30 April 2011

HARRY BECKETT - Pictures Of You (Paladin 1985)


1. What's The Secret 9.14
2. Pictures Of You 8.36
3. One Step Ahead 8.10
4. In Case You Hadn't Heard Mrs Smith Is Here 8.29
5. The Chosen One 9.52

Harry Beckett - trumpet
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Pete Sabberton - piano
Mick Hutton - double bass
Tony Marsh - drums
Tim Whitehead - tenor sax on 3
Leroy Osborne - vocals on 2

Recorded at Wave Studios, 1985
(Paladin Records / Virgin 1985 LP)


This album is clear straight ahead date, similiar in line up to previously posted two Harry Beckett Quintet BBC sessions from 1980's.  Melodic themes and fierce soloing from all involved. 

29 April 2011

KALAPARUSH MAURICE MCINTYRE "RAM'S RUN" (CADENCE, 1981)




Got this rip from a friend - thank you J. - and found the cover in the wilderness.

Enjoy!




KALAPARUSH MAURICE MCINTYRE "RAM'S RUN"


Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre, tenor saxophone
Julius Hemphill, alto saxophone
Malachi Thompson, trumpet
J.R. Mitchell, drums

1. Concentration 12:07
2. Gone 08:32
3. African Walk 06:23
4. Mountain Duty 11:36
5. Ram's Run 11:20


Recorded live at Soundscape in New York City, March 6, 1981.


CADENCE CJR 1009

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28 April 2011

PETER WARREN "SOLIDARITY" (JAPO, 1981)




This post was made possible through Wildgrebe, who offered us this gift.






PETER WARREN "SOLIDARITY"


Peter Warren, bass, cello
John Purcell, alto, tenor & soprano saxophone
Ray Anderson, trombone
John Scofield, guitar
Jack DeJohnette, drums


1. Riff-Raff 09:28
2. Solidarity 09:17
3. Mlle. Jollie 06:05
4. Lisa's Tilt 05:33
5. I Remember Stu 01:28


Recorded on May 31, 1981 in New York.
Released 1982

JAPO 60034

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27 April 2011

MASAHIKO TOGASHI QUARTET "WE NOW CREATE" (VICTOR, 1969)





MASAHIKO TOGASHI QUARTET "WE NOW CREATE"


Mototeru Takagi, tenor saxophone, cornpipe[1]
Masayuki Takayanagi, guitar[2]
Motoharu Yoshizawa, bass, cello
Masahiko Togashi, drums, percussion

1. Variations On A Theme Of "Feed-Back"[1,2] 11:57
2. Invitation To "Corn-Pipe" Dance [1] 07:12
3. Artistry In Percussions 09:24
4. Fantasy For Strings [2] 08:55


Recorded May 23, 1969, Tokyo Studio Center, Tokyo.


Victor World Group SMJX-10065

(see also > http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2010/11/masahiko-togashi-quartet-speed-space.html & http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2010/11/masahiko-togashi-mototeru-takagi.html )

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26 April 2011

Jef Gilson's Europamerica Big Band + Le Quatuor De Saxophones - Live in Moers '79









"A bien des égards le découvreur et le novateur que fut Jef Gilson dans les années 60/70 reste un des pivots de la créativité de la scène musicale française : à redécouvrir pour tous ceux qui ne connaiassent pas".

Rec. live at the 8th Moers Jazz Festival, Moers, Germany,
on June 2, 1979 (mics recording)

Jef Gilson,conductor
Roger Guérin,trumpet
François Jeanneau/Philippe Maté/Joe McPhee/André Jaume/
Marc Richard/Jean-Louis Chautemps/Jacques Di Donato,reeds
Francois Couturier,piano
Jean-Charles Capon,cello
Pierre-Yves Sorin,bass
Jacques Thollot,drums

1. B.Hennen Intro (02:11)
2. Chromatisme (08:33)
3. Variation Sur Six Notes (10:27)
4. Fast Family (07:25)
5. Shreveport Stomp (06:10)
6. Unknown (10:03)
7. Unknown (09:26)
8. 145,154 (09:42)

Total Time 1:04:00

All compositions by J.Gilson except 5 by J.R.Morton.

+

Jacques Di Donato,baritone sax
François Jeanneau,tenor & soprano saxes
Philippe Maté,alto sax
Jean-Louis Chautemps,tenor sax

1. Bram Van Velde (06:24)
2. La Lynx (09:08)
3. Lassitude (04:09)
4. Unknown (06:19)
5. Unknown (05:13)
6. Unknown (06:27)

Total Time 37:44

All compositions by F.Jeanneau.

Shreveport Stomp


Lassitude

BARRY GUY - HOWARD RILEY - JOHN STEVENS - TREVOR WATTS "ENDGAME" (JAPO, 1979)






BARRY GUY - HOWARD RILEY - JOHN STEVENS - TREVOR WATTS "ENDGAME"


Trevor Watts, alto & soprano saxophone
Howard Riley, piano
Barry Guy, double bass
John Stevens, drums, cornet


1. The Y? 07:28
2. Remeber To Remember 08:00
3. Du Doo 07:28
4. Maze 12:54
5. In Relation To The Circumstance... 10:04


Recorded April 1979 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany.


JAPO 60028

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Jiří Stivín - Zvěrokruh / Zodiac (Supraphon 1977)


From orginal LP sleevenote:

On this latest record, Jiří Stivín presents his musical ideas in a way completely different from entirely spontaneous character of his previous LP's. The usual pulsation of the rhythm section with bass and drums are absent here, while - for instance - the ostinato figures of the vocal chorus and the classical string quartet are the prime bearers of metro-rhythmic texture. In both cases, Stivín is assisted by leading ensembles from the realm of classical music: the Kühn Mixed Chorus and the Talich Quartet, the latter boasting fresh laurels of the Grand Prix of Charles Cross for its recording of Dvořák's string quartets for French Calliope company. Actually, since the dissolution of the Stivín & Dašek System Tandem, Stivín has been increasingly presenting himself to the public as a performer of baroque and contemporary concert music. Many of the stimuli he has thus absorbed have - transformed in an original manner - found their way into music of Zodiac, a striking contrast to prevailingly kaleidoscopic character of the standard way of playing jazz. Here one should seek the origin of Stivín's striving for a more coherent design of the album's musical canvas in the form of two four-movement cycles and a long final composition as a summing up.

JiŘí STiVíN & GABRiEL JONÁŠ, KÜNNŮV SMÍŠENÝ SBOR, TALICHOVO KVARTETO - Zvěrokruh

01 Živly / Elements
    1 Oheň / Fire 5:01
    2 Voda / Water 4:13
    3 Vzduch / Air 7:05
    4 Země / Earth 4:50

02 Nálady / Moods
    1 Flegmatici / Phlegmatics 4:34
    2 Sangvinici / Sanguinics 1:40
    3 Melancholici / Melancholics 3:55
    4 Cholerici / Cholerics 2:41

03 Zvěrokruh / Zodiac 8:29

Jiří Stivín - flute, alto flute, recorders, whistles, alto & baritone saxes, panpipes, bottles, electric bass, marimba, drums, percussion, voice
Gabriel Jonáš - piano, electric piano, harpsichord

Kühn Mixed Choir, Pavel Kühn - chorus master
Talich String Quartet (in Moods and Zodiac)

Recoded October 1976 and mixed January 1977 at Mozarteum Studio, Prague
Produced by Antonín Matzner


Supraphon 1977, Artia 1979, CD Bonton Music 1997 (OOP)

23 April 2011

LE QUATUOR DE JAZZ LIBRE DU QUÉBEC (LONDON, 1969)




Here we have the first Free Jazz recording made in Québec (or in Canada?) - it was provided by the same generous contributor who also shared Don Cherry's " Movement Incorporated".

There is almost no information about this group available - but it seems to be clear that
they changed the line-up and name of the band very often throughout the years.

I have found the back cover at the www, but it is insecure wether it belongs to the same recording. Also the titles of the short tracks are unknown.


The following was the answer from the contributor (thank you again D.) to my inquiry:

"I think it's the same album, but there may have been two different versions of it. Mine had these miniature pieces, of 8, 12 seconds long. I really don't remember the titles of the tracks. The back cover that I had was with a text in both French and English written by Jean Préfontaine, the leader, with july 1969 and his signature."


This I have found at the webside of the "thecanadianencyclopedia.com":

"Quatuor de jazz libre du Québec (originally, Quatuor du nouveau jazz libre du Québec; familiarly, Jazz libre). Montreal-based ensemble active 1967-74 in the then avant-garde style of jazz known as 'free music' and also, in the late 1960s, in pop music contexts. It numbered among its original members Jean Préfontaine (tenor saxophone), Yves Charbonneau (trumpet), Maurice C. Richard (bass), and Guy Thouin (percussion). Richard was spelled briefly (1972-3) by Yves Bouliane; Thouin was replaced ca 1973 by Jean-Guy Poirier, and Poirier soon after by Mathieu Léger. The pianist Pierre Nadeau joined the quartet for its sole recording, Le Quatuor de jazz libre du Québec (1968, RCI 271/Lon NAS-131515).

Jazz libre worked in Montreal bars (the Casa Espagnol, the Barrel, etc) and Quebec colleges and universities, assisted Robert Charlebois, Yvon Deschamps, and Mouffe in the revues Peuple à genoux (1968), L'Osstidcho (1968), and L'Osstidchomeurt (1969), and took part 1968-70 in Walter Boudreau's Infonie. It toured in France with Charlebois and Louise Forestier in 1969, and appeared on recordings by Charlebois (including 'Lindberg') and Infonie.

After operating an artistic and political commune, le Petit Québec libre, 1970-2 at Ste-Anne-de-la-Rochelle in the Eastern Townships, the quartet moved in 1973 to the Amorce, a coffeehouse in Old Montreal, performing there until the club's destruction 25 Jun 1974 at an arsonist's hand.Jazz libre also performed in 1973 at the Autunno musicale di Como, a festival in Italy. The quartet was not active after 1974, but the tradition of free improvisation that it established in Montreal was sustained in turn by the Atelier de musique expérimentale and EMIM. A Jazz libre reunion was attempted at the 1989 FIJM in conjunction with a performance by Guy Thouin's recently-formed Heart Ensemble but was cancelled due to lack of public interest."

Recommended!




LE QUATUOR DE JAZZ LIBRE DU QUÉBEC


Jean Préfontaine, tenor saxophone
Yves Charbonneau, trumpet
Guy Thouin, drums
Maurice Richard, bass
Pierre Nadeau, pianist (guest)


1. Stalisme Dodecacophonique (Préfontaine) (06:10)
2. [...] (00:06)
3. Fuseau (Richard) (10:19)
4. Opus 2 (Thouin) (08:02)
5. [...] (00:06)
6. [...] (00:08)
7. Valse A Grand'Mere (Préfontaine) (08:33)
8. Il Navait Jamais Fait Si Beau Si Longtemps (Thouin) (12:44)


Recorded around summer 1969 in Montreal
the group

LONDON NAS 13515
(mp3 - 320 > converted to wave > flac for [with caution] declicking)

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22 April 2011

ENNIO MORRICONE "GLI OCCHI FREDDI DELLA PAURA" (DAGORED, 1971)





Here's an opportunity to hear the "Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza" playing - ah - Jazz!




ENNIO MORRICONE "GLI OCCHI FREDDI DELLA PAURA"


Ennio Morricone, composer, arranger

Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, all instruments


01. Seguita 03:18
02. Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura 03:32
03. Evaporazione 02:23
04. Notte E Misteri 01:47
05. Urla Nel Nulla 03:19
06. Folle Folle 03:42
07. Evanescente 04:14
08. Dal Sogno E Ritorno 02:38
09. Ritorno All'Inizio 03:23
10. Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura I 02:45
11. Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura II 02:09
12. Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura III 01:43
13. Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura IV 02:23
14. Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura V 01:27
15. Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura VI 04:33
16. Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura VII 01:48


The premiere of the film was April 6, 1971.

DAGORED RED 119

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DON CHERRY "MOVEMENT INCORPORATED" (ANAGRAM, 1967)





This is the first post (of two) , which I got some days ago. Thank you D.!!

Normally I do not post mp3 or for that matter download for myself - but there are exceptions.


And this recording really deserves to be spread - it was briefly available as CD but is unfortunately OOP.
(Maybe still is in print - I'll try to confirm it!)

Enjoy and thanks to the contributor.




DON CHERRY "MOVEMENT INCORPORATED"


Don Cherry,tp, fl, p, voice
Bernt Rosengren,ts, fl, (oboe, sitar ?)
Maffy Falay, tp, fl
Brian Trentham, tb
Bengt "Frippe" Nordström, as
Tommy Koverhult, ts (4)
Torbjorn Hultkrantz, b
Okay Temiz, dr (4)
Leif Wennerstrom, dr


1. Suite 1
2. Suite 2
3. Suite 3
4. Supreme Surprise


Stockholm's ABF-House, Sweden, July 1967


Anagram Records ANA-008
(mp3 - 320)

ELTON DEAN QUINTET "BOUNDARIES" (JAPO, 1980)






ELTON DEAN QUINTET "BOUNDARIES"



Elton Dean, saxello, alto saxophone
Mark Charig, cornet
Keith Tippett, piano
Marcio Mattos, bass
Louis Moholo, drums


1. Boundaries 08:10
2. Oasis 12:40
3. Basho 07:30
4. Out Of Bounds 11:43
5. Fast News 04:43


Recorded February 1980 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany.

JAPO 60033

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21 April 2011

HUMAN ARTS ENSEMBLE "POEM OF GRATITUDE" (UNIVERSAL JUSTICE, 1972)



There was a request some time ago - this is the first recording of the Human Arts Ensemble still without Charle 'Bobo' Shaw.

Poetry is well in the foreground with fine contributions by Luther Thomas and James Marshall.

James Marshall and the Human Arts Ensemble are still active > http://freedoniamusic.org/





HUMAN ARTS ENSEMBLE "POEM OF GRATITUDE"



Ajule Rutlin, tenor radong, poet, drums, small instruments
Luther Thomas, tenor saxophone, tenor radong, small instruments
James Marshall, alto saxophone, tenor radong, small instruments
Carol Marshall, vocal, bass radong, small instruments


01. Introduction
02. Out To Lunch
03. Sophisticated Lady
04. Imagination (1)
05. Imagination (2)
06. Imagination (3)
07. Funny Things
08. Poem Of Gratitude
09. Strange Autumn Tree Shapes
10. Upbeat Feeling
11. God Bless The Child


Recorded : St.Louis, Missouri, October, 1972.

UNIVERSAL JUSTICE POG

Radong is a Tibetan trumpet.

Tracks now in intended sequence - as proposed by finn < thanks!

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BERNT ROSENGREN QUARTET "LIVE IN STOCKHOLM, Vol.1" (AMIGO, 1974)







BERNT ROSENGREN QUARTET "LIVE IN STOCKHOLM, Vol.1"



Bernt Rosengren, tenor saxophone, piano
Tommy Koverhult, tenor saxophone
Torbjorn Hultcrantz, bass
Leif Wennerstrom, drums


1. The Jungle Is A Skyscraper 07:00
2. Ohnedaruth 09:36
3. A Flowers Trip 23:13


Recorded: "Guldhatten", Stockholm, September 14, 1974 (track 1 + 2)
Track 3 recorded on September 28, 1974 at "Kagelbanan", Stockholm.

AMIGO AMLP815

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BERNT ROSENGREN QUINTET "LIVE IN STOCKHOLM, Vol.2" (AMIGO, 1975)






BERNT ROSENGREN QUINTET "LIVE IN STOCKHOLM, Vol.2"


Bernt Rosengren, tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Tommy Koverhult, tenor & soprano saxophone, flute
Bobo Stenson, piano
Torbjorn Hultcrantz, bass
Leif Wennerstrom, drums


1. Out To Lunch (part 1) 26:27
2. Out To Lunch (part 2) 04:33
3. Happy Jazz 06:52
4. So Many Things 03:39

5. Batumi 05:14


Recorded : Live in Stockholm, September 2, 1975.


AMIGO AMLP818

Except "Batumi" which was recorded at the "Congress Hall", Warsaw, Poland, October 1976.
"Batumi" is from the LP MUZA SX1455 "Jazz Jamboree 78, Vol.2".








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20 April 2011

NEW ORCHESTRA QUINTET "UP 'TIL NOW" (NOR, 1979)





In the beginning I didn't like the music very much but after listening to it three times I enjoy it quite a lot.

This is Lisle Ellis aka L.S. Lansall-Ellis' and Paul Plimley's first recordings.

Thanks to W. for the loan of the LP.


(Update for 09/2016:
I really would like to recommend a double CD > Al Neil Trio "Retrospective 1965-1968".
It's worth every penny I gave. It is a limited edition. And Gregg Simpson is the drummer.
A real important piece of Jazz history - and with music as excellent and singular as any better known ensembles from this time.
Take a look here
More info here and there.)






Paul Cram, alto & tenor saxophone
Ralph Eppel, trombone & euphonium
Paul Plimley, piano
L.S. Lansall-Ellis, bass
Gregg Simpson, drums


1. 10 x 10 (L.S. Lansall-Ellis) 10:54
2. Up Til Now (New Orchestra Quintet) 13:12
3. Terminal Shift (N.O.Q, arr. by R.Eppel) 11:08
4. Delicate Chestnut Roll (Paul Plimley) 15:39


Recorded at PSI-CHORD Studios, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, January 28, 1979.

NEW ORCHESTRA RECORDS NOR 001

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19 April 2011

BILLY HART "ENCHANCE" (HORIZON, 1977)






BILLY HART "ENCHANCE"

Billy Hart, drums
Oliver Lake, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone (7), flute (5)
Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone (not on 5)
Hannibal Marvin Peterson, trumpet, koto (5)
Eddie Henderson,trumpet (1-5,7), fluegelhorn (1,2), echoplex (5)
Don Pullen, piano, electric piano (5)
Buster Williams, acoustic bass (1,3,5)
Dave Holland, acoustic bass (2,4,6,7)
Thabo Michael Carvin, percussion (3,5)


1. Diff Customs (Lake) 05:53
2. Shadow Dance (Holland) 07:52
3. Layla-Joy (Hart) 07:04
4. Corner Culture (Redman) 02:52
5. Rahsaan Is Beautiful (Peterson) 04:38
6. Pharoah (Pullen) 09:44
7. Hymn For The Old Year (Lake) 08:56



Recorded February 24 and March 3, 1977, Generation Sound Studio, New York City.


HORIZON 24

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18 April 2011

BENNY BAILEY SEXTET "SOUL EYES" (SABA, 1968)






BENNY BAILEY SEXTET "SOUL EYES"


Benny Bailey, trumpet
Nathan Davis, tenor saxophone
Mal Waldron, piano
Jimmy Woode, bass
Makaya Ntshoko, drums
Charly Campbell, congas (2 & 4)


1. Prompt 08:03
2. Soul Eyes 10:24
3. Ruts, Grooves, Graves and Dimensions 11:58
4. Mid-Evil Dance 15:10


Recorded live at 'Domicile', Munich on January 11, 1968.

SABA 15158 ST

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17 April 2011

ELTON DEAN QUINTET "WELCOMET" (IMPETUS, 1986)





There was a request for this album some time ago - Enjoy!




ELTON DEAN QUINTET "WELCOMET"


Elton Dean, saxello, alto saxophone
Harry Beckett, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Marcio Mattos, bass
Liam Genockey, drums


1. Welcomet 26:34
2. Rio Rules 18:44
3. Obrigado 07:11


Recorded live by Radio Cultura de Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 1986.

IMPETUS IMP 18612

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14 April 2011

CHARLES BRACKEEN "RHYTHM X" (STRATA-EAST, 1968)




For all those who have longed for some real good Jazz...
One of the rare recordings from or with Charles Brackeen - here joined by Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell.




CHARLES BRACKEEN "RHYTHM X"

Charles Brackeen, tenor saxophone
Don Cherry, trumpet
Charlie Haden, bass
Edward Blackwell, drums


1. Rhythm X 07:57
2. Hour Glass 11:31
3. Charles Concept 06:41
4. C.B. Blues 07:39


Recorded on January 26, 1968 at Upsurge Studio, New York City.

STRATA-EAST SECD 9026

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GRUPPO DI IMPROVVISAZIONE NUOVA CONSONANZA "MUSICA SU SCHEMI" (CRAMPS, 1976)




Now I have reached the end of the Cramps thread - at least from my side.
I've posted all Cramps I own or which I could borrow from friends.
This last post was also the first Cramps release I ever heard - back then on LP...




GRUPPO DI IMPROVVISAZIONE NUOVA CONSONANZA "MUSICA SU SCHEMI"


Ennio Moricone, trumpet, etc.
Giancarlo Schiaffini, trombone, etc.
Giovanni Piazza, french horn, flute, violin
Antonello Neri, piano, etc.
Franco Evangelisti, piano, percussion, etc.
Egisto Macchi, percussion, strings


A1. Schema 1 (09:01)
A2. Schema 2 (11:18)
B1. Schema 3 (02:30)
B2. Ommagio A Giacinto Scelsi (16:41)


Recorded at Orthophonic Recording Studio, Roma.
Released 1976.


CRAMPS CRSLP 6109 nova musicha n.9
(japanese edition POCE-1213)

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DEMETRIO STRATOS - MAURO PAGANI - PAOLO TOFANI "ROCK AND ROLL EXIBITION" (CRAMPS, 1979)




You can find another Demetrio Stratos here >
http://avaxhome.ws/music/avant_garde/Demetrio_Stratos_Le_Milleuna_2001_Akarma_AK1037_4_basa005.html




DEMETRIO STRATOS - MAURO PAGANI - PAOLO TOFANI "ROCK AND ROLL EXIBITION"


Demetrio Stratos, vocal, piano
Paolo Tofani, electric guitar
Mauro Pagani, violin
Paolo Donnarumma, electric bass
Stefano Cerri, electric bass
Walter Calloni, drums



1. Mean Woman Blues 05:59
2. Hound Dog 03:59
3. Blueberry Hill / I Can't Stop Loving You 04:34
4. Long Tall Sally 03:51
5. Boom Boom 05:43
6. Barefootin' 05:42
7. 25 Miles From Nowhere 09:06


CRAMPS 5205 901 / Released 1979.
(japanese edition POCE-1173)

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12 April 2011

JOHN CAGE "JOHN CAGE" (CRAMPS, 1974)





JOHN CAGE "JOHN CAGE"


1. Music For Marcel Duchamp (1947) 06:34
---Piano - Juan Hidalgo

2. Music For Amplified Toy Pianos (1960) 11:48
---Toy Piano - Gianni-Emilio Simonetti, Juan Hidalgo, Walter Marchetti

3. Radio Music (1956) 06:05
---Radio - Gianni-Emilio Simonetti, Juan Hidalgo, Walter Marchetti

4. 4'33" (In Three Parts: 0'30"/ 2'23"/ 1'40") (1952) 04:38
---Piano - Gianni-Emilio Simonetti

5. Excerpt From 'Sixty-Two Mesostics Re Merce Cunningham' (1971) 08:37
---Vocals - Demetrio Stratos


Recorded at Fono-Roma, Milano
Released in 1974.


CRAMPS CRSLP 6101 nova musicha n.1
(japanese edition - POCE-1205

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DAVID TUDOR "MICROPHONE" (CRAMPS, 1973)






DAVID TUDOR "MICROPHONE"


A. Mix A 33:41
B. Mix B 32:16


Microphone was composed in 1973.

Recorded May 1973 at Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College, Oakland, California.

CRAMPS 5206 116 nova musicha n.16
(japanese edition - POCE-1227)

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KUBISCH - PLESSI "TEMPO LIQUIDO" (CRAMPS, 1979)






KUBISCH - PLESSI "TEMPO LIQUIDO"


Christina Kubisch & Fabrizio Plessi :
amplified glass, water filters, thimbles, electronics, sho, carillon, steeldrums

A. Tempo Liquido 20:52
B. Tempo Liquido 21:57


Recorded at R.D.S. snc, Milano. Released 1979.

CRAMPS 5206 010 DIVerso n.10
(japanese edition - POCE-1202)

11 April 2011

JOHN CAGE "CHEAP IMITATION" (CRAMPS, 1976)




JOHN CAGE "CHEAP IMITATION"


1. Band I 07:18
2. Band II 08:31
3. Solid Band 20:36


Recorded on a rainy day, March 7 1976, at Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College, Oakland, California.
Released 1977.


CRAMPS CRSLP 6117 nova musicha n.17
(japanese edition - POCE-1228)

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10 April 2011

JUAN HIDALGO "RROSE SÉLAVY" (CRAMPS 1977)





JUAN HIDALGO "RROSE SÉLAVY"
"6 pezzi ammuffiti per 6 fontane sonore un eccetera Zaj senza fine".


1. Rrose Sélavy (Solo) 06:22
2. Belle Haleine (Duo) 06:21
3. Rrose Sélavy (Trio) 06:10
4. Eau De Voilette (Quartetto) 06:20
5. Rrose Sélavy (Quintetto) 06:21
6. L.H.O.O.Q. (Sestetto) 05:44


Recorded at Studi Ricordi, Milano.

CRAMPS CRSLP 6113 nova musicha n.13
Released 1977
(japanese edition : POCE-1224)


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8 April 2011

MARIO SCHIANO "AND HIS ALLSTARS" (CRAMPS, 1977)





For your pleasure...




MARIO SCHIANO "AND HIS ALLSTARS"


Mario Schiano, alto saxophone, etc.
(Fabio De Sanctis, synth,effects,rec.)

1. Sophisticated Lady 03:29
2. Toujours Le Swing 06:45
3. Lied 02:39
4. Ensemble 05:59
5. From The Bridge (1) 00:44
6. From The Bridge (2) 00:41
7. Lover Man 02:28
8. Sonate Nr.8 F-Dur (Auf Italienische Art) 10:20
9. Trois Exercises Pour Trombone À Coulisse 03:18


Recorded December 26,28 and 29, 1977, Roma.

CRAMPS 5206 009 DIVerso n.9
(japanese version POCE-1201)


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7 April 2011

Sean Bergin & Radio Freedom All Stars - Jazz For Freedom!


Tracks:

1. Sonia (Mongezi Feza) 12.52
2. Sofa (Sean Bergin) 7.54
3. Park Station (Mervyn Africa) / Dudu (Sean Bergin) 19.41
4. Gwidza (Dollar Brand) 8.56
5. Tutu 1 & 2 (Sean Bergin) 15.12

Line-up:

Claude Deppa - trumpet
Wolter Weirbos - trombone
Sean Bergin - soprano & tenor sax, concertina, voice
Michael Moore - alto sax, clarinet
Mervyn Africa - piano
Franky Douglas - guitar
Ernst Reijseger - cello
Paul Rogers - bass
Lesley Joseph - bass guitar
Eddy Veldman - drums (left channel)
Louis Moholo - drums (right channel)

Recorded November 24, 1989 at Nederlands Congresgebouw, Hague, Holland

Varajazz 1990 (Varagram VCD 006-02)

This joyous celebration of SA jazz & freedom is led by South African born saxophonist Sean Bergin, based in Holland, and was recorded as live radio session. Line up is a mixture of Dutch and South African players and includes Master drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo (Bergin was member of his band Viva La Black at the time) and trumpeter Claude Deppa. Comprised of 3 Bergin's compositions plus a piece by pianist Mervyn Afrika, one Dollar Brand's tune and legendary theme Sonia by Mongezi Feza, immortalised by Robert Wyatt on his Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard album, Jazz For Freedom is maybe not as great as Brotherhood Of Breath, their individual members' work or other Bergin's recordings, but still worth to hear and pretty rare to find. This cd was surprising found object at one Prague second hand music cellar for me and is unavailable for long time I believe, as Dutch Varagram label is no more in function due to my research.

KAZUTOKI UMEZU / MAL WALDRON "ANOTHER STEP" (UNION, 1982)






KAZUTOKI UMEZU / MAL WALDRON "ANOTHER STEP"


Kazutoki Umezu, alto saxophone
Mal Waldron, piano
Takeharu Hayakawa, bass
Takashi Kikuchi, drums


1. I Should Care 07:01
2. Lonely Nights 07:49
3. Hole In Stomach Woman 08:20
4. Circular Line 09:40
5. 'Round Midnight 09:12


Recorded at Teichiku Kaikan Studio on April 21 - 22, 1982.

UNION Jazz ULP-5004


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5 April 2011

Ken Hyder's Talisker - The Last Battle



I posted a little while ago the second album from Talisker, which met with a very positive response, so all reason then to move on to their third, "The Last Battle", out on the Vinyl label in Germany. There were a few more Talisker albums, but I haven't been able to locate any yet.

The idea is, as on the former, to mix traditional or traditionally-tinged tunes with vocal and instrument improvisations. Here the group does their own vocalising, starting with a little introduction from all four of them. It moves on through jigs and laments and home-made funk to free-for-all collective playing, some written or at least pre-planned and others done on the spot. For further info, consult the two-page insert that came with the record and which I have scanned and apprended to this post. A highlight, for this listener, is the wonderfully emotive tenor solo by John Rangecroft on "McCrimmon's Lament". Also note Hyder's clipped, precise playing throughout. I'm sure he's picked up a thing or two from John Stevens. In general, top lads all around!

Basic info:
Ken Hyder's Talisker - The Last Battle
Vinyl VS 107 (1978)

Side one

a1_My Name Is
a2_Miss Mary Morrison of Barra-Paddy's Leather Breeches*-MacCrimmon's Lament*
a3_Calum Hyder's Welcome to South London

Side two

b1_Tha Cu Ban Againn**-The Last Battle
b2_Wee Davie and Big John
b3_Whistle Ower the Lave O'T*

Personnel

Davie Webster alto saxophone, vocals
John Rangecroft tenor saxophone, clarinet, vocals
John Lawrence string bass, bass guitar, vocals
Ken Hyder drums, percussion, kalenga, dried peas, vocals

All compositions by Ken Hyder, except *trad. arr. Hyder and ** Hyder/Rangecroft

Recorded and mixed at Riverside Recordings, London, 15th and 16th February, 1978

4 April 2011

Archie Shepp Quintet + RAI B.B. - Live in Rome '80


Second event/concert for the series "I Concerti di Un Certo Discorso".

here the complete list of all concerts.

Rec. live at "Teatro dell'Opera", Rome, Italy,
on March 10, 1980 (radio broadcast)

Archie Shepp,tenor & soprano saxes,vocal,piano
Charles "Majid" Greenlee,trombone
Dave Burrell,piano
Cameron Brown,bass
Charlie Persip,drums
+
RAI Big Band :
Nino Culasso/Doriano Beltrame/Cicci Santucci/Michele
Lacerenza,tps - Giancarlo Beccattini/Ernesto Pumpo/
Marco Pellacani/Gennaro Baldino,tbs - Gianni Oddi/Baldo
Maestri/Sal Genovese/Beppe Carrieri/Carlo Metallo,reeds
- Sergio Coppetelli/Pino Rucher,gt - Maurizio Majorana,b -
Carlo Zoffoli,vib

01. U-Jamaa [A.Shepp] (12:10)
02. Steam [A.Shepp] (11:41)
03. Quiet Dawn [C.Massey] (05:37)
04. Sophisticated Lady [D.Ellington] (09:42)
05. Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note [B.Strayhorn] (07:52)
06. Big Drag [D.Ellington] (13:18)
07. Come Sunday [D.Ellington] (05:06)
08. Goodbye Sweet Pops [C.Massey] (06:06)
09. Social Call [G.Gryce] (06:11)
10. Unknown (09:56)
11. Stolen Moments [A.Shepp]/The Theme [T.Monk] (04:56)
12. 'Round Midnight [T.Monk] (03:11)

Total Time 1:35:01

Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note

DEREK BAILEY "IMPROVISATION" (CRAMPS, 1975)



This the last Cramps release I have in my collection - maybe I'm able to "find" some more during the next weeks.
If so I shall share them as well - probably Cage + Stratos and Tudor and???






DEREK BAILEY "IMPROVISATION"


Derek Bailey, guitar


01. M1 01:35
02. M2 02:35
03. M3 04:13
04. M4 03:42
05. M5 02:42
06. M6 02:07
07. M7 01:43
08. M8 02:19
09. M9 04:44
10. M10 02:49
11. M11 02:10
12. M12 04:06
13. M13 04:12
14. M14 04:04


Recorded September 16-18, 1975 in Studio Ricordi, Milan.

CRAMPS CRSLP 6202 DIVerso n.2 (Released 1975)
(japanese version POCE-1194)





2 April 2011

TAKEO MORIYAMA / MAL WALDRON "BIT" (TOKUMA, 1995)





This post is made possible - again - through some generous donations by J.
Thank you!!




TAKEO MORIYAMA / MAL WALDRON "BIT"


Takeo Moriyama, drums
Mal Waldron, piano

1. LAUD Suite (Moriyama/Waldron) 48:14
2. Left Alone (Waldron) 07:13


Recorded August 20, 1995 at Studio F, Tokyo.

TOKUMA Japan Communication/3361*Black TKCB-71335

MAL WALDRON - TERUMASA HINO "REMINICENT SUITE" (VICTOR, 1972)





MAL WALDRON - TERUMASA HINO "REMINICENT SUITE"


Takao Uematsu, tenor sax, flute
Terumasa Hino, trumpet
Mal Waldron, piano
Isao Suzuki, bass
Motohiko Hino, drums
Uzi Imamura, percission


1. Reminicent Suite
-Dig It Deep Down Baby
-Echoes
-One More With Feeling 23:38
2. Black Forest 18:32

Recorded on 14th August, 1972 at Victor Studio, Tokyo, Japan.

VICTOR SMJX-10155

1 April 2011

COSTIN MIEREANU "LUNA CINESE" (CRAMPS, 1975)



A classic electro-acoustic composition.





COSTIN MIEREANU "LUNA CINESE"


1. Parte Prima (Seconda) 20:55
2. Parte Seconda (Prima) 20:30


Varin M. Broun, voice


Recorded at Studi Ricordi, Milano.

CRAMPS CRSLP 6107,nova musicha n.7 Released in 1975.
(japanese version POCE-1211)


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