Barney & Irene

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 tracks

from "Jazz Meets India" (2:44)
Jazz Meets India : Barney Wilen (ts) Manfred Schoof (tp, cor) Irene Schweitzer (p) Uli Trepte (b) Mani Neumaier (d) Diwan Montihar (sitar,vo) Keshav Sathe (tabla) Kusum Thakur (tamboura)
Villingen, Germany, December 23, 1967, Saba/MPS SB-1514ST
1. unknown


from "Zodiac"
Barney Wilen (ts) Raymond Court (t) Carl Heinz Berger (p-1, vib-2) Jean Francois Jenny Clark (b) Jacques Thollot (d)
2. Cancer (B. Wilen) (2) (JT out) > Gemeaux (B. Wilen) (2)

NOTE:
Barney Wilen - Zodiac - Vogue, Paris, January 19 & 20, 1966,
Sehr seltene und gesuchte Platte des Saxophonisten Barney Wilen, der 1959 durch Miles Davis Musik zum Film "Fahrstuhl zum Schaffot" / "L´ascenseur du l´echafaud" / "Lift to the Scaffold" berühmt wurde. Diese 1966 eingespielten Aufnahmen mit Carl Heinz Berger, J.-F. Jenny Clark und Jacques Thollot erschienen nur auf dem französischen Label Vogue CLVLX 9130.


Source #1: France Musique "Le jazz probablement" / 2006-05-22

Source #2: France Musiques "Jazz à contre-courant" / 2006-06-04
[Special show titled "Hommage au saxofoniste Barney Wilen"]
Lineage: FM > minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

Wayne Shorter - Village Vanguard 1965 (with Herbie Hancock)

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 the Village Vanguard with Herbie Hancock, Gary Peacock and Tony Williams - if this was in prime sound, it might as well be a favorite, but as it is, it's more a curiosity of historical value.
This seems to come from the midst of a period of inactivity of Miles' band - Peacock was one of the bass players who subbed occasionally when Carter was unavailable (others were Richard Davis and Al Stinson). Coincidentally, Miles' return to the scene took place at the Village Vanguard and with Peacock as well, in late 1965 (see here).



Wayne Shorter Quartet
New York City (USA), Village Vanguard
August 1, 1965

Wayne Shorter - tenor sax
Herbie Hancock - piano
Gary Peacock - bass
Tony Williams - drums

1. The Eye of the Hurricane (10:15)
2. Just in Time (9:35)
3. Oriental Folk Song (12:02)
4. Virgo (7:09)
5. Fran-Dance (6:06)

TT: 45:09

Sound: B
Lineage: aud? > tape > cd-r > EAC(secure mode) > wav > flac(7)(asb)
Edited by ubu, ripped today from CDR (w/EAC, secure, log) > TLH > FLAC (8)

Sonny Rollins - NYC 1965

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 Rollins
New York City (USA), Half Note
April 30, 1965

Sonny Rollins - tenor sax
Herbie Hancock - piano
Herman Wright - bass
Beaver Harris - drums

1. Radio Intro (0:41)
2. There Will Never Be Another You (15:15)
3. My One Only Love (6:19)
4. Three Little Words (4:33) [inc]

TT: 26:51

Sound: A-/B+
Source: ABC radio broadcast (Alan Grant's "Portraits in Jazz")

:: ubu edits ::

the left channel was at lower volume and very muffled
deleted it and used right channel only

Additional lineage: FLAC > TLH > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > TLH > FLAC (8)
SBE's checked >

:: goody's additional lineage ::

dBpoweramp (WAV) > Cool Edit Pro (Pitch Bender -79 cents) > TLH (FLAC Level 8, ffp)
79 cents sharp

Benny Goodman in Moscow

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.htm
Quite 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 Dodgion (as,fl), Phil Woods (as), Zoot Sims, Tommy Newsom (ts), Gene Allen (bari), John Bunch (p), Turk Van Lake (g), Bill Crow (b), Mel Lewis (d)
-1: add Lionel Hampton (vib), Vic Feldman (p)
-2: Quintet: Goodman, Wilson, Van Lake, Crow and Lewis
-3: Septet: Newman, Goodman, Feldman, Bunch, Van Lake, Crow and Lewis
-4: Octet: same, add Zoot Sims

Recorded in Moscow, July 3 & 5-8, 1962

1-01 Let's Dance (Theme)
1-02 Mission to Moscow
1-03 Meet the Band -1
1-04 I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (JN + rhythm)
1-05 Why You?
1-06 Titter Pipes
1-07 Medley: Avalon / Rose Room / The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise -2
1-08 Bei mir bist du schön -3
1-09 Stealin' Apples
2-01 Feathers
2-02 On the Alamo -4
2-03 Midgets -4
2-04 One O'Clock Jump
2-05 Bye Bye Blackbird
2-06 Swift as the Wind
2-07 Fontainebleau
2-08 Meadowland
2-09 Goodbye (Theme)

RCA LSO/LOC-6008-1, ABL2-0824, CD90129

Piano for Duke - Berlin 1969

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 Cecil Taylor, with sets by Thelonious Monk, Steve Kuhn and German pianist Joachim Kühn (who can also be heard on alto sax). The focus is mostly on Ellington, which makes this even more of a treat to my ears!



Piano For Duke
Berliner Jazztage 1969
Berlin (Germany), Philharmonie
November 6, 1969 (MP2)

CD1/54:48

1. Introduction by Joachim-Ernst Berendt 02:27

Joe Turner Greets Ellington - Joe Turner Trio

Joe Turner, piano
Hans Rettenbacher, bass
Stu Martin, drums

2. Joe Turner talks about Duke Ellington (1:30)
3. Jig Walk (2:28)
4. Squeeze Me (4:11)
5. unknown (3:54) [FM source]
6. Caravan (3:05)
7. Satin Doll (3:53)
8. Mood Indigo (2:31)


Steve Kuhn Trio

Steve Kuhn, piano
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bass
Aldo Romano, drums

9. Announcement by Dietrich Schulz-Köhn (1:10)
10. All That's Left Is To Say Goodbye (5:16)
11. U. M. M. G. (6:02)
12. Baubles, Bangles And Beads (6:52)
13. Lament - Once We Loved (4:34)
14. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (6:50)


CD2/58:55

Joachim Kühn Quartett

Joachim Kühn, piano & alto sax
Barre Phillips, bass
Jacques Thollot, drums
Stu Martin, drums

1. Announcement by Dietrich Schulz-Köhn (1:02)
2. Suite To Our Father Duke (17:25)
3. Oh Oma - For My Mother (10:37)


Thelonious Monk, piano

with (#11):
Joe Turner, piano
Hans Rettenbacher, bass
Stu Martin, drums

4. Announcement by Dietrich Schulz-Köhn (0:33)
5. Satin Doll (3:38)
6. Sophisticated Lady (4:27)
7. Caravan (6:15)
8. Solitude (5:37)
9. Crepuscule With Nellie (2:54)
10. announcement by Joachim-Ernst Berendt (1:05)
11. Blues For Duke (5:17)

TT: 113:43

Sound: A/A-
Source: DVB-S@320, 48kHz > raw data > ProjextX > mp3DirectCut > mp2
(lossy recording seeded in its original broadcast codec)

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

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 Byard

The piano players are accompanied by some of the finest bassists and drummers of that era, both Europeans and Americans. The spotlight is on the ivories and ebonies, though, that's for sure!

Highlights included Byard's long improvisation, and the collaborations of Evans/Lewis and Byard/Hines. If you happen to know the identity of Tristano's first piece, please post a comment!

There's a video of this around - plenty of it can be viewed on youtube and similar sites. It would be too much to share the DVD here, I'm afraid. The DVD was bootlegged by ImproJazz, in case you're desperately in need of having it...



Piano Workshop
Berliner Jazztage
Berlin (Germany), Sportpalast
October 30, 1965

Earl Hines - piano (1, 2, 3, 22, 23, 24)
Teddy Wilson - piano (1, 5, 6, 7)
John Lewis - piano (1, 9, 10, 18)
Lennie Tristano - piano (1, 12, 13)
Bill Evans - piano (1, 15, 16, 18)
Jaki Byard - piano (1, 20, 22, 23, 24)
Niels-Henning Örsted Pedersen - bass (1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 16, 18)
Reggie Workman - bass (20)
Peter Trunk - bass (5, 6, 7)
Alan Dawson - drums (1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23)
Connie Kay - drums (9, 10, 12, 13)
Cees See - drums (5, 6, 7)

about track 1: each pianist plays a chorus, leaves the stage and is followed by the next one, announced by Joachim-Ernst Berendt

1. Improvisation (7:20) [all pianists, NHOP, Dawson]
2. Memories Of You (4:02) [Hines, NHOP, Dawson]
3. I've Got The World On A String (2:39) [Hines, NHOP, Dawson]
4. Joachim-Ernst Berendt introcudes Teddy Wilson (0:22)
5. Stompin' At The Savoy (2:55) [Wilson, Trunk, See]
6. Love (3:31) [Wilson, Trunk, See]
7. All Of Me (2:10) [Wilson, Trunk, See]
8. JEB Introduces John Lewis (0:30)
9. Django (4:32) [Lewis, NHOP, Kay]
10. I Should Care (4:42) [Lewis, NHOP, Kay]
11. JEB Introcudes Lennie Tristano (0:32)
12. (2:57) [Tristano, Kay]
13. Cool Boogie (2:23) [Tristano, Kay]
14. JEB Introduces Bill Evans (0:29)
15. Come Rain Or Shine (3:28) [Evans, NHOP, Dawson]
16. Beautiful Love (4:27) [Evans, NHOP, Dawson]
17. JEB Introduces BE and JL (0:20)
18. Blues (2:30) [Lewis, Evans, NHOP, Dawson]
19. JEB Introduces Jaki Byard (1:04)
20. Improvisation (7:20) [Byard, Workman, Dawson]
21. JEB announces EH & JB (0:30)
22. I Want A Little Girl (2:23) [Hines, Byard, Dawson]
23. A Pretty Girls Is Like A Melody (2:44) [Hines, Byard, Dawson]
24. Diane (4:10) [Hines, Byard]

TT: 68:12

Sound: A/A-
Source: DVB-S@320, 48kHz > raw data > ProjextX > mp3DirectCut > mp2
(lossy recording seeded in its original broadcast codec)

This is Jazz History!
In 1965 Joachim-Ernst Berendt, the founder of the Berliner Jazztage (later to become the Jazzfest Berlin) invited the most important jazz pianists then living to the festival.
This is the complete concert - each of them gave some short samples of their playing. The highlight is probably the duo with the oldest (Hines) and the youngest (Byard) pianist.

Cecil Taylor Unit - Berlin 1969

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 Taylor Unit
Berliner Jazztage
Berlin (Germany), Philharmonie
November 6, 1969

Jimmy Lyons - alto sax
Sam Rivers - tenor sax, flute
Cecil Taylor - piano
Andrew Cyrille - drums

1. Announcements by Dietrich Schulz-Köhn (1:50)
2. Fragments Of A Dedication to Duke Ellington (63:30)

TT: 64:47

Sound: A/A-
Source: RBB Kulturradio, June 19, 2009
Lineage: DVB-C (48 khz/ 256 kbps) > Nokia d-box 2 > harddisk
Edits were made with the mp3DirectCut software
Conversion: BeSweet/BeLight > TLH > FLAC (8,asb)

------------------------------

http://www.webmutations.com/ceciltaylor/1969.html

"...the 45:++ from radio broadcast is - most probably - the closing section of the performance. There is another radio broadcast 15:45 with something like the first section, and there seems to be a missing link between these broadcasted parts -some say the gap is but a few minutes, others say it might be more, up to 25:00 - I don't know, I only have the two broadcast fragments, and it seems most likely no private audience tape of this concert exists." --H. Lukas Lindenmaier 05.01.03

{Primary Source: Rick Lopez's Sam Rivers Online Discography, Tape, also documented by Ed Hazell in his unpublished C. T. discography (he has date as 69.11.10 and time length as 48')

:: note by Lukas Lindenmaier (2009-12-14) - not included in the DL! ::

Hi,
after listening to the 1969-1106 recording again, I do believe the 63:30 version we have from the 2009-0619 broadcast (RBB Kulturradio) is the complete performance recorded. There is not cut/editing audible - not in my ears, at least - except for cutting short the final applause. Also, this version is of the best audio quality so far.
Longer versions of recordings from this same date result from - m.h.o - clumsy efforts combining (editing/pasting) fragments from earlier incomplete broadcasts (aired 1969, 1970, and later, by various German radio stations. All these pastiche versions (69 min, 75 min., some even longer) suffer from low audio quality, also harsh cuts and/or inexplicable fades, cross-fades, and overlappings. There is no private audience recording from this performance, as far as I know, documenting „a much longer performance“ as rumourously reported by few eye-/ear-witnesses.
(sidebar): reading from contemporary (1969) festival reviews, 1969-1106 was the opening night of Berliner Jazztage. Performing on this „Piano For Duke“ night were 1) Joe Turner solo or trio?, 2) Steve Kuhn solo?, 3) Joachim Kühn w. Barre Phillips, Stu Martin, Jacques Thollot, 4) Thelonious Monk solo, (then w. J.Turner, Hans Rettenbacher, S.Martin sitting in for the last tune, 5) Cecil Taylor Unit (Lyons, Rivers, Taylor, Cyrille). Not having heard recordings from the first 3 sets, but the complete Monk set, which runs for some 30 min. incl. applause, I guess the CT Unit started at about 2 and 1/2 hours after the beginning of the program - and I don‘t think they played more than the 63:30 on the recording, when „... three quarter parts of the audience derserted ... (quote from Hans Harzheim‘s review in: Jazz Magazine (France) #175 (Feb. 1970) p.11).

Best wishes,
H.Lukas Lindenmaier

Don Ellis - Monterey 1967 & Antibes 1977

Here are two short bits by the great Don Ellis!

It took me a while and several emails with two friends to figure out all the details. Hope I got it all right, in the end!

Read more about Ellis here:
Wikipedia Entry
1968 Interviews, with Ron Simmonds and Les Tomkins
(there are a few more links there!)
Jeff Sultanoff's Remembering Don Ellis from jazz.com: pt. 1 & pt. 2

And by all means, do look for some of Ellis' official releases! The early small group albums are excellent (I think I'd recommend Essence first, it has been brought out on CD at last by Mighty Quinn), and his two Pacific Jazz albums with the orchestra - Live at Monterey and Live in 3 2/3 /4 Time - are among the most exciting big band jazz you'll ever hear! Then, there's Electric Bath, recorded for Columbia, and the great 1971 album for Atlantic, Tears of Joy (CD reissue by Wounded Bird). Several other albums were reissued by Wounded Bird, and Soaring, one of Ellis' MPS albums, was recently reissued by Universal Europe in their cheapo "Jazz Club" series.

The first of these two tracks, New Horizons, comes from shortly before Ellis took the band to the studio to record his Electric Bath album.

The second track comes from fairly late in the game and is incomplete, alas, but it provides another worthwhile glimpse of Ellis at work.



Don Ellis - Big Band
Monterey, CA (USA)
September 1967

Don Ellis, Glenn Stuart, Alan Weight, Ed Warren, Bob Harmon - trumpet
Ron Myers, Dave Sanchez - trombone
Terry Woodson - bass trombone
Ruben Leon, Joe Roccisano - alto sax, flute, soprano sax
Ira Schulman - tenor sax, flute, piccolo, clarinet
Ron Starr - tenor sax, flute, clarinet
John Magruder - baritone sax, flute, bass clarinet
Mike Lang - piano, clavinet
Ray Neapolitan - bass, sitar
Dave Parlato - bass
Steve Bohannon - drums
Chino Valdes - congas, bongos
Mark Stevens - timbales, vibes, misc. percussion
Alan Estes - misc. percussion

1. New Horizons (Don Ellis) 12:03

Sound: A-/B+
Source: tv broadcast
Lineage: tv > ? > CDR in trade (jazzrita) > EAC (secure, log) > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)


:: ubu note ::

This came as from Monterey, CA (USA), Jazz Festival, dated as August 13, 1968.
This actually comes from the 1967 Monterey Jazz festival.

Personnel taken from the "Electric Bath" album which was recorded shortly after the MJF took place (Sept 19 & 20, 1967).



Don Ellis - Big Band
Antibes/Juan-les-Pins (France), Jazz Festival
July 17, 1977

Don Ellis, Glenn Stuart, Gilman Rathel, Jack Coan - trumpet
Alan Kaplan, Richard Bullock - trombone
Sidney Muldrow - french horn
Jim Self - tuba
Ann Patterson - alto & soprano sax, oboe, flute, piccolo
Ted Nash - alto sax, flute, clarinet
James Coile - tenor sax, flute, clarinet
James Snodgrass - baritone sax, piccolo, flute, oboe, bass clarinet
Randy Kerber - piano ,electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer
Darrell Clayborn - bass
Dave Crigger, Mike Englander - drums
Chino Valdes, Ruth Ritchie - percussion
Pam Tompkins, Laurie Badessa - violin
Jimbo Ross - viola
Paula Hochhalter - violoncello

1. Niner Two (Don Ellis) 16:41 [inc, fade-out]

Sound: A-
Source: radio broadcast (ORTF)
Lineage: rb > ? > CDR in trade (jazzrita) > EAC (secure, log) > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)


:: ubu note ::

#7 came as "Minor Two" and the year as 1970.
This was broadcast in 1977 by ORTF, the personnel also reflects the year.
Lean Gaer - electric bass, synthesizer was also listed, but he did not make the 1977 European tour.
His playing was added to the Montreux album under the supervision of Don Ellis in the editing/re-mastering process.

Ella in East Berlin

Just re-upped the deleted bit of this again!

George Russell - Newport 1964 & Europe 1965

Here's the second Russell show - from his prime, I'd say! An earlier version of this that I shared on dime was promptly bootlegged by the Spanish thieves from RLR (Rare Live Recordings they call themselves, ha!). That CD, which also contains a short session from Lenox, Mass.' "Music Inn", was a straight rip from a compilation I put up on dime.

But alas, the same anonymous donor who sent me the 1987 show just posted, also sent me an upgrade of the Newport 1964 show, as well as more tunes from the other date, which turned out to be from Europe, April or May 1965 (see the detailed notes below for more info - the Zurich location is just a best guess at this point).

So for once, the thieves lost and we'll have a better, free version in circulation!

They offer another Russell boot with a Paris and a Bremen date, both from 1964. The Paris again was ripped off from me, I suppose (I got it in trade, it was added once to the Italian magazine "Musica Jazz", an editor of which was kind enough to share it with me and gave the ok to share it further), while the Bremen date was ripped from another dimer.

On the Newport set, you get to hear not only Thad Jones, but also Sun Ra's true sideman, John Gilmore on tenor. Brian Trentham is on trombone, a young Steve Swallow on double bass, Albert "Tootie" Heath on drums, and the great Sheila Jordan turns up for her showcase, "You Are My Sunshine".

For the European show, we have Eje Thelin on trombone, Bertil Lofgren on trumpet, Bernt Rosengren on tenor and flute, Roman Dylag on bass, and again Tootie Heath on drums. The sound here is superior to the one cut-off tune the thieves have on their release.

Now I shut up and let the music speak - be prepared for a real treat!



George Russell
Newport Jazz Festival
Newport, RI (USA)
July 3, 1964

Thad Jones - cornet
Brian Trentham - trombone
John Gilmore - tenor sax
George Russell - piano
Steve Swallow - bass
Albert Heath - drums
Sheila Jordan - vocals (#5)

1. Stage Intro & Announcement by George Russell (2:09)
2. The Outer View (Russell) 9:25
3. Stratusphunk (Russell) 7:12
4. Volupte (Russell) 12:23
5. You Are My Sunshine (trad., arr. Russell) 10:23

TT: 41:57

Sound: A-
Source/Lineage: unknown (sbd?) > CDR in trade > EAC (secure, log) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)


Note: this was broadcast on WKCR-FM (the other circulating source), but this may well be from a different source.



George Russell
prob. Zurich (Switzerland), Volkshaus
April 30, 1965

Bertil Lofgren - trumpet
Eje Thelin - trombone
Bernt Rosengren - tenor sax, flute
George Russell - piano
Roman Dylag - bass
Al Heath - drums

6. You Are My Sunshine (trad., arr. George Russell) 10:58
7. Lydiot (George Russell) 10:01
8. 'Round Midnight (Monk-Hanighen-Williams) 6:46

TT: 27:46

Sound: A- (some print-through)
Source/Lineage: radio broadcast > CDR in trade > EAC (secure, log) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)


Notes:

rillenheini (who knew Eje Thelin and did some lengthy interviews with him) says:
Russell toured Europe with this sextet in April and May 1965. They were recorded for three radio stations:
April 1965: Stockholm (Sweden), Gyllen Cirkeln
April 1965: Copenhagen (Denmark), Montmartre Jazzhus
April 30, 1965: Zurich (Switzerland), Volkshaus
May 1965 Gent (Belgium)
Likely, #6-8 originate from one of these recordings, most likely from the Zurich or Gent concerts, as the sound suggests a large venue (unlike Montmartre and Gyllen Cirkeln).

Further, here's a quote in Jazz Podium 5/1965, p. 115:
George Russell hat in Stockholm ein neues Sextett gebildet, in dem Bertil Lövgren tp, Eje Thelin tb, Bernt Rosengren ts, Romas Dylag b und Al Heath dr spielen. Er stellte sich mit dieser Gruppe erstmals im Stockholmer Gyllene Cirkeln vor und will dann damit auf Reisen gehen. Bisher sind Gastspiele im Kopenhagener Montmartre, in Brüssel und Zürich vorgesehen.

And Jazz Podium 6/1965, p. 155, contains a review of the Zurich concert, written by Joe Viera.


Dime history note: A cut-off version of #8 was included as "unknown European date - July 1964". To my ears, that title sounds very much identical with #8 included here.


: . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :

r.i.p. George Russell (June 23, 1923 - July 27, 2009)

: . : shared on dimeadozen by ubu on 2009-07-28 : . :

Roy Eldridge - NYC (r.i.p. Dick Katz)

Dick Katz, 1924 - 2009

Here are a pair of radio broadcasts by Roy Eldridge's band, featuring Richie Kamuca on tenor sax, and Dick Katz on piano.

These are shared to commemorate Dick Katz, the great pianist and talented writer, who just died. He performed with many greats, including Benny Carter, Kenny Dorham, Tony Scott, the Jay Jay Johnson/Kai Winding band, and others, and he co-founded Milestone Records with Orrin Keepnews, producing albums by Jim Hall/Ron Carter, Lee Konitz and others.

My own favourites among his recordings - next to classics like Carter's "Further Definitions" and "Kenny Dorham & The Jazz Prophets Vol. 1" - though are the Helen Merrill albums he masterminded, both as a producer as well as a pianist. They were recently reissued by Mosaic Records. Some of the finest vocal jazz ever put to tape! Ms. Merrill has posted an NYT review from 2008 on her site.

Marc Myers did an interesting interview with Katz, in the summer. Read it here.

These recordings aren't in perfect quality, far from in fact. But these are historical glimpses at a period when jazz' commercial decline was about to begin. Further, they offer an interesting mix: oldie Roy Eldridge pairs up with west coast tenor Richie Kamuca and east coast pianist Dick Katz. In addition, we get to hear some Kansas City blues from guest Jimmy Witherspoon. Tommy Potter, one of Bird's bass players, is on bass, and Eddie Locke, who often played with Coleman Hawkins around that time, is on drums.

Joe Newman, Dick Katz, Teddy Reig, Count Basie
(photo from Bill Crow's website)

Roy Eldridge
New York City (USA), Half Note
August 20 (#1-6) & 27 (#7-11), 1965

Roy Eldridge - trumpet
Richie Kamuca - tenor sax
Dick Katz - piano
Tommy Potter - bass
Eddie Locke - drums
Jimmy Witherspoon - vocals (#5 & 6 only)

1. Sweet Sue (5:47)
2. Stompin' at the Savoy (8:15)
3. Comin' Home Baby (7:04)
4. Rifftide (6:05)
5. It's a Low Down Dirty Shame (2:03)
6. Ain't Nobody's Business (2:11) [inc]
7. Announcement > The Heat's On (7:20)
8. Announcement (1:38)
9. Oh for Two (9:58)
10. I Surrender Dear (4:48)
11. Undecided (4:36) [inc]

TT: 59:50

Sound: #1-6: B+ (boomy bass) | #7-11: A-/B+
Source: WABC-FM broadcast (from vinyl, maybe bootleg?)
No lineage info

Young Bard

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the poet laureate of rock'n'roll, the voice of the promise of the 60s counter-culture... who disappeared in the haze of substance abuse, who emerged to find Jesus, who was written off as a has-been in the 80, and suddenly shifted gears...

Check the comments for more

Don Cherry - Hilversum 1966

Here then is Don Cherry's magnificient 1966 quintet, a band featuring musicians from North and South America as well as from Europe. ESP Disk' has released three single discs, collecting this band's radio broadcasts from Copenhagen's Jazzhus Montmartre - highly recommended!

For more on Don Cherry, check out wiki, or the discography by Johann Haidenbauer hosted on daughter Neneh's site. Furthermore, there's a great site listing Cherry's unissued and unofficial recordings here.

By the way, it's not that easy to find photos of Don, as there's some fool (a used to be hockey player it seems) that goes by the same name and loves wearing disgustingly ugly suits...



Don Cherry
Hilversum (The Netherlands), Radio Hilversum
May 9, 1966

Don Cherry - trumpet
Gato Barbieri - tenor sax
Karl Berger - vibes
Bo Stief - bass
Aldo Romano - drums

1. Exodus / I Remember Clifford (6:33)
2. Suite - For the Children (25:14)

TT: 31:49

Sound: A-
Lineage: FM>?>cdr>eac(secure mode, normalized to 98%)>flac

New York Contemporary Five - Copenhagen 1963

Here's a short radio broadcast by one of the important early avantgarde groups, the New York Contemporary Five. The quintet consisted of John Tchicai (a Dane with African ancestors), Don Cherry, Archie Shepp, Don Moore and J.C. Moses.

I'll follow this one with another short show by Don Cherry's great 1966 band - the two will fit onto one CDR, for those who still burn their music to discs.

The wiki entry isn't exactly very thorough. This site has some more discographical infos (but misses two of the releases).
I urge you all to get the Storyville release, which is weirdly titled "Archie Shepp & The New York Contemporary Five" and comprises both Sonet albums (minus one track, "Cisum" - anyone has that one and feels like sharing it here? Would be great!). The Savoy disc might by hard to come by, but it pairs a NYC5 date with a fine Bill Dixon session and is very much worth looking for as well. The Fontanas are impossible to find I guess, unless you have lots of $$$ to spend for them... I haven't even tried!



New York Contemporary Five
Copenhagen (Denmark), Radiohusets Koncertsal
October 27, 1963

Don Cherry - cornet
John Tchicai - alto sax
Archie Shepp - tenor sax
Don Moore - bass
J.C.Moses - drums

1. Emotions (9:41)
2. Monk´s Mood (2:56)
3. Consequences (16:27)

TT: 29:07

Sound: A/A-
Lineage: FM > 1-track, 3-3/4 ips reel [1st generation] > Revox A-77 > Soundblaster AWE-64 > CDR > FLAC
Transferred by Mr. Grumpy
Ripped (with EAC, secure, log included) from CD by ubu (2009-11)

Hank Mobley - Copenhagen 1968

Not much posting activity of late - sorry. I just don't feel like posting more often, and there were plenty of spam comments to delete as well...

Here's something really special to make up for the lack of new music for a while - one of the two Hank Mobley live recordings that have found their way to my place (the other one, a short radio recording with Johnny Griffin, was posted over on dime a few months ago, I'll bring it over here as well later).

Here's what Simon Spillet had to say:

Of Mobley's European recordings these are by far the most revealing, not least as rare examples of Hank really stretching out. As on his engagement in London, he opted for playing mostly his own themes, each of which receives a lengthy exploration, sometimes three times as long as their audio originals. There is a revisit to 'Workout', initially heard on the eponymously titled album from 1961 (Blue Note BST 84080) and which was all but a feature number for Philly Joe Jones. The Monmartre version finds the less well regarded Heath in the prescribed role and carrying it off with aplomb. 'Third Time Around', with its unique stop-start melody, was first recorded in February 1965 (a version that went unreleased until 1986) but was ultimately included on Mobley's 1966 LP 'A Caddy For Daddy' (Blue Note BST 84230). There is also an attractive look at a then recent Mobley theme 'Up, Over and Out' from the 'Reach Out!' album.

The tapes, it has to be admitted, are fairly low-fi, but Mobley's committed playing shines through nevertheless, as do his intermittent verbal reproofs to his accompanists on 'Third Time Around', who seem tethered by the alternating rhythmns rather than inspired by them. Also heard are Mobley's covers of Kenny Dorham's 'Blue Bossa', Sonny Rollins 'Airegin', Monk's 'Rhythmn-a-Ning' and 'Blue Monk' and, as the solitary ballad, a gorgeous return to the standard 'Alone Together', which Mobley had described as one of his favourite themes when he recorded it on the Jazz Messengers Cafe Bohemia session in November 1955 (Blue Note BLP 1507). As the Monmartre had its own recording facilities (albums by Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon and Don Byas are just some of those taped at the club during this period) one can imagine that somewhere better quality source tapes of these Mobley sets exist and that one day they will be remastered and issued. They are certainly worthy of issue, containing as they do prime examples of the new directions that Hank pursued late in his career.

Read the whole article here.



Hank Mobley Quartet
Copenhagen (Denmark), Monmartre Jazzhus
March 1968

Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
Kenny Drew - piano
NHOP - bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath - drums

CD1/67:40
1. Rhythm-a-Ning (Thelonious Monk) 3:16
2. The Vamp (Hank Mobley) 20:36
3. Alone Together (Schwartz-Dietz) 6:58
4. Blue Bossa (Kenny Dorham) 16:15
5. Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk) / The Theme (Miles Davis) 8:09
6. If I Were a Bell (Frank Loesser) 12:24

CD2/61:29
1. Workout (Hank Mobley) 18:13
2. Up Over and Out (Hank Mobley) 26:59
3. Third Time Around (Hank Mobley) 16:16

CD3/37:24
1. unknown (blues) (5:01) [inc]
2. Summertime (Gershwin-Heyward) 17:22
3. Airegin (Sonny Rollins) / The Theme (Miles Davis) 15:00

TT: 167:33

Sound: B+
Source: Soundboard
Lineage: SBD > reel > ? > DAT > .wav via S/PDIF and Midiman Dio 2448
digital soundcard > CoolEdit Pro 2.0 > CD Wave > CDR

Notes: Sound quality varies from good to very good, possibly indicating
compilation from different sources and performances.

Bill Dixon - NYC 1968

And then, one for the avantgarde crowd - beware of the sound again, but hey, this is historical stuff! Bill Dixon was the organizer of the "October Revolution in Jazz" in 1964, and he's still around!

Much more info over here.



Bill Dixon - University of the Streets Orchestra
New York City (USA)
1968

Bill Dixon - trumpet
Leo Jones - trumpet
Jacques Coursil - trumpet
Clifford Thornton - cornet
Richard Dunbar - french horn
Sam Burtis - trombone
Wesley Whittaker - trombone
John Buckingham - tuba
Dave Chamberlain - flute, soprano sax
Marzette Watts - bass clarinet
Sonny Simmons - english horn
Monty Waters - B-natural soprano sax
Leopanar Witlarge - alto sax
Sam Rivers - soprano & tenor sax
Arthur Doyle - tenor sax
Sonny Clark - baritone sax
Warren Chiasson - vibes
Susan Elrauch - mezzo-soprano

1. unknown (43:04)
2. Interview (3:11) [cut]

TT: 46:16

Sound: B+
Lineage: FM->??->CDR->EAC->FLAC

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Thanks to Rick Lopez for his great work on the Rivers discography, which is where this info came from.

Please note that this show is the second show listed below, not the first. I included the info for the first show, as the notes for the second show refer to the first for a probable personnel lineup.

What a cast!

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Bill Dixon University of the Streets Orchestra: [Unissued / Private Tape]
Date ?, 1968
venue?
New York City
Large Orchestra Piece 1 [29:00]
V + VI rehearsal reel [17:50]
"XP" [18:00]
"XY" [17:20]
[Compositions, Bill Dixon]

Bill Dixon (tp; leader)
Leo Jones (tp)
Jacques Coursil (tp)
Clifford Thornton (cornet)
Richard Dunbar (frh)
Sam Burtis (tb)
Wesley Whittaker (tb)
John Buckingham (tuba)
Dave Chamberlain (fl; ss)
Marzette Watts (bcl)
Sonny Simmons (eng h)
Monty Waters (B-natural ss)
Leopanar Witlarge (as)
Sam Rivers (ss; ts)
Arthur Doyle (ts)
Sonny Clark (bs)
Warren Chiasson (vib)
Susan Elrauch (mezzo-soprano voc)

{Primary Source: info via Dixonia, a Bio-Discography by Ben Young.}
Not in my collection.


Bill Dixon University of the Streets Orchestra: [Unissued / Broadcast Tape]
Date ?, 1968
venue?
New York City
unknown title [43:02]
[possibly "Intents and Purposes", mentioned in interview]
Dixon interview segment [3:12] (incomplete, cuts out at end)

[Total time 46:18]
[Composition, Bill Dixon]

Bill Dixon (tp; leader)
Sam Rivers (reeds)
others, possibly as in session above

{Primary Source: CD-R}

Janis Joplin - Summertime (video)

Having just changed the colours a bit, here's a bit of a change of style, for one short minute... One Hot Minute... ha, the days I still listened to stuff like the Red Hot Chili Peppers... but Janis Joplin, she stood up there all the time. I still love playing here stuff now and then, and have found some nice live recordings, too.

This one here, though, this is da shit, as they say - Janis singing "Summertime", with the Kozmic Blues band... dig!



Janis Joplin
Stockholm (Sweden), Gröna Lund
1969

Summertime


from: http://www.officialjanis.com/dates_1969.html

April 1, 1969 - Kozmic Blues - taping of television show in Stockholm


band from the album (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama)

Sam Andrew, guitar
Richard Kermode, organ
Gabriel Mekler, organ
Brad Campbell, bass
Maury Baker, drums
Lonnie Castille, drums
Cornelius "Snooky" Flowers, baritone sax
Terry Clements, tenor Sax
Luis Gasca, trumpet
Sam and Snooky, background vocals



AVI from Swedish TV


Specifications:

W: 400 pixels
H: 308 pixels

80Kbps MPEG Layer-3

25fps frame rate
166kbps data rate

It was originally posted as an AVI, this is an unmodified file. Many thanks to the original poster!!
Received from another tracker.

Enjoy!

A DoinkerTape

Albert Mangelsdorff - Tuttlingen 1961

As I'm offline (thanks to my provider...) the links are hidden in here (look for the numbers...) as I can't programme comments to appear at a certain time. Sorry for that, but last time I did it like this, it worked out pretty well!

This is a fine show by an early version of Albert Mangelsdorff's great quintet. It was shared on dime by "jazzrita" - many thanks for your continuing generosity!

Günter Kronberg is mentioned by MC Joachim Ernst Berendt as the latest addition to the band, and in my humble opinion, his emotional alto sas was one of the main assets, the music turned into more of a free mumbling thing once he was gone and got less interesting, in my opinion (though the Enja live album from Tokyo is still pretty good!)

I re-tracked it and did away with two second gaps and some other imperfections, hope you'll enjoy this one as much as I do!

Also check out an earlier post here of a duo show of Albert's with Lee Konitz.

Günter Kronberg 1966 (Photo: Ulli Schwenn)

Albert Mangelsdorff Quintett
SWF Jazz Konzert
Tuttlingen (Germany), Steinbeis-Gewerbeschule
February 19, 1961

Albert Mangelsdorff - trombone
Günter Kronberg - alto & baritone sax
Bent Jaedig - tenor sax
Peter Trunk - bass
Hartwig Bartz - drums

Announcer: Joachim Ernst Berendt

1. Radio Intro JEB (2:36) [cut]
2. unknown (Mangelsdorff) 5:40
3. Announcement JEB (0:17)
4. Hershey Bar (Lester Young) 5:39 [feat GK,bari]
5. BaHutSha (8:22)
6. Announcement JEB (1:04) [cut]
7. LaVern Walk (Oscar Pettiford) 8:26 [arr./feat. PT,bari]
8. Announcement JEB (0:07)
9. Embraceble You (George Gershwin) 6:02 [feat. BJ,ts]
10. Announcement JEB (0:48)
11. Philly J. J. (6:59) [feat. HB,d]
12. Now's the Time (Charlie Parker) 4:53
13. unknown (6:40)
14. Set 'em Up (Mangelsdorff) 4:32
15. Autumn Leaves (Kosma-Prevert-Mercer) 5:10 [feat. AM,tb]
16. Drifting on a Reed (Charlie Parker) 6:22

TT: 73:47

Sound: A/A-
Lineage: fm > cdr trade > flac > dime

UPLOADED BY JAZZRITA 09-04-01
BY REQUEST OF relyles


:: ubu's edits ::

additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

deteted gaps at end of tracks
separated #8 from #9
fixed some little things here and there (marks, fades, deleted a bit of cut-off talk at end of #6)

Note: in #1 Berendt says what follows is part 2 of the concert, and in #10 he says a drum-solo is always a good way to end a concert, so maybe #12-16 come from the first part of the concert. All of the later track marks were cut though, so there's no indication to be taken from there as to the actual succession of the tunes.

Ella Fitzgerald - East Berlin 1967

Here's one I upped a while ago - a few more will follow, not that the links get deleted before I came around sharing them!


Ella Fitzgerald & Jimmy Jones Trio
East-Berlin (GDR), Friedrichstadtpalast
January 25, 1967

Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
Jimmy Jones - piano
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Sam Woodyard - drums

1. You've Changed (0:49) [inc, cuts in]
2. Let's Do It (4:12)
3. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (4:02)
4. Here's That Rainy Day (4:18)
5. Summertime (3:38)
6. It Don't Mean a Thing (5:08)
7. Jazz Samba (8:19)
8. Mack the Knife (4:43)
9. The Midnight Sun Never Sets (4:34)
10. You Go To My Headgoin' Out Of My Head (3:17)
11. Sweet And Lovely (4:06)
12. Misty (4:00)
13. It's Wonderful (2:52)
14. St. Louis Blues (6:45)
15. How High The Moon (8:42)

TT: 69:33

Sound: A-
Lineage: FM>low gen, unknown lineage>trade>CDR>EAC Secure Rip>Flac Frontend, level 6

:: ubu edits ::

fixed marks (some were early, some were late)
deleted some not fully deleted radio announcements
added fades

Note:
#1-8 and #9-12 and #13-15 seem to be from different sources.
Sound has more treble in the second, but there's some more hiss, too. The third is similar to the second source but sounds better.

Joe Henderson - Sextet & Quartet

Here's a disc I just shared elsewhere - as it's a boot it fits here, too:



1. In a Modal Way (35:00)
Jimmy Owens (t), Joe Henderson (ts), Gary Burton (vib), Cedar Walton (p), Larry Ridley (b), Roy Haynes (d)
Belgrade, November 6, 1973

2. O Amor em Paz (5:32)
Joe Henderson (ts), Kenny Barron (p), Ron Carter (b), Louis Hayes (d)
New York, 1967