JEANNE LEE + GUNTHER HAMPEL + TTTT ‎– IM STADTGARTEN KÖLN (MARA RECORDS)

1. Im Stadtgarten Köln


Frank Wollny, bass
Gunter Hampel, bass clarinet, vibraphone, flute
Butch Morris, cornet, amplified cornet, flute
A.R. Penck, drums
Alan Silva, keyboards
Jeanne Lee, vocals


Recorded at Stadtgarten Konzertsaal, Köln, Germany

Mara Records ‎– 6012

CD Rip

ROLF & JOACHIM KÜHN QUARTET "RE-UNION IN BERLIN" (CBS, 1965)

Rolf Kühn, clarinet
Joachim Kühn, piano
Klaus Koch, bass
Reinhard Schwartz, drums


A1. Mobile Waltz (Rolf Kühn) 7:05
A2. Green Stocking (Joachim Kühn) 7:16
A3. Corruption (Joachim Kühn) 5:57
B1. The Mad Man (Rolf Kühn) 8:34
B2. Life From The Moon (Joachim Kühn) 10:45

Recorded on June 3, 4 and 5, 1965 at Amiga-Studios, Berlin, Germany.

CBS S 62407

(vinyl rip)

CARL, KRAFT, WOLF ‎– LIVE (1998)

1. 8:48
2. 5:14
3. 11:03
4. 12:40


Rüdiger Carl, clarinet
Georg Wolf, bass
Detlef Kraft, drums


Recorded live at F.I.M. Festival, Gallus Theater, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 28 November 1998.

Terumasa Hino-Live in Berlin 1971-(Victor SMJX-10128)

 More Terumasa Hino, here's a favourite, unbelievably out of print, by Hino's touring quintet of the early 70's, incredibly inventive unit , stradling freeish post Bop, Fusion you name it..
Of note specifically is some remarkably free shredding by guitarist Kyoshi Sugimoto,(Taku Sugimoto's father) who steals the show here, for me , along with Hino's folksy vocal tone and incendiary attack...

Cycle Circle, on side one has a lurching ominousness that's very similar territory to K.Komeda's Astigmatic.

ENJOY!!

MASAHIKO TOGASHI - SPIRITS TRIO - JAZZ (VENUS RECORDS, 1994)

1. Where Are You?
2. Blame It On My Youth
3. Waltz Step
4. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
5. Don't Take Your Love From Me
6. The Things We Did Last Summer
7. Desert Wind
8. A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening


Hideo Ichikawa, piano
Ikuo Sakurai, bass
Masahio Togashi, drums

Recorded at Music Inn, Tokyo, 8 July 1994

Venus Records - TKCV-79057

CD Rip

BOBBY WATSON & HORIZON - Live webcast from MCG

In case you missed it...

Audio only.

Bobby Watson & Horizon
April 12, 2014 (early show)
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Concert Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

01. The Young Rabbits  8:28
02. Sweet Dreams  14:35
03. Seventh Avenue South  15:58
04. chat  2:44
05. A Moment Of Silence  1:24
06. chat  0:32
07. From The Heart  8:09
08. chat  1:13
09. The Look Of Love  4:46
10. In Case You Missed It  8:19

Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone
Terell Stafford- Trumpet
Edward Simon - Piano
Peter Washington - Bass
Victor Lewis - Drums

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART feat. BRÖTZMANN TRIO "STUTTGART 1976"

This is the 9th part in the thread of Radio Jazz Group recordings from Stuttgart - one more to come.


Peter Brötzmann, soprano, tenor & bass saxophone, clarinet
Wolfgang Dauner, piano, electric piano
Fred Van Hove, piano, organ, accordion
Adelhard Roidinger, bass
Han Bennink, drums, percussion

1. unknown title         25:17
2. unknown title (inc.)  26:37


Recorded at Radio Studio SWR, Villa Berg, Stuttgart, Germany on April 9, 1976.

Blixt live at Moers 2013

Here's a full performnce of this power trio at last year's Moers festival in Germany. The announcer draws the power trio lineage as far back as Cream, a band that always left room for long stetches of improvisation, even though their repertoire was song-based. This lot, though, is fully improvisational throughout, or at least, that's how it sounds. Raoul Björkenheim has worked in the trio format before, notably with the Scorch Trio which has been inactive lately and Bill Laswell played in the Painkiller trio with John Zorn and Mick Harris. We'll get to the Scorchers in due course. The name, meaning lightning in Swedish, does sort of indicate what they're up to.

I saw them last year, on the same tour I think, and recorded the entire thing on the cell phone, but listening to the playback, quickly realised that a cell phone can't handle the sonic barrage of these gentlemen. Of course, listening and watching this video is hardly any substitute for watchng them live. The propulsive playing of drummer Morgan Ågren betrays his background in prog and metal which was to some extent a defining characteristic of Painkiller which in fact  released some of their work on metal labels. Anyhow, here's a set of loudness interspersed with quieter passages, but not for too long. I happen to like the quiet parts better, but that's just me.

Blixt
Moers Jazz Fest
Moers Germany
May 18 2013

Webcast>Jaksta>Flv>You

This is the Arte live Webcast of Blixt's red hot performance at moers

Raoul Björkenheim Guitar
Bill Laswell bass
Morgan Ågren Drums

Technical point: This video is in the flv format and it works well with the VLC player. I should add that the action starts at the eight minute mark. Ideally it could have been cut shorter, but I don't have the requisite software for that.

Kudos to "punkjazz" at the Dime site for grabbing and uploading.
To be ferociously enjoyed, as always.

ORIENTAL WIND / KARNATAKA COLLEGE OF PERCUSSION ‎– SANKIRNA (SONET, 1985)

A1. Sankirna
A2. Bahagya
A3. Bitlis

B1. Aurun
B2. Fidayda
B3. High Fly


Stefan Brolund, acoustic bass
Okay Temiz, drums, goblet drum
Lennart Åberg, soprano and tenor saxophone
Bobo Stenson, piano

R. A. Rajagopal, ghatam
T. N. Shashikumar, kanjira
T.A.S. Mani, mridangam
R. A. Ramamani, vocals



Recorded & mixed at Sonet Studios, Stockholm in October - November 1984.

Sonet ‎– SNTF 930

Vinyl Rip

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART feat. Christmann-Schönenberg-Bojé "STUTTGART 1976"

Günter Christmann, trombone
Detlef Schönenberg, drums
Harald Bojé, synthesizer
Wolfgang Dauner, piano

1. Cave Canem              07:57
2. Tet-Anus                10:56
3. Sueddeutscher Rundfunk  11:45
4. Trio One                06:42
5. Trio Two                09:38

Recorded at Studio Villa Berg, Stuttgart, Germany on November 19, 1976.

GROUP EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING & EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING (1970)

GROUP EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING - HINO'S "JOURNEY TO AIR" (LOVE RECORDS, CANYON RECORDS, 1970)

A. Journey To Air 1

B. Journey To Air 2

Dave Liebman, alto & tenor saxophone
Steve Grossman, alto & tenor saxophone, flute
Lanny Fields, bass
Teruo Nakamura, bass
Mike Garson, piano, electric piano
Terumasa Hino, trumpet, flugelhorn
Dave Holland, bass
Gary Pribec, alto saxophone
Pete Yellin, alto saxophone, flute
Bobby Moses, drums
Motohiko Hino, drums, handclaps
Olu Dara, trumpet


Recorded at Upsurge Studio, New York City, March 1970.

Love Records - TP-103; Canyon Records ‎– CAJ-1001

Vinyl Rip


EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING - JUST FLASH IN THE COSMIC PAN (COLUMBIA, 1970)

A.  In To The Heaven

B1. Jun's Dreams
B2. Just Flash In The Cosmic Pan


Dave Liebman, soprano & tenor saxophone
Steve Grossman, soprano & tenor saxophone
Lanny Fields, bass
Teruo Nakamura, bass
Mike Garson, piano
Reggie Workman, bass
John Carbone, bass
Randy Brecker, trumpet
Joe Bonner, electric piano
John Abercrombie, guitar
Lenny White, drums
Steve Jackson, percussion
Yosuke Tonoki, percussion, flute


Recorded on 15 June 1970.

Columbia - YS-2400-AX

Vinyl Rip

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART feat. Schlippenbach-Kowald-Lovens-Lytton-Parker "STUTTGART 1977"

Günter Christmann, trombone
Evan Parker, soprano & tenor saxophone
Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano
Wolfgang Dauner, piano, synthesizer
Peter Kowald, bass
Paul Lovens, drums, percussion
Paul Lytton, drums, percussion, electronics

1. unknown title  15:33
2. unknown title  14:43
3. unknown title  19:30
4. unknown title  09:18
5. unknown title  11:16

Recorded at Radio Studio SWR, Villa Berg, Stuttgart, Germany on June 13, 1977.

TONY LEVIN and PAUL DUNMALL. Bristol 22.1.93 (Set 2)

TONY LEVIN. drums
PAUL DUNMALL, alto, soprano and tenor saxophones

1. 28:53
2. 11:21

Rare Music Club, Bristol.  22 January 1993 (Second set)

Did someone say Tony Levin?

Yikes!   This sounds great, and rarer than the rarest rare rarity.

Would appreciate some feed-back.  Thanks.

JOHN SURMAN / TONY LEVIN DUO ‎– LIVE AT MOERS FESTIVAL (RING RECORDS, 1975)

A1. Element Of Surprise
A2. Resulting Confusion
A3. A Solution Found

B1. Journey In Hope
B2. Speedy Preparation
B3. A Little German Clap And You Have It


John Surman, baritone and soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, synthesizer
Tony Levin, drums, percussion


Recorded live at Moers Festival 16 May 1975

Ring Records ‎– Ring 01006

Vinyl Rip

MANFRED SCHOOF QUINTET "HELSINKI 1974"

Manfred Schoof, fluegelhorn, cornet
Michel Pilz, bass clarinet
Eero Koivistoinen, soprano & tenor saxophone
Pekka Sarmanto, bass
Reino Laine, drums


1. introduction             00:27
2. Naima (J. Coltrane) (inc)     14:18
3. introduction             00:13
4. unknown title             26:06
5. introduction             01:47
6. Neum (M. Schoof) (inc)     18:52

Recorded at Tavastia Club, Helsinki, Finland on April 18, 1974.

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART feat. Carl-Reichel-Wittwer-Schweizer-Honsinger-Altena-Bruhin "STUTTGART 1978"

Rüdiger Carl, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, piccolo, accordion, percussion
Hans Reichel, violin
Stephan Wittwer, guitar
Irène Schweizer, piano, percussion
Wolfgang Dauner, piano (not on tr.3)
Tristan Honsinger, cello, voice
Maarten van Regteren Altena, bass, cello
Anton Bruhin, voice, harmonica, percussion, poem

Dieter Zimmerle (fm announcer)

1. Zichtels Wunsch > Steel Five  15:36
2. announcement                  01:07
3. Ouvertüre > S'Zehnerli        33:40
4. announcement                  00:25

Recorded at Radio Studio SWR, Villa Berg, Stuttgart, Germany on June 8, 1978.

NIKO LANGENHUIJSEN ‎– HYPO (VARAJAZZ, 1984)

A1. Op De Eén
A2. Slick
A3. Ruime Slakken
A4. P.S.

B1. Op De Twee
B2. In G
B3. Hypo II
B4. Hypo I



Niko Langenhuijsen, piano, melodica, synthesizer
Arnold Dooyeweerd, bass
Ernst Reijseger, cello
Willem Van Manen, trombone
Toon De Gouw, trumpet
Bohuslav Zola, violin


Recorded on 8-9 February 1984 in VARA-Studio 5, Hilversum, Holland.

VARAJAZZ ‎– 4214

Vinyl Rip

JEANNE LEE ‎– DON'T FREEZE YOURSELF TO DEATH OVER THERE IN THOSE MOUNTAINS (NOT ON LABEL, 1984)

A. Don't Freeze Yourself To Death Over There In Those Mountains

B. Sorry, Brother


Jeanne Lee, vocals
Frank Wollny, bass
Denis Charles, drums
A.R. Penck, keyboards
Clarence Sharpe, alto saxophone

Vinyl Rip

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART feat. Rutherford-Carl-Dudek-Reichel-Honsinger-Garrett "STUTTGART 1976"

Paul Rutherford, trombone
Rüdiger Carl, tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, accordion
Gerd Dudek, soprano & tenor saxophone, flute
Hans Reichel, guitar
Wolfgang Dauner, piano, synthesizer
Tristan Honsinger, cello, vocals
Donald Rafael Garrett, bass

1. unknown title 06:22
2. unknown title 11:54
3. unknown title 16:03
4. unknown title 21:27

Recorded at Radio Studio SWR, Villa Berg, Stuttgart, Germany on February 27, 1976.

HOZAN YAMAMOTO & MASAHIKO SATO - SILKY ADVENTURE (BROADWAY, 1986)

A1. Iberian Sunset
A2. Bamboo Shoots
A3. Tail Wind
A4. Commodore Drive

B1. Silky Adventure
B2. Funauta
B3. Earlham Blues
B4. Village West


Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi
Masahiko Sato, piano


Recorded 26 August 1986 at Sound City Studios.

Broadway - 28MB-5001

Vinyl Rip

MUJICIAN - Second set. Torrington. 1993

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

1. Second set  51:54

Live at The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington.  11 September 1993

MASAHIKO TOGASHI – THE FACE OF PERCUSSION (PADDLE WHEEL, 1981)

A1.  Something Coming
A2.  Pray
A3.  Let's Sing, Let's Dance

B1.  Ballad For Loneliness
B2.  Heartstrings
B3.  Whispering Stars
B4.  Something Leaving


Masahiko Togashi, percussion


Recorded August 12-14, 18-20, 1980 : King Records Studio #2, Tokyo.

Paddle Wheel / King K28P-6050

Vinyl Rip

Paul Bley Trio-Canada 1968

For an Australian friend...
A great Paul Bley trio session, put out by radio Canada international transcription service, recorded in Montreal in December 68, i believe this was Bley's last  entirely acoustic release from the sixties and for some time until ECM'S, Open to Love, last in a glorious sequence spanning ten or so indispensable records, and one of the few which has never made it to cd ..

Four great tunes by Annette Peacock , his wife at the time, with Mario Pavone's only stint in Bleys acoustic trio.
 For some inexplicable reason this album is not mentioned In the Paul Bley entry on the Jazz discographies project site.
this album's been posted as mp3's at lucky psychic hut , and may well still be available somewhere in that format.
Bley's website, a rich source of articles , interviews and home of  the IAI label

Steve Lacy Three-The Lost Tracks from Capers,1979

I was pretty pissed off years ago when i bought the CD, New York capers and quirks, only to find that almost half the material had been left off including my favourite piece "the crunch" where Ronnie Boykins seems most inventive(and audible), i had given the scratchy old beige soft cover double lp away , because it sounded muddy, and i'd ordered the cd from a shop..
This reissue box edition from 1981 is a huge sonic improvement , on the first edition.
Boykins is not as audible as on the cd versions.. but otherwise the sound is great..
Anyone know why this material hasn't been reissued?

The Crunch is particularly great one of those  sprawling blow out monsters, like the thing, where Lacy stretches his extended technique to the limit.
Dennis Charles Beating out Melodic Martial tattoo like rhythms in unison with Lacy is a Joyous aural feast, a pity this trio didn't record more!
recorded live at soundscape by Peter Kuhn on December 29-1979

HELEN MERRILL with the GARY PEACOCK TRIO "S'POSIN" (VICTOR/STORYVILLE, 1971)

The great Helen Merrill's most challenging, outer worldly record ever, featuring loose, free  highly textured arrangements by Masahiko Sato and Peacock, recorded just 4 months before the epochal "Samadhi' by the trio...
This also features a touching version of Ellington's 'In a sentimental mood' which is so obviously Gary Peacock's very moving tribute to Jimmy Blanton... beautiful oh so beautiful, painfully so..

Only reissued on Cd in Japan and out of print to the best of my knowledge ..
This rip is taken from the early 70's Storyville LP ..

Helen Merrill is as far as i know still recording...and well worth supporting !
she has a website here
ENJOY!!!!

LINK

SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE "UNRELEASED STUDIO RECORDINGS 1966 - 1968"

Soundwise these recordings are a bit muffled but the music's really excellent IMHO.
Maybe someone has a better version!?

The Double Trio track was recorded about two month before Brötzmann's 'Machine Gun' - makes for an interesting comparison.

Maybe one day it will see a proper release....

1. Juicy (from the unreleased Cul-de-Sac soundtrack) (K. Komeda/2:10/completed track)
Kenny Wheeler, trumpet
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Trevor Watts, alto saxophone, breathing
Jeff Clyne, bass
John Stevens, drums, percussion

Recorded by Eddie Kramer, probably at Olympic Sound Studios, London, April 1966.
The Ensemble was apparently commissioned via Eddie Kramer to record compositions by Krzysztof Komeda for the soundtrack of Roman Polanski’s 1966 film Cul-de-Sac, an offbeat black-comedy set on the island of Lindisfarne.


2. Springboard (and radio announcement) (Stevens/3:56)
Kenny Wheeler, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Evan Parker, soprano & tenor saxophone
Trevor Watts, alto saxophone, flute, oboe
Derek Bailey, guitar
Barry Guy, bass
John Stevens, drums

Recorded live by BBC Radio at the Paris cinema, London, Mon March 20, 1967;
tr: BBC Radio Light Programme The Jazz Scene (Jazz Club slot), March 26, 1967.


3. Willow Trio - Part 2 (extract 7:59)
Evan Parker, soprano saxophone
Barre Phillips, bass
John Stevens, percussion

Recorded by Eddie Kramer at Olympic Sound Studios, London, October 6, 1967. Willow Trio sessions.


4. Double Trio - Part 1 (32:05)
Evan Parker, soprano saxophone
Trevor Watts, alto saxophone
Dave Holland, bass
Peter Kowald, bass
Rashied Ali, drums, percussion
John Stevens, drums, percussion

Recorded by Eddie Kramer at Olympic Sound Studios, London, March 10, 1968. Unreleased studio session.
 Island (unissued)

MASAHIKO TOGASHI ‎– SCENE (CORNELIUS RECORDS, 1987)

1. Scene
2. Song For Twilight
3. Chromatic Lady & Pentatonic Guy
4. Tears
5. Hoy Hoy
6. Song Of Nothing
7. In The Pot
8. Typhoon
9. Midnight Talking To Me


Masahiko Togashi, percussion


Recorded on 27-29 September 1987 at Studio A, Tokyo.

Cornelius Records - CCD 701

CD Rip

JOE GALLIVAN - BRIAN CUOMO - ELTON DEAN THE ORIGIN OF MAN (1996)

Beautiful.

ROBERT F. POZAR "GOOD GOLLY MISS NANCY" (SAVOY, 1966)

Here's for you to discover....


An interview with Cleve (Robert) Pozar:
http://www.furious.com/perfect/clevepozar.html




ROBERT F. POZAR "GOOD GOLLY MISS NANCY"


Mike Zwerin, bass trumpet, trumpet
Kathy Morris, cello
Jimmy Garrison, bass
Robert Pozar, drums

1. The mechanical answering service of
...Chris and Martha White 03:38
2. Robin Hood 03:05
3. Renfield 09:39
4. Keying in your bank 06:57
5. Sweet little Maia 05:48
6. Good Golly, Miss Nancy 04:35

Recorded in 1966

(produced by Bill Dixon)


SAVOY MG 12189

ED CURRAN QUARTET "ELYSA" (SAVOY, 1967)

Again : will this excellent album ever be reissued?

Do yourself a favour and check it out - the same goes for my previous post > Robert Pozar's "Good Golly, Miss Nancy".

An interview with Ed Curran >
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/01/ed-curran-looking-back.html


Without friends a lot of my posts wouldn't be possible...thank you J. , W. , K. , M. and J. from F.!!




ED CURRAN QUARTET "ELYSA"

Marc Levin, cornet, fluegelhorn, mellophone
Ed Curran, alto saxophone, clarinet
Kiyoshi Tokunaga, bass
Robert Pozar, drums

1. Cire 06:16
2. Why 03:47
3. Mid Tempo 03:52
4. Looking Back 05:11
5. Duns 04:12
6. Lady A 04:48
7. Nicole 06:52
8. Drac 03:27


Recorded in New York on March 17th, 1967.

(produced by Bill Dixon)

SAVOY MG 12191

EDWARD VESALA TRIO "NANA" (FLAC)

Again - before I continue with some german Free Jazz - here a fantastic recording from the far north of Europe. On this album all three - Vesala, Andersen and Aaltonen - were at their creative peak. Enjoy!


update march 2014:

Juhani Aaltonen, tenor & soprano saxophone
Arild Andersen, bass
Edward Vesala, drums


1. Alhambra Mood (Aaltonen)         6:35
2. Nana (Aaltonen/Andersen/Vesala)  4:15
3. Joiku (Aaltonen)                 7:10
4. My B (Andersen)                 5:05
5. Gamma (Aaltonen)                 6:00
6. Fill In (Vesala)                 1:25
7. Albatros (Aaltonen)                 4:00

Recorded on August 25, 1970, location not given.

BLUE MASTER BLU-LP 125  (vinyl rip)

SCHIANO - KOWALD - TROVESI - LOVENS - MALFATTI - MINAFRA "BENEFIT CONCERT" (SPLASCH, 1989)

Mario Schiano, alto saxophone
Gianluigi Trovesi, bass clarinet, alto clarinet, piccolo flute
Pino Minafra, trumpet, fluegelhorn, vocals
Radu Malfatti, trombone
Peter Kowald, double bass
Paul Lovens, drums


1. A     05:12
2. B     04:12
3. C     03:03
4. D     07:13
5. E     10:22
6. F     06:14
7. G (Lover Man) 02:56

Recorded on March 10, 1989 at the Colosseo Theatre, Roma, Italy during the International "Controindicazioni 3" Festival.

SPLASC(H) HP 20
SPLASC(H) CDHP 20.2

Note: Benefit concert for the repurchase of the pendulum of Mr. Foucault.

JOËLLE LÉANDRE'S CANVAS TRIO ‎– L'HISTOIRE DE MME. TASCO (HAT ART, 1993)

1. Trio

2. Waspgame

3. Shakuachi # 2

4. L'Histoire De Mme. Tasco

 L'Histoire...

 Prés De Thionville

 Coup D'Oeil

 Morceau Qui Marche

 Endless Waltz

5. To Day And To Morrow

6. L'Âme Profonde

7. Sag Mir Warum

Rüdiger Carl, accordion, clarinet

Joëlle Léandre, bass, voice

Carlos Zíngaro, violin

Recorded March 25 and April 3, 1992 at Stadtgarten Köln and Alte Oper Frankfurt. 

hat ART ‎– hat ART CD 6122

CD Rip

IAN BRIGHTON - A VOICE YOU LEFT BEHIND (SOUNDCLOUD, 2014)

Here is a wonderful piece of news and a treat for us all. Ian Brighton is recording again!

Ian has kindly emailed a few times and I have summarized some of his news.

Hi Nick,

At nearly 70 I have decided to come out of retirement, so to speak, and start recording again: I stopped playing in 1990 after finishing the FMR 001 album, Eleven Years From Yesterday. I could never play full time, as I had a family and required a steady income.  However I kept playing the guitar over the years developing my improvisation forms, but no opportunity to perform in public. Just before I retired from work five years ago, I spoke to Evan Parker, who said something along the lines, "You should come back and start playing again, most of your old friends are still living". After Lol Coxhill passed on, I started listening to our old tapes and realised that my playing has changed so much since those early recordings. Therefore I decided to start recording again and these days it is so much easier with Pro Tools.

I thought you maybe interested that I have released a track called, "A voice you left behind" on my Facebook page Ian Brighton Art and Music.

This is dedicated to Derek Bailey, my mentor and friend. Before the improvisation there is a short section with Derek being interviewed about peoples approach to listening to improvisation. When Derek passed away I felt a tremendous sense of loss, because I always considered him like a distant cousin, who I was close to for a while and thereafter knew I could always call him and it would be just like yesterday. Although he was a massive influence, I never sought out to copy him, as having small hands, I could not stretch my fingers over the fretboard to achieve the same chordal structures.

Next week, I hope to be releasing another one called "Chasing Lol". We played together many times, especially in duet form and it was always a wonderful challenge. In many ways he was a similar player to Sonny Rollins, in as much as his ideas were out of nowhere; sometimes gentle and then with great ferocity; the music being so varied. I will also use as a prelude to the improvisation a comment he made to me on stage at the 1979 Bracknell Jazz Festival, when a man in audience called out for A Night in Tunisia.

These tracks are part of a series of improvisations I will be releasing, where I think of the character as part of the improvisation, instead of just playing a solo performance comprising different aspects of my playing, where I am drawing from my library of sounds. 

Another track will be a conversation with myself, similar to Bill Evans. I am using acoustic and electric guitars in the way that he used acoustic and electric piano but instead of improvising on a particular tune I am using the same approach as per Derek and Lol; to focus on the character.

My son Paul Brighton aka Cuz Beats has recorded and produced the tracks. He is also featured on one of them, when he produces live electronic sound that I use as a background to another improvisation.

If you like the track, please share with other like minded people. It can be downloaded from Soundcloud.

Best regards

Ian


The track is great and more to come!

A very happy 70th birthday to Ian.

MUJICIAN. Half Moon Theatre, London. 1989

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

1. 52:12

Half Moon Theatre, London E1.  Jazz Lunarcy Festival. 12th November 1989

L.S.-F.M. "ADONIS 21.10.1983"

This is for Brian and Andy ;-)



Paul Lytton, percussion
Hans Schneider, bass
Floros Floridis, soprano & altosaxophone
Pinguin Moschner, tuba & euphonium


A. Adonis fourth part   [21:21]
B. Adonis second part   [19:27]

Recorded on October 21, 1983 at Theatre Adonis in IH´Dimitria, Greece.

j.n.d.1 CP 962

(lp rip)

My thanks goes to owombat for the original rip.

PLIFF - (1996)

PINGUIN MOSCHNER, tuba
ALAN TOMLINSON, trombone
JOHN EDWARDS, bass

1. Trio 1  4:55
2. Solo Moschner  4:09
3. Solo Tomlinson  3:03
4. Trio 2  6:39
5. Trio 3  5:09
6. Interview with Brian Morton  11:08

BBC Radio 3 'Impressions'.  1996

One for brian.  I missed the Edwards solo (maybe more).

WIEBELFETZER "LIVE" (BAZILLUS, 1971)

Some background to this enigmatic double LP you'll find here.

John Tchicai, alto & soprano saxophone
Jürg Grau, pocket trumpet
Runo Ericksson, bass trombone
Stephan Witiwer, guitar
Irène Schweizer, piano, electric piano
Ole Thilo, organ, piano
Gogoo Thalmann, bass guitar
Peter Warren, bass, bass guitar
Freddy Studer, drums, percussion
Beat Kennel, drums, percussion
Krokodil-Düde Dürst, percussion, congas
Anne Christiansen, voice, percussion

A. Bazillus-Infection (Ole Thilo)  17:37
B. Force Ichha (John Tchicai)      24:31
C. Viodo (Runo Ericksson)          21:31
D. Abrikosmos (Ole Thilo)          21:23

Recorded in concert at "Weisser Wind", Zurich, Switzerland, April 27, 1971.

BAZILLUS ZILL 111/112

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PINGUIN MOSCHNER ‎– TUBA LOVE STORY (SOUND ASPECTS RECORDS, 1985)

A1. Love Story (Und Dann Ging's Heiß Her)
A2. Majobiwomo
A3. Sax-Machine
A4. Bouillabaisse (Thanks, Maggie)

B1. Deep Throb
B2. Antarctic Love Song
B3. Der Wüste Lebt
B4. Waterloo



Pinguin Moschner, tuba (F and Bb on B1)


Recorded at IENT Studio, Aachenon 27 April 1984

Sound Aspects Records ‎– SAS 005

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BRÖTZMANN & MILLER "LIVE AT SENS" (CORBETT VS. DEMPSEY, 1980)

Peter Brötzmann, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet
Harry Miller, double bass

1. Song For Che (Charlie Haden) 5:40
2. Short Sweet (Miller/Brötzmann) 2:33
3. Swimming Pool (Miller/Brötzmann) 6:03

Recorded live probably summer 1980 in France.

Corbett Vs. Dempsey – cvsg 0019

Note: Edition of 200, the first 50 came with a signed and numbered (by Peter Brötzmann) 96 page art catalog "Brötzmann Paintings & Objects" which is roughly 9 inch by 7 inch perfect bound volume from Corbett Vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects.

Made for an exhibit of the art of Peter Brötzmann at Corbett Vs. Dempsey Gallery in Chicago, Illinois, October 26, 2007 - November 30, 2007.

Sadly OOP

DEREK BAILEY and EDDIE PREVOST. 2002

DEREK BAILEY, guitar
EDDIE PREVOST, percussion

1. 35:07

291 Gallery, Hackney, London.  20 August 2002.

Thanks to Gus for this please.

WALLGREN - ERNRYD - NIEBERGALL - SJÖKVIST "BALLADE AN DER RUHR" (DRAGON DRLP 24, 1979)

Wonderful music from three scandinavians and one german. Conny Sjökvist of 'Mount Everest' fame and the ever astounding Buschi Niebergall. The other two musicians were knew to me but especially Bengt Ernryd plays an excellent trumpet. Every piece a gem.

Update:
I've re-upped this treasured LP on re-listening to it after a concert of Mats Gustafsson and Agustí Fernández last Friday.
Mats told me that Swedish Azz is going to release a LP with Bengt Ernryd and Gilbert Holmström (>Mount Everest) this winter - this exciting prospect brought me back to the music posted here in December 2010....




Bengt Ernryd, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Jan Wallgren, piano
Johannes B. Niebergall, double bass
Conny Sjökvist, drums


1. Kugel (Niebergall) 10:07
2. Ballade An Der Ruhr (Ernryd) 08:21
3. Love Song And Dances No.2 (Wallgren) 11:18
4. From The Diary Of A Travelling Salesman (Wallgren) 07:07


Recorded at Tonstudio Burghardt & Sohn,  Schwerte,  Germany on November 27 & 28, 1979.

DRAGON DRLP 24

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STEVE BERESFORD ‎– I SHALL BECOME A BAT (QBICO, 2004)

A1. Egyptian Fruit
A2. Tent-Making
A3. Noctule
A4. Mexican Fruit

B.  I Shall Become A Bat


Richard Sanderson, electronics, objects
Steve Beresford, electronics, objects
John Butcher, soprano & tenor saxophone


Side A recorded on April 7 2003 at The Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London.
Side B recorded on August 23 2000 at St. Michael and All Angels Church, Turnham Green, London.

Qbico ‎– QBICO 18

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