Gil Evans Orchestra - Stuttgart 1974

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 Orchestra
Stuttgart (Germany), Mozartsaal, Liederhalle
July 22, 1974
(MP2)

Gil Evans - piano, conductor
Lew Soloff, Marvin Hannibal Peterson - trumpet
Peter Gordon, Pete Levin - french horn
Tom Malone - trombone, tuba, synthesizer
Howard Johnson - tuba
David Sanborn - alto sax, flute
John Stubblefield - tenor sax, flute
Trevor Koehler - baritone & soprano sax, flute
John Abercrombie, Paul Metzke - guitar
Don Pate - bass
Bruce Ditmas (?) - drums
Susan Evans, Warren Smith - percussion, vibes

1. Short Visit (7:00)
2. Kirisame (18:59)
3. Up from the Skies (9:53)
4. Cheryl (15:58) [inc, fades]
5. Amadama (9:40)

TT: 61:30

Sound: A-
Source: SWR 2 "Jazz Session" / 2006-10-12
Lineage: DVB-S@192, 48kHz > raw data > ProjextX > mp3DirectCut > mp2
(lossy recording seeded in its original broadcast format)

Walter Norris & Red Mitchell - Rotterdam 1976

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 Mitchell
Rotterdam (The Netherlands), De Doelen
June 20, 1976

Walter Norris - piano
Red Mitchell - bass

1. Drifting (6:57)
2. Thumbs (6:10)
3. Falling in Love With Love (6:26)

TT: 19:34

Sound: A
Source/Lineage: FM(rebroadcast)>Pioneer PDR-W839 cd-rec.>Fairstairs-rip>flac

:: ubu edits ::
fixed marks (#1/#2 was late, #2/#3 was early)
added fade-out at end of #3
Additional lineage: FLAC > TLH > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > TLH > FLAC (8,SBE fixed)

Phil Woods - poss. Avignon 1970

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 one who kept the jazz flame burning... and still does!



Phil Woods & European Rhythm Machine
Avignon (France), Cloître des Céléstins
July 24, 1970

Phil Woods - alto sax
Gordon Beck - piano
Henri Texier - bass
Daniel Humair - drums

1. warm-up (0:12)
2. Executive Suite - Part 1 (Gordon Beck) 17:35 [spliced @ 14:39] >
3. And When We Are Young (?) (5:20) [b-feature] >
4. Executive Suite - Part 2 (Gordon Beck) 21:35
5. André Francis Outro (0:16) [inc]

TT: 45:00

Sound: A-/B+
Source: radio broadcast (ORTF, André Francis)

:: ubu edits ::

boosted bass
cut volume of most of what was part 2 (6:05 to end or original tracking), there is a volume boost in the bass solo [now around 3:03 in the bass feature], I did a partial fade to flatten it and then lowered the volume of the following parts arccordingly (-6dB)
spliced two parts of first segment (Executive Suite)
deleted drop-out (@ 0:58 in #3)
removed various glitches (as good as possible) in bass-feature

kept André Francis outro (was incomplete only, repeated band and gave "Executive Suite" as title)

Lineage: radio broadcast (ORFT) > ? > dime > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

Notes:
came as: Montreux (Switzerland), Jazz Festival
date was given as: June 19, 1969 - see comments
but if this is from Montreux, July 11, 1970 would be the more likely date

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.

Gunter Hampel "Galaxie Dream Band" - Donaueschingen 1975

Here's a show I dug up from some old archival DVDs, by Gunter Hampel's "Galaxie Dream Band", recorded at the SWF Jazz Session of 1975's Donaueschinger Musiktage.

Quite likely, this is the finest sounding show in circulation... the band consists of several longtime collaborators of Hampel's, Perry Robinson on clarinet, Mark Whitecage and Thomas Keyserling on saxophones and flute, Jack Gregg on bass, Martin Bues on drums, and the great Jeanne Lee on vocals.

This is strong and beautiful music - watch out!



Hampel Gunter Galaxie Dream Band
SWR Jazz Session
Donaueschinger Musiktage, Donaueschingen (DE)
October 19, 1975

Perry Robinson - clarinet
Mark Whitecage - alto saxophone, flute
Thomas Keyserling - flute, tenor saxophone
Gunter Hampel - bass clarinet, flute, piano, vibes
Jack Gregg - bass
Martin Bues - drums
Jeanne Lee - vocals

1. Stage Announcement (J.E. Berendt) > Mystic Pilgrimage (24:13)
2. Land Of The Tree People > Flying Carpet (22:56)
3. Woodwinds Of Change (11:22)

TT: 58:35

Sound: A
Lineage: pre-FM sbd>?>cdr>eac(secure mode)>flac(level 8)

J.R. Monterose & Sal Nistico - NYC 1979

Here's the third and last J.R. Monterose recording. This is a great WKCR FM studio session featuring Monterose and Sal Nistico on tenors, backed by Bill Triglia on piano, Todd Coolman on bass, and Jimmy Wormworth on drums.

This is my own edit of a show I got from dime years ago - thanks a lot to the seeder!
I deleted the radio banter (but retained the interview, of course) and fixed some minor things, but didn't change anything about the sound.



J.R. Monterose & Sal Nistico
WKCR-FM Studio, New York, NY
January 16, 1979

J. R. Monterose, Sal Nistico - tenor saxophones
Bill Triglia - piano
Todd Coolman - bass
Jimmy Wormworth - drums

omit Monterose on CD1#3, omit Nistico on CD2#3

CD1/45:36
1. Bags' Groove (Milt Jackson) 18:49
2. All the Things You Are (Jerome Kern) 17:03
3. Hi-Fly (Randy Weston) 9:43

CD2/45:17
1. Sonnymoon for Two (Sonny Rollins) 14:33
2. My Old Flame (12:03)
3. Unknown (15:43)
4. Interview 2:56

TT: 90:54

Sound: A-
Source: WKCR-FM studio broadcast >reel-to-reel (Ed Scarvalone - host)
Lineage: Reel master >.wav >CD Wave >CDR >CDR >EAC (secure) >CoolEdit Pro 2.0 >CD Wave >FLAC Frontend (level 8, SBE OK)
Additional Lineage (edited version): FLAC > WAV > GoldWave > FLAC (8)(asb)

Notes:
Missing "Invitation" between "Hi-Fly" and "Sonnymoon for Two."
Only minor edits were made and no audio treatment was applied to this set, thus there is some open air hiss present. Accordingly, a noise floor sample has been included for those wishing to use noise reduction to their liking.

J. R. Monterose - Amsterdam 1970

Ok, so funk and rock don't find that much interest... folks, do check out the Pee Wee Ellis and The Band shows posted recently - they're both mighty fine!

Here's another one for the jazz crowd, but another obscure one, I'm afraid.



J.R. Monterose had a quick time in the spotlight in the mid 50s, being a member of Kenny Dorham's Jazz Prophets (recording Vol. 1 for Argo and the Round Midnight at the Café Bohemia albums for Blue Note), as well as appearing on albums by Teddy Charles, Jon Eardley, Charles Mingus' classic Pithecanthropus Erectus and teaming up with Eddie Bert for some Savoy sessions.
In October 1956, Monterose made his own fine album for Blue Note Records, featuring another unsung giant, Ira Sullivan, as well as a mighty hot rhythm section consisting of Horace Silver, Wilbur Ware and Philly Joe Jones. After sessions with Oscar Pettiford and an album with George Wallington, Monterose cut his second album, The Message, in 1959.
In 1960, he teamed up with René Thomas, the great Belgian guitarist, to record the later's Guitar Groove, a fantastic Jazzland album also featuring pianist Hod O'Brien. After than, his recordings get less and less. but in 1964 he cut another classic, In Action. Monterose died in 1993.

For more information, check out the great discography on Mike Fitzgerald's page.

A short 1970 recording with Kenny Drew was posted here earlier, it can still be downloaded!

And some more Monterose will follow!

But here's a short 1970 show with René Thomas, recorded in Amsterdam.


J.R. Monterose Quartet
Amsterdam (NL), Paradiso
February 11, 1970

J.R. Monterose - tenor sax
René Thomas - guitar
Rob Langereis - bass
Han Bennink - drums

1. unknown (5:28)
2. Sunnymoon for Two (14:05)
3. Lover Man (12:38) [inc, radio voiceover at beginning and end]

TT: 32:48

Sound: A-
Source: radio broadcast

Edits: fixed marks (sorry, no notes taken at the time)

The Band - NYC 1976

As I won't have time to post again until the weekend, here's a third post for today... and again, not a jazz show, but a great recording by THE discovery of the year, at least in this house, The Band! (I wasn't even born in 1976, so it's obvious it took me a bit longer to find out... but I've had the "Basement Tapes" ever since my earliest teens... waiting for the new remaster to arrive as I type this!)

This is a terrific show from the Palladium in New York City, featuring Howard Johnson leading a horn section. Of course, the arrangements are great, and of course Garth Hudson plays the occasional sax solo, too!



The Band
New York City (USA), The Palladium
September 18, 1976

Rick Danko - vocals, bass, violin
Levon Helm - vocals, drums, mandolin
Garth Hudson - keyboards, accordion, saxes
Richard Manuel - vocals, piano, keyboards, drums
Robbie Robertson - guitar, vocals

:: HOWARD JOHNSON HORN SECTION ::
Jerry Hey - trumpet
Tom Malone - trombone
Charlie Keagle - saxes, reeds
Howard Johnson - tuba, baritone sax

guest on CD2#2: Paul Butterfield - harmonica

CD1/70:18
1. DJ Intro / Applause & Stage Intro (1:20)
2. Ophelia (3:54)
3. The Shape I'm In (4:31)
4. It Makes No Difference (7:21) [radio talk at end]
5. The Weight (5:26)
6. King Harvest (3:51)
7. Twilight (4:01)
8. The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down (4:11) >
9. Across the Great Divide (3:38)
10. Stage Fright (4:50) [splice @ 4:12]
[missing: Forbidden Fruit - officially released!]
11. Acadian Driftwood (6:25)
12. The Genetic Method (4:21) >
13. Chest Fever (5:43)
14. This Wheel's on Fire (4:27)
15. Don't Do It (4:41)
16. DJ Talk / Applause (1:28)

CD2/12:42
1. Up On Cripple Creek (4:52)
2. Life's a Carnival (4:21) [harmonica by Paul Butterfield]
3. W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (3:28)

TT: 83:00

Sound: A-
Source: fm master (WNEW simulcast)
offending track "forbidden fruit" to comply with DIME

:: ubu edits ::

fixed all track marks
spliced #10 during applause [there was a small gap and a cut at end, then more applause at the beginning of #11]
added fade-out & deleted gap at end of #17 [there was a cut]
added fade-out at end of #18 [there was a cut]
added fade-in at beginning of #19
added fade-out at end of #19

Lineage: FM > ? > dime (FLAC) > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

Blood Sweat & Tears - Dallas 1973

Here's a short set from a later edition of Blood Sweat & Tears. Later of course refers to after the band ousted its mastermind and lead singer Al Kooper, who was present for only one album, the fantastic Child Is Father to the Man.

Here's the current band's website - seems Steve Katz has been touring with them again, but otherwise, this has been a completely new band for quite a while...

In 1973, the band still featured longtime members like Lew Soloff, Jim Fielder and Bobby Colomby, and with Lou Marini (who replaced short-time member Joe Henderson), Tom Malone, Dave Bargeron and Larry Willis, it took a more jazz-rock oriented direction. The album by this edition was titled No Sweat and has been reissued on CD by Wounded Bird. Some more here about this 1973 edition of BS&T.

I still prefer the first albu, but this is a fine little glimpse at a nice band, highlights including a lengthy excursion on Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage", and dig that tuba solo at the end!



Blood Sweat & Tears
Dallas, Texas (USA)
1973

Jerry Fisher - vocals
Lew Soloff - trumpet
Tom Malone - trumpet
Dave Bargeron - trombone & tuba
Lou Marini - woodwinds
Larry Willis - keyboards
Georg Wadenius - guitar
Jim Fielder - bass
Bobby Colomby - drums

1. Introduction (0:45)
2. I Can't Move No Mountains (4:32)
3. Snow Queen (4:43)
4. Maiden Voyage (11:53)
5. And When I Die (2:24)
6. Tuba solo > And When I Die (Reprise) (4:40)

TT: 29:00

Sound: A-
Source: King Biscuit Flower Hour Broadcast
Lineage: Original silver cd/flac/you

Stanley Turrentine - Denver 1975

This should have been posted months ago... in fact I think I promised posting it at the end of the big Freddie Hubbard tribute early this year.

Anyway, it's also a nice addition to the two recently shared CTI shows (here and here).

To be honest, at this point in time, Turrentine has long lost my interest... I love his early music on Blue Note, Prestige and Impulse (with and without Shirley Scott, his then wife), and I fancy Hubbard's first two CTI outings of course, but in the late sixties, to my ears, his music starts getting way too formulaic (ha!) and his sound and delivery doesn't help getting over it (as it often does, in his early music, which is pretty formulaic as well - isn't all hardbop? Well, most, I guess... I still love much of it!)
But this live session is pretty straight and far more interesting than I'd have thought. I recently played it again and that reinforced my positive impression. There's nothing earth-shaking going on here, but you can hear Stan at work, with a sympathetic band driven by the great Bruno Carr on drums.



Stanley Turrentine
Denver, CO (USA), Ebbett's Field
March 5, 1975

Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
John Miller - piano & keyboards
Teruo Nakamura - bass
Bruno Carr - drums

CD1/49:54
1. Intro (1:01)
2. What Now My Love (14:25)
3. Ann ST > Sugar (10:24)
4. unknown (8:35)
5. unknown (8:49)
6. Ann ST > I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do (6:39)

CD2/34:54
1. Ann ST > Midnight and You (8:42)
2. Pieces of Dreams (6:32)
3. Ann ST > Girl Talk (9:03)
4. Outro / Applause (3:28)
5. Derik's Dance > Stage Outro (7:07) [encore]

TT: 84:48

Sound: A-
Lineage: Master Reel (DBX) > DAT > 1st Gen. Copy > Card Deluxe > Cool Edit

Lee Konitz - Tokyo 1973 (r.i.p. Dick Katz)

Helen Merrill with the late
Dick Katz, 1924 - 2009

Here's another recording with Dick Katz, this time with Lee Konitz and one of his seventies bands, featuring Marshall Brown on trombone. These three recorded Lee's Milestone album "Peacemeal" in 1969 (which was also produced by Dick Katz).



Lee Konitz Quintet
Newport Jazz Festival Tokyo
Tokyo (Japan), Yubin Chokin Hall
October 1, 1973

Lee Konitz - alto sax
Marshall Brown - valve trombone
Dick Katz - piano
Michael Moore - bass
Jimmy Madison - drums

1. Subconcious Lee (Lee Konitz) 12:59
2. Stage Announcer + Announement Lee Konitz (2:45)
3. Mrs. Richard (Marshall Brown) 11:28
4. Golden State (15:31)
5. Ann. “Newport Jazz Festival in Tokyo" (0:23)

TT: 43:07

Sound: A-/B+
Source/Lineage FM (Copy from master, slight hiss, A-) –Revox A77- Denon CDR 1000 – HD- Flac -dime

http://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472115871-discography.pdf

CTI All Stars - Seattle 1973

Here's another big CTI party, from a year later and in ok AUD quality.
The usual suspects include Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Hubert Laws, George Benson, Airto and Jack DeJohnette, Bob James and "Hammond" Smith are on keys this time!

Thanks a lot to the original uploader on dime!



CTI All Stars
Seattle, WA (USA), Paramount Theater
July 29, 1973

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Stanley Turrentine - tenor sax
Hubert Laws - flute
Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ
Bob James - keyboards
George Benson - guitar
Ron Carter - bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums
Airto Moreira - percussion, voice

CD1/76:22
1. [Airto solo] (4:32) (fade in)
2. [Ron Carter solo with Jack DeJonette] (10:57)
3. Moment's Notice - Hubert Laws (7:18)
4. Amazing Grace - Hubert Laws Solo with Ron Carter (6:08)
5. El Mar - George Benson (9:18)
6. So What - George Benson (11:15)
7. Rock Steady - Johnny Hammond (9:49)
8. Working On A Groovy Thing - Johnny Hammond (5:13)
9. It's Too Late - Johnny Hammond (11:47)

CD2/70:11
1. Sugar - Stanley Turrentine (15:47)
2. Cherry - Stanley Turrentine (9:24)
3. Don't Mess With Mr. T - Stanley Turrentine (10:32)
4. First Light - Freddie Hubbard (13:50)
5. Yesterday's Dreams - Freddie Hubbard Solo (3:26)
6. Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard (17:08)

TT: 146:33

Sound: A-
Source/Lineage: CASSETTE AUD MASTER > 3RG GEN REEL > M-AUDIO TRANSIT > COOL EDIT > CD WAVE EDITOR > FLAC

Freddie Hubbard - Boston 1972 (re-post)

:: re-post - links following soon ::

Next show of Hubbard's - this one is great, similar to his CTI albums (I have "Red Clay" and "Straight Life" only - both are great). I always like to hear Junior Cook, and George Cables is a great musician, too. But of course this is mainly Freddie's show!



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

Freddie Hubbard Quintet
Boston, MA (USA), The Jazz Workshop
September 26, 1972

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Junior Cook - tenor saxophone
George Cables - keyboards
Mickey Bass - bass
Lennie White - drums

1. Radio Intro > First Light > Ann FH (22:10)
2. Here's That Rainy Day (23:59) [fade-out/fade-in during song due to tape flip]
3. Announcement/Band Intros FH (1:09)
4. Mr. Clean (13:59) [fade out due to end of tape]

TT: 61:16

Sound: A/A-
Source: WBCN-FM (live broadcast)

CTI All Stars - Munich 1972

Here's a massive slice of CTI all stars, recorded in Munich 1972, during the Olympic Games, it seems. Other artists that performed during the Olympic Games were John McLaughlin, both solo and with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, as well as a concert shared here before, by Art Blakey and Tony Williams (links are still good).

This CTI show features the late Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, as well as Hubert Laws, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Joe Farrell and other mainstays of the legendary Creed Taylor founded label.

Doug Payne has a great label discography up on his page, and there's a huge blog over here, hosting rips of many albums. Much of it is OOP or hard to find, I think... I didn't get much there as I'm not a big fan of CTI productions and the way they sound, usually... of course everyone ought to own "Red Clay" and "Straight Life" by Freddie Hubbard, though!



The CTI All Stars - CTI Olympic Jazz
München (DE), Kongresshalle (?)
Late August 1972

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Hubert Laws - flute
Hank Crawford - alto sax
Stanley Turrentine - tenor sax
Joe Farrell - tenor & soprano sax
Grover Washington Jr. - tenor sax
Bob James - piano & electric piano
Ron Carter - bass & electric bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums
Jackie & Roy - vocals
Esther Phillips - vocals

Frankie Crocker (Cooker?) - host

CD1/45:22
1. Also sprach Zarathustra w/Band Intros FC (4:07) >
2. Marvin Gaye Medley (10:55) [feat GW]
3. Talk (0:43)
4. Impressions (John Coltrane) 18:03 [feat all]
5. Talk (0:59)
6. Daahoud (Clifford Brown) 2:07 [feat J&R]
7. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (4:13) [feat J&R]
8. Munich Waltz (3:31) [feat J&R]
9. Talk (0:40)

CD2/56:59
1. Sound Down (24:31) [feat JF w/BJ,RC,JDJ]
2. Talk (1:47)
3. Red Clay (Freddie Hubbard) 18:09 [feat FH & ST w/BJ,RC,JDJ]
4. Talk (1:19)
5. Baby I'm For Real (4:03) [feat EPh]
6. In the Evening (6:27) [feat EPh]
7. Talk (0:40)

CD3/51:43
1. Talk (0:35)
2. Sugar (Stanley Turrentine) 11:40 [feat ST & FH w/BJ,RC,JDJ]
3. Talk (0:55)
4. Misty (Erroll Garner) 6:45 [feat HC w/BJ,RC,JDJ]
5. Talk (0:38)
6. Windows (Chick Corea) 10:54 [feat HL w/BJ]
7. Talk (0:23)
8. [unknown blues] (11:30) [feat EPh]
9. unknown (Closing) (8:18)

TT: 154:05

Sound: A-
Lineage: FM > OFF THE AIR REEL MASTER > REEL > REEL > M-AUDIO TRANSIT > COOL EDIT > CD WAVE EDITOR > FLAC

Carla Bley - Austin 1978 (re-up)

One of the links wasn't there any longer, so I'm putting it up anew here! Make sure to check out the other two Carla Bley shows I posted:
Chateauvallon 1977
Paris 1980

Here's a smoking hot show by the great Carla Bley. Sound isn't stellar, but believe me, the music is! Phillip Wilson is kicking on the traps, and the horns are quite a bunch of greats: Carla Bley. Sound isn't stellar, but believe me, the music is! Phillip Wilson is kicking on the traps, and the horns are quite a bunch of greats: Gary Windo (going apeshit, of course...), John Clark and George Lewis, Bob Stewart, Mike Mantler and Alan Braufman. Swallow hadn't arrived at this point (or was he just not available? I don't know the history of the Bleys/Peacocks/Mantlers/Hadens/Swallows - quite a bunch of great gals and guys who were involved quite, uhm, deeply, it seems...), instead we get one Patty Price (no trace I found on google). Also keyboardist Blue Gene Tyranny (what a name!) is a total unknown to me as well.


Carla Bley Band 1977 (l.t.r. standing: Bob Stewart, Terry Adams, Mike Mantler, Roswell Rudd, Hugh Hopper, Andrew Cyrille, Elton Dean, sitting: Carla Bley, John Clarke, Gary Windo)
[Photo from inside of European Tour CD]

Carla Bley
Austin, TX (USA), Armadillo World HQ
March 27, 1978

Carla Bley - piano, organ, arrangements
Mike Mantler - trumpet
John Clark - french horn
George Lewis - trombone
Bob Stewart - tuba
Alan Braufman - alto sax
Gary Windo - tenor sax
Blue Gene Tyranny - keyboards
Patty Preiss - bass
Phillip Wilson - drums

1. 440 (12:01)
2. Ida Lupino (8:57)
3. Drum-Solo > Jesus Maria & Other Spanish Strains (11:59)
4. Drinking Music (5:40)
5. unknown [encore] > band intros/radio outro (15:01) [spliced at 8:46]

Compositions by Carla Bley

TT: 53:43

Sound: A-

Lineage: no info (fm)
Additional Lineage: FLAC > WAV > GoldWave (editing) > FLAC (8)(asb)

Note: either Braufman or Windo can also be heard on flute

Von Freeman - bundle #3

Several of these have been posted here before, but not all of'em, so...

For a show with Andrew Hill, check out bundle #2.



Von Freeman Quartet
Amsterdam (NL), De Kroeg
August 15, 1977

Von Freeman - tenor sax
John Young - piano
David Shipp - bass
Charles Walton - drums

1. On Green Dolphin Street (24:10)
2. Everything Happens to Me (15:59)
3. Limehouse Blues (9:31)
4. Violet for Your Furs (8:14)
5. (18:26) [cut/gap @ 1:39-1:40]

TT: 76:22

Sound: A- (B+ on #5)
Source: audience recording
Lineage: AUD > ? > CDR in trade (jazzrita) > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

:: ubu edits ::

deleted glitches around marks
added fade-outs/fade-ins

Notes:
#1 was mis-identified as "Autumn Leaves"
#2 is one I can't pin down - "You're My Everything"?
#5 is a blues



Von Freeman Quartet
Amsterdam (NL), De Kroeg
August 16, 1977

Von Freeman - tenor sax
John Young - piano
David Shipp - bass
Charles Walton - drums

CD1/46:39
1. (13:39)
2. (14:18)
3. On Green Dolphin Street (12:07) [omit VF]
4. (6:22)

CD2/38:38
1. (26:32)
2. I'll Remember April (12:05) [inc, cut]

TT: 85:17

Sound: A- (CD1#1 in mono)
Source: audience recording
Lineage: AUD > ? > CDR in trade (jazzrita) > EAC (secure, log) > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

:: ubu edits ::

split up Announcement VF to end of CD1#2 and beginning of CD1#3
split up Announcement VF to end of CD1#3 and beginning of CD1#4
added fade-out at end of CD1#4
deleted glitch, added fade-in at beginning of CD2#1
CD2#1: pasted the left channel into the right one, which was fading in slowly and got very hissy when the volume was boosted.

CD1#3 was mis-identified as "Autumn Leaves"
Disc change was after the 26 minute track, originally (You're My Everything?)



Von Freeman
Paris (FR), La Villa [29 Rue Jacob]
January 20, 1995

Von Freeman - tenor saxophone
Olivier Hutman - piano
James Lewis - bass
Steve Philips - drums

1. Radio Intro (by Jean Delmas & Claude Carrière) 4:24
2. I Can't Get Started (Vernon Duke & Ira Gershwin) 15:00
3. A Nigth in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie) 15:05
4. F Blues > Radio Outro (9:52)

TT: 44:20

Sound: A/A-
Source: France Musique "Jazz Club" / 1995-03-17 (J.Delmas/C.Carriere)
Lineage: FM Broadcast>Tape recorder>CD recorder>CD-CA Extractor & Converter>Flac

Utility:
http://members.tripod.com/go54321/vf/vonfreeman.html



Von Freeman Birthday Celebration
Chicago Jazz Festival
Chicago, IL (USA)
August 30, 1997

Von Freeman - tenor sax (#1,10) & m.c.
Chico Freeman - tenor sax (#5,7,10)
Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto sax (#9,10)
Brad Goode - trumpet (#7,9,10)
George Freeman - guitar (#3,5,7,10)
John Young (#1,3,5) & Jodie Christian (#7,9,10) - piano
Rob Amster - bass
Mike Raynor (#1,3,7,9) & Jack DeJohnette (#5,10) - drums
Bettye Jean Reynolds (#3) & Kurt Elling (#10) - vocals

01. unknown (11:04) (I Hear a Rhapsody?)
02. Vonski Speaks (2:39)
03. I Remember You (6:31)
04. Vonski Speaks (2:24)
05. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (12:08)
06. Vonski Speaks (1:28)
07. Speak Low (13:38)
08. Vonski Speaks (1:10)
09. Serpents Tooth (4:55)
10. Happy Birthday (5:21)

TT: 61:23

Sound: A/A-
Lineage: FM > ? > CDR > EAC > WAC > CD Wave Editor (split tracks) > FLAC



Von Freeman - 80th Birthday Celebration
24th Chicago Jazz Festival, Grant Park
Petrillo Music Shell, Chicago, IL
September 1, 2002

Von Freeman - tenor sax
John Young - piano
Daniel Anderson - bass, tuba
Michael Raynor - drums
Special guest - Eddie Johnson - tenor sax

1. radio intro - 4:52
2. unknown - 13:11
3. unknown - 5:54
4. When Sunny Gets Blue [feat. Eddie Johnson] - 8:25
5. Freeman talks about Sun Ra - 7:44
6. Cherokee [feat. John Young] - 5:45
7. A Night In Tunisia - 8:23
8. presentation - 2:26
9. Radio outtro - 2:21

TT: 59:04

Sound: A/A-
Source/Lineage:
WBEZ 91.5 FM Broadcast (Pioneer SX-580 receiver) -> Tascam DA-20
DAT Master tape @ 48kHz (Sony DG60P tape, Sony PCM-M1 playback) ->
Oade Digi I/O -> Hosa DRA-501 coaxial -> Tascam CD-RW750 CDRx0 ->
Roxio/DAO -> CDR -> EAC -> WAV -> FLAC



Johnny Griffin & Von Freeman
Amsterdam (NL), Bimhuis
June 25 (CD1) & 26 (CD2), 1999

Johnny Griffin - tenor sax
Von Freeman - tenor sax
Horace Parlan - piano
Hein van de Geyn - bass
Han Bennink - drums

CD1/54:57
1. Walkin' (17:11)
2. If I Should Lose You > Radio Announcement (16:10)
3. Lester Leaps In (10:12)
4. I'm Glad There Is You [inc] > Radio Announcement (11:23) [VF feature]

CD2/52:04
1. We'll Be Together Again (21:38)
2. If I Should Lose You > Radio Announcement (15:44)
3. Chicago Calling (14:40) [fades in beneath Radio Announcement]

TT: 107:00

Sound: A
Source: FM (CD1: VPRO Radio 4 "Jazz op vier" / 1999-11-14; CD2: NPS broadcast)
Lineage: FM > dime > goody > FLAC (8,asb,verify) > dime > CDR > EAC (secure, logs) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

Retracked. goody 9/4/08


:: ubu notes ::

Came as Sound Board, but there are a few too many radio announcements...

The radio announcement at the end of CD2#2 gives June 26 as the date, and a location that does sound different, I don't understand it though.
When this was up on dime, it was all seeded as from June 25 and from the Bimhuis.

A Dutch friend helped me figure out the announcements - he wrote:

info on one of the broadcasts is up on the VPRO Jazz Op 4 site:
http://www.vpro.nl/programma/jazzopvier/afleveringen/2233491/
(note: this is broadcast by VPRO, the other one by NPS)

there it is mentioned that this 14 nov 1999 VPRO broadcast covers 25 june and that a previous NPS broadcast covered 26 june

on CD2tr2 the guys mentions this was music from 26 june and that next week we'll hear 25 june

CD2tr3: "...you can listen to part of the final tune of the first set in the Bimhuis on that 26th, a composition by Griffin: 'Chicago Calling'"

on CD1tr4 the lady mentions VPRO plans to (re-)broadcast the second evening on 30 jan 2000, but apparantly this never happened as a Frisell concert was broadcast on that date.

no info online on the NPS broadcast as far as I can('t) find it-

Professor Longhair (plus Dr. John) - New Orleans 1977 (double feature)

Here's the re-post - note that the files (txt and tags) in the actual download are NOT UPDATED and that the INFO BELOW IS FIXED!

Thanks and shouts go out to lolita and davmar, as well as KingCake! Thanks for sharing and for trying to get this as right as possible!

It's been established that the first three tracks of the second show are actually the closing numbers of the first show. However, I still don't quite know what parts are by Professor Longhair and what by Dr. John... if anyone can shed more light, please step ahead!



Professor Longhair & Dr. John
New Orleans, LA (USA), Tipitina's
November 19, 1977 (Reworked)

Professor Longhair - piano, vocals, whistling

most probable line-up (thanks to KingCake - see note below):
Ronald Johnson - guitar
Reggie Scanlon or Dave Watson - bass
Earl Watson (or Shiba) - drums
Alfred "Uganda" Roberts - congas

1. Tipitana (2:16)
2. Mess Around (4:21)
3. Everyday (I Have the Blues) (7:49)
4. How Long Has That Train Been Gone (3:36)
5. Cry for You, Baby (2:51)
6. Mardi Gras in New Orleans (3:03)
7. Hey Now Baby (3:53)
8. Bald Head (4:25) [cuts in]
9. Big Chief (3:20)
10. PI Boogie (3:55)

Dr. John - piano & vocals
with unknown band
(Dr. John takes over celebrating his birthday)

11. Traveling Mood (4:55)
12. Right Place, Wrong Time (6:02)
13. Stag-O-Lee (5:26)
14. Jailbird > Down The Road > I Been Hoodood > Ooh Poo Pah Doo (20:45)

TT: 76:43

Sound: A-
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Another great artist from New Orleans PL.It's a legend of the NO music.
Beautifull sound for this one and a fantastic Dr John set.
I done some work on the level adjust in some tracks with Sound Forge 9, Sbe's aligned with TLH.
There's some little pops between 2'19 and 2'28 in track 13.
I completed also the tracking list.

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SB UNKNOWN LINEAGE > REEL > AUDIO CD > WAV>Flac
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Thanks for the first uploader in Jan 2005,I think is a Davmar seed.
If you're like New Orleans music ,You will have to like that.
In memory of PL(Dec 19, 1918, Bogalusa, LA-Jan 30, 1980, New Orleans,LA)

Enjoy
lolita(2009)

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ubu note / edits:

this show came with annoying 2-second gaps
I deleted them with EAC
additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > EAC > FLAC (8,asb,verify)



Professor Longhair
Basement Jam
New Orleans, LA (USA)
March 16, 1977 (& November 19, 1977*) (Reworked)

Professor Longhair - piano & vocals
Dave Malone - guitar
Reggie Scanlon - bass
prob. Earl Gordon or Shiba - drums
poss. Stanley John - steel drums

*1. Jambalaya (3:48)
*2. Instrumental(?) (4:25)
*3. It's My Own Fault, Darling (6:05)
4. Big Chief (2:26)
5. Mess Around (3:43)
6. Gone So Long (5:33)
7. Whole Lotta Loving (3:39)
8. Stag-O-Lee (3:42)
9. Everyday (I Have The Blues) (6:19)
10. Lovely Lady (2:59)

TT: 42:45

Sound: A-

FEATURES DAVE MALONE ON GUITAR AND REGGIE SCANLON ON BASS IN THEIR PRE-RADIATORS DAYS

*) #1-3 are from the Tipitina's, New Orleans, Nov 19, 1977.
They are the last songs of that show

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Second opus of Davmar production,nice show from the early 1977's year.
I done some adjusted level with Sound Forge 9.
Sbe's aligned with TLH.
There's a little hiss on this tape and I prefer to keep the bandwich intact with no NR.
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SB ? UNKNOWN LINEAGE > CASSETTE > AUDIO CD > SHN

SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE A SB WITH AN UNBALANCED MIX OR
POSSIBLY RECORDED WITH SOME MIKES IN THE ROOM
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Thanks again to Davmar for his first upload ,it was in Jan 2005.

Enjoy
lolita(2009)

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ubu note / edits:

this show came with annoying 2-second gaps
I deleted them with EAC

additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > EAC > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

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#3166006 by RiverBend at 2009-03-30 07:58:08 GMT

Regarding the place, I am not an expert, however, I would guess the Basement might be referring to Tips?

I found the following info on wikipedia about radio station WWOZ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWOZ

"The station began broadcasting 4 December 1980 from the tiny transmitter building in Bridge City, Louisiana beneath their shared rented broadcast tower. A few months later the broadcasts moved to the space the station had been using in a dilapidated two-room apartment upstairs from the legendary music club Tipitina's at Napoleon Avenue and Tchoupitoulas Street in Uptown New Orleans."

"When artists performing live downstairs at Tipitina's gave their permission, their performances were broadcast via a microphone lowered through a hole in the floor. When permission to broadcast live performances downstairs could not be obtained, programming went to pre-recorded reel-to-reel tapes, as the music downstairs made it too loud in the studio to talk over the microphones and the vibrations made it impossible to use the station's turntables."

I do realize the date of this recording is before the date listed in the wikipedia. It just makes me curious where the recording is from. Thanks for the great tunes

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comment (by email) from KingCake (sent my way on 2009-07-19 ~ubu):

The so-called Basement Jam is kind of humorously mis-named as we don't have basements in New Orleans. This could be recorded at Fess's house were he would have semi private shows and serve/sell drinks in his double front parlor (a common feature of NO shotgun houses). The date, however, is mid march which means it is close to Mardi Gras which makes it more likely one of the smaller clubs that dotted the city. Next time I see Reggie I'll ask him but that would be my guess. The drummer is either Shiba or Earl Gordon, most likely Earl if the date is correct. By the way Reggie and Dave had already formed The Radiators by 1977 but that would have no impact on this, no one outside of NOLA knew them back then. There is a steel drummer too and even though he has some bad moments I'm guessing from the good stuff that it is Stanley John - Fess was really into steel drummers around this time and tolerated a couple of pretty bad ones until he found this guy Stanley who could actually play.

Professor Longhair - New Orleans 1979

Here's the third show by Professor Longhair, uploaded on dime by lolita - thanks a lot! These are the original FLAC files with tags added, a slightly altered info-file and new checksums (for those who care about the technical stuff...)

For all the others, this is some rolling great New Orleans music!

I'll also re-post the earlier two shows in a few minutes, since one of them had wrong info.



Professor Longhair
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Riverboat S.S. President
April 27, 1979

1. Mess Around (4:34)
2. Every Day I Have The Blues (8:33)
3. Big Chief (4:37)
4. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (3:02)
5. Tipitina (3:55)
6. How Long (Has That Train Been Gone) (5:19)
7. Got My Mojo Working (4:05)

TT: 34:08

Sound: A-
Lineage: SBD>cd(r)>Flac>Dime>You
(Level Adjusted)

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Another great PL from the fantastic Jazz Festival in NO.I reajusted the level too low in the mix
with Sound Forge 9.
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Thanks for the first seeder,it was in March 2005.
Enjoy the Professor
lolita(2009)

George Lewis / John Carter / Bobby Bradford - live in 1978

I got this from another blog, maybe inconstantsol? Anyway: thanks a lot for sharing it, to whomever it was! I retracked the whole show, and later it turned up in yet another version on dime. This is the blog version, edited by yours truly.



George Lewis/John Carter/Bobby Bradford
unknown location (USA)
November 5, 1978

Bobby Bradford - trumpet
George Lewis - trombone
John Carter - clarinet

1. Announcement GL (1:24)
2. Shadowgraph 5 (Lewis) 12:16
3. Announcement GL (1:06)
4. Player (Lewis) > FM outro/Announcement GL (16:13)

TT: 31:00

Sound: A/A-
Source: NPR live broadcast
Lineage: RB > ? > www (FLAC) > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)


:: ubu edits ::

tracked

Sam Rivers - NYC 1978

Here's the third and final show by Sam Rivers, this time from 1978, with Joe Daley, Dave Holland and Barry Altschul, quite possibly the finest band Rivers ever led!



Sam Rivers
New York City (USA), Public Theatre
March 30, 1978

Sam Rivers - tenor & soprano sax, flutes, piano
Joe Daley - tuba
Dave Holland - bass
Barry Altschul - drums

1. radio intro (0:59)
1. improvisation (65:24)
3. radio outro (0:53)

TT: 67:18

Sound: A-/B+
Lineage: WKCR-FM > cass > Peak > XXact > shn


Note from seeder:

The fade at the beginning is the way it was broadcast, same with the abrupt ending.

Note:
first of two (?) reels from that concert (from WKCR announcer on closing announcement)


:: ubu ::

Additional lineage:
SHN > WAV > FLAC (8,asb,verify)