The Unthanks - BBC 2010 (re-post)

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 Studio
January 23, 2010

Rachel Unthank - vocals
Becky Unthank - vocals, feet
Niopha Keegan - vocals, second violin
Adrian McNally - piano, autoharp
Chris Price - electric bass, drums, ukelele, chord organ
Dean Ravera - drums, double bass
Lizzie Jones - vocals, trumpet
Hannah Peel - first violin, trombone
Becca Spencer - viola
Jo Silverstein - cello, accordion

1. Intro (0:31)
2. The Testimony Of Patience Kershaw (4:01)
3. Interview 1 (0:40)
4. Interview 2 (1:11)
5. Nobody Knew She Was There (6:32)
6. Interview 3 (4:39)
7. Sad February (4:31)
8. Interview 4 (3:54)
9. Felton Lonnin (5:21)

TT: 31:23

Sound: A
Source: BBC Radio 3 FM World Routes / 2010-01-23
Lineage: AKAI MT M11L > SOUNDCARD > CDWAVE > TRADERS LITTLE HELPER AMP > FLAC8

Paul Bley feat. John Surman - Paris 1994

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 Surman
Festival Banlieues Bleues
Drancy (France)
March 27, 1994

John Surman - soprano sax, bass clarinet, wood-flute
Paul Bley - piano
Furio di Castri - bass
Tony Oxley - drums, percussion

1. Combination (5:42) [JS,fl/TO,d]
2. Sevemph(?) (di Castri) 6:57 [quartet]
3. Flame (Bley) 5:10 [PB,p]
4. unknown (6:33) [quartet]
5. Ostinato (6:12) [PB,p]

TT: 30:34

Sound: A-
Source: FM (trade from jazzrita)
Lineage: FM > ? > CDR > EAC (secure, log) > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

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fixed marks
deleted fm talk
deleted duplication around mark of #3/#4

Jah Wobble - London 1991

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 Heart
BBC Session (Andy Kershaw show)
London (UK), Maida Vale Studio 5
November 10, 1991

Jah Wobble : Bass Guitar, Vocals
Justin Adams : Guitar, Vocals
Mark Ferda : Synthesiser, Backing Vocals
Neville Murray : Percussion, Backing Vocals
Ali Slimoni : Percussion, Vocals

-. Saeta (not rebroadcast)
1. Moroccan (6:25)
2. Emigre (5:37)

TT: 12:03

Sound: A
Digital Satellite rebroadcast 2009-04-28 MPEG1 layer 2 @ 160kbps:
BBC Radio 6 > DVB-S > Hauppauge Nova-S > DVBviewer > .ts > PVAStrumento > .mpa >
MpegSchnitt (trimming).

First broadcast 1991-12-01
Producer: Dale Griffin
Engineer: Simon Askew & Julian Markham

Saeta is included in "Ungodly Kingdom" EP Oval 107.

Veryan Weston & Luc Ex - Amsterdam 2009

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 chamber music but then it is often driven by a ‘punky’ energy which is not afraid of being lyrical either.
Sol will combine composed and tightly rehearsed pieces and songs with free improvisation and interpretation.
The repertoire is completely new and contains Ex-Weston-pieces as well songs of Erik Satie, Charles Ives, Burt Bacharach and Berthold Brecht. Every piece is played with intensity, pleasure and an occasional smile."

This should give you quite an accorate idea what the music will sound, let me just add that it's music of great beauty!
And of course, having Ingrid Laubrock in won't do any harm!



Veryan Weston & Luc Ex - Sol6
Amsterdam (NL), Bimhuis
April 9, 2009

Ingrid Laubrock - tenor & soprano sax, voice
Veryan Weston - piano
Mandy Drummond - viola, voice
Hannah Marshall - cello, voice
Luc Ex - electric bass, voice
Tony Buck - drums

CD1/Set1/44:16
1. ’s Nachts ging de zon op (Luc Ex/Veryan Weston) 8:51
2. The Cage (Charles Ives) 9:53
3. Chanson Hollandaise (Erik Satie/George Russell) 2:44
4. Nood (Luc Ex) 10:30
5. B-flat (Luc Ex) 8:40
6. Anyone Who Had a Heart (Burt Bacharach) 3:33

CD2/Set2/46:02
1. Sick Eagle (Charles Ives) + Autistic African Samba (Luc Ex/Veryan Weston) 8:40
2. Promises (Burt Bacharach) 2:01
3. Seeräuber Jenny (Kurt Weill) 10:01
4. Hurtles (Steve Lacy) 11:54
5. Close to You (Burt Bacharach) 3:36
6. Insecurity (Luc Ex/Veryan Weston) 6:14
7. Le Chapelier (Erik Satie) 3:33

TT: 90:18 - complete!

Sound: A
Source: NL Radio6 > DVB-S (48 khz/256kbps) > EDIROL-R09 > Audacity > flac

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

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 Band
39th German Jazz Festival
Frankfurt (Germany), Sendesaal des HR
October 30, 2008
(MP2)

Bill Frisell - guitar

Michael Gibbs - conductor, arranger

Andy Greenwood (lead), Martin Auer, Thomas Vogel, Axel Schlosser - trumpet
Günter Bollmann, Peter Feil, Christian Jaksjø - trombone
Manfred Honetschläger - bass trombone
Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn - alto & soprano sax
Oliver Leicht - alto sax & clarinet
Tony Lakatos, Julian Argüelles - tenor sax
Rainer Heute - baritone sax
Peter Reiter - piano, keyboards
Martin Scales - guitar
Thomas Heidepriem - bass
Jean Paul Höchstädter - drums

1. Ask Me Now (Monk) [Lakatos,ts]
> Crepuscule With Nelly (Monk)
> Evidence (Monk) [Schlosser,t] 13:36
2. Ann MG (2:57)
3. Misterioso (Monk) [Feil,tb; Scales,g 2nd solo] > Ann MG (9:57)
4. Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love (Mingus) [Schlosser,t] > Ann MG (9:57)
5. Four In One (Monk) [Reiter,p;Leicht,cl] > Ann MG (7:34)
6. 'Round Midnight (Monk-Hanighen-Williams) [Schlosser,t; Lakatos,ts] > Ann MG (8:19)
7. Better Get Hit In Your Soul (Mingus) [Sauerborn,as; Auer,flh] > Ann MG (10:55)
8. Skippy (Monk) [Heute,bari] 8:48

TT: 72:03

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

Globe Unity Orchestra - Berlin 1986

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 FMP (recorded Nov. 4).



Globe Unity Orchestra
JazzFest Berlin
Berlin (Germany)
October 30, 1986

Toshinori Kondo - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn
Günter Christmann - trombone
George Lewis - trombone
Albert Mangelsdorff - trombone
Bob Stewart - tuba
Gerd Dudek - soprano & tenor sax, flute, clarinet
Evan Parker - tenor sax
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky - alto & baritone sax, flute, clarinet
Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano, leader
Alan Silva - bass
Paul Lovens - percussion

1. Quasar (44:58) [inc]

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

The Unthanks - BBC 2010

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 Routes
London (UK), Maida Vale Studio
January 23, 2010

Rachel Unthank - vocals
Becky Unthank - vocals, feet
Niopha Keegan - vocals, second violin
Adrian McNally - piano, autoharp
Chris Price - electric bass, drums, ukelele, chord organ
Dean Ravera - drums, double bass
Lizzie Jones - vocals, trumpet
Hannah Peel - first violin, trombone
Becca Spencer - viola
Jo Silverstein - cello, accordion

1. Intro (0:31)
2. The Testimony Of Patience Kershaw (4:01)
3. Interview 1 (0:40)
4. Interview 2 (1:11)
5. Nobody Knew She Was There (6:32)
6. Interview 3 (4:39)
7. Sad February (4:31)
8. Interview 4 (3:54)
9. Felton Lonnin (5:21)

TT: 31:23

Sound: A
Source: BBC Radio 3 FM World Routes / 2010-01-23
Lineage: AKAI MT M11L > SOUNDCARD > CDWAVE > TRADERS LITTLE HELPER AMP > FLAC8

John Surman & Pierre Favre - Leipzig 2003

Here's another beautiful show by John Surman, this time in duo with Swiss drum magician Pierre Favre.

Surman recorded a beautiful ECM disc in duet with drummer Jack DeJohnette, but this setting here is much different. Pierre Favre has long been a mainstay of creative music in Switzerland - a longtime collaborator of pianist Irene Schweizer, occasional sideman on ECM and elsewhere, and occasional leader, as well, he has been performing as a solo musician for a long time.

He has done it all, recording with big bands (Giorgio Azzolini), all star groups (George Gruntz, Lars Gullin, Flavio Ambrosetti), with many of ECM's stalwarts (Surman, Barre Phillips, the Hilliard Ensemble, Dino Saluzzi), the crop of Europe's free music (Manfred Schoof, Barry Guy, Irene Schweizer, Albert Mangelsdorff), as well as with regular jazz formations (the Mal Waldron trio). Quite a discography has grown over the years!

So he's a perfect match for John Surman, as you can listen for yourselves now!



John Surman / Pierre Favre
Leipziger Jazztage 2003
Leipzig (DE), Oper
October 9, 2003

John Surman - soprano & baritone sax, bass clarinet, flute, electronics
Pierre Favre - drums, percussion

1. Improvisation 1 (9:09)
2. Improvisation 2 (7:00)
3. Improvisation 3 (8:25)
4. Improvisation 4 (20:34)
5. Improvisation 5 (9:00)
6. Improvisation 6 (11:42)
7. Improvisation 7 (9:36)
8. Improvisation 8 (3:40) [cuts in]

TT: 79:10

Sound: A/A-
Source: DLF ("Jazz Live") + more


:: ubu edits ::

fixed marks
deleted fm talk at beginning of #1
added fade-out at end of #5
deleted noise at beginning of #6
deleted fm talk and added fade-out at end of #7
added fade-out at end of #8

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


This also may have been broadcast on TV. So video may exist.

This should have been a Surman/Mangelsdorff concert. Favre jumped in since Mangelsdorff was (already too?) sick to play.

John Surman / Jean-Paul Celea / Daniel Humair - Nevers 2005

Here's a beautiful trio set by the great John Surman, accompanied by Jean-Paul Celea and Daniel Humair.

Humair is a favourite in this house, and he's not only been heard on this just posted Mariano/Haurand/Humair show, but also previously on a Yosuke Yamashita Trio set, with his own trio featuring Tony Malaby and Joachim Kühn, and with Tryptich, the collective trio of Celea, Humair and pianist François Couturier. And the good news is, all these shows can still be downloaded!

While John Surman usually is more of an impressionist and lyricist, in this setting here, he's blowing hard and I love it at least as much as his more impressionist playing for ECM etc.

This wonderful show needed quite some work to present the music with as little radio talk interrupting it as possible!



John Surman / Jean-Paul Celea / Daniel Humair 
Rencontres Internationales de Jazz de Nevers
Nevers (France)
November 11, 2005

John Surman - baritone & soprano sax, flute
Jean-Paul Celea - bass
Daniel Humair - drums

1. No Finesse (Surman) 19:21
2. Canticle (Surman) 8:31
3. VladaVe (Humair) 13:14 [a few seconds missing at beginning]
4. Round Trip (Ornette Coleman) 9:50 [a few seconds missing at beginning]
5. Falling (Surman) 7:05 [a few seconds missing at beginning]
6. Westminster (Humair) 8:43
7. Revised Edition (Surman) 5:44
8. Sweet Lady (Celea) 6:24

TT: 78:35

Sound: A
Lineage: FM > WAV (Wavelab) > FLAC (frontend level 8)
Source: France Musique "Jazz Club" / 2005-11-11
Seeder: Cosmikd


:: ubu edits ::

deleted as much fm talk as possible
added fade-outs and fade-ins

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

Harry Miller - BBC 1976 & 1977

Here's the promised re-share of the earlier Harry Miller post. The first session of that post has been commercially released on Reel Recordings, hence I took that first offering down and those tracks aren't included here. Sorry that it took me so long, I completely forgot!

The opening is made by the great bass player Harry Miller (1941-1983). He was one of the doomed South African exiles, but his forceful music, his thumping bass playing, his dynamic interaction with frequent parter-in-crime Louis Moholo (one of the survivors) continues bringing incredible pleasure to my life - and I hope many others' lives, too!

Miller's official releases on Ogun have been reissued in a great 3CD set that is - alas - out of print again, but if you're a fan, you'll absolutely need that! (info)
In addition to that, Cuneiform has a great Isipingo live recording available, very much worth buying!

Louis Moholo, by the way, has been featured in a couple of earlier posts here:
Louis Moholo/Keith Tippett/Julie Tippets & MinAfrica Orchestra - Sant'Anna Arresi 2008
Louis Moholo-Moholo Quintet - Roma 2007

Also, there's my South African blindfold test, posted last spring, and then there's this post with many useful links (I hope they're still good, too many to check them, sorry):
The Joy and Pain of South African Jazz

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Harry Miller Isipingo - 1976
Marc Charig (t), Malcolm Griffiths (tb), Mike Osborne (as), Stan Tracey (p), Harry Miller (b), Louis Moholo (d)
1. Family Affair (9:58)
2. Where Now Then? (9:53)

Harry Miller Quintet - 1977
Trevor Watts (as,ss); Alan Wakeman (ts,ss), Berni Holland (g), Harry Miller (b), Louis Moholo (d)
3. Orange Grove (9:22)
4. A Traumatic Experience (17:20)

TT: 46:34

#1,2: BBC broadcast early 1976
#2,4: "Jazz in Britain" broadcast 24-12-1977(?)

Lineage: FM > Sony reel to reel > standalone cd recorder > EAC > WAV > FLAC


Note on first broadcast (#1,2): There is probably a third piece missing for some reason I can't remember.


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UBU NOTE: OMITTED FROM THIS RE-OFFERING:

Harry Miller Isipingo - 1975

Mongezi Feza - trumpet
Nick Evans - trombone
Mike Osborne - alto sax
Stan Tracey - piano
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums

Whey Hey! (15:35)
Good Heavens Evans (11:59)

Source: "Jazz in Britain" broadcast 1975-02-24

These two titles have been commercially released on Reel Recordings:
http://www.reelrecordings.org/harry_miller.php
And hence should not be circulating any longer.

Harry Miller - London 1976

This isn't of great quality, but hey, you don't get a Harry Miller live recording every day, do you? So stop complainin' and dig the beautiful sounds of Harry Miller, Louis Moholo and their British cohorts, including the late great Mike Osborne and Keith Tippett!

The rhythm trio can be heard backing Elton Dean here.
Moholo & Tippett's recent Sant'Anna Arresi concert with the MinAfric Orchestra can be found here.
A great recording of Louis Moholo's Italian band of recent years is here.
And finally, Miller, Moholo, Charig, Griffiths and Osborne all were part of Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath when this show was recorded.

An MP3 version of this show is available over on inconstant sol.



Harry Miller's ISIPINGO
London (UK), 100 Club
December 20, 1976

Mark Charig - trumpet
Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
Mike Osborne - alto saxophone
Keith Tippett - piano
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums

>>> thanks to kinabalu for his setlist <<<

1. Medley [contents yet to be determined] (31:57)
2. Eli's Song (18:02)
3. Family Affair (8:34) [inc - from CD?]

TT: 58:35

Sound: B
Source/Lineage: audience recording -> tape -> CDR -> EAC -> FLAC

Soft Bounds - Paris 2004

Here's the final Hugh Hopper post - find the other four here.

This particular band features a pair of talented French musicians along with old buddy Elton Dean. Both Sophia Domancich and Simon Goubert were subject of an earlier post, very different in style - a 2008 show of the trio D.A.G. (with Jean-Jacques Avenel) can be found here.

Now back to Hopper... this is a fairly good and very listenable audience recording from the Sunset in Paris. If you prefer, burn it to three discs in order not to interrupt the continuing flow of the music in Set 2.



Soft Bounds
Paris (FR), Sunset
November 26, 2004

Elton Dean - saxello & alto sax
Sophia Domancich - piano & fender rhodes
Hugh Hopper - bass
Simon Goubert - drums

CD1/62:19

Set 1 (47:18)
1. The Day Before (Sophia Domancich) 15:35
2. Spanish Knee (Hugh Hopper) 6:34
3. Kings and Queens (Hugh Hopper) 11:38
4. Le retour 'Emmanuel Philibert (Simon Goubert) 13:30

Set 2 (51:02)
5. Introduction (0:28)
6. Slightly All the Time (Mike Ratledge) 7:12 >
7. drum solo (7:21)

CD2/70:24

1. Gimlet Abides (Elton Dean) 9:05 >
2. First in the Wagon (Elton Dean) 14:44
3. Grey Day Blues (Elton Dean) 12:08

Set 3 (34:22)
4. One Two One Two (Hugh Hopper) 14:49
5. La part des anges (Sophia Domancich) 19:33

TT: 132:43

Sound: A-/B+
Source: audience recording
Lineage unknown

Note: many tunes are followed by short announcements

Clear Frame - Zurich 2007 (r.i.p. Hugh Hopper)

Next one for Hugh Hopper...

Funny enough I just found Soft Machine's "Fifth" (and Robert Wyatt's "Comicopera") in the summer sales that are just about to begin.

The previous posts:
Soft Machine - Donaueschingen 1971
Soft Machine - Berlin 1971
Soft Machine Legacy - Lugano 2005

I am ashamed and sorry that I was noth among the 40 or so people who attended this concert - I remember considering if I should make it, but eventually it was one of those days where I was just too exhausted...

Here's an interview with Hugh, published in early 2008, by Bebbe Colli:
http://www.cloudsandclocks.net/interviews/HHopper_interview_08.html

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Clear Frame
Zürich (Switzerland), Rote Fabrik, Clubraum
September 20, 2007

Lol Coxhill - soprano saxophone
Hugh Hopper - electric bass
Charles Hayward - drums
Orphy Robinson - vibraphone, percussion

1. Improvisation (51:54)
2. Announcement > Lover Man (7:14)
3. Improvisation (11:35)
4. Announcement > Improvisation [encore] (6:50)

TT: 77:34

Sound: A-/B+


Notes:

total audience: not more than 40 people!!!!

enclosed to torrent: scan of programme

recording: original mini-disc recording with
Sony MZ NH-700
transfer: --> wav (sonic stage) --> flac

don't sell this recording and buy the official
releases of the involved musicians.


:: ubu note ::

Lover Man came as "Improvisation"
I don't know if any of the other "Improvisations" are actual compositions.

Soft Machine - Berlin 1971

Number 3 in the small series dedicated to the late Hugh Hopper.
There will be two more, both audience recordings in acceptable sound, one by Soft Heap and one by Clear Frame. They'll be posted on the weekend, I hope.

Today's Guardian contains an obituary which can be read online as well.

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Soft Machine
Berlin (DE), Jazzfest
November 7, 1971

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, electric piano
Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano
Hugh Hopper - bass
Phil Howard - drums

1. FM intro (0:26)
2. Neo-Caliban Grides (6:08) >
3. All White (5:56) >
4. Slightly All The Time (13:23) >
5. Drop (7:43) >
6. M.C. (2:40) >
7. Out-Bloody-Rageous (15:01) >
8. Pigling Bland > FM outro (6:15)

TT: 57:37

Sound: A-/B+
Source: radio broadcast (host: Achim Hebgen)
Lineage: rb > ? > dime > CDR > EAC (secure, log) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)


This is one of a few radio broadcasts this lineup did in late 1971 - probably the most jazzy the Softs ever got. The sound isn't great, but it's quite listenable.

The original was seeded (last year, I think) as one continuous track - I converted it to AIFF using MacFLAC 2.1.2, edited it with Audacity, and converted it back to FLAC.

Soft Machine Legacy - Estival Jazz 2005 (r.i.p. Hugh Hopper)

Number two of the Hugh Hopper posts, this again features old buddy and also recently deceased and much missed Elton Dean. John Etheridge is on guitar here, and Liam Genockey on drums.

This is my own mono/minidisc recording and I don't see it fit for dime, but it certainly sounds good to my ears! I'm not sure if I've missed the SBD over on dime (many Estival Jazz concerts are shared in perfect SBD quality), or if I decided to skip it and just keep what I've got... hope you don't mind and enjoy it like this!

Here are the covers for the SBD, the setlist on the traycard is the same but the timings and announcements differ a bit, likely they cut out some bits of applause for the broadcast, hence my tracks are shorter.




There's a recent video of the post-Dean edition (with Theo Travis on tenor sax) of this band from July 27, 2008 at the Jazzaldia Festival in Donostia-San Sebastian here. Of course you'll find much more on Youtube!

Finally, here's a great photo of the Carla Bley Band that included both Elton Dean and Hugh Hopper (subject of this earlier post). Funny enough, I already posted this photo but not where it should be, but rather with a 1978 Bley concert, so allow me to repeat myself and post it out of context once more. The source is this great Elton Dean page.



Soft Machine Legacy
Estival Jazz 2005
Mendrisio (CH), Piazzale alla Valle
July 1, 2005

Elton Dean - alto & soprano sax, saxello, fender rhodes
John Etheridge - guitar
Hugh Hopper - electric bass
Liam Genockey - drums

1. Ash (13:35)
2. Seven for Lee (8:40)
3. Baker's Treat (6:40)
4. 1212 (9:55)
5. Kings & Queens (25:39)
FM outro (0:25)

TT: 64:56

Sound: A/A- (mono)
Source: RSI 2 "Live di mezzanotte" / 2007-07-25
Lineage: FM > HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded & shared by ubu

r.i.p. Hugh Hopper

Bass guitarist Hugh Hopper has died yesterday, at age 64.
Here's a short note on the website of Jazzwise.

Here's a lenghty interview on AAJ.

Hugh Hopper, April 29, 1945 - June 7, 2009

Here's a first upload in tribute, featuring Hopper in the only Soft Machine show I have that is in very good sound. Dean and Hopper are re-united again now, I hope...

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Soft Machine
Donaueschinger Musiktage
Donaueschingen (Germany)
October 17, 1971 (MP2)

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, fender rhodes electric piano
Mike Ratledge - organ, fender rhodes electric piano
Hugh Hopper - bass
Phil Howard - drums

1. Gribes-Bloody-Rageous (41:04)

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

Elton Dean - Amsterdam 1977

Here's another UK show... why another, well, because the South African jazzers eventually did mix up with the UK scene to some extent, even though in the early years, they weren't welcome.

Anyway, here's Elton Dean, the late great alto and saxello player, with Keith Tippett at the piano and the powerhouse rhythm section of Miller/Moholo.

Thanks a lot to "jazzrita" for sharing this over on dime, some time ago!

Please Note that the info-file and the folder give the date as September 8, which seems to be wrong. I only found out about that just now, doing some searching before posting this. I added a note below with the info given on the Elton Dean chronology for September 1977.

Also, do check the previous post for more related music!

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Elton Dean Quartet
Amsterdam (NL), Melkweg
September 16, 1977

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Keith Tippett - piano
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums

1. (36:14)
2. (9:53) [fade in/out]
3. (9:03) [fade in - mono - #2 ctd.?]

TT: 55:10

Sound: A-/B+ (#1,2), B+ (#3, mono)
Lineage: AUD > cd on trade > flac > dime


Note from dime seeder (jazzrita):

I GOT THIS IN TRADE.
THE FIRST TWO TRACKS ARE IN STEREO, BUT THE LAST TRACK ARE ONLY IN MONO, BECAUSE THE LEFT CHANNEL WASN'T USEABLE, SO, I HAVE DONE THIS TRACKS IN MONO ONLY.

:: ubu note ::

came as September 8, but the Elton Dean chronolgy gives the following info:

1977 - September

[01-08] European tour [Carla Bley Band]
[09] Emmen (Netherlands), Tin Pan Alley [ED Quartet]
[10] Oudenbosch (Netherlands), Try [ED Quartet]
[11] Bergen-op-Zoom (Netherlands), De Bottehommel (afternoon) [ED Quartet]
[11] Breda (Netherlands), De Bommel (evening) [ED Quartet]
[13] Den Bosch (Netherlands), De Kakatoe [ED Quartet]
[14] Amsterdam (Netherlands), Bimhuis [ED Quartet]
[15] Nijmegen (Netherlands), Doornroosje [ED Quartet]
[16] Amsterdam (Netherlands), Melkweg [ED Quartet]
[17] Eindhoven (Netherlands), De Effenaar [ED Quartet]
[18] Maassluis (Netherlands), De Toverbal (afternoon) [ED Quartet]
[18] Schiebroek (Netherlands), Nullispretii (evening) [ED Quartet]
[late] Italian tour [ED Quartet]

Harry Miller - BBC 1975-1977

[EDIT] The first two titles of this post have been officially released on Reel Recordings. I deleted the links and will offer a new set of links minus those two tracks - sorry for the inconvenience! Go and order the Miller (and some other) discs from the Reel Recordings site, so support those folks crazy enough to still be releasing our manna from heaven! [/EDIT]

First of a series of South African posts to follow... not in any planned or quick way, but several more instalments will eventually follow (a dozen or two, just so you get a rough idea).

The opening is made by the great bass player Harry Miller (1941-1983). He was one of the doomed South African exiles, but his forceful music, his thumping bass playing, his dynamic interaction with frequent parter-in-crime Louis Moholo (one of the survivors) continues bringing incredible pleasure to my life - and I hope many others' lives, too!

Miller's official releases on Ogun have been reissued in a great 3CD set that is - alas - out of print again, but if you're a fan, you'll absolutely need that! (info)
In addition to that, Cuneiform has a great Isipingo live recording available, very much worth buying!

Louis Moholo, by the way, has been featured in a couple of earlier posts here:
Louis Moholo/Keith Tippett/Julie Tippets & MinAfrica Orchestra - Sant'Anna Arresi 2008
Louis Moholo-Moholo Quintet - Roma 2007

Also, there's my South African blindfold test, posted last spring, and then there's this post with many useful links (I hope they're still good, too many to check them, sorry):
The Joy and Pain of South African Jazz

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Harry Miller Isipingo - 1975

Mongezi Feza - trumpet
Nick Evans - trombone
Mike Osborne - alto sax
Stan Tracey - piano
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums

1. Whey Hey! (15:35)
2. Good Heavens Evans (11:59)

Harry Miller Isipingo - 1976

Marc Charig - trumpet
Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
Mike Osborne - alto sax
Stan Tracey - piano
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums

3. Family Affair (9:58)
4. Where Now Then? (9:53)

Harry Miller Quintet - 1977

Trevor Watts - alto & soprano sax
Alan Wakeman - tenor & soprano sax
Berni Holland - guitar
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums

5. Orange Grove (9:22)
6. A Traumatic Experience (17:20)

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7. radio announcer (1:03) [between #1 and #2]
8. radio announcer (0:38) [between #3 and #4]
9. radio announcer (0:41) [between #5 and #6]
10. radio announcer (0:30) [following #6]

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TT: 77:04

Sources:
#1,2,7: Jazz in Britain broadcast 24-2-1975
#3,4,8: BBC broadcast early 1976
#5,6,9,10: Jazz in Britain broadcast 24-12-1977(?)

Lineage: FM > Sony reel to reel > standalone cd recorder > EAC > WAV > FLAC

Note on second broadcast (#3,4): There is probably a third piece missing for some reason I can't remember.

Classical & Avantgarde Weekend - Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Elliott Carter, György Kurtag, Alvin Curran, Abton Trio, Hilliard Ensemble etc.

As the internets will be occupied by mère ubu this weekend, here's a three-in-one post that should keep inquiring minds busy for a moment...

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The Abaton Trio of Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman and Erik Friedlander do both compositions (by Couvoisier) and free improvisations. They have a very good 2CD set out on ECM with one disc of both. Here you get both sides, too, though this comes from a festival more directed towards composed modern/classical music (I don't know how that is called in English, I'd call it "Neue Musik" or something, not much helpful either, as a term of description).
Thomas Demenga also has a homepage to check out.



Davos Festival 2003
Davos (Switzerland), Kongresszentrum
August 5, 2003


BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN
1. Sonate für Violoncello Solo [1960] (13:51)

SYLVIE COURVOISIER
2. unknown (17:16)
3. Abaton (12:50)

THOMAS DEMENGA
4. Aus den Fugen (10:24)

ABATON TRIO
5. Icaria (Improvisation) 5:18
6. Ianicum (Courvoisier) 17:06


#1,4: Thomas Demenga - violoncello

#2,3,5,6: Abaton Trio:
Sylvie Courvoisier - piano
Mark Feldman - violin
Eric Friedlander - violoncello


TT: 76:47

Sound: A
Source: DRS 2 broadcast "Neue Musik im Konzert" or "CH-Musik im Konzert" / 2003
Lineage: FM > minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > FLAC (8,asb,ver)
Additional (2009): EAC (secure) > Cool Edit Pro (centred files) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, tranferred & shared on dimeadozen by ubu (Jan. 2009)

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Ittinger Pfingskonzerte 1999
Kartause Ittingen (Switzerland)
May 22-24, 1999 (I think this was Sunday evening, May 23)


Brumel - Missa victimae paschali laudes
Machaut - 4 Motetten

Hilliard Ensemble:

David James - Countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter - Tenor
Gordon Jones - Bariton


Elliot Carter
György Kurtág

Instrumentalensemble Heinz Holliger:

Silvia Nopper - Sopran
Felix Renggli - Flöten
Heinz Holliger - Oboen, Englischhorn
Elmar Schmid - Klarinetten
Kathrin Rabus & Hansheinz Schneeberger - Violinen
homepage - Violoncello


ANTOINE BRUMEL
Missa victime paschali laudes
1. Kyrie [3:43]
2. Gloria [6:14]

ELLIOTT CARTER
3. Tempo e tempi (Eugenio Montle) (1998) für Sopran und Ensemble [2:19]
4. Ed e subito sera (Salvatore Quasimodo) (April 1999) für Sopran und Ensemble (Uraufführung) [0:54]
5. L'oboe sommerso (Salvatore Quasimodo) (April 1999) für Sopran und Oboe (Uraufführung) [2:29]

BRUMEL
6. Credo [8:44]

GYÖRGY KURTAG
7. Ein Sappho-Fragment (Februar 1999) für Englischhorn Solo (Uraufführung) [1:47]
8. Due fiori (1998) [2:52]
9. Hommage à Yehudi Menuhin [3:28]

BRUMEL
10. Sanctus [7:50]

GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT
11. Motette #22 [3:00]
12. Motette #8 [2:10]
13. Motette #12 [3:07]
14. Motette #23 [3:47]

BRUMEL
15. Agnus Dei [3:21]


TT: 55:45

Sound: A
Source: DRS 2 live broadcast
Lineage: FM > tape > minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > CDR
Additional: EAC (secure) > Cool Edit Pro (centred all tracks) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Shared on dimeadozen by ubu in January 2009

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The Alvin Curran Philharmonia
"May I Know"

Taktlos Bern 2002
Bern (Switzerland), Dampfzentrale
September 14, 2002

Alvin Curran - keyboards
Fred Frith - guitar
Joan Jeanrenaud - violoncello
Shelley Hirsch - voice
William Winant - drums
Domenico Sciajno - computer

1. May I Know (63:50)
2. Interview (10:46)

TT: 74:36

Sound: A
Source: DRS 2 broadcast ("Neue Musik im Konzert") / 2002
Lineage: FM > minidisc > analogue to HD > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Taped (2002), transferred & shared on dimeadozen (Jan 2009) by ubu

Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston - Roma 2003

Here's an afterthought to my recent re-post of Veryan Weston's solo concert at TonArt Bern 2003.

Read more about Veryan Weston and Trevor Watts on the European Free Improvisation Pages.

The Controindicazioni were initiated amongst others by the late Mario Schiano. If there's interest, I could maybe share the big 4CD package that was up on dime when Schiano died. It features Schiano, John Butcher, What We Live, Van Hove/Lovens, Sebi Tramontana/Lovens and others, in recordings from the 2002 and 2003 editions.

Thanks a lot to the original seeder on dime!

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Trevor Watts / Veryan Weston
Controindicazioni 2003
Roma (Italia), Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Sala A, Casella
October 24, 2003

Trevor Watts - alto sax
Veryan Weston - piano

1. (22:21)

Sound: A
Lineage: DFM->CDR->EAC->FLAC