DEEP JOY TRIO - PORGY & BESS, VIENNA 2009

PAUL DUNMALL - tenor and soprano saxophones, bagpipes
PAUL ROGERS - 7 string bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 52:00

Porgy & Bess Jazz and Music Club, Vienna, Austria.  15th March 2009

Photo by Bernd Wimmer

Burton Greene, Daoud Amin - Trees (Button-Nose 1973)

Daoud Amin - bongos ans percussion
Burton Greene - piano, percussion, lotus flute

A1 - Suite: Variations On Darbari Kanada In Three Movements (1973)   25:55
B1 - Woodstock Vibrations (1967)     11:38
B2 - Vishnu (1972)     13:09

all compositions by Burton Greene,  A1 is based on a theme by Jamaluddin Bhartiya

side A recorded live at the Doelen Alternative Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, June 1973
side B recorded live at the Central Museum Utrecht, September 1973

Button-Nose Records - 002
vinyl rip

JOJI YUASA ‎– WORKS OF JOJI YUASA: INTER - POSI - PLAY - TION (EX-HOUSE, 1979)

A. Inter - Posi - Play - Tion

B. Calling Together



Yukimasa Morimoto, conductor


Side A

Yoshisaburo Toyozumi, drums
Sumire Yoshihara, percussion
Masahiko Sato, piano
Yoshiaki Fujikawa, saxophone


Side B

Akiko Suetsugu, Kou Shinozaki, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Tenjo Sajiki, Youko Ran, Yutaka Nemoto, spoken word



Recorded live on 19-21 December 1971.

EX-House ‎– EX-001

LP Rip

ITARU OKI – OPERA NIGHT / ITARU OKI FROM PARIS (PADDLE WHEEL, 1986)

A1. I Remember Clifford
A2. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
A3. Sombre Dimanche
A4. In A Sentimental Mood

B1. Opera Night
B2. Days Of Wine And Roses
B3. Like Someone In Love



Itaru Oki, trumpet, flugelhorn
Alain Jean Marie, piano
Jean Jacques Avenel, bass
Oliver Johnson, drums



Recorded at Sysmo Record, Paris, 6 December 1984

Paddle Wheel - K28P 6409

LP Rip

JOJI YUASA ‎– TRIPLICITY FOR CONTRABASS (RCA RED SEAL, 1974)

A1. Triplicity For Contrabass
A2. Projection Esemplastic For White-Noise

B.  Voices Coming


Masahiko Tanaka, contrabass (A1)

A2 and B produced at the Electronic Studio of the NHK.

Manufactured by Victor Musical Industries Inc., Tokyo, Japan

RCA Red Seal ‎– JRZ-2104

LP Rip

JiŘí STiVíN - Zodiac Live at Prague Spring 2007

Stivín's album Zodiac (Zvěrokruh in Czech, released 1977) was never performed live, until Spring 2007, in time for 40th anniversary of its creation. From studio version, where Stivín played also drums beside saxes, flutes etc., and posted here before, he retained both string quartet and mixed choir (even in updated personnelss). Slovak pianist Gabriel Jonáš was busy at the time for Prague Spring Festival, so he was replaced by Karel Růžička. Added are vibraphonist Radek Krampl and Stivín's occasional international partners, bassist Ali Haurand and drummer Daniel Humair. Various medieval melodies are used in choir parts. I think result is still vital mix of classical & early music, folklore and jazz.


JiŘí STiVíN - Zodiac Live at Prague Spring 2007

01. Živly / Elements (Jiří Stivín) 28.15
02. Nálady / Moods (Jiří Stivín) 23.50
03. Zvěrokruh / Zodiac (Jiří Stivín) 14.35
04. Miserere (Stivín-Růžička-Krampl-Haurand-Humair / Anonym) 5.30 (encore)

Jiří Stivín - flutes, saxes and bass clarinet
Karel Růžička - piano
Radek Krampl - vibes, marimba and devices
Ali Haurand - double bass
Daniel Humair - drums

Talich Quartet (Jan Talich - 1st violin, Petr Maceček - 2nd violin, Vladimír Bukač - viola, Petr Prause - cello)
Kühn mixed chorus, choirmaster Marek Vorlíček.

Czech Radio broadcast. Recorded June 2, 2007 at Prague Crossroad (Saint Anna Church). Concert was part of Prague Spring festival.

TAKESHI SHIBUYA - PIANO SOLO (AKETA'S DISK, 1983)

A1. Runagirio
A2. Old Folks
A3. Estrellita
A4. My One And Only Love
A5. Solitude

B1. Tarirari Blues
B2. Body And Soul
B3. Misterioso
B5. Gipsy Love Song


Recorded at Aketa-no-mise, Nishi Ogi, in February, June and July, 1982

Aketa's Disk - AD-13

LP Rip

Alan Silva - Luna Surface

Here's another one, reactivated from the early days of the blog, posted back in 2009, again due to a request. This time I did not have to go the archives to find it; instead went to the Rutracker torrent site and lo and behold, there it was! Only difference was that a audiochecker log file was attached, informing me that the files are 99.5 per cent compact disc digital audio, which is kinda funny considering the file was taken from a fine old rusty analogue lp. Stuff travels, eh? Anyway, enjoy the cacophony!

Original post follows:

While in the business of resurrecting old BYG Actuel records, here's another one, also posted on the Church#9 blog, then in the mp3 format, but again upgraded to a lossless audio format for posting here.

How to characterise this one? It is what it is, I guess. To some, an inpenetrable wall of sound, to others a no holds barred piece of collective improvisation. However which way it is viewed, assessed or interpreted, it's a piece which hardly had any precedents and hardly has seen any successors. Or maybe it has, but in terms of intensity and aural onslaught, rare by most standards.

A veritable star-studded cast of free jazz maestros on this 28-minute piece:

Bernard Vitet - trumpet, french horn
Grachan Moncur III - trombone
Archie Shepp - soprano sax
Anthony Braxton - soprano and alto sax
Kenneth Terroade - tenor sax
Dave Burrell - piano
Alan Silva - violin
Leroy Jenkins - violin, viola
Beb Guerin, Malachi Favors - bass
Claude Delcloo - drums

Recorded 17 August 1969 in Paris

Dive in!

Joachim Kühn Africa Connection feat. Pharoah Sanders - Berlin JazzFest 2o13

This one probably comes from dime, but i got it from torrents. Thanks to previous uploaders.

joachim kühn africa connection feat. pharoah sanders
'gnawa jazz voodoo'
jazzfest
haus der berliner festspiele, grosse buehne
berlin, germany
31.10.2013

source: dvb-s > techno trend tt-premium s2-6400 twin hd > hdd > nero wave editor > flac
(mpeg1 layer 2/320 kbps) [radio station - rbb kulturradio]

joachim kühn - p
majid bekkas - guembri, oud
ramón lópez - dr, perc
joseph bessan kouassi - conga, talking drum, voc
abdessadek bounhar - perc
fathallah chaouki - perc
moussa sissokho - perc
pharoah sanders - sax

01. pharoah 05:40
02. soon in june 19:59
03. transmitting 11:02
04. gbalele 11:25

Hozan Yamamoto-Le Japon aux quatre saisons-1980

Here's a lovely Japanese flavoured chamber Folk-Jazz session (with some free improvisation) led by Hozan Yamamoto, very reminiscent of mid 70's Oregon, perhaps even  inspired by them  up to a point...
I'd certainly have mistaken the guitarist as Ralph Towner in a blind fold test!
And a dash of early 60's Jimmy Giuffre.
Gorgeous tunes too.

Hozan Yamamoto -Shakuhachi
Yasuo Arakawa-db
Ryo Noda-Saxophones
Sadanori Nakamure-Guitars
released by yupiteru in 1980
Enjoy!


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Ps , i recently finally found the correct belt for my turntable, which is now running much more accurately.

Ken Vandermark's Free Fall Trio - Live Stockholm 2007 (FM recording) flac

There were a couple of requests for this one, so I thought I might as well put it at the top of the front page as it was originally posted quite a while ago, back in February 2008. Otherwise it is as it was, but with a new link at the bottom of the comments section. Posted back then by Boromir:

This trio is unlike any of the other projects that Ken Vandermark's been involved in. There's none of the wild energy found in Vandermark 5 and his work with The Thing. The trio was formed to carry on the style of the 1960s drumless trio of Jimmy Giuffre. The influence is obvious, though the music they play is not a straight tribute to Giuffre. Vandermark plays clarinet on all tracks. The music is melodic and reflective, and is a tribute to Vandermarks flexibility. He is well accompanied by an excellent Swedish pairing.

Details:

Ken Vandermark - Free Fall
2007-September-19
Stockholm, Sweden
Glenn Miller Café, 2007

Ken Vandermark,reeds
Harvard Wiik,p
Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten,b

Set 1: 45:321
Title 4:51
2 Announcement KV 0:08
3 E.C. (HW,comp) 8:08
4 Announcement KV 0:33
5 Methologies (HW,comp) 7:36
6 Title 3:40
7 Announcement KV 0:58
8 Open, Not Closed 6:26
9 Announcement KV 0:32
10 Music For Clocks 6:48
11 Announcement KV 0:09
12 Invisible Cities (HW,comp) 5:34
13 Announcement Speaker 0:08


Set 2: 44:381
Title 1:59
2 Announcement KV 0:27
3 Eulogy For The Typewriter 10:33
4 Announcement KV 0:29
5 Ithalics (HW,comp) 4:53
6 Title 4:30 7 Announcement KV 0:12
8 Cottonfield 6:41 9 Title 2:23
10 Title 2:19
11 Announcement KV 0:31
12 Turns (TerrieEx,comp) 9:24
13 Announcement Speaker 0:11

The concert was broadcast on Swedish radio. Sound quality is excellent. Thanks to jazzrita for seeding this fine concert.
Link in comments.

JEAN-FRANÇOIS JENNY-CLARK & ALDO ROMANO ‎– DIVIETO DI SANTIFICAZIONE (HORO RECORDS, 1977)

A1. Divieto Di Santificazione
A2. River Bop
A3. Luce Rossa
A4. Verra' La Morte E Avra'

B1. Viva Fo
B2. Via Libera
B3. Stamatopoulos
B4. Atto Di Nascita
B5. Abitudini


Aldo Romano, drums, piano, acoustic guitar
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, bass
Alessandro Sperli, voice


Recorded at Mama Dog Studio, Rome on 23-24 June 1977

Horo Records ‎– HZ 07

LP Rip

ISAO SUZUKI ‎– THREE CUSHION (PADDLE WHEEL, 1981)

A1. Perhaps
A2. Moritat
A3. Together Again

B1. Three-Cushion
B2. You Don't Know What Love Is
B3. Sandy


Isao Suzuki, bass
Motohiko Hino, drums
Yoshiaki Miyanoue, guitar
Ichiro Doi, piano
Akira Miyazawa, tenor saxophone
Tadanori Konakawa, trombone


Recorded at King Studio 2, Tokyo, on 6 May 1981

Paddle Wheel ‎– K28P-6119

LP Rip

SOMMER / JOST - DuOh! "DIE DUNKLE WOLKE" (FISH MUSIC, 1987)

Update: Recently I've re-listened to this album. And I enjoyed it even more than a few years ago.
IMO it's a minor classic -

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A meeting between the eastern and the western part of Germany. It was not the first one.
Already before 1973 Jost Gebers fom FMP brought musicians from West-Berlin to the City's eastern part. These meetings/concerts between musicians from the DDR and the "West" were at the beginning illegal.
A concert by the Irène Schweizer Quartet on October 1973 marked the beginning of official encounters. The relationship to the DDR administration remained somewhat fragile and demanded creative input especially from Jost Gebers.
It is safe to say that the reunion was already on it's way before anyone even imagined the german reunification.

This recording - made two years before the wall came down - is a superb example of this notion.
But luckily the music does offer a much broader view of sound - humour included.

It's not necessary to introduce Günter "Baby" Sommer. Ekkehard Jost is mostly known as the author of seminal books about European Jazz (among others).
By no means only a theoretician he is also an accomplished reedist with a preference for the low tones. An original musician who deserves a wider recognition.

His own label Fish Music has up to date 14 releases from which only the first three LPs are deleted.
The CDs are still available from himself.

His examination of folk music is singular insofar as the original feeling remains intact even when the music becomes "abstract". Clear structures but still some sense of wonder.




Günter Sommer, drums, percussion
Ekkehard Jost, sopranino, baritone & bass saxophone, bass & contrabass clarinet

01. Il passo pesante (Sommer) 2:21
02. Oh Lützellinden (Jost) 4:55
03. Nou? (Sommer) 4:13
04. Ich bin ein freier Bauernknecht (trad./Jost/Sommer) 2:21
05. Schnatter Jump (Jost) 1:41
06. One-Two-Tre (Sommer) 5:29
07. Fahr wohl, lieber Klaus (Jost) 3:43
08. Ingelheimer Fernsicht (Jost) 2:41
09. Jamais de Schlappland in my casa grande (Jost) 5:33
10. So long Karl May (Sommer) 4:05
11. Es geht eine dunkle Wolke herein (trad./Jost/Sommer) 2:12

Theme from tr.4 is a peasant song from the 17th century.
Theme from tr.11 is from Johann Werlins manuscript compilation (1646).

Amman Boutz Studios, Gießen, Germany on 2nd November 1987

Fish Music FM 001

(vinyl rip)

Enjoy.

NAOJI KONDO TRIO - LIVE AT THE TARUPHO (TARUHO FARM, 1986)

A1. Message
A2. Bass Solo To Horikiri's Theme
A3. We Don't Know What Jazz Is!

B1. Fellahin
B2. I Know


Naoji Kondo, tenor saxophone
Daisuke Fuwa, bass
Shiro Ohnuma, drums

Recorded live at Tarupho, Yamato, on 26 January 1986

Taruho Farm - 1001

LP Rip

TCHANGODEI, STEVE LACY ‎– THE WASP (VOLCANIC RECORDS, 1984)

A1. The Wasp
A2. High School
A3. Struggle

B1. African Song
B2. The Other Way
B3. Rolling


Tchangodei, piano
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone

Volcanic Records ‎– 15010

LP Rip

Michael Vlatkovich - 9113 (Thankyou Records 1984)

Michael Vlatkovich - Trombone, Percussions (A1)
Chuck Sabatino (tracks: A1, A5) - Bass, Percussion, Voice
Tony Garcia (tracks: A2) - Soprano and  Tenor Saxophone
Devorah Vlatkovich (tracks: A3, B2)  - Vocals
David Crigger (tracks: A4) - Drums
Vinny Golia (tracks: B1) - Baritone Saxophone
Michael Jacobsen (tracks: B3) - Cello
Bobby Bradford (tracks: B4) - Cornet
Bill Mays (tracks: B5) - Piano

A1 - Fiends With An Are 9113    
A2 - The Are ... I Am / All I See Are Firetrucks    
A3 - When Do Clowns Cry?    
A4 - Complete With Black & White Cows    
A5 - Serphemple Pog    
B1 - But My Chair, In The Cafeteria!    
B2 - Where Hello Means Good-Bye    
B3 - 9113    
B4 - 9113: White, Black & White, And Mostly Brown    
B5 - Friends 9113

compositions by Michael Vlatkovich

Thankyou Records, mv003, vinyl

NORIO MAEDA - SAXOPHONE UNITY (COLUMBIA, 1967)

A1. Take 5
A2. 'Round About Midight
A3. Oleo
A4. Night In Phirygia

B1. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
B2. What Is This Thing Called Love?
B4. On Green Dolphin Street
B4. Dead Heat


Norio Maeda, piano, arranger
Akira Miyazawa, tenor saxophone, flute
Shigeo Suzuki, alto saxophone, flute
Akitoshi Igrarashi, alto saxophone
Konosuke Saijo, tenor saxophone
Ichiro Mimori, tenor saxophone
Horoshi Okazaki, baritone saxophone
Takeshi Inomata, drums
Tatsuro Takimoto, bass


Columbia - Takt Jazz Series - XMS-10031-CT

LP Rip

TONY LEVIN TRIO - City Gallery, Leicester 1991

TONY LEVIN - drums
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor and c-melody saxophones
PAUL ROGERS - bass

Set One

1. One for Len  40:21

City Gallery.  Leicester. 19 September 1991

The trio went on to be called the Babu Trio and then the Deep Joy Trio.
If you haven't yet heard the wonderful 4 cd set Deep Joy on DUNS Limited Edition, download it here.

Hear also Deep Joy Trio Live in Austria FMR CD298-1210

MOTOTERU TAKAGI - KUKU, NAGOYA, 2002

1-5. Untitled


Mototeru Takagi, saxophone

Recorded at Kuku, Nagoya, on 11 February 2002


Kuku - 810009

CDr Rip

NONAKA "GOKU" MITSUMASA - STREET PREACHING AT THE CHESHIRE CAT (M&M RECORDS, 1983)

A. Solo

B. Duo



Nonaka "Goku" Mitsumasa, drums, percussion

Jiro Shoda, piccolo trumpet


Recorded on 1 November 1982 at the Cheshire Cat


M&M Records - LM-1392

LP Rip

Mirka Křivánková + Jiří Stivín & Co. Jazz System - Zrcadlení / Reflections (1984)

Another from number of still-not-yet-on-CD Stivín albums. This one is special for his collaboration with singer Mirka Křivánková (now mainly not musically active). Křivánková was singing on live occasions with these musicians, but album story is different. She recorded some solo voice improvisations in studio in 1982. Two years after Jiří Stivín used them as compositional material, adding his instruments and rhythm colleagues. Alan Vitouš is of course brother of famous bassist Miroslav. I don't have this vinyl, recordings comes somehow direcly from Mirka K., so included pics are from discogs.


Mirka Křivánková + Jiří Stivín & Co. Jazz System - Zrcadlení / Reflections (Supraphon 1984)


Jiří Stivín: Odrazy / Reflections

1.    Odrazy hlasů / Reflections of Voices        4:30
2.     Odrazy Obrazů / Reflections of Images        3:55
3.    Odrazy rytmů / Reflections of Rhythm        5:05
4.    Odrazy minulosti / Reflections of the Past    5:10
5.    Odrazy odvazů / Reflections of Actions        3:00

Jiří Stivín: Doteky / Contacts

6.    Minimální doteky / Minimal Contacts        7:30
7.    Mlhavé doteky / Misty Contacts        3:05
8.    Bludné doteky / Erratic Contacts        2:40
9.    Hravé doteky / Playful Contacts        2:35
10.  Žhavé doteky / Ardent Contacts        5:10


Mirka Křivánková – voice
Jiří Stivín – flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, marimba, treating the voice tapes
Ondřej Soukup – double bass, bass guitar
Alan Vitouš – percussion


Recorded 1982 at Czechoslovak Radio Studio A (Křivánková) & 1984 at Mozarteum Studio, Prague (others).

LP Supraphon 1115 3116 

SHIKU YANO. CHIEKO MUTSURRA. MARCIO MATTOS. EDDIE PREVOST - Sutton House, 1993

SHIKU YANO - shakuhachi
CHIEKO MUTSURRA - koto
MARCIO MATTOS - bass,cello
EDDIE PREVOST - percussion

1. 7:45  (SY.CM)
2. 5:56  (SY)
3. 15:20 (SY.MM.EP)
4. 7:15  (SY.MM)
5. 29:21 (SY.CM.MM.EP)

Sutton House, London.  July 1993

BBC Radio 3

EVOLUTION ENSEMBLE UNITY ‎– CONCRETE VOICES (EEU, ALM RECORDS, 1976)

A1. Brilliant Corners
A2. Drops
A3. Bone
A4. Drift
A5. Stone Blues

B.  Concrete Voices

Morio Yoshida, bass, percussion
Mototeru Takagi, soprano & tenor saxophone, alto & bass clarinet, percussion
Toshinori Kondo, trumpet, alto horn, percussion

A Side recorded live at Kalavinka on 2 November 1976.
B Side recorded live at EEU concert at Space Out on 24 September 1976.

EEU ‎– EEU-001, Alm Records ‎– AL-3003

LP Rip

MOTOTERU TAKAGI - MAKAYA TEMPLE, 1998

1. Untitled


Mototeru Takagi, tenor saxophone


Recorded live in 1998 at Makaya Temple, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka

CDr Rip

BLUE EFFECT & JOČR :: New Synthesis 2 (1974)

Happy New Year :)


Here is the album I thought some of you like to hear: Rocky fusion of Blue Efect group (named M. Efekt then) cobbled with Czech Radio bigband. I like it constantly. It is currently still available with 9CD box only with complete group's output, so I believe I will make no harm to our mighty Supraphon label. Enjoy.


M. EFEKT & JAZZOVÝ ORCHESTR ČS. ROZHLASU - Nová syntéza 2 (Panton 1974)


1. Nová syntéza 2 / New synthesis 2 (22:05)
2. Je třeba obout boty a pak dlouho jít / One must first put on shoes and then walk for quite a while (9:57)
3. Klíště / The tick (3:25)
4. Jedenáctého října / October 11 (7:29)

Line-up

- Radim Hladík / electric guitar
- Josef Kůstka / bass, electric violin, vocals (2-4)
- Lešek Semelka / vocals (all)
- Vlado Čech / drums

- Laco Deczi / trumpet solo (1)
- Karel Růžička / organ solo (1)
- Petr Král / tenor saxophone solo (1)
- The Pavel Kühn Choir / chorus (1)

- The Czechoslovak Radio Jazz Orchestra, directed by Kamil Hála

Recorded August 1973 in Prague