MORISADA MICHIHIRO - AGEKUNOHATEMONAKU (YOYOKU RECORDS,1979)

A. Oto-No-Uchi-E

B. Gaku-No-Soto-E



Morisada Michihiro, bass


Recorded on 16 August 1979

Yoyoku Records - 0001

LP Rip

ABDUL HANNAN - THE THIRD WORLD "AWARENESS" (AH, 1968/71)

Abdul Hannan, alto saxophone, flute
David Ware, tenor saxophone
Arnold Clapman, congas
Rollins Ross, piano
Anne Brudevold, violin
Sheila Azores, alumnus
Chris Amburger, bass
The Silver Star Steel Orchestra, steel drums (B2)


A1. Awareness Part (1)            18:13
B1. Awareness Part (2)            10:40
B2. Wind and Wood, Band of Steel  07:03

Track B2 Recorded Memorial day, 1971 on the Boston Common.
First recorded appearance of David S. Ware.
Side A and Side B1 recorded at Abdul Hannan's home in Boston, 1968.

AH 1  (lp rip)

TOKYO PHILHARMONIC CHORUS - CHORAL WORKS OF HIKARU HAYASHI - AFTER THE APOCALYPSE (KING RECORDS, 1961)

A1. Cantata No.1 - Give Water
A2. Gold Rush

B. The Eternal Pegasus


Hiroyuki Iwaki, conductor
Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, chorus

Tamiki Hara, libretto (A1)

Hiroshi Iwata, poetry (A2, B)

Masayuki Takayanagi, guitar (A2)
Ryozo Sugiura, vibraphone (A2)
Masao Yagi, piano (A2)
Masanaga Harada, bass (A2)
Kanji Harada, drums (A2)

Tokyo Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (B)


Recorded in 1958 (A1, B) and 1960 (A2)

King Records, SKF 3006

LP Rip

VICTOR MODERN JAZZ SEXTET - MATRIX (VICTOR WORLD GROUP, 1969)

A1. Matrix
A2. Little Aby
A3. On Green Dolphin Street

B1. If I Said The Sky Was Falling
B2. In Fourth Way
B3. Black Orpheus


Hideyuki Kikuchi, alto saxophone
Hironori Takiya, bass
Takahiro Suzuki, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano
Akio Nishimura, tenor saxophone
Tetsuo Fushimi, trumpet

Victor World Group - SMJX-10078

LP Rip

Burton Greene Quartet - One World Music (Cat records 1984)

Burton Greene - piano, percussions, voice
Fred Leeflang - sax soprano alto and tenor
Raoul van der Weide - bass
Clarence Becton - drums, percussions

A1 - Portugese Impressions         16:17    
A2 - 63rd And Cottage Groove         7:07    
B1 - Round Robbin'             6:13    
B2 - Cokertme             11:25    
B3 - When You're In Front Get Off My Back     4:40    

recorded januaary 18, 1984 in Holland
music by Burton Greene except track 4, traditional

Cat records, CAT LP-49
vinyl rip

JAZZ-WORKSHOP OST-WEST "BOCHUM 1965"

Idrees Sulieman, trumpet
Jaromir Hnilicka, trumpet
Richard Kubernat, trumpet
Rolf Kühn, clarinet
Leo Wright, alto saxophone, flute
Michael Urbaniak, tenor & soprano saxophone
Ronnie Ross, baritone saxophone
Andrzej Trzaskowski, piano
Roman Dylag, bass
Rune Carlsson, drums

Side A:

1. Five Degrees EAST - Five Degrees WEST (Rolf Kühn)  05:29
soli: Kühn / Sulieman

2. Bluebeard (Andrzej Trzaskowski)                    05:41
soli: Urbaniak (ss) / Trzaskowski / Dylag

3. Sub Basement Blues (Ronnie Ross)                   06:41
soli: Kühn / Ross / Dylag

4. Majo Taj (Michael Urbaniak)                        06:19
soli: Wright (as) / Urbaniak (ts)


Side B:

5. Beneath The Surface (Jaromir Hnilicka)             06:53
soli: Ross / Hnilicka / Trzaskowski

6. Midnight In Berlin (Leo Wright)                    05:11
soli: Wright (as) / Trzaskowski

7. The Hip Blues (Rolf Kühn)                          08:26
soli: Urbaniak (ss) / Ross / Kühn / Trzaskowski


Recorded at the Ruhrlandhalle, Bochum, Germany on January 30, 1965.

COLUMBIA SMC83875

(vinyl rip)

TETSU SAITO - TOKIO TANGO (ALM RECORDS, 1986)

A1. Tokio Tango
A2. Watch Out The Bullets
A3. The Line Of Desire
A4. For Apples Sally

B1. Mai Dance Lesson
B2. Running To Bird
B3. Strange March To ...


Tetsu Saito, bass


Recorded on 7 May 1986 at Vario Hall, Shobi College of Music, Tokyo

Alm Records ‎– AL-5002

LP Rip

MASABUMI KIKUCHI SEXTET ‎– MASABUMI KIKUCHI IN CONCERT (PHILIPS, 1971)

A. Dancing Mist

B. Yellow Carcass In The Blue



Yoshio Ikeda, bass
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Keiji Kishida, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, electric piano
Masahiro Kikuchi, Hammond organ
Kosuke Mine, soprano saxophone, percussion


Recorded live at Sankei Hall, Tokyo on November 13th, 1970

Philips ‎– FX-8515; this reissue FS-6506, 1977

LP Rip

TAKERU MURAOKA ‎– TAKERU (PHILIPS, 1970)

A1. Snoopy
A2. Easy Ridin'
A3. Fish

B1. Electric Zoo
B2. Desperation


Takeru Muraoka, tenor saxophone
Yoshio Ikeda, bass
George Otsuka, drums
Masabui Kikuchi, electric piano


Recorded at Victor Studio on 23 February 1970

Philips ‎– FX-8502

LP Rip

TERUMASA HINO QUINTET ‎– PEACE AND LOVE (CANYON RECORDS, 1971)

A. Gongen

B. Peace And Love



Reggie Workman, bass
Motohiko Hino, drums
Kiyoshi Sugimoto, guitar
Teruo Nakamura, percussion
Hideo Ichikawa, piano
Terumasa Hino, trumpet


Recorded at TSC Japan on 29 September and 1 October 1970

Canyon Records ‎– CAJ-1004

LP Rip

HOZAN YAMAMOTO ‎– 銀界 - SILVER WORLD (PHILIPS, 1971)

A1. 序 - Prologue
A2. 銀界 - Silver World
A3. 竜安寺の石庭 - Stone Garden Of Ryoan Temple
B1. 驟雨 - A Heavy Shower
B2. 沢之瀬 - Sawanose
B3. 終 - Epilogue



Gary Peacock, bass
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano
Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi



Recorded on October 15th & 20th, 1970 at Victor Studio

Philips ‎– FX-8509

LP Rip

Peter Brötzmann 3 + 1 in Berlin 1973

PETER BROTZMANN
ALBERT MANGELSDORFF
FRED VON HOVE
HAN BENNINK
Quartier Latin
Berlin, Germany
10/31/73

aud->cd trade->eac->tlh->flac

1. 10:05
2. 9:09
3. 11:17
4. 15:26
5. 22:28
----
TT 68:25


We had a request last year for Rhythmbox 1 and 2, live recordings featuring Peter Brötzmann, Fred van Hove, Han Bennink + Alfred Mangelsdorff, recorded and broadcast roughly mid-70s. Searching the archives, I came up with this 68-minute set from Quartier Latin, Berlin on 31 October, 1973 which definitely is live, has all four with Mangelsdorff popping in rougly mid-way through, and as was mentioned in the request, sounds like a professional recording suitable for airplay. Whether it is the one that was requested, I have no idea, but if anything, it's a pretty good substitute.

Having listened through it once, I'm not sure if this is jazz or whether there is anything avantgar(d)ish to it. To these ears, it's primal, pre-civilisational sound-makiing with the pianist trying to inject a bit of civility to the proceedings without really succeeding. So here we have two resident wildmen who could be shamans from an unspecified location in Siberia, trance masters from the Atlas mountains or thereabouts or just frolicking though the wilderness of Schwarzwald, playing what's there (which they eventually did): And there's a lot of homour in this, primal sceams courtesy of Bennink and Mangelsdorff.blending seamlessly into the general mêlée. In other words, whole lotta fun! To be enjoyed without hesitation!

MASABUMI KIKUCHI ‎– POO-SUN (PHILIPS, 1970)

A1. Dancing Mist
A2. Thanatos

B1. E.J.
B2. Yellow Carcass In The Blue
B3. Puzzle Ring
B4. My Companion



Yoshio Ikeda, bass
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Motohiko Hino, drums
Hideo Ichikawa, electric piano, organ
Keiji Kishida, percussion
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano, electric piano
Kosuke Mine, alto & soprano saxophone



Recorded at Victor Studio on 2 August (A1), 7 September A2, B1-3 and 9 September 1970

Philips ‎– FX-8506

LP Rip

GRUMPFF ‎– ICH WEIß AUCH NICHT, WAS LOS IST (WERGO, 1981)

A1. Ich Weiß Auch Nicht, Was Los Ist
A2. Freddies Tango

B1. Flöz Air
B2. Guten Tag, Vogel



Ekkehard Jost, alto & baritone saxophone, accordion
Georg Wolf, bass, accordion
Johannes Oehlmann, drums, accordion
Manfred Becker, piano, accordion
Michael Schläper, soprano & tenor saxophone, accordion


Recorded at the New Jazz Festival, Hamburg, on 21 October 1979 at the Fabrik

Wergo ‎– WER 80 005

LP Rip

James Dillon ~ Nine Rivers (Glasgow, November 2010)

James Dillon worked on the pieces that make up Nine Rivers from 1982 to 1999, but it was only in 2010 that all nine were performed together. I think there have been at least two subsequent complete performances, first in New York and then in Holland, but this is my recording from BBC Radio 3 of the November 2010 performances in Glasgow.

The music has depth, power and range; its influences aggregate like tributaries - Messiaen, Stravinsky and Bartok are obvious - and voices from jazz and popular music can also be heard (I'm sure I can hear Talking Heads in La Coupure), but it also carves its own distinct path. It's surprising that this has not been issued commercially, and if there are plans to do so, please advise in the comments and the links will be removed.

Part I: Leukosis
East 11th Street NY 10003 (1982) 
L”ECRAN parfum (1988) 
Viriditas (1993-1994)
Le femme invisible (1989)

Part II: Iosis
La coupure (1989-2000)

Part III: Melanosis
L’oeuvre du noir (1990) 
Éileadh squaibe (1990) 
Introitus (1989-1990) 
Oceanos (1985-1996)

GRUMPFF ‎– UNHIP TRIP (VIEW RECORDS, 1980)

A1. Launeddas
A2. Bye Bye Wilhelm
A3. Glawis Traum
A4. Nuraghe

B1. Schleiflack L + T
B2. Orgel-Morgan
B3. Brother Datzi
B4. Unhip Trip


Ekkehard Jost, alto, & baritone saxophone, balafon, zither, launeddas, dhurki, flexafone, bird tweets, cowbells, bells, double ocarina, steel drums
Georg Wolff, double bass, organ, balafon, flexible pipe
Johannes Oehlmann, drums, gongs, congas, balafon, chimes, bells, toy-horn, hot tin case
Manfred Becker, piano, mouth organ, xylophone, rattle, flutes, pipe organ, coconuts
Michael Schläper, soprano & tenor saxophone, organ, cuica, rattle, bells, triangle, zanza, flexible pipe



Recorded on 12th & 25th August 1980 in Giessen

View Records ‎– VS 0012

LP Rip

Boulez - Messiaen - Webern ~ RAI National Symphony Orchestra / Marco Angius ~ 20 February 2015

Here's an RAI3 live broadcast from Turin last night;

Pierre Boulez ~ Livre pour cordes

Olivier Messiaen ~ Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum

Anton Webern ~ Six pieces for large orchestra

Pierre Boulez ~ Notations I – III – IV – VII – II for orchestra

RAI National Symphony Orchestra / Marco Angius
Turin Auditorium, 20th February 2015

There's also an encore, which I think is one more of Boulez's Notations, but I can't place it at the moment so any help in identifying this would be appreciated.

GUILLOTINE KYODAI ‎– MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN (TAG RAG, 2000)

1.  Meeting With Saxophones (solo)

2.  Meeting With Okabe Yoichi (sampler, percussion)

3.  Meeting With Royal Squeezit (piano, violin, vocals)

4.  Meeting With Kirihito (guitar, drums)

5.  Meeting With Otomo Yoshihide (turntables)

6.  Meeting With Dowzer (synthesizer, voice, EMS, beat, cue)

7.  Meeting With Yamamoto Seiichi (guitar)

8.  Meeting With Ohkura Syounosuke (taiko)

9.  Meeting With Motoki Yoshinori (Jew's harp, kalimba)

10. Meeting With Ruins (drums, bass, vocals)

11. Meeting With Chino Shuichi (piano)

12. Meeting With Pill (bass synthesizer, beats, effects) and Katsui Yuji (violin, vocals)

13. Meeting With Dub Squad (bass, synthesizer, sampler)

14. Meeting With SMI (solo)

15. Meeting With Remarkable Men



Junji Hirose, saxophone, self-made instruments

Tag Rag ‎– TRCD-026

CD Rip

WADADA LEO SMITH / SABU TOYOZUMI ‎– COSMOS HAS SPIRIT (SCISSORS, 1992)

1. Cosmos Has Spirit (Dedicated To Toshihiko Shimizu)
2. Basho
3. Safi-Sui-Pure
4. Sarhanna


Wadada Leo Smith, self-made bamboo flute, kalimba, trumpet
Sabu Toyozumi, non tempered scale tuned percussion


Recorded live at Hair Salon Fuji (Barber Fuji), April 13, 1992

Scissors ‎– SCISSORS-001

CD Rip

SONNY GREY WITH ALAIN HATOT, MAL WALDRON, GUS NEMETH AND KENNY CLARKE "SKIPPIN'" (NUMERA, 1971)

Sonny Grey, trumpet
Alain Hatot, tenor saxophone
Mal Waldron, piano
Gus Nemeth, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums


A1. Skippin' 5:44
A2. Journey Without End 12:06
B1. The Fire Now 10:44
B2. Antony 8:13

A2 + B1 by Mal Waldron
A1 + B2 by Sonny Grey


Recorded 3-11-71, Paris

MERCURY BT-1313 (1974 Japan)

Originally on NUMERA RECORDS mai 8 (mai 9)

(vinyl rip)

ALAN DAVIE ‎– PHANTOM IN THE ROOM (ADMW RECORDS, 1971)

A. First Part

B. Conclusion And Encore


Daniel Humair, percussion
Alan Davie, piano, clarinet


Recorded live at Gimpel Hanover Galerie, Zürich, on 5 November 1971

ADMW Records ‎– ADMW 004

LP Rip

TONY OXLEY - INCUS 8 (1971 - 1975)

This is a re-up (my rip in flac) of Sotise's post from February 26, 2007.
I've added a new pic above and the line-up etc.
The following is his text from seven years ago.....

hi all here's a riveting long unavailable album by tony oxley. incus8 1975

most of the tracks are solo percussion and electronics,a couple feature ensembles with the usual suspects,derek b ,barry g

,paul r,etc.

this has remained sadly unissued for some inexplicable reason.

its a very rewarding listen guaranteed to reverse

any received opinion /assumption you may have about solo percussion being boring.

oxley also happens to be a visionary painter and graphic artist of some note.

here is some biographical info about oxley from the european free improvised music website.

Born Sheffield, 15 June 1938. Drums, percussion, violin, electronics.
Tony Oxley, with Derek Bailey and Gavin Bryars, created one of the foundations of free improvisation in the UK through their explorations in the group Joseph Holbrooke. A detailed retrospective view of Joseph Holbrooke can be found in Bailey (1992, pp. 86-93) but, briefly, the group existed in Sheffield from 1963 to 1966, initially playing conventional jazz though by 1965 playing totally improvised pieces. The fact that the three were 'isolated' in Sheffield from developments elsewhere (John Stevens and the SME) provided an ideal environment for experimentation and development. After that the participants moved to London, Oxley becoming the house drummer at Ronnie Scott's while all the while continuing with experimental music. He was in at the beginning of the Incus label with Bailey and Evan Parker and some of his work for that label is recognised as landmarks in the development of free music. He also appeared in various (early) versions of the London Jazz Composers Orchestra
In the last 25 years he has performed and recorded in an extremely wide variety of situations, from those where an emphasis on time-keeping is important to free situations with perhaps Paul Bley at one extreme and Cecil Taylor at the other. His work with Taylor, as a member of The Feel Trio with William Parker, in duos, or augmented with other musicians (such as the quartet of Taylor, Oxley, William Parker and Derek Bailey for two concerts in London and Manchester in 1991) lasted from 1988 to 1991 and can be seen by the viewing a selection of their concert schedule.
In recent years Tony Oxley has run his own Celebration Orchestra, worked with Bill Dixon - both are painters as well as musicians, and there have been plans for multimedia presentations - and with the Austrians, violinist Andreas Schreiber and pianist Dieter Glawischnig in the trio Cercle. This group briefly toured the UK in 1997 (having played the Beijing Jazz Festival in October 1996), with displays of Oxley's paintings, and had a broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in May 1997. Oxley has also begun to work again in duo with Derek Bailey, playing, for example at the Knitting Factory in New York in September 1995, in London in November 1995 and in Vand'Oeuvre in France in May 1997. He also remains in demand to bring unconventionality to conventional settings, particularly with his 'rainforest percussion', playing for example, on ECM recordings with Paul Bley and John Surman and with the Tomasz Stanko Quartet.
His kit is highly individual and an early version of it was described by Derek Bailey (1992, p. 101) thus:
'The acoustic part is: drums - eight, various sizes and texture; cymbals, fourteen, various sizes, thicknesses, weights, sounds; cowbells - five, from six inches to sixteen inches; wood surfaces - five, wood blocks and oriental skulls; saucepans - two. The amplified section of the kit is: amplified frame containing cymbals, wires, various kitchen equipment, motor generators, springs, used with 3 contact mikes (home-made), 2 volume pedals, 1 octave splitter, 1 compressor, 1 ring modulator and oscillator, 1 amplifier and two speakers.'
More recently the whole kit has been slimmed down and the electronics have (probably temporarily) been put to one side, but the playing, of course, remains individualistic. A transcription of an interview with Oxley, where he discusses his current kit (1997) with Alyn Shipton in a BBC Radio 3 Broadcast is available, complete with sound clips.
Tony Oxley is also a painter and three pages of his paintings can also be viewed: Paintings 1 or Paintings 2 and Paintings 3.

PLEASE BUY CD'S BY TONY OXLEY ,YOULL FIND MANY LISTED IN HIS SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY AT THE EUROPEAN FREE IMPROVISED MUSIC PAGES.

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Tony Oxley, percussion, amplified percussion
Barry Guy, bass
Dave Holdsworth, trumpet
Evan Parker, soprano saxophone
Howard Riley, piano
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Derek Bailey, guitar


A1. Never Before Or Again  10:41
A2. M-W-M  6:57
A3. EIROC II  5:27
B1. East Of Sheffield  6:26
B2. South East Of Sheffield  5:47
B3. P.P.1  8:37


Track A1 (Parker/Holdsworth/Rutherford/Riley/Guy/Oxley) recorded 1972;
track A2 (solo Oxley) recorded 1975
Track A3 (Bailey/Parker/Rutherford/Oxley) recorded 1971
Track B1 (solo Oxley) recorded 1971
Track B2 (solo Oxley) recorded 1973
Track B3 (solo Oxley) recorded 1975

INCUS 8  (vinyl rip)

YORIYUKI HARADA / KOICHI MATSUKAZE ‎– 無明 [MU-MYO:] (OHRAI RECORDS, 2003)

1. 麩 （Fu)
2. 無明 （Mu-Myo)
3. 月山の水 （Gassan No Mizu）
4. ウォーターマッシュルーム （Water Mushroom)
5. 黒胡麻 （Black Sesame)
6. ブルーブラックの階段 （The Stairway In Blue Black)


Koichi Matsukaze, alto & tenor saxophone, flute
Yoriyuki Harada, piano


Recorded at Mitaka Arts Center on 12 March 2003.

Ohrai Records ‎– JMCK-1017

CD Rip

Iannis Xenakis - Pléïades & Wolfgang Rihm - Tutuguri VI

Two dynamic contemporary percussion pieces from a BR-Klassik broadcast yesterday evening;

Iannis Xenakis - Pléïades (1978)

Wolfgang Rihm - Tutuguri VI (1981)

Peter Sadlo & Friends
Recorded 16th January 2015 / Broadcast on BR-Klassik 12th February 2015, as part of the "unerHÖRT!" (unheard / outrageous) series.

SVEN-ÅKE JOHANSSON & STEN SANDELL "BAHN & BOOT" - LIVE

A shorter recording from a duo which released a long OOP Mini-CD in 1997 - see here.
Sung/spoken or better a kind of 'Sprechgesang' similar to Schönberg's 'Pierrot Lunaire'.
At least that's how I tend to hear Sven-Åke Johansson's vocal utterances.
Text is in German - but the sounds might be enjoyed anyway.


Sven-Åke Johansson, voice
Sten Sandell, piano

1. 3:45
2. 4:21
3. 2:35
4. 1:52
5. 4:01
5. 3:07


Recorded in Ulrichsberg, Austria during the 'Kaleidophon' in May 1998

Marco Eneidi, William Parker, Dennis Charles - Vermont Spring 1986 (Botticelli 1986)

Marco Eneidi - Alto Saxophone
William Parker - Bass
Dennis Charles - Drums

A1 - Stand Back (traditional west indian folksong)
A2 - Ballada (Jimmy Lyons)
B1 - Rise Up (traditional west indian folksong)
B2 - Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman)

Recorded May 1986.

This album is dedicated to Jimmy Lyons.

Botticelli Records 1001, Vinyl
Direct Metal Mastering

MOTOTERU TAKAGI ‎– 2001.07.06 (CHITEI RECORDS, 2002)

1. Lapis
2. 2001.7.6-1
3. 2001.7.6-2
4. Lonely Woman
5. Lacy's Out East



Daisuke Fuwa, bass
Shōta Koyama, drums
Mototeru Takagi, tenor saxophone


Recorded live at House of Crazy, Toyohashi on 6 July 2001

Chitei Records ‎– B22F

CD Rip

TOSHINORI KONDO "FUIGO - FROM A DIFFERENT DIMENSION" (BELLOWS, 1979)

For some fine text about this album go here -
This rip has been done some years ago but was not posted here - as it was posted then there ;)



Toshinori Kondo, trumpet, alto horn, mutes

Side A
1. Fuigo  7:03
2. Double  4:26
3. Cliff  10:19

Side B
1. Short-Ichi  1:06
2. Short-Ni  1:52
3. Alto  7:58
4. Slides Out  6:11
5. Buriki  5:10

A1 + A2, Side B1, B2, B3, B5 recorded at Studio X in Paris on March 15 & 16, 1979;
A3 recorded live in Bologna, Italy on March 25, 1979;
B4 recorded at Sorcerer Sound Studio in New York, on May 24, 1979.

Bellows Records 001

(vinyl rip)

TOMASZ STANKO - Music from Taj Mahal and Karla Caves (1980)

 

This solo one was rescued by mew23 from old Almost Black blogspot. Thanks.

Tomasz Stanko - Music from Taj Mahal and Karla Caves (Leo 1980)

01. Sbigi
02. Shadow of the Midnight Moon
03. Daada
04. Almost Black
05. For You
06. Night Flight

07. Almost Black
08. Small Rooms' Magic
09. Daada
10. Mountain Bird
11. Slambura Road
12. And the Ancient Ones Smiled
13. Nightly Whisper

Tomasz Stanko -  trumpet

Recorded February / March 1980 in India

Leo Records 011 / vinyl rip

MUJICIAN - CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL 1993 (COMPLETE)

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

Set One

1. 47:11

Set Two

1. 57:22

Cheltenham Town Hall,  16th September 1993

ART BROOKS "NIGHTCALLER" (IBMS 001, 1977)

Saw my rip reposted on another blog  - might be interesting for our followers as well..

Below is what I wrote in December 2010 (a few days before New Year):

This one was a real discovery when I got it some weeks ago. I knew Art Brooks only from his work with Bill Dixon and from the last Collective 4tet "In Transition" on Leo, which - by the way - is excellent.
This is not the work of a "mere" student but the entirely realised and idiosyncratic composition from a still unsung master. I love it.

Lend your ear to the "Nightcaller".



Maureen Hoy, flute
Art Brooks, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Steve Simon, tenor saxophone
Paul Austerlitz, bass clarinet
Kevin Campbell, amplified guitar
Beverly Dyer, cello
Laurie Moses, piano
Chris Faris, double bass
Sydney Smart, trap drums

Ensemble V (Bennington College Black Music Division)

1. Nightcaller (part one) 16:33
2. Nightcaller (part two) 15:20

Recorded June 6, 1977 (Bennington College ?)

Liner notes and cover design: Bill Dixon
Composed, recorded and produced by Art Brooks

IBMS 001

MOTOTERU TAKAGI - MAN-BOU, 2002

1. Untitled
2. Untitled
3. Untitled
4. Untitled
5. Untitled
6. Untitled


Mototeru Takagi, tenor saxophone
Sabu Toyozumi, drums


Recorded live in October 2002 at Man-Bou, Izakaya

CDr Rip

DEEP JOY TRIO - PORGY & BESS, VIENNA 2009

PAUL DUNMALL - tenor and soprano saxophones, bagpipes
PAUL ROGERS - 7 string bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 52:00

Porgy & Bess Jazz and Music Club, Vienna, Austria.  15th March 2009

Photo by Bernd Wimmer

Burton Greene, Daoud Amin - Trees (Button-Nose 1973)

Daoud Amin - bongos ans percussion
Burton Greene - piano, percussion, lotus flute

A1 - Suite: Variations On Darbari Kanada In Three Movements (1973)   25:55
B1 - Woodstock Vibrations (1967)     11:38
B2 - Vishnu (1972)     13:09

all compositions by Burton Greene,  A1 is based on a theme by Jamaluddin Bhartiya

side A recorded live at the Doelen Alternative Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, June 1973
side B recorded live at the Central Museum Utrecht, September 1973

Button-Nose Records - 002
vinyl rip

JOJI YUASA ‎– WORKS OF JOJI YUASA: INTER - POSI - PLAY - TION (EX-HOUSE, 1979)

A. Inter - Posi - Play - Tion

B. Calling Together



Yukimasa Morimoto, conductor


Side A

Yoshisaburo Toyozumi, drums
Sumire Yoshihara, percussion
Masahiko Sato, piano
Yoshiaki Fujikawa, saxophone


Side B

Akiko Suetsugu, Kou Shinozaki, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Tenjo Sajiki, Youko Ran, Yutaka Nemoto, spoken word



Recorded live on 19-21 December 1971.

EX-House ‎– EX-001

LP Rip

ITARU OKI – OPERA NIGHT / ITARU OKI FROM PARIS (PADDLE WHEEL, 1986)

A1. I Remember Clifford
A2. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
A3. Sombre Dimanche
A4. In A Sentimental Mood

B1. Opera Night
B2. Days Of Wine And Roses
B3. Like Someone In Love



Itaru Oki, trumpet, flugelhorn
Alain Jean Marie, piano
Jean Jacques Avenel, bass
Oliver Johnson, drums



Recorded at Sysmo Record, Paris, 6 December 1984

Paddle Wheel - K28P 6409

LP Rip

JOJI YUASA ‎– TRIPLICITY FOR CONTRABASS (RCA RED SEAL, 1974)

A1. Triplicity For Contrabass
A2. Projection Esemplastic For White-Noise

B.  Voices Coming


Masahiko Tanaka, contrabass (A1)

A2 and B produced at the Electronic Studio of the NHK.

Manufactured by Victor Musical Industries Inc., Tokyo, Japan

RCA Red Seal ‎– JRZ-2104

LP Rip

JiŘí STiVíN - Zodiac Live at Prague Spring 2007

Stivín's album Zodiac (Zvěrokruh in Czech, released 1977) was never performed live, until Spring 2007, in time for 40th anniversary of its creation. From studio version, where Stivín played also drums beside saxes, flutes etc., and posted here before, he retained both string quartet and mixed choir (even in updated personnelss). Slovak pianist Gabriel Jonáš was busy at the time for Prague Spring Festival, so he was replaced by Karel Růžička. Added are vibraphonist Radek Krampl and Stivín's occasional international partners, bassist Ali Haurand and drummer Daniel Humair. Various medieval melodies are used in choir parts. I think result is still vital mix of classical & early music, folklore and jazz.


JiŘí STiVíN - Zodiac Live at Prague Spring 2007

01. Živly / Elements (Jiří Stivín) 28.15
02. Nálady / Moods (Jiří Stivín) 23.50
03. Zvěrokruh / Zodiac (Jiří Stivín) 14.35
04. Miserere (Stivín-Růžička-Krampl-Haurand-Humair / Anonym) 5.30 (encore)

Jiří Stivín - flutes, saxes and bass clarinet
Karel Růžička - piano
Radek Krampl - vibes, marimba and devices
Ali Haurand - double bass
Daniel Humair - drums

Talich Quartet (Jan Talich - 1st violin, Petr Maceček - 2nd violin, Vladimír Bukač - viola, Petr Prause - cello)
Kühn mixed chorus, choirmaster Marek Vorlíček.

Czech Radio broadcast. Recorded June 2, 2007 at Prague Crossroad (Saint Anna Church). Concert was part of Prague Spring festival.

TAKESHI SHIBUYA - PIANO SOLO (AKETA'S DISK, 1983)

A1. Runagirio
A2. Old Folks
A3. Estrellita
A4. My One And Only Love
A5. Solitude

B1. Tarirari Blues
B2. Body And Soul
B3. Misterioso
B5. Gipsy Love Song


Recorded at Aketa-no-mise, Nishi Ogi, in February, June and July, 1982

Aketa's Disk - AD-13

LP Rip

Alan Silva - Luna Surface

Here's another one, reactivated from the early days of the blog, posted back in 2009, again due to a request. This time I did not have to go the archives to find it; instead went to the Rutracker torrent site and lo and behold, there it was! Only difference was that a audiochecker log file was attached, informing me that the files are 99.5 per cent compact disc digital audio, which is kinda funny considering the file was taken from a fine old rusty analogue lp. Stuff travels, eh? Anyway, enjoy the cacophony!

Original post follows:

While in the business of resurrecting old BYG Actuel records, here's another one, also posted on the Church#9 blog, then in the mp3 format, but again upgraded to a lossless audio format for posting here.

How to characterise this one? It is what it is, I guess. To some, an inpenetrable wall of sound, to others a no holds barred piece of collective improvisation. However which way it is viewed, assessed or interpreted, it's a piece which hardly had any precedents and hardly has seen any successors. Or maybe it has, but in terms of intensity and aural onslaught, rare by most standards.

A veritable star-studded cast of free jazz maestros on this 28-minute piece:

Bernard Vitet - trumpet, french horn
Grachan Moncur III - trombone
Archie Shepp - soprano sax
Anthony Braxton - soprano and alto sax
Kenneth Terroade - tenor sax
Dave Burrell - piano
Alan Silva - violin
Leroy Jenkins - violin, viola
Beb Guerin, Malachi Favors - bass
Claude Delcloo - drums

Recorded 17 August 1969 in Paris

Dive in!

Joachim Kühn Africa Connection feat. Pharoah Sanders - Berlin JazzFest 2o13

This one probably comes from dime, but i got it from torrents. Thanks to previous uploaders.

joachim kühn africa connection feat. pharoah sanders
'gnawa jazz voodoo'
jazzfest
haus der berliner festspiele, grosse buehne
berlin, germany
31.10.2013

source: dvb-s > techno trend tt-premium s2-6400 twin hd > hdd > nero wave editor > flac
(mpeg1 layer 2/320 kbps) [radio station - rbb kulturradio]

joachim kühn - p
majid bekkas - guembri, oud
ramón lópez - dr, perc
joseph bessan kouassi - conga, talking drum, voc
abdessadek bounhar - perc
fathallah chaouki - perc
moussa sissokho - perc
pharoah sanders - sax

01. pharoah 05:40
02. soon in june 19:59
03. transmitting 11:02
04. gbalele 11:25

Hozan Yamamoto-Le Japon aux quatre saisons-1980

Here's a lovely Japanese flavoured chamber Folk-Jazz session (with some free improvisation) led by Hozan Yamamoto, very reminiscent of mid 70's Oregon, perhaps even  inspired by them  up to a point...
I'd certainly have mistaken the guitarist as Ralph Towner in a blind fold test!
And a dash of early 60's Jimmy Giuffre.
Gorgeous tunes too.

Hozan Yamamoto -Shakuhachi
Yasuo Arakawa-db
Ryo Noda-Saxophones
Sadanori Nakamure-Guitars
released by yupiteru in 1980
Enjoy!


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Ps , i recently finally found the correct belt for my turntable, which is now running much more accurately.

Ken Vandermark's Free Fall Trio - Live Stockholm 2007 (FM recording) flac

There were a couple of requests for this one, so I thought I might as well put it at the top of the front page as it was originally posted quite a while ago, back in February 2008. Otherwise it is as it was, but with a new link at the bottom of the comments section. Posted back then by Boromir:

This trio is unlike any of the other projects that Ken Vandermark's been involved in. There's none of the wild energy found in Vandermark 5 and his work with The Thing. The trio was formed to carry on the style of the 1960s drumless trio of Jimmy Giuffre. The influence is obvious, though the music they play is not a straight tribute to Giuffre. Vandermark plays clarinet on all tracks. The music is melodic and reflective, and is a tribute to Vandermarks flexibility. He is well accompanied by an excellent Swedish pairing.

Details:

Ken Vandermark - Free Fall
2007-September-19
Stockholm, Sweden
Glenn Miller Café, 2007

Ken Vandermark,reeds
Harvard Wiik,p
Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten,b

Set 1: 45:321
Title 4:51
2 Announcement KV 0:08
3 E.C. (HW,comp) 8:08
4 Announcement KV 0:33
5 Methologies (HW,comp) 7:36
6 Title 3:40
7 Announcement KV 0:58
8 Open, Not Closed 6:26
9 Announcement KV 0:32
10 Music For Clocks 6:48
11 Announcement KV 0:09
12 Invisible Cities (HW,comp) 5:34
13 Announcement Speaker 0:08


Set 2: 44:381
Title 1:59
2 Announcement KV 0:27
3 Eulogy For The Typewriter 10:33
4 Announcement KV 0:29
5 Ithalics (HW,comp) 4:53
6 Title 4:30 7 Announcement KV 0:12
8 Cottonfield 6:41 9 Title 2:23
10 Title 2:19
11 Announcement KV 0:31
12 Turns (TerrieEx,comp) 9:24
13 Announcement Speaker 0:11

The concert was broadcast on Swedish radio. Sound quality is excellent. Thanks to jazzrita for seeding this fine concert.
Link in comments.

JEAN-FRANÇOIS JENNY-CLARK & ALDO ROMANO ‎– DIVIETO DI SANTIFICAZIONE (HORO RECORDS, 1977)

A1. Divieto Di Santificazione
A2. River Bop
A3. Luce Rossa
A4. Verra' La Morte E Avra'

B1. Viva Fo
B2. Via Libera
B3. Stamatopoulos
B4. Atto Di Nascita
B5. Abitudini


Aldo Romano, drums, piano, acoustic guitar
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, bass
Alessandro Sperli, voice


Recorded at Mama Dog Studio, Rome on 23-24 June 1977

Horo Records ‎– HZ 07

LP Rip

ISAO SUZUKI ‎– THREE CUSHION (PADDLE WHEEL, 1981)

A1. Perhaps
A2. Moritat
A3. Together Again

B1. Three-Cushion
B2. You Don't Know What Love Is
B3. Sandy


Isao Suzuki, bass
Motohiko Hino, drums
Yoshiaki Miyanoue, guitar
Ichiro Doi, piano
Akira Miyazawa, tenor saxophone
Tadanori Konakawa, trombone


Recorded at King Studio 2, Tokyo, on 6 May 1981

Paddle Wheel ‎– K28P-6119

LP Rip