MICHEL PORTAL R.I.P. (1935-2026)

 

MICHEL PORTAL QUINTET "PARIS 68-01-20"


Michel Portal, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Joachim Kühn, piano
Barre Phillips, double bass
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, double bass
Aldo Romano, drums

1. A Notre Père 35:36

Recorded at La Maison de la Radio, Foyer B, Paris on January 20, 1968.
(pre-fm)

ROLF KÜHN SEXTET "HAMBURG, 1969"

 

Rolf Kühn, clarinet
James Chick Carter, tenor & baritone saxophone, flute
Heinz Sauer, tenor saxophone
Joachim Kühn, piano
J.F. Jenny-Clarke, bass
Stu Martin, drums    


01.  Vampire's Castle (JK,comp) - Ann RK 15:28
02.  Invention For Five + One (RK,comp) - Ann RK 11:29
03.  Nobody Knows You Tomorrow (JK,comp) 8:47
04.  Screams For Peace (fade-out) 5:14

Recorded on April 27, 1969 at Junges Theater, Hamburg, Germany.
(fm)

FRANÇOIS JEANNEAU QUARTET "ANTIBES, 1977"

 

François Jeanneau, tenor & soprano saxophone
Michel Graillier, piano
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, double bass
Aldo Romano, drums


01. In Going 21:30
02. Etat de grace (AR) 5:20
03. title 5:31
04. title 7:39
05. Le Lynx (FJ) 6:42

Recorded on July 21, 1977 at Festival de jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France.

(FM)

STEVE GROSSMAN & JEAN-FRANCOIS JENNY-CLARK "NEW MOON" (MUSICA RECORDS, 1978)

Born January 18, 1951 in Brooklyn, NYC; died in Glen Cove, N.Y., August 13, 2020
R.I.P. -



Steve Grossman, piano, soprano & tenor saxophone
Jean-Francois Jenny-Clarke, bass


A1. Haressah            07:25
A2. I Do Not Know Yet   09:25
B1. New Moon            03:51
B2. King Tut            06:22
B3. A.M.                02:01
B4. Out Of Nowhere      05:17
B5. Body And Soul       02:10

Recorded January 14, 15 and 16, 1978 in Paris, at Davout Studios.

MUSICA RECORDS  MUS 3027

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MANGELSDORFF - PORTAL QUARTET + MANGELSDORFF SOLO "LIVE IN GENOVA, 1981"

Got this recording from our recent anonymous donor some weeks ago.
Portal is sometimes a bit too much in the 'background'. This might be due to him wandering around on the stage.
In the same folder was the Mangelsdorff solo - so I assume it is from the same date...



Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Michel Portal, reeds
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, bass
Aldo Romano, drums

Quartet
A1. Quartet 46:46
A2. Quartet 18:49

Solo - Mangelsdorff
B1. Solo - Mangelsdorff 6:30
B2. Solo - Mangelsdorff 7:13
B3a. Announcement - Mangelsdorff 0:18
B3b. Solo - Mangelsdorff 4:32
B4a. Announcement - Mangelsdorff 0:33
B4b. Solo - Mangelsdorff 6:23
B5. Solo - Mangelsdorff 3:00

Live at Cinema Diana, Via Paggi, Genova on February 9, 1981.

DAVE HOLLAND QUARTET & ANTHONY BRAXTON QUARTET "ANTIBES '74 & CHATEAUVALLON '73"

Two excellent concert films. (maybe the two shows aren't complete but surely worth your attention)

The first group is obviously the quartet which recorded the wonderful album "Conference of the Birds" for ECM. The album was recorded on November 30, 1972 in New York. So the concert in France was more than a half year later. Several themes of the LP are easily discernible.
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For the second ensemble I've found the following description.

Details from Coda 12/73 p.34.
"They played a suite especially written for this occasion. A piece that showed some of the aspects in the music of the multidirectional Anthony Braxton. Wheeler and Braxton matched each other beautifully, Wheeler is a musician who has much in common with Braxton, an intellectual player with a cool sound and a good ear for Braxton's intricate written lines. Their performance ended with a bebop-like tune, and drummer Bobo Shaw (from Black Artists Group from St. Louis, BAG) who throughout the piece had revealed himself as a very musical and inventive drummer, kept the music on fire." (Ib Skovgaard Petersen)

[Some discographies claim other days (23rd f.e.) for the Braxton Quartet but I stick with what's given in the TV production, although the menu gives 1974 which is - obviously - incorrect]

During this concert we have the first performances of Braxton's "Composition No. 23B" and "Composition No. 23D".



Dave Holland Quartet - Antibes, Juan-Les-Pins, 1974

Anthony Braxton, reeds
Sam Rivers, reeds
Dave Holland, double bass
Barry Altschul, drums

Recorded July 25, 1974.

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Anthony Braxton Quartet - Chateauvallon, 1973

Amthony Braxton, reeds
Kenny Wheeler, trumpet, flugelhorn
J.F. Jenny Clarke, double bass
Charles Bobo Shaw, drums

Recorded August, 25, 1973

FRANÇOIS JEANNEAU - UNE BIEN CURIEUSE PLANÈTE (PALM, 1975)

A1. Triton I
A2. Kaïna
A3. Theme For An Unknown Island
A4. Febrile Et Solitaire
A5. Une Bien Curieuse Planète

B1. Mr. J.C. For Ever
B2. Nostalgique Futur
B3. Droit D'Asile
B4. A L'Ombre Des Forces Obscures - Triton II

François Jeanneau, soprano and tenor saxophone, C-flute, grounded-billed flute, synthesizers, electric & acoustic pianos, percussion
Michel Grailler, electric & acoustic piano, synthesizers, percussion
J.F Jenny-Clarke, bass, percussion
Bernard Lubat, drums, percussion
Denis Duhaze, narrator (A4)

Recorded 16th & 17th September, 1975 at Studio PALM, Paris


Palm - PALM 22

LP Rip

MICHEL PORTAL UNIT "HAMBURG, 1981"

Thanks to the original taper and poster.....


Michel Portal,  saxophones, clarinets, bandoneon
Bernard Lubat,  piano, drums
Jean-François Jenny-Clark,  bass
Jean-Pierre Drouet,  percussion


1. Splendid Yzlment (MP) [20:55]
2. Voyage (MP) [20:47]
3. Valse Mauve (BL) [16:16]
4. Ball (JPD) [09:52]


Recorded on October 11, 1981 during the 6th New Jazz Festival at the Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany.
FM radio broadcast NDR Hamburg
Tracks 2 (faded out) and 3 were probably a single continous performance.

ROLF & JOACHIM KÜHN QUARTET "FRANKFURT, 1970"

...here we go.

 Rolf Kühn, clarinet
Joachim Kühn, piano
Jean François Jenny-Clark, bass
Jacques Thollot, drums
Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcement

1. introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:59
2. Rue De La Boule Rouge (J. Kühn)     23:57


Recorded on March 22, 1970 at the Kongresshalle, Frankfurt during the 12th Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970, third concert. An excerpt of "Rue de la Boule Rouge" (5:59) has been issued on LP (Born Free: The 12. German Jazz Festival, CBS Scout Sc-S 11).

BADEN BADEN NEW JAZZ MEETING 1986

Haven't heard this New Jazz Neeting - and I'm a bit confused regarding the line-up.......

Kenny Wheeler, trumpet & fluegelhorn
Manfred Schoof, trumpet & fluegelhorn
Herbert Joos, trumpet & fluegelhorn
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Gerd Dudek, soprano & tenor saxophone
Heinz Sauer, soprano & tenor saxophone
Christoph Lauer, tenor saxophone
Michel Pilz, bass clarinet
Philip Catherine, guitar
Toto Blanke, guitar
Karl Berger, vibes, melodica
Joachim Kühn, piano
Barre Phillips, bass
Jean François Jenny-Clark, bass
Daniel Humair, drums
Okay Temiz, drums
Joachim-Ernst Berendt, annoumcement
Werner Götze, annoumcement

Disc 1
01. Introduction     2:07
02. Suggestion (M. Schoof)     10:57
    Solos: Kühn (p), Berger (vb), Catherine

03. Introduction     1:25
04. Walkie-Talkie (J. Kühn)     7:47
    Rolf and Joachim Kühn, Karl Berger, J.F. Jenny-Clark, Aldo Romano (1966)

05. Introduction     0:51
06. Walkie-Talkie (J. Kühn)     10:27
    Sauer, Kühn, Berger, Jenny-Clark, Humair

07. Introduction     0:38
08. After Ibiza (J. Kühn)     8:49
    Solos: Joos, Schoof, Wheeler (tpt), Catherine, Blanke

09. Introduction     0:58
10. From Time to Time (J. Kühn)     10:22
    Kühn, Jenny-Clark, Humair + Dudek, Sauer

11. Introduction     1:04
12. Gülay (J. Kühn)     2:59
    Kühn, Jenny-Clark, Humair

13. Introduction     0:53
14. Moving in Two Grooves (A. Mangelsdorff)     15:07
    Solos: Sauer (ts), Mangelsdorff (tb), Dudek (ts), Mariano (as), Kühn (p), Berger (vb), Wheeler (flh)

15. Announcement     0:28

Disc 2
01. Introduction     0:43
02. Morbidia (A. Mangelsdorff-C. Mariano)     4:36
    Mangelsdorff, Mariano

03. Introduction     0:52
04. I Dig It, You Dig It (A. Mangelsdorff-D. Cherry)     5:10
    Mangelsdorff, Don Cherry (1967)

05. Introduction     0:58
06. I Won't Forget You (B. Phillips)     6:00
    Catherine, Blanke, Phillips, Jenny-Clark

07. Introduction     1:25
08. God Bless the Child (B. Holiday-A. Herzog, Jr.)     6:12
    Sauer (ss), Kühn, Jenny-Clark, Humair

09. Introduction     0:41
10. God Bless the Child (B. Holiday-A. Herzog, Jr.)     6:12
    Sauer (ts), Berger (vb), Kühn, Jenny-Clark, Humair

11. Introduction     1:02
12. A.M. Blues (M. Schoof)     8:10
    Solos: Sauer (ts), Mangelsdorff; voiceover last 1:20

13. Introduction     1:31
14. Fast Nine (O. Temiz)     10:10
    Solos: Mariano (as), Dudek (ts), Temiz, Humair

15. Introduction     1:14
16. Yagapriya (C. Mariano)     16:15
    Solos: Berger (melodica), Mangelsdorff, Catherine, Pilz

17. Announcement     0:07

Disc 3
01. Introduction     0:31
02. The Cafe Parade (C. Mariano)     13:42
    Solos: Mangelsdorff, Wheeler, Catherine, Kühn, Humair, Phillips

03. Introduction     0:33
04. Dakar Dance (K. Berger)     4:35
    Berger with Dave Holland, Ed Blackwell

05. Introduction     0:45
06. Dakar Dance (K. Berger)     7:03
    Solos: Berger (melodica), Wheeler, Berger (vb)

07. Introduction     2:03
08. Winter Song (H. Joos)     8:04
    Solo: Joos (flh)

09. Introduction     0:30
10. Ketal Charlie (T. Blanke)     5:42
    Solos: Mariano (as), Blanke (g), Mangelsdorff

11. Introduction     0:43
12. L'Eternal Desire (P. Catherine)     5:46
    Solos: Schoof, Wheeler (tpt), Catherine

13. Introduction     0:44
14. Gentle Piece (K. Wheeler)     7:46
    Solos: Kühn, Sauer (ts), Mariano (as), Wheeler (flh), Blanke, Dudek/Kühn duo

15. Introduction     1:39
16. We Change (K. Berger)     18:57
    Solos: Joos, Schoof, Wheeler, Mangelsdorff, Pilz, Sauer (ts), Dudek (ts), Blanke, Temiz, Jenny-Clark, Phillips (arco), Kühn, Catherine, Humair

17. Announcement     0:24

Disc 4
01. Introduction     5:05
02. Moving in Two Grooves (A. Mangelsdorff)     8:29
03. Introduction     2:50
04. Gentle Piece (K. Wheeler)     8:27
    Solos: Blanke, Mariano (as), Dudek/Kühn, Wheeler (tpt)

05. Introduction     1:04
06. Be-Ma-Pil-Philz (M. Pilz-B. Phillips)     6:56
    Pilz, Phillips

07. Morbidia (A. Mangelsdorff-C. Mariano)     5:25
    Mangelsdorff, Mariano

08. Meadow Bells (H. Sauer-J. Kühn)     6:01
    Sauer (ts), Kühn

09. Introduction     1:06
10. Walkie-Talkie (J. Kühn) (inc)     1:10
    Rolf and Joachim Kühn, Karl Berger, J.F. Jenny-Clark, Aldo Romano (1966)

11. Walkie-Talkie (J. Kühn)     11:55
    Sauer, Kühn, Berger, Jenny-Clark, Humair

12. Announcement     0:35

Disc 5
01. Winter Song (H. Joos)     6:51
    Solo: Joos (flh)

02. Introduction     2:11
03. Yagapriya (C. Mariano)     14:17
    Solos: Berger (melodica), Mangelsdorff, Catherine, Pilz

04. Dakar Dance (K. Berger)     13:36
05. Fast Nine (O. Temiz)     7:59
    Solos: Mariano (as), Dudek (ts), Temiz, Humair

06. Introduction     0:21
07. After Ibiza (J. Kühn)     11:13
    Solos: Joos, Schoof, Wheeler (tpt), Blanke

08. Announcement     0:24

Disc 6
01. Introduction     0:22
02. Award for Christoph Lauer     7:22
03. I Want to Talk About You (B. Eckstine)     4:15
    Lauer

04. Introduction     1:08
05. Everybody's Song But My Own (K. Wheeler)     8:33
    Wheeler, Catherine, Jenny-Clark

06. Green Table Speech (G. Dudek)     10:38
    Schoof (tpt), Dudek (ts), Phillips, Temiz

07. Gülay (J. Kühn)     10:19
    Kühn, Jenny-Clark, Humair

08. Introduction     0:18
09. L'Eternal Desire (P. Catherine)     6:20
    Solos: Schoof, Wheeler

10. Introduction     0:10
11. Suggestion (M. Schoof) (encore)     8:54
12. Announcement     0:36

Recorded at Südwestfunk Studios, Baden-Baden in December 1986.

Discs 1-3 include music recorded during the Baden-Baden New Jazz Meeting in Südwestfunk Studios in Baden-Baden. Discs 4-6 were recorded at a public performance in early December 1986 at Kurfürstliches Schloss in Mainz.

RIC COLBECK QUARTET "THE SUN IS COMING UP" (FONTANA, 1970)

You'll find some background to Ric Colbeck  here.


Ric Colbeck, trumpet
Mike Osborne, alto saxophone
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, bass
Selwyn Lissack, drums

A1. Aphrodite  14:28
A2. Subdued  6:27    
B1. The Sun Is Coming Up  9:53    
B2. Lowlands  11:39

Recorded at Chalk Farm Studios London on 19-20 January 1970.

FONTANA 6383 001 (vinyl rip)

BARNEY WILEN "ZODIAC" (VOGUE, 1966)

BARNEY WILEN "ZODIAC"


Barney Wilen, tenor saxophone
Jean-Francois Jenny Clark, double bass
Carl Heinz Berger, vibraphone, piano
Jacques Thollot, drums

A1. Poissons 02:46
A2. Verseau 02:28
A3. Capricorne 02:34
A4. Sagittaire 02:18
A5. Scorpion 02:52
A6. Balance 02:53

B1. Vierge 02:49
B2. Lion 02:23
B3. Cancer 02:43
B4. Gémeaux 03:32
B5. Taureau 02:34
B6. Bélier 02:56

Recorded at Studios Vogue, 54 Rue d'Hauteville, Paris.

VOGUE CLVLX 9130 (1966)

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Joachim Kuhn-Paris is wonderful 1969-70

And here is Kuhn's second BYG , LP , Much more of a gloriously sprawling, incendiary blowout!
Kudo's to Andy for the super fine rip and prompt request fulfillment ,
 Much Appreciated!

ENJOY!!

Joachim Kühn - Sound of Feelings 1969

For J and Onxi
Trane's spirit hovers gently over this neglected BYG gem, which to my ears is a companion piece to the Outrageously campily eclectic monster psychedellica of  dear professor Leary..


the chemistry's so good , Kuhn , Jenny- Clarke and Romano , seemed to have forged a lasting musical friendship  , resulting in many further collaborations over the years...
Kuhn is still recording prolifically ..take a look

J, sorry we cant help with "Paris is beautiful" i don't think any of us has heard it, and certainly should any of our readers want to share a nice raw syrup free, vinyl rip , we would all be most appreciative ..

. our belief is that the BYG catalog, ought by now to be firmly in the Public Domain given that so few of the artists actually saw a dime from recordings which have by and  large been circulating in so many dubious semi legitimate issues over the decades ..

Bass, Flute, Bells –Jean Francois Jenny-Clarke
Drums, Flute, Tambourine, Bells –Aldo Romano
Piano, Saxophone [Alto], Shenai, Flute, Tambourine, Bells –Joachim Kuhn
Recorded  in Hamburg, 25th of January 1969

MUDAI TRIO - SANS TITRE (NINETY-ONE, 1993)

1. Max Breeze
2. Le Cras (Needle's Eye)
3. Kagai
4. Steps
5. Fumon
6. Sans Titre
7. Palladium
8. Little Eyes


Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Masahiko Sato, piano
J-F Jenny Clark, bass

Recorded 18 September 1992 at Harmony Hall, Matsumoto

Ninety-One - CRCJ-9111

CD Rip


A Mudai Trio 1990 live recording, called "Crossing Orbits", was released on CD in 2012 and still available.

MASAHIKO TOGASHI / HARUNA MIYAKE / YUJI TAKAHASHI / JEAN-FRANÇOIS JENNY-CLARK ‎– SENZA TEMPO (EGG FARM, 1990)

1. Quartet
2. Duo I (Miyake / Jenny-Clark)
3. Duo II (Togashi / Takahashi)
4. Trio I (Togashi / Takahashi)
5. Duo III (Togashi / Takahashi / Jenny-Clark)
6. Duo IV (Togashi / Jenny-Clark)
7. Trio II (Togashi / Takahashi / Miyake)

Jean-François Jenny-Clark, bass
Yuji Takahashi, Roland D-50 & S-550
Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Haruna Miyake, piano, Korg M1
Recorded at Space Who, Saitama, Japan on 8 July and 30 September 1989.

Egg Farm ‎– EF-03

CD Rip

ALBERT MANGELSDORFF QUARTET "BERLIN, 1979"

 Here's one of my favourite Mangelsdorff ROIO's.

 ...extraodinary rhythm-section - Jenny Clark!! - great solo's...

...a Happy New Year to all....



ALBERT MANGELSDORFF QUARTET  "BERLIN, 1979"


Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Gerd Dudek, tenor & soprano saxophone
Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark, bass
Aldo Romano, drums


First set:
01. Introduction by AM                      00:35
02. Quirk (Mangelsdorff)                    11:19
03. Tit For Tat (Mangelsdorff/Jenny-Clark)  12:14
04. Mood Xantoo (Mangelsdorff)              09:20
05. Night Heron (Mangelsdorff)              11:32

Second set:
06. Introduction by AM                      00:34
07. Extemporary (Mangelsdorff)              14:10
08. Boston Highway (Mangelsdorff)           08:01
09. unknown title (duet for tb and ts)      05:04
10. Trois Quatre Bumbum (Mangelsdorff)      14:41


Recorded on June 23, 1979 at RIAS Funkhaus, Studio 10, Berlin, Germany.

MASAHIKO TOGASHI SESSION IN PARIS VOL.2 "COLOUR OF DREAM" (PADDLE WHEEL, 1979)

Togashi's Paris sessions were the first recordings I've ever heard from this seminal (japanese) drummer/percussionist. It's an ongoing love-affair ... Enjoy!






MASAHIKO TOGASHI SESSION IN PARIS VOL.2 "COLOUR OF DREAM"


Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Takashi Kako, piano
Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark, bass
Masahiko Togashi, percussion


1. Crystal 06:42
2. Orange 06:55
3. Acting 06:42
4. Snow (Duo) 07:44
5. Rêve Merveilleux 07:56
6. Ballad 04:26


Recorded July 17 & 18, 1979 at Ramsès Studio Du Village, Paris, France.


PADDLE WHEEL/KING GP-3221
(this version TAKE ONE TKOJ-1502)

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