An original project for the 25th
edition of the Sardinian festival,
well worth listening...
Rec. live at "Piazza del Nuraghe", Sant’Anna Arresi, Italy,
on August 24, 2010 (radio broadcast)
Alan Silva,bass,synth,conductor
Evan Parker/Ernest Dawkins/Greg Ward,reeds
Shaun Johnson,trumpet
Joseph Bowie,trombone
Bobby Few,piano
On Ka'a Davis,guitar
Juini Booth,bass
Warren Smith,drums
1. Bells Of Sant'Anna [A.Silva] (1.03:39)
Here is my first X-mas present for you.
This is probably the most adventurous and for me one of the best recordings from Joachim Kühn.
THE NEW JOACHIM KÜHN--EJE THELIN GROUP "IN PARIS"
Eje Thelin,tb
Joachim Kühn,as,p
Adelhard Roidinger,b
Jacques Thollot,dr
1. Arrondissment 02:24
2. Arrondissment 13:22
3. Arrondissment 10:14
4. Arrondissment 05:34
5. Arrondissment 06:08
6. Arrondissment 03:00
7. Arrondissment 06:20
8. Arrondissment 14:52
Paris, September 23 & 24, 1970
METRONOME MBLP 2/40 005
Marion Brown - as
I have posted this before as mp3, but it is reposted as .wav mixed through Blue Circle tube gear and click removal with Adobe Audition.
Sweet Earth - vinyl rip, wav files, click removal
Sweet Earth Records SER 1001
July 2, 1977
The Environ, New York City (live)
Hurry Sundown [6:38] (Richard Huey, Clarence Williams)
Angel Eyes [7:35] (Matt Dennis)
El Bochinchero [10:35] (Marion Brown)
And Then They Danced [10:45] (Marion Brown)
La Placita [8:41] (Marion Brown)
Encore [4:56] (Marion Brown)
New scans of front and back courtesy of Serviceton!
The fourth of five concerts from the short European tour the great
Ran Blake has closed yesterday (Dec. 19 - Trem Azul Jazz Store,
Lisbon, Portugal).
Being in Rome in those days, I have obviously recorded the concert,
but the same will be probably issued on CD on the Tompkins Square
label the next year.
Rec. live at "Casa del Jazz", Rome, Italy, on December 16, 2010
(mics recording)
Ran Blake,piano
Jacopo Jacopetti,tenor sax (2/3/6)
David "Knife" Fabris,electric guitar (3)
1. Dream Worlds : Cry Wolf [R.Blake]/Magic Row [G.Schuller]/You Stepped Out Of A Dream [N.H.Brown] (09:05)
2. Guest Spot I : The Short Life Of Barbara Monk [R.Blake] (05:05)
3. Guest Spot II : Spiral Staircase [R.Webb]/Memphis [R.Blake] (06:49)
4. The Luciano Set : Field Cry [W.L.James]/Nature Boy [E.Ahbez]/ Luciano [R.Blake]/Mingus [C.Mingus/R.Blake] (07:57)
5. Inspirations [R.Blake] : Chabrol In Brazil/Abbey Lincoln/Stevie Wonder (27:24)
6. Encore : The Short Life Of Barbara Monk [R.Blake] (04:54)
Total Time 1:01:16
cd rip, flac files
Impressions
Mr. Sandman
Out of Nowhere
New York Bossa
Oleo
Steve Grossman on saxophone
Makoto Terashita on piano
Yoshio Suzuki on bass
Masahiro Yoshida on drums
http://www.multiupload.com/2QVN8NFBBE
http://www.multiupload.com/8BS49VYX70
May 1987
More from the Yamashita Trio
Manfred Schoof - tp
Yosuke Yamashita - piano
Akira Sakata - as, cl
Takeo Moriyama - dr
Enja, 1975 vinyl rip , wav files
http://www.multiupload.com/4PCG5CWX0G
http://www.multiupload.com/447ABJWES6
Mitochondria
Round Midnight
Distant Thunder
Hachi
This cassette is the only souvenir which I have from my trip to Singapur. I bought it while visiting a tiny music shop in the indian quarter.
I stepped into the shop and immediately heard this music from a pair of somewhat beaten-up speakers.
It was a small epiphany - two indian ladies in saris were in the shop together with the owner and the music struck me like a thunderbolt...
I bought the tape and have heard it the following years at least 250 times. Nowadays I return occasionally to it.
The tape is a rip from an older lp - made from the shop-owner himself.
There is a drop-out for the second half of track 6. And the recording level is a bit overdriven but for me it fits - heavy grooving percussion, strings and these two enchanting voices in unison.
This is a kind of devotion I can approve.
The Bombay Sisters are part of the trend of duo singing in Carnatic music, which started in the 1950s, with performers like Radha Jayalakshmi, and Soolamangalam Sisters, they have been singing since 1963 when they started with light classical music, subsequently progressing to classical music; they sing in multiple languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Sanskrit, Hindi and Marathi. They are also known for promoting young musicians through endowments and scholarships.
More information > http://bombaysisters.com/
BOMBAY SISTERS "OOTHUKADU - Venkata Subbier's Songs on Lord Krishna"
C. Saroja and C. Lalitha, vocals
(other musicians not named on the tape's cover)
01. Thaye yasode 07:07
02. Asainthadum Mayil 05:21
03. Aad aadhu Asangathu 04:09
04. Vanthathuvum Ponathuvum 03:25
05. Paal Vadiyium Mugham 04:35
06. Maninoopura Dhari 06:17
07. Kuzhaloothi manamellam 05:12
08. Enna Punniyam 05:44
09. Parvai Onru Podume 03:44
10. Pullai Piravi 05:11
11. Madhananga Mohana 03:25
12. Alaipayuthe 07:54
(no recording location or date on the cover - I purchased the tape in May 1993)
For Sotise
...and another one from Germany.
SOMMER - JOST - MANDERSCHEID "CAMINO FATAL"
Ekkehard Jost,bs,sops,bcl,cbcl
Dieter Manderscheid,b
Günter Sommer,dr,perc
01. Das Grosse Rad (S/J/M) 04:18
02. Murphy (J) 06:50
03. Tris (M) 05:37
04. Oh Hangelstein (J) 03:50
05. Die Reise Zu Georg-Philipp Gaga (J/M/S) 02:52
06. Die Ungelösten Fragen Der Sippe Valdez (J) 04:30
07. Deep Steezle Kick (J/S/M) 04:13
08. Nymphaea Alba (Kuchenbuch) 03:45
09. French Tour (M) 04:04
10. Camino Fatal (M/S/J) 05:38
Recorded in Giessen, Germany on August 16./17., 1990
FISH MUSIC FM003
With the blog on a Japanese roll lately, I can't help but add to it with the mighty, wild and wacky Shibusashirazu. I had the opportunity and good luck to see them back in 2K, and as anyone who has seen them can confirm, hearing them is only half the sensory experience. No, make that less than half the sensory experience.
What's here are two one-hour programmes off NHK, Japanese public radio, broadcast 1 and 8 March 2006. Taken from the same concert, but split into two separate broadcasts for radio convenience sake.
A little background:
Kinetic, theatrical and spectacular - Shibusa Shirazu's electrifying shows are an experience like no other. The large-scale Japanese jazz act comprises 20-30 musicians, singers, female dancers, butoh dancers, artists and actors, all perform together to bring genre-defying shows propelled by powerful dance beats.
Audience at Glastonbury Festival 2002, Moers New Jazz Festival and many other venues during their four European tours were wowed at the exciting spectacle of music, dance, live painting, anime screening and stunning stage props, which include a huge flying balloon dragon and even fireworks. Their flexible line-up is capable of bringing the same degree of excitement to venues of any size, from concert halls to clubs.
Dazzling line-up of top-rated performers Shibusa Shirazu was started in 1988 by bassist Daisuke Fuwa with Japan's top-rated musicians. It is now a flexible outfit of 20 to 30 musicians, including wind and brass instruments such as saxes, trumpets and a flute; string instruments such as violin, guitar, bass and biwa (a traditional Japanese instrument); drummers and percussionists; keyboards and more. Singers, white-body-painted, half-naked butoh dancers, female dancers in flashy costumes and stage prop artists augment the musicians.
Spectacular performance, flexible formation Shibusa Shirazu's large-scale production has proven apt for major music festivals, as attested by enthusiastic audiences, many of whom caught off guard, at Glastonbury Festival 2002 and Moers New Jazz Festival. A lesser known fact is that it is a flexible outfit that doesn't discriminate venues, from out-door events, concert halls, clubs to even streets.
Shibusa Shirazu (SHEE-BOO-SAH SHEE-RAH-ZOO) is a Japanese phrase meaning "Never be cool". As the name says, the band doesn't stay within the "cool" frame of jazz big bands. Although based on jazz featuring improvisation, its music reaches over into romantic Japanese "kayo" songs, rock, funk, ska, Latin, trance and Balkan beats.
"It's always a pleasure for us to visit new places and meet people. Come and see us next time we are in your country. We are in tip-top shape and are itching to strut our stuff." Daisuke Fuwa (band leader)"
The basic data:
Shibusashirazu Orchestra
NHK 505 Studio, Shibuya, Tokyo
Feb 9th, 2006
Daisuke Fuwa (dandorist, vo)
Han Sato (ts)
Keiko Komori (as, ss)
Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi (as, hca)
Akira Kitou (bs)
Yoichiro Kita (tp)
Mitsuhide Tatsumi (tp)
Daisuke Takaoka (tuba)
Aya Murodate (fl, vo)
Alata Suzuki (EWI)
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (g)[right]
Ryoichi "Shacho" Saito (g)[left]
Atsushi Tanaka (g)
Yuji Katsui (el-vln)
Dairo Suga (p)
Sachiko Nakajima (key)
Hiroshi Higo (el-b)
Futoshi Okamura (dr)
Hitoshi Kuramochi (dr)
Jun Isobe (dr)
Takayuki Matsumura (perc)
Mari Sekine (perc, vo)
Shin'ichi Watanabe (MC, vo)
Sayaka & Pero (dance)
To-yo, Shimo, Chie (butoh)
Kohtaro Yokozawa, Ken'ichi Aoyama (VJ)
1. station ID (0:17)
2. DJ intro (1:30)
3. Theme of Inuhime (22:12)
4. Hikouki (11:57)
5. Matatabi (A. Sasaki)(19:34)
6. Lion [fade out, DJ voiceover](4:29)
1. station ID (0:15)
2. DJ intro (0:46)
3. Lion [fade in] / Fishermen's Band / Lion (20:48)
4. Dorokazoku no Uta (4:34)
5. Naadam (E. Hayashi)(21:25)
5. Theme of Honda Komuten (8:14)
6. Senzu (1:05)
7. Sutekichi (0:25)
8. DJ outro (2:25)
All songs by Fuwa except indicated otherwise
Thanks to the taper/uploader. Much appreciated. I do have a little more, including a triple cd I got at the 2K concert here in town. So, if this catches on, there's more ...
Meanwhile, never be cool ...
Here are a few favourites( all out of print as far as i can tell ) by the great Bengali Sitar master Vilayat khan-(1928-2004), someone perhaps unjustly overshadowed in the west by better known more sophisticated peers such as Ravi Shankar , and Nikil Banjeree.
theres a real rawness , and risk taking edge to the playing that i find most congenial . trance and ecstatic euphoria , enjoyably punctuated by moments of ..chaos... which are rare in this music.
the playing goes a long way beyond mere melodic embroidery...
The Genius of Vilayat Khan- Ealp -1266-(1966)
A-1-Raga Ahir Bhairav
B-1-Raga
Vilayat Khan-Sitar
Mohammad Ahmad-Tabla
Music from India series- Vilayat Khan-EMI India lp,ASD 2460-(1969)
A- Raga Jaijaiwanti
B- Raga Rageshree
Vilayat Khan-Sitar
Shanta Prasad-Tabla
.....And best of all!
Vilayat Khan- Music of India HMV /world record Club/lp S/CE 3068
Vilayat Khan-Sitar
Imrat Khan-Surbahar, Sitar
Shanta Prasad-tabla
A-1- Raga Suha Surai
B-1- Raga Thumree Piloo
NB
These were all originally posted (by me) , at SFRP's Classical Indian thread... Not too long ago...
Down sampled from 48 hz-24 BIT , to normal 16 bit Flacs ...
minimal processing used...
ENJOY!!
more info about V.Khan
A Wonderful , rare Jgalbandi lp with Bismillah Khan , can be found here
A meeting between traditional and modern musicians.
Hozan Yamamoto became famous in the world of Jazz through his collaboration with Tony Scott.
Together they recorded "Music for Zen Meditation". He has worked among others with Ravi Shankar, Gary Peacock and Karl Berger.
HOZAN YAMAMOTO - MASAHIKO TOGASHI - YOSUKE YAMASHITA "BREATH"
Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi
Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Yosuke Yamashita, piano
1. Breath Prologue (Togashi) 05:12
2. Joy (Yamamoto) 09:31
3. Bamboo Holyday (Yamamoto) 04:51
4. Eastern Ceremony (Togashi) 07:53
5. Encounter (Togashi - Yamashita) 09:24
6. Basic Flight (Yamashita) 05:32
7. Rainbow (Yamamoto) 08:17
8. Breath Epilogue (Togashi) 02:32
Recorded at Nippon Columbia Studios No.1, Tokyo on 13th April, 1984.
DENON PCM 38C38-7281
This is the earliest recording with Sten Sandell.
At least the first side sounds more like "Industrial" than Free Jazz/Improvisation.
Dror Feiler - the "leader" of this group is also a well known contemporary composer.
His compositions are mostly harsh and noisy and beautiful.
At least once a group of contemporary musicians refused to play a composition - which was announced only very shortly before the concert. They said that his music were too loud, although the same musicians rehearsed the piece before...
Does nowadays scandals come rather from the musicians than from the public?
Hear for yourself.
LOKOMOTIV KONKRET "LOKOMOTIV KONKRET"
Tommy Björk,dr
Dror Feiler,sops,as,cl,bassett-horn,cbcl,synth
Sören Runolf,vc
Sten Sandell,p
1. Ovation 06:17
2. Fragment 01:10
3. Vakuum 04:36
4. Bön 07:05
5. Siciliansk öppning 03:26
6. Konstruktion 08:01
7. Axiom 03:51
8. Homage 05:05
Recorded at Fasching and Modern Museum,Stockholm, August 1979.
URSPÅR URS 4
(Flac and cover - link in comment)
In the year 2002 I heard for the first time Kang Tae Hwan. Some months later I read about the group "Ton Klami". But it lasted until winter 2009 that a japanese acquaintance brought me this deleted CD from Japan.
Share the joy about hearing it for the first time with me...
TON KLAMI "PARAMGGOD"
Masahiko Satoh,p (except 4)
Midori Takada,perc (except 4)
Kang Tae Hwan,as (except 3)
Special Guest:
Ned Rothenberg,as,bcl (except 2,6,7)
1. Bamboo Shoots (Satoh) 04:32
2. Narai (Takada) 12:16
3. Yaagaad (Satoh-Takada-Rothenberg) 08:18
4. Fu-Hak (Kang-Rothenberg) 07:15
5. Paramggod (Satoh-Takada-Kang-Rothenberg) 06:44
6. Element (Satoh) 04:58
7. Zuun Salkhi (Satoh-Takada-Kang) 09:41
Recorded at CRS Studio No.1 on 8th September, 1994
CROWN CRCJ-9125
More Masahiko Togashi - here with a Big Band plus Masahiko Satoh and Sabu Toyozumi.
No Swing - off course? - instead spacious and sinewy soundscapes...
MASAHIKO TOGASHI & NEW HERD ORCHESTRA "CANTO OF ARIES"
Masahiko Sato,p
Masahiko Togashi,dr,perc
Toshiyuki Miyama,conductor & NEW HERD ORCHESTRA
Koji Hatori, Bunji Murata, Kenichi Sano, Kunio Fujisaki,tp
Teruhiko Kataoka, Masamichi Uetaka, Seiichi Tokura,tb
Takeshi Aoki,btb
Hiroshi Takami, Shinji Nakayama,as,fl
Kosuke Ichihara, Shoji Maeda,ts,fl
Shunzo Sunahara,bs,bcl
Yoshinobu Imashiro,p
Kozaburo Yamaki,g
Goro Yamamoto,b
Yoshisaburo Toyozumi,dr
1. Canto I (TOGASHI) 02:01
2. Canto II (TOGASHI) 04:03
3. Canto III (TOGASHI) 09:08
4. Canto IV (TOGASHI) 03:16
5. Canto V (TOGASHI) 13:40
Recorded on January 22, 27, 1971 in Tokyo
Columbia NCB-7012 (LP first edition)
Another sax/drums duo...
Rec. live at "Castello Sforzesco", Milan, italy, on July 22,
1978 (mics recording)
Max Roach,drums (-4)
Archie Shepp,tenor sax (-3)
1. Sweet Mao : Le Marche (23:22)
2. Suid Afrika '76 (22:58)
3. J.C.Moses/For Big Sid/Drums Unlimited/Papa Joe (11:58)
4. Lush Life/Steam (15:12)
5. Sweet Mao : Le Commencement (20:22)
6. Moose The Mooche [encore] (08:15)
Total Time 1:42:08
Due to requests, here is a live date by the duo of Willem Breuker and Han Bennink, known as the New Acoustic Swing Duo. This date was shortly after the release of their album, the first on the new ICP label, pictured above.
1968-06.00 / BREUKER
NEW ACOUSTIC SWING DUO (Willem Breuker & Han Bennink)
Early June 1968 – Essen (Germany), Jazzclub Podium
Willem Breuker ts/as/bcl/cl/ss; Han Bennink d/kalimba.
First Set
1. TENOR & DRUMS (Breuker/Bennink) – 14:54
2. ALTO & DRUMS (Breuker/Bennink) – 9:31
3. BASSCLARINET & DRUMS (Breuker/Bennink) – 17:57
Second Set
4. CLARINET & DRUMS (Breuker/Bennink) – 10:39
5. SOPRANO & DRUMS (Breuker/Bennink) – 10:48 into
6. BASSCLARINET/TENOR & KALIMBA/DRUMS (Breuker/Bennink) – 14:56
Length: 3t/42'42" + 3t/37'35" = 6t/81'
Source: AUD
Breuker switched instruments between each piece. Two sets in all, just a little over 80 minutes. Hard to say what I prefer, but I've always enjoyed Breuker on the bass clarinet and some may recall the duet with John Surman on the "Gittin' to know y'all" album from the Baden Baden Free Jazz Meeting in 1969.
Here's a little description of the setting:
This is an audience recording I've done together with a friend of mine at a small jazz club called "Podium" in Essen (Germany). I've lost the notice with the exact date, but I'm remembering, that the concert took place on the first or second weekend in June 1968. It was a short time after the first LP of this "NEW ACOUSTIC SWING DUO", the first one of the new ICP Label, was issued.
We asked the two young musicians from Amsterdam and were allowed to record the concert. We did it in stereo, with two stage micros and a Revox tape recorder. Just after this concert I did a mono-copy on my own Grundig tape recorder. The flacs are directly from this reel tape.
I lost my friend from view in 1969 and still I was not able to rediscover him to ask for the master tapes. So at the moment it seems, that my copy is the only known master tape of this fantastic concert.
The model for this new group format of a reeds & drums duo probably were the John Coltrane / Rashied Ali Duos recorded in 1967. But the music of the Breuker/Bennink Duo was quiet different and unique.
ENJOY!
This was uploaded to the Dime site about three years ago by "sammler kk" who supplied more goodies from the late 60s from Dutch and German sources. We may get to them later on. So settle into the cozy chair, put up your feet, pour yourself a Scotch (or other drink of your choice) and get prepared for a little swing time. Yes sirree!
I have heard this double LP for the first time while making the rip.
The LP was still sealed when I got it some weeks before. The pressing is mediocre as mostly with Horo LPs. Still - the music is idiosyncratic and I enjoy it a lot.
Thanks to Sotise who made me aware about M.J.Smith's music through his previous posts on IS.
http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2010/10/michaeljsmith-geomusic-3-polskie.html
and
http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2008/12/michael-smith-geomusic-polskie-nagrania.html
On this recording you can hear on the first side of LP 1 a solo from M.J.Smith. A solo for piano and computer generated sounds on side b of the second LP and two sides in a duo setting.
MICHAEL J. SMITH "ELVIRA MADIGAN...AND OTHER DANCES"
Michael J. Smith,p
Knut Riisnaes,ss,ts (LP 1 Side B & LP 2 Side A)
LP 1
Side A
1. Ballad Of Elvira Madigan 21:07
Side B
2. Thoughts On A New Found Friend 22:26
a. Forethought
b. Forethought
c. Afterthought
LP 2
Side C
1. Geomusic 3715 11:21
2. A Face In A Mirror (vers.1) 05:38
3. A Face In A Mirror (vers.2) 05:28
Side D
4. Interaction 24:43
(for piano and computer generated sound)
Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo on September 9, 1977.
HORO HDP 11-12
All that i recorded of the Hampel/Lee Duo that far summer :
probably not the complete concerts.
Rec. live at "Teatro Tenda", Florence, on July 6 and at "Piazza
dei Cavalieri", Pisa, on July 10, 1978 (mics recording)
Gunter Hampel,vibraphone,bass clarinet,flute
Jeanne Lee,vocal
1. Florence #1 (12:24)
2. Florence #2 (09:34)
3. Florence #3 (11:42)
4. Florence #4 (11:05)
5. Pisa #1 (13:25)
6. Pisa #2 (11:24)
7. Pisa #3 (08:46)
Total Time 1:19:23
Here's an old favourite ,one of the as yet unreissued gems, from the wonderful OGUN catalog , of which really almost everything is worth having.
Most people have probably heard this via mp3's that have circulated around these parts.. and that was initially the reason i hadn't posted it here ..
Having recently ripped this for my self and given it a few spins i thought id share it anyway .. what a marvelous session it is ... two vintage Freebones firing on all cylinders ,stoked by the unique & refined engine room of Tippett, Niebergall and Ntshoko!!
What a pleasure it would be to see this reissued and restored to full sonic glory in remastered CD form!
I Love this record.. but some of the finer textural detail does tend to get a bit lost in a few slightly muddier denser sections where there is a lot happening .. something digital technology is actually good at remedying.
-Listen/Hear- : Nick Evans, Radu Malfatti (tb) Keith Tippett (p) Buschi Niebergall (b) Makaya Ntshoko (d)
Innsbruck, October 22, 1975
1-Listen Ogun (E)OG010
2-Listen continued -
3-Hear
downsampled from 48HZ 24 BIT to 44-16 Flac .. As is no decrackle , compression , nothing!
enjoy
Another Masterpiece on the Esperance label By the much venerated Legendary Rajasthani musician Ram Narayan ,a master improviser and the man who single handily rescued the Sarangi from the obscurity of mere vocal accompaniment. Originally released on the Swedish Amigo label in 1974 (also briefly on CD) ESP-155538-Le Sarangi de Ram Narayan lp 1976 Raga Puria Kalyan A-Alap B-Gap Ram Narayan-Sarangi Suresh Talwalkar-Tabla Hans Isgren- Tampura ENJOY!!
Here is a short clip from You tube , which has a few great Narayan clips , and much more in the Genre(S).
One of the best line-up ever led by Giorgio Gaslini, officially
documented in the OOP Live at the Public Theater in New York
(Dischi della Quercia - 2Q 28009).
Rec. live at "Conservatorio G.Verdi", Milan, Italy, on February 13,
1980 (radio broadcast)
Giorgio Gaslini,piano,composer,conductor
Gianluigi Trovesi,alto & soprano sax,bass clarinet
Gianni Bedori,tenor & soprano sax
Marco Vaggi,bass
Gianni Cazzola,drums
+
(1-5) RAI Orchestra
1. Afro (06:10)
2. Ellingtoniana [Day Dream/Don't Get Around Much Anymore] (12:54)
3. Parkeriana [Lover Man] (07:13)
4. Jopliniana [Stoptime Rag] (02:22)
5. Monkiana [Ruby, My Dear/'Round Midnight/Let's Call This/
Straight No Chaser] (08:45)
6. Assalto Al Castello (19:55)
7. Swing Low, Sweet Charlie (07:35)
8. Mexico City Free (08:06)
Total Time 1:13:04
Following up this fine series of Japanese improv, here's a more recent collaboration between Scandinavian power trio The Thing and Otomo Yoshihide and Akira Sakata, recorded live at Super Deluxe in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan on 9 September 2009.
Setlist :
1.? [ 24min 42sec ] The Thing plus Otomo Yoshihide
2.? [ 11min 43sec ] Mads Gustafsson (ts) and Akira Sakata (as)
3.? [ 08min 44sec ] Mads Gustafsson (flutophone) and Akira Sakata (cl)
4.? [ 30min 04sec ] TT, OY and AS
5.? [ 14min 46sec ] TT, OY and AS
-encore-
6.? [ 09min 26sec ] TT, OY and AS
The Band:
Mats Gustafsson(ts, flutophone)
Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten(bass)
Paal Nilssen-Love(drums)
Otomo Yoshihide(guitar)
Akira Sakata(as,cl, voc)
Different combinations here, first with The Thing and Otomo Yoshihide, then a couple of duets with Mads Gustafsson and Akira Sakata and the whole crew in full flight. As I mentioned in a previous post, there is a sense of continuity from the 60s/70s pioneers and up to the younger generation of European and Japanese players with Sakata representing the binding thread in this instance. Gustafsson has professed to be an admirer of Sakata, so this gig presented an opportunity for them to get together and blow out on a couple of duets as part of the set. The Thing has worked with guitarists before, among others Thurston Moore and Terrie Ex and here Otomo Yoshihide provides the right screechy foil to the rhythm section of Haaker Flaten and Nilssen-Love who, by the way, also worked with guitarist Raoul Björkenheim as the Scorch Trio, a name quite appropriate for the music they dished out. No mellowing out here!
Video clips can be found on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY8l_UOS7kk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOqw5T8g-50
and considering the season we're heading into:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf7lRGDxMx0
Yes, Akira Sakata does sing!
Recorded and upped to Dime/YouTube by "fykfyk"who keeps a steady track of musical events in the Tokyo underground. Thanks, mate!
Here's more fantastic music from Sabu Toyozumi,Takashi Tokuhiro and Mototeru Takagi.
Although the pieces/themes are written by Takagi the album files under Toyozumi's name.
SABU TOYOZUMI "WATER WEED"
Sabu Toyozumi,perc
Mototeru Takagi,reeds
Takashi Tokuhiro,b
1. Meteor Crowd (Takagi) 22:47
2. Water Weed (Takagi) 16:02
Recorded: The concert "Sabu Toyozumi/The Seven Seas"
Live at Nichifutsu Kaikan Hall, July 2, 1975
NADJA (Trio) PA7113
Due to requests, here is a repost of an album posted last year. The links appear to have been deleted, so new links have been posted.
This one was supplied by inamorata who wrote a little intro to the record. Links in comments.
1 Overture 2:44
02 1st Movement - Pastorale 11:22
03 2nd Movement - Urban Walk 14:58
04 3rd Movement - Colours 14:27
05 4th Movement - Folk Energy 12:47
This is a rather peculiar record, and a strange context for Sam Rivers to appear in. It may not be exactly rare (there is a copy on offer at *bay right now for USD 19.95) but definitely has not left many traces on the WWW. Here's what Rick Lopez in his amazing Sam Rivers Sessionography (http://www.bb10k.com/RIVERS.disc.html) says about it, quoting Anthony B. Rogers (I included the whole entry with the files):
"This is an LP produced by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and released in celebration of the American Bicentennial. The music was first presented at the 9th Hong Kong Ready-to-Wear Festival... The music was composed by Carman Moore and performed by members of the American Symphony Orchestra with... soloists."
The soloists are Sam Rivers, Elliott Randal, Kenneth Bichel, Richard Davis, and Warren Smith. The score by Carman Moore is played by members of the American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaiah Jackson. Although it has a jazzy tinge, it is not at all what one would expect from the list of soloists or, more specifically, the presence of Sam Rivers. I find it strange and fascinating and quite nice, but judge for yourselves.
The LP was recorded on February 29, 1976 (again according to Rick Lopez), right in the middle between what I consider the absolute high points of Sam Rivers prolific oeuvre: the IAI duo sessions with Dave Holland (February 18), and the Quest session with Holland and Altschul (March 12--13), both featuring the most intense and intimate musical communication I can think of.
I was lucky enough to find a well-kept copy and ripped and cleaned it very carefully (all remastering was done in 24bit resolution). I'm glad to share it here with the kind help of kinabalu. To him and to all other contributors here I wish to express my gratitude for the amazing amount of fine and rare music I got from this blog. I am mostly too busy to leave a comment, but this (and , hopefully, some future indirect contributions) is my sincere thank you to all of you.
Kind regards,
inamorata
Another gem from Manfred Schulze.
An already almost forgotten musician with a highly original vision. Too little recordings were issued and fewer are still available. Hopefully someone will reissue this and other LPs from Amiga. For the time being...
MANFRED SCHULZE BLÄSERQUINTETT "CHORAL-KONZERT"
Johannes Bauer,tb
Manfred Hering,ts
Dietmar Diesner,as
Heiner Reinhardt,ss
Manfred Schulze,bars
1. Choral-Konzert (Part I) (Manfred Schulze) 17:39
2. Choral-Konzert (Part II) (Manfred Schulze) 16:36
Recorded: 8th January, 1988 in Berlin
AMIGA 8 56 356
This early japanese Free Jazz LP was originally recorded for a movie by Masao Adachi - "Renzoku Shasatsuma (Ryakusho)".
But it certainly works without the pictures.
A classic recording - not only from Japan - Enjoy!
MASAHIKO TOGASHI + MOTOTERU TAKAGI "ISOLATION"
Mototeru Takagi,ts,bcl,cornpipe
Masahiko Togashi,dr,vib,marimba,tube-bell,tympany
1. Isolation 1 (TOGASHI) 16:45
2. Isolation 2 (TOGASHI) 19:08
Recorded on 19th December, 1969 in Tokyo
Columbia JDX-49 (first edition)
This was the third LP of the Yamashita Trio, still with the original sax player Seiichi Nakamura. It was reissued as CD in 1991 with one piece more. Also some pieces were longer than on the LP.
But both are out of print.
Yosuke Yamashita is in Japan much more famous for his movie acting and his books which are bestsellers - as I was told by a japanese friend.
Sometimes he is marked as the japanese Cecil Taylor - but I think it is obvious that he has a voice all his own. However - C.T. was/is his "hero" - and there was a concert in which both played together. It seems it was filmed - something I would like to watch.
Here again one can notice, as Kinabalu remarked, the extraordinary energy and stamina of the group.
YOSUKE YAMASHITA TRIO "CONCERT IN NEW JAZZ"
Yosuke Yamashita,p
Seiichi Nakamura,ts,ss,cl
Takeo Moriyama,dr
1. Sate (Well) (Moriyama) 13:11
2. Mina's Second Theme (Yamashita) 06:44
3. Mokurin (Nakamura) 11:52
4. Gugan (Yamashita) 07:49
Recorded live at "Sankei Hall", Tokyo on 21st September, 1969
UNION UPS-20115
The original EHE lineup three years before the debut album
"Three Gentlemen From Chicago" (Moers Music 01076-1981).
Rec. live at "Auditorium R.A.I.", Turin, Italy,
on November 12, 1978 (mics recording)
Kahil El'Zabar,percussion,flute,vocal
Edward Wilkerson,tenor & alto sax,flute
'Light' Henry Huff,tenor,soprano & alto sax,bass clarinet
1. Unknown (14:16)
2. Unknown (07:54)
3. Unknown (08:02)
4. Unknown (11:38)
Total Time 41:52
Life's full of coincidence, isn't it? Yesterday I downloaded this album from the blog and listened through it. Today I dropped by a second-hand store and found it to my great surprise. If that wasn't enough, discovering that there was a scanner at work that could accommodate lp size covers was reason enough to make a post out of it. This was slipped into the comments section of the previous Yamashita trio post by pablo who digitised his own copy of the lp. No point in me replicating those worthy efforts.
Basic facts:
Side 1:
Mina's Second Theme (Yosuke Yamashita) 21:15
Side II
Mina's Second Theme (cont.)(Yosuke Yamashita) 7:35
Clay (Dedicated to Muhammad Ali) (Takeo Moriyama) 15:15
Akira Sakata - Clarinet & Altosax
Yosuke Yamashita - Piano
Takeo Moriyama - drums
Recorded June 2, 1974, live at the open-air III. New Jazz Festival in Moers, Germany
Released as Enja 2052.
Listening to this, I'm amazed at the sheer energy and stamina of these three musicians. Keeping it going at full throttle for well over 40 minutes is no mean feat and there is an intensity and an underlying sense of violence which is scenically captured in this You Tube film excerpt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD3Q060KI28
Heady stuff in other words and a source of inspiration for a younger generation mixing the in your face attitude of punk and rock with the abandonment of free impro. Perhaps no wonder that Sakata has recently played with the Scandinavian power trio The Thing. Mads Gustafson is a huge admirer, which shouldn't surprise anybody listening to these tracks.
Another Trio from Japan. Quite different in its attitude.
I was a bit surprised to hear David Friesen in such a musical enviroment.
More probably than not I'm only biased.
KAZUTOKI "KAPPO" UMEZU "BAMBOO VILLAGE"
Kazutoki Umezu,as,ss,bcl
Masahiko Togashi,perc
David Friesen,b
1. Bamboo Village 10:11
2. Jumpin' Sambo 09:32
3. How Are You 14:33
4. Blue Tree 06:53
Recorded March 21, 22, 1980 at Onkio Haus (sic!), Tokyo
NEXT WAVE 25PJ-1003
DELETED! see comments...
Here's one for Sunday. The Yosuke Yamashita Trio with Akira Sakata. See also Riccardo's post from 6th November for another fine recording with Akira Sakata!
YOSUKE YAMASHITA TRIO "GHOSTS by Albert Ayler"
Yosuke Yamashita,p
Akira Sakata,as
Shoichi Koyama,dr
1. Chiasma (Yosuke Yamashita) 16:30
2. Ghosts (Albert Ayler) 35:30
Recorded : May 23, 1977 at "Jazz in der Kammer", Deutsches Theater, Berlin, Germany.
I hope this is still inedited for the Blogland.
Rec. live at "100 Club", London, England, on March 5, 1979
(mics recording)
Elton Dean,alto sax,saxello
Alan Skidmore,tenor & soprano sax
Mark Charig,trumpet,tenor horn
Harry Beckett,trumpet,flugelhorn
Radu Malfatti,trombone
Nick Evans,trombone
Keith Tippett,piano
Harry Miller,bass
Louis Moholo,drums
+
Jim Dvorak,trumpet (2nd set only)
1st set :
1. Oasis_139 (35:22)
2. Sweet F.A._Seven For Lee (32:04)
2nd set :
1. Nicrotto_Mark's_First Born_Bounce (58:09)
Total Time 2:05:36
This post is an addendum to the german thread.
Humorous - Gentle - Assertive - Realistic - Dadaistic - Social - Individual - Accurate - Fuzzy ....
BERGISCH-BRANDENBURGISCHES QUARTETT
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, as(1,2,6), bs(3), cl(4,5,6,7), harmonica(2), ratchet(1)
Rüdiger Carl, ts(1,2,3,6), accordion(2,4,5), cl(7), voc(5)
Hans Reichel, g, v(1), cigarbox(1), radio(5)
Sven-Åke Johansson, dr, perc, voc(2,4,5,7), telephone books(5), etc
A1. Ohne Telefonbücher 04:18
A2. Empfindungen und Nachempfindungen 03:49
A3. Eskapaden 09:30
A4. Die Kuh mit den zehn Litern 04:52
B1. Kalldautzki 06:41
B2. Neapolitanische Schwermut 09:28
B3. Blues Skies In The Background 01:49
Recorded on March 1, 1982 at Haus der Jungen Talente, Berlin.
AMIGA 8 56 031
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