KAORU ABE & SABU TOYOZUMI - OVERHANG PARTY / SENZEI (QBICO, 2004)

A. February 25, 1978 (3rd Set)

B. April 15, 1978 (1st Set)

C. April 15, 1978 (2nd Set)

D. April 30, 1978 (1st Set)

Kaoru Abe, alto saxophone

Sabu Toyozumi, drums, percussion

Recorded live at Gaya, Tokyo

Qbico - Qbico 22/23

LP Rip

L.S.-F.W. "ELLISPONTOS" (J.N.D., 1985)

Paul Lytton, drums, live electronics
Hans Schneider, double bass
Floros Floridis, clarinet, alto saxophone
Phil Wachsmann, violin, live electronics


1. L.R.I     19:48
2. S.R.III   16:28
3. S.R. IV   07:19


Track 1 (A):
Music created by improvising by L.S.-F.W. during its performance at 4.12.1985 in 2nd Jazz and Improvised music festival in Thessaloniki.
Tracks 2 & 3 (B1, B2):
Music created by improvising by L.S.-F.W. at 5.12.1985 in a studio date.

j.n.d. III-A
(On F.F. website > jnd re-records LP 05)

(lp rip - not my rip)

MiRAGE - Now You See It... (Compendium 1977)

This one is minor rarity for Canterbury scene followers. Steve Cook was bassist in Soft Machine (Alive and Well in Paris era), Dave Sheen played in Soft Head. Other two are also familiar names. Music on band's only album on Norweigian label flows in jazz/rock vein. Not my rip, found via torrents. I see now it was reissued on CD by Vocalion with 2 bonus tracks in 2007, but seems to be OOP.

MiRAGE - Now You See It... (Compendium 1977)

A1 King's Heads
A2 Always Leaving
A3 Time Less Words
B1 Elephant's Tales
B2 Ballade
B3 Underneath The Arches And Beyond

GEORGE KHAN - tenor, alto & soprano saxes, flute
BRiAN GODDiNG - acoustic, electric & tenor guitars
STEVE COOK - electric & string bass
DAVE SHEEN - drums, percussion

Compendium Records 1977, Fidardo 9 (vinyl rip)

CD version added -- see Mr. propylaen2001 comment!

UPOMING + RECENT RELEASES XVI

 I shall start with three long awaited reissues.

First we have Ian Brighton's 'Marsh Gas' with a great line-up :
Jim Livesey, alto saxophone
Marcio Mattos, bass
Sound In Brass, handbells
Ian Brighton, guitar
Roger Smith, guitar
Radu Malfatti, trombone
Philipp Wachsmann, violin

Available since December 2018, you'll get it from FMR Records.

The following two CDs/LPs are available since a few days.

Musicians are obvious on the first release. And on the edition with the pipe (Opium for Franz)  you'll have - apart - from Franz Koglmann, Steve Lacy, Aldo Romano and Stephen Horenstein also Bill Dixon and Alan Silva on the long first track.

 You'll get these two goodies through discogs.  Or through the label's website  http://www.blackmonk.at/blog (click on 'Mehr erfahren' und you see the contact address and the prices). According the label more is upcoming. Think about new and old Reform Art Unit sessions.

 

Almost only reissues this time. But at least this subtle new recording I would like to praise.

Here, one of my favourite musicians, Paul Lovens, has teamed with Hugo Antunes (a.o. Red Trio) and the previously unknown (to me, anyway) pianist Seppe Gebruers from Belgium.

So the line-up is percussion, double bass and two pianos, tuned a quarter tone apart.

Get it on vinyl or as a CD from the label  El Negocito.

 

Than I would like to alert you again about the FMP / Destination-out reissue series.

All downloads are available in numerous formats - lossless and lossy.

 https://destination-out.bandcamp.com/

Originally as LP it had three editions. One from Czechoslovakia (which was the first one) shortly followed by a release from the GDR and finally FMP / SAJ.

Produced by the rather unknown Antonin Matzner who played(?) also on this great recording. It is strongly recommended.

Others participants are f.e. Tony Oxley, Günter Sommer, Willem Breuker, Rüdiger Carl, Rudolf Dasek, Albert Mangelsdorff, Louis Moholo, Trevor Watts.........

 

This one is especially appreciated. Only two years ago it seemed this rare session with Danny Davis (of Sun Ra fame), Taj Mahal Travellers' Takehisa Kosugi and Peter Kowald won't be reissued at all.

One of the members had objections against a new release.

But obviously and finally Jost Gebers managed to get the rights for this download. 

 

Not only reissues are offered at FMP's bandcamp site but a.o. also this great unreleased session from 1984.

More music than fits on a CD these "minimalistic" improvisations are a treat;

played by Wolfgang Fuchs, Hanns Schneider (bass) and Bernhard Arndt on piano.

J.Jarman & D.Moye Quartet - Live in Rome '81

The concert took place just a week before the group entered the
Barigozzi Studios (Milan) to record the album "Earth Passage/
Density" for Black Saint.

Rec. live at "Teatro Olimpico", Rome, Italy, on February 10, 1981
(mix recording)

Joseph Jarman,tenor and sopranino saxes,clarinets,flutes
Famoudou Don Moye,percussions
Craig Harris,trombone,cowbell,didgeridoo
Donald Rafael Garrett,bass,flute

1. Zulu Village (15:22)
2. Sun Spots (13:51)
3. Unknown (19:18)
4. Jawara (14:04)
5. Crushed (07:13)
6. Encore (04:47)
7. Greetings (02:08)

Total Time 1:16:46

J.Jarman & D.Moye feat. J.Dyani - Live in Milan '79

This concert took place just one day before the trio entered the
Barigozzi Studios (Milan) to record the album "Black Paladins"
for Black Saint.

Rec. live at "Cineteatro Anteo", Milan, Italy, on December 18,
1979 (mics recording)

Joseph Jarman,sopranino,tenor & baritone saxes,flutes
Johnny "Mbizo" Dyani,bass,tambourine,vocals
Famoudou Don Moye,drums,percussion

1. Medley (42:42)
2. Black Paladinds/Mama Marimba (26:58)
3. In Memory Of My Seasons/Humility
In The Light Of The Creator (09:12)
4. Crushed [encore] (04:40)

Total Time 1:23:33

Joseph Jarman- Sunbound (AECO LP, 02)1976

We haven't had any commemorative posts re. the passing away of Joseph Jarman on 10 January 2019, so better late than never, then. This was his one and only solo album, literally speaking, posted in the early days of this blog. We will follow up with other previously posted items as well as material not previously posted here.

An obituary can be found here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/obituaries/joseph-jarman-dead.html

An interview from 2011 here:

http://www.furious.com/perfect/jarman.html

and the offiicial home page here:

http://www.thulanidavis.com/josephjarman/


From the original post:

"Philosophically Jarman's aestheic is agreeable with the freedom loving anti statism that Anarchists define for themselves as Anarchy..that is social agreement with out coercion..NO COPS ,NO COURTS ,NO JAILS, NO TAXES."From the liner notes by Joffre Stewart

"Sunbound is a live solo performance by then Art Ensemble of Chicago member Joseph Jarman, and one of a handful of recordings issued by the band's own label. The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) of Chicago had long required a solo concert as a kind of "final exam." Regardless of one's instrument, a graduate of this school was expected to be able to construct a cohesive performance alone, without benefit of supporting musicians. Thus, concerts like this one were hardly uncommon at the time, though to the wider public the idea of a saxophonist by himself on stage was still somewhat bizarre. Jarman has a significantly different approach to improvisation than his erstwhile reeds partner in the Art Ensemble, Roscoe Mitchell. The latter had an extremely structural view of improvisation, using often arcane conceptual ideas as the basis for his flights. Jarman is a more intuitive player, allowing ideas to flow in natural, lyrical fashion, even when blisteringly intense. Typically, he utilizes a wide variety of reeds and percussion, sometimes simultaneously, though the finest work here is on alto ("Universal Mind Force"). His abandonment of structure allows for some degree of meandering, and there are sections which could have stood a bit of editing, but that "excess" was part of the deal in performances such as this at the time and, in retrospect, are even part of their charm. Still, one misses a foil such as Mitchell to bounce ideas off, and the album, while generally enjoyable, lacks some of the depth and passion associated with the best Art Ensemble recordings. Recommended for AACM completists."
by Brian Olewnick

PAUL VAN GYSEGEM SEXTET "AORTA" (FUTURA, 1971)

A rather unknown part of the early days of European Free Jazz, undeservedly!
- OOP as LP but also on CD.


Patrick De Groote, trumpet, flugelhorn
Nolle Neels, tenor saxophone
Ronald Lecourt, vibes
Jasper Van't Hof, piano
Paul Van Gysegem, bass
Pierre Courbois, drums

1. Nummer 86 Is Een Kerrygerecht   08:23
2. Voor Anouk                      08:36
3. Frans En Zijn Muze              04:52
4. Aorta                           18:24


Track 1 - 3 recorded at the University of Ghent, Belgium on March 15, 1971.
Track 4 recorded at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium on January 21, 1971.

FUTURA GER 27 (same number for LP and CD - this rip from the CD [OOP]).

Steve Miller Trio - Meets Elton Dean (2008)

Gilles Torrent Jazztet - Terre Engloutie (Plainisphare 1986)

Deborah - vocals
Gilles Torrent -  sax
Francois Lindemann - piano
Thierry Augsburger - bass
Marc Erbetta - drums   

A1. Terre Engloutie
A2. Compensation
A3. Intermede n.1
B1. Attente
B2. Inspiration

compositions by Gilles Torrent
recorded 6-7 june 1985

Plainisphare, PL 1267-22
vinyl rip

Joe Rigby - Praise - Homeboy Music 2007

-Untitled

-India (J.Coltrane)

-Earth flower

Joe Rigby: tenor & soprano sax

Ted Daniel: trumpet

Ken Filiano: bass

Lou Grassi: drums

recordings coming from rehearsal done in Brooklyn in 2007

cdr published by homeboy music, no reference

Almost at the same time the french label « improvising Being » published a superbe cd of the Joe Rigby Quartet, now the label have stopped but perhaps the owner of the label still has some copies, if you are interested you can try to get in touch here

http://www.improvising-beings.com/#ib05 

be aware that I’m not talking about the cdr presented here but about another session that I recommend

Regarding Homeboy music, it was a tiny label who published less than 5 titles, including the full session of Norman Howard & Joe Phillips originally recorded for esp but not issued at the time, lately ESP reissued it partially on cd

https://www.discogs.com/fr/Norman-Howard-Joe-Phillips-Burn-Baby-Burn/release/1113361

DON CHERRY - NEW YORK TOTAL MUSIC CO "FRANKFURT, 1968"

A short but sweet broadcast -


Don Cherry, cornet, bamboo flute
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
Karl Berger, vibes, piano
Kent Carter, double bass
Jaques Thollot, drums

1. Tune In 6:01
2. A New Folk 12:23
3. Bird Suite 7:13
4. Going Home 4:14


Recorded at Grosser Saal des Volkbildungsheims, Frankfurt on March 24, 1968 (or maybe on March 23)
Recorded at the 10th Deutsches Jazzfestival Frankfurt by Hessischer Rundfunk.

Love Cry Want - Love Cry Want - 1972

1 Peace (For Dakota And Jason)

2 Tomorrow, Today Will Be Yesterday

3 The Great Medicine Dance

4 Angels Wing

5 Ancient Place

6 Love Cry

Jimmy Molneiri: drums & percussions

Joe Gallivan: Drums, Steel Guitar, Synthesizer (Moog), Percussion

Larry Young: Hammond organ

Nicholas: Synthesizer (Prototype Guitar Synthesizer), Electronics (Ring Modulator), Tape (Wind, Rain, Thunder, Lightning, Water, Hi-tension Wires, Wailing Dervish)

Recorded in June 1972, Lafayette Park, Washington DC.

this rip from the cd newjazz.com njc 001

There is a recent band under the name Love Cry Want with Joe Gallivan but the music is very different, you can check it here:

https://lovecrywant.bandcamp.com

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART & PILZ-CHRISTMANN-NIEBERGALL-SMITH-KOWALD-SOMMER (STUTTGART, 1978/81)

Here we have a short and a longer Radio Jazz Group Stuttgart recording from 1978 respectively 1981.


Günter Christmann, trombone
Michel Pilz, bass clarinet
Heinz Sauer, tenor saxophone
Gerd Dudek, tenor saxophone
Wolfgang Dauner, piano
Buschi Niebergall, bass
Uwe Schmitt, drums

01. Zartgenössische Musik (Christmann)  11:43
02. Creset (Niebergall)  8:06

Recorded 1978 in Stuttgart.

----

Leo Smith, trumpet, flugelhorn, wood-flutes
Peter Kowald, bass
Günter 'Baby' Sommer, drums, percussion
Wolfgang Dauner, piano

01. Ein Stück Über Dem Boden (Kowald)  6:09
02. In The Garden Of The Soundless Winds (Smith)  19:21
03. Hilferuf Einer Schnecke (Sommer)  10:39

Recorded 1981 in Stuttgart.

Φλώρος Φλωρίδης (Floros Floridis) - st (Improvisation Series 1980)

A1 - Alto             0:59
A2 - Soprano I, II, III         14:43
A3 - Μπαντούρα - Alto     4:03
B1 - Clarinette I, II         9:45
B2 - Clarinette - Flute         9:12

Floros Floridis - Alto Sax (tracks: A1, A3), Bandura (tracks: A3), Clarinet (tracks: B1, B2), Flute (tracks: B2), Soprano Sax (tracks: A2)

Recorded at Nikos Papazoglou's studio in Thessaloniki on September 23th and 24th 1980

Improvisation Series 4, Improvisation Series ‎– C 905
Vinyl
Released 1980

BILLY BANG "SWEET SPACE / UNTITLED GIFT" (8TH HARMONIC BREAKDOWN, 1979/82)

SWEET SPACE:

Billy Bang, violin
Luther Thomas, alto & tenor saxophone
Butch Morris, cornet
Curtis Clark, piano
Wilber Morris, bass
Steve McCall, drums

1. A Pebble Is A Small Rock (Alternate Take)     14:09
2. Sweet Space (Alternate Take)     4:43
3. Loweski For Frank (Alternate Take)     12:13
4. Music For The Love Of It (Alternate Take)     4:23
5. A Pebble Is A Small Rock     16:37
6. Sweet Space     5:09
7. Loweski For Frank (T.F.R.)     12:50
8. Music For The Love Of It     5:44

------

UNTITLED GIFT:

Billy Bang, violin, yokobue flute, congas, bells
Don Cherry, pocket trumpet, flute, bells
Wilber Morris, bass
Denis Charles, drums

1. Echovamp 1678     12:08
2. Night Sequence  5:52
3. The Kora Song     6:05
4. Maat     11:53
5. Levitation For Santana     4:18
6. Focus On Sanity  4:25


"Sweet Space" recorded at the Loeb Student Center, New York University, November 15, 1979. Tracks 5 - 8 previously released on LP Anima 12741 (USA) - tracks 1 to 4 previously unreleased.

"Untitled Gift" recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn, New York, February 7, 1982. Previously released on LP Anima 3BG9 (USA).

Both CDs were mastered from the original source tapes.
8th Harmonic Breakdown – 8thHB 8005-6 (US, 2004)

Byard Lancaster - Documentation. The End of a Decade

Jambrio 2002, CD 
first released on Bellows, 1981, LP

Byard Lancaster (flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone)
Joan Hansom (vocals)
David Eyges (cello)
Youseff Yancy (trumpet, flugelhorn, Theremin)
Michael Ray (trumpet)
Alfred Pollitt (electric piano)
Chucky Lee (drums)
Kino Speller (congas)
Edward Crockett (bass)
and more

1 - Rib Crib    6:20
2 - Mary Ann    3:29
3 - Philly Funk    4:31
4 - Sweetness    3:30
5 - Bird Eye Eye View of the World    2:47
6 - Blue Nature    8:23
7 - Imperial Police    3:39
8 - Crockett and I    7:13
9 - Brotherman    1:44

recorded at different venues with different groups in 1979

PAUL DUTTON - FULL THROATLE (UNDERWHICH AUDIOGRAPHIC SERIES, 1994)

A1. Stereo Head
A2. Aurora
A3. Wolf Chant
A4. Mercure

B1. Kit-talk
B2. "For The Letter That Begins Them All, H"
B3. Smile
B4. Score For Tony, 1st Movement
B5. Borealis
B6. Northern Lights

Paul Dutton, voice

Underwhich Audiographic Series - No 47

Cassette Rip

HERBERT JOOS & BERND KONRAD "SDR COMMISSIONS, 1978"

Here's a bit for Xmass - but please do not 'open' before tomorrow ;-)
"Farbspiele" is "colour play" in English whereas "Versuch 2, einem Traum die Wahrheit zu verschweigen" means "second try to hide the truth from the dream". ("verschweigen" means "to keep/remain silent")



Laureen Newton, voice
Herbert Joos, flugelhorn
Bernd Konrad, soprano & baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Wolfgang Czelusta, trombone
Jürgen Wuchner, bass
Thomas Cremer, drums
Herbert Försch, percussion
Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra

Farbspiele for Jazz Group + Orchestra
1. Farbspiele 1 (Joos)  7:46
2. Farbspiele 2 (Konrad)  14:18

Laureen Newton, voice
Herbert Joos, flugelhorn
Bernd Konrad, soprano & baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Erwin Lehn Orchestra

3. Divana (Joos)  10:15
4. Versuch 2, einem Traum die Wahrheit zu verschweigen (Konrad) 10:31

Performed live in 1978

All tracks are compositions ordered by the Süddeutsche Rundfunk to feature Joos and Konrad as composers and to give them the opportunity to perform with larger ensembles.
- on tracks 1 + 2 the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra and on tracks 3 + 4 the Erwin Lehn Orchestra, (which was the SDR's radio jazz orchestra at that time and included a lot of brilliant jazz musicians) - therefore they were also able to perform (besides their usual radio entertainment music business) in more avantgardistic contexts.

Joseph Jarman & Famoudou Don Moye - Live In Ann Arbor September 30, 1979

During the second half of the seventies and in the early eighties, Joseph Jarman and Famoudou Don Moye regularly teamed together in duet or in bigger groups who recorded albums like Egwu-Anwu, Black Paladin, Earth Passage Density or The magic triangle.

Here is a well recorded concert from this period, this time in duet following the recording published by India Navigation.

Joseph Jarman: alto, tenor, flute, clarinet, voice, percussions

Famoudou Don Moye: Drums, percussions

recorded on September 30, 1979 in Ann Arbor USA

DAVE BURRELL - THE JELLY ROLL JOYS (GAZELL, 1991)

1.  The Pearls
2.  New Orleans Blues
3.  Billy's Bounce
4.  Spanish Swat
5.  Giant Steps
6.  Freakish
7.  A.M. Rag
8.  Popolo Paniolo
9.  The Crave
10. Moments Notice

Dave Burrell, piano

Recorded at Morning Star Studio, Springhouse, PA.

Gazell ‎– GJCD 4003

CD Rip

CHARLES "BOBO" SHAW & THE HUMAN ARTS ENSEMBLE "P'NK J'ZZ" (MUSE, 1981)

This is  "Çonceré Ntasiah", originally released on Universal Justice.

Shortly thereafter Muse did a reissue with another title: "P'nk J'zz".



Charles "Bobo" Shaw, drums
Joseph Bowie, trombone
Julius Hemphill, soprano saxophone
Francois Nyomo Mantuila, acoustic & electric guitars
Alex Blake, bass, electric bass
Abdul Wadud, cello


A1. Steam Away Kool 500     (10:02)
A2. Jacki Bee Tee     (8:23)
B1. Concere Ntasiah (10:57)
B2. Be Bo Bo Be     (5:13)


Recorded at Studio Rivbea, New York.


Original release on Universal Justice UJ 101
This rip from Muse MR 5232

DoMa Ensemble :: Demo 2oo9

Here is Prague based duo's demo recording, which was followed by official album release in 2011 - check the bandcamp player, download has Name your price option. Both Dorota and Marcel are also members of Vertigo sextet and has numerous other projects. Marcel is leader of Muff group, whose demo I posted several years ago. They also have 2 albums available on Polí5 label.

DoMa Ensemble - Demo 2oo9

1. Létavice (Shooting Star)  7.51
2. Změna osvětlení (Change of Lighting)  6.58
3. K Andromedě (Towards Andromeda)  7.06
4. Půlnoční slunce (Midnight Sun)  4.36
5. Impro 261109  11.06
6. Sám v supermarketu (Alone in Supermarket)  3.54

Dorota Barová - cello, voice, looper
Marcel Bárta - saxophones, bass clarinet, percussion

Recorded in Prague, November 2009

David Eyges & Byard Lancaster - Lightnin' strikes! (Black & Blue 1989)

01 - Lightnin'
02 - Cool Breeze
03 - Love By The Ocean
04 - Midstream
05 - Lion Tales
06 - A Bird's Eye View (Of The World)
07 - Lightnin' Strikes Twice
08 - The Day We Walked By The Pond And Heard The Bells In The Distance
09 - Jazz Lady
10 - Talk To Me
11 - Renaissance
12 - Sometimes When You Have Time It's Easier To Love
13 - Pleasant Valley Mama
14 - Lightnin' strike Twice

David Eyges - cello
Byard Lancaster - sax, clarinet, flute

recorded on 1988 at Ηiρ Pocket studio, New York

LOUIS-MICHEL MARION "HAY QUE CAMINAR" (BRASSY & VANDOEUVRE, 2004/2007)

Highly recommended solo bass!
Another recording with Marion - not to be missed - you'll find here.


Louis-Michel Marion, double bass


1. "hay que caminar I"   34:26
2. "hay que caminar II"  26:52


Track 1 recorded at Fruits de Mhère in Brassy, France in August 2004.
Track 2 recorded in Vandoeuvre, France in May 2007.


"Hay que caminar" is a duo project of L.-M. Marion with the dancer Aurore Gruel.
At least on track 1 you can hear Gruel's movements with headphones.
Track 2 seems to be without a dancer.

David Eyges with Byard Lancaster - The Arrow (music unlimited 1981)

David Eyges - cello
Byard Lancaster - alto and soprano sax, flute

01 - Jumpin' Jenny
02 - Sweetness is beauty
03 - Swimming under the good old american flag
04 - Oasis
05 - Pyramid
06 - The arrow
07 - The hill

all compositions by David Eyges
recorded december6 1980

music unlimited 1981, LP

L.D Levy - Peshtigo Blues & Cedilla - Pearl 1991 & 1993

In the early days of this blog, Sotise posted a superbe album from L.D Levy who is not the most popular jazz musician… On this lp that you can find here

http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2007/07/jdlevy-and-richard-davis-cauldron-1979.html

he was teaming with Richard Davis that in the opposite needs no introduction.

Eleven years after here is the second chapter in the rediscovery process of L.D Levy’s music.

Those two cd self produced are obviously his last records.

Like in his preview recording chamber jazz and contemporary classical are strong influences.

-Peshtigo Blues

1 'Round Midnight

2 Movement Still

3 Hetty Get Ready

4 Epistrophy

5 Eve Walks

6 It Was A Very God Year

7 Toy

8 March Hare

9 Le Aige Et Le Roi

Mike Lucas: drums

Vince Coleman: bass

Jack Martinsen: vibes 

L.D Levy: bass clarinet, flute, alto sax

Recorded October 91

Pearl records

cd rip

-Cedilla

1 Earthbound 

2 Peacock Season 

3 Without 

4 Moon Rocks 

5 La Salle de Saxophone 

6 Music for the Play EVE WALKS a) Open Heart b) Julianna c) Linda & Sarah 

7 Always in Spring 

8 The Border

Mike Lucas: percussions

Vince Coleman: bass

Jack Martinsen: vibes, modern keyboards

Dan Ciel: piano, modern keyboards

L.D Levy: bass clarinet, flute, alto sax

Recorded March 93

Pearl records 

cd rip

L.D Levy recorded several lp in the late seventies and perhaps also some tapes, if someone have more music from him, it would be absolutely necessary to share here.

Byard Lancaster Trio (Soutrane 1999)

Byard Lancaster - alto sax, bass clarinet
Dave Gelting - bass
Jon Mueller - drums.

4 untitled tunes about 23 minutes long

It's a homemade CD, but was commercially issued.
Soutrane SRC 1004

JANI CHRISTOU "LATE WORKS" (COLUMBIA, 1974)

Jani Christou was born at Heliopolis, N.E. of Cairo on January 9th, 1926, of Greek parents. He was educated at the English School in Alexandria, and began composing at an early age. In 1945 he travelled to England to study formal logic and philosophy at Kingās College, Cambridge under Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell (he attained an MA in philosophy in 1948). At the same time he studied music privately with H. F. Redlich, the distinguished musicologist and pupil of Alban Berg, and in 1949 travelled to Rome to study orchestration with F. Lavagnino. He also travelled widely in Europe, culminating for a short period in Zurich, where he met and attended lectures in psychology with Carl Jung....

Sadly the website dedicated to Jani Christou does not exist anymore.
But for  those who want to know more the 'web-archive' has kept the website from complete oblivion.
 https://web.archive.org/web/20170911204438/http://www.janichristou.com/


Bought this LP while on vacation with my family in Greece. Strolling through Athens I discovered a vinyl shop. While browsing through the inventory I didn't find anything which sparked me.
Then I asked for Xenakis, Christou...and here it was behind the cashier - albeit quite expensive.
I already wanted to turn away when surprisingly my family urged me three times to buy this LP.
Astonished and a bit perplexed I obeyed to their wish. It turned out that it was and still is to my own best.




Nelly Semitekolo, piano, percussion (A1)
Andreas Rodousakis, double bass (A1)
Spyros Sakkas, baritone (A2)
Gregory Semitecolo, voice-actor (B1)
Theodore Antoniou, conductor (A2, B1)
Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music (A1 - B1)


A1. Praxis For 12 (1966) For 11 strings, piano and percussion (9:02)
A2. Anaparastasis 1 (1968) For baritone and instrumental ensemble (10:50)
B1. Anaparastasis 3 (1968/69) For one actor, instrumental ensemble and tapes (9:56)
B2. Epicycle 2 (1968/69) Version for a record (9:45)


Text from Aeschylus' Agamemnon (track A2)

Tracks A1, A2 and B1 recorded at "Sifilms Studios" (Athen), end of September or beginning of October, 1970.

Tape for B2 prepared by the composer himself.

Columbia / His Master's Voice CSDG 68 (Greece, 1974)
(vinyl rip)

MUJICIAN - LEICESTER 1989

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

1. Second set   69:25

Phoenix Theatre, Leicester , UK  18th Novemember 1989

BYARD LANCASTER - WORLDS (GAZELL, 1993)

1. My Favorite Things
2. Horn Of Philadelphia
3. Philly Jazz II
4. Internal Security
5. Garden Of Prayer
6. Mr. "G" (George Gilmore)
7. The Write Type I
8. Keno

Kenny Davis, bass
Keno Speller, congas
Webb Thomas, drums
Jim Dragoni, guitar
Alfie Pollitt, piano
Byard Lancaster, soprano, alto & tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

Recorded at Morningstar Studio, Springhouse PA

Gazell ‎– GJCD 4005

CD Rip

UPCOMING & RECENT RELEASES XV

Finally! A book I wanted to read since years but unfortunately I'm not fluent in Japanese.
Fortunately Soejima Teruto's book "Nihon Free Jazz-shi / The History of Japanese Free Jazz" has been translated into English and will be available on December 18, 2018.
Thanks to "Public Bath Press" we're now able to learn more about the music which is featured heavily here at Inconstant Sol.

Not yet visible at the publisher's website but announced on facebook.

(Never thought I would share a link to facebook, ever....)

UNI TRIO (rehearsal extract, 1968)

R.I.P.  (September 17, 1938 - December 2, 2018)





Perry Robinson, clarinet
David Izenzon, double bass
Randy Kaye, drums


1. Raga Roni - take 1 (03:46)
2. Raga Roni - take 2 (00:43)
3. Raga Roni - take 3 (00:23)
4. Raga Roni - take 4 (04:46)
5. Laser Beam Blues (05:50)
6. Lullaby of the Elements - take 1 (06:14)
7. Lullaby of the Elements - take 2 (03:31)
8. Children's Song (02:01)


Recorded at Vanguard Studios, NYC on 25th January, 1968.

Note : Exact date and location according George Sala's website
http://www.mindspring.com/~scala/izenzon.htm and
according the memories from the owner of the tape
from which I have made this copy - on the tape one can read :" rec. RCA New York 1968".

SWING JOURNAL JAZZ WORKSHOP: 4 "2 TO 10 / SAXOPHONE ADVENTURE" (PHILIPS, 1970)

If someone would have asked me whether this LP is available at Inconstant Sol I would have answered with a firm "yes".
But I was wrong.  How come I had this 'false memory' I don't know but now I'm almost 100% sure that I got this rip from Nick already five years ago....


Side A - 深海  (25:55)
Mototeru Takagi, bass clarinet and composition
Yoshisaburo (Sabu) Toyozumi, drums

Side B - Plot (プロット)  (19:27)
Masabumi Kikuchi, conductor and composition
Takeru Muraoka, tenor saxophone
Hisahide Kato, soprano saxophone
Mototeru Takagi, bass clarinet
Masahiro Suzuki, electric piano
Masahiko Sato , piano
Kunimitsu Inaba, bass
Yasuo Arakawa, bass
Yoshisaburo Toyozumi, drums
Otsuka George, drums

Recorded live at Yamaha Hall, Tokyo, on 15 April 1970.

PHILIPS FX-8503 (1970)
(vinyl rip)

PAUL ROGERS PROJECT :: Paris 1993 (remaster)

As this great concert recording posted originally here by Andy back in 2016 sounded a bit deaf, after some time of trying and testing I did remastering work on it. I hope you will enjoy my version and thank you again, Andy, for sharing such gems. And anyway, let me know what do you think about actual sound...

PAUL ROGERS PROJECT - PARiS 1993 (remastered)

HARRY BECKETT - trumpet
JEAN-FRANCOiS CANAPE - trumpet
ELTON DEAN - saxello and alto saxophone
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone
SYLVAiN KASSAP - soprano and baritone saxophone
SOPHIA DOMANCiCH - piano
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY MARSH - drums

1. Fast 1 & 2                34:58
2. Riffiffi                      22:12
3. Three for Louis        33:42

Les Instant Chavires, Paris. 15 May 1993

Remastered 2o2o by Miloš Latislav

For link see comment from February 12

The Black Sea Orchestra - The Black Sea Project - Lyra 1998

1. Horum Instabul  11:36
2. Paramashivam Smile  13:56
3. Tekez Zortlatmasi 11:18
4. Folk Song 6:30
5. Moving Wagon 12:59

Alexander Alexandrov: bassoon

Floros Floridis: soprano saxophone, bass clarinet

Zurab Gagnidze: electric bass

Enver Ismailov: electric guitar

Ivo Papazov: clarinet

Ergün Senlendirici: trumpet

Anatoly Stefanet: viola

Harry Tavitian: piano

Akay Temiz : percussions, drums

Okay Temiz: drums, percussions

Nariman Umerov: accordion

Recorded in Istanbul in 1996

Lyra cd ML 0660

KHAN JAMAL - SPEAK EASY (GAZELL, 1989)

1. Speak Easy
2. Jennifer's Poem
3. Rain Colors
4. Blues For An Endangered Species
5. Family Of The Spirits
6. Easy Living
7. Free Nelson


William Parker, bass
Sunny Murray, drums
Dave Burrell, piano
Khan Jamal, vibraphone


Recorded at Morning Star Studio, Springhouse PA, September 2, 1988

Gazell ‎– GJCD 4001

CD Rip

DAVE BURRELL & DAVID MURRAY ‎– BROTHER TO BROTHER (GAZELL, 1993)

1. The Box - Dedicated To Diane
2. Icarus
3. Dancing With Monika
4. New Orleans Blues
5. Brother To Brother
6. What It Means To A Woman


Dave Burrell, piano
David Murray, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

Gazell ‎– GJCD 4006

LP Rip

Bill Dixon Quintet - Live In Newport 1966

Suite Pomegranate in six movements

Bill Dixon: tp

Ken McIntyre: as,bcl

Louis Brown: ts

Bob Cunningham: b

Tom Price: dr

recorded in Newport, July 2, 1966

KUÁRA with TRYGVE SEiM - Hamburg 2o13

Here is radio broadcast of Scandinavian trio, originated on Dime (I do not know original seeder). The band previously released album "Psalms and Folk Songs" on ECM label, with trumpeter Per Jørgensen instead of Trygve Seim.

KUÁRA with TRYGVE SEiM - Rolf Liebermann Studio, Hamburg, 21-22.03.2013

Trygve Seim - tenor & soprano sax
Samuli Mikkonen - piano
Markku Ounaskari - drums

01. Pablo's Song (Ounaskari) 07:46
02. Announcement by Samuli Mikkonen 00:47
03. Cella Silvestris (Mikkonen) 09:31
04. Haarautuvine Polkujen Puutarha (Mikkonen) 07:53
05. Aesniitty (Mikkonen) 12:03
06. Beginning An Ending (Seim) 06:57
07. Karelian Folk Song (trad.) [fade out] 05:16

source: dvb-s > techno trend tt-premium s2-6400 twin hd > hdd > nero wave editor > flac

Soft Mountain - Soft Mountain - Hux Records 2003

After leaving Soft Machine, Elton Dean and Hugh Hopper tried to recreate groups in the same spirit like Soft Head or Soft Heap. All of these groups were interesting but none of them managed to reach the level of energy and creativity of Soft Machine Third. When I first listened to Soft Mountain I immediately felt that the energy of this band and its power was clearly close to the great era of Soft Machine even though the music is different. Tatsuya Yoshida and Hugh Hopper are particularly impressive during this powerful session.

-Part 1 : 30.40 mn

-Part 2 : 27.55 mn

-Hugh Hopper : bass

-Tatsuya Yoshida : drums

-Hoppy Kamiyama : keyboards 

-Elton Dean : alto saxophone, saxcello

Recorded in Tokyo august 10, 2003

Hux records hux084 cd rip