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Carla Bley - Carla's Christmas Carols (Berlin 2008)

I posted this one two years ago... so here it is again, right in time for x-mas. Must be the most idiosyncratic versions ever done of Christmas Carols - gotta love it!

Her carols have also been released officially on ECM - the review by John Fordham in the Guardian is still out there - and I've gotten the CD in the meantime and enjoy it a lot!

Carla Bley Plays Christmas Carols
Berlin (Germany), Passionskirche
December 4, 2008 (MP2)

Carla Bley - piano, arrangements, leader
Steve Swallow - bass
Tobias Weidinger - trumpet, Glockenspiel
Axel Schlosser - trumpet
Christine Chapman - french horn
Adrian Mears - trombone
Ed Partyka - bass trombone, tuba

1. O Tannenbaum (2:23)
2. Silent Night And Day (8:35)
3. Jingle Bells (3:22)
4. The Christmas Song (5:25)
5. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (5:35)
6. O Holy Night - Joy To The World (8:29)
7. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen (9:46)
8. O Come To Bethlehem, All Ye Faithful (5:53)

TT: 49:28

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

Note:

A Piano Jazz Christmas (1994)

Yes, it's that time already again... I recommend you get June Christy's fine album This Time of Year if you want to hear something strong and personal. There's also Carla Bley's Carla's Christmas Carols (I'd be happy to bring back up the live recording I've shared of this - just put in a comment).

Those might be my favorites in the rare, very rare cases I want to hear Christmas music. I do have the Dylan disc and give it two or three spins I guess, but no Bing and Ol' Blue Eyes for me, please.

Marian McPartland's "Piano Jazz" show seems to be the longest-running radio show... and a wonderful one at that. Three albums of Christmas music have been released, but to my best of understanding, none of the music from the broadcast below has been officially released. Marian herself isn't part of the show, instead Bill Cosby is the host. There are several fine piano players involved, including the late Hilton Ruiz and the great Randy Weston, as well as Shirley Scott, Cedar Walton and younger players Michael Weiss and Cyrus Chestnut.

I've re-tracked this version (thanks go out to the kind dimer who put this out initially!), fixing some minor track-mark issues. As it is now, if you prefer to omit all the Cosby chatter (I for one most certainly do), you can just delete those tracks and the rest will be nicely programmed (a bit of talk remains, as Randy Weston introduces one of his tunes while playing piano underneath).

I hope you'll enjoy, and I wish those of who care a happy holiday season.

A Piano Jazz Christmas
Philadelphia, PA (USA)
December 14, 1994 (NPR)

Michael Weiss - piano (#2)
Shirley Scott - piano (#4, 13)
Cedar Walton - piano (#6, 17)
Cyrus Chestnut - piano (#7, 12)
Hilton Ruiz - piano (#9)
Randy Weston - piano (#10, 15)

host: Bill Cosby

01. Introduction by Bill Cosby (1:24)
02. MICHAEL WEISS: Winter Wonderland (Richard B. Smith-Felix Bernard) 4:11
03. Announcement by Bill Cosby (1:01)
04. SHIRLEY SCOTT: Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella (16c Trad. from France) 4:13
05. Announcement by Bill Cosby (1:05)
06. CEDAR WALTON: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Edmund Sears) 3:45
07. CYRUS CHESTNUT: O' Come, All Ye Faithful (John Francis Wade) 4:28
08. Announcement by Bill Cosby (1:32)
09. HILTON RUIZ: Deck the Halls (Trad. from Wales) 6:22
10. Announcement by Bill Cosby (0:14)
11. RANDY WESTON: The Children's Icicle Song (Randy Weston) 5:17
12. Announcement by Bill Cosby (1:53)
13. CYRUS CHESTNUT: The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé-Bob Wells) 4:37
14. SHIRLEY SCOTT: Infant Jesus (Shirley Scott) 4:09
15. Announcement by Bill Cosby (0:27)
16. RANDY WESTON: Prayer for Us (Randy Weston) 4:40
17. Announcement by Bill Cosby (1:20)
18. CEDAR WALTON: Silent Night (Joseph Mohr-Franz Xaver Gruber) 5:10
19. Closing Announcement by Bill Cosby (0:06)

TT: 56:03

Source: radio, transfered from a defected cassette. I don't know of any good sources.
Sound: Tracks 1-4 B+/4-18 A.


:: ubu edits ::

retracked (fixed early & late marks)
separated announcement from beginning of #10

FLAC > TLH > Cool Edit Pro > TLH (8,sb fixed) > FLAC

Tribute to Phil Cohran - Chicago 2005

Tribute to Kelan Phil Cohran
NEW CHICAGO MUSIC - AACM 40th Anniversary
Chicago, IL (USA), Hothouse
May 14, 2005

Malachi Thompson - trumpet, flugelhorn
Roscoe Mitchell - saxophone
Harrison Bankhead - bass
Vincent Davis - drums
Kahil El'Zabar - percussion, kalimba

feat: Kelan Phil Cohran - kalimba, zither, etc. (on #3)

1. Band Improv 1 (12:48)
2. Kahil award Cohran (6:47)
3. C Blues Improv with Cohran (5:40)
4. Band Improv 2 (27:37)

TT: 52:54

Sound: A-/B+

Recorded by CameraEye using Sony MZ-N10 MD recorder & Sony ECM-MS907 mic
Mindisc > CDR > CD Wave Editor > Flac Level 8
(ripped again w/EAC)

Many, many thanks to the person who taped and shared over on dime!

Ceu - Cologne 2009

repost upon request

note, again: I couldn't positively i-d #10 - it's on neither of the CDs.

CéU
Köln (Germany), Stadtgarten
October 25, 2009

Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças - vocals
Guilherme Ribeiro - keyboards, guitar, accordion
Lucas Martins - electric bass, vocals
Bruno Buarque - drums
DJ Marco - turntables

1. fm intro (0:38)
2. Sobre O Amor E Seu Trabalho Silencioso (1:21)
3. Espaçonave (3:37)
4. Comadi (3:49)
5. Malemolência (4:10)
6. Lenda (4:29)
7. Grain de Beauté (4:25)
8. Nascente (4:49)
9. Cangote (5:41)
10. Visgo de Jaca (4:59)
11. Bubuia (3:26)
12. Ponteiro (4:57)
13. 10 Contados (3:34)
14. Papa (1:23)
15. Cordão da Insônia (4:50)
16. Ave Cruz (4:41)
17. Rainha (6:35) [fm voiceover at beginning]

TT: 67:33

Sound: A
Lineage: FM (analog cable) - SpinDoctor - Audacity 1.3.2 - xACT

Funkhaus Europa
World Live
2009-12-13

Thanks to the seeder over on dime!

The Alvin Curran Filharmonia - "May I Know" - Taktlos Bern 2002

I recently got a request for a re-up of this set... Curran's website suggest that possibly a part of this was released on the Tzadik CD "Lost Marbles", but I don't have it to check the exact details.

Anyway, here's the entire set!

The Alvin Curran Filharmonia
"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

ubu cinéphil (toujours)

Update...

This is by far not a complete list. I started going to the movies earlier, and I didn't take any notes about new films I saw for a long time. Anyway, I think this list may represent about two thirds of what I saw, and from 2004 on, it should be pretty complete.



::: 1996 :::

La vie et rien d'autre (Bernard Tavernier)
prob. O Thiasos (Theo Angelopoulos)



::: 1997 :::

prob. Nosferatu (Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau)
prob. Faust (Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau)
prob. La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir)
prob. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz)
prob. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks)
La dolce vita (Federico Fellini)
La notte (Michelangelo Antonioni)
L'atalante (Jean Vigo)
prob. M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (Fritz Lang)
Un chien andalou (Luis Bunuel)
L'age d'or (Luis Bunuel)
prob. They Live By Night (Nicholas Ray)
prob. Panzerkreuzer Potemkin (Sergej Eisenstein)
prob. Der Tod in Venedig (Lucchino Visconti)



::: 1998 :::

prob. La belle et la bête (Jean Cocteau)
Streik (Sergej Eisenstein)
Panzerkreuzer Potemkin (Sergej Eisenstein)
Oktober (Sergej Eisenstein)
prob. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)
prob. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola)
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene)
prob. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman)
Knife in the Water (Roman Polanski)
prob. Cul-de-sac (Roman Polanski)
prob. Asche und Diamant (Andrzej Waida)
La famiglia (Ettore Scola)
C'eravamo tanto amati (Ettore Scola)
Annie Hall (Woody Allen)
Manhattan (Woody Allen)
Zelig (Woody Allen)
Repulsion (Roman Polanski)
Belle de Jour (Luis Bunuel)
The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah)
The Getaway (Sam Peckinpah)
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (Sam Peckinpah)
The Servant (Joseph Losey)
Week-end (Jean-Luc Godard)
Kleine Margeriten (Very Chytilova)



::: 1999 :::

prob. Stalker (Andrej Tarkowski)
prob. Blue Velvet (David Lynch)
prob. The Go-Between (Joseph Losey)
Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick)
prob. GoodFellas (Martin Scorsese)
The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock)
The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock)
Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock)
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock)
Die Liebe einer Blondine (Milos Forman)
Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven)
Malina (Werner Schroeter)
Accatone (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Mamma Roma (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Il vangelo secondo Matteo (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Uccellaci e uccellini (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Teorema (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Medea (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
I raconti di Caterbury (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Il fiore delle mille e una notte (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Salo o le 120 giorante di Sodoma (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Tirez sur le pianiste (François Truffaut)



::: 2000 :::

plenty of Luis Bunuel (European films mostly)
Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese)
Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese)
Casino (Martin Scorsese)
most of Robert Bresson's films
Ekstase (Gustav Machaty)
Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Betolucci) ?
The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks)
films of Laszo Moholy-Nagy
The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston)
Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray)
Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick)
Le jour se lève (Marcel Carné)
Quai des brumes (Marcel Carné)
Les enfants du paradis (Marcel Carné)
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Richard Brooks)
A bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard)
Le mépris (Jean-Luc Godard)
Masculin - Féminin (Jean-Luc Godard)
Tout va bien (Jean-Luc Godard)
Sauve qui peut (la vie) (Jean-Luc Godard)
Prénom Carmen (Jean-Luc Godard)
Nouvelle Vague (Jean-Luc Godard)
For Ever Mozart (Jean-Luc Godard)



::: 2001 :::

Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard)
Les Cousins (Claude Chabrol)
Le Beau Serge (Claude Chabrol)
Les noces rouges (Claude Chabrol)
Violette Nozière (Claude Chabrol)
Les phantomes du chapelier (Claude Chabrol)
The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang)
Spellbound (Alfred Hitchcock)
Otto e mezzo (Federico Fellini)
Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski)
Billy Liar (John Schlesinger)
Le bal (Ettore Scola)
Cronaca familiare (Valerio Zurlini)
La prima notte di quiete (Valerio Zurlini)
Il deserto dei Tartari (Valerio Zurlini)
Das Glück (Alexander Medwjedkin)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter (Errol Morris)
Les quatre cent coups (François Truffaut)
Antoine et Colette (François Truffaut)
La peau douce (François Truffaut)
La nuit américaine (François Truffaut)
La chambre verte (François Truffaut)
Jules et Jim (François Truffaut)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Richard Brooks)
Exodus (Otto Preminger)
Sweet Bird of Youth (Richard Brooks)
Harper (Jack Smight)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (John Huston)
The Mackintosh Man (John Huston)
The Verdict (Sindey Lumet)
Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi)
Die Ballade von Narayama (Shohei Imamura)
Iwans Kindheit (Andrej Tarkowski)
Andrej Rubljow (Andrej Tarkowski)
Serkalo (Andrej Tarkowski)
Stalker (Andrej Tarkowski)
Solaris (Andrej Tarkowski)
Nostalghia (Andrej Tarkowski)
Touch of Evil (Orson Welles)
One, Two, Three (Billy Wilder)
Ivan Grosny (Sergej Eisenstein)
Wenn die Kraniche ziehen (Michail Kalatosow)
La terra trema (Lucchino Visconti)
The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston)
The Lawless (Joseph Losey)
The Young One (Luis Bunuel)
M.A.S.H. (Robert Altman)
The Killing (Stanley Kubrick)
Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick)
Lolita (Stanley Kubrick)
Novecento (Bernardo Bertolucci)



::: 2002 ::::

no notes taken, guessed with help of archive websites of the the two cinemas I mostly frequent (here and here)

January
L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson) ?
Il gattopardo (Luchino Visctonti) ?

February
Roman Holiday (William Wyler) ?
Roberto Succo (Cédric Kahn)
Cerný Petr (Milos Forman)
Lásky jedné plavovlásky [Die Liebe einer Blondine] (Milos Forman)
Horí, má panenko [Feuerwehrball] (Milos Forman)
Ragtime (Milos Forman)

March
The Big Trail (Raoul Walsh)
The Roaring Tenties (Raoul Walsh)
They Drive By Night (Raoul Walsh)
High Sierra (Raoul Walsh)
White Heat (Raoul Walsh)
La règle du jeu (Jean Renoir)

April
The Third Man (Carol Reed) ?
Pickup on South Street (Samuel Fuller)

May
Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder) ?
Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder) ?
Sabrina (Billy Wilder) ?
The Seven Year Itch (Billy Wilder) ?
Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder) ?
Metropolis (Fritz Lang) ?
Man Hunt (Fritz Lang) ?
Hangmen Also Die (Fritz Lang) ?
You Only Live Once (Fritz Lang) ?
Lucky Luciano (Francesco Rosi) ?
Zelig (Woody Allen) ?

June
Stavisky (Alain Resnais)
Providence (Alain Resnais) ?
Mon oncle d'Amérique (Alain Resnais) ?
La vie est un roman (Alain Resnais) ?
Smoking (Alain Resnais)
No Smoking (Alain Resnais)
Sans soleil (Chris Marker) ?
Uckermark (Volker Koepp)
Bitterfeld, 1992 (Mathias Knauer)

July
La ley del deseo (Pedro Almodovar)
Matador (Pedro Almodovar)
Manhattan (Woody Allen) ?
The Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick) ?
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blake Edwards) ?
The Misfits (John Huston)
One, Two, Three (Billy Wilder)
Ieri, oggi, domani (Vittorio da Sica) ?

August
Tokyo monogatari (Yashuiro Ozu) ?
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (Nagisa Oshima)
Sans soleil (Chris Marker) ?
Messer im Kopf (Reinhard Hauff)
Fish and Elephant (Li Yu)
The Box (Echo Y. Windy)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston) ?
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Peter Hunt)

September
Absolut Warhola (Stanislaw Mucha)

November
some films by Polanski (Rosemary's Baby for sure, and I guess: Knife in the Water, Cul-de-Sac, Repulsion)

December
Week End (Jean-Luc Godard) ?



::: 2003 ::::

no notes taken, guessed with help of archive websites of the the two cinemas I mostly frequent (here and here)

January
Unagi (Shohei Imamura)
Nippon konchuki [The Insect Woman] (Shohei Imamura)
Narayama bushiko [Die Ballade von Narayama] (Shohei Imamura)
Ossessione (Luchino Visconti)
Sciuscia (Vittoria da Sica)
Ladri di biciclette (Vittoria da Sica)
Riso Amaro (Giuseppe de Santis)
Umberto D. (Vittoria da Sica)
Paisà (Roberto Rossellini)


February
Man with the Golden Arm (Otto Preminger)
Blow Up (Michelangelo Antonioni) ?
King Kong (Merian C. Cooper / Ernest B. Schoedsack) ?
Ekstase (Gustav Machaty)
The Accident (Joseph Losey)

March/April
The Servant (Joseph Losey)
Il Posto (Ermanno Olmi)

May
All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz) ?

June
The Parallax View (Alan Pakula)
Todo Modo (Elio Petri)
La grande illusion (Jean Renoir) ?

July
Das Glück (Alexander Medwjedkin)

September
Key Largo (John Huston) ?
La strada (Federico Fellini)
I vitelloni (Federico Fellini)
Otto e mezzo (Federico Fellini)
Giulietta degli spiriti (Federico Fellini)
Fellini: Roma (Federico Fellini) ?
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (Federico Fellini)

October
The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles) ?
The Maltese Falcon (John Huston) ?

December
Nuit et brouillard (Alain Resnais) ?



::: 2004 :::

January
03 - Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick)
10 - La petite Lili (Claude Miller)
11 - Scarface (Howard Hawks)
17 - The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
23 - Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick)

February
07 - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph Mankiewicz)
07 - Suspicious River (Lynne Stopkewich)
12 - Late George Apley (Joseph Mankiewicz)
13 - Lost in Translation (Sophia Coppola)
14 - Secretary (Steven Shainberg)
16 - The Dreamers (Bernardo Bertolucci)
18 - All About Eve (Joseph Mankiewicz)
19 - A Letter to Three Wives (Joseph Mankiewicz)
28 - Europa (Lars van Trier)

March
01 - House of Strangers (Joseph Mankiewicz)
02 - Element of Crime (Lars van Trier)
04 - The Barefoot Comtessa (Joseph Mankiewicz)
05 - Salvatore Giuliano (Francesco Rosi)
06 - Suddenly Last Summer (Joseph Mankiewicz)
09 - The Quiet American (Joseph Mankiewicz)
10 - The Honey Pot (Joseph Mankiewicz)
11 - Sleuth (Joseph Mankiewicz)
13 - Godfather I / Godfather II / Godfather III
25 - Le mani sulla città (Francesco Rosi)
27 - Temps du loup (Michael Haneke)

April
03 - Underground (Emir Kusturica)
10 - Elephant Man (David Lynch)
12 - Der Redner (?)
15 - Shoah (first half) (Claude Lanzman)
17 - Lucky Luciano (Francesco Rosi)
22 - Shoah (second half) (Claude Lanzman)
23 - Cadaveri eccellenti (Francesco Rosi)
24 - Návrat Idiota (Sasa Gedeon)
26 - Il caso Mattei (Francesco Rosi)
28 - Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (Francesco Rosi)
29 - Otosanek (Jan Svankmajer)

May
01 - Kuhle Wampe (Slatan Dudow)
05 - Werckmeister Harmoniak (Bela Tarr)
07 - Die Dreigroschenoper (Georg Wilhelm Pabst)
17 - The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev)
23 - Five Obstructions (Lars van Trier)
23 - Billy Liar (John Schlesinger)
25 - iXième (Stéphane Blok/Pierre-Yves Borgaud)
30 - L'histoire du Marie et Julien (Jacques Rivettte)

June
05 - Nathalie (Anne Fontaine)
09 - Stupeur et tremblement (Alain Corneau)
13 - Darling (John Schlesinger)
25 - Djävulens öga (Ingmar Bergman)
26 - Tokyo boshoku [Tokyo Twilight] (Yasujiro Ozu)
27 - Soshun [Early Spring] (Yasujiro Ozu)
29 - Peccate che sia una canaglia (Alessandro Blasetti)

no entries done for July and first half of August, probably most of Ozu's other great filmes, incl. Early Autumn, Late Autumn, Early Summer, Drifting Weeds and one or two others

August
15 - Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel)
19 - The Ghost Train (Géza von Bolváry)
21 - Foolish Wives (Erich von Stroheim)
26 - Wunder der Schöpfung (Hanns Walter Kornblum) / La reine des papillons (Ladislaus Starewitch)
28 - Eva (Joseph Losey)
29 - Viva Maria (Louis Malle)
31 - Les liaisons dangereux (Roger Vadim)

September
02 - Count Basie film shorts
04 - Fantome de la Liberte (Luis Buñuel)
08 - Journal d'une femme de chambre (Luis Buñuel)

probably nothing for two months... (it does happen!)

November
14 - Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming/David O. Selznick)

December
27 - Le serviteur de Kali [Nizhalkkuthu] (Adoor Gopalakrishnan)

no other entries for late 2004... probably just too lazy to fill in my diary back then.



::: 2005 :::

January
09 - Les noces rouges (Claude Chabrol)
12 - Themroc (Claude Faraldo)
21 - Max et les ferrailleurs (Claude Sautet)

February
01 - In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai)
13 - La belle noiseuse (Jacques Rivette)
26 - 2046 (Wong Kar-Wai)

March
07 - The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman)
13 - Accordion Tribe (Stefan Schwietert)
16 - 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum (Assi Dayan)
19 - Two Weeks in another Town (Vincente Minelli)

April
02 - Rebellion [Jî-uchi Hairyô tsuma shimatsu] (Masaki Kobayashi)
10 - Senso (Visconti)
16 - Sedmikrasky (Very Chytilová)

May
07 - Viskningar och rop [Cries and Whispers] (Ingmar Bergman)
12 - Sommaren med Monika (Ingmar Bergman)
25 - Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grossstadt (Walter Ruttmann)
27 - Entr'acte / Ballet Mécanique etc.
27 - Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard)

June
16 - Rat der Götter (Kurt Maetzig)

no entries for all summer and fall

November
09 - History of Violence (David Cronenberg)
16 - Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
21 - La belle dame sans merci (Germaine Dulac)

December
02 - Alfie (Lewis Gilbert)
04 - Get Carter (Mike Hodges)
07 - The Ipcress File (Sidney J. Furie)



::: 2006 :::

January
14 - Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch)
18 - Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen)
19 - Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa)
21 - Radio Days (Woody Allen)
21 - Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen)
21 - Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen)

February
06 - Nora Inu [Stray Dog] (Akira Kurosawa)
14 - Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano)
15 - The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer)
18 - The Ice Storm (Ang Lee)
25 - Where the Truth Lies (Atom Egoyan)

March
08 - Przypadek [Blind Chance] (Krzystof Kieslowski)
10 - four shorts/documentaries by Kieslowski
13 - Decalogue I & II (Krzystof Kieslowski)
14 - Decalogue III & IV (Krzystof Kieslowski)
17 - Decalogue V & VI (Krzystof Kieslowski)
20 - Decalogue VII & VIII (Krzystof Kieslowski)
21 - La double vie de Veronique (Krzystof Kieslowski)
25 - Decalogue IX & X (Krzystof Kieslowski)

April
05 - L'appartment (Gilles Mimouni)
26 - Irréversible (Gaspar Noé)
27 - La société du spectacle (Guy Debord)
29 - Viaggio in Italia (Roberto Rossellini)

May
02 - Institute Benjamenta (Stephen & Timothy Quay)

July
18 - Dites-lui que je l'aime (Claude Miller)
19 - Le cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville)
20 - Le dernier métro (François Truffaut)

September
29 - Under the Volcano (John Huston)

October
10 - La dignidad de los nadies (Fernando Solanas)
12 - La nube (Fernando Solanas)
14 - Nachbarn (?)
15 - Ung flukt (Edith Carlmar)
25 - El sur (Fernando Solanas)
28 - Das Leben der Anderen (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
?? - Memoria del saqueo (Fernando Solanas)

November
03 - Black Dahlia (Brian de Palma)

no more entries in 2006



::: 2007 :::

January
05 - Pasolini short films
16 - The Following (Christopher Nolan)
21 - Serpico (Sidney Lumet)
27 - Teorema (Pier Paolo Pasolini)

March
12 - Ball of Fire (Howard Hawks)
15 - L'année dernière à Marienbad (Alain Resnais)
17 - Futarizuma (Wife! Be Like a Rose) (Mikio Naruse)
21 - Ukigumo (Floating Clouds) (Mikio Naruse)
22 - A Girl in Every Port (Howard Hawks)
27 - Les témoins (Eric Rohmer)

April
06 - Zazie dans le metro (Louis Malle)
09 - Une femme est une femme (Jean-Luc Godard)
14 - I pugni in tasca (Marco Bellocchio)
28 - Tokyo Drifter (Seijun Suzuki)

May
03 - Do You Remember Dolly Bell (Emir Kusturica)
05 - Bin-Jip (Kim Ki-duk)
06 - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Kim Ki-duk)
10 - Oldboy (Park Chan-wook)
13 - Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook)
16 - Junta/Garage Olimpo (Marco Bechis)
18 - Prima della rivoluzione (Bernardo Bertolucci)
19 - Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn)
20 - Partner (Bernardo Bertolucci)
20 - Prima della rivoluzione (Bernardo Bertolucci)
31 - Tsisperi mtebi anu daujerebeli ambavi [Blue Mountains] (Eldar Shengelaya)

June
12 - The Last Show (Robert Altman)
26 - Black Book (Michael Verhoeven)

July
03 - Laura (Otto Preminger)
13 - Infernal Affairs (Wai Keung Lau/Siu Fai Mak)
22 - La société du spectacle (Guy Debord)
26 - Le locataire (Roman Polanski)

August
06 - Possession (Andrzej Zulawski)
10 - Avanti (Billy Wilder)
14 - Batalla en el cielo (Carlos Reygadas)
19 - Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer)
23 - Indigènes (Rachid Bouchareb)
27 - Erotikon (Mauritz Stiller)

September
01 - Dark Passage (Delmer Dawes)
02 - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Fritz Lang)
03 - Criss Cross (Robert Siodmak)
06 - Lola (Jacques Démy)
08 - Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel)
19 - The Bubble (Eytan Fox)
27 - Anna (Pierre Koralnick)

October
10 - Il grido (Michelangelo Antonioni)
12 - L'avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni)
17 - L'eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni)
20 - L'eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni)
21 - Chung Kuo - Cina (Michelangelo Antonioni)
25 - The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges)
27 - Il deserto rosso (Michelangelo Antonioni)

November
04 - Eros (Michelangelo Antonioni/Steven Soderbergh/Wong Kar-Wai)
07 - Professione: reporter (Michelangelo Antonioni)
10 - Identificazione di una donna (Michelangelo Antonioni)
15 - Al di là delle nuvole (Michelangelo Antonioni)
18 - Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch)
22 - Atonement (Joe Wright)
27 - Lust, Caution (Ang Lee)

December
03 - Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch)
21 - Cluny Brown (Ernst Lubitsch) ?
22 - Bluebeard's Eight Wife (Ernst Lubitsch) ?
28 - Lo meglio gioventù (Marco Tullio Giordana)
31 - Heaven Can Wait (Ernst Lubitsch)



::: 2008 :::

January
10 - Die Walze & die Geige (Andrej Tarkowskij) / Une journée d'Andrej Arsenevitch (Chris Marker)
12 - Serkalo (Andrej Tarkowskij)
14 - Moscow Elegy (Alexander Sokurow)
16 - La chinoise (Jean-Luc Godard)
26 - Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud / Marjane Satrapi)
29 - The Italian Job (Peter Collinson)

February
01 - Get Carter (Mike Hodges)
07 - The Shanghai Gesture (Josef von Sternberg)
14 - Mad Dog and Glory (John McNaughton)
22 - Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)

March
04 - I'm Not There (Todd Haynes)
07 - Le notti bianche (Luchino Visconti)
08 - Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah)
11 - Taking Sides (Istvan Szabo)
15 - Oberst Redl (Istvan Szabo)
20 - The Pawnbroker (Sidney Lumet)
21 - Breath (Kim Ki-duk)

April
04 - Major Dundee (Sam Peckinpah)
05 - Le joli mai (Chris Marker)
08 - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah)
09 - Loin du Vietnam (Chris Marker a.o., incl. Jean-Luc Godard / Alain Resnais)
10 - Carnal Knowledge (Mike Nichols)
18 - Monte Walsh (William A. Fraker)
24 - Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy)
29 - Mio fratello e figlio unico (Daniele Lucchetti)
30 - Le fond de l'air est rouge (Chris Marker)

May
15 - Le magnifique (Philippe de Broca)
28 - The House of Bamboo (Samuel Fuller)
29 - Actrices (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi)

June
01 - Navigators (Ken Loach)
07 - Anatomy of Murder (Otto Preminger)

July
03 - Julia (Erick Zonca)
29 - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Sidney Lumet)

August
07 - J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster (Samuel Benchetrit)
21 - Torn Curtain (Alfred Hitchcock)
22 - The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock)
27 - Topaz (Alfred Hitchcock)
28 - An Inn at Osaka (Heinosuke Gosho)
30 - El dependiente (Leonardo Favio)
31 - Marnie (Alfred Hitchcock)

September
01 - Where Chimneys Are Seen (Heinosuke Gosho)
04 - North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock)
12 - The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, US remake)
17 - Tres veces Ana (David José Kohon)
26 - Under Capricorn (Alfred Hitchcock)

October
17 - Twilight (Robert Benton)
18 - Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock)
20 - Te'alat Blaumilch [Blaumilchkanal] (Ephraim Kishon)
23 - Baader Meinhof Komplex (Uli Edel)
28 - Burn After Reading (Joel & Ethan Coen)

November
03 - The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks)
07 - Sabotage (Alfred Hitchcock)
13 - Uzak (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)

December
02 - Iklimler (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
09 - Izganie [The Banishment] (Andrei Zvyagintsev)
12 - Cul-de-sac (Roman Polanski)
13 - Top Hat (Mark Sandrich)
18 - Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman)
20 - Buddenbrocks (Heinrich Breloer)
27 - Un conte de Noël (Arnaud Desplechin)



::: 2009 :::

January
23 - The Deadly Affair (Sidney Lumet)
25 - King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (Sidney Lumet)
27 - Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle)
29 - Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Glauber Rocha)

February
10 - Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes)
15 - Lemon Tree (Eran Riklis)
19 - Entre les murs (aka La classe) (Laurent Cantet)

March
12 - The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky)
19 - La forteresse (Fernand Melgar)
26 - Der Knochenmann (Wolfgang Murnberger)

April
03 - La chienne (Jean Renoir)
05 - Une partie de campagne / La vie est à nous (Jean Renoir)
06 - Le crime de M. Lange (Jean Renoir)
07 - Boudu sauvé de l'eau (Jean Renoir)
10 - Toni (Jean Renoir)
15 - Diary of a Chambermaid (Jean Renoir)
17 - Les bas-fonds (Jean Renoir)
23 - La bête humaine (Jean Renoir)
27 - Comizi d'amore (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
29 - La règle du jeu (Jean Renoir)

May
01 - Swamp Water (Jean Renoir)
02 - La Marseillaise (Jean Renoir)
04 - The Golden Coach (Jean Renoir)
06 - French Cancan (Jean Renoir)
07 - The Woman on the Beach (Jean Renoir)
08 - The River (Jean Renoir)
09 - Dejeuner sur l'herbe (Jean Renoir)
13 - No More Smoke Signals (Fanny Bräuning)
15 - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen)
15 - La salamandre (Alain Tanner)
18 - L'invitation (Claude Goretta)
21 - Messidor (Alain Tanner)
22 - Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (Alain Tanner)
25 - Le fou (Claude Goretta)
27 - Le retour d'Afrique (Alain Tanner)
30 - La lune avec les dents (Michel Soutter)

June
04 - Ricky (François Ozon)
06 - Angels & Demons (aka Illuminati) (Ron Howard)
09 - The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese)
19 - No Direction Home (Martin Scorsese)

July
13 - Kærlighed på film [Just Another Love Story] (Ole Bornedal)
22 - Alle andern (Maren Ade)

August
10 - Otto e mezzo (Federico Fellini)
20 - Public Enemies (Michael Mann)
24 - Viva Zapata (Elia Kazan)
25 - Los abrazos rotos (Pedro Almodovar)
27 - Bardelys the Magnificient (King Vidor)
29 - On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan)
31 - Klostret i Sendomir (Victor Sjöström)

September
02 - Thérèse Raquin (Marcel Carné)
04 - East of Eden (Elia Kazan)
05 - The Rounders (Charles Chaplin) / Beggars of Life (William A. Wellman)
06 - Les tricheurs (Marcel Carné)
09 - The Last Tycoon (Elia Kazan)
16 - Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
22 - Permanent Vacation (Jim Jarmusch)
23 - Antichrist (Lars van Trier)

October
07 - Still Walking (Hirokazu Kore-eda)

November
05 - Das weisse Band (Michael Haneke)
18 - Szegénylegények [Die Hoffnungslosen] (Mikos Jancso)
25 - Csillagosok, katonák [Die Roten und die Weissen] (Miklos Jancso)
26 - Fényes szelek [Die Konfrontation] (Miklos Jancso)
29 - From Russia with Love (Terence Young)

December
02 - Csend és kiáltás [Stille und Schrei] (Miklos Jancso)
05 - Nekem lámpást adott kezembe az Úr, Pesten [Die Laternen des Herrn in Budapest] (Miklos Jancso)
06 - Sommernattens leende (Ingmar Bergman)
09 - Még kér a nép [Roter Psalm] (Miklos Jancso)
13 - Andrey Rublyow (Andrej Tarkowskij)



::: 2010 :::

January
06 - Ai to kibo no machi [Stadt voll Liebe und Hoffnung] (Nagisa Oshima)
09 - Seishun zankoku monogatari [Nackte Jugend] (Nagisa Oshima)
11 - Nihon no yoru to kiri [Nacht und Nebel über Japan] (Nagisa Oshima)
15 - Shinjuku dorobo nikki [Diary of a Shinjuku Thief] (Nagisa Oshima)
16 - Nihon shunka-kô [A Treatise on Japanese Bawdy Songs / Sing a Song of Sex] (Nagisa Oshima)
21 - Koshikei [Death by Hanging] (Nagisa Oshima)
22 - Sult [Hunger] (Henning Carlsen)
23 - Shonen [Boy] (Nagisa Oshima)
24 - Gishiki [The Ceremony] (Nagisa Oshima)
25 - Muri shinju: Nihon no natsu [Japanese Summer: Double Suicide] (Nagisa Oshima)
28 - Un prophère (Jacques Audiard)
31 - The Man from London (Bela Tarr)

February
03 - Kaette kita yopparai [Three Resurrected Drunkards /Sinner in Paradise] (Nagisa Oshima)
05 - Ai no borei [Empire of Passion] (Nagisa Oshima)
12 - Furyo / Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima)
19 - Seven Days in May (John Frankenheimer)
23 - The Trial (Orson Welles)

March
11 - Silentium (Wolfgang Murnberger)
19 - After Life (Hirokazu Kore-eda)

April
02 - Quai des orfèvres (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
08 - Le corbeau (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
12 - Reisender Krieger (Christian Schocher)
13 - L'assassin habite au... 21 (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
15 - Le salaire de la peur (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
16 - Une femme est une femme (Jean-Luc Godard)
22 - Io sono l'amore (Luca Guadagnino)
26 - Reisender Krieger (Christian Schocher)
29 - Les 400 coups (François Truffaut)

May
02 - Les mistons (François Truffaut)
02 - Charlotte et Véronique, ou Tous les garçons s’appellent Patrick (Jean-Luc Godard)
02 - Charlotte et son Jules (Jean-Luc Godard)
02 - Une histoire d’eau (Jean-Luc Godard / François Truffaut)
03 - Jules et Jim (François Truffaut)
04 - Vivre sa vie (Jean-Luc Godard)
06 - Baisers volées (François Truffaut)
07 - La peau douce (François Truffaut)
07 - Bande à part (Jean-Luc Godard)
11 - La sirène du Mississippi (François Truffaut)
11 - Le mépris (Jean-Luc Godard)
14 - Domicile conjugal (François Truffaut)
14 - La mariée était en noir (François Truffaut)
15 - 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle (Jean-Luc Godard)
16 - L'homme qui aimait les femmes (François Truffaut)
18 - Fahrenheit 451 (François Truffaut)
18 - Masculin-féminin (Jean-Luc Godard)
21 - L'amour en fuite (François Truffaut)
21 - La nuit américaine (François Truffaut)
22 - Week-end (Jean-Luc Godard)
25 - La truite (Joseph Losey)
25 - La vie est un roman (Alain Resnais)
28 - Un héros très discret (Jacques Audiard)
29 - L'an 01 (Jacques Doillon / Gébé / Alain Resnais / Jean Rouch)

June
03 - Les herbes folles (Alain Resnais)
12 - Violanta (Daniel Schmid)
15 - Miriam (Daniel Schmid)
15 - Heute Nacht oder nie (Daniel Schmid)
16 - Sur mes lèvres (Jacques Audiard)
18 - De battre, mon coeur s'est arrêté (Jacques Audiard)
20 - Hécate (Daniel Schmid)

July
13 - Il bacio di Tosca (Daniel Schmid)
14 - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
15 - Shake! Otis at Monterey (D.A. Pennebaker)
15 - Jimi Plays Monterey (D.A. Pennebaker / Chris Hegedus)
19 - Key Largo (John Huston)
23 - Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard)
24 - The Killing (Stanley Kubrick)
28 - Don't Look Back (D.A. Pennebaker)

August
03 - In nomine di popolo Italiano (Dino Risi)
26 - El secreto de sus ojos (Juan José Campanella)
27 - Wild At Heart (David Lynch)
28 - A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger)

September
04 - Metropolis (2010 restored version) (Fritz Lang)
09 - City Girl (F.W. Murnau)
14 - St. Kilda: Britain's Loneliest Island (Paul Robello / Bobbie Mann)
14 - Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (Merian C. Cooper / Ernest B. Schoedsack)
17 - The Vagabond Queen (Géza von Bolváry)
25 - Black Narcissus (Michael Powell)
30 - Peeping Tom (Michael Powell)

October
06 - One Week (Buster Keaton)
06 - Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton)
13 - The Paleface (Buster Keaton)
13 - The Navigator (Buster Keaton)
16 - Cops (Buster Keaton)
16 - Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton)
17 - Der amerikanische Freund (Wim Wenders)
20 - The Frozen North (Buster Keaton)
20 - Go West (Buster Keaton)
23 - Flickorna (Mai Zetterling)
27 - Steamboat Bill Jr. (Buster Keaton)
28 - Au revoir Taipeh (Arvin Chen)

November
03 - The Cameraman (Buster Keaton)
10 - The General (Buster Keaton)
12 - The Goat (Buster Keaton)
12 - College (Buster Keaton)
20 - Khane-ye doust kodjast? (Where Is the Friend's Home?) (Abbas Kiarostami)
21 - Jeanne la Pucelle: Les batailles (Jacques Rivette)
23 - Film Socialisme (Jean-Luc Godard)
28 - Jeanne la Pucelle: Les prisons (Jacques Rivette)

December
11 - Ten (Abbas Kiarostami)
13 - Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami)
14 - Five (Dedicated to Ozu) (Abbas Kiarostami)
22 - Shirin (Abbas Kiarostami)



:: 2011 ::

January
04 - The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Frank Capra)
07 - Sorry, Wrong Number (Anatole Litvak)
10 - Babyface (Alfred E. Green)
14 - Tournée (Matthieu Amalric)
27 - Clash By Night (Fritz Lang)
28 - Signers Koffer (Peter Liechti)

February
04 - The File on Thelma Jordan (Robert Siodmak)
10 - There's Always Tomorrow (Douglas Sirk)
11 - The Sound of Insects (Peter Liechti)
15 - L'emmerdeur (Edouard Molinaro)
15 - Le deuxième souffle (Jean-Pierre Melville)
16 - The Graduate (Mike Nichols)
19 - Le clan des Siciliens (Henri Verneuil)
25 - The Lonely Wife (Satyajit Ray)
27 - Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray)

March
01 - L'armée des ombres (Jean-Pierre Melville)
03 - Alice's Restaurant (Arthur Penn)
03 - Days and Nights in the Forest (Satyajit Ray)
05 - Aparajito (Satyajit Ray)
09 - The Big City (Satyajit Ray)
10 - The Adversary (Satyajit Ray)
11 - Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch)
16 - Company Limited (Satyajit Ray)
24 - Mickey One (Arthur Penn)
29 - True Grit (Ethan Coen / Joel Coen)
31 - Elephant God (Satyajit Ray)

April
08 - Permette? Rocco Papaleo (Ettore Scola)
08 - Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
09 - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (Peter Greenaway)
11 - Una giornata particolare (Ettore Scola)
14 - Reisender Krieger (Christian Schocher)
16 - Reisender Krieger (Christian Schocher)

May
14 - La famiglia (Ettore Scola)
18 - Miracolo a Milano (Vittorio de Sica)
19 - Suddenly Last Summer (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
19 - The Taming of the Shrew (Franco Zeffirelli)
22 - L'atalante (Jean Vigo)
27 - Cleopatra (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
30 - A Place in the Sun (George Stevens)

June
01 - Giant (George Stevens)
03 - The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich)
07 - Soy Cuba (Micheil Kalatosov)
08 - The Only Game in Town (George Stevens)
09 - Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Michael Cimino)
09 - The Last American Hero (Lamont Johnson)
12 - Suzhou River (Ye Lou)
12 - Fat City (John Huston)
16 - Secret Ceremony (Joseph Losey)
17 - Heaven's Gate (Michael Cimino)
21 - Wild River (Elia Kazan)
22 - Journal d'un curé de campagne (Robert Bresson)
25 - African Queen (John Huston)
28 - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Mike Nichols)
29 - The Comedians (Peter Glenville)
30 - Reflections in a Golden Eye (John Huston)

r.i.p. Amy Winehouse - Arendal 2007

Amy Winehouse has just left the building... another talented artist unable to cope with too many problems. Blessed with great talent she was, for sure, and the news of her death caught me unexpected as I kept hoping she'd be able to rise and stand, eventually... wasn't going to be. Shit.

Here's a terrific boot from 2007 that was up here before - Amy in full power and... in control...

Amy Winehouse
Hove Festival
Arendal (Norway)
June 26, 2007

1. Addicted (3:14)
2. Just Friends (3:31)
3. Tears Dry On Their Own (3:25)
4. He Can Hold On Her (3:00)
5. Cherry (2:44)
6. Back To Black (4:33)
7. Wake Up Alone (4:25)
8. Love Is A Losing Game (2:45)
9. Cupid (3:55)
10. Hey Little Rich Girl (3:43)
11. Monkey Man (3:15)
12. You Know I'm No Good (4:49)
13. Rehab (3:45)
14. Me And Mr. Jones (2:55)
15. Valerie (4:12)

TT: 54:17

Sound: A
Lineage: CDR (preFM) - xACT

MP3 @ VBR

Zim Ngqawana - Willisau 2009

As a tribute to Zim Ngqawana, who left this world much too early, here's his concert from 2009's Willisau Jazz Festival. Zim must be jamming in that other place with Kippie, Dudu, Mankunku, Manenberg and all the other cats that left us all too soon.

r.i.p. Zim Ngqawana
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Zim Ngqawana - Zimology Quartet
Jazzfestival Willisau
Willisau (Switzerland)
August 26, 2009

Zim Ngqawana - tenor & soprano sax, flute
Matthew Shipp - piano
William Parker - bass
Nasheet Waits - drums

1. unknown (26:28)
2. Announcement Zim Ngqawana (0:28)
3. Announcement William Parker (6:48)
4. unknown (3:46)
5. unknown (10:45)

TT: 48:16

Sound: A
Source: dvb-s > techno trend tt-premium 2300 > hdd > nero wave editor > flac
(MPEG1 Layer 2/256 kbps)

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shared on dime by unclewolfi
eac rip by ubu roi, 11-05-17

r.i.p. Zim Ngqawana

The great South African saxophone player Zim Ngqawana died Monday evening in Johannesburg, after suffering a stroke in the afternoon.

Check out this live video from the Guinness Jazz Festival or check out this beautiful tune from one of his albums.

What a huge loss.

Albert Ayler - Rarities (1964-1970)

Here's most of the material that's left unreleased officially after the massive "Holy Ghost" set that came out seven years ago (gee, it's been that long!?) - this consists mainly of two more sets from the November 1966 tour in Europe, as well as the outtake that was on the original pressings of ESP'-Disk 1002 and a stray cut still left in the can from the July 1970 St. Paul de Vence recordings. The final track was omitted from "Holy Ghost" under the assumption that Ayler wasn't present (Frank Smith would be the soloist all the way) - it's included for completeness' sake.

Albert Ayler - Rarities (1964-1970)


Cellar Cafe, New York, NY (USA) - July 10, 1964
Albert Ayler (ts), Gary Peacock (b), Sunny Murray (d)

1. SPIRITS (Albert Ayler) 7:44 (alternate tune)

Note: outtake from Ayler's ESP session for "Spiritual Unity" (ESP'-Disk 1002) - this isn't actually an alternate take but an entirely different tune.
It was used on the first pressings of ESP 1002 but later replaced with the shorter tune that is now familiar. In 1996, a Gold CD was released in Japan (Venus Records TKCZ-36010), which contained both versions.
The first version (heard here and on the initial pressings of ESP 1002) corresponds to VIBRATIONS on "Ghosts" and "The Copenhagen Tapes". The second version which was used on subsequent pressings of ESP 1002 corresponds to SAINTS as it's heard on "Witches & Devils" and "The Copenhagen Tapes".


Koncerthus, Stockholm (Sweden) - November 10, 1966
Donald Ayler (t), Albert Ayler (ts), Michel Samson (v), Bill Folwell (b), Beaver Harris (d)

2. TRUTH IS MARCHING IN (Albert Ayler) 8:43
3. OMEGA IS THE ALPHA (Albert Ayler) 9:59
4. OUR PRAYER (Donald Ayler) 7:49

Note: broadcast recording


Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen (Denmark) - November 11, 1966
Donald Ayler (t), Albert Ayler (ts), Michel Samson (v), Bill Folwell (b), Beaver Harris (d)

5. spoken introduction (1:05)
6. TRUTH IS MARCHING IN (Albert Ayler) 9:47
7. HOLY GHOST (Albert Ayler) / UNKNOWN / LIGHT IN DARKNESS (Albert Ayler) 9:06
8. OUR PRAYER (Donald Ayler) 3:59
9. UNKNOWN (3:43) (incomplete)

Note: broadcast recording


Fondation Maeght, St. Paul de Vence (France) - July 27, 1970
Albert Ayler (ts), Steve Tintweiss (b), Allen Blairman (d), Mary Maria Parks (voc)

10. A MAN IS LIKE A TREE (Maria Parks) 6:43

Note: broadcast recording


Slugs', New York, NY (USA) - October 1965
Frank Smith (ts), poss. Albert Ayler (ts), Burton Greene (p), Bill Folwell (b), Beaver Harris (d)

11. UNKNOWN TITLE (9:26)

Note: this is from a Greene-led jam, another part was included on the "Holy Ghost" box, but this track was omitted as it's rather likely that Ayler isn't heard here at all.

Lester Young - Live and in Chronological Order

Here's the whole shebang... a re-upload of the 16CD set of (nearly) all of Lester Young's known live recordings. I got this from a kind soul many years ago, and the files that are still up (about half of them) from the first round are among the most downloaded of all the years I've had this blog... so I figured it would be time to bring this on again.

The files are unchanged - but the information for the two August 1956 sessions has been updated below (and in the overview file that you'll find in the comments).

If you have any corrections or additions to the discography, please leave a comment and do let me know!

Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 1 /1941-1946

July 6, 1938
Jam Session
WNEW Studios, New York City
Benny Goodman cl; Lester Young ts; Teddy Wilson p; others unknown (?)
1. unidentified (?) 3:31

Between February 27 and March 17, 1941 (February 15, 1941?)
Lester Young & his Band
Manhattan Center, New York City
Shad Collins t; Lester Young ts; John Collins g; Nick Fenton b; Doc West d
2. Tickle Toe (Young) 5:25
3. Taxi War Dance (Basie-Young) 5:19

December 2, 1941
Lester & Lee Young’s Band
Club Capri, Hollywood
Paul Campbel t; Lester Young & Bumps Myers ts; Jimmy Rowles p; Red Callender b; Lee Young d
4. Untitled Original (Young) / Blues (Theme) 3:36

1941/1942
Unknown Band
Trouville Club, Los Angeles (Porter: prob. Club in Hollywood)
Lester Young ts, prob. voc; others unknown
5. Just A Little Bit South of North Carolina (Skylar-Cannon-Shaftel) 3:04

August, 1944
Jammin’ the Blues
Hollywood/Los Angeles, CA
Harry Edison t; Lester Young ts; Marlowe Morris p; Barney Kessel g; Red Callender b; Sid Catlett d
6. The Midnight Symphony (Young) 3:02 Morris, Young, Edison, Young
Young ts; Morris p; Kessel g; Callender b; Catlett d; Marie Bryant voc
7. On The Sunny Side of The Street (Fields-McHugh) 3:14 [Bryant, Young, Bryant (with Young)]
Edison t; Dickie Wells tb; Young ts & Illinois Jacquet ts; Morris p; Kessel g; Callender b; Catlett d
8. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie-Pinkard-Casey) 5:18 [Morris, Young, Edison, Kessel, Catlett, Young]
Edison t; Wells tb; Young ts; Morris p; Kessel g; Callender b; Catlett d; Bryant voc
9. If I Could Be With You (Johnson-Creamer) 2:12 [Young, Wells, Bryant, Edison, Young]
Edison t; Wells tb; Young & Jacquet ts; Morris p; Kessel g; Callender b; Catlett d
10. Blues For Marvin (Young) 4:49 [Young, Wells, Edison, Kessel, Jacquet, Young]
Edison t; Young & Jacquet ts; Morris p; Kessel g; John Simmons b; Jo Jones d
11. Jammin’ The Blues (Young) 4:12 [Young, Kessel, Edison, Morris, Simmons, Jacquet]
12. Jammin’ The Blues (Young) 4:56 [same solo order]
The identity of the drummers on these tracks is not confirmed (see notes of Lester Young MoJ Vol. 6)

Prob. early April 1946
Lester Young with King Cole Trio & Buddy Rich
AFRS Jubilee #184, Hollywood, CA
Lester Young ts; Nat “King” Cole p; Oscar Moore g; Johnny Miller b; Buddy Rich d
13. These Foolish Things (Morrell-Strachey-Link) 4:35
14. Lester Leaps In (Young) 3:33
The booklet gives ca. March 20, 1946 as recording date for this item.

Prob. early April 1946
Lester Young Quartet
AFRS Jubilee #190, Hollywood, CA
Lester Young ts; Kenny Kersey p; Billy Hadnott b; Shadow Wilson d
15. D. B. Blues (Young) 4:10


Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 2 /1946-1948

Ca. April 22, 1946
Jubilee All Stars
AFRS Jubilee #190/192, Hollywood, CA
Buck Clayton t; Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young ts; Kenny Kersey p; Irving Ashby g; Billy Hadnott b; Shadow Wilson d
1. Sweet Georgia Brown (Pinkard-Bernie-Casey) 8:20
2. Oh, Lady Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin) 4:06
3. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin) 8:33

May 27, 1946
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Buck Clayton t; Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet & Lester Young ts; Kenny Kersey p; Curley Russell b; J. C. Heard d
4. Oh, Lady Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin) 10:45
5. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie-Pinkard-Casey) 7:36
These two titles were eventually released on the Verve 10CD JATP box

November 27, 1948
Lester Young Band
Royal Roost, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Ted Kelly tb; Lester Young ts; Freddie Jefferson p; Ted Briscoe b; Roy Haynes d
6. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Young) 0:44
7. Lester Leaps In (Young) 3:05
8. A Ghost Of A Chance (Young-Washington-Crosby) 4:36
9. Just You, Just Me (Greer-Klages) 5:09
10. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie-Pinkard-Casey) 5:09
same date, add Kai Winding tb; Allen Eager ts; Hank Jones p; Ray Brown b; Ella Fitzgerald voc; probably omit Jefferson and Briscoe, maybe Kelly
11. How High The Moon (Morgan Lewis) / Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Young) 7:17
MC: Symphony Sid

Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 3 /1948-1949

December 4, 1948
Lester Young Band
Royal Roost, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Ted Kelly tb; Lester Young ts; Freddie Jefferson p; Ted Briscoe b; Roy Haynes d
1. Be Bop Boogie (Young) 4:09
2. I’m Confessin’ (Neiburg-Daugherty-Reynolds) 3:21
3. I Cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman) 5:46
4. How High The Moon (Morgan Lewis) 4:37
5. Sunday (Coots-Grey) 4:15
6. Jumping With Symphony Sid (Theme) (Young) 0:55

March 19, 1949
Lester Young Band
Royal Roost, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Jerry Elliott tb; Lester Young ts; Junior Mance p; Ted Briscoe b; Roy Haynes d
7. Bebop Boogie (Young) 3:16
8. These Foolish Things (Morrell-Strachey-Link) 3:30
9. D. B. Blues (Young) 2:26
10. Just You, Just Me (Greer-Klages) 3:07

March 26, 1949
Lester Young Band
Royal Roost, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Jerry Elliott tb; Lester Young ts; Junior Mance p; Ted Briscoe b; Roy Haynes d
11. Lester Leaps In (Young) 2:23
12. She’s Funny That Way (Moret-Whiting) 3:40
13. Lavender Blue (Daniel-Morey) 4:10
14. Tea For Two (Youmans-Caesar) 3:00

April 9, 1949
Lester Young Band
Royal Roost, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Jerry Elliott tb; Lester Young ts; Junior Mance p; Ted Briscoe b; Roy Haynes d
15. Lavender Blue (Daniel-Morey) 5:07
16. A Ghost Of A Chance (Young-Washington-Crosby) 3:29
17. Mean To Me (Turk Ahlert) 3:21
18. Sunday (Coots-Grey) 3:06

MC on all tracks: Symphony Sid

Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order (Discs 4-6)

February 22, 1950
Lester Young Quintet
Savoy Ballroom, New York City

Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Kenny Drew p; Leroy Jackson or Aaron Bell b; Jo Jones d

Disc 4 /1950
1. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Theme) (Young) 0:53
2. Neenah (Young) 3:53
3. I Cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman) 7:20
4. These Foolish Things (Morrell-Strachey-Link) 4:09
5. Lester Leaps In (Young) 3:11
6. Sunday (Coots-Grey) 7:51
7. Destination Moon (?) 8:48
8. Mean To Me (Turk Ahlert) 4:36
9. Pennies From Heaven (Johnston-Burke) 6:52
10. Stardust (H. Carmichael) 7:39
11. Three Little Words (Kalmar-Ruby) 6:46

Disc 5 /1950
1. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Fields-McHugh) 6:03
2. Oh, Lady, Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin) 6:32
3. ‘Deed I Do (Hirsch-Rose) 6:31
4. Almost Like Being In Love (Lerner-Loewe) 5:02
5. I Cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman) 5:03
6. I Got Rhythm (Gerswhin) 12:58
7. Up ‘N Adam (Young) 5:30
8. Perdido (Juan Tizol) 10:56
9. One O’Clock Jump (Count Basie) 5:57

Disc 6 /1950
1. D. B. Blues (Young) 10:49
2. ‘Deed I Do (Hirsch-Rose) 8:54
3. Untitled Blues (Young) 2:22
4. Lester Leaps In (Young) 6:10
5. Blues with Bridge (Young) 6:49
6. Seventh Avenue Romp (?) 6:59
7. In A Little Spanish Town (Lewis-Wayne-Young) 10:39
8. Oh, Lady, Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin) 8:30


The above date is spoken on one of the source recordings, but it appears that these titles derive from more than one night.
More tunes are known to be recorded at these date(s) than on discs 4-6

Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 7 /1950-1951

March 15, 1950
Lester Young Band
Royal Roost, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Ted Kelly tb; Lester Young ts; unknown p; Al McKibbon b; Buddy Rich d
1. I Cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman) 5:46
2. Be Bop Boogie (Young) 3:14
3. D. B. Blues (Young) 2:21
4. Just You, Just Me (Greer-Klages) 3:05
5. Sunday (Coots-Grey) 4:17

prob. April 2, 1950
Lester Young Quintet
Chicago
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; unknown p, b, d
6. Tea For Two (Youmans-Caesar) 4:32
7. Blues in D-Flat (aka D.B. Blues) (Young) 6:25
8. Blue And Sentimental (Basie-David-Livingston) 7:18
9. Lester Leaps In (Young) 5:56

January 6, 1951
Lester Young Quartet
Birdland, New York City
Lester Young ts; John Lewis p; Gene Ramey b; Jo Jones d
10. Up ‘N Adam (Young) 3:47
11. Three Little Words (Kalmar-Ruby) 5:30
12. Neenah (Young) 4:25
13. I Cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman) 5:27
14. Lester Leaps In (Young) 5:06


Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 8 /1951

January 13, 1951
Lester Young Quartet
Birdland, New York City
Lester Young ts; John Lewis p; Gene Ramey b; Jo Jones d
1. Up ‘N Adam (Young) 4:01
2. Too Marvellous For Words (Whiting-Mercer) 6:00
3. Indiana (Hanley-MacDonald) 4:33

January 20, 1951
Lester Young Quartet
Birdland, New York City
Lester Young ts; John Lewis p; Gene Ramey b; Jo Jones d
4. Neenah (Young) 3:38
5. A Ghost Of A Chance (Young-Washington-Crosby) 3:43
6. Lester Leaps In (Young) 5:00
7. Up ‘N Adam (Young) 4:37

February 24, 1951
Lester Young Quartet
Birdland, New York City
Lester Young ts; John Lewis p; Gene Ramey b; Jo Jones d
8. Up ‘N Adam (Young) 3:45
9. These Foolish Things (Morrell-Strachey-Link) 3:25
10. Neenah (Young) 3:45
11. Lester Leaps In (Young) 4:24
12. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Young) 1:04

March 17, 1951
Lester Young Quartet
Birdland, New York City
Lester Young ts; John Lewis p; Gene Ramey b; Jo Jones d
13. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Theme) (Young) / Up ‘N Adam (Young) 4:22
14. Too Marvellous For Words (Whiting-Mercer) 4:52
15. Neenah (Young) 4:27
16. Ghost Of A Chance (Young-Washington-Crosby) 3:58
17. Lester Leaps In (Young) 5:01

Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 9 /1951-1952

May 19, 1951
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; John Lewis p; Gene Ramey; Jo Jones d
1. Indiana (Hanley-MacDonald) 7:23
2. A Ghost Of A Chance (Young-Washington-Crosby) 3:53
3. How High The Moon (Morgan Lewis) 6:28
4. D.B. Blues (Young) 3:13

August 4, 1951
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Earl Knight p; Gene Ramey or Aaron Bell b; Jo Jones or Joe Harris d
5. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Theme) (Young) / Up ‘N Adam (Young) 5:12
6. Blue And Sentimental (Basie-David-Livingston) 3:12
7. Neenah (Young) 4:56
8. Lester Leaps In (Young) / Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Theme) (Young) 6:09

April 6, 1952
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Lester Young ts; Hank Jones p; Ray Brown b; Max Roach
9. I Cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman) 4:02


Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 10 / 1952

April 25, 1952
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Earl Knight or Wynton Kelly p; Aaron Bell b; Lee Abrams d
1. Neenah (Young) 4:17
2. A Ghost Of A Chance (Young-Washington-Crosby) 3:07
3. In A Little Spanish Town (Lewis-Wayne-Young) 7:29
4. Destination Moon (?) 6:36
5. Lester Leaps In (Young) 3:21

May 2, 1952
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Earl Knight or Wynton Kelly p; Aaron Bell b; Lee Abrams d
6. Up ‘N Adam (Young) 5:01
7. ‘Deed I Do (Hirsch-Rose) 7:24
8. How High The Moon (Morgan Lewis) 5:21
9. Pennies From Heaven (Johnston-Burke) 2:38

May 3, 1952
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Earl Knight or Wynton Kelly p; Aaron Bell b; Lee Abrams d
10. Up ‘N Adam (Young) 5:34
11. ‘Deed I Do (Hirsch-Rose) 6:54

Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 11 /1952-1953

August 2, 1952
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Gil Coggins p; unknown b, d
1. Up ‘N Adam (Young) 5:20
2. Ghost Of A Chance (Young-Washington-Crosby) 3:23
3. In A Little Spanish Town (Lewis-Wayne-Young) 7:25
4. Too Marvellous For Words (Whiting-Mercer) 6:11
5. Neenah (Young) 3:45

January 3, 1953
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Earl Knight p; Aaron Bell b; Lee Abrams d
6. Up ‘N Adam (Young) 5:07
7. Blue And Sentimental (Basie-David-Livingston) 5:59
8. After You’ve Gone (Creamer-Layton) 6:30
9. In A Little Spanish Town (Lewis-Wayne-Young) 6:09
10. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Theme) (Young) 1:21


Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 12 /1953

January 10, 1953
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Earl Knight p; Aaron Bell b; Lee Abrams d
1. Lullaby Of Birdland (Theme) (George Shearing) / Indiana (Hanley-MacDonald) 6:31
2. Almost Like Being In Love (Lerner-Loewe) 5:15
3. Neenah (Young) 5:09
4. D. B. Blues (Young) 3:44

January 15, 1953
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Horace Silver p; Franklin Skeete b; Lee Abrams d
5. Lullaby Of Birdland (Theme) (George Shearing) / Up ‘N Adam (Young) 5:36
6. Too Marvellous For Words (Whiting-Mercer) 5:48

January 17, 1953
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Earl Knight p; Aaron Bell b; Lee Abrams d
7. Oh, Lady, Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin) 7:55
8. A Foggy Day (G. & I. Gershwin) 8:15
9. In A Little Spanish Town (Lewis-Wayne-Young) 7:46
10. Lester Leaps In (Young) 6:10

Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 13 /1953-1956

March 3, 1953
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Lester Young ts; Hank Jones p; Ray Brown b; J.C. Heard d
1. Flashes of Pres (Medley) 7:14
These Foolish Things (Morrell-Strachey-Link)
I Cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman)
Lester Leaps In (Young)
Blues In C (Young)

July 4, 1953
Lester Young Band
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Earl Knight or Horace Silver p; Gene Ramey b; Connie Kay d
2. Up ‘N Adam (Young) 6:25
3. I Can’t Get Started (Duke-Gershwin) 7:02
4. Lester Leaps In (Young) 6:00

July 11, 1953
Lester Young Band
Birdland, New York City
Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Earl Knight or Horace Silver p; Gene Ramey b; Connie Kay d
5. Lullaby of Birdland (Theme) (George Shearing) / Indiana (Hanley-MacDonald) 6:18
6. In A Little Spanish Town (Lewis-Wayne-Young) 7:42
7. D Flat Blues With A Bridge (Young) 6:40

March 3, 1953 (?)
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Lester Young ts, Ella Fitzgerald voc; others unknown
8. Lester Leaps In (Young) 3:01
Unknown date and place 1952/1953, possibly from the March 3, 1953 broadcast.

February 1956
Lester Young with unknown band
unknown place, tv show
Lester Young ts; others unknown
9. Pennies From Heaven (Johnston-Burke) 2:08
Probably recorded in Paris, October 12, 1956 (handwritten on photocopy of 16CD set discography)

Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 14 /1956

August 8, 1956
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City
Don Ferrara t; Lester Young ts; Bill Triglia p; Gene Ramey b; Gus Johnson d
1. Lullaby of Birdland (Theme) (George Shearing) / Lester Leaps In (Young) 7:21
2. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Burke-Van Heusen) 4:18
3. Up ‘N Adam (Young) 5:57
4. In A Little Spanish Town (Lewis-Wayne-Young) / Lullaby of Birdland (Theme) 3:11
Date given on photocopies of discography of 16CD set is late summer 1956 – exact date handwritten into photocopies.

August 15, 1956
Lester Young Quintet
Birdland, New York City, ABC Broadcast
unknown (prob. Jesse Drakes) t; Lester Young ts; Bill Triglia p; Gene Ramey b; Gus Johnson d
5. Lullaby of Birdland (Theme) (George Shearing) / Three Little Words (Kalmar-Ruby) 8:21
6. These Foolish Things (Morrell-Strachey-Link) 4:36
7. Blues in G (Lester’s Mop Mop Blues) (Young) 6:00
Same, omit Drakes
8. Tea For Two (Youmans-Caesar) 2:25
Porter does not list Tea for Two. He lists In A Little Spanish Town on August 15, and gives August 7 instead of August 8 for #1-4.

October 1956
Lester Young Quartet
Unknown club, Frankfurt, Germany
Lester Young ts; “Horst Ornimert” p; Al King b; Lex Humphries d
9. Lester Leaps In (Young) 9:48
10. These Foolish Things (Morrell-Strachey-Link) 3:27
11. Blues (Lester’s European Blues) (Young) 9:08
This date continues on disc 15.
These tracks were probably recorded in November 9, 1956, with Lasse Werner on piano.

Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 15 /1956

October 1956
Lester Young Quartet
Unknown club, Frankfurt, Germany
Lester Young ts; “Horst Ornimert” p; Al King b; Lex Humphries d
1. Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing) 2:56
2. There’ll Never Be Another You (Warren-Gordon) 7:38
This date begins on disc 14.
These tracks were probably recorded in November 9, 1956, with Lasse Werner on piano.

November 12, 1956
Birdland All-Stars
Freiburg, Germany
Lester Young ts; René Urtreger p; Pierre Michelot b; Christian Garros d
3. Indiana (Hanley-MacDonald) 2:33
Same date: Miles Davis t; Lester Young ts; Milt Jackson vib; John Lewis p; Percy Heath b;
Connie Kay d
4. How High The Moon (Morgan Lewis) 8:11
Same date, Lester Young ts; Kurt Edelhagen big band, unknown personnel
5. Lester Leaps In (Young) 9:10

January 2, 1957 or November 1956
Lester Young Quartet
Unknown European city
Lester Young ts; unknown p, b, d
6. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Burke-Van Heusen) 2:29
7. Lester Leaps In (Young) 1:53
These tracks may be identical with the respective titles on “Pres in Europe” (Highnote). Personnel would then be: Young ts; René Urtreger p; Pierre Michelot b; Christian Garros d

December 8, 1956 (afternoon)
Lester Young with Earl Swope & Bill Potts
Olivia’s Patio Lounge, Washington DC
Earl Swope tb; Lester Young ts; Bill Potts p; Norman Williams b; Jim Lucht d
8. Oh, Lady, Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin) 7:15
9. Blues In G (Up ‘N Adam) (Young) 7:53
10. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Young) 7:34
11. Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing) 1:36


Lester Young – Live and private recordings in chronological order
Disc 16 /1956-1959

December 8, 1956 (night)
Lester Young with the Bill Potts Trio
Olivia’s Patio Lounge, Washington CD
Lester Young ts; Bill Potts p; Norman Williams b; Jim Lucht d
1. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Young) 3:32
2. These Foolish Things (Morrell-Strachey-Link) 3:37
3. Three Little Words (Kalmar-Ruby) 4:20

December 15, 1956
Lester Young
Café Bohemia, New York City
Idrees Sulieman t; Lester Young ts; Sinclair Raney p; Gene Ramey b; Willie Jones d
4. Lester Leaps In (Young) 3:13
5. These Foolish Things (Morrell-Strachey-Link) 3:38
6. Three Little Words (Kalmar-Ruby) 4:41

December 22, 1956
Lester Young Quartet
Café Bohémia, New York City
Lester Young ts; Sinclair Raney p; Gene Ramey b; Willie Jones d
7. Pennies From Heaven (Johnston-Burke) 3:02
8. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Burke-Van Heusen) 3:44
same, add Idrees Sulieman t
9. Indiana (Hanley-MacDonald) 4:01

December 8, 1957
The Sound of Jazz All-Stars
CBS TV Studio, New York City
Roy Eldridge & Doc Cheatham t; Vic Dickenson tb; Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster ts; Gerry Mulligan bari;
Mal Waldron p; Danny Barker g; Milt Hinton b; Osie Johnson d; Billie Holiday voc
10. Fine And Mellow (Billie Holiday) 8:05

July 5, 1958
The Newport All-Stars
Newport, Rhode Island
Buck Clayton t; Jack Teagarden tb; Pee Wee Russell cl; Lester Young ts; Don Ewell p; Tom Bryant b; Jo Jones d
11. I Cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman) 3:38
12. Jump the Blues (Royal Garden Blues) (W.C. Handy) 7:07

September 25, 1958
Coleman Hawkins and Friends
WNTA-TV Studio, New York City, Art Ford’s Jazz Party (TV Show)
Henry “Red” Allen & Charlie Shavers t; J.C. Higginbotham tb; Pee Wee Russell cl; Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young ts;
Willie “The Lion” Smith p; Harry Shepherd vib; Dick Thompson g; Vinnie Burke b; Sonny Greer d
13. Mean To Me (Turk Ahlert) 3:25
14. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Young) 8:36

March 1959 (March 11, 1959?)
Lester Young
Blue Note, Paris, France
Lester Young ts; H. Kaufmann (?) p; Jimmy Gourley g; Jean-Marie Ingrand b; Kenny Clarke d
15. I Cover The Waterfront (Green-Heyman) 0:59
16. There’ll Never Be Another You (Warren-Gordon) 5:02

Norman Howard - Burn Baby Burn

Here's a rare tape release from Norman Howard. A portion of these recordings has made it to CD (under the same title) on ESP-Disk' - go get it! Some titles are identical, but there are others here and some different versions (edits?), too.

Clifford has kindly allowed me to use his write-up - though it took me ages to finally get this up here... it's an honour to present a few more missing parts of the puzzle that is Norman Howard!

In November 1968 this quartet recorded nearly enough material for two records in a Cleveland studio session, some of which was sent to ESP but remained unreleased (though there is talk of Bernard Stollman's label revisiting the music on CD in the future [see link above! - ubu]), the remainder later issued as a limited-edition cassette by UK collector-musicologist Roy Morris (Signals, Homeboy Music 1, 1989). Both the ESP master and Signals were subsequently reissued together on the Burn, Baby, Burn cassette (Homeboy 2), a release that disappeared underground almost immediately. Rumor has it that Howard's technical abilities as a trumpeter kept his music from being issued at the time, but his conception as a soloist reveals much more. The fat smears of sound on Albert Ayler's "Spirits" prefigure his brother Donald's scattershot explosions and reference a school of brass playing uniquely suited to energy music and complementary to the fire of Ayler and post-Ayler saxophonists. And yet Howard's playing at slower tempi is disarmingly tentative, wrought with the wavering uncertainty of an Alan Shorter translated into a series of pointillistic stabs. With all the conviction voiced in a weighty, measured theme like "Soul Brother Genius", which opens Signals, it is a tense uncertainty that Howard produces in his startlingly brittle opening statements. Howard, Phillips and an arco Cliff voice the minor ghetto dirge over scattered percussive rolls, the composer's solo a series of persistently morbid and instantly shattered statements never more than a few bars in length. "Burn, Baby, Burn" is a manic, brief collective theme very much in the spirit of Ayler's "Bells," in which Howard's quick, blurred solo is followed by Phillips' first alto evisceration of the session (Arthur Jones clearly had precursors in Cleveland), a passionate yet carefully assembled paean to the wild leaps of Ayler and Eric Dolphy. The theme of "Haunted" returns to the measured delicacy of the opener, yet Cliff's perversely bent Silva-isms pull it apart into a psychoactive tone poem, mocking and goading Howard's trumpet. Phillips' huge vibrato follows, sticking close to the theme in a careful soliloquy before Cliff is given his own space to sonically upend the bass, after which Millsap edges in a rare unaccompanied bashing before the theme returns.
Norman Howard's compositions do have their limitations and cracks – there are only two tempi / moods as such, either excruciatingly slow pathos or inordinately fast, raw runs on very simple thematic elements. "Bug Out" introduces a few bars of singsong melody that merely open into a set of screaming solos from the participants (though Phillips's is especially strong), never quite holding the atmospheric weight of the dirges. The exploratory openness in pieces like "Haunted" and its uptempo analogue "Soul Resurrection" makes thematic simplicity an asset rather than a hindrance. Most of the ESP demo, false starts and voice-overs included, is made up of Phillips's compositions (though "Burn, Baby, Burn" does make an appearance):"Sound From There" offers a uniquely delicate pan-tempo ballad, unison alto-bass drones girding and then engaging Howard's glassy trumpet line, while "Satan's Holiday" is essentially "Bug Out" at a slower tempo."Sadness Holiday" also resembles other ballads in the set; though sadly marred by several false starts and voice-overs, the Hodges-like sweetness that characterizes Phillips's tone reveals his versatility as an improviser and his allegiance to his colleague Arthur Jones – also a player of searing intensity and warm delicacy.

~ Clifford Allen, from: Paris Transatlantic, Dec. 2005

Norman Howard
Burn, Baby, Burn

Norman Howard – trumpet
Joe Phillips – alto sax
Walter Cliff – bass
Corney Milsap – drums

10/68, Cleveland, OH

1. Soul Brother Genius
2. Burn Baby Burn
3. Haunted
4. Bug Out
5. Deep Black Mystery
6. Soul Resurrection
7. Divine Tiding
8. Sound from There
9. Satan's Village
10. Sadness Holiday (Sad Miss Holiday)
11. Time and Units
12. Burn, Baby, Burn

Homeboy Music 2 (includes tracks from Homeboy Music 1, Signals)

Marion Brown - Yale 1982

Got this one from "trane" in a trade a while back - thanks a lot!
It makes for a very, very nice coda to the Brown sets I shared last fall.

Marion Brown
Yale, Ohio (USA), Yale University
1982

Marion Brown - alto sax

1. Hurry Sundown - 6:32
2. Since I Fell for You - 5:01
3. Black and Tan Fantasy - 5:36
4. I Can't Get Started - 7:29
5. Don't Take Your Love from Me - 3:15
6. Monk's Mood/Epistrophy - 10:23

TT: 38:18

Sound: A-
Source: SDB

:: ubu edits ::

removed 2 second gaps

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

James Brown - Hartford, CT, 1974

This set seems to be from just a few days after the Apollo set just posted. The band is on fire, playing some great funky music. And JB himself reacts with an energized show.

We only get two opening tracks by the J.B.'s this time and the whole show runs shorter, but there's some great funk all the way through!

Again, sound is rough here, but to me, it's good enough to enjoy the music (the famous Kinshasa show is similar, soundwise... these two might even be a bit better, less muddy).

Again, if you have any further information, be it on the line-up, the date or location, please do post a comment!

Both of these sets come from dime, and these are the original FLAC files I got from there - thanks go out to the kind folks over there sharing all this amazing stuff!

James Brown and the J.B.'s
Hartford, CT (USA) (prob. Hartford Civic Center)
1974 (prob. December 3, 1974)

James Brown - vocals
prob. line-up:
Russell Crimes - trumpet
Fred Wesley* - trombone
Maceo Parker*, prob. Jimmy Parker - alto sax
St. Clair Pinckney - tenor sax
Jimmy Nolen & Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitars
Fred Thomas - bass
John Morgan - drums
Johnny Griggs - congas & percussion
Lyn Collins & Martha High - vocals

*) confirmed

MC: Danny Ray


J.B.'s
1. Rockin' Funky Watergate (3:32)
2. Soul Power 74 (4:52)

3. Intro (1:29)

STAR TIME
4. The Payback (2:37)
5. Soul Power (2:15)
6. I Got Ants in My Pants (And I Want to Dance) (2:28)
7. Doin' It to Death (4:20)
8. Try Me (3:50)
9. What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin' (1:35) [cuts in]
10. Gimme Some More (1:39)
11. Get on the Good Foot (6:13)
12. Stone to the Bone (5:05)
13. Sex Machine (1:23) [inc]

TT: 41:27

Sound:
Source: audience tape


:: dime seeder's comments ::

Received this in trade, around 1992.
This is a nice audience recording,some distortion in the lower frequencies.
To me this is a good example how tight the JB's were in the early seventies.You can hear the excitement,
for instance in Gimme Some More where James probably did some splits.
Listen to Get On The Good Food, when the bass drops out you can here why funk isn't funk without a good bass.

Enjoy!
Mantra
September, 2009


:: dime-comment #4271084 by kingmike at 2010-09-25 22:56:18 GMT ::

probably "Hartford Civic Center" and I'd estimate the date to be December 03, 1974 based on gigs in the North East at the time etc.....educated guess on the date....I'm pretty sure on the venue....

James Brown - Apollo Theater, NYC 1974-11-30

Another JB show - one more to come... sound is much less good than on the Swiss set, but the band and its boss is on home turf and livelier than in the previous set. Brown strays a bit during "Crossroads" and "Try Me" and the bad sound becomes a bit of an issue during these more quiet parts, but the opening bits by the J.B.'s and the final quarter of an hour are some dead heavy funk!

If you have any further additions or corrections to the line-up, please post a comment!

James Brown and the J.B.'s
Harlem, NY (USA), Apollo Theater
November 30, 1974

James Brown - vocals
prob. line-up:
Russell Crimes - trumpet
Fred Wesley* - trombone
Maceo Parker*, prob. Jimmy Parker - alto sax
St. Clair Pinckney - tenor sax
Jimmy Nolen & Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitars
Charles Sherrell* - bass
John Morgan - drums
Johnny Griggs - congas & percussion
Lyn Collins* & Martha High - vocals

*) confirmed

MC: Danny Ray


1. Intro (0:30)

THE J.B.'s
2. All for One (4:32)
3. Intro by Danny Ray (1:19)
4. Same Beat (4:05)
5. Damn Right I Am Somebody (4:55)
6. Pass the Peas (2:53)

STAR TIME
7. The Payback (3:37)
8. Soul Power (2:16)
9. The Boss / Make It Funky (4:01)
10. Doin' It to Death (5:25)
11. James talking (2:10)
12. Man Has to Go Back to the Crossroads (15:31)
13. Try Me / Gimme Some More (7:05)
14. Cold Sweat / Can't Stand It (4:12)
15. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (4:39)
16. Sex Machine (1:20)
17. Papa Don't Take No Mess (5:13) [incomplete]

TT: 73:57

Sound: B+
Source: audience tape

James Brown - Switzerland 1973

I'm still deeply into James Brown's music, proceeding roughly chronologically (but so far without also playing the Hip-O-Select 2CD sets compiling all the Singles... Vols. 1, 2, and 5 are far gone, Vol. 6 has been around and several of the others shall be here soon, too). Some listening protocols and stuff will be published on my new blog (in German only, sorry) over here:
http://ubus-notizen.blogspot.com/

Anyway, I've arrived at the 1971-75 period recently and yesterday, it was all 1973. There's a pretty good live set around that seems to be from early 1973 - Brown embarked on a five week European tour within days after recording "Mind Power" for the album The Payback). The stage announcer also mentions an exclusive concert by José Feliciano coming up on March 30 in Lausanne... so my best guess for this is: poss. Lausanne (Switzerland), February/March 1973.

The line-up is taken from what I heard... Maceo, Fred, St. Clair, Nolen and the two funky divas are announced, the rest is guesswork on my part. Thomas, Starks and the trumpet players were around at that time - and I do think there are three trumpets audible in CD1#6 during those fanfare kinds of thing they play there.
The mystery remains if there's a third sax player or not... in "Shaft", Maceo's on flute and there's a tenor and baritone (? or two tenors ?) audible. Maceo to my knowledge never played tenor with Brown at that time, so Eldee Williams (who was present on some sessions in that time) would be my best guess - but I'm really not sure there!

If you have any additional information to add, please do let me know! I'd also like to know the two unknown tunes in the opening J.B.'s set!

The band here isn't as exciting as it was at the time of the Paris concert in 1967 - Brown had the Collins brothers and their exciting rough bred of youngsters pushing the funk to its limits for a year in 1970/71, but by early 1971, they had defected as well and were soon to take a ride on George Clinton's spaceship. Brown hurriedly had Fred Wesley put together a new band, which included loyalists St. Clair Pinckney and "Jabo" Starks. Wesley simplified the music, put together tight grooves that were very effective and fun to hear, yet were adapted to the abilities of the new band. By late 1972 they got a major rhythmic push by Jimmy Nolen returning on guitar, and in early 1973, finally, another fine horn soloist was added: returning star Maceo Parker!

We hear the J.B.'s at that point - with Lyn Collins (ably supported by Martha Harvin aka Martha High) doing some very mean funky songs towards the end of the opening set. The J.B.'s are putting on a mighty fine show here though, playing some of their own hits like "Pass the Peas" and having their go at Isaac Hayes classic theme from "Shaft". Lyn Collins' features then are the icing on the cake!

The Startime set is alas cut short, and as I hear it, things only fully gel in "Sex Machine", while before, it's good but not great. The final few cuts are great though, and the ten minutes of "Sex Machine" and "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" are the highlight of the whole set, to me!

James Brown and The J.B.'s
Avalanche Of Funk (liberated boot)
Switzerland (poss. Lausanne)
1973 (prob. February/March)

James Brown - vocals, organ, drums
prob. Darryl "Hasaan" Jamison, prob. Isiah "Ike" Oakley & prob. Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford - trumpet
Fred Wesley - trombone
Maceo Parker - alto sax, flute
St. Clair Pinckney - tenor sax (& baritone sax?)
poss. Eldee Williams - tenor sax
Jimmy Nolen & prob. Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar
prob. Fred Thomas - bass
prob. John "Jabo" Starks - drums
prob. John Morgan or Johnny Griggs - percussion
Lyn Collins, Martha High - vocals
Danny Ray - MC

CD1/49:23 - THE J.B.'S
01. Intro (1:06)
02. Backstabbers (4:43)
03. Hot Pants Road (3:04)
04. Theme from "Shaft" (3:27)
05. instrumental (4:18)
06. instrumental (3:40)
07. Pass the Peas (6:14)
08. Parrty (5:51)
09. Me & Mrs. Jones (1:51) [Maceo Parker, vocals]
10. I'll Take You There (2:59)
11. Never Gonna Give You Up (3:05)
12. Do Your Thing (4:39)
13. Think (4:20)

CD2/52:18 - JAMES BROWN
01. Intro (1:19)
02. Get On the Good Foot (3:48)
03. Soul Power (4:22)
04. Make It Funky (4:25)
05. Bewildered (8:04)
06. Super Bad (5:51)
07. Try Me (3:51)
08. Hot Pants (2:23)
09. Sex Machine (7:23)
10. I've Got a Brand New Bag of My Own (3:00)
11. It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World (2:42)
12. Please Please Please (2:06)
13. I Can't Stand Myself (1:21)
14. Cold Sweat (1:38) [inc]

TT: 101:41

Sound: A-
Source: SBD

A complete recording of a 1973 James Brown Show/Revue concert including the full JB's opening set. I have not listened to this in quite a while... It was nice to kick back and check this show out. The band is tight!
The CD's I obtained was released by Big Fro Discs


:: ubu notes ::

In the Intro on CD1, an upcoming event (Jose Feliciano) for March 30th is mentioned, and Brown was on tour in Europe for five weeks beginning early February 1973 (see Alan Leeds' liners to the CD reissue of "The Payback")
First time that JB plays in Switzerland
Martha High is announced with her birthname as Martha Harvin
Not sure about Eldee Williams, but I seem to hear ts and bari during "Shaft", while Maceo is on flute there (and never seems to have played ts with Brown at this time anyway).
Also not sure about the number of trumpet players - the three listed were the regulars in studio sessions of the time - but ther may be only two present, but there are parts (for instance in CD1#6) where there seem to be three audible.