Showing posts with label harry beckett. Show all posts
Showing posts with label harry beckett. Show all posts

2 April 2023

HARRY BECKETT :: Les Jardins Du Casino (1993)

HARRY BECKETT :: Les Jardins Du Casino (West Wind 1993)


Recorded April 1991 (1-3), May 1987 (4,5)

CD West Wind 2080 (OOP)

4 December 2022

ELTON DEAN'S NiNESENSE - Bracknell Jazz Festival 1978 (flac)

 

This concert I already posted here years ago. Now I am offering more complete and lower generation copy in flac. Still the audience recording, but sounding better.

ELTON DEAN - alto sax, saxello
ALAN SKiDMORE - tenor sax
MARC CHARiG - cornet, tenor horn
HARRY BECKETT - trumpet, flugelhorn
NiCK EVANS - trombone
RADU MALFATTi - trombone
KEiTH TiPPETT - piano
HARRY MiLLER - bass
LOUiS MOHOLO - drums

1 Fall in Free > One Three Nine > Nicrotto > Seven for Lee (41:23)
2 First Born > Bounce > Prayer For Jesus (21:23)

Bracknell Jazz Festival,  South Hill Park Arts Center, Bracknell, UK, July 8, 1978 

19 October 2020

BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH :: Memorial Concert (1994)


This is good album, although music does not so fresh, as with Chris and Louis. Sound of CD is a bit muddy, so I tried to enhance it. Mp3 only this time.

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath ~ The Memorial Concert ~ 1994

Pinise Saul: vocals
Paul Taylor: trombone
Annie Whitehead: trombone
Dave Defries: trumpet & flugelhorn
Harry Beckett: trumpet & flugelhorn
Peter Volpe: trumpet & flugelhorn
Thomas Dyani: percussion
Daryl Leeque: percussion
Frank Williams: tenor saxophone
Ray Carles: alto saxophone
Julian Arguelles: baritone & soprano saxophone
Steve Williamson: alto, tenor & soprano saxophone
Robert Juritz: tenor saxophone & bassoon
Roland Perrin: piano
George Wolfaardt: bass (electric)
Gilbert Matthews: drums

1. Dakar 13:42
2. Sangena 9:28
3. Andromeda 5:41
4. Big G 10:16
5. Lafente 9:15
6. Bakwetha 10:51
7. Country Cooking 5:51
8. Mra 7:22

(Chris McGregor) - 1,2,3,6,7
(George Lee) - 4
(Dudu Pukwana, Pinise Saul) - 5
(Dudu Pukwana) - 8

(P)+(C)1994 by ITM Media

4 October 2019

ELTON DEAN MEMORiAL CONCERT, 100 Club, London, 9 May 2006


This was sent to me by new facebook friend and photographer Pete Woodman, who received it from another friend as found through torrents, mp3 only as it was seeded. I enhanced sound and volume. Pete also sent his photos from the gig, they are included in package.

ELTON DEAN MEMORiAL CONCERT, 100 Club, London, 9 May 2006

CD 1:

01. Intro banter - John Jack

02. Abide With Me / Trunk Call
03. Call The Devil
04. And So Tibet

-- DREAMTiME:
GARY CURSON - alto sax
JiM DVORAK - trumpet
NiCK EVANS - trombone
KEiTH TiPPETT - piano
ROBERTO BELLATALLA - bass
JiM LE BAiGUE - drums

05. Banter - John Jack

06. Improvisation

MARK HEWINS - guitar
MARK SANDERS - drums

07. Banter - John Jack, Julie Tippetts

-- DARTiNGTON iMPROViSERS TRiO:
PAUL DUNMALL - saxes
JULiE TIPPETTS - voice
KEiTH TiPPETT - piano

CD 2:

1. Banter - John Jack, Hugh Hopper

2. Seven For Lee
3. Drum Solo
4. Baker's Treat

-- SOFT MACHiNE LEGACY:
THEO TRAViS - saxes
JOHN ETHERiDGE - guitar
HUGH HOPPER - bass guitar
JOHN MARSHALL - drums

5. Banter - John Jack

6. Improvisation 1
7. Improvisation 2

MAGGiE NiCOLS - voice
JiM DVORAK - trumpet
ROBERTO BELLATALLA - bass
TONY LEViN - drums

CD 3:

1. Banter - John Jack

2. Improvisation

EVAN PARKER - tenor sax
LARRY STABBiNS - tenor sax
MARK CHARiG - cornet
PAUL RUTHERFORD - trombone
JOHN EDWARDS - bass
LOUiS MOHOLO - drums

3. Banter - John Jack

4. Improvisation

HARRY BECKETT - trumpet
LOL COXHiLL - soprano sax
ALEX MAGUiRE - piano
MARCiO MATTOS - bass
TONY MARSH - drums

5. Closing banter - John Jack, Pip Pyle

Recorded by unknown, shared on torrent. mp3@320




12 March 2019

ELTON DEAN'S NiNESENSE - Bracknell Jazz Festival 1978


I got this audience recording in trade from many years ago and I shared it previously in comments to some other Ninesense recording here. Recently I gave it a listen and found it wholly enjoyable and great preformance, thus I tried some equalisation from original mp3@320. In the end it is improvement I think. Setlist is similiar to 100 Club Concert from 1979. Track 5 (including 11 min of great improv) has significantly clearer sound without audience noises (which are quietly enjoyable during quiet passages earlier) and due to possible speaker entry in the fade out, it can come from some broadcast (possibly) from different concert, but I got it together with this Bracknell recording).

ELTON DEAN'S NiNESENSE - Bracknell Jazz Festival 1978

1. Fall in Free > One Three Nine  16.30
2. Nicrotto  12.13
3. Seven For Lee  13.21
4. First Born > Bounce  20.32
5. improv > Three For All (fade-out)  14.28

ELTON DEAN - alto sax, saxello
ALAN SKiDMORE - tenor sax
MARC CHARiG - cornet, tenor horn
HARRY BECKETT - trumpet, flugelhorn
NiCK EVANS - trombone
RADU MALFATTi - trombone
KEiTH TiPPETT - piano
HARRY MiLLER - bass
LOUiS MOHOLO - drums

4th Bracknell Jazz Festival, UK, July 8, 1978.


2 December 2018

PAUL ROGERS PROJECT :: Paris 1993 (remaster)


As this great concert recording posted originally here by Andy back in 2016 sounded a bit deaf, after some time of trying and testing I did remastering work on it. I hope you will enjoy my version and thank you again, Andy, for sharing such gems. And anyway, let me know what do you think about actual sound...

PAUL ROGERS PROJECT - PARiS 1993 (remastered)

HARRY BECKETT - trumpet
JEAN-FRANCOiS CANAPE - trumpet
ELTON DEAN - saxello and alto saxophone
PAUL DUNMALL - tenor saxophone
SYLVAiN KASSAP - soprano and baritone saxophone
SOPHIA DOMANCiCH - piano
PAUL ROGERS - bass
TONY MARSH - drums

1. Fast 1 & 2                34:58
2. Riffiffi                      22:12
3. Three for Louis        33:42

Les Instant Chavires, Paris. 15 May 1993

Remastered 2o2o by Miloš Latislav

For link see comment from February 12



26 October 2018

Harry Beckett - Warm Smiles & Themes For Fega - Vocalion 2006




Here is the reissue of those two classics records by Harry Beckett, That have been published by the British label Vocalion in 2006 but for a reason unknown to me, it have been totally deleted by the label and seems no more available. The reference even doesn’t appears no more on the Vocalion website.

Harry Beckett’s Warm Smiles
A1 Harambee
A2 Tender Is The Sky
A3 To Me, For Me
B1 Warm Smiles
B2 Tomorrow Morning Early

Harry Beckett: trumpet & flugelhorn
Chris Laurence: bass
Mike Osborne: alto saxophone
Frank Ricotti: vibraphone
John Taylor: piano
John Webb: drums

Recorded at Command Studios, London 1970

Thems For Fega

A1 Little One
A2 Spiral Feelings
A3 Chandeliers And Mirrors
A4 Cry Of Triumph
B1 I'm Easy
B2 Enchanted
B3 Everyone Is Me
B4 Farewell Fega

Harry Beckett: trumpet & flugelhorn
Chris Laurence: bass
Mike Osborne: alto saxophone
Frank Ricotti: vibraphone
ALAN SKIDMORE: tenor saxophone
John Taylor: piano
John Webb: drums

recorded at the ICA, London, Feb 4, 1972

Vocalion cd 2CDSML 8430

You can find a BBC session of Harry Beckett that have the same feeling, published some years ago by the label « My Only Desire Records »:
https://myonlydesirerecords.bandcamp.com/album/still-happy

8 February 2018

DETAIL PLUS "NESS" (IMPETUS, 1986)




Johnny Dyani, bass, stones
Frode Gjerstad, tenor saxophone
John Stevens, drums

On side C + D only:
Bobby Bradford, cornet
Harry Beckett, trumpet (Tracks 1 + 4)
Courtney Pine, tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet (Tracks 1 + 4)


Sides 1/2
1. Ness - part one 27:33
2. Ness - part two 24:21

Sides 3/4
1. ED 15:39
2. Post Rambling 08:59
3. Preambling 06:06
4. Harmo'nica 15:20

LP 1:
Recorded at the Hennie-Onstad Art Centre, Oslo on 2 March 1986.
LP 2:
Recorded at the Mannod Studio/Community Music, London on 1 July 1986.

IMPETUS IMP 28509  (vinyl rip)

11 September 2016

ELTON DEAN'S NINESENSE "THE 100 CLUB CONCERT 1979" (REEL RECORDINGS, 1979)



The music herein was already posted by Riccardo in 2010.
But Michael King - producer of the now sadly defunct label - asked for a removal of the links.
The links were removed and the music was released about two years later in 2012 on Reel Recordings.
Already in 2013 the label stopped its production....
King wanted to start a new label called "Jazz in Britain" but sadly he died in 2015.


 Elton Dean, alto saxophone, saxello
Alan Skidmore, tenor & soprano sax
Mark Charig, trumpet,tenor horn
Harry Beckett, trumpet,flugelhorn
Radu Malfatti, trombone
Nick Evans, trombone
Keith Tippett, piano
Harry Miller, bass
Louis Moholo, drums
+
Jim Dvorak, trumpet (2nd set only)



1-1. Oases 20:12  
1-2. One Three Nine 14:07  
1-3. Sweet F.A.     14:06
1-4. Seven For Lee 16:59
  
2-1. Nicrotto 20:42  
2-2. Macks 14:26  
2-3. First Born 13:01  
2-4. Bounce  8:51

Soloists:
CD One: First Set
1. Solos: Charig + Dean + Malfatti + Tippett
2. Solos: Dean + Beckett + Tippett
3. Solos: Skidmore + Beckett + Tippett
4. Solos: Dean + Skidmore

CD Two: Second Set
1. Evans/Malfatti duet
2. Solos: Dean + Beckett
3. Solos: Evans + Dean + Tippett
4. Solos: Dvorak + Skidmore


The 100 Club, 100 Oxford St, London, England ~ March 5th 197

Sony TC-D5M Cassette, Stereophonic Ambient Recording

Engineered by twenty-two year Riccardo Bergerone, from a stage front and centre table position as reserved for him personally by Elton Dean.
Positioned far left stage, beyond the band, thus often distant sounding.
Kudos to Keith Tippett for his understanding and support for the music.

REEL RECORDINGS RR024/025




8 October 2014

Ray Russell-Dragon Hill-1970

Here's a great little LP on the short lived CBS Realm label series,which released other quite stunning albums by..Gordon Beck,Frank Ricotti Tony Oxley, and Barry Guy among others.

Ray Russell, a british Guitarist who despite having a jazz background,much like his contemporary Chris Spedding say, seems to have spent a lot of his professional life in the studios,
making library records for TV, and Films as well as playing on dozens of well known rock albums by Phil Spector, Art Garfunkel, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick and countless others.

.He was also notably in Harry Beckett's Sound of Joy and similar fusion projects in the mid 70's.

This though is an exploratory at times quite free set of sophisticated extended post bop compositions , flavoured by  touches of RnB, and Rock.

Russell's an interesting thoughtful player who's playing here is fluid,inventive even ecstatic!.yeah very beautiful sitting to these ears somewhere between 60's john Mclaughlin and Sonny sharrock's
'Tauhid" period, and just as interesting..

relistening again after many years... one hears a strong stylistic connection to early Soft Machine,as well as Jack Bruce Elton Dean  and Keith Tippett's contemporaneous free inflected Fusion albums...

heres a link to his website
and discogs entry

be nice to know more about some of the other players here, of whom really only Ron Mathewson, Harry Beckett, and Lyn Dobson are familiar names..

This record has to my knowledge, yet to be reissued , though the even better "Rituels" from 1971 posted here by boromir in 2008 , has been, as has live at the ICA on RCA also from 71
Righteous RAY!!
enjoy!

16 March 2013

CHRiS McGREGOR's BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH - Middelheim Jazz Festival 1987



Wonderful radio broadcast contributed by mew23. Photos are from "Country Cooking" album, recorded January 1988.

CHRiS McGREGOR's BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH - Live at Middelheim Jazz Festival 1987

Harry Beckett - trumpet
Dave Defries - trumpet
Claude Deppa - trumpet
Annie Whitehead - trombone
Fayyaz Virji - trombone
Julian Arguelles - soprano and baritone sax
Chris Biscoe - alto sax, clarinet
Steve Williamson - tenor and alto sax
Jeff Gordon - tenor sax, clarinet, flute
Robert Juritz - tenor sax
Chris McGregor - piano
Ernest Mothle - electric bass
Gilbert Matthews - drums
Thomas Dyani - congas


1. Dakar [19:37]
2. Atlantic Island Dreams [10:42]
3. You And Me (Sejui) [10:29)
4. Country Cooking [13:12]
5. Big G [10:38]
6. Andromeda [06:20]

Recorded live at the Jazz Middelheim Festival in Antwerp, Belgium, August 14, 1987

FM radio broadcast
Total time [70:58]


30 April 2011

HARRY BECKETT - Pictures Of You (Paladin 1985)


1. What's The Secret 9.14
2. Pictures Of You 8.36
3. One Step Ahead 8.10
4. In Case You Hadn't Heard Mrs Smith Is Here 8.29
5. The Chosen One 9.52

Harry Beckett - trumpet
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Pete Sabberton - piano
Mick Hutton - double bass
Tony Marsh - drums
Tim Whitehead - tenor sax on 3
Leroy Osborne - vocals on 2

Recorded at Wave Studios, 1985
(Paladin Records / Virgin 1985 LP)


This album is clear straight ahead date, similiar in line up to previously posted two Harry Beckett Quintet BBC sessions from 1980's.  Melodic themes and fierce soloing from all involved. 

17 April 2011

ELTON DEAN QUINTET "WELCOMET" (IMPETUS, 1986)





There was a request for this album some time ago - Enjoy!




ELTON DEAN QUINTET "WELCOMET"


Elton Dean, saxello, alto saxophone
Harry Beckett, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Marcio Mattos, bass
Liam Genockey, drums


1. Welcomet 26:34
2. Rio Rules 18:44
3. Obrigado 07:11


Recorded live by Radio Cultura de Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 1986.

IMPETUS IMP 18612

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15 November 2010

Harry Beckett on BBC Jazz Club



Here's the final batch of this Harry Beckett mini series. These are three different sessions done for the BBC's Jazz Club, the oldest from 1975 and the newest from 1982.

The first session was with Joy Unlimited and featuring a line-up which nearly matches that of the 1975 album we posted here earlier.

(1) Harry Beckett's Joy Unlimited

BBC Jazz Club session

Broadcast 27 July 1975

Harry Beckett (tp, flgl horn)
Brian Miller (el p)
Ray Russell (g)
Steve Cook (bg)
John Webb (dr)
Robin Jones (perc)

1. Green Stripes on Red 07:08
2. announcer 00:42
3. Not for Tomorrow, for to Now 10:07
4. announcer 00:30
5. Rings within Rings 7:59

The only difference is that Steve Cook is on bass guitar for this session, while Daryl Runswick takes care of bass duties on the "Memories" lp. Another nice difference is that none of the three selections here is on the actual lp, giving us three bonus pieces, which can't be bad, eh? The music is delightful, as expected, in the fusionist latinist mode of the two Joy Unlimited albums posted here before. Ample room for Beckett and Russell soloing on these pieces.

The next session is from sometime in 1981/82 with a fully different lineup:

(2) Harry Beckett Quintet

BBC Jazz Club session

1981 / 1982(?)

Harry Beckett (tp, flgl horn)
Elton Dean (as, saxello)
Martin Blackwell (p, el p)
Paul Rogers (b)
Tony Marsh (d)

1. Images of Clarity 07:53
2. announcer 00:52
3. Pictures of You 08:25
4. announcer 00:20
5. Time of Day 07:51

No clear indications of the date, though there is a brief mention of "last time" in the presentation which might be taken to mean that the quintet has guested on Jazz Club before. Highlights here; some very vital bass work from up-and-coming bass maestro Paul Rogers; a ballad solo from Elton Dean on the saxello (not quite what one might expect from that quarter).

(3) Harry Beckett Quintet

BBC Jazz Club session

Broadcast 14 Feb 1982

Harry Beckett (tp, flgl horn)
Elton Dean (saxello, as)
Michael Garrick (el p, p)
Paul Rogers (b)
Tony Marsh (d)

1. Symbols 09:12
2. announcer 00:58
3. Chandeliers and Mirrors 13:18
4. announcer 00:35
5. Chase me no more 07:15

Almost the same lineup here, except Michael Garrick has stepped in for Mr. Blackwell, not a bad substitute by any stretch. Highlights here; a Dean right-in-your-face outburst right at the beginning which sounds more like the venerable Peter Brötzmann than Mr. Dean himself; dramatic piano on the middle, slow, tune from Garrick (the second piece is always a slow one on these three sessions).

Astounding good sound quality on these sessions; only a little FM static in the background. I've no idea whether these sessions have been preserved in the BBC archives or whether the tapes have been wiped or deleted or whatever has happened. In any case, kudos to the preservationist ethos of whoever recorded this and whoever made it more widely available through the Dime network. I'm merely passing it on to the open domain, which is where it should be.

All three sessions hosted by legendary BBC jazz presenter Peter Clayton who, alas, is no longer with us.

9 November 2010

Harry Beckett's Joy Unlimited - Memories of Bacares/Got It Made




"The world is a great place to live in if you can throw off the blues every so often. It is with this thought in mind that we have set out to create joyful music using styles of jazz rock and Latin American rhytms and voicings to help us achieve our aim. We have enjoyed creating this music. We hope it has the desired effect and that you, the listener, are that bit happier for hearing it." So said Harry Beckett in the sleeve notes to "Memories of Bacares".

"A generous and open-hearted man and one of the most popular characters on the British jazz scene, you get the impression that if it hadn't occured to Harry Beckett to call his band "Joy Unlimited", his fans would have come up with the idea anyway. It has the atmosphere of a steel band, or a calypso group or something that happened along at a Mexican wedding; an infectious chuckle, like the sound of Harry's trumpet". Those are the words of UK jazz critic John Fordham in the liner notes to "Got It Made."

The above quotations might have given you an idea about what these two albums are about: Groovable, memorable tunes with a fat layer of jazz expertise on top to give you that uplifting vibe. For this project, Beckett recruited a solid bunch of fellows; Ray Russell, Roy Babbington, Alan Jackson and others with one foot in jazz and beyond and the other in rock and musicals. The result is accessible, but never facile, slick or cliched. "Memories" is live, "Got it made" is studio, so the live one gives the crew a chance to go a little further while the studio one is sharp, tightly arranged and executed, yet never sterile. These are not your typical Ogun releases, to the extent that term applies at all to that exquisite record label. The non-applicability of the word "typical" is a definite plus in my book.

Basic facts:

Harry Beckett's Joy Unlimited - Memories of Bacares
Ogun OG 800

Side One
The Dew At Dawn
Dreams Come And Go

Side Two
Crystals
Can't Think About Now

Harry Beckett - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Ray Russell - Guitar
Brian Miller - Electric Piano
Daryl Runswick - Bass Guitar
Robin Jones - Percussion
John Webb - Drums

Recorded at a Hackney Jazz date at the Sussex, Culford Road, London, N.1 on 25 November 1975 by Keith Beal

All music composed by Harry Beckett


Harry Beckett's Joy Unlimited - Got It Made
Ogun OG 020

Side one
Got It Made
Moon Dancer
Time Again

Side Two
Jungle wild
Spiral Image
Getting It Right

Harry Beckett - trumpet, flugelhorn
Ray Russell - guitar
Pete Lemer - Keyboards
Roy Babbington - bass, bass guitar
Martyn David - percussion
Alan Jackson - drums

Recorded 13 July 1977

All music composed by Harry Beckett

To be enjoyed standing up or leaping about in an approximately rhythmic manner.

20 September 2010

Harry Beckett Trio live in Cottbus, DDR, 1982



More Harry Beckett and there will be even more in the time to come. This is a killer set from the old German Democratic Republic, showing that they weren't entirely cloth-eared as far as jazz was concerned on the eastern side of the wall.

This is Beckett in a 70s Miles mode, but not in the funky fusion mode which is what you might have expected. Short, clipped bursts of trumpet, sparse, nothing ostentatious. Behind is the juggernaut of Harry Miller and Louis Moholo which guarantees that it's gotta be good. Of course, we've heard of the Osborne and Brötzmann trios with these two super-heros so I'm extremely happy to have found this set and to be able to share it with all of you. This is off the Dime network, but these jazzy golden nuggests tend to disappear all too soon, so I'm determined to keep it available here on this blog.

Basic facts:

Harry Beckett Trio
Cottbus (Germany)
45. Jazzwerkstatt
1982-04-24 - April 24, 1982


Harry Beckett tp, flh
Harry Miller b
Louis Moholo dr

1) 38:10

Reportedly taped off radio, so the sound quality is impeccable.

What's left to say but enjoy!