Tuesday, September 1, 2009

How this non sense music can all make sense?

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song


Label: Blue Note
Catalog#:5938742 (12003, CD)

First Release: Blue Note BST 84219 (LP,1966)

Tracks:
1.Fuschia Swing Song
2.Downstairs Blues Upstairs
3.Cyclic Episode
4.Luminous Monolith
5.Beatrice
6.Ellipsis
7.Luminous Monolith - (alternate take, bonus track)
8.Downstairs Blues Upstairs - (take 1, bonus track)
9.Downstairs Blues Upstairs - (take 2, bonus track)
10.Downstairs Blues Upstairs - (take 3, bonus track)

Personnel:
Sam Rivers (Tenor Saxophone)
Ron Carter (Double Bass)
Anthony Williams (Drums)
Jaki Byard (Piano)

Recorded on December 11, 1964 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Wayne Shorter - The All Seeing Eye


Label: Blue Note
Catalog#:2454327 (1999, CD)

First Release: Blue Note BST 84219 (LP,1966)

Tracks:
1. The All Seeing Eye (Wayne Shorter) 10:32
2. Genesis (Wayne Shorter) 11:44
3. Chaos (Wayne Shorter) 6:55
4. Face Of The Deep (Wayne Shorter) 5:29
5. Mephistopheles (Alan Shorter) 9:38

Personnel:
Wayne Shorter (Tenor Saxophone)
Freddie Hubbard (Trumpet and Flugelhorn)
Grachan Moncur III (Trombone)
James Spaulding (Alto Saxophone)
Herbie Hancock (Piano)
Ron Carter (Double Bass)
Joe Chambers (Drums)
Alan Shorter (Flugelhorn)

Recorded on October 15, 1965 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Anthony Braxton - Donna Lee


Label: Universal Music
Catalog#:067863-2 (CD, 2004)

Tracks:
1. Donna Lee
2. H-204 3=HF/G (Also 23L)*
3. You Got To My Head
4. You Got To My Head
5. 60666 C- 66 M (Also 23K)*

Personnel:
Michael Joseph Smith, Piano
Oliver Johnson, Drums
Anthony Braxton, Clarinet, Sax (Soprano), Double Bass, Sax (Alto), Flute
Peter Warren, Double Bass

*Thanks centrifuge

Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor: Colin Davis
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Audio CD (July 4, 2006) Original recording remastered
Label: Philips
Catalog#:B000E6EH1S

Tracks:
  1. Rêveries - Passions (Dreams - Passions)
  2. Un bal (A ball)
  3. Scène aux champs (Scene in the country)
  4. Marche au supplice (March to the scaffold)
  5. Songe d'une nuit de sabbat (Dream of a witches' Sabbath)
Amsterdam 1974

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Anthony Braxton - Quintet (Basel) 1977


Label: HatOLOGY
Catalog#: 545 (CD, 2001)

Tracks:

1. Comp. 69 J (Braxton) [16:25]

2. Comp. 69 N / 69 G (Braxton) [26:03]

3. Comp. 69 M (Braxton) [12:52]

4. Comp. 40 B (Braxton) [18:16]

Personnel:

Anthony Braxton (as, sss, cl)
George Lewis (tb)
Muhal Richard Abrams (p)
Mark Helias (b)
Charles "Bobo" Shaw (d)

Recorded live June 2, 1977 at Safranzunft, Basel (Switzerland) by Radio DRS Basel

Friday, August 22, 2008

Anthony Braxton - The Montreux/Berlin Concerts



Label: Arista
Catalog#: AL 5002 (2-LP, 1976)

Tracks:
1. Comp. 40N/Comp. 23J 21:59
2. Comp. 40 (O) 7:39
3. Comp. 6C 10:05
4. Comp. 6F/Comp. 40K 23:51
5. Comp. 63 23:19

Anthony Braxton
The Montreux Concert

Original Release: Arista AL 5002 (2-LP, 1976)
Other Releases:
1. Trio PA 79 (LP, Japan)
2. The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton, Mosaic Records (8-CD, 2008)
3. Live, RCA Bluebird 6626-2-RB (CD, 1987)

1. {Comp. 40 N} (Braxton) [7:59] Track 1 [Arista AL 5002 (2-LP, 1976)]
2. {Comp. 23 J} (Braxton) [13:49] Track 1 [Arista AL 5002 (2-LP, 1976)]
3. {Comp. 40 (O)} (Braxton) [9:58] Track 2 [Arista AL 5002 (2-LP, 1976)]

Anthony Braxton (as, cl, ss s, cbcl, fl)
Kenny Wheeler (tpt)
Dave Holland (b)
Barry Altschul (d, perc, gongs)

July 20, 1975
Montreux Jazz Festival
Montreux (Switzerland)

Anthony Braxton
The Berlin Concert

Original Release: Arista AL 5002 (2-LP)
Other Releases:
1. Toshiba WAJ 67016/17 (2-LP, Japan)
2. The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton, Mosaic Records (8-CD, 2008)
3. Live, RCA Bluebird 6626-2-RB (CD, 1987)

1. {Comp. 6 C} (Braxton) [10:38] Track 3 [Arista AL 5002 (2-LP, 1976)]
2. {Comp. 6 F} (Braxton) [7:38] Track 4 [Arista AL 5002 (2-LP, 1976)]
3. {Comp. 40 K} (Braxton) [13:51] Track 4 [Arista AL 5002 (2-LP, 1976)]
4. {Comp. 63} (Braxton) [23:34] Track 5 [Arista AL 5002 (2-LP, 1976)]

Anthony Braxton (as, cl, ss s, cbcl, fl)
George Lewis (tb)
Dave Holland (b) on #1-3
Barry Altschul (d, perc, gongs) on #1-3
The Berlin New Music Group conducted by Herr Hummel on #4

November 4, 1976 (#1-3)
November 6, 1976 (#4)
Berlin Jazz Days
Berlin (Germany)

Info: restructures.net