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)

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

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

Harry Pepl / Werner Pirchner / Adelhard Roidinger - Austria Drei - 1978/81

There's been little interest in the previous post featuring the music of Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner. That's a pity! Jazz music is a niche art anyway, and it makes me all the sadder that even the lucky few who found out and were let in on the secret, even those don't check out something of which they haven't heard...

Anyway, here's the promised addition, another pair of short shows featuring the "Austria Drei", which consists of the JazzZwio plus Adelhard Roidinger, and despite its name ("drei" is German for "three"), a drummer, unknown on the first date, Alvin Queen on the second date.

Drummer Todd Canedy is on the group's studio release on Ego Records (details on discogs), recorded almost one and a half year after the first of the sessions included here.

If anyone can fill in some details, please post a comment!

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Austria Drei
Innsbruck (Austria), Studio
February 1978


Harry Pepl - guitar
Werner Pirchner - vibes
Adelhard Roidinger - bass
unknown (poss. Todd Canedy) - drums

1. Philipp (7:07)
2. Wirf an! (6:33)
3. Einsiedler Silence (8:50)


Austria Drei
Wiener Festwochen
Wien (Austria), Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts
June 1, 1981

Harry Pepl - guitar
Werner Pirchner - vibes
Adelhard Roidinger - bass
Alvin Queen - drums

4. Gloriatio (Paul Angerer) 16:03
5. Lonely Frog (Roidinger) > Einsiedler Silence (Pepl) 22:59 [FM voiceover 22:10-end]


TT: 61:34

Sound: A-
Source #1-3: Private recording, Tape from Harry Pepl
Source #4-5: Austrian radio broadcast (1981 - Erich Kleinschuster, host)


:: ubu edits ::

removed 2 second gaps
removed fm talk in #4 and #5
fixed marks

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

Harry Pepl / Werner Pirchner "JazzZwio" - 1977/80/83

Here's a compilation of four shows by the legendary duo of Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner.
Pepl died much too early in 2005. Check out the nice photo gallery on Pirchner's website, dedicated to his late friend.

These were shared by a kind seeder over on dime, who's a big fan of Pepl. The music is indeed pretty good, and I urge you to check it out, even if you have never heard Pepl or Pirchner's name!
(I urge you even more as I'm consciously slowing down my posting tempo, hoping to allow people to get more of the music and actually find time to digest it, too!)



Pepl Pirchner JazzZwio

Harry Pepl - guitar
Werner Pirchner - vibes, marimba

CD1/59:10

[A] - Innsbruck (Austria) - 1977 [26:56]
1. Stage Intro (0:09)
2. unknown (5:23)
3. Big Paul der Fünfer (Pepl-Pirchner) 7:32
4. unknown (5:04)
5. unknown (8:44)

[B] - Wien (Austria), Jazzfrühling - 1980 (prob. at Sofiensäle) [32:14]
6. Gegenwind (6:50)
7. Der Tag, an dem wir erfuhren, dass Paul Desmond gestorben war (Pepl-Pirchner)
[aka Big Paul der Fünfer (Remember Desmond)] (12:23)
8. Drein sein, beinander bleib'n (trad./Pirchner) 6:03
9. Wirf an (Pirchner) 6:54 [inc]

CD2/57:12

[C] - Wien (Austria), ORF Studio 2 - October 26, 1980 [15:42]
1. Stage Intro (1:09)
2. Rot Grau-Rot (Pepl-Pirchner) 5:07 >
3. Big Paul der Fünfer (Remember Desmond) (Pepl-Pirchner) 9:24

[D] - Wien (Austria), Jazzspelunke - March 23, 1983 [41:30]
with: Marc Johnson - bass; Joris Dudli - drums
4. Hos'nt Raga (Pirchner) 15:14
5. The Carter (Pirchner) 13:00 [dropout @ 7:37, from tape-flip, 5 sec missing]
6. Das Auge des Maulwurfs (Pepl) 13:16

TT: 116:22

Sound: ranging between A/A- and A-/B+

Sources:
[A] private audience recording (tape from Harry Pepl)
[B-D] radio broadcasts

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

:: ubu note ::
fixe marks
separated tracks
deleted fm talk
deleted 2-second gaps
added fades
etc.

Note: session B came as from 1983-03-23 (as session D) but the announcer clearly states that the recording comes from "Wiener Jazzfrühling 1980". Location was given as "Sophiensäle", but the announcer mentioned neither that nor an exact date.

Ahmad Jamal Trio & George Coleman - Zurich 2000

This is among my favourite concert memories - a smoking set by Ahmad Jamal's trio with the great Idris Muhammad on drums (it was sort of a drummer's night... first up was Jacky Terrasson with Leon Parker, and in between the main sets, Bill Stewart was playing with the trio of Larry Goldings). After three songs in trio, George Coleman joined in, for a few rousing examples of his great talent and powerful delivery. I stood right in front of him, watching him play quite in awe (I'm a dabbling sax player myself, tenor mainly...)
As an encore, they did "Autumn Leaves", modelled after the classic version with Miles, to be heard on Cannonball Adderley's Blue Note album, "Somethin' Else".

Anyway, listen to it yourself! This is one more of the dime wish-list of shows.

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Ahmad Jamal Trio feat. George Coleman
jazznojazz Festival
Zürich (Switzerland), Theaterhaus Gessnerallee
October 26, 2000

Ahmad Jamal - piano
James Cammack - bass
Idris Muhammad - drums

on #4-8, add:
George Coleman - tenor sax

CD1/78:52
1. Aftermath (Jamal) 8:58
2. Kaleidoscope (Jamal) 10:28
3. Crossroads (Jamal) 9:59
4. This I Dig of You (Hank Mobley) 14:27
5. My Foolish Heart (Victor Young) 13:29
6. You Can't See (Monty Alexander) 12:21
7. Devil's in My Den (Jamal) 9:10

CD2/Encore/9:17
8. Autumn Leaves (Kosma-Prévert-Mercer) 9:17

TT: 88:09 (complete!)

Sound: A
Source: DRS 2 broadcast / 2000-10-26 (live)
Lineage: FM > Tape > Minidisc > analogue to HD > FLAC (8)(asb) > CDR
Additional (2009): EAC (secure) > Cool Edit Pro (centred all tracks) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded (2000) & transferred (ca. 2006) & shared on dimeadozen (January 2009) by ubu

**** re-seed ****

note: while this music was shared by yours truly originally on February 14, 2006, this is not technically a re-seed, as it's a new set of FLAC files ripped from my CDR.
The info below reflects this, while at the bottom you'll find some info on the first seed, courtesy of the bot-dimeadozen yahoo mailing list.

**** re-seed ****

Joe Henderson Big Band - NYC 1992

Another show with Freddie Hubbard - this is a great recording by the 1992 edition of the Joe Henderson big band, caught for NPR two days prior to the studio date that makes up part of the Verve release. A mighty interesting bunch of players and good writing by Joe (I guess it's all his, but I'm not positive, for the 1996 session that makes up the rest of the CD, Slide Hampton, Bob Belden and Michael Philipp Mossman gave a hand).

The solos are by Joe and Freddie exclusively though, but that's no loss, as the music is continuously exciting!

The band in this early incarnation (as opposed to the 1996 one) still includes several of the guys who were part of the legendary Henderson rehearsal big band in the sixties!

Yours truly is celebrating the big 3-0 today, so let's all uncork some of your favourite beverages tonight and celebrate a little!

And now that my youthful exuberance is gone (well, hopefully not... never!) I promise to slow down my postings a little big, I realize it's been a bit much of late... but most often, the links stay active for many months, so it's always worth to go back and look for older posts. Also you might just subscribe to feeds and organise them in some way, so you know which old ones are still "unread" or on your "to do"-list - a very cool feature I've been using for years to handle my blog intakes.

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Joe Henderson Big Band
Jazz at Lincoln Center
New York City (USA), Alice Tulley Hall
March 14, 1992

Joe Henderson - tenor sax
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet

Lew Soloff (lead), Marcus Belgrave, Virgil Jones, Idrees Sulieman, Jimmy Owens - trumpet
Jimmy Knepper, Robin Eubanks, Kiane Zawadi - trombone
Douglas Purviance - bass trombone
Bob Porcelli (lead), Pete Yellin - alto sax
Rich Perry, Craig Handy - tenor sax
Joe Temperley - barritone sax
Ronnie Mathews - piano
Christian McBride - bass
Joe Chambers - drums
Don Sickler - conductor

1. A Shade of Jade (Henderson) 11:28
2. Isotope (Henderson) 7:56 [fm voiceover 0:04-0:20]
3. Thermo (Freddie Hubbard) 7:15
4. Chelsea Bridge (Billy Strayhorn) 4:27
5. Punjab (Henderson) 6:30
6. Joe's Blues [aka Homestretch] (Henderson) 12:36

TT: 50:15

Sound: A/A- (hissy)
Source: NPR "Jazzset" Broadcast (host: Ed Bradley)
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:: ubu edits ::

omitted as much of the radio talk as possible
re-tracked
added fades

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Stefano di Battista - Basel 2004

Second one from the dime series for today, another alto player, but a pretty different one... hot music from some of Europe's brightest post-bop players or whatevelr label you prefer for this kind of music. Suffice to say I love every single member of this band: di Battista for his great sound (and Cannonball influence), Legnini because he's one of the most soulful piano players around these days, Bonaccorso for that true big sound he gets from his bass fiddle, and Ceccarelli just because, he he... pretty conventional from how it looks on paper nd all, but believe me, these guys set the music on fire!

And once again, look for the numbers to get the music!

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Stefano Di Battista Quartet
Off Beat Festival 2004
Basel (CH)
May 2, 2004

Stefano Di Battista - alto & soprano sax
Eric Legnini - piano
Rosario Bonaccorso - bass
André Ceccarelli - drums

1. A Night In Tunisia (Gillespie-Paparelli) 9:27
2. Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) 8:46
3. Laura (David Raksin) 9:56
4. Band Intros SDB (3:44)
5. Star Eyes (Raye-DePaul) 9:30
6. 'Round Midnight (Monk-Hanighen-Williams) 11:32

TT: 52:58

Sound: A
Source: DRS 2 "Jazz Live" / 2004 or 2005
Lineage: FM > (tape? >) minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Taped and transferred by ubu (2004/2005?) / Shared on dimeadozen (Jan. 2009)

New New York Art Quartet - Willisau 2002

Two more from the dime party requests today... first, here's John Zorn sitting in with some truly important and great guys: Roswell Rudd, Reggie Workman and Milford Graves (who talks some at the end of the recording).

I just prepared another show featuring John Zorn and Tim Berne's "W.R.U." project, doing all Ornette - pretty nice, and the most upbeat setting I've yet heard Berne in... look for that later on!

The links are hidden again in the numbers...

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New New York Art Quartet
Jazzfestival Willisau, Switzerland
September 1, 2002 (afternoon)

John Zorn - alto saxophone
Roswell Rudd - trombone
Reggie Workman - bass
Milford Graves - drums

1. (19:10)
2. (11:54)
3. (9:26)
4. Milford Graves Talks (1:59)

TT: 42:31

Sound: A

Rec. Eng.: Martin Pearson
Recorded, produced & broadcasted by Swiss Radio DRS2 / 2002

Lineage: FM > (Tape? >) Minidisc > analogue to HD > CDR
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Shared by ubu on dimeadozen in January 2009

Frank Lowe - 1978 double feature

Frank Lowe? Hell yeah! A free player that could do nearly all, from a soft murmur, old-fashioned big-toned blowouts, airy caressing... here he is with his quartet, in two shows recorded in France in 1978. I got all of these from dime and applied some fixing work. The Angoulême isn't up on dime yet, but I'll offer it there, too, as soon as I'll have a stable home connection again.

Some links:
- discography
- AAJ fireside chat (Fred Jung)
- and an obit by Todd S. Jenkins.

Look for the numbers to find the links...

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Frank Lowe
Angoulême (FR)
May 6, 1978

Olu Dara - trumpet
Frank Lowe - tenor sax
Fred Williams - bass
Phillip Wilson - drums

1. unknown (3:05)
2. unknown (23:56)
3. Frank's Love Theme (5:48)
4. Sweet Marion (8:45)
5. unknown (5:30)
6. Frank's Love Theme (5:25) [duplicate - different source]
7. Sweet Marion (8:41) [duplicate - different source]
8. Having Big Fun (7:58)

TT: 69:12

Sound: A-


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- tracked (#1-4 came sone long track)
- deleted silence at end of #4 and #5, added fade-outs
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note from seeder:

another seed courtesy of _tranetime_ ... thanks again!

this long set catches late tenor firebrand frank lowe spewing his inimitable mix of staccato phrasing, hoarse vocalizations, slaptonguing, and of course, molten skronk (much more restrained than, say, 'black beings' or the duo with rashied ali on survival), all focused through the horn as a palpable stream of beautifully scratchy and brawny old school tone ... in terms of chronology, this quartet falls halfway between sessions by the perhaps more focused quintet lineups in 'the flam,' and later, in 'exotic heartbreak.' here, the musicians play a medley of originals (please help identify) from their book, and, at the same time, stretch out as only possible in a concert setting (including shouted vocals and exchanges that sound strangely like someone - phillip wilson? - 'singing' "shut the **** up!"). not sure what the second track is (an encore? sounds like a different, better source), but regardless, it BURNS! the recording includes some audience ambience (someone apparently takes a snapshot at some point & murmurs) ...


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ubu edits:
- deleted silence at beginning of #1
- fixed marks
- deleted silence at end of #3 & added fade-out
Additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > CoolEdit > FLAC (8 - with SBE's!)

boosted volume (+6dB):
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Frank Lowe
Paris (France)
May 9, 1978

Frank Lowe - tenor sax
Olu Dara - trumpet
Fred Williams - bass
Phillip Wilson - drums

1. (11:31)
2. (20:56)
3. (12:03) [inc, cuts in]
4. (22:15)

TT: 66:47

Sound: A-/B+
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Homage to Bud Shank

Bud Shank was one of the greatest alto players in the mainstream scene. Check out his website to read some obituaries that certainly will be more eloquent than what I could write here. Or read Doug Ramsey here.

Allow me a short run-down, though: Shank started out in the big band era, with Charlie Barnett and Stan Kenton, then became one of the mainstays of so-called West Coast Jazz, woring regularly with Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, and then recording a run of great albums for Pacific Jazz, with his own quartet (Claude Williamson was the pianist). He also did a fine album for Nocturne and appeared on the Brazilliance albums of guitar player Laurindo Almeida, some of the earliest attempts at fusing jazz with music from Brazil. Later on, he did some more commercial stuff (Michelle...) but continued to play and record great jazz, including being a member of the supergroup "L.A. Four", with Almeida, Ray Brown and Shelly Manne. By coincidence, just a few days before he died, I found the Concord twofer "Two By Four" (Jeff Hamilton had replaced Manne by the time those albums were made). Another highlight is his Muse album, reissued on CD by 32 Jazz as "This Bud's for You", ripe, strong playing by Shank, and a first rate rhythm section backing him: Kenny Barron, Ron Carter and Al Foster.

This post features a huge load of music. There are two later boots, but the main part of it is what Lonehill released on three volumes (4CDs) called "The Bud Shank/Bob Cooper Project". I re-grouped the music so you can get it in portions if you prefer, but I left in enough info so you can re-construct those discs if you get all the portions. I can't offer good scans at the time, but crappy photos of the covers are included.

Part one features the March and April 1957 recordings Bud Shank/Bob Cooper did with Albert Mangelsdorff and a rhythm section led by Attila Zoller on guitar. One of the three dates also featues another recently departed great, Joe Zawinul. Gary Peacock is on bass - he would show up a bit later on some of Shank's Pacific sides.
(Taken from Vols. 1 & 3)
(Use the search-function to look for several other Mangelsdorff shows here!)

Part two features the March 1958 recordings by Bud Shank/Bob Cooper with Shank's regular rhythm section headed by Claude Williamson.
(Taken from Vol. 2)

Part three compiles the fillers that we so often get with Lonehill's "complete" editions. These include: a 1956 Shank quartet recording from NYC with Russ Freeman, the 1956 appearance in Bobby Troup's "Stars of Jazz" TV show by the Bud Shank quartet, one title with Shank/Cooper and the Lighthouse All Stars from 1958, and most important, a recording Shank did in May 1957 with Hans Koller, Mangelsdorff, Attila Zoller, Roland Kovac, Gary Peacock and Karl Sanner.
(Taken from Vols. 1 & 2)
(Use the search-function for more Hans Koller postings!)

Here's more info, hope it's all readable...







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And finally, the two great boots - the first has Shank with Pete Christlieb on tenor and a rhythm section headed by Rein de Graaff, the second is just in quartet, with a first-rate British rhythm section.

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Bud Shank Quintet
Rastede (Germany)
February 10, 1988

Bud Shank - alto sax
Pete Christlieb - tenor sax
Rein de Graaff - piano
Marius Beets - bass
Eric Ineke - drums

1. Stage Intro RdG (1:44)
2. (13:27)
3. (14:55)
4. For Heaven's Sake (9:42) [omit BS]
5. Star Eyes (11:15)

TT: 51:05

Sound: A
Source: Soundboard
Lineage: sbd > ? > dime > EAC (secure, log included) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

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Bud Shank
Eastleigh, Hampshire (UK), Concorde Club
June 1994

Bud Shank - alto sax
David Newton - piano
Dave Green - bass
Martin Drew - drums

1. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (12:38)
2. Embraceable You (13:51)
3. A Time for Love (11:22)
4. Limehouse Blues (10:08)

TT: 47:59

Sound: A-

Recorded on open-reel tape at 7.5ips. split into tracks with Adobe Audition.
FM>Analogue open-reel>WAVE>FLAC

This is a tape of a BBC broadcast from the Concorde Club, Eastleigh, with
Bud in fine form, accompanied by a British trio including David Newton,
better known outside the UK as Stacey Kent's accompanist, Dave Green on
bass and Martin Drew, drums, nowadays Oscar Peterson's touring drummer of
choice.

Freddie Hubbard - Berlin 1977 (post-script)

I posted several Freddie Hubbard shows early in the year, after his death. Here's a little post-script, in MP2 format (there's an explanation of the technical issues here, in case you don't know how to handle it...)

Thanks to the kind and generous seeder (and fellow Arno Schmidt nut, he he) on dime!

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Freddie Hubbard Quintet
Berliner Jazztage
Berlin (Germany), Philharmonie
November 3, 1977 (MP2)

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
David Garfield - piano
Rick Zinnegar - guitar
Larry Klein - bass
Carlos Vega - drums

1. Stage Intro by Werner Wunderlich (1:49)
2. One of a Kind (14:29)
3. Rahsaan (16:00)
4. Impressions (10:26)
5. Bundle Of Joy (13:27)

TT: 56:11

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

Albert Mangelsdorff - Tuttlingen 1961

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

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

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

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

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

Günter Kronberg 1966 (Photo: Ulli Schwenn)

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

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

Announcer: Joachim Ernst Berendt

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

TT: 73:47

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

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


:: ubu's edits ::

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

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

Professor Longhair & Dr. John - New Orleans 1977 Double Feature

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

So, what's on the menu today?

Funky Easter Gumbo!

These two shows were shared on dime recently in "fixed" versions by "lolita" (well, err, yes...), but they contained those annoying 2-second gaps. EAC did a nice job of getting them away automatically, and as this is some truly good music, here they are again, a fix of the fixed version, so to speak... thanks to all involved in bringing this great music into circulation!

Meet the Professor and the Good Doctor...



Professor Longhair
Basement Jam
New Orleans, LA (USA)
March 16, 1977
(Reworked)

Professor Longhair - piano & vocals
Dave Malone - guitar
Reggie Scanlon - bass
unknown - drums

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

TT: 42:45

Sound: A-

Note: more info in the txt file included in the download



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

Professor Longhair - piano, vocals, whistling
unknown - guitar (& percussion?)
unknown - bass (& percussion?)
poss. Alfred "Uganda" Roberts - drums

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

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

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

TT: 76:43

Sound: A-

Note: more info in the txt file included in the download

Abdullah Ibrahim - Cully 2009

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

Here's a typically beautiful stream of consciousness solo concert by Abdullah Ibrahim, I did away with some bits of applause so this will easily fit onto one CDR (I'm not sure if I'm supposed to trust overburn CDRs, for the time being I don't).

Boston 1982 (Photo: Rashid Lombard)

Abdullah Ibrahim
Cully Jazz 2009
Cully (Switzerland), Chapiteau
April 2, 2009

Abdullah Ibrahim - piano

1. Senzo (part 1) 66:38
2. Senzo (part 2) 14:16

TT: 79:56

Sound: A
Source: RSR 2 "JazzZ" / 2009-04-02
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(MPEG1 Layer 2/256 kbps)

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:: ubu edits ::

deleted applause at end of both tracks (21 and 14 seconds) to make this fit onto a normal disc without overburn

Roland Kirk - Paris 1970

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

Here's a pair of boots that were up on dime but got banned as Esoldun seems to be treated as an official label over there. That is partly right, I think, but from what I know while they did indeed release music they got from the INA their releases eventually had to be pulled, probably because of some changes of law or something... anyway, I treat them as boots, and hence here they are, with many thanks to the person who shared them on dime - I got them in time, luckily!

Roland Kirk 1972 (Photo: Lee Friedlander)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Paris (France), Maison de la Radio
February 22, 1970

"Rahsaan" Roland Kirk- tenor sax, manzello, stritch, flute, clarinet, nose flute, chromatic tuner, percussion, vocals, etc
Ron Burton - piano
Vernon Martin - bass
Jerome Cooper - drums
Joe "Habao" Texidor - percussion

Vol.1/CD1/49:57
1. Easy to Love (Cole Porter) 9:40
2. Love Madeline (4:32)
3. My Cherie Amour (Stevie Wonder) 6:13
4. Petite Fleur (Sidney Bechet) 7:52
5. The Inflated Tear (6:47)
6. Three for the Festival (7:51)
7. Boogie Man Song (7:01)

Vol.2/CD2/50:34
1. Sweet Fire (16:20)
2. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor (trad.) 8:53
3. Charlie Parker Medley (Charlie Parker) 6:1
4. Volunteered Slavery (11:41)
5. You Did It, You Did It (4:57)
6. Satin Doll (Ellington-Strayhorn-Mercer) 1:50

All compositions by Roland Kirk except where noted

TT: 100:31

Sound: A-
Issued as "Roland Kirk: Live In Paris 1970 vol 1 & vol 2" on Esoldun bootleg label (FCD 109 & FCD 115)
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JoAnne Brackeen & Friends - Frankfurt 1998

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

This show was re-seeded by mr_mags on dime, I did some manual glitch removal and fixed the marks. Some very powerful playing by all involved. Paul Heller is a post-Coltrane player, methinks. Bennie Wallace is his usual quirky self (his sound is huge, bears the stamp of Texas and Ben Webster and others, his ideas and lines though sometimes seem almost as daring as Eric Dolphy's). Oliver Lake is pretty good here, too, and of course JoAnne Brackeen is front and centre, also offering a beautiful solo performance of "Body and Soul". On the remaining tracks, she's ably supported by Eddie Gomez and Vinnie Colaiuta (not a guy I know from this kind of context, but he plays mighty well). Ravi Coltrane sits in on just one track, I think (if you know more or can make more from aural evidence, please post a comment!)

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Joanne Brackeen & Friends
29. Deutsche Jazzfestival 1998
Frankfurt (Germany), Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks
September 12, 1998

Paul Heller - tenor sax
Joanne Brackeen - piano
Eddie Gomez - bass
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums

guests:
Oliver Lake - alto sax (CD1#4,CD2#2,3)
Bennie Wallace - tenor sax (CD1#4,CD2#2,3)
Ravi Coltrane - tenor sax (CD1#4 only?)

CD1/43:42
1. Pink Elephant Magic (in progress) (6:45)
2. Someday My Prince Will Come (10:51)
3. Dabblevision (Eddie Gomez) 9:38
4. Tricks of the Trade (JoAnne Brackeen) 16:26

CD2/46:11
1. Body and Soul (Green-Sour-Heyman-Eyton) 10:32 [p-solo]
2. No Greater Love (Symes-Jones) 19:09
3. Hade Be (JoAnne Brackeen) 16:29 [inc]

TT: 89:53

Sound: A/A-
Lineage: FM>?>Cdr from trade>EAC>FLAC
Additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)


I think I have seen this around here before but this is from trade cdrs received years ago (Ricola, maybe). I did my best w/ the info and I'm sure jazzrita or somebody will drop by w/ more details. Great sound & the jazz here is hard swinging (thanks Vinnie & Eddie) and reminds me of the classic Corea Album: "Three Quartets".
enjoy
mr_mags

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Sophie Alour - Paris 2005

Here's a mighty fine show by French tenor sax player Sophie Alour. I've just shared this on dime, too. She's one of several mighty fine sax playing women to come out of France recently. You can check out alto player Géraldine Laurent with the band of Aldo Romano on this earlier post.

Alour is supported by a fine band including guest Stéphane Belmondo on disc two. Her duet on "Black Narcissus", accompanied only by the double bass of young Sylvain Romano, is excellent (and would make perfect blindfold material)!

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Sophie Alour
Paris (France), Sunside
November 4, 2005

Sophie Alour - tenor sax
Guillaume Naud - piano, electric piano
Hugo Lippi - guitar
Sylvain Romano - bass
David Grébil - drums
guest: Stéphane Belmondo - trumpet (Sets 2 & 3)


CD1/37:32

Set1
1. Septembre (Alour) 9:41
2. I Loves You Porgy (Gerswhin) 11:50
3. Dédale (10:49) [inc]

4. FM intro & interview (5:11)


CD2/71:23

Set2
1. At First Sight (Alour) 9:47 [inc]
2. Black Narcissus (Joe Henderson) 4:13 [ts/b duo - inc]
3. Announcement by Sophie Alour (0:23)
4. Le Samourai (Alour) 15:10
5. You've Changed (11:12)
6. Band Intros by Sophie Alour > Almost Paradise (14:54)

Set3
1. Fanny (Alour) 10:32
2. Announcement by Sophie Alour (0:07)
3. Tell Me a Bedtime Story (Herbie Hancock) 5:00 [inc]

TT: 108:55

Sound: A- (mono, a little bit of hiss)
Source: France Musiques (Jazz Club) / 2005-11-04
Lineage: FM > minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded, transferred & shared by ubu


Notes:

Set 1 was partially broadcast
- after the interview and before the beginning of Set 2:
"Dedale" only misses the final seconds
- in the break between Sets 2 and 3
"Septembre" (first track of set)
"Porgy" (third track of set)
I don't know if "Dédale" happens to have been the second track of the set or performed later on

Set 2 was broadcast live in its entirety
"At First Sight" misses a few bars of the piano intro
"Black Narcissus" misses only a couple of seconds of the piano intro
two bits of the "Announcement" are missing
"Le Samourai" is missing a couple of seconds of the bass intro
"You've Changed" has a very short bit (half a second) of FM voiceover at the beginning
"Outro/Almost Paradise" has an FM voiceover for the first few seconds

Set 3 was broadcast live but cut off as the broadcast time ended
a bit of the "Announcement" is missing
"Tell Me a Bedtime Story" has an FM voiceover during the first two seconds

As a filler in the break between Sets 2 and 3, they played a tune from Robert Glasper's then new disc...

Thomas Chapin - Zaragoza 1992

Here's a show that was requested several times when I put up that list of dime shares of mine... it's by the late great Thomas Chapin.

By any account, do buy the "Alive" box compiling Chapin's Knitting Factory albums - some of the strongest alto sax playing you'll ever hear! I've heard it has seen reissue recently, but I don't know the details.

Here's a little extra that was shared by Dave, with the following comment:

Oh man, thank you for this...

Tom was an old friend, he and I moved to New York together in 1980 and shared a flat in Brooklyn for a year before I moved out west. He changed his name to Thomas that year because he was already thinking about the records he'd make and he didn't want to get confused with "Tom Chapin" the children's music/guitarist. Always thinking ahead was he.

I remember listening to him practice and being amazed that he could play along with any records, repeating what the sax or flute player was playing by playing two bars behind them. I remember how much he loved the Shakuhachi flute and James Spaulding's tone. I remember how incredibly beautifully he wrote out the charts to his songs, I still have a a copy of his chart for Bell of the Heart, one of his first compositions. I've attached it here for any that are interested, note he was still "Tom" Chapin then,

I kept up with Tom over the years, would usually see him every couple of years when he toured out west. I remember some of the ridiculous gigs, like when we was playing with Lionel Hampton at Disneyland and they made them dress up in 1920's clothes and play a hotdog stand. Sheesh! But he always found a way to keep his own music strong, he was one of a kind and I really miss him.

The third song is What's New. The first one really sounds like a TC original, but I don't know the name...

- Dave

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Thomas Chapin
Zaragoza (ES), Centro Civico Delicias
January 11, 1992

Thomas Chapin - alto sax, flute
Jorge Pardo - tenor & soprano sax, flute
Carlo Morena - piano
Joe Fonda - bass
Fernando Llorca - drums

1. One Man Blues (Thomas Chapin) 19:52
2. Goody (Thomas Chapin) 22:03
3. What's New (Bob Haggart) 11:32
4. Cherokee (Ray Noble) 14:06
5. Yesterdays (Jerome Kern) 12:23

TT: 79:59

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

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John McLaughlin - Epinay-sur-Seine 1996

Here's today's offering (also on dime), a fine show by McLaughlin with Elvin Jones and Joey De Francesco - quite a trio, huh? Another one by the Free Spirits trio (with Dennis Chambers on the drum chair) will eventually follow, but needs some editing work to be done first.
Elvin Jones was part of a couple of earlier shows shared here:
Elvin Jones - Boston 1973
Freddie Hubbard/McCoy Tyner/Elvin Jones - Berlin 1987

Next up in the "great drummers" series will be a Billy Higgins show with Harold Land and Oscar Brashear! But for now, enjoy some swinging Elvin with some malty guitar and spaghetti organ, he he (after the sweets and coffee, you'll get a limonello on the house, yuck yuck - rather bring me a bottle of Talisker!)

And here's the previously posted solo show of McLaughlin's.

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John McLaughlin Trio
Festival Banlieues Bleues
Epinay-sur-Seine (FR), Espace Lumières
April 13, 1996

John McLaughlin - guitar
Joey DeFrancesco - organ
Elvin Jones - drums

CD1/43:29
1. My Favorite Things (Rodgers-Hammerstein) 16:03
2. Sing Me Softly of the Blues (Carla Bley) 8:09
3. Little Miss Valley (John McLaughlin) 11:13
4. Blue Train (John Coltrane) 8:00

CD2/38:13
1. unknown (Bessie's Blues by Coltrane?) (10:26)
2. Encuentros (McLaughlin) 13:08
3. After the Rain (John Coltrane) 3:48
4. Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaria) 10:49

TT: 81:42

Sound: A-
Lineage: FM -> ??? -> CDR -> EAC (secure mode) -> Flac Frontend level 5
Additional lineage: FLAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Shared by michaelmee on dimeadozen / 2007-04-05
Fixed version shared by ubu on dimeadozen / 2009-04-07

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Frank Gratkowski - Zurich 2004

Next one from the dime series - this is gone over there already. At least it was snatched 82 times (and it was a re-seed - here's my little write-up from dime:

This recording by Frank Gratkowski is from a concert I attended. It was pretty good, though they followed a terrific set by Barry Guy's New Orchestra, which left me totally exhausted. Heard on its own though, it's fine (and funny enough, the Barry Guy doesn't really work on tape, although live it was one of the most intense concert I ever witnessed).

Here's Gratkowski's homepage, and here's some info on the EFI site.

(Note: I do have a recording of the Guy concert, but it's pretty boring - a perfect example where a great concert did not transfer well to a recording...)


Frank Gratkowski
Taktlos
Zürich (Switzerland), Rote Fabrik
May 9, 2004

Wolter Wierbos - trombone
Frank Gratkowski - alto sax & contrabass clarinet
Dieter Manderscheid - bass
Gerry Hemingway - drums

1. Part I (29:35)
2. Part II (19:38) [inc]

TT: 49:13

Sound: A
Source: DRS 2 broadcast
Lineage: FM > minidisc > analogue to HD > GoldWave > CDR
Additional (2009): EAC (secure) > Cool Edit Pro (centred tracks) > FLAC (8,asb,verify)
Recorded and transferred (2004) and shared on dimeadozen (Jan 2009) by ubu

Note: the second of two parts performed at the concert is incomplete by some minutes

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)
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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)
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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