7 December 2014
10 May 2014
AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS "SONG FOR MOTHER E" (LEO, 1979)
This a contribution by Mew23 - thanks again!
Amina Claudine Myers, piano, organ, voice
Pheeroan akLaff, drums, percussion, voice
1. I'm Not Afraid [04:42]
2. 3/4's of 4/4 [05:15]
3. Have Mercy Upon Us Chant [10:53]
4. Song for Mother E [03:43]
5. The Real Side [05:51]
6. The Immortal [05:39]
7. Inner Destruction [07:38]
8. I'm Not Afraid, Refrain [03:14]
total time [46:55]
"This album is dedicated to my mother, Mrs. Elnora M. Thurman."
All compositions by Amina Claudine Myers
Recorded October 9, 1979, at Big Apple Recording Studios, NY.
Leo Records LR100
25 February 2014
Reggie Workman-Summit Conference,2-8-1995, aud
Here's a good Audience capture of the summit conference band , this was obviously recorded while they were touring the essential postcards Cd.
Nice long chewy set ... thanks to the original Taper/Seeders!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEEDERS Notes
Reggie Workman's Summit Conference
August 2, 1995
Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
(first set only)
Reggie Workman bass,
Andrew Hill piano,
Sam Rivers flute, soprano & tenor sax
Julian Priester trombone
Pheeroan akLaff drums
01 Conversation (Sonelius Smith) 25:31
02 Suite Tristan (Workman) 13:15
03 unidentified 8:39
04 Joanne (Hill) 13:29
05 Breath (Priester) 10:06
06 Midnight River Crossing (AkLaff) 5:49
TT 76:49
This quintet of giants came to be as a consequence of Ralph Simon’s offer to Reggie Workman to record a CD for his label Postcards in 1993. The result is the brilliant "Summit Conference" (Postcards POST1003), highly recommended and still in press.
This show was recorded almost two years later at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA. I can neither find it in a bot list search nor apparently in blogland, so I assume it is uncirculated on the web. This is a remarkably fine audience (or perhaps, on stage) recording with a intimate and very concentrated atmosphere and no distracting noise at all.
On the CDR I received there were very short silent parts near the start and end of tracks 2 and 3 which are probably due to a transfer from a CDR with SBEs.
I repaired this and retracked all tracks. Pitch is correct (I suppose this comes from a digital source).
As the levels initially are very low on the original recording, I raised them a little (more so in the very low passages and less so towards the end).
I also applied a tiny amount of compression to the really loud passages.
As always, I did all processing in 24bit.
The closing stage announcement identifies track 5 as "Midnight River Crossing" and track 6 as "Breath".
Both relevant discographers (Ronald Lyles in his Andrew Hill Discography and Rick Lopez in his Sam Rivers Sessionography) do so likewise (see below), but track 5 is clearly the same as Julian Priester's "Breath" on POST1003,
so I assume that track 6 is "Midnight River Crossing" by Pheeroan akLaff.
There might be a splice in track 1 at 3:32:485. I removed a click there.
All praise goes to the creators of the music, truly a summit conference, and thanks so much to the unknown taper!
Lineage:
Aud > ? > Trade CDR > HD (xACT) > 24 bit edited and remastered (ProTools LE with various plugins) > 16bit PCM (with dither) > tracking (Sound Studio) > flac (8) (xACT)
Entry in the Sam Rivers Sessionography by Rick Lopez
http://www.bb10k.com/RIVERS.disc.html
95.08.02 • Reggie Workman's Summit Conference [Audience Recording]
August 2, 1995 / Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
1. Conversation (Sonelius Smith) [25:29]
2. Suite Tristan (Workman) [12:47]
3. unknown title [8:24]
4. Joanne (Hill) [13:24]
5. Midnight River Crossing (AkLaff) [10:11]
6. Breath (Priester) [5:48]
Reggie Workman (bass)
Andrew Hill (piano)
Sam Rivers (flute-2, soprano sax-4, tenor sax-1,5,6)
Julian Priester (trombone)
Pheeroan akLaff (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Hill/hill-disc.htm}
Entry in the Andrew Hill Discography by Ronald Lyles
(http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Hill/hill-disc.htm)
Date: August 2, 1995
Location: Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
Label: [private recording]
Reggie Workman (ldr), Sam Rivers (f, ss, ts), Julian Priester (tb), Andrew Hill (p), Reggie Workman (b), Pheeroan akLaff (d)
a. 01 Conversation Piece - 25:10 (Sonelius Smith)
b. 02 Suite Tristan - 12:47 (Reggie Workman)
c. 04 Joanne - 13:08 (Andrew Hill)
d. 05 Midnight River Crossing - 10:00 (Pheeroan AkLaff)
e. 06 Breath - 4:23 (Julian Priester)
Sam Rivers (f) on b; (ss) on c; (ts) on a, d-e.
Group known as Summit Conference.
One additional selection - #3: 8:24 - title unknown.
23 February 2014
SUMMIT CONFERENCE - Knitting Factory, NY. 1998
REGGIE WORKMAN, bass
SAM RIVERS, flute, tenor sax
JULIAN PRIESTER, trombone
JOHN HICKS, piano
PHEEROAN AKLAFF, drums
1. 28:01
2. 11:41
3. 15:27
4. 04:58
Knitting Factory, New York. June 1998.
BBC Radio 3 'Jazz on 3'
13 July 2011
Wadada Leo Smith & Organic - Live in Milan '11 [New links]
"Organic was organized to present an electric music idiom that utilized the same performance principles that Wadada’s other ensembles use. This means that the ensemble’s use of languages and systems are fundamental to the conception of making music. The instrumentation consists primarily of electric strings (4 guitars, cello, 2 basses), but what is truly different with Organic’s music is its ability to establish a polycentric / polytonal and multi-layered grid where each performer has the right and responsibility to creatively organize the ensemble’s musical space and ideas as it moves across the performance dimension. The value placed on electronics is communal in character and has a philosophy centered in the art of sound making, and is not noise based.
Organic’s music is powerfully electric and electronic in nature; fiery and interactive in character; contemporary, spiritual and politically conscious, its creative energy is heartfelt and connected with the human feeling."
Only European date.
Pictures by Roberto Cifarelli.
Rec. live at "Teatro Manzoni", Milan, Italy, on March 27, 2011
(mics recording)
Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith,trumpet,conductor
Michael Gregory/Josh Gerowitz/Brandon Ross/
Lamar Smith,guitars
Okkyung Lee,cello
Skuli Sverrisson,electric bass
John Lindberg,bass
Pheeroan AkLaff,drums
1. Track #1 (40:00)
2. Track #2 (1:04:59)
Total Time 1:45:00
excerpt from track #1
1 July 2011
Anthony Davis & James Newton Quartet - Live in Rome '79
A supplement to a previous post.
(Ilario's tape)
Rec. live at "Centro Jazz St. Louis", Rome, Italy, on December 15,
1979 (mix recording)
James Newton,flute
Anthony Davis,piano
Rick Roozie,bass
Pheeroan akLaff,drums
1. Lake [J.Newton] (17:28))
2. An Anthem For The Generation That Died [A.Davis] (16:54)
3. Meditations On Integration [C.Mingus] (28:06)
4. Hocket In The Pocket [A.Davis] (08:35)
5. Unknown [inc.] (21:08)
Total Time 1:32:13
Hocket In The Pocket
17 February 2011
LEO SMITH CREATIVE ORCHESTRA "BUDDING OF A ROSE" (MOERS MUSIC, 1979)
LEO SMITH CREATIVE ORCHESTRA "BUDDING OF A ROSE"
Roscoe Mitchell, altosax
Anthony Braxton, reeds
Douglas Ewart, reeds
Wallace McMillian, reeds
Dwight Andrews, reeds
Marty Ehrlich, reeds
Leo Smith, trumpet
Kenny Wheeler, trumpet
Hugh Ragin, trumpet
Mike Mossmann, trumpet
Rob Howard, trumpet
George Lewis, trombone
Ray Anderson, trombone
Alfred Patterson, trombone
Pinguin Moschner, tuba
Wes Brown, bass
Pheeroan ak Laff, drums, percussion
Marilyn Crispell, piano
Bobby Naughton, vibes
1. Harmonium 17:18
2. Mutumishi 05:43
3. Budding of a Rose 21:42
Recorded at Palm Studio, Paris, France - June 1979.
Produced by Jef Gilson.
MOERS MUSIC 02026
8 March 2010
Don Byron's New Gospel Quintet - Live in Hamburg '09
"Fantastic gig! Anytime [Byron] does a new project he always explores
the subject very deeply. He's not just a jazz musician doing gospel - he
is somebody who is really engaging with the subject matter as well,
trying to absorb what's in those lyrics by Thomas A. Dorsey, these very
moving songs about his relationship with God and just human
relationships as well and that really comes across in the gig.
It is a very moving experience listening to it."
Rec. live at "Rolf Liebermann Studio", Hamburg, Germany,
on May 14, 2009 (radio broadcast)
Don Byron,clarinet,tenor saxophone,vocal
DK Dyson,vocal
Frank Wilkins,piano
Brad Jones,bass
Pheeroan AkLaff,drums
1. Boogie Woogie Bossanova [E.Harris] (10:47)
2. Hide Me In Thy Bosom [Rev.T.A.Dorsey] (09:29)
3. It's My Desire [Rev.T.A.Dorsey] (13:54)
4. Precious Lord [Rev.T.A.Dorsey] (12:27)
5. On Time God [D.Peoples] (10:56)
6. Precious Memories [R.C.Wright] (16:19)
Total Time 1:13:53
30 December 2009
Julius Hemphill Big Band - Live in New York '80
For the end of the year (and for closing this little ex-cursus about
the 70s/80s Big Bands) i want to propose one of the rare recordings
of the J.Hemphill B.B. : God Bless Julius!
And Happy New Year To You All.
Rec. live at "The Public Theatre", NYC, on November 1980
(mics recording)
Julius Hemphill,reeds,composer,conductor
Stan Strickland/John Purcell/Marty Ehrlich/Henry Threadgill,reeds
Baikida Carroll/John Clarice/Charles Stephens/Erritt McDonald,brasses
Ed Schuller,bass
Warren Smith,marimba
Pheeroan akLaff,drums
1. The Hard Blues (16:47)
2. For Billie (08:51)
3. Open Air (02:23)
4. Border Town (11:56)
5. All Harmony (15:07)
6. Unknown [inc.] (02:43)
Total Time 57:49
29 July 2009
Anthony Davis & James Newton Quartet - Live in Moers '79
For "jazz flute" lover(s) here is a very good concert
by one of the finest groups (in my opinion) of the
late seventies. The highlight is, without doubt,
"Meditations on Integration" : tribute to the Genius
passed away few months before.
Rec. live at the 8th Moers Festival, Moers, Germany,
on June 3rd, 1979 (mics recording)
James Newton,flute
Anthony Davis,piano
Rick Rozie,bass
Pheeroan akLaff,drums
1. Lake [J.Newton] (10:02)
2. Of Blues And Dreams [A.Davis] (25:15)
3. Hocket In The Pocket [A.Davis] (08:30)
4. Pinky Below [J.Newton] (16:04)
5. Meditations On Integration [C.Mingus] (27:38)
6. Encore [Unknown] (11:19)
Total Time 1:38:52
24 May 2009
Oliver Lake Trio - Live in Alassio '79
i've taped this set a week after the Willisau concert
(September 1st, 1979) published by hatArt (Zaki).
The music is rather different, more varied, well
representing Lake's eclecticism.
Rec. live in Alassio, Italy, on September 8th, 1979
(mics recording)
Oliver Lake,alto saxophone,flute
Michael Gregory Jackson,electric guitar,vocals
Pheeroan ak Laff,percussions
1. Clicker (17:09)
2. Unknown (08:19)
3. Unknown (09:26)
4. Unknown (04:34)
5. Shine (13:04)
6. Unknown (10:47)
7. unknown (09:32)
Total Time 1:12:53