KEITH TIPPETT + KREUTZER STRING QT LINUCKEA (Bath Festival 1996)

KEITH TIPPETT + KREUTZER STRING QUARTET

Keith Tippett - piano, composer

1. Linuckea   40:36

Bath Festival, May 1996

BBC Radio 3, Hear and Now  broadcast 15th November 1996

WOW!!

MASABUMI KIKUCHI SEXTET WITH SADAO WATANABE QUARTET ‎– COLLABORATION (PHILIPS, 1970)

A1. Illusion

A2. Thanatos

B1. Up Tight

B2. So Por Voci

B3. Lunar Eclipse

C1. Hiro

C2. Drizzling Rain

D1. Microcosm I

D2. Without Lullaby

D3. Thanatos - Take 1

Yoshio Ikeda, bass

Yoshio Suzuki, bass, electric bass

Hiro Tsunoda, drums

Hiroshi Murakami, drums

Keiji Kishida, drums

Masabumi Kikuchi, electric piano, piano 

Yoshiaki Masuo, guitar

Masahiro Kikuchi, organ, electric piano

Sadao Watanabe, sopranino and alto saxophone

Kosuke Mine, soprano saxophone

Recorded at Victor Studio on Oct. 8th, 13th and Nov. 14th, 1970

Philips ‎– FS-5052~3

LP Rip

THE FRANK WRIGHT QUARTET - CHURCH NUMBER NINE (CALUMET, 1973)

A. Church Number Nine Part 1

B. Church Number Nine Part 2

Noah Howard, alto saxophone
Muhammad Ali, drums
Bobby Few, piano
Frank Wright, tenor saxophone

Recorded in Paris on March 7, 1970.

Calumet ‎– C 3674

LP Rip

THE FRANK WRIGHT QUARTET - CHURCH NUMBER NINE (ODEON ‎– OP-88019)

A. チャー・ナソバー・ナインパート 1

B. チャー・ナソバー・ナインパート 2

ノア・ハワード, alto saxophone
モハメッド・アリ, drums
ボビー・フュー, piano
フランク・ライト, tenor saxophone

Japanese re-issue with extra material

LP Rip

TAKAO HAGA, OSAMU YAMAGUCHI ‎– TIDAL WAVE (MIDE RECORDS, 1977)

A. Tidal Wave (Part 1)
B. Tidal Wave (Part 2)

Takao Haga, alto saxophone
Osamu Yamaguchi, drums, bells


Recorded at at √-R on 20 November 1977

Mide Records ‎– Mide 001

LP Rip

The Moving Form - Year of the Endless Movement (engine 2004)

you can read about it here:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/andrew-lamb-the-dogon-duo-and-year-of-the-endless-moment-by-terrell-kent-holmes.php

the other album  mentioned there is on bandcamp:
https://thedogonduo.bandcamp.com/


Andrew Lamb: tenor saxophone, flute, conch shell, mismaar
Will Halsey: poetry recitation
Andrei Strobert: drums and percussion
Tom Abbs: bass, tuba.

1 Saba
2 Even the Dust
3 Nonahjayno, Nonahjayno
4 Law
5 I Know You Want To Leave Me
6 November 22, 1963
7 Flesh of the Spirit

recorded live at  Tillie's, Brooklin , NY, Nnovember 21, 2003
compositions by Andrew Lamb and trio
poems by Will Husley and Henry Dumas

R.I.P. RAY WARLEIGH (1938-2015) Ray Warleigh Quartet, Birmingham 1996 (Repost)

Sad to hear of the passing of the beautiful Ray Warleigh due to cancer

I've posted this previously, but for those who missed it - enjoy.

RAY WARLEIGH, alto sax
SOPHIA DOMANCICH, piano
PAUL ROGERS, bass
TONY LEVIN, drums

1. 13:15
2. 16:34
3. 11:05
4. 08:54

Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham

18th March 1996

YAQUB MALIK "YAQUB SPEAKS" (THE HOUSE OF YAQUB, 1980)

Yaqub Malik (formerly Mack Spears) .... who at 19 was chosen as the successor to Charlie Parker & shared the stage with Bud Powell, Duke Jordan, Elmo Hope & even the legendary Miles Davis....

About six years ago I got this rip from another blog. I don't remember from where. Probably it was El Reza's old blog.
But this rip is in flac (I checked it) and not in mp3.
However - thanks to the original uploader and for the LP rip.

Two weeks ago I visited a friend in Potsdam (near Berlin). During the two days of my visit he got the LP.
We listened to it and I've again enjoyed especially the first track on side A.
But the whole LP is thoroughly enjoyable. This is how I was reminded about the files on my pc.
I've removed manually a few clicks and one heavy point of blasting - that's it.

More info about Malik Yaqub you'll find here and here. Some more in Spanish here and here.

 

Malik Yaqub, tenor saxophone (A1 & A2) + piano (B1-B3)
J.J. Yaqub, hammond organ + tenor saxophone
G. Al Aska, bass
Debbie Gray, drums

A1. Yaqub Speaks 8:40
A2. Muna Sweet Tuna 7:42
B1. The Underworld Of Osman In The Holy Land 6:46
B2. Ruqaiyah 5:37
B3. Music For The Four In One 6:59

Recorded in San Francisco

THE HOUSE OF YAQUB HY-4141 (1980)

TAKAO HAGA - PIYO PIO (PINAKOTHECA, 1982)

This was originally the third contribution from Can Tutuğ (in mp3; the other two you'll find here and there), who has also a (web) radio show with Free Jazz and Free Improvisation "Bodrum Kat"- check it out: http://www.cazkolik.com/radyocazkolik/default.asp?radyoid=6

This is a new flac rip


Takao Haga, alto saxophone, voice


A. Piyo
     
B. Pio


Pinakotheca - PRL 8

LP Rip

TOMASZ STANKO QUINTET "WARSAW, 1969"

Tomasz Stanko, trumpet
Zbigniew Seifert, alto saxophone
Janusz Muniak, tenor saxophone
Bronislaw Suchanek, bass
Janusz Stefanski, drums

1. Music for K (T. Stanko)     21:07
2. Infinitely Small (T. Stanko)     7:01
3. Cry and Theme - The Ambusher (T. Stanko)     17:05

Recorded at the Kongresshall, Warsaw on October 16, 1969.

MUJICIAN - PENZANCE 1989 Set 1

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

1. Set one 43:27

The Acorn, Penzance.  10 November 1989

Classic!

CAIRO FREE JAZZ ENSEMBLE "HELIOPOLIS" (GOETHE INSTITUT, 1970)

CAIRO FREE JAZZ ENSEMBLE "HELIOPOLIS"


Salah Ahmed Ragab, drums, conga, tambourine
Hartmut Geerken, piano, xylomarimba, gong, cymbals, tubular chimes, fire-brigade bell, camel bells, horse bells, temple blocks, bendire, conga, maraca, thunder sheet, “toy car producing the sound of a sirene”
Farouk Abdel Rahman, alto sax, Ramadan drum, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Fathi Abdel Salam, tenor sax, conga, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Abdel Hakim Zamel, baritone sax, two Ramadan drums, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Mahmoud Ayoub, trombone, conga, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Saddeek Bassouni, trombone, zebra drum, small gong, horse bells
Mohammed Abdel Rahman, tuba, african tin drum, african wooden drum, tambourines
Ibrahim Wagdi, trumpet, hand drum, darabukka, horse bells
Khalifa Ismail, trumpet, hand drum, bendire, small bell
Moohi El-Din Osman, bass, strings and wood
Abdel Ghani Metawally, bagpipes
Rofaeel Francis, bagpipes
Ahmed Kollaly, bagpipes


A1. Liberty For Iratilim 20:18
B1. Turnus 12:28
B3. Diagnosis For Percussion 07:02

All compositions by Hartmut Geerken.


Recorded on March 31 & April 01, 1970 at Deutsches Kulturinstitut, Cairo, Egypt.
Engineer: Joseph Hermeling.

Produced by the Deutsches Kulturinstitut, Goethe Institut, Cairo (Saut-el-Kahira).

GOETHE 7037080

(lp rip)

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FRED ANDERSON REUNION BAND "CHICAGO, 1994"

Don't know from where or from whom I've got this recording - so thanks to the original uploader!

Fred Anderson, tenor saxophone
Kidd Jordan, tenor saxophone
George Lewis, trombone
Bill Brimfeld, trumpet
Douglas Ewart, reeds
Harrison Bankhead, bass
Hamid Drake, drums

01. unknown title 40:02
02. unknown title  5:52

Recorded at the Chicago Jazz Festival on September 4, 1994.

JULiE DRiSCOLL - 1969 (Polydor 1971)

This remarkable album was reissued on CD third times, but none of it is recently available. Earliest One Way Records version sounded poor, next issue on Disconforme seems fine to me sonically - I prefer it before latest release on Eclectic Disc (I was hoping in another issue on their succesors Esoteric Recordings, but they seems to have different preferences). So here is Disconforme sound with scans of Eclectic Disc booklet w/liner notes by Sid Smith and song lyrics.
Not as much avant jazz, but really experimental songwriting. And first meeting of Julie and Keith Tippett, I can strongly recommend also their latest song based project - Nostalgia 77 Sessions feat. Keith and Julie Tippett on Thru Thougts label.

JULiE DRiSCOLL - 1969 (Polydor 1971)

Julie Driscoll - vocals, acoustic guitar
with:
Chris Spedding - elg [1] / bg [3]
Jeff Clyne - db [1/2/5/7]
Mark Charig - cornet [1/7]
Elton Dean - as [1/7]
Nick Evans - tb [1/7]
Trevor Tomkins - d [1/3/7]
Keith Tippett - p [2/7] / celeste [2] / arrangements
Karl Jenkins - oboe [3]
Bud Parkes - tpt [3]
Stan Sulzmann - as [3]
Derek Wadsworth - tb [3]
Brian Godding - elg / voices [4/6/8]
Jim Cregan - g [4]
Brian Belshaw - bg / voices [4]
Barry Reeves - d [4]
Bob Downes - fl [5]
Jim Cregan - g [4]

Tracks: 1. A New Awakening [JD] (3:51) - 2. Those That We Love [JD] (4:48) - 3. Leaving It All Behind [JD] (4:51) - 4. Break Out [JD] (5:23) - 5. The Choice [JD] (5:59) - 6. Lullaby [JD] (4:23) - 7. Walk Down [JD] (4:16) - 8. I Nearly Forgot... But I Went Back [JD] (5:10) 

Recorded Oct 1969-Feb 1970 at Advision Studios, London. Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky.

OOP CD Disconforme DISC 1966 CD (released 2000)

Large Ensemble, with William Parker ~ Homage to Butch Morris ~ Sant'Anna Arresi ~ 3rd September 2015

From a live RAI3 broadcast last night from Sant'Anna Arresi, here is the Large Ensemble with William Parker as guest on exotic reeds(!). There are echoes from many different elements of American and European free & improvised music, but also voices, timbres and rhythms that seem new, and which build towards a propulsive force in the final section. The encore is quite different, and equally interesting. I listened to the broadcast and was enthralled, and will spend more time with this over the next few weeks to listen to it properly - its depth, density and intensity demand that.

Large Ensemble, with William Parker   

Homage to Butch Morris

Large Ensemble 

conduction Evan Parker   

alto saxophone, voice Caroline Kraabel 
trumpet, piccolo trumpet Peter Evans  
trombone Giancarlo Schiaffini 
hocchiku shakuhachi, double reeds William Parker
piano Alexander Hawkins  

vibraphone Orphy Robinson 

cello Hannah Marshall
electric cello, mac, electronics Walter Prati 
synthesizer, electronics Pat Thomas 
electronics Sam Pluta
bass Barry Guy 
bass John Edwards  

drums, frame drum Hamid Drake 

drums Paul Lytton


Sant'Anna Arresi, 3rd September 2015

DAVE GREEN TRIO + EVAN PARKER (2004)

DAVE GREEN - bass
IAIN DIXON - tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
GENE CALDERAZZO - drums
special guest: EVAN PARKER - soprano and tenor saxophones

1. Shuffleboil  (T. Monk)  8:19
2. Exchanges  6:48
3. Raise Four  (T. Monk)  8:41
4. A Flower is a Lovesome Thing  (B. Strayhorn)  6:56
5. Played Twice  (T. Monk)  7:46

Recorded at Gateway Studios, Kingston Upon Thames
Broadcast 5th November 2004, BBC Radio 3, Jazz on 3

LARRY KARUSH / GLEN MOORE - May 24, 1976 (JAPO 1976)

an oop vinyl posted previously on musicadegradata.blogspot.com

JUNJI HIROSE - YOSHINORI MOTOKI – CHI-CHI-CHI-NHGACAH (CACOON, 1984)

A1. Chi-Chi-Chi-Nngacah
A2. Solo I (To Motoki)

B1. To Apeiron
B2. IRc2
B3. Facing The New Morning
B4. Raise Your First!
B5. Solo II (To Hirose)


Junji Hirose, electric guitar, percussion, toys, remodeled junk
Koichi Ohki, self-made instruments
Yoshinori Motoki, tape, casio-tone, toys, electric guitar, reed-attached flute, drums, cymbal
Norizumi Morooka, toy piano, pianica, tape, toys


Recorded at Kid Ailack Art Hall, Tokyo, June 23, 1983; Akasaka International Artist Center, Tokyo, December 11, 1982; Terpsichore, Tokyo, June 25, 1983; Takoyaki-ya, January 12, 1984.

Cacoon ‎– CACOON-003

LP Rip

GLOBE UNITY ORCHESTRA "BERLINER JAZZTAGE, 1970"

Several weeks ago I was doing research for some liner-notes. Eagerly searching for information also at the www I came across a book called "Postserielle Musik und Free Jazz" by Hans Kumpf.
The contents of the book did not help in my search. But I encountered some informations (and a score) of Manfred Schoof's "Ode".
Luckily I found the music in the collection of a friend who generously send me the files.
"Ode" never was available officially although it seems to be a rather important piece of music for the development of German (European) Free Jazz.

Schlippenbach's "Globe Unity 70" is or better was available through Atavistic.
Seemingly it's OOP at the moment - therefore I left it for your enjoyment.

The title of Brötzmann's tune "Drunken in the Morning Sunrise" reminded me about the circumstances for the recording sessions of "Machine Gun".
Brötzmann and Buschi Niebergall went - after the first part of the session - for some beers.
Eventually they took shelter for a nap at a building lot. Next morning Niebergall and Brötzmann woke up, had a mouthful of beer and went back to the "Lila Eule" for the second part of their recording session......


Kenny Wheeler, trumpet, flugelhorn
Manfred Schoof, trumpet, flugelhorn, bach-trumpet
Tomasz Stanko, trumpet
Bernard Vitet, trumpet
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Malcolm Griffiths, trombone
Paul Rutherford, trombone, tenor horn
Evan Parker, soprano & tenor saxophone
Gerd Dudek, soprano & tenor saxophone, flute
Michel Pilz, bass clarinet, flute, soprano saxophone
Heinz Sauer, baritone, tenor & alto saxophone
Peter Brötzmann, tenor & baritone saxophone, bassetthorn
Derek Bailey, guitar
Alexander Von Schlippenbach, piano, percussion
J.B. "Buschi" Niebergall, bass, bass trombone
Peter Kowald, bass, tuba
Arjen Gorter , bass,electric-bass
Han Bennink, drums, shell-horn, dhung, gachi
Paul Lovens, drums, percussion

Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcement

1. Globe Unity 70 (A. von Schlippenbach)     17:51
2. Ode (M. Schoof)     12:54
3. Drunken in the Morning Sunrise (P. Brötzmann)     9:53


Recorded on November 7, 1970 at the Kongresshalle, Berlin.


(track 1 was released on Atavistic [UMS/ALP 223CD])

CHIE MUKAI, YOSHINORI MOTOKI ‎– TEN MINUTE IMPROVISATION FESTIVAL (CACOON, 1983)

A1-3.  Title

B1.     One
B2-3.  Glider



Recorded in July 1982 (A1-3), March 1983 (B1) and December 1982 (B2-3)

Cacoon ‎– CACOON-A

Cassette Rip

JUNJI HIROSE - HODGEPODGE (CACOON, 1982)

A1. Duo # 1
A2. Duo # 2
A3. Duo # 3
A4. Duo # 4

B1. Why-So?
B2. Eight Hands
B3. Hodgepodge


Shuichi Nagano, bass
Yasuhiro Yamaz, drums
Akira Iijima, electric guitar
Junji Hirose, electric guitar, percussion, soprano and tenor saxophone


Recorded at A Studio, Tokyo, 19 September 1981 (A1-2); Far-Out, Atsugi, Tokyo, 17 October 1981 (A3-4); Kid-Ailack Hall, Tokyo, 9 October 1981 (B1-2); Far-Out, Atsugi, Tokyo, 2 May 1981 (B3).

Cacoon ‎– CACOON-002

LP Rip

JUNJI HIROSE ‎– SOLO SAXOPHONE (CACOON, 1980)

A1. Improvisation #8
A2. Improvisation #10
A3. Improvisation #5

B1. Improvisation #6
B2. Improvisation #12
B3. Improvisation #13
B4. Improvisation #2


Junji Hirose, soprano and tenor saxophone


Recorded live at Far-Out, Atsugi, Tokyo, on July 21 and August 18, 1980.

Cacoon ‎– CACOON-001

LP Rip

MARIO BERTONCINI (*1934) "UNRELEASED RECORDINGS" (1964-74)

1932 born in Rome: composer, pianist, musical constructivist.

1951-61 classical and musical studies (composition with G. Petrassi and piano with R. Caporali) in Rome; electronic music in Utrecht (G.M. Koenig).
From 1956 he performs widely as concert pianist in Europe, as a soloist with orchestra (with Bruno Maderna, Daniele Paris, Mario Rossi, Paul Hupperts, Roelof Krol and others) and in recitals.
1962 price Nicola d'Atri (S. Cecilia National Academy) for SEI PEZZI PER ORCHESTRA.

Mario Bertoncini: CIFRE (1964/67)

for prepared piano(s) - Detail
Photographer: Gerd Rische
 

Mario Bertoncini: QUODLIBET (1964)
Page of the Score



1964-68 first experiments with prepared instruments (QUODLIBET, CIFRE, TUNE, SCRATCH-A-MATIC). 1965 price of the Fondation europeènne de la Culture for QUODLIBET. 1965-73 member of the improvisation group »Nuova Consonanza« in Rome. 1967-73 Professor at the State Conservatory G. Rossini in Pesaro, Italy. Music Theater; theoretic and practical work on a functional interaction of sound and gestures (SPAZIO-TEMPO, ›Note per un teatro della realtà‹).
1968 EPITAFFIO: correspondence between the action of drawing and writing a text and its sonorous result. 1970 première (Venice, Biennale d'Arte) of SPAZIO-TEMPO. Construction of his first sound objects on the priciple of the Aeolian harp.
1970-72 president of contemporary music society Nuova Consonanza, Rome. 1974 invited to Berlin as »artist in residence« of the DAAD art program; realization of the first ambitious project of open air kinetic sound-sculptures (VELE, Berliner Festwochen).
1975-76 associate professorship at the McGill University, Montréal: realisation of an experimental composition course called ›Musical Design Course‹ (founder of the MUD group, later known as SONDE).
From 1980 (to 1997) professorship at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. 1986 co-founded the theater group VIE with Matina Schaak and Roberto Capanna; german patent of an interactive system for the transformation of dance-gestures in optical and acoustic signals called
›Choreophon‹.
1992-93 development and german patent of the ›Stabdämpfer‹ (bar mute), a special device for the preparation of stringed instruments.
Combined compositional work with performing activities as a pianist: works by Scarlatti, Schönberg, Stravinsky, Satie, Messiaen, Scelsi, John Cage, Terry Riley, Morton Feldman etc. and own arrangement: Earle Brown 4 SYSTEMS; Cage CARTRIDGE MUSIC. Concert/Lectures in Germany, Italy, USA, Canada, Europe, Corea, Israel.
2004 leaves Berlin and settles in Cetona, Italy.
info from Mario Bertoncini's website > http://www.mariobertoncini.com/

 Mario Bertoncini: QUODLIBET (1964)
Performers: Osvaldo Remedi (vla),
John Heineman (perc.), Luigi Lansillotta (vcl)
Photographer: Roberto Carnevali



1. Scratch-A-Matic (1971) for piano (strings) [piano/DC-motor] 21:24
(operated by nine DC motors + tape delay with speed variation)

2. An American Dream (1974) for prepared piano [piano/motors] 06:54

3. Cifre (1964/67) [three pianos] 07:41
(for piano(s) and a variable number of performers)

4. Quodlibet (1964) for viola, cello, bass and percussion 12:46
(score to be projected in sections ordered by the performers)

5. Chanson pour instruments à vent (1974) for aeolian harps 14:17
[aeolian harp & gongs + player]
(operated by compressed air, 1 performer)

6. Tune (1965) for x series of five suspended cymbals 10:34


I got this from a friend (cassette rip) - all informations in [...] are from
my copy (provided with the cd-r) - all information in (...) are from M.Bertoncini's website.

{recordings by the composer - were meant for release on Edition RZ - which never happened...}

.....reup of a post I did in 2011 somewhere else...far too interesting for oblivion....

Ornette Coleman & Prime Time - Live in Nervi '78

Posted originally by Riccardo back in 2011, updated and with new links.

Another memorial post.


There was a request for Ornette from the period 1976-80 :
this is a typical concert of those years.

Rec. live at "Teatro ai Parchi", Nervi, Italy,
on July 24, 1978 (mics recording)

Ornette Coleman,alto sax,trumpet & violin
Charles Ellerbee/Bern Nix,guitars
Albert Arnold,elect. bass
Ronald Shannon Jackson/Denardo Coleman,drums

1. Sleep Talk (13:21)
2. Song X (15:48)
3. Lonely Woman (22:12)
4. Macho Woman (15:22)
5. 3 Wishes (11:19)

Total Time 1:18:05

excerpt from Macho Woman

VINKO GLOBOKAR & ENSEMBLE NEW PHONIC ART "DRAMA & CORRESPONDENCES" (BASF, 1973)

Requested by Andy Yue a few days ago and contributed by Bernhard in July 2013.


Side A  (21:30)
1. Drama Für Einen Pianisten Und Einen Schlagzeuger I - V

Jean-Pierre Drouet, percussion, microphone, throat microphone, pedals, ring modulator, loudspeakers
Carlos Roqué Alsina, piano, microphone, throat microphone, pedals, ring modulator, loudspeakers

Side B   (20:10)
1. Drama Für Einen Pianisten Und Einen Schlagzeuger VI Und VII

Jean-Pierre Drouet, percussion, microphone, throat microphone, pedals, ring modulator, loudspeakers
Carlos Roqué Alsina, piano, microphone, throat microphone, pedals, ring modulator, loudspeakers
 
2. Correspondences Für 4 Solisten

New Phonic Art:
Michel Portal, bass clarinet,
Jean-Pierre Drouet, percusiion
Carlos Roqué Alsina, piano
Vinko Globokar, trombone

A1 & B1 composed in 1971.
B2 composed in 1969.

Recorded in '73

BASF ‎– 20 21803-1  (vinyl rip)

Mary Halvorson Quintet ~ ~ Cormòns, Italy, 26th October 2014

This is an absolutely red hot set from the Mary Halvorson Quintet. It sounds a lot like free jazz, but I can hear waltzes and reels, and snippets of folk music throughout. I hope you enjoy this!

Mary Halvorson ~ guitar
Jonathan Finlayson ~ trumpet
Jon Irabagon ~ soprano & tenor sax 

John Hébert ~ bass
Ches Smith ~ drums & percussion

Cantina Renato Keber, Cormòns, 26th October 2014

Broadcast on RAI3 FM; 24th July 2015

KIM DAE HWAN "LIKE A DEW ALSO LIKE A THUNDER" (BIGTORY, 1988-2001)

Kang Tae Hwan, alto saxophone (5 + 6)
Choi Sun Bae, trumpet (5 + 6)
Kazumi Watanabe, guitar (4)
Yoriyuki Harada, piano (2)
Yosuke Yamashita, piano (4)
Kang Eun Il, haegum (3)
Kim Dae Hwan, puk (1 + 7), drums & percussion (2 - 6)

1. Solo     07:49
2. Duo             16:35
3. Duo             08:31
4. Trio     20:20
5. Trio     09:03
6. Trio     04:34
7. Solo     03:21


Track 1 and 7 recorded at FM Tokyo, September 1993; track 2 recorded May 10, 2001; track 3 recorded in Kangnung, South Korea, May 27, 2000; track 4 recorded at Shinjuku Quest Hall, Tokyo, October 20, 1999; tracks 5 and 6 recorded at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo, July 5, 1988.

BIGTORY BIGD-001 (2004)

JOHN TAYLOR (1942-2015) - SOLO, Bath Festival 1996

Terribly sad news about the great John Taylor leaving us.

RIP John Taylor (1942-2015)

Beautiful man, beautiful music.

JOHN TAYLOR - SOLO PIANO

1. Pure and simple/Love theme from Spartacus/Old time  22:13
2. How deep is the ocean  10:20
3. Interview with Chris Parker  10:56
4. Helena  6:33 (w. tape flip)
5. Ambleside  8:42
6. Everybody's song but my own  6:42

BBC Radio 3  Jazz from Bath Festival, May 1996

MUJICIAN TRIO - INN ON THE GREEN, 1995

MUJICIAN TRIO

KEITH TIPPETT - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. 18.33
2. 30.55

Inn on the Green, Wentnor.  26 March 1995

Quality cassette recording.  Enjoy.

Masabumi Kikuchi - RIP - July 2015

VARIOUS - ELECTRONIC MUSIC PROJECT (KUBU, 1983)

A. Electronic Music Project Quartet

B. Electronic Music Project Full Group


Quartet and full group

Larry Stabbins, saxophone
Matt Hutchinson, synthesizer, keyboards, piano
Paul Rutherford, trombone, electronics
Phil Wachsmann, violin, electronics, tape

Full group

Bertrand Clement, double bass
Anonymous, piano
Paul Kirby, saxophone
Steve Moore, saxophone
Loz Speyer, trumpet
Phil Durrant, violin, electronics



Recorded at the West Square Studio, London, in October 1983

Kubu ‎– Kubu Cassette 004

Cassette Rip

FRED VAN HOVE, PHIL WACHSMANN ‎– FRED 'N PHIL (KUBU, 1983)

A. Duo In Ghent
B. Duo In London, Ontario


Fred Van Hove, piano
Phil Wachsmann, violin


Recorded in Ghent, Belgium, on 1 March 1983 and in London, Ontario, Canada, on 29 October 1981

Kubu ‎– Kubu Cassette 003

Cassette Rip

Garrett List - The Real Live Orchestra. In and Out (Igloo 1986)

Garrett List - Trombone, Voice
Marc Pirard - Guitar, Bass
Jean-Pierre Urbano -  Guitar, Arp Synthesizer
Denis Pousseur - Keyboards, Synthesizer

IN
A1 - We're Cool Now         5:52    
A2 - Voices Of The World (1)     6:00    
A3 - Tower Of Babel         3:01    
A4 - Romeo & Juliette         5:33    

OUT
B1 - Voices Of The Worlds (2)     3:25    
B2 - Facing The Truth         5:48    
B3 - Blood Brothers         4:15    
B4 - New Adam         4:33    

Music for IN composed by Garrett List
Music for OUT improvised by RLO

Recorded june 1985

Igloo, IGL 037, Vinyl
Released 1986

And then there was none ...

With the passing away of Jerome Cooper on 6 May this year, the Revolutionary Ensemble has taken their revolution to the spiritual realm. Leroy Jenkins died in 2007 and Sirone in 2009, both of whom have been featured on this blog before as well as the Ensemble in full. The Revolutionary Ensemble started up in the 1970s, mostly playing the loft and club circuit in New York, disbanded in 1977 and came together in the new millennium to make a couple of albums before it was all over.

With a basic lineup of violin, bass and percussion, the group developed a chamber-like sound, less rowdy perhaps than their free jazz compatriots at the time, yet, still distinctely anchored in free improvisation.

The three sets featured here were recorded at the Tin Palace, located on the Bowery, close to CBGBs, and one of the few places offering performance space for this type of music. It eventually folded in the late 70s, but there are fond memories attached to the place to judge from accounts found on the web.

Revolutionary Ensemble
January 14 1977
Tin Palace
NY, NY

master audience cassette > cdr (transferred by orchiddoctor)
cdr > eac(secure mode) > peak pro 5.2(adjust volume, trim wave files) > flac(level 6) (tracked/edited by carville, no noise reduction)

total time 2:24:58

1st set 54:29
1 19:12
2 14:43
3 7:08
4 13:25 (tape flip @ 5:01)

2nd set 59:09
1 14:25
2 30:30 (tape flip @ 27:10)
3 14:13

3rd set 31:19
1 7:32
2 11:09
3 12:35

This is another recording done by "orchiddoctor" and edited and uploaded by "carville", so thanks to them for keeping history alive. To quote orchiddoctor's notes:

"The Revolutionary Ensemble. What can I say? Rare performances (among the last) by an underappreciated group that just couldn't get work. These two nights were the only times I saw them. I did do a photo shoot of Jerome Cooper a year later at his practice space in the meat packing district, and I saw him with Roscoe Mitchell at the Wildflowers set; but I don't recall seeing any of these guys again. Certainly not as a unit. Just for flavor, during the quiet moments--especially Leroy's solos--you can hear the cash register at the Tin Palace going ca-ching. I miss that sound! The Palace is now a vacant, ugly mess, haunted by the ghosts of great musicians. R.I.P. Mr Jenkins and Sirone."

And Mr. Cooper.

MICHAEL SNOW ‎– MUSICS FOR PIANO, WHISTLING, MICROPHONE AND TAPE RECORDER (CHATHAM SQUARE PRODUCTIONS, 1975)

A,B. Falling Starts
C.    W In The D
D.    Left Right


Michael Snow, tape, whistle, microphone, piano


Produced by the Isaacs Gallery, 832 Yonge St., Toronto, Michael Snow and Chatham Square.

Chatham Square Productions ‎– LP 1009/10

LP Rip

Dan Tepfer ~~ Variations on Bach's Goldberg Variations ~~ Cully, April 2015

What did Ingmar Bergman say ~ only he who is well prepared has any opportunity to improvise ~ ?

This is a very interesting, intelligent and beautiful set of improvisations and variations on Bach's Goldberg Variations, by the French-American pianist Dan Tepfer. There's a deep sense of exploration and discovery, as well as love for the music that inspired it. 

1 - Solar (Evans / Davis - the announcer credits Bill Evans, but I think this was originally from Miles Davis' Walkin') 

2 - All I heard was nothing (Tepfer)

3 - Variations on Bach's Goldberg Variations

Temple, Cully; 15th April 2015, and broadcast by Espace 2 on 29th June 2015

PAUL DUNMALL / PAUL ROGERS - FOLKS DUO Warwick 1996

PAUL DUNMALL - soprano saxophone, bagpipes, clarinet
PAUL ROGERS - 5 string double bass

1. Desire (PR)  13:25
2. Ossie's Green Nuts (PD)  13:19
3. Three for Louis (PR)  10:41
4. Saffron (PR)  11:00
5. Swimming Horse (PD)  8:00
6. Improvisation 1  5:53
7. Improvisation 2  9:26

Friends' Meeting House, Warwick.  14th March 1996
Cassette recording by Andy

Another for softnucleus who loves this duo.  This recording almost got forgotten!  It's a gem.  Enjoy.

Go here to download the DUNS Limited Edition 4 cd set 'Folks History'

Taster...

DOMANCICH . DUNMALL . ROGERS . LEVIN Birmingham 1996

SOPHIA DOMANCICH - piano
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY LEVIN - drums

1. OT (S.Domancich)  16:57
2. Jocelyn (S.Domancich)  12:20

Afternoon session, without audience.

Lyttleton Theatre, Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham

18th March 1996.

For softnucleus

VARIOUS - ELECTRONIC MUSIC PROJECT (KUBU, 1983)

A. Electronic Music Project Quartet

B. Electronic Music Project Full Group


Quartet and full group

Larry Stabbins, saxophone
Matt Hutchinson, synthesizer, keyboards, piano
Paul Rutherford, trombone, electronics
Phil Wachsmann, violin, electronics, tape

Full group

Bertrand Clement, double bass
Anonymous, piano
Paul Kirby, saxophone
Steve Moore, saxophone
Loz Speyer, trumpet
Phil Durrant, violin, electronics


Recorded at the West Square Studio, London, in October 1983

Kubu ‎– Kubu Cassette 004

Cassette Rip

HOWARD RILEY TRIO - DISCUSSIONS (1967)

HOWARD RILEY - piano
BARRY GUY - double bass
JON HISEMAN - drums

1. Sweet and lovely  6:47
2. Romance  2:03
3. Nardis  5:54
4. Sunflower  2:05
5. Children at play  5:03
6. Spring is here  5:58
7. What's new  6:06
8. Folk theme No.1  3:17

Rec.  20th December 1967

(Requested by tpfkaa (unusual name))