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Music Discussion

2012-12-31T12:12:00.000+01:00

I'd enjoy it if people would drop by again and share some thoughts about the music they downloaded from this place!

Carla Bley - Carla's Christmas Carols (Berlin 2008)

2011-12-05T17:44:00.000+01:00

I posted this one two years ago... so here it is again, right in time for x-mas. Must be the most idiosyncratic versions ever done of Christmas Carols - gotta love it! Her carols have also been released officially on ECM - the review by John Fordham in the Guardian is still out there - and I've gotten the CD in the meantime and enjoy it a lot! Carla Bley Plays Christmas Carols Berlin (Germany)

A Piano Jazz Christmas (1994)

2011-12-05T12:38:00.000+01:00

Yes, it's that time already again... I recommend you get June Christy's fine album This Time of Year if you want to hear something strong and personal. There's also Carla Bley's Carla's Christmas Carols (I'd be happy to bring back up the live recording I've shared of this - just put in a comment). Those might be my favorites in the rare, very rare cases I want to hear Christmas music. I do have

Tribute to Phil Cohran - Chicago 2005

2011-09-06T17:07:00.000+02:00

Tribute to Kelan Phil Cohran NEW CHICAGO MUSIC - AACM 40th Anniversary Chicago, IL (USA), Hothouse May 14, 2005 Malachi Thompson - trumpet, flugelhorn Roscoe Mitchell - saxophone Harrison Bankhead - bass Vincent Davis - drums Kahil El'Zabar - percussion, kalimba feat: Kelan Phil Cohran - kalimba, zither, etc. (on #3) 1. Band Improv 1 (12:48) 2. Kahil award Cohran (6:47) 3. C Blues Improv with

Ceu - Cologne 2009

2011-08-08T01:45:00.001+02:00

repost upon request note, again: I couldn't positively i-d #10 - it's on neither of the CDs. CéU Köln (Germany), Stadtgarten October 25, 2009 Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças - vocals Guilherme Ribeiro - keyboards, guitar, accordion Lucas Martins - electric bass, vocals Bruno Buarque - drums DJ Marco - turntables 1. fm intro (0:38) 2. Sobre O Amor E Seu Trabalho Silencioso (1:21) 3. Espaçonave (3

The Alvin Curran Filharmonia - "May I Know" - Taktlos Bern 2002

2011-08-02T10:39:00.000+02:00

I recently got a request for a re-up of this set... Curran's website suggest that possibly a part of this was released on the Tzadik CD "Lost Marbles", but I don't have it to check the exact details. Anyway, here's the entire set! The Alvin Curran Filharmonia "May I Know" Taktlos Bern 2002 Bern (Switzerland), Dampfzentrale September 14, 2002 Alvin Curran - keyboards Fred Frith - guitar Joan

ubu cinéphil (toujours)

2011-08-01T00:45:00.000+02:00

Update... This is by far not a complete list. I started going to the movies earlier, and I didn't take any notes about new films I saw for a long time. Anyway, I think this list may represent about two thirds of what I saw, and from 2004 on, it should be pretty complete. ::: 1996 ::: La vie et rien d'autre (Bernard Tavernier) prob. O Thiasos (Theo Angelopoulos) ::: 1997 ::: prob.

r.i.p. Amy Winehouse - Arendal 2007

2011-07-23T20:12:00.000+02:00

Amy Winehouse has just left the building... another talented artist unable to cope with too many problems. Blessed with great talent she was, for sure, and the news of her death caught me unexpected as I kept hoping she'd be able to rise and stand, eventually... wasn't going to be. Shit. Here's a terrific boot from 2007 that was up here before - Amy in full power and... in control... Amy

Zim Ngqawana - Willisau 2009

2011-05-17T14:58:00.000+02:00

As a tribute to Zim Ngqawana, who left this world much too early, here's his concert from 2009's Willisau Jazz Festival. Zim must be jamming in that other place with Kippie, Dudu, Mankunku, Manenberg and all the other cats that left us all too soon. r.i.p. Zim Ngqawana ------------------- Zim Ngqawana - Zimology Quartet Jazzfestival Willisau Willisau (Switzerland) August 26, 2009 Zim Ngqawana

r.i.p. Zim Ngqawana

2011-05-11T21:15:00.000+02:00

The great South African saxophone player Zim Ngqawana died Monday evening in Johannesburg, after suffering a stroke in the afternoon. Check out this live video from the Guinness Jazz Festival or check out this beautiful tune from one of his albums. What a huge loss.

Albert Ayler - Rarities (1964-1970)

2011-03-07T13:57:00.000+01:00

Here's most of the material that's left unreleased officially after the massive "Holy Ghost" set that came out seven years ago (gee, it's been that long!?) - this consists mainly of two more sets from the November 1966 tour in Europe, as well as the outtake that was on the original pressings of ESP'-Disk 1002 and a stray cut still left in the can from the July 1970 St. Paul de Vence recordings.

Lester Young - Live and in Chronological Order

2011-02-26T23:12:00.000+01:00

Here's the whole shebang... a re-upload of the 16CD set of (nearly) all of Lester Young's known live recordings. I got this from a kind soul many years ago, and the files that are still up (about half of them) from the first round are among the most downloaded of all the years I've had this blog... so I figured it would be time to bring this on again. The files are unchanged - but the

Norman Howard - Burn Baby Burn

2011-02-26T14:47:00.000+01:00

Here's a rare tape release from Norman Howard. A portion of these recordings has made it to CD (under the same title) on ESP-Disk' - go get it! Some titles are identical, but there are others here and some different versions (edits?), too. Clifford has kindly allowed me to use his write-up - though it took me ages to finally get this up here... it's an honour to present a few more missing parts

Marion Brown - Yale 1982

2011-02-26T14:04:00.002+01:00

Got this one from "trane" in a trade a while back - thanks a lot! It makes for a very, very nice coda to the Brown sets I shared last fall. Marion Brown Yale, Ohio (USA), Yale University 1982 Marion Brown - alto sax 1. Hurry Sundown - 6:32 2. Since I Fell for You - 5:01 3. Black and Tan Fantasy - 5:36 4. I Can't Get Started - 7:29 5. Don't Take Your Love from Me - 3:15 6. Monk's Mood/

James Brown - Hartford, CT, 1974

2011-02-21T22:36:00.001+01:00

This set seems to be from just a few days after the Apollo set just posted. The band is on fire, playing some great funky music. And JB himself reacts with an energized show. We only get two opening tracks by the J.B.'s this time and the whole show runs shorter, but there's some great funk all the way through! Again, sound is rough here, but to me, it's good enough to enjoy the music (the

James Brown - Apollo Theater, NYC 1974-11-30

2011-02-21T22:31:00.000+01:00

Another JB show - one more to come... sound is much less good than on the Swiss set, but the band and its boss is on home turf and livelier than in the previous set. Brown strays a bit during "Crossroads" and "Try Me" and the bad sound becomes a bit of an issue during these more quiet parts, but the opening bits by the J.B.'s and the final quarter of an hour are some dead heavy funk! If you have

James Brown - Switzerland 1973

2011-02-21T10:32:00.000+01:00

I'm still deeply into James Brown's music, proceeding roughly chronologically (but so far without also playing the Hip-O-Select 2CD sets compiling all the Singles... Vols. 1, 2, and 5 are far gone, Vol. 6 has been around and several of the others shall be here soon, too). Some listening protocols and stuff will be published on my new blog (in German only, sorry) over here: http://

Steven Bernstein "Diaspora Soul" - Berlin 2000 (re-post)

2011-02-08T09:56:00.001+01:00

So then, here we go again, upon request - had to re-rip (with EAC in secure mode, of course) from my CDR as I didn't have the FLAC stored anywhere. Here's a great recording by Steven Bernstein's "Diaspora Soul". It's the only live show I have by this band. With Briggan Krauss (also part of Sex Mob), Paul Shapiro (check out his album "Twilight"!), the great Michael Blake and the Rodriguez

The Unthanks - BBC 2010 (re-post)

2011-01-19T22:26:00.000+01:00

Usually I don't take requests for re-posts, but The Unthanks have been on my mind and in my player again recently - their disc "Here's the Tender Coming" was one of the bigger discoveries in the past few months... so here we go again... again: beautiful voices, haunting tunes, great instrumental arrangements... got this one from dime. The Unthanks - BBC World Routes London (UK), Maida Vale

ubu cinéphil (reloaded)

2010-12-27T16:03:00.002+01:00

James Brown - Paris 1967

2010-11-19T16:04:00.000+01:00

Good gawd! Papa's got a brand new bag! One of my latest musical discoveries - or rather in this case a re-discovery - is James Brown. I've had his "CD of JB" ever since I was in High School, but I never quite followed up digging into his music, although I did get to know Maceo Parker's music a little bit better over the years (his disc "Soundtrack" on Minor Music was one of the most-played back

Lisette Spinnler "Siawaloma" - Schaffhausen 2010

2010-11-14T19:33:00.000+01:00

After all the commemorative posts, here's one by a young and very much alive singer from Switzerland, Lisette Spinnler. Her music is a mix of various influences, the most prevailing being of course jazz, but there's a defining African bent to much of it. To make up your mind before downloading (which I of course highly recommend you do!), you can check out two songs on her homepage The music

Marion Brown - Solo & w/Gunter Hampel & Karl Berger

2010-11-01T22:08:00.001+01:00

r.i.p. Marion Brown This is the final upload in a little series dedicated to the late Marion Brown - a hodge-podge of music from the sixties and the eighties. Hope you enjoy the ride and hope you'll keep a special place for Marion in your hearts. Karl Berger - Total Music Ensemble Hamburg (Germany) December 1968 Marion Brown - alto sax Becky Friend - flute Karl Berger - vibes Alan Silva -

Marin Brown - St. Georgen 1980

2010-10-31T12:15:00.001+01:00

r.i.p. Marion Brown Show #4 of my little tribute to the great Marion Brown. Marion Brown Quartet St. Georgen, Germany February 8, 1980 Marion Brown - alto sax Hilton Ruiz - piano Jack Gregg - bass Freddie Waits - drums CD1/63:54 1. Sunshine Road (19:06) 2. November Cotton Flower (14:36) 3. Afrodisia (14:46) 4. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (15:25) CD2/46:16 1. Pleasant Street (15:39) 2. Sweet

Marion Brown - Köln 1977

2010-10-29T09:14:00.000+02:00

r.i.p. Marion Brown The third of five sets I'll be sharing for the moment - there are more around, of course, but these five were all shared five and a half years ago on EZT/dime and I figure there must be some interest, after all these years! Marion Brown Quartet Köln (Germany), Funkhaus March 13, 1977 Marion Brown - alto sax Brandon K. Ross - guitar Jack Gregg - bass Steve McCraven - drums

Marion Brown - NYC 1976

2010-10-28T12:54:00.000+02:00

Here's Peter Keepnews' NYTimes obit, also find some more information in my first post dedicated to Brown. Note that the information below is somewhat more complete than what you'll get in the tags and info-file, so please update those! Marion Brown Sextet New York, NY (USA), The Village Gate August 27, 1976 Marion Brown - alto saxophone Aurell Ray & Butch Campbell - guitars Jack Gregg - bass

Yusef Lateef - Montreux 1970

2010-10-27T00:23:00.000+02:00

Sorry I missed Brother Yusef's birthday... he got ninety 17 days ago (well, make that 18 now that it turned past midnight while I was typing the following). Lateef was born William Evans Huddleston (no relation to Father Huddleston, I assume) on October 9, 1920 in Chattanooga, TN. His family moved to Detroit in 1925 and that's where he remained rooted for a long time. In the mid and late 50s, he

Noah Howard - NYC 2001

2010-10-26T23:22:00.000+02:00

Final Noah Howard post... check out the first of this five-part series for some more information about Howard. This set here features him with the great Alan Silva, playing at 2001's Vision Fest. Bobby Few is on piano and on drums we find Leroy Williams who has played with everyone from Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan and Bill Hardman, to Lee Konitz, Anthony Braxton,

Marion Brown - Esslingen 1970

2010-10-23T17:59:00.001+02:00

Beginning my homage to the late great Marion Brown before even closing with the final Noah Howard post... but gee, Brown... he was such a great, lyrical musician. Got to love his music! First, some food: Pieces of a Conversation (by Clifford Allen, 2005) AAJ Fireside Chat (by Fred Jung, 2003) Online Discography Then, some music... again, proceeding (roughly) chronological, here's a 1970 set of

Noah Howard - NYC 1997

2010-10-23T14:00:00.000+02:00

There's a great tribute to Noah over on Streams of Expression. Here's the penultimate set of my own little tribute, featuring Howard at the Knitting Factory with the great Wilber Morris on bass. All thanks go to N_n who shared this one over on dime, several years ago. Noah Howard Quartet New York City (USA), Knitting Factory, Tap Bar June 16, 1997 Noah Howard - alto saxophone Chris Chalfont -

Noah Howard / Bauer-Parker-Moss / Howard-Carl-Schweizer - Stuttgart 1984

2010-10-22T16:30:00.000+02:00

More Noah Howard... and in the meantime we had to learn of Marion Brown's death. A little series dedicated to his music will follow (as will the promised Bill Dixon sets). This one here features Howard in a solo performance (one of Marion Brown's specialties, btw!) as well as in a trio with Rüdiger Carl and Irene Schweizer. In between, you'll hear another trio with whose members I'm sure you're

Bill Dixon...

2010-10-06T00:05:00.000+02:00

...would have been 85 years old today. And just today, I received my copy of the new CAM box collecting all his Soul Note albums. Read Ben Ratliff's NYTimes obit, Ben Young's official obit, and Clifford Allen's post about Dixon's funeral and check out his other blog entries on Dixon (hopefully more are going to come). Me, I hope to be able to post some of Dixon's music in the coming days or

Spirits Rejoice - Guy Kopelowicz' Photographs

2010-10-03T18:12:00.000+02:00

Check out the amazing photos Guy Kopelowicz took during Albert Ayler's "Spirits Rejoice" session at Judson Hall in NYC.

Noah Howard - Stuttgart 1977

2010-10-01T22:12:00.000+02:00

Thanks go out to jazzrita who shared this fixed version of a show by the same band as on the SAJ album "Schizophrenic Blues" (recorded in Berlin a few days later). This is #3 of the little Howard memorial series. Noah Howard Quartet Stuttgart (Germany) May 11, 1977 Itaru Oki - trumpet Noah Howard - alto sax Jean-Jacques Avenel - bass Oliver Johnson - drums 1. (20:36) [fade-in] 2

Noah Howard - Bremen 1975

2010-09-30T16:43:00.000+02:00

Next one of the Noah Howard series - as you'll notice, this is into the mellowing phase... beautiful music, informed by all the avantgarde sensibilities and experiences that Howard had made in his early years in music. Noah Howard Quartet Bremen (Germany), Sendesaal January 27, 1975 Noah Howard - alto sax Takashi Kako - piano Kent Carter - bass Oliver Johnson - drums 1. Ole

Barry Altschul - Nancy 1977

2010-09-26T11:30:00.002+02:00

Here's the companionpiece to the Kalaparusha - a very nice set by Barry Altschul's quartet with great playing by George Lewis and Byard Lancaster. Holland, at that time, was into some quite great stuff, too! Barry Altschul 1976 Barry Altschul Quartet Nancy (France), Jazzpulsations October 12, 1977 George Lewis - trombone Byard Lancaster - soprano & alto sax, flute Dave Holland - bass, cello

Noah Howard - NYC 1972

2010-09-25T18:08:00.001+02:00

photo by Juma Sultan Noah Howard passed away on September 3rd. In the following days, I'll share the few boots of his that I've collected in the past years. Thanks go out to all the tapers and generous folks keeping the music in circulation. John Fordham's obituary can be found here, and for those who still only own bloggity files of "The Black Ark", the LP reissue is still available from

Muhal Richard Abrams - George Lewis - Roscoe Mitchell - Sant'Anna Arresi 2009

2010-09-24T11:32:00.001+02:00

Here's a digi-fm capture of this Chicago all star trio - missing a short encore, but otherwise this is the entire concert. With best wishes to the fresh octogenarian Muhal Richard Abrams, who's playing great these days! Muhal Richard Abrams / George Lewis / Roscoe Mitchell Ai confini tra Sardegna e Jazz 2009 Sant'Anna Arresi (Italy) August 29, 2009 Muhal Richard Abrams - piano

Freddie Hubbard - Comacchio 1984

2010-09-24T08:25:00.004+02:00

So boisterous grandiloquent Freddie and his black a** have been dead for quite a while now... needless to say he is missed! But then he was missed already during the last years of his lifetime. Here's the longer of two circulating sources (not sure how sound compares) of an all star concert with a mighty fine band that comes as a nice addition to the lengthy tribute I did for him early last year.

Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Nancy 1977

2010-09-23T14:46:00.002+02:00

Danilo Parra's film about Kalaparusha (posted ten days ago on the Guardian website) has created quite some stir on the web - and rightly so! I'm at a loss of words about this... just go watch the film yourself. And as a little footnote, read on here (and watch the beautiful film-stills). Heartbreaking indeed! In 2003, Fred Jung has conducted a short interview, which can be found on AAJ.

Araxi Karnusian - Lausanne 2008

2010-09-23T13:19:00.001+02:00

Here's a beautiful set by saxophonist/clarinetist and composer Araxi Karnusian. She's got a disc out on the yvp label with this group, which is called Strange Sounds, Beautiful Music. This concert stems from the CD release tour. Check out her website for more information and do buy her official releases! Araxi Karnusian - Strange Sounds Beautiful Music Lausanne (Switzerland), Studio 15 de la

OM - Schaffhausen 2010

2010-09-12T15:52:00.001+02:00

After a lenghty break, here's the most recent of OM's one-off sets (they first reunited for a concert in Lucerne in summer 2006, then they played Willisau in 2008 (Dragan Tasic's photo below is from that concert) and that concert was released on Intakt. Their third reunion took place in May of this year, and it's this concert you can listen to here. OM were kind of a supergroup of Swiss jazz in

Greg Osby - Birthday at the Vanguard

2010-08-06T07:48:00.001+02:00

Alto saxophonist Greg Osby has celebrated his 50th birthday at the Village Vanguard in New York City. The concert as well as an interview with WBGO's Josh Jackson can be listened to on the NPR website.

Lonnie Johnson & Elmer Snowden - Listen at Stomp Off!

2010-08-01T11:24:00.000+02:00

Chris has shared an amazing bit of history from his closet over on his great Stomp Off blog. Listen to these two great masters chatting and performing some great music for his Philadelphia radio show in 1959 here.

More Last Chances

2010-07-21T16:18:00.002+02:00

I'm pulling together more links - these will be around until Sunday, 1st of August, roughly. Find them >> here <<

Grab now, listen later... last chance for some older goodies!

2010-07-20T16:17:00.002+02:00

The blog will remain closed for another while, but I'm in the process of deleting many old files, as the change of rules on rapidshare is highly in favour of downloaders and against file-sharing folks like me.So here's the deal... check >>here<< for some of the old goodies, and act fast, they'll be gone soon!Do a search on the main page to find details about the recordings, please.The files will

shhhhh!

2010-06-02T12:07:00.004+02:00

this blog is not dead, it just smells funny...

Mostly Other People Do the Killing - Amsterdam 2009

2010-05-31T23:49:00.000+02:00

Here's the promised long show by this fine band - check yesterday's post for a short/preview set if you're unsure, but this is highly recommended!Moppa Elliott & Mostly Other People Do The KillingAmsterdam (The Netherlands), BimhuisMay 29, 2009Jon Irabagon - tenor saxPeter Evans - trumpetMatthew Thomas "Moppa" Elliott - bassKevin Shea - drumsCD1/41:251. Drainlick (M.T. Elliott) Round Bottom,

Mostly Other People Do the Killing - Moers 2009

2010-05-17T10:35:00.003+02:00

Here's a partial set im MP2, short and small, for those who're not sure... a full two-set concert will be posted later on. MOPDTK are a fabulous band led by bassist Moppa Elliott and featuring the great trumpet player Peter Evans, saxophonist Jon Irabagon, and Kevin Shea on drums. Their music is both modern and reaching back at the tradition at the same time, but tradition in their case means not

Ellington Legacy Orchestra - Aarau 1999

2010-05-01T11:23:00.003+02:00

I was contacted about this by Peter Ugrin, the son of trumpet and violin player Petar Ugrin (1944-2001) playing here. Peter is himself a violin player. There are two beautiful tracks by Petar on his page, in particular, "Ozri Se V Gnevu" is stunning!Ugrin was the only one to possibly take the role of Ray Nance, playing both trumpet and violin. The band here is a star-studded one, including a

ubu cinéphil

2010-04-27T12:48:00.000+02:00

Updating my old post here.This is by far not a complete list. I started going to the movies earlier, and I didn't take any notes about new films I saw for a long time. Anyway, I think this list may represent about two thirds of what I saw, and from 2004 on, it should be pretty complete.::: 1996 :::La vie et rien d'autre (Bernard Tavernier)prob. O Thiasos (Theo Angelopoulos)::: 1997 :::prob.

Ceu - Cologne 2009

2010-04-21T19:50:00.005+02:00

In my humble opinion, CéU is one of the hottest new acts that has appeared in the past few years. I got both her CDs and was lucky enough to see her on her CD release tour last fall. Here's a radio broadcast of another concert from that tour. Check her out!I couldn't positively i-d #10 - it's on neither of the CDs.CéUKöln (Germany), StadtgartenOctober 25, 2009Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças -

Gil Evans Orchestra - Stuttgart 1974

2010-04-21T16:22:00.002+02:00

Here's an MP2 set I just came across... thought I could just as well share it...Thanks a lot to the original seeder on dime!Gil Evans OrchestraStuttgart (Germany), Mozartsaal, LiederhalleJuly 22, 1974(MP2)Gil Evans - piano, conductorLew Soloff, Marvin Hannibal Peterson - trumpetPeter Gordon, Pete Levin - french hornTom Malone - trombone, tuba, synthesizerHoward Johnson - tubaDavid Sanborn - alto

Lenny Popkin - Paris 2002

2010-04-20T15:41:00.003+02:00

Now here's a very special contribution, shared kindly by bhowani. It took me a while to edit the raw files I got, I did my best to remove clicks and make the listening as seemless as possible (since the moderators of the fine French jazz live show "Jazz Club" talk in between most tunes, there were a lot, and there remain some rough cuts).Anyway, let's skip the technicalities and delve into the

Barney & Irene

2010-04-18T09:35:00.002+02:00

Two short extracts from rare albums that I've never seen - the India one is out there in the blogosphere, and if you ask politely, I may even have some live material... "Zodiac" seems to be among the very rarest of Barney Wilen albums though.Barney Wilen - vinyl tracksfrom "Jazz Meets India" (2:44)Jazz Meets India : Barney Wilen (ts) Manfred Schoof (tp, cor) Irene Schweitzer (p) Uli Trepte (b)

Wayne Shorter - Village Vanguard 1965 (with Herbie Hancock)

2010-04-13T14:50:00.006+02:00

There was a request for this set in a recent Sonny Rollins set I put up, where Hancock was among the sidemen. This, alas, is no pleasure to listen to, sound is really bad. But of course it's still worth trying... probably a good way is to play one or two songs, and then once your ears got used to the sound, start anew again.So what do we get here? A pure classic show by Wayne Shorter, recorded at

Harry Carney Centennial Celebration (5/5)

2010-04-02T09:58:00.018+02:00

Harry Carney – Centennial CelebrationBoston, Massachusets, April 1, 1910 – New York, October 14, 1974For the fifth and final volume, we mostly stay with Johnny Hodges, starting out with some cuts from a session featuring Ray Nance, Jimmy Hamilton, Lawrence Brown, Billy Strayhorn, and the mid-50s ducal rhythm section of Jimmy Woode and Sam Woodyard. Then we go on with Hodges, Hamilton and the

Harry Carney Centennial Celebration (4/5)

2010-04-02T09:58:00.017+02:00

Harry Carney – Centennial CelebrationBoston, Massachusets, April 1, 1910 – New York, October 14, 1974Volume four of the series goes into Johnny Hodges territory, and for the largest part, we're going to stay with Rabbit's band up to the end! The two partial dates included here are from when Hodges took time off the Ellington band to lead his own band, in the early fifties (he would be back by

Harry Carney Centennial Celebration (3/5)

2010-04-02T09:58:00.014+02:00

Harry Carney – Centennial CelebrationBoston, Massachusets, April 1, 1910 – New York, October 14, 1974The third volume takes the story a step further, including just two sessions: the entire Capitol date by Louie Bellson, featuring an intriguing mix of swing and modern musicians including Clark Terry, Juan Tizol, John Graas, Willie Smith, Wardell Gray, Wendell Marshall, and Billy Strayhorn, and

Harry Carney Centennial Celebration (2/5)

2010-04-02T09:57:00.004+02:00

Harry Carney – Centennial CelebrationBoston, Massachusets, April 1, 1910 – New York, October 14, 1974The second volume continues the great small group sessions from the 1940s, including Carney's own H.R.S. session. He composed "Chili Con Carney" for Sandy Williams' session for the same label, and he was featured on a magnificient "Why Was I Born" on the Wax session with Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Jones

Harry Carney Centennial Celebration (1/5)

2010-04-01T22:32:00.004+02:00

Harry Carney, the great anchor of many a fine Ellington sax section, would have been 100 years old today, April 1, 2010.Carney was born in Boston, MA, on April 1, 1910. As a teenager, he started playing with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1927 and participating in a first recording session on October 6 of that year. Carney started out playing alto sax and clarinet with Duke. The clarinet would

Walter Norris & Red Mitchell - Rotterdam 1976

2010-03-15T09:07:00.002+01:00

One more short set, by the great Walter Norris with Red Mitchell. If you want to hear more by Norris, reach for Ornette's "Something Else" to hear some early playing, or check him out with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis band, or best, get "Drifting" (Enja, rec. 1974), a stellar duo set with George Mraz.Walter Norris & Red MitchellRotterdam (The Netherlands), De DoelenJune 20, 1976Walter Norris -

Sonny Rollins - NYC 1965

2010-03-15T08:42:00.004+01:00

Short sets days today... next one is Sonny Rollins in his prime, with Herbie Hancock at the piano! Sound is less than great, but it's pretty listenable after all the work and after goody's speed fix! Thanks mate!Two other Rollins shows were previously posted here and here.I'll have another recent Rollins set up here as well soon.Sonny RollinsNew York City (USA), Half NoteApril 30, 1965Sonny

George Coleman - Perugia 1983

2010-03-15T08:18:00.004+01:00

Here's a fine short set by George Coleman with one of his finest piano accompanists, the late Ronnie Mathews, who is featured on his own "Jean Marie" at the end.Thanks a lot to Trane (aka sparti) for trading this (and a huge load of other fine shows) to me!Photo by Mark SheldonGeorge Coleman QuartetUmbria JazzPerugia (Italy), Teatro PavoneJuly 14, 1983George Coleman - tenor saxRonnie Mathews -

Rosario Giuliani - Fribourg 2009

2010-03-06T13:38:00.005+01:00

Here's the second contribution from Lewojazz - thanks again!This recording features the great Italian alto saxophonist Rosario Giuliani. He's accompanied by fellow Italians Flavio Boltro on trumpet, the great Dado Moroni on piano (I once had a chance to hear him at a private party - great musician!), and the French rhythm section of Rémi Vignolo and Benjamin Henocq. A mighty fine band, playing

Cholet-Känzig-Papaux - Fribourg 2009

2010-03-04T20:48:00.004+01:00

This was up for a minute on dime a couple of days ago but was banned for a silly reason - the final seconds of the tracks, where the applause or music is faded, was changed to WAV for editing, and then encoded back to MP2... this makes for most enjoyable listening, but it's a breach of dime rules... the seeder has kindly allowed me not only to share this fine set here, but also the set by Rosario

Bobby Hutcherson & Tete Montoliu - Köln 1991

2010-03-03T08:04:00.002+01:00

More great piano playing, this time by Catalanian pianist Tete Montoliu, in duo with vibes player Bobby Hutcherson.A friend of mine maintains a great discography of Tete's recordings, and there's Miquel Jurado's book "Tete. Casi Autobiografia" (Madrid, 2005 - in Catalan only, I'm afraid).In the discography, you'll see that Tete and Hutcherson played Bracknell in 1983 and did a 1984 session for

Randy Weston - Chicago 1984 (with Johnny Griffin, Richard Davis & Art Blakey)

2010-03-02T13:28:00.003+01:00

Quite an all star band on this one... you get Randy Weston doing three solo pieces, then a great take of "Niger Mambo" in duo with Art Blakey at the traps, followed by a tenor/bass duo of Griff & the amazing Richard Davis ("Body and Soul" - what else?), and finally they all get together for some blowing on "Now's the Time" and "Wee".Needless to say I was all over this when it was up on dime...

Danilo Perez - Glasgow 1997

2010-03-01T11:39:00.003+01:00

Pianist Danilo Perez, born 1966 in Panama, was a small sensation in 1996 with his "PanaMonk" album, interpreting Monk tunes to Latin rhythms. Perez has been a member of Wayne Shorter's terrific quartet since 2000 and continues to work with the rejuvenated master saxophonist.Here's an earlier set by his trio. I got this one from dime many years ago and had it on my harddisk awaiting to be edited

Kenny Werner - Monterey 1998

2010-02-28T14:37:00.002+01:00

Pianist Kenny Werner was born in 1951 and has been on the scene for over three decades now. In the 80s, he had a longer stint with Mel Lewis' Orchestra and he has played in the groups of Joe Lovano, Tom Harrell, Eddie Gomez and others.Werner also composed big band charts for orchestras such as the UMO Jazz Orchestra, the WDR Big Band and the Danish Radio Big Band.He has been leading various piano

Paul Bley - Amsterdam 2009

2010-02-23T10:08:00.003+01:00

Here's a recent solo set by Paul Bley (check out the preceeding post for more).This was up on dime a few months ago, perfectly presented, but @ 48 kHz. Nero seems to fix this automatically, but the software I use won't, so I changed the FLAC files to 44.1 kHz, in order to be able to burn them... hope you'll enjoy this one as well!Paul Bley - SoloAmsterdam (The Netherlands), BimhuisMay 13,

Paul Bley feat. John Surman - Paris 1994

2010-02-21T13:08:00.004+01:00

Here's a short set by Paul Bley's group featuring John Surman. Thanks to jazzrita for trading it to me!A pair or earlier uploads with Bley are here and here.Paul Bley Group featuring John SurmanFestival Banlieues BleuesDrancy (France)March 27, 1994John Surman - soprano sax, bass clarinet, wood-flutePaul Bley - pianoFurio di Castri - bassTony Oxley - drums, percussion1. Combination (5:42) [JS,fl/

Phil Woods - poss. Avignon 1970

2010-02-17T09:24:00.002+01:00

Here's one more, back to the regular FLAC format for this one...A smoking hot set by Phil Woods and his European Rhythm Machine, performing the "Executive Suite" at a concert that might be from Avignon 1970. If you know more about this or can help pinning it down, please post a comment!This needed quite some work to be done, but it's well worth it! Woods was one of the best around this time, and

WDR Big Band feat. Bill Holman, Al Cohn, Sal Nistico & Mel Lewis - Cologne 1987

2010-02-17T09:11:00.003+01:00

And one more... luckily, a few German radio stations still maintain their big bands, and while they have to play for (some) bread in between, plenty of fascinating and often mighty fine projects result from their collaborations with various soloists, composers and arrangers.This post features the the WDR Big Band, which goes back to 1946. From 1957 to 1972 it was led by Kurt Edelhagen, later

Oregon - Hamburg 2008

2010-02-17T09:06:00.003+01:00

Next up: a double feature by the great world music band Oregon, who performed at the NDR studios in Hamburg in June 2008 on two consecutive nights.OregonHamburg (Germany), NDR, Rolf-Liebermann-StudioJuly 10 & 11, 2008Paul McCandless - soprano sax, oboe, flute, bass clarinetRalph Towner - guitar, piano, synthesizerGlen Moore - bassMark Walker - drums, percussion:: July 10 ::1. Catching up (11:26)2

Lee Konitz & Martial Solal - Frankfurt 2008

2010-02-17T08:36:00.002+01:00

More MP2 shows... here's one by two elderly masters - both born in 1927: Lee Konitz and Martial Solal have often worked together throughout several decades, after their first encounter in 1968. They do the usual set of standards and originals, but with two guys such as these, it will still be all surprises!Lee Konitz & Martial SolalAlbert Mangelsdorff Memorial ConcertFrankfurt/Main (Germany),

Joe Zawinul - Graz 2002

2010-02-16T12:03:00.004+01:00

Joe Zawinul was one of the greats, I was sad when he left us, really sad. Never managed to catch him live while I had time to do so.This one's at a low bitrate (160 kbs), but it's fun and it features Otto Lechner and Maria João sitting in with the Zawinul Syndicate, so it just has to be good, right?Joe Zawinul Syndicate & GuestsJazzsommer GrazGraz (Austria), MariahilferplatzAugust 2, 2002Joe

Jah Wobble - London 1991

2010-02-16T11:59:00.002+01:00

Going astray... here's a short Maida Vale Beeb session by Jah Wobble. It's short and small, so give it a listen!Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The HeartBBC Session (Andy Kershaw show)London (UK), Maida Vale Studio 5November 10, 1991Jah Wobble : Bass Guitar, VocalsJustin Adams : Guitar, VocalsMark Ferda : Synthesiser, Backing VocalsNeville Murray : Percussion, Backing VocalsAli Slimoni : Percussion,

Bennie Maupin - Berlin 2008

2010-02-16T11:43:00.003+01:00

Today's shares will be some more MP2 digital radio captures... I'm well aware that the file format is a bit of a drag, but this is the finest you'll get from radio these days, and it's the original file format. I put up a link on top right of the blog (visible on each page), where you'll find some directions!The files are small and the sound quality usually is fine, so I don't complain!First then

Von & Chico Freeman w/Hank Jones Trio - Den Haag 1990

2010-02-15T11:11:00.003+01:00

Here's one sent to me by Trane aka sparti a few months ago. It came mostly untracked, so I did the usual bits of editing, also deleting radio talk while I was at it. Thanks go out to Trane who sent me a bunch of great shows in a trade recently!Von has to be one of my all-time greats, and there's a post dedicated to him where you can find a bunch of shows, as well as a recording of his with Andrew

Bill Frisell - Salzau 2006 & Berlin 2005

2010-02-15T09:34:00.005+01:00

Here's one more by Bill Frisell, again in MP2 format - a long and beautiful set by Frisell's quintet with Ron Miles and the great Gregory Tardy (check him out playing on two stunning Andrew Hill concerts here).Frisell is a musician I'm slowly but surely getting into... it took me a while to get over his high gloss sound, but I'm there now, as I'm slowly also digging into what I guess one best

Veryan Weston & Luc Ex - Amsterdam 2009

2010-02-15T08:59:00.007+01:00

Here's a beautiful concert by Veryan Weston and Luc Ex. Weston can be heard in duo with Trevor Watts here, as well as in a 2003 solo set from Bern. I don't think I've had anything by The Ex or related up here so far - love their collaboration with Getatchew Mekuria!This here's a very different concert though... Ex says about it: "SOL (...) has an unusual instrumentation and is leaning towards

Benny Goodman in Moscow

2010-02-14T11:45:00.003+01:00

Here's a great anonymous contribution, a 1962 Goodman album that has never been on CD in its entirety, as far as I know!Here's a great remembrance by bassist Bill Crow about this tour:http://www.billcrowbass.com/Writing/To%20Russia.htmQuite a trip that must have been!Joe Newman, Jimmy Maxwell, John Frosk, Joe Wilder (tp), Willie Dennis, Wayne Andre, Jimmy Knepper (tb), Benny Goodman (cl), Jerry

Bill Frisell & HR Big Band play Monk & Mingus - Fankfurt 2008

2010-02-08T10:59:00.003+01:00

Bill Frisell is one of the most interesting and intriguing guitar players around. He has done so much, in the most different kinds of settings and bands! Here he is backed by the HR Big Band, playing Mingus and Monk in arrangements by the great Mike Gibbs!Bill Frisell & HR Big Band39th German Jazz FestivalFrankfurt (Germany), Sendesaal des HROctober 30, 2008(MP2)Bill Frisell - guitarMichael Gibbs

Elvin Jones - Willisau 2001

2010-02-08T10:36:00.002+01:00

A while ago I posted plenty of shows by great drummers, use the search function to find some stuff by and with Roy Haynes, Joe Chambers, Daniel Humair and others (I can't guarantee all files are still active though).So then, here's Elvin Jones with a fine version of his Jazz Machine, notably featuring Pat LaBarbera on saxophones!Elvin Jones Jazz MachineJazzfestival WillisauWillisau (CH)September

Piano for Duke - Berlin 1969

2010-02-07T11:46:00.003+01:00

Here's the whole package, minus Cecil Taylor's set, already posted here.Of course, this again is a Joachim-Ernst Berendt production, recently rebroadcast in MP2 format (digital satellite, original files - check the link on top right to find out more about handling MP2 files). Thanks a lot to the seeder over on dime!As with the 1965 Piano Workshop, this goes in big strides, from Joe Turner to

Globe Unity Orchestra - Berlin 1986

2010-02-06T15:44:00.003+01:00

Alexander von Schlippenbach's Globe Unity Orchestra is one of the longest living large band projects in free jazz. Here they are in Berlin, at roughly half of their run so far (I hope it will continue for another while!), incorporating the usual mix of musicians from Europe, the US, and Japan as well.This comes from the same edition of the JazzFest that also yielded the 20th Anniversary album for

Piano Workshop - Berlin 1965 (feat. Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, John Lewis, Lennie Tristano, Bill Evans & Jaki Byard)

2010-02-06T15:05:00.002+01:00

The rest of the 1969 Berlin "Piano for Duke" night will follow tomorrow. To sweeten up the waiting time a bit, here's the "Piano Workshop" from Berlin 1965.This concert was organised (and MC'ed) by Joachim Ernst Berendt and the idea behind it was to show the development of jazz piano, from Earl Hines to Teddy Wilson, on to John Lewis and Lennie Tristano, and finally Bill Evans and Jaki ByardThe

Monk All Star Tentet - Paris 2000

2010-02-03T15:00:00.004+01:00

Here's a great recording by fine band, doing Monk tunes under the direction of Don Sickler. The band includes several Monk collaborators in drummer Ben Riley (also member of Sphere), tenor Johnny Griffin, as well as occasional sidemen Eddie Bert, Steve Lacy and Phil Woods. Sickler himself shares trumpet duties with Jack Walrath, best known from his time with Mingus. Finally, there's Ronnie Cuber

Cecil Taylor - Montréal 1985

2010-02-01T14:42:00.003+01:00

Since my previous Taylor share was rather popular, and to sweeten up the wait for the remaining bits of that Berlin piano night, here's another Taylor set in good sound.It features a transitional band, with Lyons and Frank Wright on saxophones, William Parker on bass, and Henry Martinez on drums.Thanks to Nocturnal_n for taping it and sharing it over on dime!Cecil TaylorFestival International de

Cecil Taylor Unit - Berlin 1969

2010-01-26T17:16:00.004+01:00

Here's a great one - a digital radio capture of Cecil Taylor's 1969 set at the Berlin. And opposed to what was long thought, it seems to be the full set, too! (Read the message from Lukas Lindenmaier below - you'll need to save that from here if you want it, it's not included in the DL!)Most likely, this is the finest quality show we'll ever hear from Taylor's 1969 tour with Sam Rivers!Cecil

Michel Camilo - Bern 2007

2010-01-26T09:08:00.004+01:00

And finally, something more bread and butter... a piano trio!Michel Camilo is a virtuoso piano player that has mostly lost me... I heard a solo set of his in the mid 90s that I enjoyed, but then all I heard sounded rather boring to my ears. I keep checking out some of his shows on dime though, and this one sounded pretty exciting, so I felt like offering it here, too!If you enjoy some exuberant,

Michel Godard - Offenburg 2004

2010-01-26T08:57:00.002+01:00

And one more for the lovers of the tuba - a very fine AUD capture of Michel Godard's band "Cousins Germains" with the saxophones of Wolfgang Puschnig (Austrian of course) and Christof Lauer, Herbert Joos on trumpet, the devilish looks and guitars of Marc Ducret, and drummer Wolfgang Reisinger. A mighty fine band, that also has a CD out.Godard has done many interesting projects, as I mentioned in

Michel Godard & Dave Bargeron - Köln 2001

2010-01-26T08:43:00.003+01:00

Tuba anyone? Two big horns for two big men... Dave Bargeron and Michel Godard are among the finest tuba players in today's jazz scene. Bargeron has been around for a while and has frequently turned up on the bass trombone chair of bigger bands, Godard has done all kinds of things, including a long stint in the fine band of oud player Rabih Abou-Khalil.Here they are together, doing the flight of

Tackhead - Willisau 2004

2010-01-25T15:26:00.005+01:00

As I'm at it already, and as I'm stretching borders... here's one more, the great group Tackhead with Adrian Sherwood at the mixing desk!Pump it up and enjoy!Tackhead w/Adrian SherwoodWillisau (CH), Jazzfestival 2004August 27, 2004Bernard Fowler - vocalsSkip McDonald - guitarDoug Wimbish - electric bassKeith Le Blanc - drumsAdrian Sherwood - sound/mixing1. Stormy Weather > Rapper's Delight (Good

Roscoe Mitchell / Anthony Braxton / Richard Teitelbaum / ROVA Sax Quartet - Nickelsdorf 1984

2010-01-25T15:16:00.002+01:00

And finally one for the (even) more adventurous listeners... a compilation of partial sets from the 1984 edition of the Konfrontationen festival in Nickelsdorf, Austria.This features a large orchestra co-led by Roscoe Mitchell and Anthony Braxton, a special project by Mitchell including a string quartet, the duo of Braxton and synths player Richard Teitelbaum, as well as Braxton sitting in with

Max Nagl - Mainz 1999

2010-01-25T15:05:00.003+01:00

Max Nagl is one of the more interesting characters around on the European jazz and music scene of the past years, composing for stage plays, dance and more.Nagl, born 1960, has released a string of intriguing albums, the latest of them mostly on Hat Hut, including his fine project "Big Four" (with Steven Bernstein). Nagl has collaborated with novelist Franzobel, with Noel Akchoté (who's also a

The Unthanks - BBC 2010

2010-01-25T14:59:00.002+01:00

The Unthanks and their album "Here's the Tender Coming" were one of my discoveries of the past few months. Beautiful voices, haunting tunes, great instrumental arrangements... how glad was I to see this short BBC recording on dime a few days ago!The Unthanks - BBC World RoutesLondon (UK), Maida Vale StudioJanuary 23, 2010Rachel Unthank - vocalsBecky Unthank - vocals, feetNiopha Keegan - vocals,

Cedar Walton (with Eddie Harris) - Ancona 1984

2010-01-19T15:40:00.003+01:00

Here's another one... Pianist Cedar Walton and his fine trio with David Williams and Idris Muhammad, playing with the late great Eddie Harris!They were both born in 1934 - Eddie left this place far too early! He's one of the big unsung greats, not taken nearly as serious as a bad-ass jazz artist than he should have been. But that's too late now!This needed quite some work, and it's far from

John Zorn / Tim Berne - Frankfurt 1988

2010-01-19T09:14:00.004+01:00

Here's a set by John Zorn and Tim Berne, doing some Ornette tunes with the twin drums of Joey Baron and Michael Vatcher, and Mark Dresser on bass. This is the "Spy vs. Spy" band a few months before recording that album. Not sure why it was dubbed "W.R.U." at the concert, of if I mixed anything up... anyway, the music is great!John Zorn / Tim Berne - W.R.U.Deutsches Jazz FestivalFrankfurt (Germany