Broetzmann/Pliakas/Wertmueller - Zurich 2007 (Unerhoert (3/4)

Here's the third and penultimate show I'll put up here from last year's Unerhört festival. This was quite an experience... physical as well as... mental? Well, I don't know if it went anywhere (I guess not) and I don't know even if that was the point of this music (I guess not, again).
Also I couldn't tell if I liked it or not... but then again this is not the point, I assume.
What the concert did was put you in a certain "state", it just sort of switched on and off again, and if you let it happen, you were filled with the energy and power that filled the air. It was of glass cracking intensity, in a most literal sense.



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Peter Brötzmann / Marino Pliakas / Michael Wertmüller
Unerhört 2007 - Zürich (Switzerland), Moods - November 25, 2007

Peter Brötzmann - tenor & alto sax, clarinet
Marino Pliakas - electric bass
Michael Wertmüller - drums

1. Stage Intro (1:26)
2. unknown (12:34)
3. unknown (9:53)
4. unknown (23:56)
5. unknown (3:48)

TT: 51:41

Sound: A-/B+ (#1-2 in mono)
Source: audience recording / left from stage (turned out more or less mono)
Lineage: crappy Sony mic > minidisc > analogue to HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, transferred & shared by ubu

King Ubu's South African Blindfold Test

I hope this will end the compainin' for good - new links to come, up on Rapidshare, in neat 100MB portions (untagged files though, as they were to be a blindfold test...) - all the info is here and on the covers included in the new files.



1. The Jazz Epistles - Scullery Department (K. Moeketsi) 7:06
2. John Mehegan - Body and Soul (Green-Sour-Heyman-Eyton) 4:15
3. The Blue Notes - Blue Nick (D. Pukwana) 4:06
4. Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi - Yakhal 'Inkomo [Bellowing Bull] (W. Ngozi) 8:55
5. Dollar Brand - Memories of You (Blake-Razaf) 4:50
6. Kippie Moeketsi - Kippie's Prayer (K. Moeketsi) 3:42
7. Joe Malinga's Mandala - Umdrah (J. Malinga) 6:07
8. Dollar Brand - Mannenberg Is Where It's Happening (Cape Town Fringe) (A. Ibrahim) 13:38
9. Dollar Brand - African Sun (A. Ibrahim) 6:13
10. Harry Miller Solo - Homeboy (H. Miller) 5:03
11. Joe Malinga's Mandala - Nina's Dance (J. Malinga) 3:54
12. Dollar Brand - African Marketplace (A. Ibrahim) 7:04
13. African Jazz Pioneers - Yeka Yeka [Let It Be] (Z. Nkosi) 4:07

1 - Recorded in Sophiatown, South Africa, September 1959. Originally released on “Verse 1”; from: “Jazz in Africa, Volume 1 featuring The Jazz Epistles” (Camden CDN 1004).
Hugh Masekela (t), Jonas Gwangwa (tb), Kippie Moeketsi (as), Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) (p), Johnny Gertze (b), Makaya Ntshoko (d).

2 - Recorded in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1959. Originally released on “Jazz in Africa”; from: “Jazz in Africa, Volume 1 featuring The Jazz Epistles” (Camden CDN 1004).
Kippie Moeketsi (as), John Mehegan (p), Claude Shange (b), Gene Latimore (d).

3 - Recorded in Cape Town, South Africa, early 1964. From: “Township Bop” (Proper Records PRP CD 013 - 2002). Mongezi Feza (t), Dudu Pukwana (as), Nick Moyake (ts),
Chris McGregor (p, leader), Johnny Dyani (b), Louis Moholo (d).

4 - Recorded in 1968. Originally released on “Mankunku Quartet - Yakhal 'Inkomo” (1968); from: “Freedom Blues: South African Jazz Under Apartheid” (Nascente NCCD 048, 1999).
Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi (ts) & Early Mabuza Trio: Lionel Pillay (p), Agrippa Magwaza (b), Early Mabuza (d).

5 - Recorded in the early 1970s, first published in 1971. From: "African Sun" (KAZ CD 102, 1988).
Kippie Moeketsi (as), Dollar Brand (p), Victor Ntomo (b), Nelson Magwaza (d).

6 - Recorded in the mid 1970s. Originally released on “Tshona”; from: “Jazz in Africa, Volume Two” (KAZ CD 28, 1992).
Kippie Moeketsi (as), Pat Matshikiza (p).

7 - Recorded at Phonag-Studio, Lindau, Switzerland, 5 & 6 February 1980. From: “Tears for the Children of Soweto” (Canova CA 113).
Joe Malinga (as,fl,voc), Clifford Thornton (vtb, afr. perc), Runo Ericksson (btb), Jürgen “Jux” Seefelder, Walter Gauchel (ts), Johnny “Manhattan” Taylor (p), Mike Guildford (b), Brüning v. Alten (d).

8 - Recorded in the mid 1970s, first published in 1977. From: "Voice of Africa" (KAZ CD 101, 1988).
Robbie Jansen (as), Basil Coetzee (ts), Abdullah Ibrahim (p), Paul Michaels (b), Monty Weber (d).

9 - Recorded in the early 1970s, first published in 1971. From: "African Sun" (KAZ CD 102, 1988).
Kippie Moeketsi (as), Dollar Brand (p), Victor Ntomo (b), Nelson Magwaza (d).

10 - Recorded 1974. Originally released on “Children at Play” (Ogun Stereo OG 200); from: “The Collection” (3CD set, Ogun, 1999).
Harry Miller (b,fl,percussion effects).

11 - Recorded at Phonag-Studio, Lindau, Switzerland, Feabruary 5 & 6, 1980. From: “Tears for the Children of Soweto” (Canova CA 113).
Joe Malinga (as), Runo Ericksson (btb), Chris (foot calabash).

12 - Recorded at Atlantic Studios, NYC, December 1979. Originally released on “African Marketplace” (Elektra 6E-252, 1980); from: “African Marketplace” (Discovery/Elektra/WEA CD, 1980).
Abdullah Ibrahim (ss), Carlos Ward (as), Jeff Jawarrah King (ts), Dwayne Armstrong (ts), Kenny Rogers (bari), Malindi Blyth Mbityana (tb), Craig Harris (tb), Gary Chandler (t), Cecil McBee (b), Miguel Pomier (perc), Andre Strobert (d,perc), Lawrence Lucie (bjo)

13 - Recorded prob. in the 1980s. From: “Freedom Blues: South African Jazz Under Apartheid” (Nascente NCCD 048, 1999); also included on “African Jazz Pioneers” (Camden CDN 1005, 1998).
Edmund “Ntemi” Piliso (as, leader), others unknown (6 horns, 2 g, b, d), but likely including: Stompie Manana (t), Sam Tshabangu (t), Jasper Cook (tb), Albert “Nkaka” Khumalo (g), Madoda Gxabeka (keys), Bheki Buthelezi (b).




1. Dolly Rathebe - Kitty's Blues 2:59
2. Jazz Maniacs - Weekend 2:56
3. Jazz Dazzlers - De Makeba (M. Davashe) 2:47
4. Jimmy Pratt with Lemmy Special and Miriam Makeba - Rockin' in Rhythm (D. Ellington) 2:52
5. Philip Tabane & Malombo - Draakies [Cradle] 3:19
6. Harry Miller Quintet - Orange Groove 9:22
7. Chris Mcgregor’s Brotherhood of Breath – New Year Carnival 10:38
8. Harry Miller's Isipingo - Family Affair (H. Miller) 9:58
9. Dollar Brand & Johnny Dyani - Medley 17:59
10. Kippie Moeketsi - Tshona (P. Matshikiza) 11:44
11. Abdullah Ibrahim - Next Stop Soweto (A. Ibrahim) 4:46

1 - Recorded in South Africa, October 17, 1954 (Language: Sotho). From: “South African Jazz And Jive, 1954-1960” (Line Records MSCD 9.01092 O, 1991).
Dolly Rathebe (voc), Kippie Moeketsi (as), Mackay Davashe (ts), Elijah Nkwanyana (tp), Sam Maile (p), Jacob Lepere (b), Willie Malan (d).

2 - Recorded in South Africa, January 18, 1956. From: “South African Jazz And Jive, 1954-1960” (Line Records MSCD 9.01092 O, 1991).
Probable personnel: Kippie Moeketsi (lead as), Benny "Gwigwi" Mrwebi (2nd as), Wilson Silgee (lead ts), Mackay Davashe (2nd ts), Gray Mbau (lead t), unknown (2nd t), Mickey Vilakazi (tb), Jacob Moeketsi (p), Victor Hamilton (g), Joe "Kitty Joe" Kitty (b), Willie Malan (d).

3 - Recorded November 25, 1958. From: “South African Jazz And Jive, 1954-1960” (Line Records MSCD 9.01092 O, 1991).
Kippie Moeketsi (1st as), Benny "Gwigwi" Mrwebi (2nd as), Mackay Davashe (ts), Kleintjie Rubushe (t), Dugmore "Darkie" Slinger (tb), Sol Klaaste (p), General Duze (g), Jacob Lepere (b), Willie Malan (d).

4 - Recorded in South Africa, c. September 1958. From: “South African Jazz And Jive, 1954-1960” (Line Records MSCD 9.01092 O, 1991).
Miriam Makeba (voc), Lemmy Special Mabaso (pennywh), unknown (p), unknown (g), prob. Mannie Markes (b), Jimmy Pratt (d).

5 - Recorded at “Afrikanischer Sommer” [African Summer – a festival], Hamburg, Germany, 1983 or 1984. Unreleased radio broadcast (Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Germany).
Philip Tabane (g), Mahapi Oupa Monareng (malombo d), Rahoudi Fish Phale (perc).

6 - Recorded in the UK for BBC, broadcast 1977. Unreleased radio broadcast (British Broadcasting Corporation, UK).
Trevor Watts (as,ss), Alan Wakeman (ts,ss), Berni Holland (g), Harry Miller (b), Louis Moholo (d).

7 - Recorded at Ronnie Scott’s, London, UK, December 31, 1967. Unreleased audience recording.
Mongezi Feza (t), Pat Higgs (t), Mick Collins (t), Chris Pine (tb), Malcolm Griffiths (tb), Jimmy Phillips (ss), Mike Osborne (as), Dudu Pukwana (as), Ronnie Beer (ts), John Surman (bari), Chris McGregor (p,leader), Dave Holland (b), Alan Jackson (d).

8 - Recorded in the UK for BBC, broadcast 1976. Unreleased radio broadcast (British Broadcasting Corporation, UK).
Marc Charig (t), Malcolm Griffiths (tb), Mike Osborne (as), Stan Tracey (p), Harry Miller (b), Louis Moholo (d).

9 - Recorded at NDR Jazz Workshop #94 (part 2), Studio 10, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg, Germany. Unreleased radio broadcast produced by Michael Naura.
Dollar Brand (p,fl), Johnny Dyani (b).

10 - Recorded in the mid 1970s. Originally released on “Tshona”; from “Jazz in Africa, Volume Two” (KAZ CD 28, 1992); note: this was also reissued on the compilation “African Horns” (KAZ CD8, 1989).
Kippie Moeketsi (as), Dennis Phillips (as), Basil Coetzee (ts), Pat Matshikiza (p), Alec Khaoli (b), Sipho Mabuse (d).

11 - Recording date & original issue unknown. From the compilation “African Horns” (KAZ CD8, 1989).
Abdullah Ibrahim (cello), Basil Coetzee (ts), Sipho Gumede (b), Gilbert Matthews (d), others unknown.

South African jazz - fixed links & contributions

I noticed that some of the links in my big SA-jazz post weren't working any longer. Some of the things linked to just moved elsewhere on the wwww, and here's the place to put those links.

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The general links are still good, and that AAJ site remains one of the best starting points. In the article section, several links aren't working any longer, though - here's a fixed list.

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Another site about Abdullah Ibrahim:
http://junior.apk.net/~hoon/6Mantra_Modes.html

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The Development of South African Jazz (by Hotep Idris Galeta):
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=889
also here: http://www.jazzrendezvous.co.za/special/spe2006062701.php

Forced removals in apartheid South Africa:
http://www.dispatch.co.za/1999/11/05/features/SNAPSHOT.HTM

Bebop and beyond the blues – South African Jazz History:
moved to: http://www.jazzrendezvous.co.za/special/spe2006062705.php

The article on the Drum Magazine has gone. It's the one linked to (dead link!) here:
http://africanhistory.about.com/b/2006/01/31/the-significance-of-drum-magazine-during-apartheid.htm

That site where the Galeta and Bebop and beyond articles are up on is quite interesting by itself, go have a look:
http://www.jazzrendezvous.co.za/index.php

There's an interview with guitar player Jimmy Dludlu up there, too:
http://www.jazzrendezvous.co.za/readarticle.php?artcl=00000031

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I won't double check the musician links, sorry - too much work! But if you find other interesting sites, please do post them in the comments here!

King Kong scans

I somehow freaked up most of the attached photos in the previous South African jazz post. No biggie on the Goldblatt photos, as the link where I took them from is given anyway. The King Kong LP sleeve scans though are my own, and just for the curious, here they are again:

Reggie Workman Solo - Zurich 2007 (Unerhoert 2/4)

Post 1/4: Irene Schweizer + Trio 3

Reggie Workman (born 1937) is one of the diminishing number of jazz giants still trodding the earth. He played with so many of the greats, let me just mention John Coltrane and Art Blakey's best ever edition of the Jazz Messengers, Wayne Shorter and Archie Shepp, Mal Waldron, Andrew Cyrille and Oliver Lake.
For further reading, check out this "fireside chat" from AAJ's Fred Jung:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=264



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Reggie Workman Solo
Unerhört 2007 - Zürich (Switzerland), Moods - November 25, 2007

Reggie Workman - bass

1. Sketch (30:42)

Sound: A- (mono)
Source: audience recording / left from stage (turned out more or less mono)
Lineage: crappy Sony mic > minidisc > analogue to HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, transferred & shared by ubu

Notes:
This was recorded in stereo but the left channel wasn't ok (not just low level but also distortion), so I only used the right one (double up to create "stereo" files that can be encoded to FLAC and burned to CDR)
There were quite a few dropouts that I did remove, some hiccups remain, alas.

The joy and pain of South African Jazz

On an afternoon in summer, the farm Quaggasfontein in the Great Karoo. About 200 years ago, after 13 years of work, two slaves are said to have completed the building of this wall which surrounds the farmyard.
Near Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. December 1966

I realized that the Megaupload way of getting the four files I compiled some time back when doing a blindfold test on the Organissimo board was still working - here are the links:

[links removed, go to this new post to find the new links, eventually - and stop bitchin' around!]

Covers:
http://rapidshare.com/files/112012052/BFT48_JazzSA12.pdf

All infos can be found here:
Disc 1 (first two files): http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=34948
Disc 2 (last two files): http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=34949

The old discussions can be found here, in case anyone cares to read:
Disc 1: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=34529
Disc 2: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=34528

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Photographs by David Goldblatt (wiki)
http://www.michaelstevenson.com


A new shack under construction, Lenasia Extension 9, Gauteng
5 May 1990

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Allow me to repeat myself - in case not everyone clicks on the above links, here's some of the info I posted back then:


:: GENERAL LINKS ::

AMG South African Jazz Page: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1957
Homepage of photographer Jürgen Schadeberg (Drum): http://www.jurgenschadeberg.com/
musig.org.za (tons of info, mainly short artist biographical sketches): http://www.music.org.za/default.asp
The African Music Encyclopedia: http://africanmusic.org/index.html
Afropop Worldwide: http://www.afropop.org/



Graves of the Griquas.
...The Griquas were coloured men and women. They were descendants of early Afrikaner frontiersmen; of the remnants of Khoisan tribes, hunters, gatherers, and pastoralists; of escaped slaves from the wine and wheat farms of the south-west Cape; of Free Blacks from the colony who could find no acceptable place for themselves in it; and of African tribesmen, detached from their tribes by war or by choice. They formed a community which attempted to discover what their role in South Africa was, or if there was none, to create one for themselves. In the end they could not do this ... (Adam Kok's Griquas: A Study in the Development of Stratification in South Africa, by Robert John Ross, Cambridge 1976)
Philippolis, Free State, 27 August 1986


:: ARTICLES ::

The Development of South African Jazz (by Hotep Idris Galeta): http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=889
Forced removals in apartheid South Africa: http://www.dispatch.co.za/1999/11/05/features/SNAPSHOT.HTM
Bebop and beyond the blues – South African Jazz History: http://home.worldonline.co.za/~afribeat/ar..._sa%20jazz.html
Drum Magazine: http://home.worldonline.co.za/%7Eafribeat/archiveafrica.html


Kite-flying, near Phuthaditjhaba, in the Qwa Qwa bantustan, now the Free State.
1 May 1989


:: MUSICIANS ::

Basil Coetzee (1944-1998)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Coetzee
http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=920482852

Mackay Davashe
great Schadeberg photo here: http://www.jurgenschadeberg.com/jazz14.jpg

Johnny “Mbizo” Dyani (1945-1986)
album listing: http://www.kultur-im-ghetto.de/discographia-johnny.htm

Abdullah Ibrahim (*1934)
http://www.abdullahibrahim.com/ (discography there is pretty incomplete!)

Robbie Jansen (*1949)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Jansen
http://home.worldonline.co.za/~afribeat/cont_robbie.html

Chris McGregor (1936-1990)
Berlin 1969 by Karlheinz Klüter here: http://www.jazzphotography.us/images/musicians/mcgregor.jpg (great site, worth browsing around!)
The Blue Notes (lenghty wiki entry): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Notes
Brotherhood of Breath disco: http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedCon...;threadid=18348
A remembrance by Chris’ brother Tony: http://home.worldonline.co.za/%7Eafribeat/...chris_tony.html
A tribute (introduction to Maxine McGregor’s book): http://home.worldonline.co.za/%7Eafribeat/..._macgregor.html
(Note: a Blue Notes box set is scheduled to appear soon on Ogun records!)

Miriam Makeba (*1932)
Terrific 1955 photo by Schadeberg here: http://www.jurgenschadeberg.com/a09.jpg


Shopping on 14th Street, Pageview, Johannesburg. The suburbs Pageview, which was mainly Indian, and Vrededorp, which was mainly Afrikaner working-class, were next to each other. The Vrededorpers did much of their shopping in Pageview (as did people from many other parts of the city). When the Group Areas Act was enforced in 1977, the Indian population of Pageview was forcibly removed, and their shops and homes were destroyed to make way for Whites.
Pageview, Johannesburg, Gauteng. July 1985

Hugh Masekela (*1939)
Biography & discography by Doug Payne: http://www.dougpayne.com/hmhome.htm
Biography (& more): http://www.ritmoartists.com/Hugh/Masekela.htm
Interview (2002): http://www.afropop.org/multi/interview/ID/37/

Pat Matshikiza (*1938)
Biography (from a recent CD’s liners): http://www.music.org.za/artist.asp?id=231

Harry Miller (1941-1983)
Detailed info on “The Collection”: http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/labels/ogun/ogunhm.html
(Don't by all accounts miss the Isipingo disc released on Cuneiform! It's the best way to get acquainted with Miller these days, as the Ogun box has been out of print for a while now...)

Louis Moholo (*1940)
Biography: http://www.music.org.za/artist.asp?id=144
Article by Gary May (May 2005 of ImproJazz, no. 115): http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/fulltext/ftmoholo.html

Winston “Mankunku” Ngozi
biography: http://www.music.org.za/artist.asp?id=55
Reissue of "Yakhal 'Inkomo" (with Chris Schilder Quintet feat. Mankunku "Spring"): http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=9871

Edmund Ntemi Piliso (1925-2000)
Short bio: http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=984059354
African Jazz Pioneers: http://www.music.org.za/artist.asp?id=75

Dudu Pukwana (1938-1990)
wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudu_Pukwana

Dolly Rathebe (1928-2004)
another great Jürgen Schadeberg photo here: http://www.jurgenschadeberg.com/a06.jpg
Biography: http://www.afropop.org/explore/artist_info...Dolly%20Rathebe

Lemmy Special
one more by Schadeberg: http://www.jurgenschadeberg.com/jazz24.jpg

Philip Tabane
http://www.music.org.za/artist.asp?id=106



Xhosa man and V N Zote's children, Flagstaff, Transkei, Eastern Cape.
9 October 1975


:: FURTHER LISTENING ::

African Jazz Pioneers – Sip 'n' Fly (Gallo) [Ntemi Piliso & his gang back at the game in 1992]
The Blue Notes – In Concert Vol. 1 (Ogun – OOP) [don’t have this one for real…]
The Blue Notes – Township Bop (Proper) [early sessions (1964) by the group, still in South Africa – I assume this is the one Proper release I really, really love!]
**Pierre Dorge & New Jungle Orchestra – Brikama (Steeplechase) (incl. Johnny Dyani) [great, joyful and crazy small big band stuff, similar vibes in there as you can hear with the Dutch bands of the time]
*Johnny Dyani – Witchdoctor’s Son (Steeplechase) [a classic, I assume, but one I haven’t gotten yet]
Mongezi Feza – Free Jam (Ayler, 2CD) [Feza guesting with Bernt Rosengren’s group]
Anders Gahnold – Flowers for Johnny (Ayler, 2CD) [trio w/Dyani & Gilbert Matthews]
Abdullah Ibrahim – African Space Program (Enja) [one of his best, just look at the line-up: Enrico Rava, Sonny Fortune, Carlos Ward, John Stubblefield, Hamiet Bluiett, Cecil McBee, a.o.]
Abdullah Ibrahim – African Marketplace (WEA) [one of his greatest, Carlos Ward is the main soloist, Craig Harris is there as well, and Cecil McBee anchors it on bass, great blowing, plenty of spirit and soul]
Abdullah Ibrahim – all the “African Recordings” (African Sun, Voice of Africa, Tintinyana, Blues for a Hip King) (KAZ/Camden) [the early/mid 70s material from after Dollar Brand went back to SA, featuring Kippie, Basil Coetzee, Robbie Jansen, Barney Rachabane and others, but also a date with Blue Mitchell, Buster Cooper and Harold Land alongside Coetzee and a few other SA musicians]
Abdullah Ibrahim – African Piano (JAPO) [one of his best, an early solo outing]
Abdullah Ibrahim – Yarona (Enja) [1996 trio set from Sweet Basil in NYC, glorious!]
Abdullah Ibrahim – African River (Enja) [one of the best Ekaya albums]
Abdullah Ibrahim – South Africa (Enja) [a great live set with Carlos Ward]
Abdullah Ibrahim – Africa -Tears and Laughter (Enja) [a meditative set with Talib Kibwe]
Abdullah Ibrahim/Johnny Dyani – Good News from Africa (Enja) [duos, sublime!]
Abdullah Ibrahim/Johnny Dyani – Echoes from Africa (Enja) [more duos, almost as good]
Robbie Jansen – Nomad Jêz (Mountain Records)
The Jazz Epistles – Jazz in Africa, Vol. 1 (KAZ/Camden) [with John Mehegan date, see Masekela disography for details]
Chris McGregor – Very Urgent (Polydor – OOP) (to be reissued by Fledg'ling
Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath (self-titled) (just reissued by Fledg'ling)
Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath – Brotherhood (just reissued by Fledg'ling)
Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath – Bremen to Bridgewater (Cuneiform. 2CD)
Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath – Travelling Somewhere (Cuneiform)
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath – Eclipse at Dawn (Cuneiform) [might be the best of these live releases...]
Chris McGeegor’s Brotherhood of Breath – Country Cooking (Virgin) [one of hist last releases, mostly with UK sidemen, pretty good!]
Hugh Masekela – Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of H.M. (Blue Thumb) [a nice compilation of mostly early material]
Lulu Masilela & Thomas Phale – Cool Down (Gallo) [short - only 26 minutes - but very sweet, contains two lenghty jams]
Harry Miller – The Collection (Ogun, 3CD – OOP) [all his Ogun albums, solo, duo with Radu Malfatti, Isipingo, the album with Breuker, Trevor Watts and the Tippet(t)ses, as well as the Harry Miller Quintet album with Charig, Wolter Wierbos, Han Bennink and Sean Bergin, originally on Varajazz]
Harry Miller’s Isipingo – Which Way Now (Cuneiform) [terrific live recording by this great band!]
*Louis Moholo – Spirits Rejoice (Ogun) [OOP?]
McCoy Mrubata - Face the Music (Sheer Sound) [a lovely 2002 album by some younger musicians, including Zim Ngqawana, Prince Lengoasa, Marcus Wyatt and Paul Hanmer]
*Benny Gwigwi Mrwebi – Mbqanga Songs (Honest Jon’s)
Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi – Yakhal ‘Inkomo (Gallo) [also contains Chris Schilder's Spring]
Zim Ngqawana – Zimphonic Sounds (Sheer Sound) [a younger man’s celebration of the great tradition, the music in all its glory and pain]
Bra Ntemi [Ntemi Piliso] – At Mavuthela Vol. 1 - 1975 (Gallo)
Bra Ntemi [Ntemi Piliso] – At Mavuthela Vol. 2 - 1975 (Gallo)
Bra Ntemi [Ntemi Piliso] – At Teal Records - 1976 (Gallo)

*) albums I don’t own in any form (some of this stuff has been around in the blogosphere…)
**) albums that are not actually “South African jazz,” whatever that is

Compilations
Freedom Blues: South African Jazz Under Apartheid (Nascente) [mostly classics by Mankunku, The Blue Notes, Harry Miller’s Isipingo, The Jazz Epistles, a.o.]
Africa Straight Ahead (Heads Up) [mostly younger musicians, Zim Ngqawana, McCoy Mrubata, Bheki Mseleku, Hotep Idris Galeta, Paul Hammer, a.o.]
African Horns (KAZ/Camden) [a great teaser, including “Thsona” (see below) as well as a few other lenghty jams, plenty of great sax players featured, incl. Kippie, Coetzee, Jansen & Barney Rachabane]
Jazz in Africa, Volume 2 (KAZ/Camden) [includes Kippie’s terrific album “Tshona”, as well as two looooong jams with Dollar Brand]

Further metion: Golden Afrique Vol. 3 (Network), dedicated to the music of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Sambia (Volumes 1 & 2 are highly recommended, too - for Europeans, I assume the best place to get them is here: http://www.zweitausendeins.de/suche/?ArticleFocus=3&ord=-1&alpha=1&cat=20&q=golden%20afrique). These aren't jazz releases, of course, but they contain plenty of wonderful music attractive to the jazz audience, too...

And to end things, here's the sleeve of the original King Kong album - the musical which in its cast included many of the luminaries of South African jazz:





Stalled municipal housing scheme, Kwezinaledi, Lady Grey, Eastern Cape.
5 August 2006

Bley/Peacock/Motian - Trevano 1999 - now on dime

For once again I share something over on dime - a partial re-seed, with two more tunes added from my own "vault":
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=194242

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This is an extended version of unclewolfi's seed here:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=193547

#1-7 are unchanged, so you can copy them from the previous folder into the new folder created by this torrent. Just start this torrent, wait till it picks up, check the respective folder, overwrite #1-7 with the files from wolfi's torrent's folder, and you'll only need to grab #8-9!

#8-9 come from the same source I seeded previously (see the info jazzrita posted in the comments to wolfi's seed)

No art included, just in case - the setlist was screwed up on wolfi's seed anyway - maybe you want to create new art adapting your previous one, wolfi?

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Paul Bley - Gary Peacock - Paul Motian
Trevano (Switzerland), Aula, Technische Hochschule
March 18, 1999

Paul Bley - piano
Gary Peacock - bass
Paul Motian - drums

1. Hackesack (Thelonious Monk) 6:49
2. Set Upet (Gary Peacock) 5:34
3. Mambo Jambo (Paul Motian) 11:21
4. Ostinato (Paul Bley) 9:58 [p-solo]
5. Dialogue (comp. unknown) 6:12
6. When Will the Blues Leave (Ornette Coleman) 5:27
7. I Loves You Porgy (George Gershwin) 4:48
8. Moor (Gary Peacock) 6:55
9. New Sphere (comp. unknown) 5:36

TT: 62:45

Sound: A (1-7), A/A- (8-9)

#1-7:
Source: dime seed by unclewolfi (files unchanged) (RSI 2 "Jazz Concerto" / 2008-04-20)
Lineage: astra sat > nexus-s > hdd > nero wave editor > flac
(astra sat uses MPEG1 Layer 2/256 kbps)

#8-9:
Source: DRS 3 broadcast (Jazz Special) / prob. 1999
Lineage: FM > Tape > Minidisc > analogue transfer to hd (GoldWave) > CDR > FLAC (Level 6)


Notes:

Wolfi's seed (#1-7) had the titles #2/#3 and #5/#6 reversed

I did NOT change anything about #1-7 though, in order to make this seed faster and allow people to pick up with #1-7 from Wolfi's seed. #8/9 are tagged fully and include the corrected setlist, too (in the comments field).

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Trio 3 + Irene Schweizer - Zurich 2007 (Unerhoert 1/4)

Some folks asked for some of the Unerhört seeds I put up on dime a while ago - four of them I'll share here, the two lesser known Swiss groups of Yves Reichmuth and Lucas Niggli would not get more than half a dozen or a dozen downloads, so I won't bother.

These uploads are all in lossless FLAC format, by the way!

Here's the first instalment of four, and probably already the highlight, the meeting of piano giant and hometown heroine, Irene Schweizer (her releases on Intakt), with a trio of giants of Great Black Music, Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille (also known as "Trio 3" - their new disc on Intakt).

This concert, it seems, was professionally recorded - I hope for a CD release on Intakt, but I have no idea if it was them or some radio station that taped it. As far as I know, the concert hasn't been broadcast yet, so this recoring of yours truly is the only way to dig it for the time being.

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Trio 3 (Lake-Workman-Cyrille) feat. Irene Schweizer
Unerhört 2007 - Zürich (Switzerland), Rote Fabrik - November 24, 2007

Oliver Lake - alto sax
Irene Schweizer - piano
Reggie Workman - bass
Andrew Cyrille - drums

1. (9:16) [quartet]
2. (7:28) [quartet]
3. (5:26) [piano/bass]
4. (6:28) [quartet]
5. (7:46) [quartet]
6. (4:55) [piano/drums]
7. (6:54) [trio]
8. (5:01) [piano/alto sax]
9. (6:54) [trio]
10. (5:52) [quartet - encore]

TT: 66:05

Sound: A- (mono)
Source: audience recording, front/centre
Lineage: crappy Sony mic > minidisc > analogue to HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, transferred & shared by ubu

Pork Pie - Balve 1974

And after posting all those links to seeds only on dime, here's another offering for the non-dime crowd. This fine show was shared on dime without any track marks (or rather just as three or four tracks). I tried my best splitting it up, but I don't know if what I did makes any sense. However, this sure is a fine show, so don't let some wrong marks bother you, please!

As usual, this is encoded to MP3 @ 320, the link will be in the comments.

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Pork Pie
Jazzfestival Balver Höhle
Balve (Germany)
July 27, 1974

Charlie Mariano - soprano & alto sax, flute, nagaswaram
Jasper van't Hof - keyboards
Philip Catherine - guitar
John Lee - electric bass
Aldo Romano - drums

1. Stage Intro (5:29) >
2. unknown (10:45) >
3. unknown (7:50) >
4. unknown (8:04)
5. bass-solo (2:54)
6. unknown (9:35) [possibly at 3:20 a new tune starts?] >
7. unknown (6:26)
8. Applause (2:44)
9. unknown > Applause (8:11) [encore, possibly at 6:02 a new tune starts?]
*10. stage talk (2:37) [unrelated?]

TT: 64:35

Sound: A/A-
Lineage: Fm Broadcast>trade Cd>Traders little helper> Flac level 6
Additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

Edits:
added track marks (came as three tracks only: #1-5, #6, #7-10)
deleted dropout @ 2:47 in #4
fixed mark #5/#6 (-0.15 sec)
deleted some tape-noise at end of #6

*there's a cut after #9, I'm not sure what #10 is - the stage intro of the next act, or part of #1 repeated? - anyway, I kept it with the rest, as it was seeded on dime like this.

Unerhört 2007 - a little series of seeds over on dime

I attended and taped two nights of last year's Unerhört Festival here in Zurich. As usual, it was quite good. The first night I taped took place at the Rote Fabrik, the second at Moods, a local jazz club (THE local jazz club, I guess).

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Unerhört 2007 - Zürich (Switzerland), Rote Fabrik - November 24, 2007


Yves Reichmuth "Fractal"

Lucien Dubuis - bass clarinet
Yves Reichmuth - guitar, composer
Jonas Tauber - bass
Lionel Friedli - drums

1. Stage Intro (1:26)
2. Angles (18:33)
3. Windows (18:55)
4. unidentified (15:16)
5. La connaissance de l'invisible chemain (1:53) [encore]

TT: 56:04

Sound: A-/B+
Source: audience recording, front/centre
Lineage: crappy Sony mic > minidisc > analogue to HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, transferred & shared by ubu

Notes:
I had to delete a few short gaps, hiccups remain - more gaps may be still in there.
This ended up more or less mono although it was recorded in stereo modus.

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Lucas Niggli "Zoom"

Nils Wogram - trombone
Philip Schaufelberger - guitar
Lucas Niggli - drums

1. (10:08)
2. (9:02)
3. (11:33)
4. (25:15) [possibly this track consists of several tunes performed in sequence]

TT: 55:59

Sound: A- (very modest stereo #1-3 / mono #4)
Source: audience recording, front/centre
Lineage: crappy Sony mic > minidisc > analogue to HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, transferred & shared by ubu

Notes:
This ended up more or less mono although it was recorded in stereo modus.
At the end of #3 the left channel dropped out (I had to re-adjust the microphone), so I duplicated the right channel, making #4 an actual mono recording

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Trio 3 (Lake-Workman-Cyrille) feat. Irene Schweizer

Oliver Lake - alto sax
Irene Schweizer - piano
Reggie Workman - bass
Andrew Cyrille - drums

1. (9:16) [quartet]
2. (7:28) [quartet]
3. (5:26) [piano/bass]
4. (6:28) [quartet]
5. (7:46) [quartet]
6. (4:55) [piano/drums]
7. (6:54) [trio]
8. (5:01) [piano/alto sax]
9. (6:54) [trio]
10. (5:52) [quartet - encore]

TT: 66:05

Sound: A- (mono)
Source: audience recording, front/centre
Lineage: crappy Sony mic > minidisc > analogue to HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, transferred & shared by ubu

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The highlight of that night of course was the pairing of Irene Schweizer with the fine trio of Lake/Workman/Cyrille. It took them a while to find common ground, but after the first of three marvellous duos, they were ready to play, continuing a marvellous set!

The second night again featured Workman and Lake:

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Unerhört 2007 - Zürich (Switzerland), Moods - November 25, 2007


Oliver Lake / Christian Weber / Dieter Ulrich

Oliver Lake - alto sax
Christian Weber - bass
Dieter Ulrich - drums

1. (7:43)
2. (6:46)
3. Valley Sketch (6:34)
4. (8:30)
5. (10:56)
6. (7:53)
7. (4:26)

TT: 52:49

Sound: A-
Source: audience recording / left from stage (turned out more or less mono)
Lineage: crappy Sony mic > minidisc > analogue to HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, transferred & shared by ubu


Note: there was a 1.5sec dropout @ 3:35 into #7 which I removed, a hiccup remains there.

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Reggie Workman Solo

Reggie Workman - bass

1. Sketch (30:42)

Sound: A- (mono)
Source: audience recording / left from stage (turned out more or less mono)
Lineage: crappy Sony mic > minidisc > analogue to HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, transferred & shared by ubu

Notes:
This was recorded in stereo but the left channel wasn't ok (not just low level but also distortion), so I only used the right one (double up to create "stereo" files that can be encoded to FLAC and burned to CDR)
There were quite a few dropouts that I did remove, some hiccups remain, alas.

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Peter Brötzmann / Marino Pliakas / Michael Wertmüller
(link will be added later, once this is up on dime)

Peter Brötzmann - tenor & alto sax, clarinet
Marino Pliakas - electric bass
Michael Wertmüller - drums

1. Stage Intro (1:26)
2. unknown (12:34)
3. unknown (9:53)
4. unknown (23:56)
5. unknown (3:48)

TT: 51:41

Sound: A-/B+ (#1-2 in mono)
Source: audience recording / left from stage (turned out more or less mono)
Lineage: crappy Sony mic > minidisc > analogue to HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, transferred & shared by ubu

Notes:
This was recorded in stereo but it turned out mono, more or less, as I sat far from center
For the first title (plus the stage intro), the left channel wasn't ok (not just low level but also distortion), so I only used the right one.

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The highlight of this second night, to me, was the opening show which saw Oliver Lake playing with lots of fire, backed by the loose drumming of Dieter Ulrich and the great, earthy and boomy bass of Christian Weber. To me, whom it took a while to get to like Lake a bit, this was easily the best playing I ever heard of him. I do own two Trio 3 albums (the one on Palmetto plus the recent Intakt, Lake's Ballad quartet album, and a few other things where he turns up as a sideman, further recommendations for strong discs of his would be welcome!
The Brötzmann set was physical... not sure what to make of it, but it definitely was an experience. The volumes were almost impossible to take, some glasses broke, the whole place was vibrating from Wertmüller's bass drum and Pliakas' extremely fast bass lines. Yet the music was static and not going anywhere, just sort of happy to stay within itself. And imagine that: on tenor, Brötz had trouble cutting through the others' playing... on alto though, his playing got so piercing as to almost hurt.

Bright Moments! Rahsaan live at the Village Vanguard (1974)

This is my own fixed version of a show shared on dime in several versions. This here was an upgrade and it sounds very, very good, considering it's an audience tape from the 70s!



All I did was fix some marks, add some fades and some such, sound was left unchanged, except of course for the compression to MP3 @ 320 kbs. Links in comments, as usual.

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk and the Vibration Society
Village Vanguard, New York City (USA)
April 4, 1974

Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor sax, stritch, manzello, flute, clarinet, etc.
Kenny Rogers, baritone sax
Hilton Ruiz, piano
Henry "Pete" Pearson, bass
John Goldsmith, drums

CD1/58:33
1. Hackensack (Thelonious Monk) 12:43 [cuts in during opening theme]
2. A Love Supreme (John Coltrane) 10:38
3. Blow the Man Down (10:23)
4. If I Loved You (9:02)
5. Band Intros + Bright Moments Intro (1:43)
6. Bright Moments (6:29)
7. Flytown Nose Blues (6:03)
8. Satin Doll (1:32)

CD2/46:22
1. Miles' Mode (?) (8:10) [cuts in]
2. [blues tune] (10:21)
3. Clickity Clack (5:18)
4. Sophisticated Lady (4:15)
5. C-Jam Blues / Rockin' in Rhythm(?) (9:10)
6. Flytown Nose Blues (6:50)
7. Satin Doll (1:20)
8. Trane outro (0:58)

TT: 104:55
Sound: A- / Source: 1st gen. / EX aud

Veryan Weston - TonArt 2002/03 (FLAC)

Another bit of improv, here's the promised show by Veryan Weston. This concert is one of six annual TonArt concerts taking place around x-mas. As far as I know, I did never share this before, quite certainly not on dime, either, so consider this a first!

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Veryan Weston
TonArt 2002/2003 VI
Schweizerische Landesbibliothek, Bern (CH)
January 22, 2003

Veryan Weston - piano

1. Tesselations (55:56)
2. Interview (with Thomas Adank) (7:23)

TT: 63:21

Sound: A
Source: DRS 2 / 2003-01-22
Lineage: FM > Minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > FLAC (8,asb,verify)


Note: this is the complete concert

Dr. Lonnie Smith - Zurich 2007

In November I had the pleasure of hearing the Turbanator live - the first time I saw one of those really heavy, fat organists in action (I've seen Larry Goldings before... not bad, but very different in style!). I posted my recording of the event on dime a while ago and mentioned that here, in a previous post. I had a couple of requests to share this show here as well, and I'm happy to have it up on RS by now, in MP3 @ 320 - so here 'tis!

The following is a quote from my earlier post:

Holy smokes! Smith was da shit, as they say!!!!!!!!

The band really got it together in the second (almost 90 minute! the first was more than an hour already) set. They did some standards (Sweet and Lovely, Willow Weep for Me, a beautiful alto feature Harlem Nocturne), the Beatles' Come Together in the funkiest ever version, and several Smith originals - great great music, loud and stinky as that kind of music ought to be! (I did some thinking and I'm quite sure Larry Goldings' Trio was the only organ group I've heard live before... now that was a whole different thing last night!)

The encore closes disc 1, as the second set + encore was too long for one CDR.

The sound rating is conservative, the sound was shitty at the concert, and I think I caught it about as good as possible with my equipment.

For this share, I re-grouped the tracks and the encore is where it belongs (at least in the tags... I notice only now that the info file doesn't reflect that change - if you want to burn this onto CDRs, you'll have to do as the info file and the setlist below shows)

Enjoy!

And do let me know what you think about the music I post, I'd appreciate a bit more of feedback, maybe even a bit of discussion now and then!

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Dr. Lonnie Smith & The Original Grooves
jazznojazz 2007
Zurich (Switzerland), Theater an der Sihl
November 3, 2007

Dr. Lonnie Smith - organ & voice
Miguel Martinez - alto sax
Martien Oster - guitar
Gijs Dijkhuizen - drums


CD1/78:51

Set1/67:36
1. Stage Intro + Dr. Lonnie Smith Warmup (2:14)
2. Sweet and Lovely (Arnheim-LeMare-Tobias) 9:34
3. Back Track (Smith) 16:29
4. The Whip (Smith) > Ann MO (17:57)
5. unknown > Ann MO (8:25)
6. Scream (Smith) 12:55

Encore from Set2
7. unknown (11:15)


CD2/Set2/76:18

1. Applause + Warmup (0:55)
2. Willow Weep for Me (Ann Ronell) 22:32 >
3. Mambo (George Shearing) > Ann MO (18:52)
4. Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen) 7:05
5. A Smooth One (Charlie Christian) > Ann MO (10:17)
6. Come Together (Lennon-McCartney) 16:34


TT: 155:09

Sound: B+
Source: audience recording (mono to MD)
Lineage: crappy Sony mic > MD > analogue to HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Taped, transferred & shared by ubu


Note:
This is the complete set, taped from the gallery to the side of the stage (only location where it was possible to tape at all, on the floor it was standing room only and very crowded).
I cut some atmosphere before and some applause after the encore, would have been a bit too long to fit on one disc with set 1, otherwise

Please help identifying CD1#5 and CD1#7 - both are very familiar!

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Part 1 / Part 2

Alfred Jarry und die Passion als Radrennen betrachtet - WDR 3 Feature

Here's one for fans of Alfred Jarry (his "Ubu Roi" was/is one of my favourite plays, as is easy to guess). This radio feature was broadcast late last year to commemorate Jarry's 100th birthday.
It's in German, so I guess the interest for this will be limited, however I know of some people who certainly will enjoy this!



Alfred Jarry und die Passion als Radrennen betrachtet
Von Bernd Kempker

Gut bewaffnet trat Jarry der Welt entgegen. Mit Rennrad, Pistole und einer bizarr-maskenhaften Sprechweise war er die phantastischste Erscheinung unter allen Exzentrikern der Zeit. Die chauvinistische Belle Époque strotzte vor Korruption und Optimismus und las realistische Romane. Mit Don Quijote als selbstironischem Vorbild zog Jarry dagegen für ein "ergänzendes Universum" der Imagination zu Felde. Nur das Stahlross hieß Clément und nicht Rosinante, denn er war ein unwiderstehlicher Frauenverächter. Seine geistige Bewaffnung borgte Jarry von erkenntniskritischen Philosophen wie Henri Bergson oder von der Thermodynamik eines Lord Kelvin. Im Gegensatz zu seinen fortschrittsfeindlichen symbolistischen Künstlerfreunden sah er in technischen Konstruktionen unerforschte Maschinen der menschlichen Imagination. Jarrys bekannteste Erfindung neben seiner eigenen Person ist König UBU, eine Figur und ein Theaterstück, die die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts revolutionierten. Am 1. November 1907 starb Alfred Jarry mit 34 Jahren. Sein eigentliches literarisches Werk bleibt bis heute nahezu unbekannt.

Redaktion Imke Wallefeld

Source: MP3 @ 320 kbs, from digital fm (WDR 3 Art, November 1, 2007), taped and mailed my way by a friend - note that this is likely not in the original codec (that was MP2, I assume)

Chonk, Charlie, Chonk! - king ubu presents Charlie Christian (For Europeans Only #12)

I have recently played some music by Charlie Christian again and figured why not share some of it here. My selection is neither a greatest hits nor an elaborate selection of rarities, rather just some great things (like the studio session with Lester Young and Count Basie), jams (including the famous studio jam of the Goodman band waiting for Benny to appear, as well as a lenghty jam from one of John Hammond's second "From Spirituals to Swing" concert), an encounter with Fred Astaire, and live recordings with Jerry Jerome (all of them!) and the Benny Goodman sextet.

The complete info is listed below - I did not break the music into CD chunks, as I have all of it on various CDs and will not burn this to CD myself, rather just copied it all onto my ubupod.

I hope you like the selection, and I hope you can ignore the occasional sonic problem in the live recordings. The infectuous groove Christian sets, in solo as well as in his forceful comping, is something you just have to dig, no matter about sound quality!



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some useful links:
http://home.elp.rr.com/valdes/
http://www.classicjazzguitar.com/artists/artists_page.jsp?artist=9
http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/hansen/Charlie/ccsolos.htm

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“Chonk, Charlie, Chonk!”
king ubu presents selected sides featuring CHARLIE CHRISTIAN


CHARLIE CHRISTIAN, guitar

with:


JERRY JEROME QUARTET
Harlem Breakfast Club, Minneapolis, Minn, September 23, 1939
Jerry Jerome, tenor saxophone; Frankie Hines, piano;
Charlie Christian, guitar; unknown, bass; unknown, drums
Note: poss. Oscar Pettiford on bass (rather not)

1. I GOT RHYTHM (G. Gershiwn-I. Gershwin) 5:59
2. STARDUST (H. Carmichael-M. Parrish) 5:42
3. TEA FOR TWO (V. Youmans-I. Caesar) 4:37
4. I GOT RHYTHM (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 3:37
5. I GOT RHYTHM (G. Gerhswin-I. Gershwin) 3:38
6. TEA FOR TWO (V. Youmans-I. Caesar) 5:00


BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET
ASCAP’s 25th Anniversary Program
Carnegie Hall, New York, October 6, 1939
Benny Goodman, clarinet, leader; Lionel Hampton, vibes;
Fletcher Henderson, piano; Artie Bernstein, bass; Nick Fatool, drums

7. FLYING HOME (L. Hampton-B. Goodman-E. DeLange) 3:53
8. STARDUST (H. Carmichael-M. Parrish) 2:32

“Camel Caravan” Program, NBC Radio Network
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, October 7, 1939

9. MEMORIES OF YOU (E. Blake-A. Razaf) 3:14

“Columbia Records Present: Young Man With A Band”, Mutual Radio Network
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, October 9, 1939

10. ROSE ROOM (IN SUNNY ROSELAND) (A. Hickman-H. Williams) 3:02

“Camel Caravan” Program, NBC Radio Network
Radio City Studios, New York, October 14, 1939

11. AC-DC Current (C. Christian-L. Hampton-B. Goodman) 2:25

Sustaining Broadcast, Mutual Radio Network
Waldorf Astoria Hote, New York, October 16, 1939

12. FLYING HOME (L. Hampton-B. Goodman-E. DeLange) 3:10

“Camel Caravan” Program, NBC Radio Network
New York, October 28, 1939

13. ROSE ROOM (A. Hickman-H. Williams) 3:37

“Camel Caravan” Program, NBC Radio Network
New York, November 18, 1939

14. SOUTH OF THE BORDER (M. Carr-J. Kennedy) 3:32

BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
New York, November 22, 1939
Benny Goodman, clarinet, leader;
Ziggy Elman, Jimmy Maxwell, Johnny Martel, trumpets;
Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Ted Vesely, trombones;
Toots Mondello, Buff Estes, alto saxophones;
Bus Bassey, Jerry Jerome, tenor saxophones;
Fletcher Henderson, piano, arranger; Arnold Covey, guitar;
Artie Bernstein, bass; Nick Fatool, drums

15. HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (A. Razaf-T. “Fats” Waller) 3:03


JAM SESSION
Second of John Hammond’s “From Spirituals To Swing”
Carnegie Hall, New York, December 24, 1939
Buck Clayton, Shad Collins, Harry Edison, Ed Lewis, trumpets;
Dicky Wells, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, trombones;
Earle Warren, alto saxophone;
Lester Young, Buddy Tate, tenor saxophones;
Jack Washington, baritone saxophone;
Count Basie, Pete Johnson, Joe Sullivan, piano;
Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, Artie Bernstein, bass;
Jo Jones, Nick Fatool, drums

16. OH, LADY BE GOOD (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 10:40
(solo order: Basie, Young, Sullivan, Christian, Edison, Johnson, Page, Christian)


JAM SESSION (Waitin’ for Benny)
New York, March 23, 1940
Cootie Williams, trumpet; George Auld, tenor sax;
Johnny Guarnieri, piano; Artie Bernstein, bass; Dave Tough, drums

17. JAM SESSION (21:02)
a) RIFFIN’ AROUND (unknown) 3:31
b) WAITIN’ FOR BENNY (A SMO-O-O-OTH ONE) (B. Goodman) 3:37
c) I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME (C. Gaskill-J. McHugh) 6:20
d) ROSE ROOM (A. Hickman-H. Williams) 4:01
e) I HADN’T ANYONE TILL YOU (R. Noble) 1:59
f) BLUES IN B (J. Guarnieri-C. Christian) 1:34


FRED ASTAIRE with BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND SEXTET
Columbia Recording Session
Los Angeles, Cal, April 30, 1940
Fred Astaire, vocals, tap dance; Benny Goodman, clarinet, leader;
Jimmy Maxwell, Ziggy Elman, Irving Goodman, trumpets;
Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Ted Vesely, trombone;
Toots Mondello, Les Robinson, alto saxophones;
Bus Bassey, Jerry Jerome, tenor saxophones;
Johnny Guarnieri, piano; Artie Bernstein, bass; Nick Fatool, drums

18. JUST LIKE TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY (F. Astaire) 2:49
(solo order: Goodman, Astaire, Goodman, Hampton, Goodman, Astaire, Goodman, Mondello)

same session, but: BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
omit Astaire, add Helen Forrest, vocals; Les Hite, arranger

19. LI’L BOY LOVE (F. Loesser-F. Hollaender) 3:01


BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Los Angeles, June 25, 1940
Benny Goodman, clarinet, leader;
Jimmy Maxwell, Ziggy Elman, Irving Goodman, trumpets;
Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Ted Vesely, trombones;
Toots Mondello, Les Robinson, alto saxophones;
Bus Bassey, Jerry Jerome, tenor saxophones;
Johnny Guarnieri, piano; Artie Bernstein, bass; Dave Tough, drums
Eddie Sauter, arranger

20. LI’L BOY LOVE (F. Loesser-F. Hollaender) 3:00


BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET
New York, October 28, 1940
Buck Clayton, trumpet; Benny Goodman, clarinet (except on #1);
Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Count Basie, piano;
Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums

21. AD LIB BLUWS (Improvisation) 3:23
22. WHOLLY CATS (B. Goodman) 3:16
23. CHARLIE’S DREAM (C. Basie-L. Young) 3:15
24. I NEVER KNEW (T. Fiorito-G. Kahn) 3:00
25. LESTER’S DREAM (C. Basie-L. Young) 3:17


BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
New York, March 4, 1941
Benny Goodman, clarinet, leader;
Alec Fila, Jimmy Maxwell, Cootie Williams, Irving Goodman, trumpets;
Lou McGarity, Cutty Cutshall, trombones;
Skippy Martin, Gus Bivona, alto saxophones;
George Auld, Pete Mondello, tenor saxophones;
Johnny Guarnieri, piano; Artie Bernstein, bass; Dave Tough, drums
Jimmy Mundy, arranger

26. SOLO FLIGHT (C. Christian-J. Mundy-B. Goodman) 2:48


JAM SESSION
Minton’s Playhouse, New York, May 8, 1941
Oran “Hot Lips” Page, Joe Guy, trumpets;
Rudy Williams, alto saxophone;
Don Byas, Kermit Scott, tenor saxophones;
"Tex", piano; Nick Fenton, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums

27. STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY (E. Sampson-C. Webb-B. Goodman-A. Razaf) 10:21
(solo order: Guy, Scott, Page, Christian, Guy, Williams, Guy, Byas, Page, Guy)


BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET
“Monte Proser Dance Carnival”, Mutual Radio Network
Madison Square Garden, New York, June 1941
prob. Benny Goodman, clarinet, leader; Cootie Williams, trumpet;
Georgie Auld, tenor saxophone; Johnny Guarnieri, piano;
Walter Iooss, bass; Nick Fatool, drums
Note: this might be Christian's last known recording

28. STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY (E. Sampson-C. Webb-B. Goodman-A. Razaf) 1:45 [inc]

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Franziska Baumann & Matthias Ziegler - Schaffhausen 2006 (FLAC)

There has been some demand for more freely improvised stuff up here, so this is a first show I offer here, another one, by Veryan Weston, will soon be ready, too.

There's a bit of info on this duo, also known as "Voices and Tides", on the homepage of Franziska Baumann's. Baumann and Matthias Ziegler also have a disc out on Leo Records, called "Voices and Tides". What I offer here is one of their live shows, from the 2006 edition of the jazz festival in the beautiful city of Schaffhausen, which is mostly dedicated to present Swiss bands and projects.

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Franziska Baumann & Matthias Ziegler
Jazzfestival Schaffhausen 2006
Schaffhausen (CH), Kulturzentrum Kammgarn
May 10, 2006

Franziska Baumann - voice, electronics
Matthias Ziegler - flutes, electronics

*** complete concert ***

FM intro (2:21)
1. Improvisation (9:47)
2. Improvisation (6:42)
3. Improvisation (4:46)
4. Improvisation (2:52)
5. Improvisation (4:50)
6. Les choses perdues (Improvisation) 4:17
FM outro (0:18)

TT: 35:56

Sound: A
Source: DRS 2 "Jazz Live" / 2006-07-28
Lineage: FM > (tape? >) minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Taped, transferred & seeded by ubu

File 1 / File 2

Horace Silver Quartet feat. Lou Donaldson - Live in NYC, 1953

Pardon the long gaps between posts - I'm just too busy in real life, and that will not change all that soon, so I can't promise that posts will appear faster in the weeks to come, sorry!
For now though, one more thing is ready and uploaded, so come back in a couple of days for a second new post!

This here is rather exciting - boots from those days are very rare, and all the more I'm glad the seeder who put up this show on dime allowed me to post it here. He recommended using the Ogg-format, which allows for less compression/loss of quality than MP3, and I followed his wish, so this comes in three files.


Horace Silver, January 19, 1956 (photo by Bob Parent)

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Horace Silver
New York City (USA)
September 14, 1953

Lou Donaldson - alto saxophone
Horace Silver - piano
Jimmy Schenk - bass
Lloyd Turner - drums

1. You Go to My Head - 4:01
2. Rifftide - 12:09
3. Ann HS > Things We Did Last Summer - 6:32
4. I'll Remember April - 14:26 [cuts in]
5. Lou's Blues (in two parts) - 19:06
6. Billie's Bounce - 14:35
7. The Way You Look Tonight - 8:12 [fade-out]

TT: 79:06

Sound: A-/B+
Source: Radio broadcast
Lineage: Broadcast >reel >cass >Goldwave >CD Wave >CDR >EAC (secure) >FLAC Frontend (level 6, SBE OK). Burned to CDR, ripped in EAC (secure - log included), then encoded to Ogg at highest bitrate for this share
Links in comments as usual.

Emil Viklicky Trio with Daniel Pezzotti & special guest Franco Ambrosetti - Round about Martinu - Basel 2007 (FM) - now on dime!

Emil Viklicky Trio: Uhlir, Tropp, Viklicky (l. to r.)

Here's a very special concert by czech pianist Emil Viklicky's trio with two swiss guests, Daniel Pezzotti on cello and Franco Ambrosetti on trumpet. The concert took place as the one jazz even during the Bohuslav Martinu music festival in Basel in November and the first set was broadcast on swiss radio DRS 2.

Viklicky is probably unknown in the US and also remains little-known around here, but Franco Ambrosetti should be a bit better known. He's one of most important contemporary jazz musicians (hey, not "adult contemporary" or how that crap is named in the US!) of Switzerland, kind of an elder statesman by now, who has played with just about everyone and has a lot of disc availabe, some of them on the great Enja label. He was also subject of some previous seeds of mine (one as a leader only, I think).
Daniel Pezzotti has also worked with Thierry Lang's project dedicated to Swiss folk music (their Cully 2007 was subject of a seed of mine).
Anyway, this isn't really a third stream thing or some such, rather a very successful integration of different strains of music into one organic and very beautiful project. I was aware of Viklicki (the only other show I have is mostly commercially released, alas), but this still caught me totally off-guard - a stunning recording, in my humble opinion!

Check out the samples or just give something new a chance!

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Emil Viklicky Trio featuring Daniel Pezzotti, special guest: Franco Ambrosetti
"Round about Martinu"
Internationale Musikfesttage B. Martinu
Basel (Switzerland), Musée Tinguely
November 14, 2007 (Set 1)
Emil Viklicky - piano & arrangements
František Uhlír - bass
Laco Tropp - drums
Franco Ambrosetti - trumpet
Daniel Pezzotti - violoncello

FM intro (1:50)
1. Moravian Girl (Bohuslav Martinu) 12:52
2. Band Intros & Announcement Pezzotti (1:56)
3. Highlands, Lowlands (Emil Viklicky) 14:43
4. Announcement Pezzotti (0:24)
5. unknown (Bohuslav Martinu) 15:14
6. Announcement Pezzotti (0:22)
7. Blame It On My Youth (Levant-Heyman) 12:02
FM outro (0:23)

TT: 59:51

Sound: A
Source: DRS 2 "Jazz Live" / 2008-01-11
Recording engineer: Martin Pearson
Lineage: FM > HD > WAV > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, edited & shared by ubu

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=180703

David Liebman / Ellery Eskelin - Tübingen 2005

Here's another show, not as progressive as those all over the Schlippenbach post might wish for, but still a bit of a departure from the 40s stuff...

This is a mighty fine recording by the two tenor band of Dave Liebman and Ellery Eskelin, who also put out an official album on the great Hat Records label (hatOLOGY 615 / 2005). And even better, they're scheduled to do another album for Hat's current hatOLOGY series (see the "recent & upcoming" section of Eskelin's website).

And remember: support the artists! Go to their concerts, buy a disc or two from them!

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David Liebman / Ellery Eskelin Quartet
Sudhaus, Tübingen (Germany)
April 29, 2005

David Liebman - tenor & soprano sax
Ellery Eskelin - tenor sax
Tony Marino - bass
Jim Black - drums

1. Off A Bird
2. Tie Those Laces
3. You Call It
4. Ghosts
5. Tempos

TT: 63:24

Sound: A
Source: SWR 2 "Jazz Session" / 2005
digi-fm (MPEG 1, Layer II, Stereo, 48000khz, 192kbps)
Received uncut MP2 in online-trade, tracked with mp3DirectCut & shared by ubu

DL link

Johnny Griffin 1969 - date corrected

for those of you who care, please note that the Griffin show from this earlier post:
http://ubu-space.blogspot.com/2008/01/johnny-griffin-live-in-1969-on-dime-and.html
was recorded on May 16, not May 21, 1969!

Alexander von Schlippenbach - Mainz 2007

Alexander von Schlippenbach will soon turn 70. Last year, he was the winner of German radio station SWR 2's jazz award.

I just posted this one on dime tonight, too. As it's in original digi-fm format (MP @ 320 kbs), I post it here as well - hope you'll enjoy!

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Alexander von Schlippenbach - SWR-Jazzpreisträger 2007
Mainz (Germany), Foyer, SWR-Funkhaus
June 13, 2007


Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano

1. Trinkle Tinkle (2:26)
2