r.i.p. George Russell

News of George Russell's death have just been confirmed:

Jazz composer George Russell dies at 86

(AP) – 18 minutes ago

BOSTON — Jazz composer George Russell, a MacArthur fellow whose theories influenced the modal music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died.

His publicist says Russell, who taught at the New England Conservatory, died Monday in Boston at age 86 of complications from Alzheimer's.

Russell was born in Cincinnati in 1923 and attended Wilberforce University. He played drums in Benny Parker's band and later wrote "Cubano Be/Cubano Bop" for Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra. It premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1947 and was the first fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz.

Russell developed the Lydian concept in 1953. It's credited as the first theoretical contribution from jazz.

Russell is survived by his wife, his son and three grandchildren. A release says a memorial service will be planned.

Source

This is very, very sad.

I will try and finally get around to sharing some of the live shows of his here. There have been several requests ever since I mentioned having shared them on dime.

Check out this older post for starters:


And if you're on dime, a first share is up already: Newport 1964 + 1966.

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.

Lee Konitz / Paul Bley / Bill Frisell / Han Bennink - Seattle 2000

This is a pretty good audience capture of a great quartet - or rather, of various combinations of four great musicians.

Lee Konitz had to cancel a gig (at Boston's Regattabar), but he seems to be on the way to recovery. The lastest news I have is Frank Kimbrough's comment here. I certainly hope Lee will hang in there. It seems Konitz caught a pneumonia. Actually, he's scheduled to play Birdland from tonight through to Sunday night. I certainly hope he's well again and will play! Any news and reports (and concert captures, too!) are most welcome!

Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Lee Konitz and Art Blakey at Birdland (photo: Marcel Fleiss)

Lee's voice is one of the most personal ones on alto sax ever, dry, witty, and what I admire most is him being a totally non-licks player, always inventing new lines on the spot, no matter what old chestnut (or Tristano favourite) he happens to play.
I was also fortunate enough to see him live once, about ten years back, when he was touring with the "Three Guys" (Konitz-Swallow-Motian). He played with no amplification, no mic, no nothing, while Motian (whom I only knew from Bill Evans' trio back then and expected a soft, melodic colourist...) happily bashed away. Yet Lee's sound and presence was immense and powerful, even though his tone was a delicate as always... (stories about Prez soaring away on top of the Basie band come to memory).

Art Pepper & Lee Konitz at Donte's, 1982

Here, Lee's mates are Bill Frisell, Paul Bley (an on-and-off collaborator for a while), as well as the great Han Bennink. Frisell, btw, has appeared on what was one of my favourite jazz albums for a long time, Angel Song, with Konitz, Kenny Wheeler and Dave Holland. Konitz sounds warm and full-toned in that setting - I remember the recording as being exceptionally warm and intimate, not quite the rule with ECM.

Here's a short write-up about Lee, on jazz.com

Please note that the folder is named wrongly - this is from the 2000 Earshot festival (billed as "Bill Frisell w/Konitz, Bley, Peacock"). The files you'll download are erroneously named 1990!

Finally, please help filling the gaps in the setlist if you know more than I do!

Lee with Ohad Talmor in a more recent photo by Nicolas Masson

Lee Konitz/Paul Bley/Bill Frisell/Han Bennink
Earshot Jazz Festival
Seattle, WA (USA), On the Boards
October 24, 2000

Lee Konitz - alto sax
Paul Bley - piano
Bill Frisell - guitar
Han Bennink - drums

CD1/51:39
1. Stage Intro (0:58)
2. The Song Is You (7:30) [LK solo]
3. Body and Soul (10:35) [LK/BF duo]
4. unknown (8:50) [PB solo]
5. unknown (15:06) [HB solo]
6. unknown (8:42) [PB/BF duo]

CD2/64:40
1. Stage Intro (0:26)
2. All The Things You Are (7:20) [LK/PB duo]
3. I Can't Get Started (6:49) [LK/PB duo]
4. unknown (20:13) [BF/HB duo]
5. Improvisation (incl. Donkey & Ornithology) 23:59 [quartet]
6. Misterioso (5:54) [BF/HB duo]

TT: 116:19

Sound: A-
Source: audience recording
Lineage: cdr in trade--eac--flac level 6--dime.

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

Monk's Casino - Hamburg 1999

And finally, one for young and old, tall and short, smart and dumb... the all encompassing music of one Thelonious Monk, performed by the great group "Die Enttäuschung" with Alexander von Schlippenbach at the piano. Don't miss this one!

It took me a while to figure this out, with the help of the official release on Intakt records, and to re-track it as nicely as possible - hope you'll enjoy it! It's to my knowledge the most complete of the live recordings to be found by this group (well, there may be complete AUD versions, but this one is in perfect FM quality)!



Alexander Von Schlippenbach & Die Enttauschung - Monk's Casino
Hamburg (Germany), NDR, Studio 10
January 28, 1999

Axel Dörner - trumpet (prob. piano on CD3#7)
Rudi Mahall - bass clarinet
Alexander Von Schlippenbach - piano (prob. trumpet on CD3#7)
Jan Roder - bass
Uli Jennessen - drums

CD1/69:14
1. Stage Intro by Michael Naura (2:30)
2. Band Intros by AvSch (2:39)
3. Thelonious (2:51)
4. Locomotive (1:37)
5. Stuffy Turkey (0:38)
6. Trinkle-Tinkle (4:21)
7. Coming On the Hudson (2:26)
8. Evidence (4:05)
9. Pannonica (1:43)
10. Bemsha Swing Intro (Axel Dörner) 1:21
11. Bemsha Swing / 52nd Street Theme (5:59)
12. Misterioso / Sixteen / Skippy (11:32)
13. Monk's Point (1:51)
14. Green Chimneys / Little Rootie Tootie (5:43)
15. San Francisco Holiday (3:14)
16. Off Minor (2:30)
17. Gallop's Gallop (4:58)
18. Crepuscule with Nellie (2:18)
19. Hackensack (3:18)
20. Consecutive Second's (3:31)

CD2/63:34
1. Brilliant Corners (5:47)
2. Eronel (1:55)
3. Monk's Dream (2:40)
4. Shuffle Boil (5:30)
5. Hornin' In (5:42) [might be two tracks, 3:19]
6. Criss Cross (2:12)
7. Introspection (5:18)
8. Ruby My Dear (1:18)
9. In Walked Bud (2:24)
10. Let's Cool One / Let's Call This (4:11)
11. Jackie-ing (3:40)
12. Humph (1:44) [inc]
13. Monk's Mood (3:29)
14. Four In One / 'Round Midnight (7:54)
15. Played Twice (2:27)
16. Friday the 13th (2:35)
17. Ugly Beauty (2:18)
18. Bye-Ya / Oska T. (2:22)

CD3/44:21
1. Bolivar Blues / Well You Needn't (3:07)
2. Brake's Sake (1:32)
3. Who Knows (1:53)
4. Boo Boo's Birthday / Ask Me Now (4:24)
5. Think of One (2:19)
6. Raise Four (1:18)
7. Japanese Folk Song / Children's Song / Blue Monk (4:24)
8. We See (5:20)
9. Bright Mississippi (3:06)
10. Reflections (1:44)
11. Five Spot Blues (1:43)
12. Light Blue (0:56)
13. Teo (2:31)
14. Rhythm-a-Ning (4:12)
15. Epistrophy / Oska T. (5:45)

All compositions by Thelonious Monk
Arrangements by Schlippenbach, Dörner, Mahall

TT: 177:09

Sound: A
Lineage :fm > dat > cdr(n) > eac > flac frontend > flac

:: ubu edits & notes ::

deleted fm intros/outros
re-tracked (some tracks contained two titles, some marks were set too late)

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



MISSING TITLES (I THINK):

CD2
Functional
Work / I Mean You
(possibly missing because they happened after the inc "Humph"
and before CD2#13?)

CD3:
Blue Hawk / North of the Sunset / Blue Sphere / Something in Blue
A Merrier Christmas
Straight No Chaser

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}

Doctor 3 (Danilo Rea/Enzo Pietropaoli/Fabrizio Sferra) - Perugia 1999

And one for the piano crowd - a great piano trio set featuring Danilo Rea!



Doctor 3
Umbria Jazz 1999
Perugia (Italy), Teatro Morlacchi
July 11, 1999

Danilo Rea - piano
Enzo Pietropaoli - bass
Fabrizio Sferra - drums

1. unknown (13:29)
2. unknown (10:10)
3. unknown (4:51)
4. unknown > Ann EP (8:12)
5. unknown (10:27)
6. unknown (3:02)
7. unknown (7:05)
8. unknown (8:37)
9. unknown (8:29) [inc, end of CDR during recording]

TT: 74:25

Sound: A
Source/Lineage: reg via Sat radio 3 , cdr Philips then, flac

:: ubu edits ::

deleted opening fm talk (inc, 6 sec)
moved Ann from beginning of #6 to end of #5
spliced 29 sec of applause to end of #8 (came as #9)
added fade-out at end of #9 (there was a cut)
deleted a bit of noise at beginning of #10
fixed all marks

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



Danilo Rea... i love this man, a very music lover (ALL FORM OF MUSIC HE LOVES...) his solo performances are very magnificient, if you (during an italian holiday) meets this man and his creature (Doctor 3)...don't miss it !

There is only a live official cd edited in dic-2001 and in homage with the Musica Jazz magazine...this is, in this Dime torrent, is the first (and best in my opinion) concert at umbria Jazz

Sound quality is quiet perfect. Sound rating AA

Enjoy it

Pierluigi

Jimmy Heath - Stockholm 1989

This is for the hip crowd... something easier on the ears, Jimmy Heath!



Jimmy Heath
Jazz Festival Stockholm
Stockholm (Sweden), Skeppsholmen
July 2, 1989

Jimmy Heath - tenor sax
Tony Purrone - guitar
Ben Brown - electric bass
Akira Tana - drums

1. Stage Intro (0:44)
2. Invitation (Kaper-Washington) > Ann JH (10:47)
3. Gingerbread Boy (Jimmy Heath) 6:35
4. Lover Man (Davis-Ramirez-Sherman) > Ann JH (8:24)
5. Hi-Fly (Randy Weston) 12:18
6. Blue Bossa (Kenny Dorham) > Ann JH (9:40)
7. 'Round Midnight (Monk-Hanighen-Williams) 7:07 [inc, fm voiceover at end]

TT: 55:38

Sound: A- (hissy)
Source: FM broadcast
Lineage: FM > ? > FLAC > dime


:: ubu edits ::

deleted bit of fm talk (0:06) preceeding #1, added fade-in
deleted 2 second gaps
fixed all marks
deleted duplicated announcement of "Hi Fly"
added fade-out at end

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

Abdullah Ibrahim & Miriam Makeba - Berlin 1978

This is a very special concert, and it has... ahem, very special sound quality.
The recording is pretty flawed, though in my opinion it's just about listenable.

Of course hearing Ibrahim (leading one of his best groups, in my opinion, the "Africa - Tears and Laughter" album on Enja is a must!) with Miriam Makeba is a treat, but the rough Berliners (no, I'm not one, he he he) were booing as usual (they can't stand singers in general, I think Carmen McRae was about the only one that survived a whole concert without being booed off the stage).

Anyway, this will keep the South-African flame burning for the weeks I'll be on vacation starting today!

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Abdullah Ibrahim & Miriam Makeba
Berlinger Jazztage 1978
Berlin (Germany), Philharmonie
November 3, 1978

Abdullah Ibrahim - piano, soprano sax, flute
Talib Qadr - alto & soprano sax, flute, oboe
Greg Brown - bass
John Betsch - drums

on CD2 add:
Miriam Makeba - vocals
Papa Kouyate - percussion

CD2#1 is a piano solo
CD2#10 is a vocal solo

CD1/61:37
1. Stage Announcer Introduction (1:43)
2. Tsakwe (3:28)
3. Children of Africa (7:21)
4. Imam (11:57)
5. unknown (2:32) [cut] [Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro?]
6. Ishmael (14:30) [cuts in]
7. The Wedding (14:45)
8. Mannenberg (2:44) >
9. Tsakwe (2:30)

CD2/52:30
1. Medley (20:31) [p-solo] >
2. unknown (3:59)
3. Announcement by Abdullah Ibrahim (1:08)
4. Tula Dubula (6:30)
5. unknown (1:41) [Kiolo?]
6. unknown (5:27) [Epilelo?]
7. Ntyilo Ntyilo (3:04)
8. unknown > Stage Announcer Outro (4:56)
9. Announcement by Miriam Makeba (2:26)
10. unknown (2:43) [encore, voc-solo]

TT: 114:07

Sound: B+
Source: audience recording


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run de-click filter (not much use here...)
re-tracked
deleted silence preceeding CD1#1
merged CD1#5 (came in two parts: 2:27/0:04 - with an unrelated 0:02 in between)
added fade-out at end of CD1#9 and fade-in at beginning of CD2#1
merged piano solo medley (came in two parts: 12:09/8:27), deleted a bit of duplication, splice @ 12:09
deleted silence and added fade-out at end of CD2#8
added fade-in at beginning of CD2#9
separated announcement from CD2#10
deleted noise and added fade-out at end of CD2#10

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

Seeded on dime by relyles

Comment by relyles:

set list received from trade:

Tsakewe [> Tsakwe]
The Children of Africa
Ishmael Did You Hear That Sound?
Mannenberg
The Dream
Kariba Blue [> Knishna Blue?]
Ballade
African Market Place
Yuokio Khalifa
Liberation Dance
Matsidison [> Matsidisu?]
Anthem for the New Nation
Hintiyan
Tula Dubula
Kiolo
Epelilelo


Note: jazzrita shared another fix on dime, here's some info on that version:

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Lineage: aud > dime > restored with wavelab > flac > dime

UPLOADED BY JAZZRITA 09-04-25

relyles SEEDED THIS CONCERT FEW DAYS AGO.
SEE URL: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=245875

THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF THIS SEED NEEDS RESTORING. HERE ARE SOME HELP:
- CAREFUL HISS REDUCTION
- MORE CORRECT TRACKING
- ELEMINATE MANY GLITCHES AND CLICKS

THE TAPER HAD DONE NOT HIS BEST WORK: MUCH YAK!!!! HEAVY HISS AND SOME STRANGE HIGH FREQUENCES.

IT SEEMS THAT THE SOURCE ARE NOT ONLY AUDIENCE. IT SEEMS THE SOURCE FROM TRACK 11 ON (WITH MIRIAM MAKEBA) IS FROM A TV SHOW!!!???

THANKS TO UBU FOR HIS SET-LIST AND RESEARCHING ON THE LINE-UP!!!

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In my opinion, the hiss reduction didn't work that well, and the tracking wasn't perfect, so I kept my own version.

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

Yosuke Yamashita - Paris 1998

Here's a rather nice trio show by Yamashita. I got this from dime and did quite a lot of editing to get this into better shape. Sound is not perfect, but it's still an FM recording, so... definitively listenable, in my opinion.

Yamashita is joined by French bassist Michel Benita and Swiss drummer Daniel Humair. Together, they make for a very fine trio!
Humair was subject of a couple of earlier posts:
Strasbourg 2008 (with Tony Malaby & Joachim Kühn)
Paris 2008 (with Tryptic - Humair/Celea/Couturier)
And finally, he can be heard with Roland Kirk here.



Yosuke Yamashita Trio
Paris (France), Duc Des Lombards
March 18, 1998

Yosuke Yamashita - piano
Michel Benita - bass
Daniel Humair - drums

Set 1
1. For David's Sake (Yamashita) 8:53 [dropouts 3:55-4:56]
2. J.G. Bird (Yamashita) 10:47
3. Spider (Yamashita) 10:16 [inc, fade-out/in & splice @ 7:37]

Set 2
4. After Blue (Yamashita) 10:09 [fade-in, 1 sec missing]
5. unknown (10:59)
6. Echo of Gray (Yamashita) 5:47 [fade-in, 4.5 sec missing]
7. Doctor Kanzo (Yamashita) 7:34
8. Announcement by YY (0:05) [inc]
9. Kurdish Dance (Yamashita) 9:49

TT: 74:22

Sound: A-
Source: France Musique "Jazz Club"
Lineage: FM > ? > dime


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fixed marks
deleted most of the radio intro from beginning of #1,3,5,7
omitted separate fm talk tracks
added fades
merged four parts of "For David's Sake" (8:57, 0:19, 0:16, 4:15) - some transmission issues there!
added 1.5 seconds of silence at end of #3

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


Note on sequence:
The broadcast started live with the final 2:41 minutes of #3.
Then, in the break, #1, #2 and the first 7:37 of #3 were played.
Then, the next set was broadcast live again.

In the seed on dime, the second part of #3 was the first title, then followed #1, #2, the first part of #3, and then Set 2.

r.i.p. Charlie Mariano

I just read the following news on the Organissimo forum:

Dear friends and colleagues,

today I have the sad task of informing you that Charlie Mariano is no longer among us, he "checked out" this morning.
Email is not how I would have wanted to pass on this message to you, but due to his great number of friends, I am not able to call each of you personally.

We will miss his voice, we will miss his humor, and all of you who over the years had the good luck of playing together with him will feel the loss.

He had spent the last weeks in the Mildred Scheel Hospiz where he was given the best possible care. His wife Dorothee had been caring for him lovingly for months. His daughter from the US had come to be with him. Many of you had visisted him during the last months. He was not alone.

Tonite I will sit down to listen to his music. Two new CDs recorded within the last year are to be released, one with Chaouki Smahi and Billy Cobham, one with Jasper and Philip Catherine. At 85 he was still blowing beautifully, touching the hearts of his audience.

An era of great jazz players seems to be nearing it´s end. Please carry on the spirit of great music to which Charlie dedicated his life. Remember him as someone who played with everyone and everywhere, never could say no to anyone wanting him to join-up for a gig. Remember him as a musician who was held in great esteem but other musicians as well as by the listeners for besides his great music he was a sweet, and may I mention it; good-looking man. He was a friend and his loss will be felt dearly.

Sincere Greetings,
sharon

This is so sad!

I somehow thought Mariano would just go on and on and on and make great music forever! Alas, not.

To mourn and yet at the same time to celebrate his vast musical legacy, I will spin (and recommend you to buy) his great quartet release on Enja, Deep in a Dream, with Bob Degen (p), Isla Eckinger (b) and Jarrod Cagwin (d), as well as the following show which was waiting to be posted for several months. I wasn't of course hoping for the sad event that is his death, rather I just can't post here as often as I would like.

The concert that's subject of this post is a great display of Mariano's musical universe, which unites jazz, rock, flamenco, Arabian and Indian music. To hear him in a straight jazz context, get "Deep in a Dream"!

And I understand I got several of the spellings wrong and couldn't identify various of the tunes - please post a comment if you can help!

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Charlie Mariano / Karnataka College of Percussion - Global Music Celebration
Tage der Zeitgenössischen Musik 2002
Dresden (DE), Alter Schlachthof
October 3, 2002

Charlie Mariano - alto sax

CD1#1-6
Dave King - electric bass & double bass
Yahia Smahi - darabuka, percussion
Chaouki Smahi - oud, violin, vocals
Mike Herting - pianos (#6 only)

CD1#8-9, CD2#1:
Quique Sinesi - guitar

CD2#2:
Quique Sinesi - guitar
Mike Herting - piano
Dave King - electric bass
Ramesh Shotam - tabla

CD2#4-9
Mike Herting - piano, keyboards
Dave King - electric bass & double bass
Ramesh Shotam - tabla, percussion (CD1#6-9, CD2#2-9)
T.A.S. Mani - mrindagam, percussion
R.A. Ramamani - vocals

CD1/50:22
1. unknown (10:35)
2. unknown (6:48)
3. unknown (6:05)
4. unknown (5:39)
5. Announcement by Charlie Mariano (0:33)
6. Night (9:31)
7. Announcement by Charlie Mariano (0:20)
8. unknown (6:35)
9. unknown (4:12)

CD2/55:05
1. Berliner Tangismos (Sinesi) 5:38
2. unknown (10:33)
3. Announcement by Charlie Mariano (0:23)
4. unknown (Ramamani) 8:29
5. Announcement by Charlie Mariano (0:22)
6. Sweet Seventeen (Ramamani) 8:59
7. Band Intros/Announcement by Charlie Mariano (0:38)
8. Bangalore (17:04) [some glitches]
9. unknown (2:56) [inc]

TT: 105:27

Sound: A
Source: FM Broadcast (MDR Kultur "Jazz in Concert", 2 broadcasts)
Lineage: cdr in trade--eac--flac level 6--dime.


:: ubu edits ::

fixed all marks
deleted fm talk preceeding CD1#1 and following CD1#9, CD2#8
separated CM Announcements from following titles
manually removed a few clicks and pops
added fades where needed

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

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.

Erich Kleinschuster Sextett (w/Harry Pepl) - Wie 1976

Here's a post-script to the two posts about Harry Pepl. This is a concert by Erich Kleinschuster's great Sextett.

Kleinschuster was born in Graz in 1930. After studying law and music (trombone and piano), he played in local bands and radio orchestras. In 1958, he was part of the International Youth Band at Newport Jazz Festival, which led to his decision to become a professional musician. In the sixties, he played with Friedrich Gulda and the Clarke-Boland Big Band, and 1966 brought to the fore his own Sextett, featuring among others Fritz Pauer, Erich Bachträgl, Jimmy Woode, Hans Salomon, and such guest stars as Art Farmer, Carmell Jones, Joe Henderson, Clifford Jordan, Jimmy Heath and Slide Hampton.
In 1971, Kleinschuster founded the ORF Big Band (Austrian Radio Big Band), which he led for ten years. In those years, he also appeared with Peter Herbolzheimer's Rhythm Combination & Brass as well as George Gruntz' Concert Jazz Band.
In 1981, he got a call from the University of Graz, where he holds a professorship. From 1998 on, he organized the Grazer Jazz Sommer.

So it should be quite clear by now, that Kleinschuster is one of THE main characters of Austrian modern jazz. He also programmed many a jazz radio show, including the ones from which this music of his own band was taken.

Austrian Universal has released two very good 2CD sets with music by the Kleinschuster Sextett, Vol. 1 with guests Carmell Jones, Joe Henderson and Clifford Jordan (rec. 1968/1969), Vol. 2 with guests Art Farmer, Slide Hampton and Jimmy Heath (rec. 1968/1971). Both are highly recommended! (dusty groove)

I'm not sure if Kleinschuster can actually be heard there, but Universal has also more recently reissued a box set of Peter Herbolzheimer's MPS & Polydor albums (amazon.de).

The edition of the Sextet in this particular concert is partly electric, and features the great Carl Drewo on saxophone (another musician connected to the Clarke-Boland Big Band for a while in the Sixties), and Fritz Pauer on both acoustic and electric piano. Pauer is another mainstay of Austrian modern jazz, with his own albums (some on MPS, for instance), a long tenure with Art Farmer (who called him his favourite pianist), and long (musical) friendships with many of jazz' greatest. I had the joy to catch him live backing Sheila Jordan when in Vienna some time back.

There's some great music to be heard here - go for it even if you're completely unfamiliar with the musicians!



Erich Kleinschuster Sextett
Wien (Austria), Konzerthaus, Mozartsaal
October 4, 1976

Erich Kleinschuster - trombone
Carl Drewo - tenor & soprano sax
Fritz Pauer - piano & electric piano
Harry Pepl - guitar
Heinz Jäger - electric bass
Fritz Ozmec - drums

CD1/49:06
1. Autumn Lady (Pauer) / Autumn Air (Pauer) 18:44
2. Peach Cup (Pauer) 10:07
3. Maurische Anekdoten (Kleinschuster) 20:13

CD2/32:16
1. Selbstgespräch (Kleinschuster) 9:58 [cuts in]
2. Symphony For A Lady (Kleinschuster) 23:16

TT: 81:22

Sound: A-
Lineage: fm > cd trade > flac > dime

This came in two parts, two seeds on dime: #3,5,1 and #2,4

:: ubu edits ::

deleted all fm talk
added fade-outs

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

:: notes ::

No music is missing at end of the "Autumn" Medley, but the radio announcer started talking right as the applause began, so there's a very quick fade-out there.
"Selbstgespräch" started beneath the fm intro, hence there are a few seconds missing and a quick fade-in at the beginning.

complete setlist:
1. Autumn lady (Pauer) 11:56 >
2. Autumn air (Pauer) 6:36
3. Brave knight (Pauer) 13:13 - MISSING
4. Peach cup (Pauer) 10:46
5. Maurische Anekdoten (Kleinschuster) 20:19
6. Selbstgespräch (Kleinschuster) 10:49
7. Symphony for a lady (Kleinschuster) 21:58
8. D-E-E-G (Kleinschuster) 15:11 - MISSING

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)

Nicolas Simion Group feat. Zoltan Lantos - Berlin 2000 (re-up)

Here's a re-up on request - the very first show I've shared here, ages ago...
The original post:

Here then is my first share on the blog, a nice radio broadcast by the Nicolas Simion group with Zoltan Lantos on violin. Both musicians are eastern european, though Simion has been based in the western part. I first heard Simion on the ORF produced CD of his and the great Iancsi Körössy's. They led a quartet together a few years ago, likely just for that one tour that ORF recorded in Graz. On that occasion, they also had Lee Konitz sitting in as a guest.
I have a live recording from Bucharest from that fall 2001 tour, sans Lee, that I could post later if there's interest.



Nicolas Simion Group
featuring Zoltan Lantos
Berlin (DE), Haus der Kulturen der Welt
June 17, 2000

Nicolas Simion - tenor & soprano sax, bass clarinet
Zoltan Lantos - violin
Norbert Scholly - guitar, Wald-Zither
Martin Gjakonovski - bass, oud
Johannes Bockholt - drums, percussion

1. (14:08)
2. (6:58)
3. (5:27)
4. (9:19)
5. (11:14)
6. (6:39)
7. Lullaby (2:11)

TT: 55:59

Sound: A/A-
Source: OE1 "Jazznacht" / 2006-06-18
Lineage: FM > Minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

burned at end:

FM intro (1:41)
FM outro (0:31)

TT (all): 58:13

As mentioned before, this was recorded to MD in longplay (LP4, to be exact) mode. I decoded the FLAC files w/FLAC Frontend and created MP3s @ 320 kbs with CDex, using lame encoder.

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]

************************************

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.

Steve Swell/Gebhard Ullmann Quartet - Zurich 2006

This is my own audience recording, and one that turned out quite exceptionally good, I dare say... it was a great concert, but alas, an audience of a mere thirteen, including half a dozen that was there from the organising venue and bar... pretty sad, but the Swell/Ullmann Quartet with Hilliard Greene and the great Barry Altschul played one great set for the lucky few.

Now here's your chance to catch up with what you missed back then!

Also check out their nice disc Desert Song and Other Landscapes (CIMP).



Swell-Ullmann Quartet
Zürich (CH), Rote Fabrik, Clubraum
October 29, 2006

Steve Swell - trombone
Gebhard Ullmann - tenor sax, bass clarinet
Hilliard Greene - bass
Barry Altschul - drums

1. Stage Introduction by Fredi Bosshard (2:16)
2. Improvisation > Seven 9-8 (Ullmann) 24:52
3. Announcement by GU (1:09)
4. Soron (?) (Swell) 22:44
5. Flutist With Hat and Shoe (Ullmann) 9:46
[description of a painting yet to be painted]
6. Announcement by GU (1:19)
7. Box Set (Swell) 11:49

TT: 73:58

Sound: A-
Source: audience recording, front row, middle
Lineage: crappy sony mic > minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Taped & transferred by ubu
First shared on dimeadozen in March 2009

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Notes:

I sat slightly in the middle, more or less in front of Ullmann & Greene, Altschul & Swell being on the left.

The audience consisted of 13 people (including this humble king), of them most likely not even half paid any entrance fee... Irene Schweizer was there, too, and the concert was da shit, I thought, after having needed 10 or so minutes to dig deeply into the music. Pretty sad the crowd still prefers your olde mainstream type stuff or drab electronic and straight beat experiments and stuffe! This is the real deal here, intelligent music that provides listeners with tons of fun!

Oh, and that's not me gasping in... ahem.. arrousal, he he... at the beginning of #5, rather it's them musicians doing their circular breathing thing... up-close recording, ain't it!?

Tower of Power - San Francisco 1975

Some Oakland funk... Tower of Power is certainly one of the most exciting funk bands around, and yes, around they've been! Here's a short recording from the mid seventies, a homecoming gig in San Francisco's

All props go to the person who was kind enough to share this on dime - I'm merely spreading the message here!



Tower Of Power
S.N.A.C.K Benefit
San Francisco, CA (USA), Kezar Stadium
March 23, 1975

Lenny Pickett - tenor sax, flute, clarinet
Emilio Castillo - tenor sax, vocals
Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone sax, vocals
Greg Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn
Mic Gillette - trumpet, trombone
Chester Thompson - keyboards
Bruce Conte - guitar, vocals
Francis Rocco Prestia - bass
David Garabaldi - drums
Hubert Tubbs - lead vocals

1. Bill Graham Intro > Oakland Stroke > What Is Hip? (8:55)
2. Down to the Nightclub (Bump City) (4:41)
3. Sparkling in the Sand (9:31)
4. You're the Most (To Say the Least) (4:05)
5. You're Still a Young Man (6:18)

TT: 33:33

Sound: A-/B+
Lineage: FM.master.(PayLess)cassette>CDR>EAC>WAV>Trader'sLittleHelper>FLAC


Notes: A friend told me he had recorded the Tower of Power's S.N.A.C.K Benefit set on cassette as it was broadcast more than 34 years ago. He lent me the cassette (which needed some repairing) and here are the results. I'm sure there is higher quality of this show out there, but kinda cool to hear it as it was recorded live from the radio.
This was the opening set of the S.N.A.C.K. Benefit (Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks) and captures Tower of Power at the time of their most popular album's release, 1975's Urban Renewal. The intense rhythms, powerful horn section and tight vocal arrangements are all here...Tower of Power at their funkiest.
Following Bill Graham's introduction of the band, they launch into a hot jam on "Oakland Stroke" that rips directly into an incendiary "What Is Hip?" to open the set.
Following some tuning and commentary on how much they enjoy being home, they introduce their new vocalist, Hubert Tubbs, before kicking off into Bump City's "Down To The Nightclub." They next slow things down and venture into soul territory with "Walking In The Sand," featuring prominent contributions by Lenny Pickett on flute, and it's back to the funk for "You're The Most (To Say The Least)."
They end the set with one of the first songs Kupka and Castillo wrote together, the highly Motown influenced "You're Still a Young Man," which would eventually become one of Tower of Power's signature songs and their biggest hit. Enjoy!

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

Steve Swallow - Zurich 2001

Damaged in Transit - what a great name for a band!
I've seen Steve Swallow live three times, I think, and all three occasions were very memorable. First was a concert in trio with Lee Konitz and Adam Nussbaum ("Three Guys" on Enja is the official album from that tour), then I saw him play in a great concert by Bobby Previte's "Bump the Renaissance", and finally, there was this trio of his own, again with Nussbaum and a highly energetic Chris Potter. This is the only recorded bit of all three concerts, alas...



Steve Swallow - Damaged in Transit
Zürich (Switzerland), Moods
December 5, 2001

Chris Potter - tenor sax
Steve Swallow - electric bass
Adam Nussbaum - drums

1. Item #1 - D.I.T. in Zurich (5:14) >
2. Item #2 - D.I.T. in Zurich (8:44) >
3. Item #3 - D.I.T. in Zurich (11:01)
4. Item #4 - D.I.T. in Zurich (5:11) >
5. Item #5 - D.I.T. in Zurich (10:44) >
6. Item #6 - D.I.T. in Zurich > Announcement by Steve Swallow (6:47)
7. Item #7 - The Love Theme from "Damaged in Transit" (4:47)
8. Item #8 - D.I.T. in Zurich (7:13) [encore]

TT: 59:44 - complete 2nd set

Sound: A-/B+
Source: audience recording (front/center)
Lineage: crappy Sony mic > minidisc > analogue to HD (not done by me) > CDR
Additional (2009): EAC (secure) > Cool Edit Pro (fixed some marks, boosted bass) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

Taped & shared by ubu (transferred by a non-dime friend)

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Claude Chalhoub - Duisburg 2003

Claude Chalhoub was born in Beirut in 1974 and is succesful both as a classical violin player as well as with his blend of Arabian and Western music. Of course what I'm featuring here is an example of the later - a stunning show I got from dime, edited a bit, and also re-seeded there afterwards. I'm happy to offer it here!

Here's someone else to add to the list of Rabih Abou-Khalil, Anouar Brahem, Dhafer Youssef and the other already well-known Arabian artists that have entered the fields of world music and improvisation.
And of course it's always a pleasure to hear Trilok Gurtu and Gilad Atzmon, too!

“Really, it is very difficult to categorize my music. I have a strong feeling toward global interaction in culture and arts, so you can hear classical, ethnic, and ambient sounds in my compositions. Hopefully, what I compose will be help others to understand my beliefs. I do not think that the Americans understand the Lebanese people but they probably have not had the opportunity to meet them or learn their culture.”

read on here

Claude Chalhoub - Ensemble
Traumzelt-Festival 2003
Duisburg (DE), Landschaftspark Nord
July 6, 2003

Chalhoub Ensemble
Gilad Atzmon - clarinet
Claude Chalhoub - violin, viola
Johannes Bahlmann - keyboards
Gros Ngolle-Pokossi - bass
David Paulicke - drums
Trilok Gurtu - percussion, tabla

Indigo String Octet
Heike Haushalter, Gudrun Edelkötter,
Petra Stalz, Gunda Gottschalk, Monika Malek,
Thomas Beimel, Gesa Hagen, Ludmilla Witzel

1. It Might (5:05)
2. Indian Weddings (7:13)
3. Diva (5:32)
4. May Overture (10:28)
5. Overture 2 (4:51)
6. Caravan In Style (4:59)
7. Longa (4:03)
8. Drops (7:11)
9. Chalhoug/ Gurtu Duo (8:09)
10. Overture 2 (5:16) [encore]

TT: 62:51

Sound: A
Source: FM Broadcast
Lineage: cdr in trade--eac--flac level 6--dime.
Additional: FLAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

:: ubu's edits ::
- deleted fm intro at beginning of #1, added fade-in
- fixed marks (1/2,
- deleted fm outro at end of #10

Brötzmann-Mangelsdorff-Bennink - Berlin 1985

Here's another one I posted on dime a few months ago. I got it from there and brought it back into circulation as a little Brötz-flood was going on. This features longstanding musical partners Brötzmann and Han Bennink along with the great Albert Mangelsdorff.

Brötzmann can also be heard on first and on the third of seven shows so far posted here by the various formations of the Radio Jazz Group Stuttgart (more to come!). Both shows incorporate the classic Brötzmann/Van Hove/Bennink trio into larger settings under the leadership of Wolfgang Dauner.
In addition to that, I also posted one of my own recordings by the power trio of Brötzmann/Pliakas/Wertmüller.

Albert Mangelsdorff was featured in several posts here, though of course they still fail to give you a complete picture of this great musician:
Albert Mangelsdorff Quintett - Tuttlingen 1961
(an early edition with Bent Jaedig and Hartwig Bartz in place of Heinz Sauer and Ralf Hübner)
Albert Mangelsdorff & Lee Konitz - Hannover 1982
(an NDR Jazz Workshop just in duo!)
Albert Mangelsdorff & Jean-Rémy Guedon - Saarbrücken 1997
(another duo setting with tenor sax this time)
He can also be heard on a portion of my Bud Shank homage, and finally he's also on the first of those Radio Jazz Group Stuttgart shows!

The presence of Bennink of course is always a plus! He can be heard with the ICP Orchestra on this 2001 show, and he also makes the list of great drummers to be heard here (that link will show to the way to the two Radio Jazz Group Stuttgart shows with Bennink - it's of course the same two as those with Brötzmann). And finally, Bennink was on one of the first posts that actually contained music, a Sonny Rollins trio concert from 1967 (shared in MP3 format).

Photo by Susan O'Connor

Peter Brotzmann / Albert Mangelsdorff / Han Bennink
Berlin (Germany), Quasimodo
January 14, 1985

Peter Brotzmann - tenor & baritone sax, clarinet, tarogato
Albert Mangelsdorff - trombone
Han Bennink - drums, percussion

CD1/45:19
1. (26:36)
2. (4:18)
3. (14:22)

CD2/44:58
1. (22:43)
2. (22:13)

TT: 90:17

Sound: A
Lineage: sbd > cassette? > cdr(n) > eac (re-appended all files) > cdwav > flac frontend > flac

:: ubu note ::
this is an exact re-seed exact for the new info-file and md5-checksums
the flacs were left as they came (no tags)

Elliott Sharp - SyndaKit - Zurich 2003

Here's another one from those dime-party shows, this time be Elliott Sharp and a very interesting mix of musicians (I'll not be so ignorant like the guy on BBC's "Jazz on 3" and just talk of "some fine Swiss musicians" when they broadcast last year's Willisau set by John Zorn, Bruno Amstad, Koch-Schütz-Studer & guests).
Koch-Schütz-Studer happen to have been incorporated into Sharp's band here. They're a great trio on their own, check out some of their or Koch's own releases on Intakt!
Then, there's Hans Hassler, who usually plays folksier sounds (though by no means in a conservative or retrospective/nostalgic manner). He has a recent disc out on Intakt as well (bagatellen review).
Then there's another local on piano, Claudia Ulla Binder, and Charlotte Hug is on viola - she also appears in duo settings with Sharp.
Trumpet player Thomas Heberer and saxophonist Tobias Delius have both been playing with the ICP Orchestra (Misha Mengelberg, Han Bennink and others). Trombone player Curtis Fowlkes is a member of the Jazz Passengers, a group he co-founded with fellow ex-Lounge Lizard Roy Nathanson. Fowlkes has also appeared with Bill Frisell, John Zorn, Marc Ribot, and many others (including Sheryl Crow).
Bassist Dave Hofstra and drummer Sim Caine are from the US. About Caine (or is it Cain?) I don't know much, Hofstra I've first heard on a great disc by Philip Johnston. Here's an interview with Cain (as it's spelled there).

The music that's subject of this post comes from a concert from the great Taktlos festival. I didn't attend it, alas, but the radio broadcast included, as far as I know, some of the first part - a loose series of improvisations in variyng line-ups - and all of the second part, the actual piece of work "Syndakit" (I'm not sure the band is called "Syndakit", too, but this is how I have it in my files).
This is some challenging though highly enjoyable music!



Here are Elliott Sharp's notes on this concert (read more here):

May 10 - Taktlos Festival: Rotefabrik - Zurich
I've performed many times at the Rotefabrik over the years and it feels quite comfortable especially with many old friends in attendance. We're asked to make the evening more lengthy than Basel - a questionable strategy. In addition to the musician-chosen small-groups, I also conduct unisons. This set does not feel as taut with energy as Basel though there are some beautiful things - it's unfortunate to have an external time frame on improvisation. We're free of this for the second set of SyndaKit and the group takes off, performing a rocking version with exciting textural changes, layers, and unisons. The audience is wildly enthusiastic as are we! A fine end to the performance aspect of this tour.
In the morning I return to Firenze for a recording project with the percussionist-composer Alessio Riccio and return to NYC on the 13th. While always happy to come home, I dread facing the stifling and depressing atmosphere of the US under Bush. Because of the war and fears of anti-Americanism, we found there to be many less Americans in Europe, with sizeable numbers to be found only in Firenze. It's embarrassing to be seen as a representative of the heinous policies of the junta - it's fortunate that as performers, we have the possibility of explaining that there is resistance in the US, albeit well-hidden.

Elliott Sharp "SyndaKit"
Taktlos 2003
Rote Fabrik, Zürich (CH)
May 10, 2003

Elliott Sharp - guitar, electronics
Hans Koch - saxophones, bass clarinet
Tobias Delius - saxophones
Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
Thomas Heberer - trumpet
Claudia Ulla Binder - piano
Hans Hassler - accordion
Charlotte Hug - viola
Martin Schütz - violoncello
David Hofstra - bass, electric bass, tuba
Sim Caine - drums
Fredy Studer - drums

1. Syndakit (Sharp) > band intros ES (51:28)
2. Improvisation (27:01) [inc]
3. FM Talk (1:06)

TT: 79:39

Sound: A
Source: DRS 2 broadcast ("Neue Musik im Konzert") / 2003
Lineage: FM > minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > FLAC (8)(asb)
Additional (2009): EAC (secure) > Cool Edit Pro (centred files) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

Notes:
#1 was performed as part 2 of the concert.
#2 is only a part of the first, 80+ minute half of the concert, performed without interruptions, musicians walking on and off stage and combining in various line-ups.
#3 was #2 originally, I moved it not to disturb the flow of the music.

Count Basie & More

As a bit of shameless self-promotion, let me mention please that I have finally managed to add several contributions by Kent to my Basie Corner - finally!

To find them, check the News section on the left or go straight to the Music post and find all of these compilations at the bottom!

Tadd Dameron's Big Ten - Dial "D & T" for "Dameron & Trumpets" - 1949/1953

This is a terrific contribution compiled and shared by Kent - thanks a lot!
This deserves being exposed on the main blog!

I'm a big fan of Tadd Dameron's and have his official releases (the Navarro/Dameron Blue Note 2CD set and all the OJCs), as well as three of those Boris Rose LPs. But I'm no good as far as digitizing vinyl goes, so this is very, very much appreciated!

Some further reading:
AAJ's biography
Part 30 of "Jazzed in Cleveland" by Joe Mosbrook
"I Remember Tadd" by George Ziskind



Tadd Dameron's Big Ten - Dial "D & T" for "Dameron & Trumpets" - 1949/1953


The Fats-Navarro-Sides (1949):
01 Sid's Delight aka Tadd's Delight (studio) 2:53
02 Casbah (Rae Pearl-voc, studio) 2:59

With Miles Davis - Broadcasts from the "Royal Roost":
03 Focus (live) 3:57
04 April In Paris 2:57
05 Good Bait (Take 23) 3:30
06 Webb's Delight aka Tadd's or Sid's Delight 3:44
07 Milé or Miles aka Milano) 3:40
08 Casbah (live) 3:42

With Miles Davis - Studio Date:
09 John's Delight 2:56
10 What's New? (Kay Penton-voc) 2:59
11 Heaven's Doors Are Open Wide (Kay Penton-voc) 3:16
12 Focus (studio) 2:57

Dial "B" For Brownie (1953):
13 Philly J. J. 5:08
14 Choose Now (#1) 4:52
15 Choose Now (#2) 3:25
16 Dial 'B' For Beauty 4:33
17 Theme Of No Repeat 5:19

Credits:

#1-#2: Fats Navarro (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Sahib Shihab (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Vidal Balado (cga) Diego Iborra (bgo) Rae Pearl (voc) - NYC, January 18, 1949;

#3-#6: Miles Davis (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Sahib Shihab (as) Benjamin Lundy (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Tadd Dameron (p) John Collins (g) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Carlos Vidal (cga), radio broadcast, "Royal Roost" - NYC, February 19, 1949;

#7-#8: Same personnel, radio broadcast, "Royal Roost" - NYC, February 26, 1949;

#9-#12: Miles Davis (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Sahib Shihab (as) Benjamin Lundy (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Tadd Dameron (p, arr) John Collins (g) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Kay Penton (voc #10 & #11) - NYC, April 19, 1949;

#13-#17: Clifford Brown, Idrees Sulieman (tp) Herb Mullins (tb) Gigi Gryce (as) Benny Golson (ts) Oscar Estell (bars) Tadd Dameron (p, arr) Percy Heath (b) Philly Joe Jones (d) - NYC, June 11, 1953