One



Georges Arvanitas, accordion (B3-5), piano (B7)
Hubert Fol, alto saxophone (B6-7),
Jacques Di Donato, alto saxophone (A2-4),
Michel Portal, alto saxophone (B3-5)
Jean-Louis Chautemps, baritone saxophone (A1-4, B1-5, B7-8)
Claude Lenissois, bass clarinet (A1, B6-7)
Soloists Of Paris, bassoon, clarinet, clavichord, flute, french horn, percussion, strings, trombone, trumpet
Gilbert Rovère, double bass (A1-4, B1-6)
Henri Texier, double bass (B8)
Jacky Samson, double bass (B7)
Charles Saudrais, drums (B7)
Daniel Humair, drums (B3-5)
Pierre-Alain Dahan, drums (A1-4, B1-2, B6)
Stéphane Vilar, drums (B8)
Eddy Louiss, organ (B3-5)
Jean Schultheis, percussion (B3-5)
Jef Gilson, piano (A1-4, B1-5, B8)
Ubirajara Cabral, piano (B3-5)
Nathan Davis, soprano saxophone (A1-4)
André Jaume, tenor saxophone (B6)
François Jeanneau, tenor saxophone (A1, B1-5)
Jean-Louis Chautemps, tenor saxophone (A2-4, B8)
Nathan Davis, tenor saxophone (A2-4)
Pierre Caron, tenor saxophone (A2-4)
André Ferraud, trombone (B6)
André Siot, trombone (B6)
Charles Orieux, trombone (B6)
François Guin, trombone (A2-4, B1-6)
Marc Steckar, trombone (B1-5)
Raymond Fonsèque, trombone (A2-4)
Georges Bence, trumpet (B1-6)
Henri Vanhaeke, trumpet (A1)
Ivan Jullien, trumpet (A1, B1-5)
Jean Liesse, trumpet (A2-4, B6)
Louis Laboucarié, trumpet (B6)
Roger Guérin, trumpet (A1-4)
Tony Russo, trumpet (B6)
Bernard Lubat, vibraphone (A2-4)
Jean Schultheis, vibraphone (B3-5)
Jacques Francis Manzone, violin (A1)
Jean-Luc Ponty, violin (B8)
Vocals – Anna-Maria Bondi (tracks: A1, B7)


Recorded in Paris, 1963-1975

Palm ‎– PALM 20

LP Rip

NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP NO.3 - HANS KOLLER (1958)



Roger Guérin, trumpet
Dusko Gojkovic, trumpet
Hans Koller, alto & tenor saxophone
Michael Hausser, vibraphone
Attila Zoller, guitar
Armin Rusch, piano
Oscar Pettiford, bass
Jimmy Pratt, drums

Disc 1
1. Blues In My Mind (M. Hausser)     11:52
2. Long Ago And Far Away (J. Kern-I. Gershwin)     5:05
3. Blues Around Joe (H. Koller)     7:08
4. Yesterdays (J. Kern-O. Harbach)     3:50
5. I Like To Recognize (A. Zoller)     4:38
6. Back In Paradise (H. Koller)     4:56
7. Are You Real? (B. Golson)     3:43
8. Autumn Leaves (J. Prevert-J. Mercer-J. Kosma)     4:36

Disc 2
1. H.E.C. Blues (M. Hausser)     8:14
2. How About You? (R. Freed-B. Lane)     4:55
3. Moanin' (A. Blakey)     6:42
4. Tune Up (M. Davis)     4:46
5. Minor Meeting (H. Koller)     4:33
6. Sometimes I'm Happy (I. Caesar-V. Youmans)     4:42
7. Happy Afternoon (A. Zoller)     2:49


Recorded in December 22, 1958 at Grosser Sendessaal (Studio 10) des NDR Funkhauses, Hamburg, Germany.

JEF GILSON ‎– ANTHOLOGY JEF GILSON 1945/1975 : THE BEGINNING OF JEF GILSON (PALM, 1975)





A1. Blues In Disguise
A2. Dixieland Blues
A3. Jef's Blues
A4. Chant Inca
A5. Requiem Pour Django
A6. Audytion

B1. Bizz_Arre
B2. Le Grand Bidou
B3. Fable Of Gutemberg
B4. Arva-Et-Viente
B5. Marigny Square Garden
B6. Madison For Mad


Pierre Merlin, cornet (A1)
Claude Luter, clarinet (A1)
Jef Gilson, clarinet (A1,2, 3), piano (A4, B1-3)
Mourgli Jospim, piano (A1)
Michel Pacout, drums (A1)
Jacky Vermont, trumpet (A2)
Claude Romain, clarinet (A2)
Jean-Claude Fohrenbach, tenor saxophone (A2, 4)
Raphael Shechoun, piano (A2)
Henri Cenni, guitar (A2)
Georges Hadjo, bass (A2, 3)
Fernand Minete, drums (A2)
André Persiany, piano (A3)
Jean Bonnal, guitar, (A3)
Jean Liesse, cornet (A4)
Jean-Louis Chautemps, tenor saxophone (A4, B4-6)
Guy de Fatto, bass (A4)
Robert Barnet, drums (A4)
Georges Kirsch, percussion (A4)
Gilbert Diaz,  trumpet (A5, 6)
Alex Renard, trumpet (A5, 6)
Raymond Fonsèque, trombone (A5, 6)
Roland Audy, alto saxophone (A5, 6)
Georges Bessières, tenor saxophone (A5, 6)
Henri Jouot, baritone saxophone (A5, 6)
Gilbert Gassin, bass (A5, 6)
Armand Cavallaro, drums (A5, 6)
Georges Gay, trumpet (A6)
Raymond Katarzinsky, trombone (A6)
Alain Tabarnouval, soprano saxophone (B1-3)
Pierre Caron, tenor saxophone (B1-3)
Lloyd Miller, balafon, microrgan (B1-3)
Alain Melet, electric bass (B1-3)
Henri Texier, bass (B1-3)
Pierre-Alain Dahan, drums (B1-3)
Georges Bence, trumpet (B4-6)
Ivan Jullien, trumpet (B4-6)
Jacques Nourredine, baritone saxophone (B4-6)
Georges Arvanitas, piano (B4-6)
Paul Piquillem, guitar, (B4-6)
Pierre Sim, bass (B4-6)
René Nan, drums (B4-6)



Recorded in Paris, 1946-1962

Palm ‎– PALM 18

LP Rip

17 October 2014

NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP NO.41 - CARLA BLEY & JCOA (1965)



...upon request    :-)

Michael Mantler, trumpet
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
Prince Lasha, alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
Hans Koller, tenor saxophone
Ronnie Ross, baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
Attila Zoller, guitar
Carla Bley, piano
Paul Bley, piano
Kent Carter, bass
Barry Altschul, drums
Hans Gertberg, announcement


Disc 1

1. Touching (A. Peacock)                  05:36
Paul Bley, Carter, Altschul

2. Both (A. Peacock)                          05:29
Mantler, Lacy, Koller, Paul Bley, Carter, Altschul

3. Unknown Title (fragment)                  00:05

4. Isis (C. Bley)                          07:18
Mantler, Lacy, Koller, Paul Bley, Carter, Altschul

5. Cartoon (A. Peacock)                  08:59
Mantler, Lacy, Lasha, Koller, Ross, Paul Bley, Zoller, Carter, Altschul

6. Walking Battery Woman (C. Bley)          03:43
Mantler, Lacy, Carla Bley, Carter, Altschul

7. Communication No. 7 (M. Mantler)          06:30
Mantler, Lacy, Lasha, Koller, Ross, Paul Bley, Zoller, Carter, Altschul

8. Slow Dance (C. Bley)                  07:34
Mantler, Lacy, Lasha, Koller, Ross, Paul Bley, Zoller, Carter, Altschul

9. Closer (C. Bley)                          07:51
Mantler, Lacy, Zoller, Carla Bley, Carter, Altschul

10. Doctor (C. Bley)                          08:10
Mantler, Lacy, Zoller, Carla Bley, Carter, Altschul

Disc 2

1. Introduction (Hans Gertberg)          02:14

2. Floater (C. Bley)                          08:24
Mantler, Lacy, Lasha, Koller, Ross, Paul Bley, Zoller, Carter, Altschul

3. Communication No. 11 (M. Mantler)          11:57
Mantler, Lacy, Lasha, Koller, Ross, Carla Bley, Zoller, Carter, Altschul

4. Closer (C. Bley) (inc (fade out))          05:37
Mantler, Lacy, Zoller, Paul Bley, Carter, Altschul

TT ~ 90:00


Recorded at Studio 10, Grosser Sendesaal des NDR Funkhauses, Hamburg on October 29, 1965.
Produced by Hans Gertberg.

16 October 2014

Jimmy Giuffre-Music for People Birds Butterflies and Mosquitoes 1973+ River Chant 1975

 Jimmy Giuffre genre bender extraordinaire, without who's contribution contemporary free improvised music might not even exist ..or would at least be very different.

.He did it before AMM, SME,MEV.. or any other Acronymed cats!....

Innovative arranger with Woody Herman in the 40's,inventor of folk inflected chamber
Jazz,,............pioneer of so called third stream... and  in a lesser trawled period as on these lp's synthesiser of a raw rhythmically but paradoxically ethereal.. propulsive  freewheeling free Jazz,with strong Asian and African accents ....and the tunes are in no way generic or anodyne (despite the track titles new age connotations)

Giuffre had the gift here of a flexible creative rhythm section ..(where the F..are they now?), huge dynamic range .. extraordinary MAGICO empathy!

Damned...these records are ., too beautiful ,for this grotesque corrupting physical reality we are obliged to inhabit..or think we inhabit... trapped in some Devils dream time!

I know the Choice catalogue has been reissued in Japan circa early thousands , i think there was also an abridged reissue culled from both these lp's .. but that's long gone too..i think!

enjoy!



DAVID ROSENBOOM - ON BEING INVISIBLE (MUSIC GALLERY EDITIONS, 1977)




A. On Being Invisible Part I

B. On Being Invisible Part II


David Rosenboom, live electronics


Recorded at The Music Gallery, Toronto, on 12 February 1977

Music Gallery Editions, MGE 4

LP Rip


David Bond Trio - Odyssey (Vineyard 1980)


David Bond has been on the jazz scene since the late 1970's, performing in New York, Boston, New England and Europe with jazz heavyweights such as Archie Shepp, Dewey Redman, and Sonny Fortune. Mr. Bond has recorded several albums with the likes of Bob Moses, Marion Brown, and Dennis Charles. He has performed in famous venues such as Lincoln Center and in numerous concert series including the Annual Black Musicians Conference and summer concerts at the Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston. http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/davidbond

Peter Sowerwine - Cello
Charles Miller - Conga, Percussion
David Bond - Saxophone Alto

A1 - Glide         8:15
A2 - Gravity     9:00
A3 - Bond's Blues     4:45
B1 - Dance Gallery     7:05
B2 - Illusion     5:55
B3 - Anthem     7:30

recorded in New York, 6 april 1980

Vineyard Record Company - VRC 1001
Vinyl rip

David Bond is still making music, and good one, you can check it here http://www.davidbondjazz.com/recordings.html
'The Key of Life' and  'Quintet: The Early Show' are the most enjoyable on my advise

14 October 2014

Richard Davis trio-Feat Joe Beck& Jack Dejohnette- Song for wounded Knee 1973


Richard Davis what can one say!.. his records under his own name are so undervalued.. most of them are out of print...
This is a passionate testament to the trio's heartfelt political activism, something considered corny and passé in todays largely arid musical landscape... evermore relevant though in a world that is arguably geopolitically worse off than it was in 73.
Its a world where bread and circuses take on a whole other dimension, the illusion of personal freedom indistinguishable from and so frequently confused with the sphere of personal consumption.

I've always  loved the more abstract side of Davis's musical sensibility amply displayed here in a set
of glowing largely improvised pieces..on the opening Blues" Song for Wounded knee" , Davis uses the melody to blue Monk.. but the rest is pretty free.. Davis's arco is evident throughout.. some passages on 'America the beautiful "or "Agnewstic"wouldn't be out of place in a chamber piece by Helmut Lachenmann...
staggering.. gorgeous!
enjoy!
ps.. this may have been partially inspired by the great book "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee"which came out around that time

Richard Davis.Org
Vinyl rip ... split tracks, no syrup!

13 October 2014

JIMMY LYONS ‎– PUSH PULL (HAT HUT RECORDS, 1979)




AB. Mary Mary

C1. After You Left A
C2. After You Left B

D.  Tortuga

E.  Push Pull

F.  Breakout


Jimmy Lyons, alto saxophone
Hayes Burnett, bass
Karen Borca, bassoon
Munner Bernard Fennell, cello
Roger Blank, drums


Recorded live, May 6, 1978 at the Collective for Living Cinema NY.

Hat Hut Records ‎– Y/Z/Z

LP Rip





JIMMY LYONS / SUNNY MURRAY ‎– WHAT TO DO ABOUT (HAT HUT RECORDS, 1981)



C. What To Do About #1 And #2



Jimmy Lyons - alto saxophone
John Lindberg, bass
Sunny Murray, drums


Recorded live at Jazz Festival Willisau on Saturday August 30, 1980.

Hat Hut Records ‎– TWENTYONE (2R21)

LP Rip


12 October 2014

GLOBE UNITY ORCHESTRA "BAD GODESBERG, 1979"


Here's a post for Rasimov77 - he shared some goodies in the 'Contributions' section.
Among the links was one for a GUO recording from 1979.
It turned out that it was a part of the recording presented here.


Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Enrico Rava, trumpet
Kenny Wheeler, trumpet
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Paul Rutherford, trombone, euphonium
Günter Christmann, trombone
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
Gerd Dudek, soprano & tenor saxophone, flute
Evan Parker, soprano & tenor saxophone
Michel Pilz, bass clarinet
Bob Stewart, tuba
Alexander Von Schlippenbach, piano
J.B. "Buschi" Niebergall, bass
Paul Lovens, drums & percussion


Disc 1
1. Flat Feet (E. Rava)     13:51
2. Reflections (M. Schoof)     12:48
3. Trom-Bone-It [Trombonaut] (G. Christmann)     7:56
Disc 2
1. Boa (A. von Schlippenbach)     11:26
2. Nodagoo (K. Wheeler)     10:47
3. Quasimodo (S. Lacy)     11:23
4. Worms (S. Lacy)     9:53
5. The Forge (A. von Schlippenbach)     9:15
6. Improvisation (Globe Unity Orchestra) (encore)     5:59

Recorded January 26, 1979 at Stadttheater Bad Godesberg, Germany.

JAYNE CORTEZ AND THE FIRESPITTERS – THERE IT IS (BOLA PRESS, 1982)





A1. There It Is
A2. U.S. / Nigerian Relations
A3. I See Chano Pozo
A4. Skin Diver

B1. Opening Act
B2. If The Drum Is A Woman
B3. To A Gypsy Cab Man
B4. Blood Suckers


Jamaaladeen Tacuma, bass
Farel Johnson Jr, bongo, bells, congas
Abraham Adzinyah, congas
Denardo Coleman, drums
Bern Nix, guitar
Charles Moffett Jr, tenor saxophone
Bill Cole, shenai, musette, korean sona
Jayne Cortez, poetry


Recorded July 22, 1982 at O.A.O. Studio, Brooklyn, New York

Bola Press - BP-8201

LP Rip



Marion Brown-Duets with Wadada Leo Smith and Elliott Schwartz-1970-3



Some" rescue remedy" ,for Aussie Tony.. a perfect antidote to those brutal nightmares you've been having of waking up naked in a room full of hamsters, razor blades,plastic tubes and Western Australian Senator Cory Bernardi  also naked... i'm appalled and terrified at the intensity of shock you must be suffering ... hope this helps  its magnificent...
Elliott Schwartz interview.. Changes in Contemporary Music

IST "ANAGRAMS TO AVOID" (SIWA, 1995)


Rhodri Davies, harp
Mark Wastell, cello
Simon H. Fell, bass


A1. Index Of Microgrooves 07:00
A2. Strim Stram Strellach 11:12
A3. Adolphus Hailstork And The Barlow Composers 05:19
B1. Chwit Chwat Chwilen Bwgen 13:22
B2. Used Sacks To Iceland 08:32
B3. A Beaker Full Of Death 03:54

Recorded at Soundworld, Chelmsford on 8 August, 5 September and 15 December 1995.


SIWA Records SIWA#3

10 October 2014

JAYNE CORTEZ & THE FIRESPITTERS ‎– BORDERS OF DISORDERLY TIME (BOLA PRESS, 2003)




1.  Sunny Side Of The Page
2.  Pocket Trumpet
3.  Afro Spot
4.  Beautiful Sea Of Waves
5.  In The Morning
6.  About Flyin' Home
7.  A Miles Davis Trumpet
8.  Dialogue On Violence
9.  Mr. Louie
10. Know Your Reality
11. Somewhere A Woman Is Singing
12. What's Your Take


Sam Furnance, alto saxophone
T.K. Blue, alto saxophone
Alex Harding, baritone saxophone
Al MacDowell, bass
Charnett Moffett, bass
Ron Carter, bass
Denardo Coleman, drums
Bern Nix, guitar
James "Blood" Ulmer, guitar
Jan Cherry, violin
Frank Lowe, tenor saxophone
Jayne Cortez, poetry


Recorded on 26 May, 29 July and 23 August 2002 at Harmolodic Studios, NY

Bola Press ‎– BLP2003

CD Rip




JAYNE CORTEZ & THE FIRESPITTERS ‎– TAKING THE BLUES BACK HOME (HARMOLODIC, VERVE RECORDS, 1996)





1.  Taking The Blues Back Home
2.  Bumblebee, You Saw Big Mama
3.  Mojo 96
4.  Cultural Operations
5.  The Guitars I Used To Know
6.  Talk To Me (For Don Cherry)
7.  I Have Been Searching
8.  Global Inequalities
9.  Blues Bop For Diz
10. You Can Be
11. Endangered Species List Blues
12. Nobody Knows A Thing



Talib Kibwe, alto saxophone
Al MacDowell, bass
Denardo Coleman, drums
Bern Nix, guitar
Carl Weathersby, guitar
Billy Branch, harmonica
Nakoyo Suso, vocals
Abdoulaye Epizo Bangoura, djembe
Salieu Suso, kora
Sarjo Kuyateh, kora
Frank Lowe, tenor saxophone
Jayne Cortez, poetry


Recorded and mixed at Harmolodic Studios, Harlem, NY.

Harmolodic ‎– 531 918 2, Verve Records ‎– 531 918 2

CD Rip




9 October 2014

HOWARD RILEY TRIO "ANGLE" (CBS, 1969)



...from the OOP CD ...


Howard Riley, piano
Barry Guy, bass
Alan Jackson, drums
Barbara Thompson, flute (tr.7 only)

1. Exit          5:01
2. Gormenghast          7:08
3. S & S          2:18
4. Fragment          7:47
5. Angle          7:18
6. Aftermath          2:36
7. Three Fragments   3:04
8. Gill          5:44

Recorded in London, 3rd December 1968 and 2nd January 1969.

COLUMBIA – 4944332 (CD rip)

Originally released in 1969 as LP (CBS 52669)

JAYNE CORTEZ ‎– EVERYWHERE DRUMS (BOLA PRESS, 1990)




1.  Adupe
2.  Maybe
3.  Drying Spit Blues
4.  What's Happening
5.  Make Ifa
6.  Stockpiling
7.  Firespitters
8.  Everybody Wants To Be Somebody
9.  Push Back The Catastrophes
10. Nelson Mandela Is Coming 2
11. Everywhere Drums



Talib Kibwe, alto and soprano saxophone
Al MacDowell, bass
Denardo Coleman, drums
Ed Blackwell, drums (2, 11)
Bern Nix, guitar
Bill Cole, Korean hojok
Adzenyah Donno, talking drum, congas, percussion
Abraham Kobena, talking drum, congas, percussion
Frank Lowe, tenor saxophone
Jayne Cortez, poetry



Recorded at Sound Ideas Studios, NYC, on 21 June 1990.

Bola Press ‎– BP9001

CD Rip




8 October 2014

Ray Russell-Dragon Hill-1970

Here's a great little LP on the short lived CBS Realm label series,which released other quite stunning albums by..Gordon Beck,Frank Ricotti Tony Oxley, and Barry Guy among others.

Ray Russell, a british Guitarist who despite having a jazz background,much like his contemporary Chris Spedding say, seems to have spent a lot of his professional life in the studios,
making library records for TV, and Films as well as playing on dozens of well known rock albums by Phil Spector, Art Garfunkel, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick and countless others.

.He was also notably in Harry Beckett's Sound of Joy and similar fusion projects in the mid 70's.

This though is an exploratory at times quite free set of sophisticated extended post bop compositions , flavoured by  touches of RnB, and Rock.

Russell's an interesting thoughtful player who's playing here is fluid,inventive even ecstatic!.yeah very beautiful sitting to these ears somewhere between 60's john Mclaughlin and Sonny sharrock's
'Tauhid" period, and just as interesting..

relistening again after many years... one hears a strong stylistic connection to early Soft Machine,as well as Jack Bruce Elton Dean  and Keith Tippett's contemporaneous free inflected Fusion albums...

heres a link to his website
and discogs entry

be nice to know more about some of the other players here, of whom really only Ron Mathewson, Harry Beckett, and Lyn Dobson are familiar names..

This record has to my knowledge, yet to be reissued , though the even better "Rituels" from 1971 posted here by boromir in 2008 , has been, as has live at the ICA on RCA also from 71
Righteous RAY!!
enjoy!

CHARLES TYLER ‎– LIVE IN EUROPE: JAZZ FESTIVAL UMEÅ (AK-BA RECORDS, 1977)





A.  Fall's Mystery

B1. Folly
B2. Voyage From Jericho



Charles Tyler, alto and baritone saxophone
Ronnie Boykins, bass
Steve Reid, drums
Melvin Smith, guitar


Recorded live at the Umeå Jazz Festival, Sweden, 24-26 October 1975.

AK-BA Records ‎– AK 1010

LP Rip





JAYNE CORTEZ & THE FIRESPITTERS ‎– CHEERFUL & OPTIMISTIC (BOLA PRESS, 1994)




1.  Hello Everybody
2.  Samba Is Power
3.  I Wonder Who
4.  She Got He Got
5.  War Devoted To War
6.  Find Your Own Voice
7.  Sacred Trees
8.  I'm Gonna Shake
9.  Into This Time
10. I Got The Blues
11. Cheerful & Optimistic


Talib Kibwe, alto and soprano saxophone
Al MacDowell, bass
Denardo Coleman, drums
Bern Nix, guitar
James Carter, baritone saxophone
Abdoulaye Epizo Bangoura, djembe
Salieu Suso, kora
Sarjo Kuyateh, kora
Frank Lowe, tenor saxophone
Jayne Cortez, poetry


Recorded at Polarity, NYC, on 22 February and 14 March 1994.

Bola Press ‎– BP9401

CD Rip



7 October 2014

CHARLES TYLER/ENSEMBLE ‎– VOYAGE FROM JERICHO (AK-BA RECORDS, 1975)




A1. Voyage From Jericho
A2. Return To The East

B1. Just For Two
B2. Children's Music March
B3. Surf Ravin





Arthur Blythe, alto saxophone
Charles Tyler, alto and baritone saxophone
Ronnie Boykins, bass
Steve Reid, drums
Earl Cross, trumpet


Recorded July 1974 at Studio ONE, N.Y.

AK-BA Records ‎– AK 1000

LP Rip



JAYNE CORTEZ – UNSUBMISSIVE BLUES (BOLA PRESS, 1980)





A1. You Know
A2. For The Brave Young Students In Soweto
A3. Ogun´s Friend

B1. Brooding
B2. In The Morning
B3. The Red Pepper Poets


Denardo Coleman, drums
Bern Nix, guitar
Bill Cole, muzette, nagaswarm
Joe Daley, tuba
Jayne Cortez, poetry


Bola Press – BP-8001

LP Rip




5 October 2014

SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE - BBC SESSION 1993






















JOHN STEVENS  drums, pocket trumpet
ROGER SMITH  guitar
JOHN BUTCHER  tenor and soprano saxophones
NEIL METCALFE  flute

John Stevens in conversation with Brian Morton

1. Chat  7:37
2. Peripheral Vision  3:05
3. Chat  3:02
4. Interplays pt1  20:02
5. Interplays pt2 /outro  9:53

BBC Radio 3 'Impressions' 1993

I'm guessing some of this was used on the expanded version of  A New Distance on Emanem, which is essential listening. (I've got the original ACTA version)

MAURICIO KAGEL "TACTIL / UNTER STROM" (DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, 1974)



This was a draft of Sotise - and after I got a rip of this LP some time ago I thought of posting it mayself....

Side A:       
TACTIL
Theodor Ross, Wilhelm Bruck, spanish guitar, harmonica
Mauricio Kagel, piano, harmonica

Side B:
UNTER STROM       
Christoph Caskel, Mauricio Kagel, Wilhelm Bruck, sounds [Experimentelle Klangerzeugung]


Tactil (Für Drei) was recorded in 1970.
Unter Strom (Für Drei Spieler) was recorded in 1969.

Deutsche Grammophon  2530 460 (1974)

(lp rip)