Jacques Bisceglia, 1940-2013

Black & White Fantasy

French photographer Jacques Bisceglia passed away on March 1st, 2013. Even if his tool was not a musical instrument, his work is an integral part of the history of the music we love and we feel it is important to pay tribute to him. From the 60's onward, Jacques Bisceglia photographed many moments of jazz making: iconic episodes such as the Pan-African Festival in Algiers or Albert Ayler at the Fondation Maeght, but also many more mundane moments, daily life episodes or concerts now forgotten, moments he captured masterfully.

At the end of Jacques Bisceglia's Black & White Fantasy book, published in 1984 and now out-of-print, Abbey Lincoln wrote "Bisceglia's work speaks for itself, of course." Very much so, this is why we would like to share a few pictures, taken from Black & White Fantasy.

alan silva & françois tusques - paris, 1969

don cherry - paris, 1968

anthony braxton & barbara bisceglia - paris, 1971

 

beb guérin - paris, 1970

june tyson, richard wilkinson, marshall royal, eloe omoe, sun ra - between paris and donaueschingen, 1970

sonny simmons, barbara donald & son - san francisco, 1971

For more information on Jacques Bisceglia's life and his often astute views on the history of the music, see William Parker's essential Conversations book (Rogue Art, 2011). The book features an interview with Bisceglia (the only non-musician) and is illustrated with his work. Rogue Art also published a collaboration between Bisceglia and poet Steve Dalachinsky, titled Reaching Into the Unknown (2009). French speaking readers might want to look for the "Memories of You" series of articles Bisceglia wrote for the Improjazz magazine.

peter gannushkin - peter brötzmann & jacques bisceglia - new york, 2009

 

YORIYUKI HARADA UNIT – HARADA ISU (OFF-NOTE, 1996)

There are some other recordings by pianist and saxophonist Yoriyuki Harada on Inconstant Sol, including here with Kazutoki Umezu and here as leader. This album includes mainly extended pieces for quartet.


1.1.  1995.12.5
1.2.  1995.12.5
1.3.  An Intermission (1983.2.16)
2.1.  1995.11.29
2.2.  1995.11.29
2.3.  1995.11.29

Hideaki Mochizuki, double bass
Shota Koyama, drums
Takeo Moriyama, drums on 1.3
Yoriyuki Harada, piano, soprano saxophone on 1.3
Hideo Tokioka, saxophone

Recorded at Shinjuku Pitt Inn, except Intermission.

Off Note – ON-9, 1996

CD Rip

FALL, FEW, MAKA – DIOM FUTA (FREE LANCE, 1979)

A1. Sunflowers
A2. Dream Drums

B1. Diom Futa
B2. Black Snow

Cheik Tidiane Fall, percussion
Bobby Few, piano
Jo Maka, alto saxophone
Anedra Shockley, vocals (B2)

Recorded in Paris, May 1979

Free Lance - FRL001

Vinyl Rip

TOMASZ STANKO QUARTET. Nuremberg 1996

Tomasz Stanko,  trumpet
Bobo Stenson,  piano
Anders Jormin,  bass
Tony Oxley,  drums

1. Intro   0:32
2. Cain's Brand   18:00
3. Leosia   14:40
4. Maladoror's War Song   18:33
5. White Ballad   4:46
6. Outro   0:19

East-West Jazz Festival, Nuremberg, Gemany.  1996

BBC Radio 3. 'Through the Night'

CHRiS McGREGOR's BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH - Middelheim Jazz Festival 1987

Wonderful radio broadcast contributed by mew23. Photos are from "Country Cooking" album, recorded January 1988.

CHRiS McGREGOR's BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH - Live at Middelheim Jazz Festival 1987

Harry Beckett - trumpet
Dave Defries - trumpet
Claude Deppa - trumpet
Annie Whitehead - trombone
Fayyaz Virji - trombone
Julian Arguelles - soprano and baritone sax
Chris Biscoe - alto sax, clarinet
Steve Williamson - tenor and alto sax
Jeff Gordon - tenor sax, clarinet, flute
Robert Juritz - tenor sax
Chris McGregor - piano
Ernest Mothle - electric bass
Gilbert Matthews - drums
Thomas Dyani - congas


1. Dakar [19:37]
2. Atlantic Island Dreams [10:42]
3. You And Me (Sejui) [10:29)
4. Country Cooking [13:12]
5. Big G [10:38]
6. Andromeda [06:20]

Recorded live at the Jazz Middelheim Festival in Antwerp, Belgium, August 14, 1987

FM radio broadcast
Total time [70:58]

MARION BROWN – MARION BROWN IN SOMMERHAUSEN (CALIG, 1969)

Some more oop Marion Brown on Calig.


A1.  Dance No.1 10:47
A2.  Exhibit B 3:35
A3.  The Sound Of A Song 8:16

B1.  Malipieros Midnight Theatre 8:10
B2.  Il Ne Chant Pas 6:00
B3.  Dance No.2 8:50

Marion Brown , alto saxophone
Daniel Laloux, bass, percussion
Steve McCall, drums, percussion
Ambrose Jackson,  trumpet, percussion
Gunter Hampel, vibraphone, bass clarinet, percussion
Jeanne Lee, voice, percussion

Recorded live at Bayerisches Staatskonservatorium der Musik, Würzburg, Germany, May 17th 1969.

Calig – CAL 30 605

Vinyl Rip

VINKO GLOBOKAR – ECHANGES / RES/AS/EX/INS-PIRER / DISCOURS IV (DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI, 1978)

One of my favourite FMP releases, "5, die sich nicht ertragen können!" by Vinko Globokar was recently re-released on the FMP download site at Destination Out!, which reminded me to share this.


A1.  Echanges Für Einen Blechbläser

A2.  Res/As/EX/Ins-Pirer Für Einen Blechbläser

Vinko Globokar, trombone


B.  Discours IV Für Drei Klarinetten

Jacques Di Donato, B clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
Jacques Noureddine, B clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
Michel Portal, B clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet

Recorded in Paris, Salle Adiar.

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi - 1C 065-99 712

Vinyl Rip

NIGHT AND DAY - PLAYS THEM ALL - SET 3 (ATELIER GRAZ, 2003)

A further taste of 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

2-1.  Jumpin' With The Symphony Sid 3:21

2-2.  Stella By Starlight 3:38

2-3.  Whispering  2:51

2-4.  Lullaby Of Birdland 5:41

2-5.  Polka Dots And Moonbeams 4:54

2-6.  I'll Remember April 3:48

2-7.  Cheek To Cheek 3:26

2-8.  I Love You 4:03

Edition Atelier Graz 2003.

CD Rip

TOMASZ STANKO - Almost Green (Leo 1979)

"Almost Green" is fourth and last record by great Stanko Quartet with Vesala and Szukalski, this time with wonderful dwarf Palle Danielsson on bass. Released by Finnish label Leo Records in 1979, this album was preceeded by "TWET" (Muza 1974), "Balladyna" (ECM 1976) and "Live at Remont" (Helicon 1978), each with different bassist. But always the rhythm section sounded pretty heavy and whole quartet freshly and recognizably. Maybe it is wishful thinking from my side, but I often thought when listening to "Balladyna" that there are some similarities with great Elton Dean Quintet's "Boundaries", and I got that feeling again with "Live at Remont" and "Almost Green", which were completely new to me during last weeks... Thanks to original uploader svantetic and his former blog Almost Black, and to mew23, who kept this rip and shared it with us. BTW, "From Greenhills" theme is reprised as title track of Stanko's 1999 ECM album "From The Green Hill".


TOMASZ STANKO - Almost Green (Leo Records 1979)

Tomasz Stańko - trumpet
Tomasz Szukalski - tenor sax
Palle Danielsson - bass
Edward Vesala - drums

1. New Song  10:39
2. From Greenhills 3.36
3. Slowly By  5.27
4. When On Earth 10:20
5. Almost Green  3.42
6. Megaria  3.48

1-5 by Stanko, 6 by Vesala

Recorded at Love Studio, Helsinki, 1978, Mixed at Finnlevy Studio, Helsinki, 1979.

Leo Records 008 (vinyl rip)

TOMASZ STANKO - EDWARD VESALA QUARTET "LIVE AT REMONT" (HELICON, 1976)

Here is my favourite Stanko recording. I got the cover pics from discogs. The rip is from a now defunct blog wich had several polish Jazz LPs to offer...thanks to the original uploader!!


TOMASZ STANKO - EDWARD VESALA QUARTET  "LIVE AT REMONT"


Tomasz Stanko, trumpet
Tomasz Szukalski, tenor & soprano saxophone
Antti Hytti, bass
Edward Vesala, drums


1. Komba 09:59
2. First Song 11:47
3. Little, Beautiful, Dancing Girl 12:29
4. Sowa 05:08


Recorded at Remont Club, Warsaw, Poland on October 24, 1976.

HELICON HR 1002

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MASAHIKO SATOH AND THE SOUNDBREAKERS "AMALGAMATION (KOKOTSU NO SHOWA GENROKU)" (LIBERTY, 1971)

By request....Enjoy!

It is not entirely clear wether the line-up given below is complete - did my best to confirm it. However the music itself might let you forget such minor quibbles.



MASAHIKO SATOH AND THE SOUNDBREAKERS  "AMALGAMATION (KOKOTSU NO SHOWA GENROKU)"

Amalgamation Part 1 (15:50)
Masahiko Satoh, keyboards, organ, percussion
D.D. Dickson, trombone
Jochen Staudt, bass trombone
Jackie Heimann, trumpet
Peter Davis, trumpet
Shungo sawada, acoustic guitar
Kimio Mizutani, electric guitar
Hiro Yanakida, hammond organ
Masaoki Terakawa, electric bass
Louis Haynes, drums
Wehnne Strings Consort
Daniel Lehmann, conductor (strings)

Amalgamation Part 2 (21:18)
Mototeru Takagi, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Masahiko Satoh, hammond organ, percussion
Yoshisaburo Toyozumi, drums, percussion
Hideaki Sakurai, percussion, voice
Kayoko Ishu, voice (scat)



Recorded:
Part 1 recorded August 17, 1971 - 13:00~19:00 at Toshiba Records 1st studio.
Part 2 recorded August 22, 1971 - 13:00~19:00 at Toshiba Records 1st studio.


Liberty/Toshiba LTP9018  (this version from Phoenix Records ASHCD3040)

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ES HERRSCHT UHU iM LAND (JAPO 1981)

Rip of this album with scans was provided back in 2011 by wildgrebe in Contributions section. Original link is dead and it was requested recently, so here it is again. Comments explaining backgroud of this collective artistic project are welcome. 

"ES HERRSCHT UHU iM LAND" (JAPO 1981)

CHRISTOPH ANDERS - voice, guitar, organ, tenor saxophone
HEINER GOEBBELS - wasp-synthesizer, piano, baritone, soprano & tenor saxes, voice, accordion
ALFRED HARTH - soprano & tenor saxes, bass clarinet, voice
PAUL LOVENS - selected drums and cymbals, percussion, saw
ROLF RIEHM - English horn, alto sax, voice, melodica, piano, percussion
ANNEMARIE ROELOFS - trombone, violin, voice, bass

A1  Burroughs' Haiku  2:17                
A2  Wertkauf  2:18
A3  Ländliches  2:05
A4  Autobahn  0:36
A5  El Salvador  3:03
A6  Echter Lachs  1:11
A7  Ich Nicht Mich Dich  1:00
A8  Mahlzeit  2:20
A9  Meinen Eltern  2:00
A10  Schottendicht  1:32
A11  Welt Voll Irrsinn  0:54

B1  Uhu  1:53
B2  Geigensäge  1:08
B3  Riesel Riesel  1:14
B4  Säge  0:32
B5  Superbirdsong  0:29
B6  Ehorn-Uhu  0:26
B7  Durch Den Wald  2:46
B8  Der Main  7:54
B9  Knecht U.  1:34
B10  Tilt!  2:12

Recorded December 1980 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
Produced by Thomas Stöwsand

JAPO 60037 (vinyl rip)

Allan Jaffe - Soundscape (Kromel 1978)

I admit that I had never heard the name of Alan Jaffe before, and I was attracted more by the rest of the company. Maybe most known for being member of  Slickaphonics, you can read his bio here: http://www.allanjaffe.net/bio.html


A1. Thelosophy         10:10    
A2. Soundscape #1         5:30    
A3. Plunkodunko         7:06    
B1. Hyperspace: Warp Drive       11:50    
B2. Song For An Unborn Child       9:52    

James Newton - Flute
Allan Jaffe - Guitar
Anthony Davis - Piano
Ray Anderson - Trombone
Rick Rozie - Bass
Gerry Hemingway - Drums tracks: A1 to A3
Pheeroan ak Laff - Drums tracks: B1, B2

Composed by Allan Jaffe except B1 by Anthony Davis
Recorded on 1, 2 October 1978 at Sound Ideas Studios.

Kromel Records – KR1001
vynil LP

PHILIPPE MATÉ & JEF GILSON – WORKSHOP (PALM RECORDS, 1973)

Philippe Maté, alto saxophone
Jef Gilson, ondioline, electric piano, organ, bass clarinet
Bruno Di Gioia, cor anglais, flute, percussion
Didier Levallet, double bass
Jean-Claude Pourtier, drums
Pierre Moret, electric piano, organ
Maurice Bouhana, flute, drums
Elie Dos Reis, percussion
 


A. L'Œil 22:15

B. Vision 24:00


Recorded at Foyer Montorgueil, Paris, 4 February 1972.

Palm Records - PALM 7, released 1973.

Vinyl Rip

ELTON DEAN / ROSWELL RUDD / PAUL DUNMALL / KEITH TIPPETT / PAUL ROGERS / TONY LEVIN / ANNIE WHITEHEAD

Elton Dean and his old mucker Roswell Rudd joined by the amazing Mujician, the day before recording the very fine Bladik (Cuneiform, Rune 92).  This is the second set from a great night at the Vortex, London.  Some way through the set the group was joined by a second trombonist, the wonderful Annie Whitehead, who Roswell was very taken with.

Elton Dean,  alto sax, saxello

Roswell Rudd,  trombone

Paul Dunmall,  tenor sax

Keith Tippett,  piano

Paul Rogers,  bass

Tony Levin,  drums

joined by Annie Whitehead,  trombone

1. Set 2    64:57

Vortex, London.   27th October 1996

MAARTEN ALTENA QUARTET "RONDEDANS" (CLAXON, 1984)

Some more Maarten Altena - for all those who couldn't get it before at LPH.





MAARTEN ALTENA QUARTET  "RONDEDANS"


Maarten Altena, double bass
Maus Sauer, oboe, alto oboe
Paul Termos, alto saxophone
Wolter Wierbos, trombone

Side A:

1. Rondedans (Termos) (2’45”)
2. Hop (Altena) (7’08”)
3. 1984 (Altena) (4’50”)
4. Koud Zout (Emmer) (5’29”)

Side B

1. Zwei Walzer (Altena) [1a. Waltz zwei (4’25”); 1b Waltz mit Geräusch (8’24”)]
2. Twee portretten (Termos) [2a. Gemacramatiseerd portret (1’17”); 2b. Portret met Emo Verkerk (3’13”)]
3. Giacom Okaas (Altena) (4’17”)

Recorded July 5-7 and December 16, 1984 at Bach Hall, Amsterdam.

CLAXON 85.15

(lp-rip)

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Kevin Ayers 1944 - 2013

Kevin Ayers has passed away at the age of 68 in the village of Montolieu in the Languedoc-Rossilon region, Southwest France. This village is these days known as a writers and artists' retreat and is one of the book towns of France. To judge from the picture below, it looks to be a excellent location for a quiet and pleasant life with lots of good food and good wine. Here he spent most of his time from the 90s onwards apart from occasional gigs and the recording and release of the "Unfairground" in 2007 with the help of many of the old alumni. The rock life and the muzic bizness never squared well with Kevin Years and nor did England as he preferred to spend his days in reasonable proximity to the Mediterranean.



 What sticks with me from the early days was that strange concoction known as the Whole World. They did not last for long and they did not leave many footprints. The only full album was "Shooting at the Moon" and some stayed on for "Whatevershebringswesing" which together with "Joy of a Toy" were the most proggish and the most unpreditable and slightly eccentric records he made. A BBC double cd came out with recordings for various radio programmes 1970-76, extending well beyond the Whole World period. The Whole World are rambunctious in a luvverly way as couod be expected. A gig in the Netherlands with a guest appearance by Bridget StJohn has been posted here The band mixed songs with extended musical freak outs which did not go well with all fans, but it's all truly great.

 However, some videos have cropped up, adding to the documentation we have of that period. The two first ones were made for French TV during a tour in 1970 and the final one is slightly later, made for the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1972, though, as Kevin Ayers admits,  doing it in a studio with no live audience leaves out the ambiance a live gig with proper audience rapport thrives on.




So here is

Kevin Ayers - guitar, bass, vocals
Lol Coxhill - reeds
Mike Oldfield - guitar, bass
David Bedford - keyboards and accordion on May I
Mick Fincher - drums

First, some improvisations, a brief rendition of "Clarence in Wonderland", then into "Why are We Sleeping", reciting the lyrics in French, and finally, "May I" with a fine solo from Lol.

Do try to seek out those videos on Youtube where he recollects his childhood in Malaysia and says he has no intention of returning as it's not possible to retrieve the past. What once was cannot be recreated except within the imagination which is the domain of the artist.

Malaysia of today is a far cry from the Malaysia of the 50s in its pre-independent guise of British Malaya, I would think. Malaysia of today has a unreflective fascination for modernity in all its manifestations (Cyberjaya, anyone?), except for the values that came with it.

Oh, and my moniker kinabalu is a town and a mountain in Sabah province on the island of Borneo (though Penang remains my fave spot in the peninsular part of the country).

He died in his sleep.

TOMASZ STAŃKO / STU MARTiN / JANUSZ STEFAŃSKi - Fish Face (1973)

A real rarity requested recently. Fairly experimental session, with Stu Martin playing mostly percussive and alien-like synthesizer sounds and lines. Similar in feel to Dean / Gallivan / Wheeler - "The Cheque Is In The Mail" from 1977 on Ogun. Informative review of "Face Fish" and other recordings by Tomasz Stańko can be found on great Polish Jazz blog. Good sounding 256 kbps mp3 rip available yet - any upgrade is welcome.

Tomasz Stańko / Stu Martin / Janusz Stefański - Fish Face (PSJ 1974)

Tomasz Stańko - trumpet
Stu Martin - drums, ECM synthi
Janusz Stefański - drums

1. Fish Face  18.18
2. Fat Belly Ellie  6.49
3. Mike Spike  12.34

Recorded in August 1973

Polskie nagrania / PSJ Record Club Z-SXL 0562, 1974

Limited edition of 200 LPs only for members of PSJ (Polish Jazz Association) record club.

EUROPEAN JAZZ ENSEMBLE "LIVE" (KONNEX, 1987)

EUROPEAN JAZZ ENSEMBLE  "LIVE"


Allan Botschinsky, trumpet
Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Steve Galloway, trombone
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, alto saxophone, clarinet
Gerd Dudek, tenor & soprano saxophone, flute
Rob van den Broeck, piano
Ali Haurand, bass
Tony Oxley, drums
Uschi Brüning, vocals (track 1)

1. Skizzen              09:26    
2. Horizons             13:11    
3. Folkmusic Nr.     08:11    
4. Duets             06:32    
5. Ente-ta-ning     08:40    
6. Late Morning     04:58    
7. Stycznosc             02:43    
8. Razzle-Dazzle     06:17

Recorded 29th August 1987 at International Jazz Festival, Viersen, Germany.

EAR-RATIONAL RECORDS ECD 1011

Note: was also released as LP Konnex ST 5015.

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ZBiGNiEW NAMYSŁOWSKi - Lola (Decca 1964)

One for onxidlib - first leader date by then 24 years old Namyslowski and his Polish quartet, and probably also first jazz record with musicians from east Europe, released by western company. From currently unavailable cd reissue. Enjoy.

Zbigniew Namysłowski Modern Jazz Quartet - Lola (Decca 1964)

1. Piekna Lola, kwiat polnocy / Beautiful Lola, Flower Of The North (Namysłowski)  6:37

2. Leszek i Ludwig / Leszek and Ludwig (Gulgowski)  3:36

3. Piatawka / In 5/4 Time (Namysłowski)  8:00

4. Blues Shmues (Namysłowski)  3:50

5. Rozpacz / Despair (Namysłowski)  7:19

6. Tkotkonitkotko (Namysłowski)  4:44

7. Wozny - Najwazniejszy / The Caretaker - The Most Important Man (Gulgowski)  3:54

8. Ol' Man River (Kern, Hammerstein)  6:45

Zbigniew Namysłowski - alto sax

Włodzimierz Gulgowski - piano

Tadeusz Wojcik - bass

Czesław Bartkowski - drums

Recorded August 1964 at Decca Studios, London

GOWI CDG 30 / 1996

ELTON DEAN / MARK CHARIG / PETER KOWALD / TONY OXLEY

Here's a present from our favourite clown, MR BOZO

Elton Dean, alto sax and saxello

Mark Charig, cornet

Peter Kowald, bass

Tony Oxley, drums 

1. Improvisation  40:40

Pied Bull, London. 15th August 1981

BERGISCH-BRANDENBURGISCHES QUARTETT "SOUNDSCAPE, NYC 7-10-81 A++ AUD"

Here's Some more quality hallucinatory Zaniness, to compliment the already posted cheerful insanity here  &  here ......Superior quality Aud , of a show at Soundscape by Bergisch-Brandenburgisches Quartett, on what i may well mistakenly believe was their only US tour.
A Fabulous concert by a truly great band!!


Bergisch-Brandenburgisches Quartett, Soundscape, NYC , October 7, 1981.

Aud>Cass(1 or 2 gen)>Peak>Xact>Flac

Rudiger Carl:  Clarinet, Reeds, Accordion, Vocals
Hans Reichel:  Guitar, Violin
Sven-Ake Johansson;  Accordion, Drums, Vocals
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky:  Harmonica, Reeds

Thanks and appreciation to the Taper/ Traders/Seeders

Enjoy!!

FRANÇOIS TUSQUES / SERGE UTGÉ-ROYO – ÇA BRANLE DANS LA MANCHE (LE TEMPS DES CERISES, 1975)

A venerable-looking line-up for this LP

Montéhus

Dupont

Clement

Krier

Here's a small thank you for Kinabalu's fantastic series of posts of the Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra. This is François Tusques in a piano-vocal duo with Catalan singer, Serge Utgé-Royo, performing songs and music in evocation of the Paris Commune. Like some of the IFDMO LPs, this was also released on Le Temps Des Cerises. The label name derived from the famous song by Jean-Baptiste Clément and Antoine Renard, dedicated to the fallen in the overthrow of the Commune during the Semaine Sanglante. The  other pictured artists originally wrote, adapted or performed the music in the solo piano suite. 

A1.  Sur Le Temps Des Cerises
A2.  Histoire Du Mouvement Ouvrier
- Elle N’Est Pas Morte
- Les Canuts
- La Semaine Sanglante
- La Butte Rouge
- Le Temps Des Cerises
A3.  Sur La Commune – Suivi De “La Canaille”

B1.  Tout Le Sang Du Monde
B2.  Nous Gagnerons Ensemble Si Vous Les Soutenez
B3.  Chanson De La Néogravure
B4.  La Valse De Darboy

François Tusques, piano, vocals

Serge Utgé-Royo, vocals


Recorded on 17 November 1975.

Le Temps Des Cerises – 005.

Vinyl Rip

Irene Schweizer - Rüdiger Carl Quartet,Zürich 17-11-81 FM

Here's something i've been listening to rather a lot over the past few days in the throes of a Schweizer, Carl Jag... a wonderful Swiss broadcast in gorgeous sound by an otherwise un officially recorded quartet of old Cronies.

Schweizer and Carl having recorded frequently together in Mid to late 70's, for FMP,Hat Hut,and Ogun
picked this up on Dime some years ago, thanks to the Original Taper/sharer(s)
Beautiful Stuff!

Enjoy


Irene Schweizer - Rüdiger Carl Quartet
November 17, 1981
Zürich, Switzerland

radio broadcast

Irene Schweizer (p)
Rüdiger Carl (ts, acc)
Johnny Dyani (b)
Han Bennink (d, ss, megaphone)

01. unknown title - 7:19
02. unknown title - 13:05
03. unknown title - 10:25
04. unknown title - 15:57

total time = 46:47

lots of great Schweizer here
the sublime, Tuned boots (Schweizer,Carl,Moholo) on FMP can be purchased here

Harry Miller at the BBC 1976-77

There was a request from blogger chum and contributor Miloo 2 to have some of the recordings that Harry Miller made for the BBC up and running again. These were initially uploaded by Ubu on his now dormant blog Ubu Roi here.

However, the first two tracks listed in the blog post have been released on "Full Steam Ahead" on the Reel Recordings label and have consequently been omitted here. Closer examination has revealed that the third track posted is also on the Reel cd, a superb version of "Family Affair" which was also the title tune of the one and only Isipingo lp released in their lifetime, out on the Ogun label, which he founded in 1973 and is now run by his widow Hazel Miller.

I've decided to keep it in here to ensure the narrative radio flow, but also as an enticement for all of you to go get the cd while it's still out there. The only difference from what I can hear is that this recording retains a bit of applause at the beginning and at the end. There is a small discrepancy in that the blog post reports Stan Tracey as being the pianist on the 1976 tracks while the cd says it's Keith Tippett. I'm inclined to go with the latter, so the info file has been corrected.

Finally, there are a couple of 1977 tracks with a different line-up which to my knowledge has not been released in these versions. "Orange Grove" and "Traumatic Experience" appeared on the "In Conference" lp on Ogun which was not with the Isipingo group.

Both of the aforementioned lps were reissued as part of the Harry Miller Collection, a 4 cd box set which is unfortunately out of print. Hopefully it will be reissued to keep Harry Miller's music in circulation. We're doing our little bit here. In any case, do get both the Reel and Cuneiform Isipingo releases. You won't regret it!


Harry Miller Isipingo - 1976

Marc Charig - trumpet
Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
Mike Osborne - alto sax
Keith Tippett - piano
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums

1. Family Affair (9:58)
2. Peter Clayton (0:38)
3. Where Now Then? (9:53)

Harry Miller Quintet - 1977

Trevor Watts - alto & soprano sax
Alan Wakeman - tenor & soprano sax
Berni Holland - guitar
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums

4. Orange Grove (9:22)
5. Charles Fox (0:41)
6. A Traumatic Experience (17:20)
7. Charles Fox outro (0:30)

Sources:
#1-3: BBC broadcast early 1976
#4-7: Jazz in Britain broadcast 24-12-1977(?)

I've edited the track sequencing so that the radio announcements by Peter Clayton and Charles Fox are inserted at the right points.

KAZUTOKI UMEZU - SHIN MYONG (ZEN, 1992)

From the liner notes -

This album features improvisations by Kazutoki Umezu, one of Japan's leading saxophonists, and the three foremost shamans of the Republic of Korea.

In a shamanistic ceremony of the type known in the Korean language as kut, the proceedings are enhanced by the boisterous singing and dancing of the participants.

The range of techniques which a shaman brings to bear on his or her performing art includes the concept of free meter, that is to say the foundation on which the art of free jazz rests.


Kazutoki Umezu, alto sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet
Kim Suk-Chul, hojok (1, 4)
Kim Yong-Taek (1)
Kim Tong-Yol (1)
Kim Jong-Hi, changgo (1)
Kim Jong-Guk (1)
Park Byong-Chon,  vocal and changgo (2)
Lee Tae-Baek (2)
Kim Dae-Re, vocal (3)
Park Byong-Won, changgo (3)
Kim Gi-Bong (3)
Tetsu Saitoh, bass (3)


1. Ton-Dok-Kun (18:10)
2. Son-Nim-Kut (10:46)
3. Che-Sok-Kut (16:57)
4. Pen-No-Re (11:11)


Recorded in Korea: Pusan, on December 5, 1991 (1, 4); Seoul, on May 22, 1992 (2); Chindo, on May 17, 1992 (3).

Released on Zen / JVC - VICG-8027 in 1992.

CD Rip

TED CURSON QUARTET "URGE" (FONTANA, 1966)

TED CURSON QUARTET  "URGE"

Ted Curson, trumpet, pocket trumpet
Booker Ervin, tenor saxophone
Jimmy Woode, bass
Edgar Bateman, drums

1. Roy's Boys                    14:21
2. You Don't Know What Love Is   06:10
3. Cinq QUartre                  07:45
4. Musis Scarum                  08:15
5. The Leopard                   08:03
6. Latino                        10:36

All compositions by Ted Curson except track 2 > D.Raye/De Paul.

Recorded on May 13, 1966 in Baarn, Netherlands.

FONTANA 883 910 JCY

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STEVE LACY - BLUES FOR AIDA (EGG FARM, 1996)

Soprano Saxophone – Steve Lacy


1-1 Shuffle Boil 19:43
  1-1a Eronel
  1-1b Evidence
  1-1c Pannonica
1-2 Who Knows?  3:35
1-3 The Crust    5:11
1-4 Blues For Aida  5:32
1-5 Cette Fois 3:08
1-6 The Mantle 5:47
1-7 Prospectus 4:02

2-1 Moms 6:20
2-2 Art         6:59
2-3 The Rent         5:56
2-4 Revenue         6:13
2-5 Retreat         6:30
2-6 Deadline         7:16

  Encore
2-7 Trinkle Tinkle 4:14

Recorded live at the Egg Farm, Saitama, on 10 September 1995.

Egg Farm EF-004-1/2

KAORU ABE / YOSHISABURO TOYOZUMI DUO - LIVE AT GAYA (DIW, 1995)

Two of the greats of Japanese free improvisation. This was recorded during the same period as Overhang Party (Alm Records, still available on CD) and Overhang Party / Senzei (Qbico), unfortunately during the last year of Abe's life. Sabu is still very much with us and making some great music. This duo recording was only released as a bonus CD to Abe's solo box set. 

1. Duo Improvisation 27:23, 25 November 1977

2. Duo Improvisation 26:14, 26 March 1978

Kaoru Abe, alto saxophone

Yoshisaburo (Sabu) Toyozumi, drums


Recorded live at Gaya, Hatsudai, Tokyo.


CD rip, DIW Records, DIWS-2.

ELTON DEAN QUINTET - 1995

Hey Miloo, I hadn’t even  bothered to transfer this from cassette to disc because the piano and bass are rather on the quiet side (a bad side-effect of sitting at the front and missing out on the PA).  However, listening to it now it’s not so bad.  Paul Dunmall plays awesomely but lays out on the lovely Dean tune ‘First in the wagon’ where we can hear Elton play as beautifully as only Elton can (or could, I should say).  How sad it is that he has left us, and of course the same with the irreplaceable Tony Levin.  These people came and played for us and opened our minds and our hearts.  So here is a bit more of their legacy to enjoy.

Anyone who has not heard this group on ‘Silent Knowledge’ (Cuneiform 83) should certainly buy the cd to hear them in their full glory.  Also, Elton made a really super duo album with the stupendous Sophia Domancich called ‘Avant ‘ (Hux 063) which should not be missed.

Elton Dean, alto sax, saxello

Paul Dunmall, tenor sax

Sophia Domancich, piano

Paul Rogers, bass

Tony Levin, drums

1. Gualchos (Dean)  37:38

2. Improvisation 1 27:32

3. First in the wagon (Dean) 13:48

4. Improvisation 2 11:00

TT.  90 mins 

Vortex, London.  28th May 1995

Live cassette recording.

(Piano and bass a bit quiet)

Buy 'Silent Knowledge'(Cuneiform, Rune`83) by this group.

Photo by Andrew Putler 

ORNETTE COLEMAN TRIO - COPENHAGEN, 1966

This is the first LP from this 4 LP set with three Coleman classics. Apart from some tape wobble in the first  minute, it's a decent sounding audience recording.

A1. Lonely Woman

A2. Falling Stars

B.   Clergyman's Dreams

Ornette Coleman, alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
David Izenson, bass
Charles Moffett, drums

Live in Copenhagen, Denmark, 7 April 1966

Vinyl rip from In Concert – Lonely Woman Trio ’66 – Quartet ’74, Bat 1

STEVE LACY / MAL WALDRON – JAPAN DREAM (EGG FARM, 2004)

This duo set is from a tour with Masahiko Togashi and Jean-Jacques Avenel. It would be great to hear any recordings from the quartet dates!

 
1.   Monk's Dream 10:49
2.   I'll Keep Loving You 10:43
3.   Epistrophy 7:15
4.   Blinks 9:18
5.   Evidence 5:43
6.   Blues For Aida 7:43
7.   Snake Out 14:20
8.   Let's Call This 6:14

Mal Waldron, piano
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone

Recorded live at Space Who, Saitama, on 1 November 1992.

Egg Farm – EF-006, released 2004.

CD Rip

Masahiko Satoh- Solo Piano Vol3, Multi Spheroid 1976

Masahiko Satoh's third Solo Lp ,from the Jan 76 sequence
Dense,  Torrential,exhilarating, with added colour and a transformative layer via EMS synthesiser!
still out of print and as far as i know, never reissued.
Enjoy!!


Multi-Spheroid
SATOH Masahiko
Denon Jazz/Nippon Columbia YX-7556-ND (LP)
January 14, 1976;
Live at Nichi-Futsu Kaikan, Tokyo
SATOH Masahiko (p, syn, ring modulater, comp, producer)

Satoh's Discography
Satohs Label

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