Jazzy D's Soul Notes

More from the Primer in the current issue of Wire -

Sonny Criss - Sonny's Dream



Pan African People's Arkestra - Clarisse




Horace Tapscott Conducting The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra ‎- The Call (1978)




00:00 A1. The Call
08:25 A2. Quagmire Manor At Five A.M.
18:57 B1. Nakatini Suite
28:05 B2. Peyote Song No. III

Recorded April 8, 1978 Los Angeles, California.
The second LP by Horace Tapscott's Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (a 16-piece trumpet-less big band) has four lengthy selections; three originals by bandmembers plus Cal Massey's "Nakatini Suite". Best-known among the sidemen are veteran Red Callender (doubling on tuba and bass) and the powerful altoist Michael Session. Many of the other players (including the pianist-leader) have some space to stretch out and the ensembles (with their unusual voicings and free spots) are quite colorful.

Personnel:
Alto Clarinet – Herbert Callies
Alto Saxophone – Michael Session
Bass – David Bryant, Kamonta Lawrence Polk
Cello, Bass – Louis Spears
Conductor, Piano – Horace Tapscott
Drums – Everett Brown Jr.
Flute, Soprano Saxophone – Kafi Larry Roberts
Leader, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute [Bamboo] – Jesse Sharps
Percussion, Drums – William Madison
Piano – Linda Hill
Producer – Horace Tapscott, Tom Albach
Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – James Andrews
Trombone – Archie Johnson, Lester Robertson
Tuba, Bass – Red Callendar
Vocals, Flute – Adele Sebastian


ENJOY

Some slices of free jazz and improv -

Feminist Improvising Group - The Seventh Kiss



Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Familie (1968)



Artist: Spontaneous Music Ensemble
Album: Oliv & Familie
Label: Emanem / EMANEM 5033 (2014)

Pepi Lemer: voice
Norma Winstone: voice
Trevor Watts: piccolo
Brian Smith: flute
Evan Parker: soprano saxophone
Peter Lemer: piano
Derek Bailey: electric guitar
Nik Bryce: cello
Jeff Clyne: double bass
Dave Holland: double bass
John Stevens: small drums set

Evan Parker Trio - Atlanta



Musicians are:
Evan Parker - soprano & tenor saxophones
Barry Guy - bass
Paul Lytton - drums & percussion



ENJOY

Back in January 2003, I saw Spring Hill Jack live at the Corn Exchange Brighton for an amazing night of improv. This is the recording of it. Strange that in the nineties SHJ were a drum n' bass electronica band.

Spring Heel Jack - Live (part 1)



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This is a shelf of music in my collection. From left to right we have Stravinsky, a Bessie Smith collection, jazz from the French BYG Actuel label, three Nick Drake albums, The Stanley Brothers, two by Matanta Roberts, a Fela Kuti album, a box set of jazz singer Karin Krog, a John Coltrane box set and finally Wagner's Ring Cycle.


So, here are four tracks from a selection of this shelf.

Igor Stravinsky - Ragtime



Arthur Jones - Brother B.



From the album Scorpio (recorded 1969, released 1971). Musical members: Arthur Jones (sax), Beb Guerin (b), Claude Delcloo (ds). And on the Jazzactuel 4CD box set in the picture above.

Karin Krog - I'm Beginning to See the Light



From both this album and on the 10 CD compilation Many Faces Of Karin Krog.

Bessie Smith - Chicago Bound Blues



ENJOY.

Some out there improv and jazzy stuff -

Terje Rypdal, Barre Phillips, Jon Christensen - Icing




Barry Guy / Marilyn Crispell / Paul Lytton ‎– Odyssey



Anthony Braxton / Evan Parker / Paul Rutherford - Axtarkrut




Roscoe Mitchell Quartet - Nonaah



Enjoy.

From the late sixties and reissued on CD in 1993 and again recently is this classic slice of jazz history in Britain, and highligted in a Wire Primer from 2006 (British Visionary Jazz). Rays Jazz Shop had the new digipak version of it at £14 but in his very clean near-mint second-hand section -as he rejected just two CD's I had to exchange due to being scratched - he had the 1993 reissue on Chronoscope Records for seven quid. Still cheaper than a vg+ version on Discogs at £12 and I had a full £75 on the gift card given to me in the exchange. I called it a loyalty card the other day but actually, it's a top-up-able gift card that can be spent in many Foyles shop. Books and DVDs are also covered by it.

I digress, here from YT is the full album - a vinyl rip.

The Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Karyobin




Soprano Saxophone – Evan Parker
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Kenny Wheeler
Electric Guitar – Derek Bailey
Bass – Dave Holland
Drums – John Stevens

Producer, Recorded By – Eddie Kramer
Remastered By – David Bernez
Painting – Robert Macauley

00:00 Part I
26:45 Part II

Enjoy.

Another selection of music now - jazz man!

Steve Williamson - Mandela



Steve Williamson: A Waltz For Grace Label: Verve. Steve Williamson - All Saxophones plus Additional Percussion (on UK Sessions)
Mark Mondesir - Drums
Lonnie Plaxico - Bass (US Sessions)
Gary Crosby - Bass (UK Sessions)
Dave Gilmore - Guitar (US Sessions)
Julian Joseph - Guitar (UK Sessions)
Abbey Lincoln - Vocals (track 4)
Kevin Haynes - Additional Percussion (on UK Sessions)


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Enjoy.

Time for some music  --

Radiohead - Idioteque





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Enjoy.

Ugh! We had sleety rain this morning so i think i will just stay at home today. I had a really good night's sleep anyway and now just finishing off my six reports for the train journeys i did yesterday.

I have been listeing to the music of Milford Graves, whom an article was written about in last month's Wire magazine.

This one arrived in the post yesterday.

Milford Graves - Grand Unification (Full Album)



1. Grand Unification - 5:12
2. Transcriptions - 5:21
3. Gathering - 10:29
4. Decisive Moments - 15:17
5. Memory - 5:24
6. Know Your Place - 5:25
7. Intuitive Transformations - 12:54
8. Transcendence - 3:48
Drums, Percussion, Music By – Milford Graves
Recorded at Avatar, NYC on October 11, 1997.

"Professor, herbalist, healer, Milford Graves is first and foremost one of the world's great geniuses of the drum. Rarely heard live, even more rarely found in the studio, a new recording by Milford Graves is a special event. Long overdue, this is the CD that free jazz fans and every drummer in the world has been waiting for: his music for solo drums. Intense, shooting off in all directions at once and yet always firmly rooted in the tradition, Tzadik is proud to release this important and historic solo recording by one of the world's legendary drum masters."
(John Zorn's Tzadik label catalogue)

Time for some music - from my finds toay -


Sheila Chandra - The Enchantment



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Enjoy.