21 August 2022

RAPHE MALIK QUARTET "UNNA, 1979"

 


Raphe Malik, trumpet
Glen Spearman, tenor saxophone
Jay Oliver, double bass
Stephen McCraven, drums


1. Life Without Lloyd, Part 1 (40:49)
2. Life Without Lloyd, Part 2 (11:30)
3. Life Without Lloyd, Part 3 (29:47)
4. Life Without Lloyd, Part 4 (06:57)


Recorded on October 10, 1979 in Unna, Germany.

9 comments:

  1. Thanks for this and CCMC - I'm away for a while, so will listen when back home

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  2. Thanks a lot Ernst - much appreciated as always

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  3. Wow! This is really a stunning performance, and I was not expecting the recording to be so good! Thank you very much Ernst!

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  4. amazing!!
    i took that and revisited some other Raphe Malik' stuff i had here
    wonderful work he has

    crazy how easy we forgot some some really good artists 'cause the same old (DIVINE) big dogs come into the discussions

    thanks for sharing and remember me (us) this great one!!

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  5. I haven't kept the studio recordings of Raphe Malik that I bought in the past because my feeling was that the music he recorded for his albums was very good but a bit static. Recently I got another live from him that makes me change my opinion so I've been curious about this live too. The conclusion is that this musician was really at home during live performances. This concert is great, i don't know if this band have played regularly during this period but there is a cohesive feeling. Stephen McCraven and particularly Jay Oliver are very inventive and both Malik and Spearman doesn't step into typical cliché of free jazz, both have got very good interventions. it is interesting to notice how the tradition can be heard in Malik's playing. I really can hear echoes of musicians like Lee Morgan in the soft side of his playing and Ted Curson in the more outside playing.
    Thank you Ernst for this share, it is the third concert that you post and all are interesting in term of music and sound.

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