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

So then, here we go again, upon request - had to re-rip (with EAC in secure mode, of course) from my CDR as I didn't have the FLAC stored anywhere.

Here's a great recording by Steven Bernstein's "Diaspora Soul". It's the only live show I have by this band. With Briggan Krauss (also part of Sex Mob), Paul Shapiro (check out his album "Twilight"!), the great Michael Blake and the Rodriguez Brothers, there's plenty of talent in this band!

Steve Bernstein's Diaspora Soul
Jazz Across the Border
Berlin (Germany), Haus der Kulturen der Welt
June 23, 2000

Steve Bernstein - trumpet, slide trumpet
Paul Shapiro - tenor sax
Michael Blake - tenor sax
Peter Apfelbaum - tenor sax
Briggan Krauss - baritone sax
Brian Mitchell - wurlitzer electric piano, organ
Tony Scherr - electric bass
Robert Rodriguez - postizo drums, percussion
EJ Rodriguez - congas, bongos, maracas, clave

1. Manishtana (10:52)
2. Chusen Kalah Mazel Tov (8:47)
3. Cha (Steven Bernstein) 6:44
4. Let My People Go (9:09)
5. Mazinka (5:54)
6. Shabbat Candles (aka Hannuka Candles) (12:18)
7. band intros > Ani Mamin (16:50)

All music arranged by Steven Bernstein
All songs traditional except where noted

TT: 70:36

Sound: A
Lineage: FM > ? > CDR > dime > CDR (data) in trade

:: ubu edits ::

fixed marks
delete fm talk at end of #6
added fade-out/fade-in at mark #6/7
added fade-out at end of #7

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

Notes:
#6 is not from the CD I think
This came as from June 24, 2000, but the (deleted) announcer stated 23rd as the date!
This also came with no location (again, the announcer gave it)
And lastly, this came as SBD, but it's obvious it's from an FM broadcast...
The Bernstein announcement at the end of #3 was repeated during the opening of #7 - seems someone in the radio studio goofed when they chose and spliced the parts of the concert for broadcast.
I deleted the announcement there, as there seemed to be a splice just after it anyway!

2011 EAC re-rip

Mostly Other People Do the Killing - Amsterdam 2009

Here's the promised long show by this fine band - check yesterday's post for a short/preview set if you're unsure, but this is highly recommended!



Moppa Elliott & Mostly Other People Do The Killing
Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Bimhuis
May 29, 2009

Jon Irabagon - tenor sax
Peter Evans - trumpet
Matthew Thomas "Moppa" Elliott - bass
Kevin Shea - drums

CD1/41:25
1. Drainlick (M.T. Elliott)
Round Bottom, Square Top (M.T. Elliott)
Dunkelbergers (M.T. Elliott)
All the Things You Are (J. Kern)
Hop Bottom Hop (M.T. Elliott) - 31:48
2. East Orwell (M.T. Elliott) - 9:37

CD2/65:03
1. Pen Argyl (M.T. Elliott)
Mars and Venus (M.T. Elliott)
Two Boots Jack (M.T. Elliott) - 28:00
2. Little Hope (M.T. Elliott)
My Delightful Muse (M.T. Elliott)
A Night in Tunisia (D. Gillespie)
Shamokin (M.T. Elliott)
Sinners (B. Alexander) - 35:51
3. Lost Voices (D. Toure) - 1:11

TT: 106:28 - complete!

Sound: A
Source: NL Radio6 > DVB-S (48 khz/256kbps) > TechniSat SkyStar HD2 > DVB Viewer > Audacity > flac

:: ubu edits ::
this came as FLAC @ 48kHz and had SBEs
TLH > WAV > BeLight/BeSweet > WAV @ 44.1kHz > TLH > FLAC (8,SBE fixed)

Mostly Other People Do the Killing - Moers 2009

Here's a partial set im MP2, short and small, for those who're not sure... a full two-set concert will be posted later on. MOPDTK are a fabulous band led by bassist Moppa Elliott and featuring the great trumpet player Peter Evans, saxophonist Jon Irabagon, and Kevin Shea on drums. Their music is both modern and reaching back at the tradition at the same time, but tradition in their case means not only hard bop but also music by the likes of Ornette Coleman, Roy Haynes and Roland Kirk, as can be seen from their funny album covers quoting classics.

Thanks to dime seeder fbauer for this set!



Mostly Other People Do The Killing
38th Moers Festival
Moers (Germany), Schlosspark, Grosses Zirkuszelt
May 30, 2009

Peter Evans - trumpet
Jon Irabagon - tenor sax
Moppa Elliot - bass
Kevin Shea - drums

1. (fm intro) 2:48
2. Per Argyl >
Round Bottom, Square Top >
Dunkelbergers >
Little Hope (27:22)
3. (fm outro) 0:04

TT: 30:14

fm recording in a good quality, recorded by HJWEIS
aired by german WDR3 'Konzert' live on 2009-05-30
aired by german WDR3 'Jazznacht' on 2009-06-07
http://www.wdr.de/unternehmen/presselounge/pressemitteilungen/2009/05/20090527_moers_festival.phtml
source: DVB-S@320, 48kHz > raw data > ProjextX > mp3DirectCut > mp2
(lossy recording seeded in its original broadcast codec)


http://www.moers-festival.de/index.php?id=619&L=1
Peter Evans, one of the musicians who stands out in the memory from last year’s festival,
returns to Moers with a streetwise quartet headed by the bassist Moppa Elliott.
The group’s album “This is our Moosic” is a tongue in cheek reference to the legendary
Ornette Coleman album from 1960 and is testimony both to their respect for the history of jazz,
but also to their intention to redefine “jazz” in the 21st century.

seeded by FBAUER on 2009-06-11

Ellington Legacy Orchestra - Aarau 1999

I was contacted about this by Peter Ugrin, the son of trumpet and violin player Petar Ugrin (1944-2001) playing here. Peter is himself a violin player. There are two beautiful tracks by Petar on his page, in particular, "Ozri Se V Gnevu" is stunning!

Ugrin was the only one to possibly take the role of Ray Nance, playing both trumpet and violin. The band here is a star-studded one, including a handful of Ellingtonians, most notably Aaron Bell, Duke's longtime bass player, who's on piano here. John Lamb and most of the brass players were with Ellington at one time or the other, too. In addition, there's another late trumpet great, Benny Bailey, and the late great John La Porta who can be heard playing a beautiful clarinet solo. Charli Persip is a fine big band drummer - one of his first gigs was with Dizzy Gillespie's 1956/57 orchestra!

So let me dedicate this post to Petar Ugrin and to his family.
And please pay a visit to Peter Ugrin's page and hear the fine music there!



The Ellington Legacy Orchestra
Aarau (Switzerland)
April 17, 1999

"Celebrating Duke - A Tribute to the Ellington Orchestra"

Benny Bailey, Barry Lee Hall, Wayne Bargeron - trumpet
Petar Ugrin - trumpet, violin
Art Baron, Britt Woodman, Buster Cooper - trombone
Fritz Renold - alto sax, clarinet
Bobby Watson - alto sax
John La Porta - tenor sax, clarinet
Tommy Smith - tenor sax
Bernd Konrad - baritone sax
Aaron Bell - piano
John Lamb - bass
Charlie Persip - drums
Bill Berry - conductor

Such Sweet Thunder (Ellington-Strayhorn) [TT: 40:25]
01. Such Sweet Thunder (Cleo) (3:30) [Bailey]
02. Sonnet For Caesar (2:44) [La Porta]
03. Sonnet To Hank Cinq (1:50) [Woodman]
04. Lady Mac (3:57) [Renold, Bailey]
05. Sonnet In Search Of A Moor (2:15) [Lamb]
06. The Telecasters (2:52) [Konrad]
07. Up And Down, Up And Down (3:42)
(I Will Lead Them Up And Down) (Puck) [Bailey, Ugrin]
08. Sonnet For Sister Kate (3:01) [Baron]
09. The Star-Crossed Lovers (4:16)
(aka Pretty Girl) [Watson, Smith]
10. Madness In Great Ones (Hamlet) (4:03) [Bargeron]
11. Half The Fun (aka Lately) (4:19) [Watson, Bell]
12. Circle Of Fourths (3:46) [Smith]

Toot Suite (Duke Ellington) [TT: 25:05]
13. Announcement BB (0:25)
14. Red Garter (4:21) [Woodman]
15. Red Shoes (5:11) [La Porta, Ugrin]
16. Red Carpet (8:43) [Renold, Hall, Baron, Bargeron]
17. Ready Go (6:24) [Smith]

TT: 65:30

Sound: A
Recorded by Swiss Radio
Source: DRS2 Broadcast/1999
Lineage: FM > Tape > Minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > CDR > EAC (secure) > FLAC (8)(asb)
Additional: EAC (secure) > Cool Edit Pro (centred all tracks, separated #13 from #14) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Shared on dimeadozen by ubu in January 2009

This project was initiated by Fritz Renold

Gil Evans Orchestra - Stuttgart 1974

Here's an MP2 set I just came across... thought I could just as well share it...
Thanks a lot to the original seeder on dime!



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

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

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

TT: 61:30

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

Lenny Popkin - Paris 2002

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

Anyway, let's skip the technicalities and delve into the music. Popkin is one of the survivors of the Lennie Tristano school - and arguably one of the finest performing tenor players of these days where individualism is so trendy but can hardly be found. Popkin was born in 1941 and together with his wife Carol Tristano (son of Lennie's), pianist Connie Crothers (known also for collaborations with Max Roach) and a few others carries the flame and keeps the Tristano brand of jazz alive.

Also, Lenny Popkin doesn't take place in the web... or hardly does.

A video from this very concert can be viewed here. Another video with Gilles Naturel on bass can be found here.

And finally, there's a french interview here (including a discography at the end).



Lenny Popkin
Paris (France), Sunset
April 2, 2002

Lenny Popkin - tenor sax
Jean-Philippe Viret - bass
Carol Tristano - drums

CD1/63:01 - Set 1 & Set 2
1. unknown (4:14)
2. Just Friends (3:25)
3. Body and Soul (4:20)
4. All the Things You Are (2:46)
5. You Don't Know What Love Is (7:46)
6. unknown (5:03)
7. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me (4:54)
8. How Deep Is the Ocean (10:43)
9. It Could Happen to You (8:22)
10. Out of Nowhere (5:44)
11. I'll Remember April (5:37)

CD2/39:26 - Set 3 & Interviews
1. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (2:03)
2. unknown (4:32)
3. (Back Home Again in) Indiana (5:18)
4. Embraceable You (5:05)
5. On Green Dolphin Street (7:09)
6. There Will Never Be Another You (4:07)
7. Stella by Starlight (5:26)
8. Lenny Popkin Interview (2:05)
9. Jean-Philippe Viert Interview (3:37)

TT: 102:27

Sound: A/A- (some glitches, noise, rough cut-ins/outs etc)
Source: France Musique "Jazz Club" / 2002
Lineage: FM > ? > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > TLH > FLAC (8,asb)

:: ubu edits ::

on all tracks: left channel 4.5dB boost, then 6dB boost on both channels
removed many clicks in CD1#5-7, CD2#5-6
deleted some dropouts where I found them
smoothened marks, added fades & silence between tracks where necessary


:: note from bhowani ::

bon voilà ce concert du trio de popkin à paris retransmis par la radio en FM.
comme je le disais dans mon post, j'avais demandé à un de mes amis de l'enregistrer..je ne suis donc pas capable de préciser les données techniques...

il y a les imperfections classiques des broadcasts radio et quelques morceaux sont TRES douloureusement coupés..
mais pour les amoureux de Popkin, le Pierrot Lunaire encore plus lunaire que Marsh, quasi désincarné, cet enregistrement est unique...

J'étais au premier rang...hypnotized...Grand souvenir musical, goose flesh while writing these lines...
N'hésitez pas à me demander plus de détails...j'ai laissé les 2 interviews en français.... .

Le tout est l'intégrale du concert retransmis sur France Musique en 2002...il y a eu 3 sets au total
les 2 premiers sont sur le CD 1
et le 3ème avec les 2 interviews sur le CD 2

Barney & Irene

Two short extracts from rare albums that I've never seen - the India one is out there in the blogosphere, and if you ask politely, I may even have some live material... "Zodiac" seems to be among the very rarest of Barney Wilen albums though.

Barney Wilen - vinyl tracks

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


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

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


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

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

Wayne Shorter - Village Vanguard 1965 (with Herbie Hancock)

There was a request for this set in a recent Sonny Rollins set I put up, where Hancock was among the sidemen. This, alas, is no pleasure to listen to, sound is really bad. But of course it's still worth trying... probably a good way is to play one or two songs, and then once your ears got used to the sound, start anew again.

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



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

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

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

TT: 45:09

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

Harry Carney Centennial Celebration (5/5)

Harry Carney – Centennial Celebration
Boston, Massachusets, April 1, 1910 – New York, October 14, 1974

For the fifth and final volume, we mostly stay with Johnny Hodges, starting out with some cuts from a session featuring Ray Nance, Jimmy Hamilton, Lawrence Brown, Billy Strayhorn, and the mid-50s ducal rhythm section of Jimmy Woode and Sam Woodyard. Then we go on with Hodges, Hamilton and the rhythm section but get Clark Terry, Quentin "Butter" Jackson and Ray Nance added for another pair of tunes. To end this off, there are Carney's features from a 1961 concert by a Johnny Hodges touring unit, again with Lawrence Brown and Ray Nance in the band.
In between, we get a short but sweet and intriguing rarity: an audio recording (how great would it be to have this on video!) by an Ellington all star formation including Hodges, Carney, Oscar Pettiford and... Max Roach! Yes indeed!

Happy listening - hope you'll enjoy the great music in this little series!

Harry Carney lives!

Harry Carney Centennial Celebration (4/5)

Harry Carney – Centennial Celebration
Boston, Massachusets, April 1, 1910 – New York, October 14, 1974

Volume four of the series goes into Johnny Hodges territory, and for the largest part, we're going to stay with Rabbit's band up to the end! The two partial dates included here are from when Hodges took time off the Ellington band to lead his own band, in the early fifties (he would be back by 1956). You hear one of the underrated Ellington trumpet greats, Harold "Shorty" Baker, on the first date, Clark Terry on the second, while Jimmy Hamilton and Lawrence Brown are on both. Call Cobbs (later with Albert Ayler) and a young Coltrane (not heard in solo) are on the first, as is early 50s Ellington drummer Louie Bellson, whom we heard on volume three of this compilation. On the second date, we get to hear the great Sonny Greer - one of the most important sidemen of Ellington's long career - as well as Ellington alter ego Billy Strayhorn on piano.

Harry Carney Centennial Celebration (3/5)

Harry Carney – Centennial Celebration
Boston, Massachusets, April 1, 1910 – New York, October 14, 1974

The third volume takes the story a step further, including just two sessions: the entire Capitol date by Louie Bellson, featuring an intriguing mix of swing and modern musicians including Clark Terry, Juan Tizol, John Graas, Willie Smith, Wardell Gray, Wendell Marshall, and Billy Strayhorn, and then the full glorious "Harry Carney with Strings" album done in 1954 for Norman Granz' Clef label.
Programmed out of sequence, but I thought it fits in here better, you'll get the two Ellington sides from Granz' "The Jazz Scene" album - both featuring Harry Carney, backed by an orchestra, and of course he plays magnificently!

Harry Carney Centennial Celebration (2/5)

Harry Carney – Centennial Celebration
Boston, Massachusets, April 1, 1910 – New York, October 14, 1974

The second volume continues the great small group sessions from the 1940s, including Carney's own H.R.S. session. He composed "Chili Con Carney" for Sandy Williams' session for the same label, and he was featured on a magnificient "Why Was I Born" on the Wax session with Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Jones, Lawrence Brown and Billy Strayhorn.

Harry Carney Centennial Celebration (1/5)

Harry Carney, the great anchor of many a fine Ellington sax section, would have been 100 years old today, April 1, 2010.

Carney was born in Boston, MA, on April 1, 1910. As a teenager, he started playing with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1927 and participating in a first recording session on October 6 of that year. Carney started out playing alto sax and clarinet with Duke. The clarinet would stay in his bag for all those years, he did section work here and there and did his patented solo on "Rockin' in Rhythm" on the licorice stick as well. He later also added the bass clarinet to his roster.

Carney was one of the most important and longest standing members in Ellington's band - other than Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, and other important Ellingtonians, he never left the orchestra and played with Duke up to his death in New York, on October 8, 1974 (the Duke himself had died the same year, on May 24).

Nowadays, with a bunch of well-known modern baritone sax players, Carney is unjustly forgotten, yet he may well still be the greatest baritone sax player in jazz. He was firmly based on Coleman Hawkins' innovations on the tenor sax, playing with a robust, huge sound. Carney was also a terrific balladeer.

This is the first of a five-part compilation of Carney's music, the other four will be posted in the next few days. The aim is to present Carney mostly in sideman appearances of various small groups, including the few sessions he led on his own. Ellington is mostly absent here, but of course a lot of the music is very Ellingtonian in mood, and many of the sidemen were Ellingtonians, including Johnny Hodges (who will be featured heavily on later volumes), Billy Strayhorn, Louis Bellson, Lawrence Brown, Cootie Williams, Jimmy Hamilton, Otto Hardwick, or Rex Stewart, but you'll also hear Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Jones, Joe Thomas, Shelly Manne, Sandy Williams, Wardell Gray, Willie Smith, John Graas, Don Byas, Johnny Guarnieri, Charlie Ventura, Lester Young, and many others.
And of course you'll hear "Harry Carney with Strings", and his two features from Norman Granz' "The Jazz Scene", as well as a short Ellington rarity: a recording with Max Roach on the drums!

Hope you will enjoy, and hope many will (re-)discover what a terrific musician Harry Carney was!

Walter Norris & Red Mitchell - Rotterdam 1976

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



Walter Norris & Red Mitchell
Rotterdam (The Netherlands), De Doelen
June 20, 1976

Walter Norris - piano
Red Mitchell - bass

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

TT: 19:34

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

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

Sonny Rollins - NYC 1965

Short sets days today... next one is Sonny Rollins in his prime, with Herbie Hancock at the piano! Sound is less than great, but it's pretty listenable after all the work and after goody's speed fix! Thanks mate!

Two other Rollins shows were previously posted here and here.
I'll have another recent Rollins set up here as well soon.



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

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

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

TT: 26:51

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

:: ubu edits ::

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

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

:: goody's additional lineage ::

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

George Coleman - Perugia 1983

Here's a fine short set by George Coleman with one of his finest piano accompanists, the late Ronnie Mathews, who is featured on his own "Jean Marie" at the end.

Thanks a lot to Trane (aka sparti) for trading this (and a huge load of other fine shows) to me!


Photo by Mark Sheldon

George Coleman Quartet
Umbria Jazz
Perugia (Italy), Teatro Pavone
July 14, 1983

George Coleman - tenor sax
Ronnie Mathews - piano
Walter Booker - bass
Hugh Walker - drums

1. When Lights Are Low (Benny Carter) 12:39
2. Blues Inside Out (George Coleman) 6:35 [fm voiceover at beginning]
3. Jean-Marie (Ronnie Mathews) 9:25 [RM trio, fm voiceover at beginning]

TT: 28:40

Sound: A/A-
Source: FM Radio

:: ubu edits ::
deleted fm talk before and after #1
deleted fm talk after #2
fixed mark 2/3 (was set too late)
deleted fm talk after #3
Additional Lineage: TLH > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > TLH > FLAC (8,asb)

Rosario Giuliani - Fribourg 2009

Here's the second contribution from Lewojazz - thanks again!

This recording features the great Italian alto saxophonist Rosario Giuliani. He's accompanied by fellow Italians Flavio Boltro on trumpet, the great Dado Moroni on piano (I once had a chance to hear him at a private party - great musician!), and the French rhythm section of Rémi Vignolo and Benjamin Henocq. A mighty fine band, playing modern mainstream, very "in the pocket" and with plenty of groove - check them out even if you're not familiar with any of the musicians!



Rosario Giuliani Quintet
Jazz Parade
Fribourg (Switzerlad)
July 8, 2009

Rosario Giuliani - saxophone
Flavio Boltro - trumpet
Dado Moroni - piano
Rémi Vignolo - bass
Benjamin Henocq - drums

01 - DJ -Yvan Ische 01:10
02 - Anything else 12:00
03 - DJ -Yvan Ischer 00:18
04 - This is the answer 13:16
05 - DJ -Yvan Ischer 00:12
06 - Bora bora 14:11
07 - DJ -Yvan Ischer 00:41
08 - A winter day 11:44
09 - DJ -Yvan Ischer 00:11
10 - Walkin' around 09:58
11 - Walkin' around + talk 03:41
12 - DJ -Yvan Ischer 00:32
13 - Interview - Yvan Ischer - Rosario Giuliani 05:23

TT: 73:17
TT (without DJ+ITW): 64:50

Broadcast: Espace 2 "JazzZ" / 2010-02-28 (link)
Source: dvb-s > Humax PVR8000 / DVR Studio > mp2 > mp3DirectCut 2.08 > mp2
MPEG 1.0 Layer-2; 48,000 Hz Stereo; 256 Kbps

Recorded and edited by Lewojazz

Bobby Hutcherson & Tete Montoliu - Köln 1991

More great piano playing, this time by Catalanian pianist Tete Montoliu, in duo with vibes player Bobby Hutcherson.
A friend of mine maintains a great discography of Tete's recordings, and there's Miquel Jurado's book "Tete. Casi Autobiografia" (Madrid, 2005 - in Catalan only, I'm afraid).
In the discography, you'll see that Tete and Hutcherson played Bracknell in 1983 and did a 1984 session for Fantasy, recording enough for two albums - none of it has surfaced, alas (and with Concord owning that huge catalogue, things are lost and down the drain anyway).
This 1991 radio recording - coming in exceptionally good quality - from Cologne then is probably the best document we'll get from their collaboration. A truly sparkling session!



Bobby Hutcherson & Tete Montoliu
Köln (Germany), Subway Jazz Club
November 6, 1991

Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone
Tete Montoliu - piano

1. Mr. P.C. (John Coltrane) > In Walked Bud (Thelonious Monk) 7:19
2. Misterioso (Thelonious Monk) 8:22
3. Well, You Needn't (Thelonious Monk) 8:16
4. Theme For Ernie (Fred Lacey) 6:51
5. Just a Gigolo (Casucci-Caesar) > April in Paris (Vernon Duke) 7:29
6. Blues Five Spot (Thelonious Monk) 6:44
7. Monk's Mood (Thelonious Monk) 2:16
8. Rhythm-A-Ning (Thelonious Monk) 6:34
9. All of You (Cole Porter) 8:31

TT: 62:26

Sound: A
Source: FM broadcast or pre-FM reel

Notes:
This is a complete upgrade over the version I previously had put to CD-R from an FM >DAT source. The sound is perfect and there are no interruptions from the announcer, thus leading me to believe that this could be direct from the soundboard or pre-FM source.
This is true spontaneous improvisation by two giants highly attuned to each other. Essential

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

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

Needless to say I was all over this when it was up on dime... long story, I lost it, got it back (in trade from jazzrita - thank you!) and did the usual editing. It's one of my favourites, that's for sure!



Randy Weston
Jazz Festival
Chicago, IL (USA)
September 2, 1984

Johnny Griffin - tenor sax
Randy Weston - piano
Richard Davis - bass
Art Blakey - drums

1. Announcement by Randy Weston (0:29)
2. Night in M'Bari (5:51) [RW solo]
3. The Healers (8:39) [RW solo]
4. Penny Packer Blues (6:08) [RW solo]
5. Announcement by Randy Weston / FM voiceover (0:48)
6. Niger Mambo (7:53) [RW/AB duo]
7. Announcement by Randy Weston & Johnny Griffin > tuning (1:50) [cuts in]
8. Body and Soul (11:40) [JG/RD duo]
9. Now's the Time (9:38) [quartet]
10. Wee (5:21) [quartet]

TT: 58:24

Sound: A-
Source: radio broadcast

:: ubu edits & note ::

In the info I got the setlist was wrong (The Healers, Penny Packer Blues, Ann, Night in M'BariWeston announces #1 as being Night in M'Bari > The Healers > Penny Packer Blues!

Retracked whole show
Deleted silence & added fade-in at beginning of #1
Split up #2-7 (was #2)
Added a fade-out before the dropout at the end of #6
Merged tuning with #7 (was #3)
Deleted a bit of duplication before and after a dropout at end of #8
Split up #9-10 (was #5)

Danilo Perez - Glasgow 1997

Pianist Danilo Perez, born 1966 in Panama, was a small sensation in 1996 with his "PanaMonk" album, interpreting Monk tunes to Latin rhythms. Perez has been a member of Wayne Shorter's terrific quartet since 2000 and continues to work with the rejuvenated master saxophonist.

Here's an earlier set by his trio. I got this one from dime many years ago and had it on my harddisk awaiting to be edited for a long time... this set features him with Avishai Cohen on bass and the great Jeff Ballard on drums.



Danilo Perez Trio
Glasgow Jazz Festival
Glasgow (UK)
July 1997

Danilo Perez - piano
Avishai Cohen - bass
Jeff Ballard - drums

1. Blues for the Saint (8:16)
2. Bright Mississippi (Thelonious Monk) 8:18
3. 'Round Midnight (Monk-Hanighen-Williams) 10:51
4. Everything Happens to Me (10:50)
5. Alfonsina y el mar (4:46)
6. Panamonk (Danilo Perez) 12:08

TT: 55:12

Sound: A-
Source: BBC Radio 3 broadcast
No lineage info

:: ubu edits ::
fixed all marks
ran a de-click filter
added fades at beginning and end
Additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > CoolEditPro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)