26 May 2023
22 May 2023
MODERN JAZZ ALL STARS OF JAPAN - BATTLE OF FUNKY (TOSHIBA RECORDS, 1961)
A2. Whisper Not
A3. Blowin' The Blues Away
B1. Moritat
B2. Ah-Leu-Cha
B3. Omowaza
B4. Dig
Sadao Watanabe, alto saxophone
Hachiro Kurita, bass
Tatsuro Takimoto, bass
Hideo Shiraki, drums
Masahiko Togashi, drums
Shungo Sawada, guitar
Keitaro Miho, piano
Akira Miyazawa, tenor saxophone
Hidehiko Matsumoto, tenor saxophone
Jiro Inagaki, tenor saxophone
Akira Nakano, trumpet
Tetsuo Hayashi, trumpet
Toshiba Records - JSP-1009
LP Rip
18 May 2023
DRUNKEN DOLPHINS - WELCOME TO THE DOLPHINS (CALYPSO NOW, 1985)
Derek Bailey, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Evan Cornog, electric guitar
Henry Kaiser, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar
John Oswald, alto saxophone
Henry Kaiser, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Henry Kuntz, tenor saxophone
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Eugene Chadbourne, electric guitar, voice
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Evan Parker, soprano saxophone
Henry Kaiser, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Henry Kaiser, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Claude Bernard, alto saxophone
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Mnemonist Orchestra, instruments
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Elliott Sharp, tenor saxophone
Henry Kaiser, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Martin Schori, electric guitar
Raymond Boni, electric guitar
Cassette Rip
11 May 2023
ACTING TRIO - ACTING TRIO (BYG RECORDS, 1970)
B2. Cello Discordato N° 9
André Maurice, cello 'discordato'
Jean-Pierre Sabar, piano
Philippe Maté, tenor saxophone
6 May 2023
JIRO SHODA "WADO" – 和童 (OHRAI RECORDS, 2007)
2. 和童 (Wado)
3. うつつ... (Ututu)
4. ぐるぐる (Rasen-Junction)
5. 屈強茶 (Tea Of Tough Guys)
6. Birth Of Rejoice
Kota Arai, drums
Yoshiyasu Hona, guitar
Janmah, guitar, bass, throat singing
Jiro Shoda, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, toy instruments
Satoshi Arai, wadaiko
Ohrai Records – JMCK 1028
CD Rip
26 April 2023
SHOTA KOYAMA – 音三昧I デュオ集 (OHRAI RECORDS, 2001)
1. ツォンボーン・トーライタイ・フルン [丸い蹄をもった,褐色の馬]
Akira Sakata, alto saxophone
Yosuke Yamashita, piano
Eiichi Hayashi, alto saxophone
Katsuo Kuninaka, oud
Keizo Inoue, clarinet
Shota Koyama, drum solo
Shota Koyama, duos and solos
23 April 2023
Horace Tapscott important program of reissue
Nimbus West records have started a big program of issuing unpublished recordings from Horace Tapscott’s Pan African Peoples arkestra. A total of 11 cd mostly double will cover one concert from 1978 and ten from 1979. All the concerts were done at the Immanuel United Church of Christ (I.U.C.C) where Horace Tapscott managed a program of support to the black musicians around the Los Angeles community. Unfortunately the first volume is already sold out, it was pressed at 250 copies. Obviously Nimbus didn’t suppose that the reactions were so positive so fast. So the ten others volumes will be pressed at 333 copies and a program of subscription is also available. For $225 it is possible to buy all the 10 volumes or it is also possible to buy each volume separately. It is in my opinion a rare opportunity to follow a group during several month of Sunday concerts given several times by month in 1979.
https://www.nimbuswestrecords.com
20 April 2023
QUEEN MAB - BARBIE'S OTHER SHOE (NINE WINDS RECORDS, 1997)
2. Prayer
3. Happy Ass
4. Barbie's Other Shoe
5. Like Silver Felt
6. From Finnegan
7. Haiku Do You?
8. Mab Roots
9. Myku
10. Regarding My Garden
11. Go Get' Er
Marilyn Lerner, piano
14 April 2023
Paul Dunmall Octet - Appleby 1997
Simon Picard - tenor saxophone
Gethin Liddington - trumpet
Annie Whitehead - trombone
Chris Bridges - trombone
Keith Tippett - piano
Paul Rogers - bass
Tony Levin - drums
1. Desire and Liberation 45:19
2. Bebop Starburst 46:06
Appleby Jazz Festival. 20th June 1997
Quality cassette recording by Andy
13 April 2023
HOZAN YAMAMOTO • CHARLIE MARIANO • JUAN JOSÉ MOSALINI • KRZESIMIR DEBSKI • ALFRED HARTH • KARL BERGER • PETER KOWALD • KEN JOHNSON • PONDA O'BRYAN • TRILOK GURTU • BARRY ALTSCHUL – WORLD • MUSIC • MEETING (EIGELSTEIN MUSIKPRODUKTION, 1985)
A2. Naomi
B2. Pascha Love
A. Eujapica
Charlie Mariano, alto and soprano saxophone
Juan José Mosalini, bandoneon
Peter Kowald, bass
Barry Altschul, drums
Ponda O'Bryan, percussion, congas, African drums
Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi
Alfred Harth, soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, trumpet
Ken Johnson, steel drums, congas, percussion
Trilok Gurtu, tabla, drums, percussion
Karl Berger, vibraphone, piano, marimba
Krzesimir Dębski, violin
12 April 2023
THE HUMAN ARTS ENSEMBLE - POEM OF GRATITUDE (PRIVATE RELEASE, 1973)
A2. Out To Lunch / Sophisticated Lady
A3. Imagination 1
A4. Imagination 2
A5. Imagination 3
B2. Poem Of Gratitude
B3. Strange Autumn Tree Shapes
B4. Upbeat Feeling
B5. God Bless The Child
Luther Thomas, tenor saxophone, tenor radong, small instruments
Ajule Rutlin, poet, tenor radong, small instruments, drums
Carol Marshall, vocal, bass radong, small instruments
6 April 2023
RICHARD DUNBAR - RUNNING BUDDIES VOL. 2 (JAHARI RECORDS, 1983)
A2. Message In The Wind
A3. Solar Winds Golden Showers
B2. Bird Feathers
B3. Longevity Brings Its Own Rewards
Richard Dunbar, French horn, piano, guitar, bass guitar
Fred Kelly, flute, piccolo flute
Lenny King, percussion
Larry Northington, tenor saxophone
Ramsey Ameen, violin
Terry Jenoure, violin
Ken Hutson, bass
Ron Rahsaan, drums
Kevin Ross, bass (A1)
Camille Gainer, drums (A1)
5 April 2023
UPCOMING RELEASE XXIII
Good news!
Cadillac Records will resissue a veritable gem this month (around April 21).
You can choose between vinyl (straight re-release) or a CD which includes - apart from the original LP - also parts of a hitherho unreleased follow-up session.
More informations and pre-order is available at the label's Bandcamp page.
2 April 2023
HARRY BECKETT :: Les Jardins Du Casino (1993)
HARRY BECKETT :: Les Jardins Du Casino (West Wind 1993)
30 March 2023
RICHARD DUNBAR - RUNNING BUDDIES VOL. 1 (JAHARI RECORDS, 1983)
A2. Happy Hip Sad Folk
A3. The Mimi
B2. Variation On A Theme By Scott Joplin
B3. Synthesized Existence
Fred Kelly, flute, piccolo flute
Artyanne Coleman, vocals
Lenny King, percussion
Charles Tyler, alto saxophone (A2)
Ramsey Ameen, violin
Terry Jenoure, violin
Ken Hutson, bass
Ron Rahsaan, drums
Kevin Ross, bass (A1, B3)
Camille Gainer, drums (A1, B3)
Track A2 recorded on 22 May 1982, tracks A1 and B3 recorded 10 July 1982, tracks A3, B1 and B2 recorded 29 May 1982 at Sound Heights, Brooklyn, NY
27 March 2023
FAREWELL, TONY COE
François Tusques, piano
Sylvain Kassap, tenor saxophone
Violete Ferrer, vocals, castanets
Chantenay Jazz & Images CJI 1
25 March 2023
RICHARD DUNBAR - DREAM MESSAGES (JAHARI RECORDS, 1986)
A2. Child´s Play
A3. Advancing With Backward Glances
A4. Centered Passage
A5. Heel And Toe
A6. Country At Heart
A7. Personal Stuff
B2. Life Lines
B3. Star Gazer
B4. Inseparable
B5. When You Are In Your Light
B6. Words Get In The Way
B7. Day After A Hurricane
Richard Dunbar, French horn, guitar, bass guitar
21 March 2023
RICHARD DUNBAR - DANCING TO THE LIGHT (JAHARI RECORDS, 1987)
A2. La De La La
A3. Song For My Son
B2. In Good Spirit
B3. Lesson Learned
Ron Rahsaan, drums
Richard Dunbar, French horn
Lenny King, berimbau, cuica (A1)
17 March 2023
RICHARD POWELL - ROSES OF HELL (ZYZZLE RECORDS, 1981)
A2. By No Other Name
Overdubbed improvisations
9 March 2023
BRETT HORNBY - INSENSITIVE (ZYZZLE RECORDS, 1980)
A2. They Charmed It With Smiles And Soap
A3. It Will Sigh Like A Thing Deeply Distressed
A4. Whispers Of A Summer Sea
B2. Insensitive - Music For Creetal Topes
B3. Take Care Of The Sense And The Sounds Will Take Care Of Themselves
B4. Futility Rites
Brett Hornby, saxophone
3 March 2023
VARIOUS ARTISTS - 愛欲人民十時劇場 (PINAKOTHECA RECORDS, 1980)
Tamio Shiraishi, alto saxophone, rhythm box
Takafumi Sato, piano, ring modulator
Yatasumi, clarinet
Akihiro Ishiwatari, guitar
Masami Shinoda, alto saxophone
Honeymoons
Kamura, vocals, bass
Tenko, vocals, guitar, drums
Intention
Hiroshi Yokoyama, synthesizer
Atsuko Shiba, vocals
Katsuo Itabashi, vocals
Motoharu Yoshizawa, vocals, bass
Harumi Yamazaki, vocals
Nischyakovsky, drums
Shinnosuke Misawa, guitar
Toshiharu Ohsato, guitar
Fumiko Takahashi, piano
Masafumi Yamanouchi, synthesizer
Toshimasa Matsumoto, synthesizer
B1. Untitled
Keiji Haino, vocals, guitar
Vedda Music Workshop
Yatasumi, clarinet
Junichi Kawara, clarinet, percussion
Kenichi Takeda, taisho-koto, piano
Takashi Kazamaki, percussion
Takeo Suzuki, tapes
Chie Mukai, vocals, kokyu
Kino, vocals, bass, effects
Katsuyuki Sano, alto saxophone
Norihiro Mukai, drums
Tetsu, vocals, guitar, synthesizer
Toshi Tanaka, vocals, performer
Ryo Goizuka, vocals, performer
Nischyakovskyp, percussion, performer
Machinegun Tango
Tamio Shiraishi, alto saxophone
Yasushi Ozawa, bass
Yatasumi, clarinet
Takafumi Sato, vocals
Tori Kudo, vocals, piano
Yuriko Suganami, vocals, violin
24 February 2023
A Fundraiser for Tristan Honsinger
Laura Sanson is organizing this fundraiser:
"Our good friend and collaborator Tristan Honsinger has been a huge source of inspiration for so many over the years. Tristan has always dedicated himself fully to his work, often living from gig to gig and project to project. He has never used the internet, or approached his artistic life as an entrepreneur.
But no matter how big the child at heart, age does it´s best to catch up sooner or later. Now Tristan is broke, without a place to live and has health issues that require expensive medicines. Tristan deeply wants to spend his time performing, writing and working, but it´s impossible without the steady framework of a decent place to live, or money to pay for essential medicines and treatments.
We know that Tristan´s contributions to the international creative environment over the last 50 years has had an impact; not just artistically, but also on a human level. The world is full of people who love Tristan; either as friends, collaborators, fans (or all of them, as in our case). We want to help to facilitate for Tristan´s continued well-being, by reaching out to the global community.
The money will be used to get Tristan health insurance and a place to live."
23 February 2023
VAN BEBBER, SCHMIDT, THELOSEN - KOMBINATION – STÜCK FÜR STÜCK (PRIVATE PRESSING, 1977)
A. Werk-Stück
Claus van Bebber, drums, cymbals, bells, percussion, rattle, reeds, plastic tube, windlasso, sruti box, whistles, tablas, temple block, Indish banjo, soprano saxophone
20 February 2023
EIICHI HAYASHI, UCHIHASHI KAZUHISA, AKIRA SOTOYAMA, RYOJIRO FURUSAWA - 2006.8.26. OTOYAKINTOKI (TEST, 2008)
1. Untitled
2. Untitled
Eiichi Hayashi, alto saxophone
Uchihashi Kazuhisa, guitar
Akira Sotoyama, drums
Ryojiro Furusawa, drums
24 January 2023
THE SAM RIVERS SESSIONOGRAPHY
Today I would like to draw your attention to a book.
When I say book it's actually an understatement for the achievement
that Rick Lopez did in collecting all the data and information.
He still hopes for a normal life. Check it out!
20 January 2023
NEW RELEASES 2023/2 - BENGT "FRIPPE" NORDSTRÖM VINYL BOX
Here's the result of a huge body of work over two decades by Mats Gustafsson and Thomas Millroth to collect, archive, research and document the work of their friend and Mats' musical mentor, Bengt Nordström - a work of love and dedication to a singular artist.
The set includes the first re-release of Bengt's Natural Music LP and the first release of music that he shared with friends in tiny runs of test pressings on his Bird Notes label (on 3 LPs, Drastic Plastic, Någonting and Reality). There's a 7" EP of Bengt playing solo with the Ornette Coleman Quintet record, When Will the Blues Leave?, (11/10 on the Discaholic Corner music/rarity scales). The set is completed musically with a 10" tribute LP of performances by Anna Högberg, Isak Hedtjärn, Dror Feiler, Jörgen Adolfsson, Mats Gustafsson and Sven-Åke Johansson.
Mats has compiled the definitive Bird Note discography (in email after email, for so many years, he has been "working on it" - reaching out, meeting people, sharing recordings and knowledge, writing, proof reading, proof reading, proof reading ...).
Co-produced by Mats and Thomas with Antoine Plum of Ni-Vu-Ni-Connu and designed by Teresa Iten, the set includes a booklet with contributions by Thomas, an essay by John Corbett, unpublished photography, rare press clippings and notes from the artist. Also, a streaming link to "FRIPPE, Bengt Nordström, Moderna Muséet, 1973-05-29", a film by Torbjörn Ehrnvall.
Released by Ni-Vu-Ni-Connu on 15 February 2023, Bandcamp. Release party at Fasching on 15 February.
16 January 2023
NEW RELEASES 2023/1 - CHRIS CAPERS & JOE RIGBY
Here are two recent releases from the unpretentious but definitely important label "Homeboy Music".
Although the sound is not the best (but still perfectly listenable) the music is great! My favourite CD is the one without piano ('Revelations'). But the one titled 'Impressions' (yep - the Coltrane tune) isn't tedious either. Both musicians play with full immersion and although the other musicians are unknown the music really took me up and up and up and ....
Hopefully the label's producer Roy Morris has more jewels in preparation.
I would like to recommend both releases for a start. Take a breath and support this enterprise directly at the label: Homeboy Music! - you won't regret it. And apart from ordering two rare releases I urge you to give the website a thorough examination. How many offerings about Earl Cross, Joe Rigby, Arthur Doyle, Yosef Mumin Phillips (from Black Unity Trio) or Ted Daniel you will find elsewhere? Go....
9 January 2023
HANNIBAL MARVIN PETERSON "NAIMA" (EASTWORLD, 1978)
On we go woth one more share by Pablo!
A1. Naima 16:13
B1. In a Sentimental Mood 15:07
Hannibal Marvin Peterson – trumpet
Kenny Barron – piano
Cecil McBee – bass
Diedre Murray – cello
Billy Hart – drums
Eastworld – EWLF-98004
Direct to Disc, Media Sound NY, 1978
5 January 2023
JEMEEL MOONDOC - QUARTET MUNTU "THE ATHENS CONCERT" (PRAXIS, 1982)
And on we go with another share from Pablo.
Jemeel Moondoc – alto saxophone
Roy Campbell Jr – trumpet, flugelhorn
Jay Oliver – double bass
Stephen McCraven – drums
A. Konstanze’s Delight 19:50
B. Judy’s Bounce 21:38
Recorded live during "Praxis Jazz '82" festival at Alambra Theatre, Athens, March 22, 1982.
(Vinyl rip, 16/96)
1 January 2023
SOPHiA DOMANCiCH TRiO :: L'année des treize lunes (1995)
SOPHiA DOMANCiCH TRiO - L'année des treize lunes (Seventh 1995)
1 - OT 8:28
2 - THREE FOR LOUiS 4:04
3 - EMiLE 8:16
4 - PARROTS 9:53
5 - ANNiE, PiERRE ET LES ENFANTS 14:33
6 - MiN 4:46
7 - JiMY 4:28
SOPHiA DOMANCiCH - piano
PAUL ROGERS - double bass
TONY LEViN - drums
All compositions by Sophia Domancich, except 2 & 6 by Paul Rogers
Recorded at Chennevières studio, December 1st & 2nd, 1994 by Gérard LHOMME.
Seventh Records A XV (1995) OOP
17 December 2022
TOWERiNG iNFERNO feat. ELTON DEAN :: Kaddish (TI Records 1993)
I came to this album as it features Elton Dean, John Marshall and Chris Cutler on some tracks.
"Towering Inferno's album Kaddish, which was released by Island Records in August 1995, is an emotional epic spanning 75 minutes and evoking the darkest hours of the Holocaust, as well as the tranquil beauty of European folk music and Jewish prayer. Featuring the voices of acclaimed Hungarian folk singer Márta Sebestyén and Hungarian performance poet Endre Szkárosi in a 'punk/folk/metal/Jewish/classical opera', it tackles the thorny subjects of repression and survival, both past and present." -- www.soundonsound.com
22 tracks, total time 74:52
TI CD1 (OOP)
10 December 2022
HUGH HOPPER WiLDERNESS :: Rudersdorf 2oo5
Recorded on May 21, 2005 at Gasthaus Schabhüttl, Rudersdorf, Austria
4 December 2022
ELTON DEAN'S NiNESENSE - Bracknell Jazz Festival 1978 (flac)
ELTON DEAN - alto sax, saxello
ALAN SKiDMORE - tenor sax
MARC CHARiG - cornet, tenor horn
HARRY BECKETT - trumpet, flugelhorn
NiCK EVANS - trombone
RADU MALFATTi - trombone
KEiTH TiPPETT - piano
HARRY MiLLER - bass
LOUiS MOHOLO - drums
Bracknell Jazz Festival, South Hill Park Arts Center, Bracknell, UK, July 8, 1978





































