The Thing live at Kultur-Schranne, Dachau, 2014

I went to see The Thing a week or so back, always keen to catch them whenever they hit town (which isn't that often). Mads Gustafsson ceremonially annouced that they taken an abrupt new turn in music, going from barbecue jazz to Scandinavian avant garde schläger. They still don their Ruby's BBQ tea shirts, though, which has become their regular uniform over the years. If anyone wonders whether that place actually exists, well, it does, right there in Austin, Texas, which also happens to be Ingebright Haaker Flaten's place of residence. The gig coincided with a two-day Blastfest, a metal gathering, so the place was full of long-haired chaps with pointed beards and of chapettes, all dressed up in shades of black. It got me thinking that The Thing ought to fit right into a blastfest, but these metalists tend to be rather strict on genre boundaries. A conservate lot, if you ask me.

The Thing started out as a Don Cheery tribute project and they even did an album and a tour with Neneh Cherry, but from talking to band members, I got the impression that it was a one-off thing and not at all a future course. One may add that The Thing is also a kind of Albert Ayler tribute project, given that Ayler lived in Sweden in the early sixities and had a decisive influence on the early Scandinavian free jazz scene. Bengt "Frippe" Nordström is a link from those days and a player clearly inspiring the much younger Mads. But The Thing have also covered punk and indie bands of newer provenance.

I didn't bring any recording equipment as I don't have any, but searching the Dime site, I came across a live recording at the Kultur-Schranne in Dachau, just out of Munich. Checking the date, I saw it was a little less than a week prior to the gig here, so I suspect the repertoire was quite similar to what I've heard, including covers of Coltrane and Ellington!. They have a new album out called "Boot" which, of course, have quite differing meanings in English and German. As they were offering direct sales of "sheissplatten" (Mads), I picked up a rare one which I might post here in the near future.


The Thing
Kultur-Schranne, Dachau (Germany)
February 15, 2014

Mats Gustafsson - tenorsax, baritonesax
Paal Nilssen-Love - percussion
Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten - double-bass, electric bass, effects

(first set)
01. Intro (1:52)
02. (Titles) incl. Hidegen fujnak a szelek (18:58)
03. (11:42)
04. (4:51)

(second set)
05. Intro (1:02)
06. India (John Coltrane) (10:46)
07. (15:18)
08. Golden Heart (Don Cherry) (8:06)
09. Red River (7:03)

total time (79:38)

Thanks to the taper for capturing this one for posterity.

PAUL DUNMALL OCTET - 'The Great Divide' - Bath. 2002

PAUL DUNMALL, tenor saxophone, bagpipes
SIMON PICARD, tenor saxophone
PAUL RUTHERFORD, trombone
HILARY JEFFERY, trombone
GETHIN LIDDINGTON, trumpet
KEITH TIPPETT, piano
PAUL ROGERS, ALL bass
TONY BIANCO, drums

1. The Great Divide  68:24

Bath Festival.  The Pavilion.  27 May 2002

BBC Radio 3, 'Jazz on 3' broadcast

BRÖTZMANN-MANGELSDORFF-BENNINK + SCHLIPPENBACH "CONCERT FOR A FRIEND" (HAMBURG, 1983)

This recording is part of a concert which was held in honour of Nelson Mandela.


Peter Brötzmann, tenor saxophone
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Han Bennink, drums

1. announcement              00:49
2. collective improvisation  22:06
3. encore                    05:20


Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano

4. improvisation (incompl.?) 17:24


Recorded January 1, 1983 for the NDR in Hamburg, Germany.

Note: A.v.Schlippenbach is already playing during the 'Encore'.

DEDICATION ORCHESTRA - Birmingham. 2003

Louis Moholo - drums
Keith Tippett - piano
Paul Rogers - bass
Evan Parker, Larry Stabbins, Lol Coxhill, Ray Warleigh, Elton Dean, Chris Biscoe - saxes
Neil Metcalfe - flute
Harry Beckett, Henry Lowther, Jim Dvorak, Noel Langley - trumpets
Malcolm Griffiths, Paul Rutherford, Dave Amis, Alan Tomlinson - trombones
Mark Charig - tenor horn
Dave Powell - tuba
Julie Tippetts, Maggie Nicols, Phil Minton, David Serame - voices
Steve Beresford - arranger and conductor

1. 08:43
2. 06:35
3. 11:15
4. 07:16
5. 05:00
6. 07:11
7. 08:55
8. 07:35
9. 10:02
10.02:17

Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham.  23 March 2003

BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

RUF DER HEIMAT "MACHINE KAPUT" (KONNEX, 1995)

Thomas Borgmann, sopranino & tenor saxophone
Peter Brötzmann, tárogató, alto & tenor saxophone
Christoph Winckel, bass
Willi Kellers, drums


1. Machine Kaput     17:05
2. Nothing To Decide     08:28
3. Keys + Screws     31:22

Tracks 1+2 recorded in concert at Tacheles, Berlin, 29th June 1995.
Track 3 recorded at Eldenaer Jazz Evenings, Greifswald, 30th June 1995.

KONNEX KCD 5070

Jemeel Moondoc Muntu - The Intrepid Live In Poland (PolJazz 1981)

 

A1 - Blues For Katie     16:58
B2 - First Feeding     14:30
B3 - The Intrepid     7:40

Jemeel Moondoc - Alto Saxophone
William Parker - Bass
Rashid Baker - Drums
Roy Campbell - Trumpet

music by Jemeel Moondoc
Live, Festival Jazz Nad Odra, Wroclaw, Poland, 1981

Released in limited club edition, purchased by subscription.
PolJazz 1981, PSJ-106, LP
vinyl rip

Reggie Workman-Summit Conference,2-8-1995, aud

Here's a  good Audience capture of the summit conference band , this was obviously recorded while they were touring the essential postcards Cd.
Nice long chewy set ... thanks to the original Taper/Seeders!
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SEEDERS Notes
Reggie Workman's Summit Conference

August 2, 1995

Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
(first set only)


Reggie Workman  bass,
Andrew Hill  piano,
Sam Rivers  flute, soprano & tenor sax
Julian Priester  trombone
Pheeroan akLaff  drums

01 Conversation (Sonelius Smith)  25:31
02 Suite Tristan (Workman) 13:15
03 unidentified  8:39
04 Joanne (Hill) 13:29
05 Breath (Priester)  10:06
06 Midnight River Crossing (AkLaff)  5:49

TT 76:49

This quintet of giants came to be as a consequence of Ralph Simon’s offer to Reggie Workman to record a CD for his label Postcards in 1993. The result is the brilliant "Summit Conference" (Postcards  POST1003), highly recommended and still in press.
This show was recorded almost two years later at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA. I can neither find it in a bot list search nor apparently in blogland, so I assume it is uncirculated on the web. This is a remarkably fine audience (or perhaps, on stage) recording with a intimate and very concentrated atmosphere and no distracting noise at all.
On the CDR I received there were very short silent parts near the start and end of tracks 2 and 3 which are probably due to a transfer from a CDR with SBEs.
 I repaired this and retracked all tracks. Pitch is correct (I suppose this comes from a digital source).
 As the levels initially are very low on the original recording, I raised them a little (more so in the very low passages and less so towards the end).
 I also applied a tiny amount of compression to the really loud passages.
 As always, I did all processing in 24bit.

The closing stage announcement identifies track 5 as "Midnight River Crossing" and track 6 as "Breath".
 Both relevant discographers (Ronald Lyles in his Andrew Hill Discography and Rick Lopez in his Sam Rivers Sessionography) do so likewise (see below), but track 5 is clearly the same as Julian Priester's "Breath" on POST1003,
 so I assume that track 6 is "Midnight River Crossing" by Pheeroan akLaff.

There might be a splice in track 1 at 3:32:485. I removed a click there.


All praise goes to the creators of the music, truly a summit conference, and thanks so much to the unknown taper!

Lineage:
Aud > ? > Trade CDR > HD (xACT) > 24 bit edited and remastered (ProTools LE with various plugins) > 16bit PCM (with dither) > tracking (Sound Studio) > flac (8) (xACT)


Entry in the Sam Rivers Sessionography by Rick Lopez
http://www.bb10k.com/RIVERS.disc.html

95.08.02 • Reggie Workman's Summit Conference [Audience Recording]
August 2, 1995 / Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
1. Conversation (Sonelius Smith) [25:29]
2. Suite Tristan (Workman) [12:47]
3. unknown title [8:24]
4. Joanne (Hill) [13:24]
5. Midnight River Crossing (AkLaff) [10:11]
6. Breath (Priester) [5:48]

Reggie Workman (bass)
Andrew Hill (piano)
Sam Rivers (flute-2, soprano sax-4, tenor sax-1,5,6)
Julian Priester (trombone)
Pheeroan akLaff (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Hill/hill-disc.htm}


Entry in the Andrew Hill Discography by Ronald Lyles
(http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Hill/hill-disc.htm)

Date: August 2, 1995
Location: Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
Label: [private recording]

Reggie Workman (ldr), Sam Rivers (f, ss, ts), Julian Priester (tb), Andrew Hill (p), Reggie Workman (b), Pheeroan akLaff (d)
a. 01   Conversation Piece - 25:10  (Sonelius Smith)
b. 02   Suite Tristan - 12:47  (Reggie Workman)
c. 04   Joanne - 13:08  (Andrew Hill)
d. 05   Midnight River Crossing - 10:00  (Pheeroan AkLaff)
e. 06   Breath - 4:23  (Julian Priester)

Sam Rivers (f) on b; (ss) on c; (ts) on a, d-e.

Group known as Summit Conference.

One additional selection - #3: 8:24 - title unknown.

SUMMIT CONFERENCE - Knitting Factory, NY. 1998

REGGIE WORKMAN, bass
SAM RIVERS, flute, tenor sax
JULIAN PRIESTER, trombone
JOHN HICKS, piano
PHEEROAN AKLAFF, drums

1. 28:01
2. 11:41
3. 15:27
4. 04:58

Knitting Factory, New York.  June 1998.

BBC Radio 3 'Jazz on 3'

MUJICIAN - Band on the Wall. 1997

KEITH TIPPETT, piano
PAUL DUNMALL, tenor and soprano saxophone
PAUL ROGERS, bass
TONY LEVIN, drums

1. 17:21
2. 11:04
3. 08:01
4. 10:33

Band on the Wall, Manchester.  22 May 1997

BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

PETER EVANS - solo "ULRICHSBERG, 2007"

The picture above (by Iztok Zupan) is from the concert in Ulrichsberg's Pfarrkirche (parish church) during the Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon.
I only knew his solo CD from 2006. But to see and hear him in a live-setting was quite astonishing.

 "Peter plays lines the likes of which I have never heard. Extremely chromatic, with wide intervals and unexpected changes of direction. This guy can play just about anything, it seems." Dave Douglas



Peter Evans, trumpet, piccolo trumpet

1. {  14:15
2. }  17:34
3. ]  12:52
4. [  07:37


Recorded at the Pfarrkirche, Ulrichsberg, Austria on April 28, 2007.

EDDIE PRÉVOST - solo "ULRICHSBERG, 2000"

Eddie Prévost, percussion

1. >Concert< 41:52

Recorded April 28, 2000 at the Jazzatelier, Ulrichsberg, Austria.

Note: do not let you irritate by the lone clasper at 16:20 ;-)
Silence at the beginning of the CD is part of the concert.

MUJICIAN - Toronto 1999

KEITH TIPPETT, piano
PAUL DUNMALL, tenor saxophone, ocarina, bagpipes
PAUL ROGERS, bass
TONY LEVIN, drums

1. 61:03
2. 07:40

Music Gallery, Toronto.  21 May 1999

For Onx and Nick

PAUL RUTHERFORD "OLD MOERS ALMANAC" (RING RECORDS, 1976)

Paul Rutherford, trombone and voice

Side A:
1. Hank Over            08:29
2. Tolly Blues           11:03

Side B:
1. Old Moers Almanac     17:17
2. Arlbedesame           04:53

Live at 5th International New Jazz Festival (open air), Schloßpark, Moers, Germany on June 7, 1976.

RING 01014

(lp rip)

My thanks goes to  wightdj for an improved front cover.

GRAHAM L. ROGERS - R.I.P.

I have the sad obligation to announce the death of Graham L. Rogers.
Today I got a mail from his brother.
Graham - better known to most as glmlr - has died from cardio-vascular complications on December 21, 2013 in Athens.

His last contribution to IS was a copy of CT's "Praxis" LP he has send me in November last year.

I didn't know Graham very well.
But I shall miss him as a helpful friend and comrade in music.
R.I.P.

FLOROS FLORIDIS - KROK TRIO (j.n.d., 1986)

Floros Floridis, clarinet, alto & soprano saxophone
Dimitris Polyzoidis, violin, viola
Michalis Siganidis, bass

1. 7, 9, 11                             (05:58)      
2. Φίγκοβιτς                            (08:40)       
3. Mysterioso  (Th.Monk)                (05:47)                  
4. Ο Ζακ Πιτσούνι Στα Εχθρικά Πυρά      (06:02)        
5. K.R.O.K.                             (03:23)  
6. Kula-Kula                            (07:14)      
7. 5 Έλληνες Στον Άδη                   (02:24)


Recorded at Radio Station Macedonia, Studio EPT-1 on 23rd October, 1986.

j.n.d.6

(lp rip)

YOSHIAKI FUJIKAWA AND EASTASIA ORCHESTRA - JAZZBÜHNE BERLIN '84 (REPERTOIRE RECORDS, 1991)

1. Bold and Able
2. Lardiga
3. Divine Gift and Yellow God
4. Only for Life
5. Never Say Die
6. Tribal Chief


Yoshiaki Fujikawa, leader, alto sax
Tetsuji Yoshida, trumpet
Ichiyu Komiya, trumpet
Hiroshi Itaya, trombone
Haruki Sato, trombone
Kazutoki Umezu, saxes
Keizo Inoue, saxes
Junji Hirose, saxes
Hiroaki Katayama, saxes
Keiki Midorikawa, cello
Takeharu Hayakawa, bass
Takashi Kikuchi, drums
Tatsuji Yokoyama, percussion

Recorded live at Volksbüne East Berlin on June 17, 1984.

Repertoire Records, REP 4914-WZ; Wave, WWWCJ-1022

CD Rip

TAKEHISA KOSUGI & AKIO SUZUKI - NEW SENSE OF HEARING (ALM-URANOIA, 1980)

A. Duo Improvisation
B. Duo Improvisation

Takehisa Kosugi, violin, radio transmitter,voice
Akio Suzuki, analopos, kikkokikiriki, spring cong, glass harmonica

Recorded on 2nd April, 1979 at Aeolian Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Alm-Uranoia - UR-3

Vinyl Rip

Re-up for Dan

MASAHIKO TOGASHI, RICHIE BEIRACH - FREEDOM JOY (TRIAL RECORDS, 1998)

1. Rectilinear
2. Haze
3. Bagatelle #6
4. Little Eyes
5. Inter-Action
6. Circle, Chain, Mirror
7. Ida Lupino
8. Waltz Step
9. Sunday Song


Richie Beirach, piano
Masahiko Togashi, percussion

Recorded at Mesena Hall, Susaka City, on 25 September 1997.

Trial Records - ETR 001

CD Rip

CHEIKH TIDIANE FALL, MALACHI FAVORS & SUNNY MURRAY ‎– AFRICAN MAGIC (CIRCLE RECORDS, 1979)

A1. Wolofu Bugu Bolibana
A2. I Am A Soldier I - African-American Spiritual

B1. I Am A Soldier II - African-American Spiritual
B2. African Ancestrian Piece
B3. Angry Man 8:00


Cheikh Tidiane Fall, congas, tama, tabla, voice, percussion
Malachi Favors, bass, voice, percussion
Sunny Murray, drums, voice, percussion


Recorded June 5, 1979

Circle Records ‎– RK 5679/17

Vinyl Rip

DOLLAR BRAND ‎– MANNENBERG - 'IS WHERE IT'S HAPPENING' (AS SHAMS RECORDS, 1974)

A. Mannenberg ~ 'Is Where It's Happening'

B. The Pilgrim


Robbie Jansen, alto saxophone, flute
Paul Michaels, bass
Monty Weber, drums
Dollar Brand, piano
Basil Coetzee, tenor saxophone, flute

As Shams Records - The Sun ‎– SRK 786134

Vinyl Rip

LEO CUYPERS ‎– BRULL BAND (VARAJAZZ, 1985)

A1. Bouncing With Babe
A2. De Gigant
A3. Burengerucht

B1. De Wedstrijd
B2. Killer Joe Suite



Ernst Glerum, bass
Martin Van Duynhoven, drums
Jan Kuiper, guitar
Leo Cuypers, piano
Bob Driessen, reeds
Maarten Van Norden, reeds
Willem Van Manen, trombone


Recorded on 21 December 1984 in "o 42", Nijmegen.

VaraJazz ‎– VARAJAZZ5217

Vinyl Rip

EXTREMELY QUARTET. Brighton, 1996

PAUL DUNMALL, alto and tenor sax
JOHN LAW, piano
BARRY GUY, bass
LOUIS MOHOLO, drums

First set
1. 45:18

Second set
1. 36:59
2. 9:23

The Lift, Brighton.  29th March 1996

For Rudi

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART - Brötzmann-Mangelsdorff-Dauner-Bennink "STUTTGART 1985"

Peter Brötzmann, baritone & tenor saxophone, clarinet, tarogato
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Wolfgang Dauner, piano
Han Bennink, drums, percussion

1. First Attack (Dauner) 04:21
2. Sticks To Come (Mangelsdorff) 08:18
3. Dropsticks (Bennink) 24:40
4. Jetzt Stürzen Wir Wieder Ab (Brötzmann) 20:32

Recorded on January 17, 1985 in Stutgart (possibly at Villa Berg), Germany.

DUNMALL - MATTOS - PREVOST. 1997

PAUL DUNMALL,  tenor sax
MARCIO MATTOS,  bass
EDDIE PREVOST,  drums

1. 47:26

Spitz, London.  25th September 1997

J.R. MONTEROSE ‎– IS ALIVE IN AMSTERDAM PARADISO (HEAVY SOUL MUSIC, 1969)

A1. I Remember Clifford
A2. Sonnymoon For Two

B1. Reborn One
B2. Reborn Two


J.R. Monterose, tenor saxophone
Han Bennink, drums
Jan Jacobs, bass (B1, B2)
Groentjie, timbales (B1, B2)
Steve Boston, conga (B1, B2)


Recorded at Paradiso, Amsterdam in June 1969

Heavy Soul Music ‎– HSM 1502

Vinyl Rip

DUNMALL - ROGERS - DRAKE . Bristol, 2004

PAUL DUNMALL, tenor and soprano sax, bagpipes
PAUL ROGERS, 7 string ALL bass
HAMID DRAKE, drums

First set  34:39
Second set  47:37

Music Rooms, Bristol.  24th May 2004

HARRY MILLER QUINTET ‎– DOWN SOUTH (VARAJAZZ, 1984)

A1. Down South
A2. Ikaya
A3. Deep Down Feeling
A4. Schooldays

B1. Opportunities
B2. Flame Tree
B3. Mofolo


Harry Miller, bass
Mark Charig, cornet,trumpet
Han Bennink, drums
Sean Bergin, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone
Wolter Wierbos, trombone


Recorded 3 March 1983 in Vara Studio 3

VARAJAZZ ‎– 4213

Vinyl Rip

PAUL DUNMALL - TONY MOORE - MATT LEWIS Jericho Tavern, Oxford 1987

PAUL DUNMALL, tenor and baritone saxophone
TONY MOORE, bass
MATT LEWIS, drums

Set 1  40:27
Set 2  22:02
Set 3  30:34

Jericho Tavern, Oxford.  1st February 1987

Leave a comment Danny!

HOARACE TAPSCOTT "THE GIANT IS AWAKENED" (FLYING DUTCHMAN, 1969)

Serviceton, in the comments to his post of Arthur Blythe's bush baby has kindly also added the classic 1969 Horace Tapscott album 'the giant is awakened' another beauty as yet unreissued on disc except briefly in japan as a semi authorised 'release".

Horace Tapscott - piano
Arthur Blythe - alto Saxophone
David Bryant - bass
Walter Savage Jr - bass
Everett Brown Jr - drums


Recorded April 1, 1969 in Los Angeles
Produced by Bob Thiele
Released on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label
FDS-107


A1. The Giant Is Awakened (Tapscott)     17:19
A2. For Fats (Blythe)                   02:20
B1. The Dark Tree (Tapscott)            06:58
B2. Niger's Theme (Tapscott)            11:54


cheers serviceton!

Note:
This a re-up (kind-of) of the 2008 post from Sotise ...
...new links added (from CD re-issue - OOP...)

IAN BRIGHTON-COLIN WOOD-FRANK PERRY-RADU MALFATTI-PHIL WACHSMANN "BALANCE" (INCUS, 1973)

 

Ian Brighton, guitar
Colin Wood, cello
Frank Perry, percussion
Radu Malfatti, trombone, khene, bass recorder
Phil Wachsmann, violin

A1. Constellations Of Force     19:59
B1. Remember The Smell Of Earth When You Were Young     3:00
B2. Cogito Ergo Slum  4:03
B3. Almostmaybesometimesnever 1:46
B4. Worsel Centrum  6:51
B5. Outer Equilibrium Together With Inner Section     5:10


Recorded in Southend, 10 and 11 September 1973.

INCUS 11

 - scans by Nick - ripped by onxidlib -

DOLLAR BRAND / DON CHERRY / CARLOS WARD ‎– THE THIRD WORLD - UNDERGROUND (NADJA/TRIO, 1974)

A1. Don's Song
A2. Cherry

B1. Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro
B2. Jabulani-Easter Joy
B3. Waya-Wa-Egoli
B4. Swazi
B5. Wayeah-Wayeah-O


Dollar Brand, piano
Don Cherry, trumpet, vocals, percussion
Carlos Ward, alto saxophone, vocals, percussion

Recorded live at the Jazz-House Montmartre, Copenhagen, November 14, 1972

Trio Records ‎– PAP-9018, Nadja ‎– PAP-9018

Vinyl Rip

Not sure of the release year for this: does anyone know?

FRED VAN HOVE / WOLFGANG DAUNER "REQUIEM FOR CHE GUEVARA / PSALMUS SPEI" (MPS, 1968)

For Fredzo and Alex in Solex


Side A:
WOLFGANG DAUNER "PSALMUS SPEI FOR CHOIR AND JAZZ GROUP" 13:25

Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Gerd Dudek, tenor saxophone
Wolfgang Dauner, organ, Hohner-electra-melodica
Eberhard Weber, cello
Jürgen Karg, bass
Fred Braceful, drums
Choir (Kantorei) at St. Martin in Kassel
Conducted by Klaus Martin Ziegler


Side B:
FRED VAN HOVE  "REQUIEM FOR CHE GUEVARA, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JOHN F. AND ROBERT KENNEDY, MALCOLM X" (for organ and jazz group) 17:27
Cel Overberghe, Kris Wanders, Willem Breuker, saxophone
Ed Kröger, trombone
Peter Kowald, bass
Fred Van Hove, organ
Han Bennink, drums

Recorded live at the "Kirche am Südstern", at the Berlin Jazz Festival on November 10, 1968.

MPS 15205 ST (LP)
(ripped from CRYSTAL 066 CRY 45 303 [LP], 1979)

Note: Psalmus Spei has psalm 58/2,4,5 and 139/7-12 as lyrics for the choir.
Requiem for Che Guevara... is based on Martin Luther's "Mitten wir im Leben sind, von dem Tode umgeben" (in the midst of live we're surrounded by death)

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Wadada Leo Smith - What is Democracy?

What is Democracy? is the second part of Wadada Leo Smith's three-part Ten Freedom Summers, performed by his Golden Quartet and the Ligeti String Quartet over three nights at Café Oto in November 2013, as part of the London jazz festival.

Yes, the message is there, but this is dense, powerful music that delivers its message through elegant complexity. There is a propulsive force that reminds me of Mingus and Cecil Taylor, and Wadada seems to want to make reference to several voices of Miles Davis - I can hear mid-50s Miles to begin with, and Live-Evil later, and it is this changing voice that seems to successfully create the space for the string quartet in the later pieces. Wonderful stuff - let's hope that Radio 3 broadcast more, or that Café Oto release a recording of all three nights - the entire suite is however available as a studio recording (highly recommended).

Many thanks to Tom Philips who recorded this from Radio 3 in excellent quality, and also to Stefano for the artwork included.

Ten Freedom Summers - Second Collection: What is Democracy?

Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Anthony Davis (piano)
John Lindberg (bass)
Anthony Brown (drums)

The Ligetti Quartet
Mandhira de Saram (violin)
Patrick Dawkins (violin)
Richard Jones (viola)
Ben Davis (cello)

00 - Interview + Intro (2.17)
01 - Freedom Summers (6.08)
02 - Medgar Evers (23.55)
03 - Sunday Morning (16.23)
04 - Emmet Till (23.43)

Café Oto, London, 22nd November, 2013

LEO CUYPERS - IN AMSTERDAM (BV HAAST RECORDS, 1980)

A1. Mattox Medley
A2. Saint Michel

B1. Prinsengracht
B2. De Riem
B3. Romance
B4. Skinned Ahead/Jarrett


Leo Cuypers, piano


Recorded live in the "Brakke Grond" Amsterdam, May 19th, 1979.

BV Haast Records ‎– BVHAAST 028

Vinyl Rip



LEO CUYPERS ‎– "LIVE" IN SHAFFY (BV HAAST RECORDS, 1974)

B1. Swing Along With Babe

B3. Russell
B4. Love You Tenderly
B5. Ham & Egg Stango


Piet Noordijk, alto saxophone
Willem Breuker, soprano, alto, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Leo Cuypers, piano
Arjen Gorter, double bass
Rob Verdurmen, drums
Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophone
Willem Van Manen, trombone
Martin Van Duynhoven, drums
Ronald Snijders, flute
Jan Wolff, horn
Koen Van Slogteren, oboe
Bernard Hunnekink, trombone
Maurice Horsthuis, violin


Track A1 and B1 recorded September 24, 1974.
Track A2, B2, B3 and B4 recorded September 25, 1974.
Track B5 recorded September 27, 1974.

BV Haast Records ‎– BV HAAST 001

Side A and B2 are still available on Zeeland Suite / Johnny Rep Suite CD from http://wbk.home.xs4all.nl/bvhaastwinkel.html

Vinyl Rip

PAUL DUNMALL / BRIAN WAITE QT. Bristol 14.3.1984

PAUL DUNMALL, tenor saxophone
BRIAN WAITE, piano
ADRIAN KENDON, bass
TONY LEVIN, drums


Part 1

1. Marriage in India  8:07
2. Bessie's blues  13:08
3. Freedom for Henry  7:03
4. King pin  9:51
5. Acid rain  12:03


Part 2

1. Quasar  14:52
2. Golly gosh  12:28
3. Marriage in India (fast one)  7:29


Avon Gorge Hotel, Bristol.  14 March 1984

Brian Waite died from leukemia in September 2006

Tony Levin (pictured here at the Avon Gorge Hotel) left us in February 2011

Beautiful people

SAHEB SARBIB / JORGE LIMA BARRETO ‎– ENCOUNTERS (ALVORADA, 1979)

A1. Talisman
A2. Nightwings
A3. A Canticle For Leibowitz

B1. Stand On Zanzibar
B2. City : Tomorrow The Dogs
B3. A. Islands


Saheb Sarbib, acoustic and half-electric bass, flute, ethno-flutes, plastic oboe, bass clarinet

Jorge Lima Barreto, Fender Rhodes piano, ARP Odyssey synthesizer


Alvorada ‎– LP-S 98-18

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JOACHIM KUHN TRIO - INTERCHANGE (1971)

JOACHIM KUHN, piano, alto sax (4)
PETER WARREN, bass, cello (3)
PIERRE FAVRE, percussion, saw (3)

1. Interchange  5:15
2. Traffic Madness  2:52
3. Cello Fane  5:53
4. Jolly Green Giant  7:12
5. One Foot Shuffle  7:50
6. Solo For Arlene  3:30
7. Sad Ballad  7:40

Rec. December 1971.  Crystal 066 CRY 46 294.  LP

A bit crackly I'm afraid.

BADEN BADEN NEW JAZZ MEETING 1975 "TEN YEARS GLOBE UNITY ORCHESTRA"

Here we have another installment of the Baden Baden Free Jazz Meetings.
This post of the concerts/rehearsals is not complete.
Several titles were released and are still available and therefore not included here.
You can find the missing titles: "Every Single One of Us is a Pearl," "Ruby, My Dear," and "Kunstmusik II" on Pearls (FMP 0380)  at destination-out.
 "Marañao," "Composition 23B," Jahrmarkt," "Hannebüchen." and "The Forge" on Baden-Baden '75 (FMP CD 137). The CD is to my knowledge still in print although harder to obtain. Try it here f.e.

I'm indebted to Peter Losin for his detailed information regarding line-up and titles - I took the freedom to duplicate it here with some minor changes. (Miles Ahead)



Kenny Wheeler, trumpet
Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Enrico Rava, trumpet
Günter Christmann, trombone, alphorn
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Evan Parker, soprano & tenor saxophone
Peter Brötzmann, tenor saxophone, bass saxophone, clarinet
Anthony Braxton, alto saxophone
Gerd Dudek, soprano & tenor saxophone
Rüdiger Carl, alto & tenor saxophone, clarinet
Michel Pilz, bass clarinet
Alexander Von Schlippenbach, piano, accordion
Peter Kowald, bass, tuba, vocals, conductor
J.B. "Buschi" Niebergall, bass
Paul Lovens, drums, percussion, saw
Achim Hebgen, announcer


Disc 1
1 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 4:34

2 Every Single One of Us is a Pearl (E. Parker) 26:01
 Duos (L/R): Parker/Kowald; Christmann/Carl; Mangelsdorff/Pilz; Niebergall/Rava; Schlippenbach/Lovens; Rutherford/Lovens/Kowald/Braxton; Wheeler/Dudek; Brötzmann

3 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 2:00

4 A Capella Breath (M. Schoof) 4:27
 Rava (L), Schoof (center), Wheeler (R)

5 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 2:19

6 From E-Flat On (M. Schoof) 7:38
 The Globe Unity 11: Wheeler, Schoof, Rava, Rutherford, Mangelsdorff, Christmann, Kowald (tuba), Parker, Dudek, Braxton, Pilz

7 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:15

8 Ostinato (M. Schoof) 7:26
 Solos: Pilz, Dudek (ss)

9 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:42

10 Night Heron (A. Mangelsdorff) 3:07
 Wheeler, Rava, Mangelsdorff, Parker, Braxton

11 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 1:34

12 Brief Inventions (A. Mangelsforff-E. Rava) 4:01
 Rava, Mangelsdorff

13 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 1:29

14 Marañao (E. Rava) 10:17
 Solos: Schlippenbach (p); Braxton (as); Schoof (tpt)

15 Announcement (Achim Hebgen) 0:59


Disc 2
1 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:55

2 Man-Brax (M. Schoof-A. Braxton) 4:16
 Schoof, Braxton

3 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:47

4 Ruby, My Dear (T. Monk) (arr. Schlippenbach) 4:47
 Solo: Braxton

5 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 1:49

6 Composition 23B (A. Braxton) 18:05
 Solos: Schlippenbach, Lovens, Rava, Carl (as), Schoof, Brötzmann (bss)

7 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:52

8 How It Base (A. Braxton-E. Parker) 4:16
 Braxton, Parker

9 Chris-Brax (A. Braxton-G. Christmann) 2:40
 Braxton, Christmann

10 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 2:36

11 Ten Beats (G. Christmann) 2:50
 The Globe Unity 11: Wheeler, Schoof, Rava, Rutherford, Mangelsdorff, Christmann, Kowald (tuba), Parker, Dudek, Braxton, Pilz

12 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:21

13 Pardon Mein Kopf (R. Rutherford) 3:04
 Rutherford solo

14 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 1:46

15 Hip Hymn No. 2 (P. Rutherford) 19:34
 Duos: Christmann/Brötzmann, Kowald (L)/Niebergall (R), Dudek/Mangelsdorff, Braxton/Pilz, Carl/Parker, Rava (L)/Wheeler (R), Christmann/Brötzmann

16 Announcement (Achim Hebgen) 0:10

17 Kunstmusik II (A. von Schlippenbach) 10:19


Disc 3
1 A Simple Waltz (K. Wheeler) 9:55
 Trios: Mangelsdorff/Pilz/Niebergall, Lovens/Pilz/Kowald (tuba); Solos: Schoof, Carl (as), Rutherford

2 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 1:20

3 Billiger Willi (M. Pilz-P. Kowald) 2:03
 Pilz, Kowald

4 Un Peu d'Ail (M. Pilz-P. Kowald) 3:09
 Pilz, Kowald

5 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:41

6 Jetzt Wird Abgerechnet (Globe Unity 11) 3:21
 The Globe Unity 11: Wheeler, Schoof, Rava, Rutherford, Mangelsdorff, Christmann, Kowald (tuba), Parker, Dudek, Braxton, Pilz

7 Announcement (Achim Hebgen) 1:00

8 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 3:13

9 Zahltag (Globe Unity 11) 7:25
 The Globe Unity 11: Wheeler, Schoof, Rava, Rutherford, Mangelsdorff, Christmann, Kowald (tuba), Parker, Dudek, Braxton, Pilz

10 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 2:10

11 Jahrmarkt I (P. Kowald) 5:46
 Solo: Christmann

12 Jahrmarkt II (P. Kowald) 7:32
 Solos: Parker (ss), Pilz, Brötzmann (cl); Lovens (säge)

13 Jahrmarkt III (P. Kowald) 9:49
 Solos: Schlippenbach (acc), Braxton, Rutherford/Mangelsdorff

14 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 1:03

15 The Forge (A. von Schlippenbach) 8:36
 Solos: Parker (ss); Wheeler (tpt); Schlippenbach

16 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 1:44

17 Hanebüchen (improvisation) 6:13
 Solos: Dudek (ts), Rava

18 Announcement (Achim Hebgen) 0:15


Disc 4
1 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 2:05

2 Mainz Bleibt Mainz (P. Lovens) 6:55
 Solos: Rutherford (tb); Schlippenbach (p); Brötzmann (ts)

3 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:27

4 Composition 23B (A. Braxton) 17:30
 Solos: Schlippenbach (p); Lovens (d); Rava (tpt); Carl (ts); Schoof (tpt); Brötzmann (bss)

5 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:25

6 Hip Hymn No. 2 (P. Rutherford) 20:58
 synth on tape

7 The Forge (A. von Schlippenbach) 8:11
 Solos: Parker (ss); Wheeler (tpt); Niebergall (b)

8 Announcement (Achim Hebgen) 0:32


Disc 5
1 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 1:03

2 Marañao (E. Rava) 12:35
 Solos: Schlippenbach (p); Braxton (as); Schoof (tpt)

3 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:54

4 Every Single One Of Us Is A Pearl (E. Parker) 26:45
 Solos: Parker/Kowald; Christmann/Carl; Mangelsdorff/Pilz; Niebergall/Rava; Lovens/Schlippenbach; Schoof/Braxton/Rutherford; Wheeler/Dudek; Brötzmann

5 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:12

6 Ruby, My Dear (T. Monk) (arr. Schlippenbach) 4:50
 Solo: Braxton

7 Introduction (Achim Hebgen) 0:27

8 Machine Gun (P. Brötzmann) 12:00

9 Closing announcement (Achim Hebgen) 0:19



Notes:

Some of the music from the Workshop portion of this set (discs 1-3) has been issued commercially: "Every Single One of Us is a Pearl," "Ruby, My Dear," and "Kunstmusik II" on Pearls (FMP 0380), and "Jahrmarkt" on Jahrmarkt/Local Fair (Po Torch PTR/JWD 2). These titles were recorded November 25-27 at the Südwestfunk Studios in Baden-Baden during the New Jazz Meeting dedicated to "Ten Years Globe Unity Orchestra."

For Part 2 of Kowald's "Jahrmarkt," the group is divided into six small groups throughout in the studio. From left to right in this recording:

Kowald (tuba), Schlippenbach (acc), Brötzmann (cl)
Parker (ss), Wheeler, Rutherford
Christmann, Niebergall, Lovens
Braxton
Mangelsdorff, Dudek (ts)
Rava, Carl (ts), Pilz

The issued version of "Jahrmarkt" is presented as a single performance but in fact -- because of the logistics of arranging musicians in groups around the studio -- it was recorded in three pieces.


Rutherford's "Hip Hymn No. 2" also involved complicated logistics. The musicians are arranged in four groups from left to right:

Braxton, Dudek, Parker, and Wheeler
Christmann and Brötzmann
Schlippenbach, Kowald, Niebergall, and Lovens
Rava, Carl, Pilz, and Mangelsdorff

In addition, Rutherford prepared a tape of the synthesizer part, and the group played on top of it.

Discs 4-5 were recorded during a public performance on November 28 at Kurfürstliches Schloss in Mainz.
  

SAHEB SARBIB ‎– LIVE IN EUROPE (SASA MUSIC INC, MARGE, 1976)

VOL 1. A BLESSING FOR JOSEPH DEJEAN - MAY 1976

A1. B. Fields

A2. Lady Day

A3. Egypt

B1. Orient Occident (Way Out)

B2. Aries Dance

B3. Cycles

VOL 2. LIVE IN EUROPE - JUNE 1976

A1. Egypt

A2. My Funny Child

A3. On A Funny Day

B1. Orient Occident Part. 2

B2. B.Fields

B3. Jumping Jack

Muhammad Ali, drums, percussion

Joseph Dejean, guitar

Saheb Sarbib, piano, bass

Daunik Lazro, alto saxophone (Vol 1)

François Jeanneau, tenor saxophone (Vol2)

Recorded live in May 76 (Vol 1) and on 3 June 76 at Palais des Congrès (Vol 2) 

3 June 1976 was Joseph Dejean's last performance

Egypt is from the June performance on both LPs

Vol 1. Sasa Music Inc. ‎– SS 1976

Vol 2. Marge - 03

Vinyl Rips

Euro-Quartet - Convergences (charlotte 1992)

 
Luciano Pagliarini (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trombone)
Andre Mergenthaler (cello, violin)
Michel Pilz (bass clarinet)
Francois Mechali (bass)

1 - Perigee            5:27    
2 - E Pericoloso Sporgersi    3:43    
3 - Out to Lunch        6:01    
4 - Becabel            5:43
5 - Zythum           5:56    
6 - Ballade            7:31    
7 - Immediat-Theme        9:54    
8 - Pilo's Dilemna        4:18    
9 -Round Midnight        5:24    
10 - Jarnosse        5:40    
11 - Hammelsmarsch        1:48

recorded in Luxemburg, 1990, 91, 92
charlotte records 1992, CD

for people that like Michel Pilz music: Bloc Thyristors has just published a 4 lp boxset of 300 copies only called ". "Etau.Choses clandestines" with Keith Tippett, Paul Roger, Michel Pilz, Jean Noël Cognard.
Can be found at improjazz: https://sites.google.com/site/improjazzmag/home
or cd&lp: http://www.cdandlp.com/product/2/116402640/tippett-rogers-pilz-cognard-l-etau-choses-clandestines.html

TOSHIYUKI MIYAMA & THE NEW HERD ‎– NAYUTAGENJO (COLUMBIA, 1976)

A1. 日輪
A2. 塵界

B1. 諦
B2. 修
B3. 兜率天


Kenichi Tada, alto saxophone
Koji Suzuki, alto saxophone
Shozo Nakagawa, alto saxophone, flute
Kenichi Tada, baritone saxophone
Yasushi Fukushima, bass
Isao Yomoda, drums
Kozaburo Yamaki, guitar
Toshiyuki Miyama, leader
Sabu Toyozumi, percussion
Kiyoshi Takano, piano
Masahiko Sato, piano
Mamoru Mori, tenor saxophone
Shigeto Honda, tenor saxophone
Masamichi Uetaka, trombone
Osamu Shiomura, trombone
Teruhiko Kataoka, trombone
Teruo Fukushima, trombone
Kazumi Takeda, trumpet
Koji Yamaguchi, trumpet
Yoshikazu Kishi, trumpet

Recorded on 22 and 26-28 June 1976.

Columbia ‎– SQ-7003

Vinyl Rip

ST-JAK ‎– OEUVRALGIQUE (PRIVATE LABEL, 1984)

Something else old from Canada, for a new audience

A1. SVIZZ
A2. Brique À Braque
A3. Elle Avait Un Joli Chapeau
A4. Klaude Marsolais

B1. Faux Coffre
B2. Chère Sonia... Quand L'Oiseau Décide De Vaiser, L'Esprit Lui Vient Mordant Désir Et... Veut Se Promener Dans La Peur D'Avancer Comme Tout Le Monde
B3. Rictus
B4. Dans Les Hauteurs, Je Sens Ton Ventre En Balancigne
B5. Tou-Chan Du PiaonaiP


Pierre Saint-Jacques, piano

Recorded in Montreal.

Private label ‎– ST-J 8888

Vinyl Rip

CCMC ‎– VOLUME 1 (MUSIC GALLERY EDITIONS, 1976)

A. Your First Bicycle

B. Fool Moon


Al Mattes, bass, guitar, theremin, euphonium
Larry Dubin, drums
Peter Anson, guitar
Casey Sokol, piano, trumpet
Bill Smith, soprano saxophone
Nobuo Kubota, soprano, alto and baritone saxophone
Graham Coughtry, trombone
Michael Snow, trumpet


Music Gallery Editions ‎– CCMC-1002

The Canadian Creative Music Collective, recorded live at the Music Gallery, Toronto

Vinyl Rip