YUSEF LATEEF - October 9, 1920 - December 23, 2013 RIP

Sad news - Yusef Lateef has left this plane of being. R.I.P.

Go to his website.

JEAN LUC PONTY, JEAN CHARLES CAPON, GILBERT ROVERE, LIONEL MAGAL, JEF GILSON ‎– CONCERT À LA M.J.C. COLOMBES (PALM, 1972)

A1. Sniffin The Blues
A2. Espagnolades
A3. Tears For Billy

B1. Chant Inca
B2. Pour Barbara
B3. Chromatisme


Gilbert Rovere, bass (A1 to B1, B3)
Jef Catoire, bass (B2)
Gerard Rakotoarivony, Fender bass (B1, B3)
Jean-Charles Capon, cello
Lionel Magal, percussion
Jef Gilson, piano, flute
Jean-Luc Ponty, violin


Recorded in November 1968 at the Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture, Colombes.

Palm ‎– PALM 2

Vinyl Rip

Stan Tracey-Louis Moholo-live in Novara Italy 2006

Here's another great Stan Tracey Broadcast , originally taped and shared by Dimer Survivor69 (many thanks to him), a duo with Louis Moholo , in beautiful crystal clear sound , again largely freely improvised,though i have a suspicion that the last piece is a blue notes tune, but i cant quite nail it !
A marvellous show which at times strongly evokes Moholo's Masterful FMP duo with Keith Tippett.
ENJOY!
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...
Novara Jazz : Stan Tracey & Louis Moholo duo 

Recorded at Auditorium Fratelli Oliveri del Conservatorio Guido Cantelli, Novara (Italy)
on sunday 30 April 2006, for Novara Jazz Festival 2006
Stan Tracey, pianoforte - Louis Moholo, drums

nine unannounced (and unknown to me) tracks, for a total of 58'56" see FFP for sequence

FM radio broadcast by "Il Cartellone - Radio 3 Suite Jazz", Radio 3 RAI [third channel of Italian national radio], on wednesday 9 August 2006, 22:00 hours.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
duo piano-batteria proveniente dalla storia del jazz britannico, comunque lontano dal soul aframericano (nonostante moholo sia sudafricano), solo verso la fine ci si interstardisce in fastidiosi fraseggi accademici-classici, quasi contemporanei, ma specie nei primi brani vi si trova anche adeguata cadenza. Tra Jarrett (con molte meno note) e Tippett, con un occhio ad Evans...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Lineage (FM > MD > CDR > wav's > web):

notes by Survivor69

Gunter Hampel and Jeanne Lee-Oasis 1979

Here's another great Horo record , a truly magnificent testament to the love Hampel and Lee  must have had for each other when they did this . To Me this is.another one of those records where one feels one is eavesdropping on an intimate ,private, at times sexually charged conversation ... it feels very much as though they are playing to and for each other ...Lee's scatting even sounds like love smitten baby talk  on a few tracks ..
Joyous , Wonderful Music, which doesn't deserve to languish in obscurity on  the musty shelves of 'specialist" collectors.

Info from Discogs
Tracklist
A1-Oasis-20:00
B1- Wellspring, Op. 341 10:45
B2-Opus 169 10:05
C1-Communication 9:35
C2-One Excerpt From "The Jamaican Suit" By Jeanne Lee 9:55
D1-Second Excerpt From "The Jamaican Suit" By Jeanne Lee 7:40
D2-Couplet 15:10
------------------------------------------
Credits
Design – Natalia Barsini
Engineer – Aldo Amici
Photography – Isio Saba
Producer – Aldo Sinesio
Vibraphone, Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Gunter Hampel
Vocals – Jeanne Lee
Notes
Recorded Rome. July 12 & 13, 1978.
Telecinesound Studio
Horo HDP 33-34


A straight vinyl rip , light declicking only ,no compression or digital syrup employed!
ENJOY!!

Gunter Hampel , appears to be systematically  reissuing most of his Birth records catalog , check it out here's his web page


PS ... A small request ,please could someone who downloaded Riccardo's Lee and Hampel concert from 78 ..re-up the flacs , i and i'm sure others would be very appreciative!

GUSH - ELECTRIC EEL (QBICO, 2005)

A1. EL
B1. AL Part 1
B2. AL Part 2


Sten Sandell, electronics, piano, harmonium, voice
Raymond Strid, guitar, percussion, amplified and processed instruments, objects
Mats Gustafsson, fluteophone, flute, sopranino recorder, soprano vocals, tenor and baritone saxophone


Recorded November 6th, 1996 at Blue Tower Sound System at Fylkingen, Stockholm.
Mastered March 2004 at Alibi Studios, Gustafsberg.

Qbico ‎– QBICO 30

Vinyl Rip

NEIGHBOURS WITH ANTHONY BRAXTON (GNM, 1980)

Anthony Braxton, sopranino, soprano & alto saxophone
Dieter Glawischnig, piano
Ewald Oberleitner, bass
John Preininger, drums, percussion, pearl syncussion sy-1


A1. Lines (Glawischnig) 14:25
A2. Meditation [for Florian, his son] (Preininger) 5:39
B1. B.O.P. (Preininger) 7:08
B2. Erzherzog-Johann-Lied (traditional - arr. Preininger) 5:16
B3. Anthropology (Parker) 5:44

Recorded on July 24, 1980 at the Tonstudio Ströher, Innsbruck, Austria.

GNM Vol.3 120754 (1984)

LUIS DE PABLO "POLAR / MODULOS I - MODULOS III"

Polar
Modulos I
Modulos IIIa
Modulos IIIb

Ensemble Instrumental Alea de Madrid
Jose M. Franco Gil , conductor

Erato - STU 70385 (1968)

Stan Tracey-Mike Osborne Original 1972

Here's a further commemorative tribute to to the late great Stan Tracey, in a duo setting with equally legendary saxophonist Mike Osborne.. recorded in 1971 for Cadillac , Ogun also released a collaboration between the two, 'Tandem' in 1977.

This features Tracey in seldom heard completely free modality, something he returned to later in life in a  fabulous series of duets with Evan Parker , which are available(and whole heartedly recommended!) on Parker's Psi ,label .
This was transferred some years ago from a friends quite battered copy , the low res covers are from discogs.
no eq, compression or digi syrup employed, sweeten to taste!

Enjoy!

NARADA BURTON GREENE ‎– ZEPHYR (BUTTON-NOSE RECORDS, 1983)

A1. Autumn Song
A2. When You're In Front, Get OFF My Back

B1. Karasar Zeybegi
B2. Zephyr



Narada Burton Greene, harpsichord, piano, prepared piano, percussion, voice

Side 1, in concert, France, Autumn 1983. B1, NOS Studios, Hilversum, Holland, 11 Apr 1983. B2, Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Holland, 12 December 1982.

Button-Nose Records ‎– BN 06

Vinyl Rip

MARC LEVIN ENSEMBLE "SONGS, DANCES AND PRAYERS" (SWEET DRAGON, 1972)

Marc Levin, cornet, fluegelhorn, mellophone, flute
Brian Ross, saxophone
Calo Scott, cello
Balakrishna, sitar
Frank Clayton, bass
Billy Hart, drums
Jay Clayton, voice


A1. Benediction  05:46
A2. Birth Of The Dove  07:22
A3. Love Song  06:18
B1. Pantomime Of Fear  04:08
B2. Angel's Face Has Many Doors - Jesus, Moses and John Coltrane  15:00

Recorded January 1972 at Decca Studios, New York, N.Y.

SWEET DRAGON M.L.1

(lp rip)

Stan Tracey at the BBC 1978 - 1982

To follow up our previous posting below, here is some truly vintage jazz to commemorate the passing away of Stan Tracey on 6 December at the age of 86. We have selected to hone in on recordings done for BBC radio in the late 70s and the early 80s. At this point he kept a regular quartet which sometimes was contracted into a trio and other times expanded into a sextet, octet and even a full orchestra. For this post, we have two quartets and a trio with a slight variation in line--up as his son Clark Tracey came to replace Bryan Spring on drums. And for a contrast, I've thrown in a batch of the full Orchestra doing a superb set of Ellington covers.

Stan Tracey Quartet
Jazz In Britain, BBc radio 3, 31st August 1978
Art Themen (ts,ss), Stan Tracey (p), Roy Babbington (b), Bryan Spring (d)

1. Waltzy Waltzy
2. Amoroso Only More So
3. Lovers Freeway

Stan Tracey Orchestra

BBC jazz Club, 27th January 1980

Tony Coe (ts, cnt), Bobby Wellins (ts), Don Weller (ts), Art Themen (ts, ss), Jeff Daly (as), Malcolm Griffits (tmb), Jeff Perkins (tmb), Colin Sheen (tmb), Chris Pyne (tmb), Dave Hawler(tmb), Mike Davis (tmp), Henry Lowther (tpt), George Chisholm (tpt), Alan Downy (tpt), Harry Beckett (tpt), Stan Tracey (p), Roy Babbington (b), Clark Tracey (d)

1. I'm Beginning To See The Light

2. radio announcer - Peter Clayton

3. Mood Indigo

4. radio announcer

5. prelude To A Kiss (piano solo)

6. radio announcer

7. Lay-by

8. radio outro

Stan Tracey Trio

Jazz In Britain, BBC Radio

Stan Tracey (p), Roy Babbington (b, b-gtr), Clark Tracey (d, perc, tablas)

1. Radio intro - Charles Fox

2. Ripped Off In Bogota

3. Doin' It For Art

4. OK J.K.

5. Radio outro

Stan Tracey Quartet

Sounds Of Jazz, BBC radio, 26th September 1982

Art Themen (ts, ss), Stan Tracey (p), Roy Babbington (b), Clark Tracey (d)

1. Undercover Lover

2. radio announcer - Peter Clayton

3. Amoroso Only More So

4. radio announcer

5. Fatima Di Milo

6. radio announcer

7. Everywhere Derriere

These were recorded off FM onto cassette, digitised and uploaded to the dime torrent site by aw4, if I remember correctly. Mucho credits for invaluable preservation services!

NARADA BURTON GREENE ‎– IT'S ALL ONE (HORO RECORDS, 1978)

A1. Buddy's Blues
A2. It's All One... Fun
A3. In Your Own Sweet Way
A4. Django

B1. Renaissance Variations
B2. Daoud
B3. Hey, Little Mama!

C1. Sbruce
C2. Trees Revisited

D1. March Sun
D2. Nicolai Covaci
D3. Cycling Thru The Cycles


Burton Greene, piano, percussion, recorder


Recorded in Rome, April 12, 1978 at Mama Dog Studio.

Horo Records ‎– HDP 27-28

Vinyl Rip

TTT - BE COOL IN MUNICH - LIVE CONCERT (PRIVATE LABEL, 1985)

Heinz Wollny, bass, percussion
Butch Morris, cornet, percussion
Dennis Charles, drums, percussion
Frank Wollny, guitar, bass, percussion
A.R. Penck, piano, flute, drums
Frank Lowe, saxophone, percussion
Billy Bang, violin, flute, drums, percussion


LPs 1-4 from the 6 albums  listed on the rear cover, 5-6 are unreleased.

Konzept Raum Alptraum

A.R. Penck's private label 16-19

Vinyl Rip

KATSUO KUNINAKA - DANCING ISLANDS (NEXT WAVE, 1981)

A1. Nietzschestrasse 26
A2. The Legend of a White Serpent

B1. Room No. 602 Dream
B2. Dancing Yosuke

Katsuo Kuninaka, bass
Shigeharu Mukai, trombone
Kazutoki Umezu, reeds
Shota Koyama, drums

Recorded live at on 18 October at the Donaueschinger Musiktage 1980 festival

Next Wave - 25PJ-1008

Vinyl Rip

STAN TRACEY ORCHESTRA. GENESIS live at the Proms 2009

Stan Tracey (piano)
Guy Barker, Mark Armstrong, Henry Lowther & Nathan Bray (trumpets)
Mark Nightingale, Andy Wood & Alistair White (trombones)
Dave O’Higgins, Simon Allen, Mornington Lockett, Alan Barnes & Sammy Mayne (saxophones)
Clark Tracey (drums)
Andrew Cleyndert (double bass)


1. Intro
2 - 8. Genesis [The Beginning – The Light – The Firmament – The Gathering – The Sun, Moon and Stars – Feather, Fin and Limb – The Sixth Day]
9. Solo 'Little man you've had a busy day' and outro

Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, London

Saturday, July 18, 2009

BBC Radio 3.

Review         Stan on Desert Island Discs

Obituary (Guardian)    

 The Stan Tracey Appreciation Society (Facebook)

THE REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE ‎– THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (HORIZON RECORDS & TAPES, 1976)

A1. New York
A2. Trio For Trio
A3. Chinese Rock

B1. The People's Republic
B2. Ponderous Planets


Sirone, bass, large gong, vocals, bells, shaker, wood block, trombone
Leroy Jenkins, violin, viola, small gong, claves, thumb piano, recorder
Jerome Cooper, drums, bugle, piano, vocals, balafon, temple block, wood block, gong, bells, arco saw, cymbals

Recorded 4-6 December 1975 at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA.

Horizon Records & Tapes ‎– SP-708

Vinyl Rip

MAL WALDRON SEXTET "UNNA 1979"

This concert in northern Germany happened more than one year after "Moods" (on Enja) was recorded.
The line-up is quite similar as for this concert - only Manfrd Schoof plays for Terumasa Hino and <jimmy Woode for Cameron Brown.
All songs are also on the LP/CD - I recommend to buy the CD/LP if you do not have it yet.
For me it's a masterpiece.
You can listen to both recordings - a rare chance for examining the differences and similarities...


Manfred Schoof, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Hermann Breuer, trombone
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
Mal Waldron, piano
Jimmy Woode, bass
Makaya Ntshoko, drums

1. A Case Of Plue 4's
2. Russian Melody (Minoat) 37:22
3. Siege Haile 24:17


Recorded at the Theatersaal, Unna, Germany on October 10, 1979.

Note: track 1 + 2 are an uninterrupted performance.

JEF GILSON - JEAN-LUC PONTY - JEAN-LOUIS CHAUTEMPS – ŒIL VISION (DISQUES DU CLUB DE L'ÉCHIQUIER, 1963)

Claude Lenissois, bass clarinet (A4,5, B1)
Daniel Humair, drums, percussion (A1-3, B1,2)
Gilbert Rovère, bass (B1,2)
Guy Pedersen, bass (A1-3)
Henri Texier, bass (A1-3)
Jacques Di Donato, alto saxophone  (B1)
Jean-Louis Chautemps, tenor saxophone (A4,5, B1,2)
Jean-Luc Ponty, violin (A1-5)
Joseph Martin, horn (A4,5)
Liliane Mazeron, vocals
Pierre Caron, tenor saxophone (B1)
Pierre Sim, bass (A4,5)
Stéphane Vilar, drums, percussion (A4,5)

A1. Œil Vision
A2. Chant Inca
A3. Chromatisme
A4. Jeffology I
A5. Jeffology II

B1. Satirique
B2. Chant-Inca

Recorded at studio Europa-Sonor, Paris, France.

Disques Du Club De L'Échiquier - AF1, 1963
Société Française De Productions Phonographiques - SFP 13.002, 1968
Spalax Music - SPX 6836, 1981.

Vinyl Rip

MASAHIKO TOGASHI & J.J. SPIRITS - PLAYS VOL.2 (VERVE, 1991)

1. Monk's Hat Blues - I'll Remember April
2. It Might As Well Be Spring
3. On A Slow Boat To China
4. If I Should Lose You
5. Everything Happens To Me
6. Joy Spring
7. Bemsha Swing


Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Masahiko Sato, piano
Kosuke Mine, tenor saxophone
Nobuyoshi Ino, bass

Recorded at Sedic Studio, Tokyo, 5-7 June 1991.

Verve - POCJ-1097

Vinyl Rip

NIGHT AND DAY - PLAYS THEM ALL - SET 12 (EDITION ARTELIER, GRAZ, 2003)

Last set after 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

6-10. Whistle While You Work
6-11. This Is New
6-12. So In Love
6-13. Without A Song
6-14. From This Moment On
6-15. How Deep Is The Ocean
6-16. Speak Low
6-17. Just A Gigolo
6-18. My Heart Stood Still

Edition Artlier Graz, 2003

CD Rip

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART - Koppelaar-Carl-Reichel-Dauner-Honsinger "STUTTGART 1977"

Bert Koppelaar, trombone
Rüdiger Carl, tenor saxophone, clarinet, accordion
Hans Reichel, guitar, violin
Wolfgang Dauner, piano
Tristan Honsinger, cello, voice

1. unknown title 05:30
2. unknown title 14:32
3. unknown title 24:30
4. unknown title 06:28


Recorded at Radio Studio SWR, Villa Berg, Stuttgart on March 3, 1977.

MUSICA ELETTRONICA VIVA ‎– UNITED PATCHWORK (HORO RECORDS, 1978)

A.  Via Della Luce

B1. Fox
B2. Cross Over One
B3. Slugging Rocks

C1. Psalm
C2. What Is Freedom?

D1. Dewline
D2. Cross Over Two
D3. Cross Over Three
D4. Sea Line



Frederic Rzewski, piano, electric piano
Karl Berger, piano, electric piano, melodion, vibes
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
Richard Teitelbaum, synthesizer, shells
Alvin Curran, synthesizer, piano, vocals, flugelhorn
Garrett List, trombone

Recorded at Mama Dog Studio, Rome, 15-16 November 1977.

Horo Records ‎– HDP 15-16

Vinyl Rip

NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP NO.70 "Jet Set From Bangkok - Begegnungen mit Asien." (Manfred Schoof Group)

Manfred Schoof, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Elito S. Valmonte, trumpet
Eddie Ramirez, trumpet
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Leonardo S. Sanchez, trombone
Gerd Dudek, tenor saxophone & clarinet
Heinz Sauer, tenor saxophone
Michel Pilz, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Pablo M. Martinez, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
Bill A. Saragih, vibes
Loreto G. Albano, guitar
Alexander Von Schlippenbach, piano
Alphonso Soliano, piano
Günter Lenz, bass
Marinito S. Balbuena, bass
Fernando C. Cortez, bass
Ralf R. Hübner, drums
Romeo S. Dila, drums

1. Jet Set from Bangkok (M. Schoof)        13:12
2. Conversation (M. Schoof)                18:07
3. Pachita Blues (D. Soliano)                07:59
4. Roaring Plenties (G. Lenz)                10:50
5. Insertions for Four Parts (M. Schoof)   07:20

Recorded during the Ruhrfestspiele at the Festlandhalle in Recklinghausen, Germany on July 16, 1970.

BOBBY FEW ‎– CONTINENTAL JAZZ EXPRESS (VOGUE, 1979)

A1. Continental Jazz Express
A2. Feeling So Alone

B1. Beautiful Africa
B2. The Spleeping Clock
B3. Everybody Has The Right To Be Free



Bobby Few, piano


Recorded March 12, 1979 in Studio Sidney Bechet.

Vogue ‎– JT. 2605

Vinyl Rip

REF. Radio session

One that nearly got away, which is well worth hearing.  A recording of a radio broadcast which I can't stop playing since I rediscovered the cassette twenty years after being sent it by the good Mr Greenaway.  Thanks to him.

MARIA STANGE,  harp
JOHN RUSSELL,  guitar
PAT THOMAS,  keyboards, electronics
ROGER TURNER,  percussion

1. Intro. 0:30
2. Impro 1 15:06
3. Impro 2 19:08

BBC Radio session. 1994(?)

Don't forget the two John Russell / Roger Turner cds on Emanem : Birthdays and The Second Sky.

(Thanks to Rhodri Davies for correcting my initial misspelling of the harpist's name)

Skalkottas - Ginastera - Beethoven --- Tetraktys String Quartet

This recording is from the 2012 Wiener Festwochen;

Nikos Skalkottas: Ten Sketches for String Quartet

Sinfonia - Concerto - Passacaglia - Suita - Concertino - Serenata - Ragtime - Notturno - Capriccio - Rondo

Alberto Ginastera: Streichquartett Nr. 2, op. 26

Ludwig van Beethoven: Streichquartett e-Moll, op. 59/2

Tetraktys String Quartet
Brahms-Saal des Wiener Musikvereins; 15th May 2012

MUÑOZ ‎– RENDEZVOUS WITH NOW (INDIA NAVIGATION, 1978)

A.  The Shepherds Chant

B1. Blessings
B2. The Word Of God Chant
B3. Waiting For Now To Be Forever


Tisziji Muñoz, guitar, percussion, vocals
Cecil McBee, bass
Claude Ranger, drums
Sat Guru Singh Ji, percussion, vocals
Bernie Senensky, piano

India Navigation ‎– IN 1034


Vinyl Rip

WALTER ZIMMERMANN "LOKALE MUSIK" (Edition Theater am Turm, 1977 - 1981)

Walter Zimmermann (born Schwabach, Germany, April 15, 1949) is a German composer associated with the Cologne School.

Zimmermann studied composition in Germany with Werner Heider and Mauricio Kagel, the theory of musical intelligence at the Institute of Sonology in Utrecht (now located in The Hague), and computer music at Colgate University in New York.

Zimmerman's works are infused by a personal adaptation of minimal technique. Whereas many early American minimalist composers were influenced in their works by rock, jazz, and world musics, Zimmermann has drawn a great deal of inspiration from his Franconian heritage. A number of his works, particularly his groups of pieces known as Lokale Musik, use the traditional music of this area as source material. These works frequently begin with melodic material derived from Franconian folk songs, which are rearranged and transformed in novel ways.

In 1976, Zimmermann published a collection of interviews with American musicians and composers entitled Desert Plants: Conversations With 23 American Musicians. (source: Wikipedia)
See also his own webside - recommended readings...here.

If you like this music I urge you to buy CDs from him. Especially a new recording on Mode Records were parts of this LP are presented in new interpretations. Very fine version of "10 Fränkische Tänze" with two string quartets. One playing the composition presented here plus a quartet playing a drone.
Also another recent release on Maria de Alvears label World-Edition which has four works with greater ensembles/orchestra.


Lokale Musik - local music.
A kind of anti-"world-music" but sublimated, substituted, transformed and "transcended" as Walter Zimmermann has put it in the description of the four parts from "Leichte Tänze" (airy dances but also "easy").

Some rough translations/explanations by the custodian of the fountain :

Kärwamelodien - "Kärwa" means in franconian dialect church anniversary but also country/parish fair.

Wolkenorte - "Wolken" means clouds and "Orte" means place/location/site/scene/lieu.

Riuti: hard to translate - refers to the landscapes of wine cultivation.

Wüstungen und Rodungen - also hard to explain (for me) - a "Wüstung" refers to a settlement or an agraic area which was abandoned before the modern times (ca.16th century), but is still remembered in field-names, old charters/documents, in local oral tradition/lore.

"Rodungen" connotes to the clearing/uprooting of an area for farming purposes.
The word "Rodung" is also related to the term "ausrotten" - to extirpate or to eradicate.

Keuper: shell limestone - a geological formation and a form of soil which is characteristic for the franconian wine district.

Ländler: a slow dance in the beat of 3/4.

Phran + Topar: no clue at all on my side...

Streichglasspiel - an instrument made of glass which is (gently) bowed (also with the fingers).

Stille Tänze - silent dance(s).

Namenlose Zwiefache: "Namenlos" means simply nameless and "Zwiefache" is a fast south-german folk dance which alternates constantly between a spinning/rotating movement and a waltz-like dance.

And finally - "Der Tanz und der Schmerz" - dance and pain/sorrow.


Lokale Music is a landmark, not only as a remarkable body of music, but as a model of a composing as a project that connects the musical to the historical, ethnological, social and psychological, and one in which these connections are never musically trivial.
Daniel Wolf (http://renewablemusic.blogspot.com)

(CD 1)

PROLOG:
1. Ephemer   (18:19) für Klaviertrio
Geschrieben für das Clementi-Trio:
Konstantin Gockel, violin
Manuel Gerstner, cello
Deborah Richardis, piano

LÄNDLER TOPOGRAPHIEN   (41:02)
für Orchester
2. Phran   (17:02)
3. Topan   (24:00)

LEICHTE TÄNZE
4. 10 fränkische Tänze   (11:47)
sublimiert für Streichquartett

5. 25 Kärwamelodien      (05:29)
substituiert für 2 Klarinetten
John Corbett & Michael Riessler, clarinet

(CD 2)

1. 20 Figurentänze       (06:58)
transformiert für 6 Instrumente
John Corbett & Michael Riessler, clarinet
Bruno Piroth, trumpet
Konstantin Gockel, violin
Gerhard Köhn, violin
Martin Ingenhütt, double bass

2. 15 Zwiefache          (06:13)
transzendiert für Gitarre
Hubert Machnik, guitar

3. WOLKENORTE            (24:59)
für Harfe
Gabriele Emde, harp


STILLE TÄNZE
4. Erd-Wasser-Lufttöne    (08:27)
für Klavier, Streichglasspiel und Posaune
Stephan Sauvageot, trombone
John McAlpine, piano
Hubert Machnik, streichglasspiel

5. Riuti, Wüstungen und Rodungen  (07:30)
für einen Schlagzeuger
Martin Schulz, percussion & voice

6. Keuper. Namenlose Zwiefache    (06:30)
für Streichquartett
Konstantin Gockel, violin
Gerhard Köhn, violin
Horst Enger, viola
Manuel Gerstner, cello


EPILOG:
7. DER TANZ UND DER SCHMERZ   (08:10)
für 13 Instrumente
John Corbett & Michael Riessler, clarinet
Bruno Piroth, trumpet
Stephan Sauvageot, trombone & alto trombone
Gabriele Emde, harp & voice
Hubert Machnik, guitar
John McAlpine, (hammered) dulcimer
Martin Schulz, percussion & voice
Martin Ingenhütt, double bass
Konstantin Gockel, violin
Gerhard Köhn, violin
Horst Enger, viola
Manuel Gerstner, cello

Walter Zimmermann, conductor


Dates of recording:
Prolog - 18 Feb. 1982
Ländler Topographien - 28 March 1981
Leichte Tänze - 9 Feb. 1982
Wolkenorte - 10 Jan. 1982
Epilog - 9 Jan. 1982

Edition Theater am Turm (1982)

(lp rip)

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART feat. SCHLIPPENBACH QUARTET "STUTTGART 1981"

Evan Parker, tenor & soprano saxophone
Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano
Wolfgang Dauner, piano
Alan Silva, bass
Paul Lovens, drums

1. Geflügel 1 (piano duo)            08:22
2. unknown title (Parker-Silva-Lovens)   08:52
3. unknown title                           25:03
4. unknown title (fade-out) / announcement 04:43

Recorded at SWF Studio, Stuttgart, Germany on March, 3, 1981.

GARRETT LIST ‎– AMERICAN IMAGES (HORO RECORDS, 1978)

A1. Ouverture
A2. The Speech
A3. Slow Dance
A4. Do You Remember When?
A5. The Tools Of War Are Multiplying

B1. Hard Line
B2. Nothing At All
B3. What America Wants, America Gets
B4. Let Go
B5. Still Going

C1. Understanding Is Not Enough
C2. Certain Logic
C3. Inside

D1. Like A Gull
D2. First Blues
D3. A Rainy Night In Rome



Byard Lancaster, alto saxophone, flugelhorn, flute, piano
Sadiq Abdu Shahid, drums, voice
Genie Sherman, piano, voice
Garrett List, trombone, piano, voice

Recorded May 23, 1978, Rome.

Horo Records ‎– HDP 37-38

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Brus Trio with John Tchicai - Soaked Sorrows (Dragon 1988)

John Tchicai - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Ulf Εkerhielm - Bass  Gilbert Mathews - Drums
Arne Forsιn -  Piano
Gilbert Mathews - Drums

A1 - A Rose Colored Angel      9:05
    (John Tchicai)
A2 - After Coffee         9:29
    (Arne Forsιn)
A3 - Nutcracker         2:28
    (John Tchicai) 
B1 - Pachanga No.         8:25
    (John Tchicai)
B2 - Soaked Sorrows          7:56
    (Ulf Εkerhielm)
B3 - Communications No.     6:45
    (John Tchicai)
       
Recorded live at Fasching, Stockholm, September 19, 1987.

Dragon Records., DRLP 162
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ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH NONET "KÖLN 1969"

Only 23 days later Schlippenbach recorded his LP "The Living Music".
Except Paker and Bailey the line-up was the same as for this broadcast. The actual LP "The Living Music" might be one of the most often re-issued recordings of Free Jazz.
First there was an edition on A.v.Schlippenbach's 'Quasar' imprint. Than the more widely distributed FMP 0100. A CD on John Corbett's Unheard Music Series. And finally a re-release on LP through Cien Fuegos in 2013.


Manfred Schoof, cornet, trumpet
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Peter Brötzmann, tenor & baritone saxophone
Evan Parker, soprano & tenor saxophone
Michel Pilz, bass clarinet, flute
Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano, percussion
Derek Bailey, guitar
Buschi Niebergall, bass, bass trombone
Han Bennink, drums


1. Living Music  13:33
2. applause  00:19
3. Into The Staggering  07:45
4. applause  00:27
5. Wave  08:07
6. applause  00:28
7. Lollapalooza  10:56

Recorded at WDR Studio 2, Annostrasse, Köln, Germany on April 1, 1969.

TAMIA & PIERRE FAVRE "BLUES FOR PEDRO ARCANJO" (GEMINI, 1982/83)

This is a contribution from Alex from Solex - I like it so much that I was tempted to make a proper post with it.
Much better than the ECM release - at least to my ears.


Tamia, vocals
Pierre Favre, drums, percussion

A1. Traumbaum     6:58    
A2. Ceux Du Soleil     4:28    
A3. Noon Moon     4:19    
A4. Poco A Poco     5:13    
B1. Chant D'Exil     7:52    
B2. Blues For Pedro Arcanjo     7:31    
B3. Sommeil De Pierre     2:32

Recorded at Moulin d'Ande, September 1982 - January 1983.
Mixed at Acousti Studio Paris.   

T RECORDS T-GEM-1003 (GEMINI)

Leo Brouwer – Guitarra (Areito LD-4189)

Leo Brouwer is one of the leading voices in modern Cuban guitar music. This is an early Cuban LP, with Brouwer playing – I guess it´s from the late 60s or early 70s (if you know better, please correct) – and before a tendon injury stopped his playing career.

The beautiful folk and dance rhythms draw me to much of the guitar music of Latin America, but it can often stray into sentimental territory. That´s the last thing you could say about the music on this LP. In Brouwer´s own ‘Elegy of the Dance’, the drumming of the fingers on the instrument is not just a dance rhythm, but is also the sound of a farmer drilling seeds in the field, and echoes many of the themes in Villa-Lobos´s first prelude for guitar. It is an understated, but concentrated and intense piece of music that rewards repeated listening.

Leo Brouwer – Guitarra (Areito LD-4189)

Carlos Fariñas – Prelúdio

José Ardévol – Sonata para Guitarra

Manuel Ponce – Sonatina Meridional

Leo Brouwer – Elogio de la Danza

Heitor Villa-Lobos – Estudio no. 7

For Cuban vinyl of this age, it sounds remarkably good, but I´m putting this up in 320 kbps mp3. Naxos have been doing a very good job in making this and other modern guitar work more available – here is a good place to jump in, and I´d recommend any of the Brouwer series. 

By the way, there is a fantastic resource online - the blog of Fabio Zanon, containing an archive of his radio programmes documenting the history of Brazilan guitar. I can’t think of a better way to get to know much of this music. Fabio Zanon is also an exceptionally talented guitarist, whose recordings and performances are strongly recommended!

SHUKO MIZUNO, TOSHIYUKI MIYAMA & THE NEW HERD PLUS ALL-STAR GUESTS ‎– SHUKO MIZUNO'S "JAZZ ORCHESTRA '73" (THREE BLIND MICE, 1973)

A. Drive, Drive, Drive!

B. Blues, Autonomy, Drive, Chaos


Toshiyuki Miyama, conductor
Shuko Mizuno, organ (B), conductor

Kenji Mori, alto saxophone (A)
Isao Kimura, alto saxophone
Kazumi Oguro, alto saxophone
Shigeru Hirano, baritone saxophone
Hideto Kanai, bass
Hiromi Sano, clarinet (B)
Masaaki Sano, clarinet (B)
Seiichi Nakamura, clarinet (B)
Takashi Shikata, clarinet (B)
Isao Yomoda, drums
Masaaki Ito, electric bass
Masayuki Takayanagi, guitar (B)
Joe Mizuki, percussion (B)
Mamoru Mori, tenor saxophone
Seiji Inoue, tenor saxophone
Seiichi Tokura, trombone (B)
Takeshi Aoki, trombone (B)
Masamichi Uetaka, trombone
Takahide Uchida, trombone
Takashi Hayakawa, trombone
Teruhiko Kataoka, trombone
Terumasa Hino, trumpet (A)
Ken-ichi Sano, trumpet (B)
Koji Hadori, trumpet (B)
Kazumi Takeda, trumpet
Shuji Atsuta, trumpet
Shin Kazuhara, trumpet
Yoshikazu Kishi, trumpet



Recorded August 23, 1973 (A), and September 2, 1973 (B) at AOI Studio, Tokyo.

Three Blind Mice ‎– TBM-55

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Ovary Lodge (Keith Tippett, Roy Babbington, Frank Perry)

Here is the first of the two Ovary Lodge records released, This was out on RCA in 1973 and rereleased on cd in 1999. I have the lp, but comparing it to the cd version, I would have to conclude that the background noise and pops/clicks are a little less noticeable on this version. One can hear that it is sourced from an lp, particularly in the quiet passages, of which there are many, indicating that the master tapes may have got lost in the mentime. The second Ovary Lodge came out on Ogun a few years later with Harry Miller replacing Roy Babbington and adding Julie Tippetts. That one is fairly easy to get  on cd, though the initial lp release is out of print. But as I understand, even the cd release of the first one may be hard to find.

This first one came two years after Tippett's mammoth Centipede ensemble with 50 plus players and one year after Tippett went to the other extreme with the closeted, chamber-like Blueprint with roughly the same small group of musicians featured here and Ovary Lodge is very much a follow-up to Blueprint. This new one was fully improvised, as Tppett informed us, and all acoustic with no electronics, as producer Robert Fripp added.

Reading some reviews, it seems quite apparent that for critics coming out of the jazz-prog-fusion intersection, this one was outside the comfort zone, especially for those who associated Tippett with his contribution to King Crimson records (with producer Robert Fripp being the obvious link). What we get here are two trio pieces at the beginning and end. In between there are a couple of piano solos and several pieces exploring space and silence, getting into some very quiet and intimate dynamics, even sounding vaguely meditative at points. This record, the Mutant Souds blog informs us, made the NWW (Nurse With Wound) list, a list which has been a sort of holy grail of obscure gems. The fellow at Allmusic finds this record to be challenging and one supposes, rewarding. Yes, I would think so, too.


Tracks:

1 First Born
 Mountain Temple Spring
2 Part 1: Amethyst, Gold And Royal Blue (My Way Of Saying Thank You)
 3 Part 2: A Frail White Butterfly, Beneath The Spell Of Moon Is Sleeping On The Huge Bronze Bell (Buson)
4 Tropic Of Capricorn
5 Come On In
6 Nursery Rhyme
7 Sylphs In Pisces

 Composed By – Perry (tracks: 1 - 3, 7), Tippett* (tracks: 1, 3, 5- 7), Babbington* (tracks: 1, 5, 7)

Piano – Keith Tippett (tracks: 1, 3, 5 - 7)
Bass – Roy Babbington (tracks: 1, 5, 7)
Percussion – Frank Perry (tracks: 1 - 3, 7)

Producer – Robert Fripp

CECIL TAYLOR "PRAXIS" (PRAXIS, 1968)

So - here we have the original rip from glmlr. The LP was posted here already in 2007 by sotise.
I'll take the freedom to use the links of Alex and glmlr in the comments.
I appreciate the collaboration - my thanks goes to both Alex and glmlr - both links lead to the same rip.


Cecil Taylor, piano

A. Praxis part I 18:37
B. Praxis part II 19:14
C. Praxis part III 19:15
D. Praxis part IV 19:00

Recorded live in July 1968 in Italy.

PRAXIS (Greece) CM 104/105 (lp) 1982

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CECIL TAYLOR QUINTET. Stockholm 9.9.91

CECIL TAYLOR, piano
WOLFGANG FUCHS, sopranino sax
HARRI SJOSTROM, soprano sax
BARRY GUY, bass
TONY OXLEY, drums

1.  Intro  1:35
2.  CT.BG.TO trio  9:18
3.  Quintet 1  36:46
4.  Quintet 2  4:20

Jazz Club Fasching, Stockholm.  9th September 1991

Almeida Prado - Cartas Celestes (Estudio Eldorado 66.82.0352)

I hadn´t come across Almeida Prado except as a footnote in some books, but I began to hear a few interesting fragments of his music on Brazil´s Rádio Cultura FM, so when I´ve come across LPs of his music, I buy 'em. He has an interesting biography, studying in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Nadia Boulanger before returning to an academic life in Brazil.

Here is a substantial cycle of his piano music – Cartas Celestes – that is on the surface a description of the night sky. The percussive sections clearly owe a debt to Boulez, but the deeper and pervasive influence is Messiaen - there are direct quotations from the Catalogue d´Oiseaux and Vingt Regards throughout. Just as the Catalogue is less a literal transcription of birdsong, and more an evocation and transformation of landscape, so the Cartas Celestes moves from description in Book 1 - nightfall, the milky way tracking across the sky, and then dawn - to deeper themes in the later books. The close of Book 5 and the opening of Book 6 are connected and really about time, and perhaps the fabric of space-time itself. Other sections evoke pulsing light and darkness. Some of the themes are very well done – particularly the entry of Orion the hunter in Book 3.

I don´t know much about the pianist, Fernando Lopes, and am hoping that I´ll find more of his recordings, as he´s clearly very capable. The recording is full and luminescent, and I hope the vinyl rip is OK – any tips on how to improve this are gratefully received. With a bit of luck, we´ll see increased interest in Almeida Prado´s music, and some more recordings – there seems to be very little available. Apparently the Estudio Eldorado label was once the main presence for contemporary and improvised music in Brazil, but folded a few years back. I´m trying to find out what else was released on this label. There doesn´t seem to be anything similar operating now, but it would be great to see this recording reissued as it´s a major piece in contemporary piano music that deserves to be much better known.

CECIL TAYLOR "ROTTERDAM 1967"

This post is for Andy.  He was asking for "Praxis" which will follow as soon as I'm able to replace my corrupted cd-r copy of  the LP.
The music here was never released but it is certainly worth your attention.

The one and only:

Cecil Taylor, piano

1. radio intro         00:06
2. Carmen With Rings   57:55
3. radio outro         00:17

Recorded at 'de Doelen', Rotterdam, Netherlands on July 1, 1967.

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Ann and Byard Lancaster - God be in us (Lancaster recording 2005)

I was very glad to see here lately some Byard Lancaster works, an artist that I much enjoyed, soulful and passionate. Here is a duo with his sister, in a devotional moode, blues, gospels-kind etc. Some beautiful tunes.

01 - Abide with me
02 - Tha national anthem
03 - Lift every voice and sing
04 - Jesus you are the center of my joy
05 - Jesus you are the center of my joy (instrumental)
06 - Blessed assurance
07 - Amazing grace
08 - Amazing grace (vocal)
09 - Danny boy
10 - 'A' heavenly sweetness
11 - Love prose
12 - Soweto (Cyryus Foster Bey)
13 - Island sun...in Jamaica
14 - Afro-ville
15 - Jesus love me
16 - Yeld no temptation
17 - Turn your eyes upon Jesus
18 - Afrcan American museum of Philadelphia (Aamp)

Cyryus Foster Bey - Keyboard, Composer, Lyricist, "Soweto"
Billy Kimes - Guitar
Marc Johnson - Keyboard, Arranger, "Love Prose"
Rick Tate Sr. - Electric Bass.. "Love Prose"
Charles Beasely - Electric Bass.."Soweto"
Jeffery Johnson - Drums & Chant
Robert 'Rogi' Kenyatta - Conga....."Soweto"
Razul Sadik - Trumpet
Kenneth "Keno" Speller - Conga..."Aamp"
Charles 'Mobalaji" Walker - Conga..."Aamp"
Michal Beckham - Supreme Vocalist
Rev Joe Craddock - The Prayer
Dr Mary Ann Lancaster Tyler - Keyboard, Duo/Trio
Willlam Byard Lancaster - Horns, Vocal, Composer

KARL BERGER & INGRID BERGER ‎– CHANGING THE TIME (HORO RECORDS, 1978)

A1. Open Sea
A2. Entr'Acte
A3. Downtown
A4. Almond Flower

B.  Changing The Time

C1. Saveva
C2. To Know Love

D1. Perfect Love
D2. Elba
D3. Aldogia


Karl Berger, vibraphone, piano, harmonium, balaphon
Ingrid Berger, vocals, percussion


Recorded November 16, 1977 and January 17, 1978 at Mama Dog Studio, Rome.

Horo Records ‎– HDP 21-22

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AYAKO SHINOZAKI ‎– MUSIC NOW FOR HARP (DENON, 1980)

A1. Toru Takemitsu – Stanza Ⅱ
A2. Katsuhiro Tsubono – Poem Of Lin

B.  Takehisa Kosugi – Heterodyne


Ayako Shinozaki, harp
Takehisa Kosugi, violin (B)

Denon ‎– OW-7845-ND

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Nelson Freire-Plays Heitor Villa Lobos- Telefunken LP , Sat,22547

As a warm welcome back to Tantris and small coda to his post, heres a magnificent, passionate recital by Nelson Freire as a young man, delivering a vivid set of some of Villa Lobos's most challenging  and often percussive piano music , including the best version i've ever heard of the highly dissonant early Rudepoema!
Enjoy!!

Nelson Freire @last FM

Byard Lancaster-Exodus, Philly Jazz1, 1977

The First Philly Jazz Album,was this potent trio which despite the low fidelity of the sound,Musically and Spiritually is a vivid testimony to His plangent lyricism and bluesy tone.
all but the title track Exodus were recorded live at a WXPN jazz awards concert.

"These are 77 efforts in my attempts to speak to the world of love, Peace and understanding"
BL