JOHN RUSSELL, ROGER TURNER, TOSHINORI KONDO - ARTLESS SKY (CAW RECORDS, 1979)

Here is a request for FW.


Roger Turner, drums, percussion

John Russell, plectrum guitar

Toshinori Kondo, trumpet, alto horn, mutes


A1 Artless Sky


B1 Dear Listeners

B2 When Crime Becomes An Option

B3 Pies

B4 Mounting On The Wind

B5 Marcel Waves


Recorded live in Luton, 19 October 1979.

Caw Records - CAW 001.

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Noah Howard Quartet live at Columbia University, NY, 1973

I noticed that our blogger chums at 9 Grey Chairs posted recently a recording of Noah Howard at the Village Vanguard in 1972, so I thought I should follow it up with this live recording from Columbia University the year after. I suppose this was taped off radio, most likely the student radio at Columbia, WKCR. I am also willing to wager that WKCR is pretty much unequaled when it comes to jazz broadcasting.

This is diiferent group from the one at Village Vanguard. Earl Freeman is on this one as well, but new to the quartet is the guitarist and drummer, about whom I know next to nothing. This is a bit of an oddity. It doesn't really sound much like what Howard did before and after. But it may be in some ways attuned to what was happening in NY at the time, what with the introduction here of guitars and liberal doses of fuzz pedals. Not too sure about how well that comes off, but perhaps it's indicative of certain musical developments at that moment in time. Think of Blood Ulmer, Ornette Coleman's Prime Time and what was to be known as harmolodics, even though that concept is somewhat hard to define. In any case, a curious addition to the Noah Howard discography, but an unreleased one.

Noah Howard Quartet 

Wollman Auditorium, Columbia University 

1973-07-05

Source: Radio

Sound: A

Noah Howard- as, perc, v,

Earl Freeman- b,

Glenn Dong- g,

Jean-Louis Mechali- perc.

Time 48:16

01. Living Space 35:40

02. Duet for Alto & Bass 12:36

HÜSEYIN ERTUNC TRIO "MÛSIKÎ" (INTEX, 1970)

Here we have a contribution by Can. He already provided us with the 1999's No Music Festival Box - here.

The best place for finding informations about the musicians involved in this extraordinary music you'll find at Clifford Allen's blog Ni Kantu.

Please say thanks to Can -





HÜSEYIN ERTUNC TRIO  "MÛSIKÎ"


Michael Cosmic, alto & sopranino saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, piccolo, organ, percussion
Phil Musra, tenor & soprano saxophone, flute, zurna, clarinet, percussion
Hüseyin Ertunç, drums

1. Creator Spaces                             08:45    
2. More Beautiful Vibrations From The Creator     12:45    
3. Space On Space                             20:45


Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1970.


INTEX Records (1974)

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MASAHIKO SATO / WOLFGANG DAUNER - PIANOLOGY (EXPRESS - 1971)

Masahiko Sato, piano, electric harpsichord, ring modulator

Wolfgang Dauner, piano, electric piano, ring modulator

A1.  Everything   8:01      

A2.  They Got Rhythm, Too       5:12      

A3.  For Chinatsu And Regina     7:12      

B1.  Thousand Summers  8:09      

B2.  Jin-Juppo-Kai        12:23    

Recorded March 1, 1971, Tokyo.

Express ‎– ETP-9030

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MAL WALDRON ‎– SPANISH BITCH (GLOBE 1971)

A1.  Spanish Bitch                            

A2.  Eleanor Rigby                           

B1.  Black Chant                               

B2.  All That Funk                             

The album was produced by Manfred Eicher and originally destined for the ECM label, hence the artwork. However, it was picked up in Japan by Victor for their Globe sub-label and, in the end, was never released on ECM or on CD.

Mal Waldron, piano

Isla Eckinger, bass

Fred Braceful, drums

Recorded in Ludwigsburg, West Germany, September 18, 1970.

Released on Globe ‎– SMJX – 10113; distributed by Victor Musical Industries.

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THEO LOEVENDIE - THE DUTCH JAZZ SCENE (1969) AND DUTCH JAZZ SCENE REVISITED (1977)

Here are a few morsels of Theo Loevendie from transcription recordings made for Radio Nederland. The 1969 recordings include his trio and consort and the 1977 recording is of the consort. I have not separated the latter line-ups, since the details are not clear. Let me know if you have better information!

The Loevendie Trio - 1969

Theo Loevendie, piano
Maarten van Regteren Altena, double bass
Martin Van Duinhoven, drums

The Theo Loevendie Consort - 1969 and 1977

Theo Loevendie, alto and soprano saxophone, piano
Arjen Gorter, double bass
Bernard Hunnekink, trombone
Bob Driessen, alto saxophone
Boy Raaymakers, trumpet
Han Bennink, drums, xylophone, steel drums
Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophone
Jim Van Der Valk-Bouman, trombone
Joop Mastenbroek , baritone saxophone
Leo van Oostrom, baritone saxophone
Maarten van Regteren Altena, double bass
Martin Van Duinhoven, drums
Nedley Elstak, trumpet
Willem Van Manen, trombone

1. Wet Feet - Trio
2. Mr Brook - 1969
3. Zero - 1969

4. Julian - 1977
5. Monday - 1977
6. The Library - 1977

The Dutch Jazz Scene - Radio Nederland – 109 917/923, 1969
The Dutch Jazz Scene Revisited - Radio Nederland – 6808.653/659, 1977

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Appeal for Julian Priester, (who needs a kidney Transplant)

We here at IS , are not in the habit of soliciting donations , or asking for money for ourselves, (what we do ,we do for love of Music and the joy of sharing)....on rare, occasions we make an exception ... this is one of those.

Many among our readers i'm sure are familiar with the music of Trombonist,Composer, improviser Julian Priester , a  man who though he recorded infrequently under his own name , created some enduring treasured ,very much loved albums , and also played with Sun Ra, Sam Rivers ( hear,the Magnificent Summit Conference, by Reggie Workman, also Featuring Andrew Hill,& Pheeroan Aklaff ), Jimmy Heath ,Bobby Hutcherson,Herbie Hancock's great Mwandishi Band... and a host of others, known and less known.

Its been brought to our attention that Priester, has been beset with serious health problems,and that also given the Paucity of decent Health Care in the US , he and his family have racked up huge almost insurmountable debt , and are in danger of losing their home and hearth...

a Fundaising effort is well under way (with only ten days to go) anyone interested in helping out by making a donation , can read the facts here  

so far they have raised , 19,000 dollars , but according to American friends that is barely enough to cover a few weeks in Hospital!
thank you!! (for reading this)

BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN "REQUIEM FÜR EINEN JUNGEN DICHTER" (LINGUAL 1967-1969)

Although a good portion of the texts are in german it is an overhwelming listening experience (IMHO) also for non-german speakers. Sometimes the words are not clearly audible - wether german or in another language. But it doesn't diminish the impact of the score - au contraire
Since I discovered B.A. Zimmermann (about ten years ago) seriously, he has become one of my favourite composers. A friend of mine made me aware about the LP I post here - it was released not by a label but through the association of the german industries - or better its cultural society.

I was lucky enough to find it several days ago - and what a find...still the music is resonating.

Enjoy!




BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN  (20 March 1918 - 10 August 1970)
 "REQUIEM FÜR EINEN JUNGEN DICHTER" (LINGUAL 1967-1969)

Lingual für Sprecher, Sopran- und Baritonsolo, drei Chöre, Orchester, Jazz-Combo und elektronische Klänge nach Worten verschiedener Dichter, Berichte und Reportagen.
(Lingual for speaker, soprano- and baritone-solo, three choirs, orchestra, jazz-combo, organ and electronic sounds, with texts from various writers, narrations and reports.)
Ad Honorem St.Hermani-Josephi


Dorothy Dorow, soprano
Günther Reich, baritone
Theo Loevendie Quartet
Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Matthias Fuchs, speaker
Hans Franzen, speaker
RIAS Chamber Choir, Erich Brockhaus, leader
Austrian Broadcast Choir, Prof. Gottfried Preinfalk, leader
The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Great Broadcast Choir of the N.O.S. Hilversum
Michaell Gielen, director



Side A: (29:10)

- Prolog
- Requiem I
- Requiem II


Side B: (35:02)

Requiem II (continued)
- Ricercar
- Rappresentazione
- Elegia
- Tratto
- Lamento
- Dona Nobis Pacem


Recorded by the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting Hilversum at the Holland-Festival in 1971.

Published by the Kulturkreis im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie - Stereo 2891 182 (LP)


Note: Words are by Wladimir Majakowski, Sergej Jessenin, Conrad Beyer, Ezra Pound, H.H.Jahnn, Mao, Dubcek, Goebbels, Joyce, Camus, Weöres, Augustine, Hitler, Imre Nagy, Papandreou, Chamberlain, Aeschylus, Wittgenstein, Beatles [Hey Jude] and others...(languages - greek, russian, english, french, hungarian, czech, latin, german...)

Hajo Weber & Ulrich Ingenbold - Winterreise (1982)

Hajo Weber & Ulrich Ingenbold - Winterreise (ECM 1982)

01. Der wundersame Weg    [0:04:52.46]
02. Karusell    [0:07:29.14]
03. Winterreise    [0:04:21.59]
04. Zweifel    [0:04:17.04]
05. Sommerregen    [0:05:52.34]
06. Drehung in der Luft    [0:06:01.68]
07. Filmmusik    [0:04:39.07]
08. Son's Song    [0:04:39.58]

HAJO WEBER - guitar
ULRICH INGENBOLD - guitars, flutes

Recorded March 1982 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
Produced by Manfred Eicher

ECM 1235 (vinyl rip)

On winter theme. This is not much free or avant jazz, but gentle, soothing and relaxing music, performed mostly on two acoustic guitars. Following excerpts are from review, published about year ago at between sound and space website:

"I know nothing of Hajo Weber and Ulrich Ingenbold beyond the incandescent duets these two guitarists buried in the snowy recesses of Winterreise (Winter Journey), one of ECM’s greatest forgotten treasures. The title, of course, evokes Schubert, and the comparison may not be so arbitrary, for like the famous song cycle it speaks with hushed clairvoyance. Weber and Ingenbold bring distinct flavor to this session, dividing themselves at four compositions apiece.
...
Winterreise is a poetic diary that deserves only poetry in return, and ranks alongside Bill Connors’s Theme To The Guardian and Ralph Towner’s Solo Concert as one of ECM’s most evocative guitar dates. As long as a reissue seems unlikely, make this your first vinyl rediscovery."

ORNETTE COLEMAN QUARTET - VALENZA 1974 (PRIVATE LABEL)

This tour with James Blood Ulmer is from a transitional period between the acoustic groups and the electrified bands of Tales Of Captain Black and Prime Time.

There are videos from the Rome concert on Youtube.

An LP release from the Padua concert on the tour suffered from the guitar being poorly audible.

A concert recording from Keystone Corner, San Francisco in September 1974, has also been circulating, with David Williams replacing Sirone and playing both acoustic and electric bass.

However, this is my favourite from the year. 


Ornette Coleman, alto saxophone, trumpet, violin

Sirone, double bass

Billy Higgins, drums

James Blood Ulmer, guitar


C1 Unknown Title     10:10    
C2 Tutti     14:05    
D Lonely Woman     17:40    
E1 Something To Listen To     8:40    
E2 Bells And Chimes     9:00    
F  Comme Il Faut     19:40    
G What Reason Could I Give?     15:00    
H  Love Call     10:40    

Recorded live in Valenza, Italy 1974. Compiled with a 1966 trio live recording as part of a 4LP release.

Label: BAT 2-4

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JOHN SURMAN - ELVIN JONES QUARTET "LONDON, MARCH 1986"

JOHN SURMAN - ELVIN JONES QUARTET "LONDON, MARCH 1986"










John Surman, baritone & soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Dave Holland, bass
Elvin Jones, drums


CD 1
01. Homecoming (Holland)     12:59
02. Hot Hut (Mangelsdorff)   17:33
03. Vedana (Holland)         06:46
04. Revised Edition (Surman) 09:57 [cut]
05. Revised Edition (Surman) 03:42 [continued?]

CD 2
06. Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington)   09:25
07. Raving Raven (Mangelsdorff)     18:38
08. Going For A Burton (Surman)     16:01
09. E. J. Blues (Jones)             13:19
10. Radio Speaker                   00:32

Recorded March 21 (or 18) 1986, Shaw Theatre, London;
originally broadcast on BBC Radio London series
"All That Jazz", 16th  December 1986

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MALACHi FAVORS MAGHOSTUT - Natural & The Spiritual (1978)

A requested one - great late Art Ensemble Of Chicago bassist and his only solo effort.


Malachi Favors Maghoustut - Natural And The Spiritual (AECO Records 1978)

1. The Procession 3:29
2. Natural And The Spiritual (Working On The Buildings) 8:35
3. Peace Be Unto You 10:33
4. Natural And The Spiritual 7:08
5. Black Man Tripover / Womens Takeover 4:00
6. If' Fin You No's De Way-Sho Us 10:53
7. Keep on keepin on 5:18
8. Gone 0:28

solo bass and assorted little instruments

Recorded on April 23, 1977, live at The University of Chicago.
Bass is unamplified.

(cd version 1992 – NECO-003-CD)

KANG TAE HWAN "CLEARNESS" (PSYCHO DISC, 1999)

My appreciation for Kang Tae Hwan should be clear to all who followed my posts since I was invited in September 2010.
Kazuhisha Uchihashi has played with a lot of musicians from Europe (Bailey, Brötzmann, Roger Turner) but also with Leo Smith, Barre Phillips, Otomo Yoshihide and Elliott Sharp.
You'll find a good profile here.
Ichiraku Yoshimitsu isn't as popular as Uchihashi (in the western hemisphere) - but his CV is as impressive as Uchihashi's > George Lewis,  Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M and Korean trumpet-player Choi Sun Bae a.o.
Take a look for his profile there.

This post is a request by Nick which I happily oblige!

IMPORTANT _ Please give me some feedback wether the links are available again! (16.01.2013)


KANG TAE HWAN  "CLEARNESS"


Kang Tae Hwan, alto saxophone
Ichiraku Yoshimitsu, Drums, percussion, electronics (CD 1)
Kazuhisa Uchihashi, guitar, effects (CD 2)

CD 1
1-1         Untitled     16:23    
1-2         Untitled     19:32    
1-3         Untitled     09:34    
1-4         Untitled     09:06

CD 2   
2-1         Untitled     04:15    
2-2         Untitled     06:11    
2-3         Untitled     05:57    
2-4         Untitled     05:37    
2-5         Untitled     03:38    
2-6         Untitled     03:57    
2-7         Untitled     04:43    
2-8         Untitled     06:42    
2-9         Untitled     05:35    
2-10         Untitled     06:55


Disk 1 recorded live at Indoyo, Hofu on November 23, 1999.
Disk 2 recorded live at Big Apple, Kobe on November 25, 1999 and at Otis, Hiroshima on November 24, 1999.

PSYCHO DISC psycho-0103-4 (cd-r)

Limited, numbered edition of 300. Packaged in a DVD box.

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JAYNE CORTEZ AND THE FIRESPITTERS – MAINTAIN CONTROL (BOLA PRESS, 1986)

I was preparing this post for a request from May 2012, when I found,sadly, that Jayne Cortez died on 28 December 2012. A powerful poet, both in writing and performance, and a civil rights activist, Jayne released numerous books and albums. Her first album as leader was with Richard Davis on bass (Celebrations and Solitudes, Strata-East). Many later albums were written with her band, The Firespitters, produced with her son, Denardo Coleman, and featured leading free jazz and African musicians.

Obituary

Rest in peace

Jayne Cortez, poetry
Al MacDowell, bass
Bern Nix, guitar
Denardo Coleman, percussion
Charles Moffett Jr, tenor saxophone

Ornette Coleman, alto saxophone (A4)
Abdul Wadud, cello (B4)

A1. Maintain Control     3:40    
A2. Economic Love Song     2:03    
A3. Tell Me     5:13    
A4. No Simple Explanations     6:59    
A5. Briefing     5:21    

B1. Kai Kai (For The Poets)     4:42    
B2. Deadly Radiation Blues     4:30    
B3. Chocolate     4:50    
B4. Commitment     4:07    
B5. Everything Is Wonderful     1:48    

Bola Press – BP-8601

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GILSON - MALAGASY (LUMEN, PALM RECORDS, 1972) AND GILSON - MALAGASY AT NEWPORT-PARIS (PALM RECORDS, 1973)

-23 °C + wind chill for the walk to work today.

This time of year, I wish I was in Madagascar

Alain Rahoerson, drums
Alain Razafinohatra, alto saxophone
Arnaud Razafy, bass clarinet, guitar
Georges Rahoerson, tenor saxophone
Jean-Charles Capon, bass
Jean-Claude Pourtier, drums, percussion, organ
Jef Gilson, piano, electric piano, xylophone, percussion
Joel Rakotomamonjy, tenor saxophone
Jojo, percussion
Pierre Moret, percussion
Roland De Comarmond, flute, baritone saxophone
Sam, bass
Serge Rahoerson, drums, tenor saxophone

A1. A Tana    5:20

A2. Avaradoha     6:25

A3. Available on The Best Of Jef Gilson Jazzman compilation

A4. Sodina    6:35

B1. Available on The Best Of Jef Gilson Jazzman compilation

B2. Malagasy     7:10


Lumen - LD 33 908, Palm Records - PALM 1

Recorded 1969-71

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Jef Gilson, Fender-Rhodes piano, ondioline
Frank Raholison, drums
Del Rabenja, tenor saxophone, valiha (http://dutchinmadagascar.blogspot.ca/2012/04/ha-jazz.html)
Sylvain Marc, percussion, guitar, Fender bass
Gerard Rakotoarivony, Fender bass
Ange "Zizi" Japhet, percussion, Fender bass

A1. Newport Bounce  5:46

A2. Salegy Jef     6:11

A3. Solo Frank     6:03

A4. Buddah's Vision  6:00

B1. Veloma Lava 5:42

B2. Valiha Del  3:50

B3. Requiem Pour Django  7:28

B4. Dizzy 48  5:20

B5. "1973"  1:58


Palm Records - PALM 5

Recorded 14 March 1973

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Rex Stewart and his Dixielanders-(Live in Boston 1953)Featuring Herbie Nichols !!!

Now for Some serious Fun!!!....
heres a nicely recorded document of some stomping Dixieland revival, those who like Aki Takase's Wonderful Enja discs of pre war Jazz ,will love this....I certainly do!

the real Surprise is Herbie Nichols , who despite various stories about how depressed he was at having to make his Living playing in Dixieland revival groups (where incidentally he made the acquaintance of both Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd)
his playing here is fresh, and he sounds, (as does the entire band)like he's having a wail of a time!!

The great trumpeter Rex Stewart is best known for his stint of a decade or so with Duke Ellington's Orchestra , (1934-45), later in life he toured and recorded with Norman Granz's JATP, and there after recorded prolifically under his own name ,with the Ellingtonians
and a great many dixieland revival outfits such as this, under the names..the feet warmers, the Dixielanders. etc..also becoming a Jazz historian,critic and Lecturer.

Clarinetist Albert Nicholas of Creole descent was a veritable New Orleans legend having started his career in 1910,with King Oliver ,Buddy Petit,and Manuel Perez.

Perhaps its some form of retroactive wishful thinking/Selective Memory ,but i have vague recollections of reading an anecdotal report years ago in some book or other, about A.Nicholas and Don Byas ,at the club Montmartre Copenhagen night after night in the early sixties admiringly watching Albert Ayler
not only Recognizing his mastery, but saying they had always wanted to play as freely as that!

Its not hard to see why ,indeed listening to Ayler's recordings of Spirituals and all the stunning Hallucinatory marching band hybrid tunes , one imagines he would have fit right in...

Many of the tunes on this document are taken at an exhilarating break neck tempo, at times threatening to fall apart as they lope over some imaginary precipice, Herbie Nichols is extraordinary playing Ragtime style syncopated Melodies with the right hand and walking bass lines with the left,
occasionally spicing it up by accenting with odd mildly dissonant stabs.. though of course not to the extent one finds on his own blue note sessions 2 years later.

this is obviously originally an edited radio broadcast , probably unauthorized as many live sessions of this vintage, released on Musidisc seem to have been, America records which put out so many great free jazz lp's was itself a subsidiary of Musidisc.

at a cursory glance (a few pages of google) there doesn't appear to be much by way of a mention let alone detailed info regarding this record...

ps
Although i now see t(having checked the booklet to the H.Nichols Mosaic lp box) that this was actually released on the Jazztone label, probably as a series of  10 inch singles.


SESSION DETAILS
Rex Stewart and his Dixielanders, live in Boston(June, according to the H.Nichols Mosaic boxset) 1953, venue unknown
Rex Stewart-Tpt
Albert Nicholas-Cl
Fernando Arbello-trb
Herbie Nichols-piano
John Dengler-Bari Sax
John Feild-db
Tommy Benford-Dr

A-
thats a plenty
Basin Street Blues
High Society
Tin Roof Blues
Dixie land One Step

B-
South Rampart street Parade
Weary Blues
Apex Blues
Wolverine Blues
When the saints go marchin' inENJOY!!!!!!

PPS, cant find any evidence that this has been reissued , i could well be wrong!

DIDIER LEVALLET OCTET "SCOOP" (IN & OUT, 1982/83)

After I heard Nick's LP of  Didier Levallet he has shared in March 2012 with us I was looking for another recording from him.
Some weeks ago I found it and two days ago I gave it a proper listen.

At least the first track (theme) has impressions from Anthony Braxton's groups ca. 1975 - but the recording is all its own. Tony Oxley is sadly too low in the mix mostly when the whole group is playing. One can hear him f.e. much better in a duo part with Malfatti. Especially the solos spots from Steve Lacy and Tony Coe have touched me upon the the first time listening.
But it is a very enjoyable album in its entirety.




DIDIER LEVALLET OCTET  "SCOOP"


Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
Tony Coe, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Marc Charig, cornet, alto horn
Radu Malfatti, trombone
Gérard Buquet, tuba, contrabass trombone
Gérard Marais, guitar
Didier Levallet, double bass
Tony Oxley, drums


A1. Steppenwolf              (09:21)
A2. Sweet Lacy               (05:13)
A3. Mémoires                 (09:14)
B1. Azimuts - Parties 1-2-3  (23:48)

All compositions and arrangements by Didier Levallet.


Recorded on May 11th 1983 at l'École Nationale de Musique d'Angoulême except A1 recorded in concert at the Théâtre, May 12th 1983.

IN & OUT IAO 1006

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Jon Jang - Jang

Following our earlier postings of United Front and George Sams, here is another musician who was to become an important part of the Asian Improv scene, Jon Jang. Of Chinese extraction, his contribution has been one of Americanizing Chinese folk melodies and to make visible the experience of being an immigrant with attachments to two different communities on opposite sides of the Pacific. As such, his work is part of a distinct West Coast scene where the links to the Asian continent are stronger than elsewhere than in the US, with the possible exception of other major towns on the American continent. The Asian Improv scene and record label is a concrete manifestation of a story that deserves wider recognition. The handcuffs on the front cover are symbolic of restrictions on Chinese immigration, in particular the adoption of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 which was in force until 1943 and only completely repealed in 1965 with the Immigration and Naturalization Act which abolished the old system of national quotas.

This was his debut release on the RPM label which also released both of the United Front records we have posted earlier. The Asian influence may not be as strong as on later releases. What's here is a quite diverse selection of tunes, some live piano solo performances ranging from contemporary classical to standards to spirituals, one is a straight-laced jazz guitar - piano duet and two are really United Front tunes with piano and guitar augmentation. I'm not sure if Jang is even on the opening piece. All in all, a debut release that is very promising, if somewhat lacking in artistic direction.

Jon Jang

"Jang"

RPM Records RPM-3

recorded live, Santa Cruz, CA November 1979*

and studio, San Francisco,  February 1982

Jon Jang, piano

Baird Miller, guitar

Lewis Jordan, alto sax

George Sams, trumpet

Mark Izu, bass

Anthony Brown, percussion

Side A

For sister Deeana  8:10

Two selections from Five Pieces for Piano 5:21*

Lester Leaps Out (Dolphinology) 3:45

Sweet, Sweet Spirit 2:06

Side B

Le Chocard des Alpes from Catalogue d'Oiseaux (Messiaen) 9:29

The Ballad of the Bluebird Boogie  4:09

Goodbye Porkpie Hat/Giant Steps (Mingus/Coltrane)  6:17*

Jon Jang

"Jang"

RPM Records RPM-3

recorded live, Santa Cruz, CA November 1979*

and studio, San Francisco,  February 1982

Thanks to Arcturus for supplying the digital files. I've put in an order for the second release by Jang on RPM, "Are you Chinese or Charlie Chan".  It'll be interesting to see how it compares with this one. As of writing, I've no idea. As far as I know, these records are long out of print and only obtainable on the second hand market.

KOHSUKE ICHIHARA ALL STARS / MASAHIKO SATOH & GARAN-DOH - デマ (DEMA)

Here is a different aspect of Masahiko Sato to the recent posts. He contributed to a phenomenal number of albums in the early 1970s, as a musical director and playing acoustic or electric keyboards.


1. Prologue     1:19    

2. Information1 - Information21     16:46    

3. Information22 - Information49     15:10    

4. Epilogue     2:36    


Group 1

Akira Ishikawa, drums
Hideo Ichikawa, electric piano
Kimio Mizutani,  electric guitar
Kohsuke Ichihara, flutes, soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
Masaoki Terakawa, electric bass
Takao Naoi, electric guitar

Group 2

Hozumi Tanaka, drums, percussion
Keiki Midorikawa, double bass
Masahiko Sato, piano, synthesizer

First release: CBS Sony – SOLL-28, 1973

Re-released: Super Fuji Discs – FJSP-02, 2007

JAY OLIVER - DANCE OF THE ROBOT PEOPLE (AKONO PRODUCTIONS 30-7-170, 1982)

Here's another outing with Jay Oliver on bass, this time in a quartet with Steve Lacy.



Jay Oliver, double bass
Oliver Johnson, drums
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
Glenn Ferris, trombone

A1 Michele's Shower                 8:25    
A2 Goodbye Charles                 0:45    
A3 Dance Of The Robot People             6:55    
A4 Dust On The Keys                 6:30    
B1 Feather Lite                 6:35    
B2 In The Dishroom (A Sad State Of Affairs)     11:00    
B3 Winter Day, Spring Night             8:00    

Recorded at IRCAM Paris, Dec. 9 and 10, 1981

Akono Productions 30-7-170, Switzerland, 1982.
Re-released LP on Konnex Records ST-5003, Germany, 1984.

Vinyl rip

Night And Day - Plays Them All - Set 1

Twelve sets played over three successive nights on 27-29 May 1992 at the Badenscher Hof, Berlin.

Rüdiger Carl, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano
Jay Oliver, bass
Sven-Åke Johansson, drums

1-1          It Don't Mean A Thing    4:01       

1-2          A Foggy Day       3:41       

1-3          Loverman            4:54       

1-4          There Will Never Be Another You             2:54       

1-5          In A Mellow Tone            4:05       

1-6          What Is This Thing Called Love    3:28       

1-7          Autumn Leaves                4:36       

1-8          Just Friends        3:45  

Edition Atelier Graz 2003

Put on your dancing shoes.      

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.

SAMADHI “MASAHIKO MEETS GARY” (EXPRESS/TOSHIBA, 1972)

Send to me for you - thank you Nick!



SAMADHI  “MASAHIKO MEETS GARY”


Masahiko Sato, piano, electric piano, moog-synthesizer
Gary Peacock, bass
Motohiko Hino, drums



A.  Samadhi
B1. Fairy Rings
B2. Fall Out

Recorded at Toshiba Studio, Tokyo on March 3, 1972.

EXPRESS/TOSHIBA ETJ-9003

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Attila Zoller-Masahiko Satoh, A Path through Haze 1971-MPS

In a completely different vein , heres a beautiful MPS session from 1971, featuring legendary post bop guitarist Atilla Zoller, Harmonically Challenging and at times tonally ambiguous ,though relatively straight ahead with lots of delightful free wheeling interplay,by Satoh and Zoller.

All in all rather reminiscent of  the material performed by a sensational mid sixties band led by pianist Don Friedman, that recorded a couple of albums for Prestige
the best of which ,"Metamorphoses" happens to be among my favorite records...(available on CD and well worth checking out)

To my knowledge this hasn't been issued on CD outside of Japan , unaccountably given its superb quality!... it has been around in mp3's which perhaps can still be found around the blogosphere.

this is ripped from a very clean copy , made by Teichiku in the early 70's

A Path Through Haze Mps (UL-X-38-P)1971
Attila Zoller-G
Masahiko Satoh-pno
Yasuo Arakawa-DB
Masahiko Ozu-dr
recorded at Teldec Studio Berlin, 7th Nov 1971

enjoy!! , and Explore Zoller's (and Satohs)available discography scant as it is, you wont be disappointed ... a great one of Zoller's on MPS that is available , is Zo Ko So,1965, with Martial Solal, and Hans Koller
Best S

PS, does anyone have the rarer MPS Zoller Satoh Duo... ???

Masahiko Satoh-'Yun' Solo Piano Vol2-1976

Here's another, superb solo piano lp, I know absolutely nothing about the circumstances surrounding this recording ,what i do know is that ive always considered Masahiko Satoh to be one of the
most distinctive , authentic Japanese Jazz pianists , a superb improviser whatever the Context.

This was the second in an early series of solo recordings from the 70's...

its Dense , and certainly to these ears Satoh seems to submit to and absorb the influence of Cecil Taylor(something i havent heard before on albums under his name) .. that said there is also THAT distinctive spaciousness which seems inherent to most Japanese free jazz of its day.

Pretty Sure though not absolutely Certain that this is not currently available , i welcome correction on that score..
Masahiko Satoh- Solo Piano#2, Yun
A-Yun part 1
B-Yun part 2
recorded at Columbia studios Tokyo-
6-3-1976
this issue ,Denon YX7502-ND



Note- this is my first Zippy- share upload ,on Paper their declarations of decent speeds and , no cost either to uploaders or Downloaders,suites me fine...
i would appreciate any feedback ,by those downloading this file
click on the Images forwhat scant information there is in english!!

Enjoy and Best wishes for the New year to all!!

Satoh's website
Satoh's Discography
Satoh CDs for Sale
(Btw, Cd's Japan is a ,Decent place to buy, lots of discounted stock , and a fair but not great selection of  Jazz)

Paul Dunmall / Philip Gibbs / Keith Tippett / Pete Fairclough - Onosante (2000)

From Andy's Christmas gifts - out of stock title from Paul Dunmall's cd-r label extensive catalogue.

Paul Dunmall / Keith Tippett / Philip Gibbs / Pete Fairclough - Onosante (Duns 2000)

Paul Dunmall - tenor & soprano saxes, fife, bagpipes
Philip Gibbs - guitar
Keith Tippett - piano
Pete Fairclough - drums

1. Song And Dance And (07.11)
2. For Lost Souls (34.43)
3. Onosante (07.26)
4. Manosante (06.41)

Recorded on 15 November 2000 in the Victoria Rooms, Bristol.

Cover painting by Paul Dunmall.

DUNS Limited Edition 006

JULiE TiPPETTS - Sunset Glow (1975)

Julie Tippetts - Sunset Glow (Utopia Records 1975)

01. Mind of A Child - 5.09

02 Ocean and Sky (and Questions Why?) - 5.15

03 Sunset Glow - 7.51

04 Now If You Remember - 1.55

05 Lilies - 5.43

06 Shifting Still (instrumental) - 4.21

07 What is Living - 2.28

08 Behind the Eyes (For a Friend, R.) - 5.12

Julie - voice, piano, acoustic guitar, clay drum, tambourine

Keith Tippett - piano, harmonium

Brian Godding - electric guitar

Mark Charig - cornet, tenor horn

Elton Dean - alto saxophone

Nick Evans - trombone

Louis Moholo - drums

Brian Belshaw - bass guitar

Harry Miller - double bass

Produced by George Chkiantz & Julie Tippetts with Giorgio Gomelsky

Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, 1975

CD Air Mail Archive AIRAC-1115 (Japan, 2005)

This gentle and delicate collection is one of a few Julie's works, incorporating both songcraft and jazz / free improvisation. For further exploration in this field, I would like to suggest her appearance on Carla Bley's Tropic Appetites (Watt 1974) and more recent Nostalgia 77 Sessions featuring Keith & Julie Tippett (Tru Thoughts 2oo9). Despite being reissued on cd by Blueprint (1999) and Disconforme (2ooo) labels, Sunset Glow remains unavailable for long years. I believe this album may be a good article for reissue specialists Esoteric Recordings, who is actually going to release first two Keith Tippett Group albums with their usual care about mastering and packaging.

Love, Peace & Joy

<3

KARLHANNS BERGER QUARTET mit BENT JAEDIG "JAZZ DA CAMERA" (DA CAMERA 1963 or '64)

I wish all the blog members, the contributors and the commentators a Merry Christmas.
A tiny gift for you.


Karl Berger - before playing the vibraphone - his first recording - Enjoy!


KARLHANNS BERGER QUARTET mit BENT JAEDIG  "JAZZ DA CAMERA"

Karlhanns Berger, piano
Bent Jaedig, flute
Joop Christoffer, bass
Bob Petrin, drums

A1. Blues Concept (Berger)       05:41          
B1. D'accord (Berger)            02:37
B2. Prof. Wotasnoozle (Berger)   03:39

Recorded in Bremen on July 3, 1963.

DA CAMERA JZ 7001

Note: Karl Berger's website says it was recorded in 1964.

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TOSHIYUKI MIYAMA & HIS NEW HERD - "NIO & PIGEON" (NIPPON COLUMBIA, 1972)

A contribution by Nick.


TOSHIYUKI MIYAMA & HIS NEW HERD - "NIO & PIGEON"

Toshiyuki Miyama, leader
Kazumi Oguro, alto Saxophone, clarinet & alto clarinet, flute, tambourine
Shinji Nakayama, alto Saxophone, clarinet, flute, siren, clapper
Shoji Maeda, tenor Saxophone & soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
Kiyoshi Saito, tenor Saxophone & soprano saxophone, clarinet, Flute, Kachi-Kachi
Miki Matsui, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Koji Hatori, trumpet, mellophone
Bunji Murata, trumpet, drum
Kenichi Sano, trumpet, siren
Kunio Fujisaki, trumpet
Teruhiko Kataoka, trombone, drum
Masamichi Uetaka, trombone, kachi-kachi
Seiichi Tokura, trombone, drum, bell
Takeshi Aoki, trombone, bass trombone, siren, guilo
Yoshinobu Imashiro, piano, gong, celesta, gara-gara
Masao Kunisada, bass
Masaru Hiromi, drums, percussion, clapper
Kozaburo Yamaki, guitar, maracas, bell, kachi-kachi, composer, arranger



A1. Hide And Seek                      04:14
A2. A Sun Shower Parade                05:11
A3. Grief For Enka                     03:17   
A4. Nio And Pigeon                     05:31
A5. When A Swan Goes To Sleep          03:34

B1. Streams Of The Sumida River        03:08
B2. Dedications To The Humble Prayer   02:35
B3. Adult's Day                        09:44

Recorded 9 & 16 May 1972 (probably in Tokyo).


NIPPON COLUMBIA NCB-7018. Adventure In Sounds series.

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MASAHIKO TOGASHI - C.P.U. – “COSMIC PULSATION UNITY” (DENON, 1975)

This LP was already posted by Flux'us in 2007 - see here - here's an upgrade courtesy Nick.



C.P.U. – “COSMIC PULSATION UNITY”

Masahiko Sato, piano
Keiki Midorikawa, bass, cello
Masahiko Togashi, drums, percussion

A.  Seki-Ran  20:57
B.  A-Un      19:11

Recorded at Nippon Columbia’s 1st studio in Tokyo, Japan on December 10, 1975.

DENON/NIPPON COLUMBIA YX-7530-ND

Note: The labels refer to "Cosmic Pulsation Unit", rather than "Unity".

WORKSHOP DE LYON "MUSIQUE BASALTE" (ARFI MOVE, 1981)

Very distinct early work of Louis Sclavis and his compatriotes. Bolcato, Merle and Rollet aren't well known outside France but listen to their music and you will wish a proper re-issue.
See also here.


WORKSHOP DE LYON  "MUSIQUE BASALTE"


Maurice Merle, alto & soprano saxophone
Louis Sclavis, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Jean Bolcato, bass
Christian Rollet, drums


A1. Bujumbura Lyon (Bolcato)  6:03
A2. Contre-Ordre  (Sclavis)   2:39
A3. Milieu Du Monde (Merle)   4:26
A4. Au Fil Du Temps (Rollet)  5:47
B1. Marche Noire (Merle)      3:37
B2. Moulin Noir (Merle)       2:43
B3. Trois Pour Deux (Merle)   4:28
B4. Chant Bien Fatal (Merle)  6:27
B5. Manig Danse (Merle)       1:25


Recorded at Studio Sybernis, Lyon, France, October 16 & 17, 1981.

ARFI MOVE WDL 005

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Soko Steidle live at Natt Jazz, Bergen 2012

While we're doing jazz in Bergen, this is a collection of three videos recorded in late May this year during the Nattjazz festival in Bergen. Soko Steidle is a Berlin-based combo given to free improvisation and housing ultra-fine front line jazzers in Rudi Mahall (again) and Henrik Walsdorff with Jan Roder and Oliver Steidle, the leader.

These chaps have three cds out so far, the two most recent ones on Jazz Werkstatt, which you are hereby advised to run out and get. This was uploaded by Steidle, but obviously not recorded by him as he was playing, except for the first sequence which has them heading down Vetrlidsalmenningen and along Vågsbunnen with Walsdorff in a wheelchair(!). Practical jokers, eh? I always make a point of catching them whenever they are in town and so also on this occasion., being seated a little bit to the right of the stage. Keep an eye out for some superb Mahall leg twitching and Walsdorffian bohemian chic. A sure sense of sartorial elegance all around.

Henrik Walsdorff - as
Rudi Mahall - bcl
Jan Roder - ba
Oliver Steidle - dr

The Deciders live in Bergen November 2012

DecidersII from kinabalu on Vimeo.

A little more home-made video from yours truly. This combo played at the USF in Bergen as part of the autumn programme of the Bergen Jazz Forum. Put together by the bassist Ole Morten Vågan, it has a fine sampling of some of Europe's finest, Rudi Mahall and Axel Dörner from Germany (Globe Unity Orchestra, Monk's Casino and Die Entäuschung), Fredrik Ljungkvist from Sweden (Atomic), Jon Fält from Sweden (Bobo Stensson) and the leader, Ole Morten Vågan from Norway.

They did their first recording in chronological order, just as the tunes appear on the cd, which by the way is just out on Jazzland. This video jumps in at the extra number, composed by Vågan and hence called Extravaganza. Geddit? Thought so. Lots of humour in this music, lots of quirky changes and lotsa fun for those who were there.

The Deciders live at USF, Bergen, Norway, 9 November 2011

Rudi Mahall - bass clarinet
Axel Dörner - trumpet
Fredrik Ljungkvist - tenor sax, clarinet
Ole Morten Vågan - bass
Jon Fält - drums

The file containing Numbers 6 to 8 was too large to upload to Vimeo so it can downloaded from here.

RS download caps

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MARION BROWN - GUNTER HAMPEL "GESPRÄCHSFETZEN" (CALIG, 1968)

I got this rip from Nick already in January - finally for you to enjoy a shred of early Free Jazz made in Europe.
The title "Gesprächsfetzen" means shreds of conversation.



 MARION BROWN - GUNTER HAMPEL  "GESPRÄCHSFETZEN"


Marion Brown, alto saxophone
Gunter Hampel, vibraphone, bass clarinet
Ambrose Jackson, trumpet
Buschi Niebergall, bass
Steve McCall, drums



A1. Exhibit A                                             02:55   
A2. Gesprächsfetzen                                     15:00   
B1. Babudah                                             07:30   
B2. Tomorrow Is The Beginning Of The End Of Yesterday     03:20   
B3. Aba                                                     06:30


Recorded live at Modernes Theater München,
Munich, Germany, September 20, 1968.

CALIG  CAL 30601