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lunedì 2 gennaio 2012

Jazz Live in Europe: Max Roach quintet feat. Abbey Lincoln in Paris 1964

A rare concert of the Max Roach quintet with the voice of Abbey Lincoln, at that time wife of Roach, performed in Paris on January 18, during the European tournée of 1964.

This exibition in front of an enthusiastic pubblic make, at that time, a great stir. Here we have only the fist part of that evening. In the second part was presented a new version of the Freedom Now Suite.

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Personnel

Clifford Jordan (sax t)

Coleridge T. Perkins (piano)

Eddie Kahn (bs)

Max Roach (drm)

Abbey Lincoln (voc. in *)

Tracks

1. This Night Mountain (Max Roach) 13'15

2. Ceciliana (Max Roach) 6'10

3. Mop Mop (Dalmerious-Williams) 5'45

4. Jordu (Duke Jordan) 6'25

5. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington-Mills) 6'15

6. Who Will You Buy? (Lionel Bart) 2'25 *

7. Love for Sale (Cole Porter) 4'10 *

8. Long as You are Living (Brown- Priester- Turrentine) 5'45 *

In the following video, taken in Belgium, during the same tournée, the group plays Driva Man from the Freedom Now Suite.

mercoledì 10 novembre 2010

Rare Jazz Live in Europe: Eric Dolphy Last Concerts 1964

Eric Dolphy died, only 36, for a diabetic coma, june 29, 1964 in Berlin, during his European tournée.

In the last days of his life he performed 2 different concerts: the first for the radio station V.A.R.A. in Holland with a local rhythm session including 2 young Dutch musicians that in the following years will become famous. The pianist Misha Mengelberg and the drummer Han Bennink. Here we have only two of the tracks played that evening.

The second one, featuring Donald Byard at trumpet and some other local instrumentalists, in a night club in Paris (France) Le Chat Qui Pêche.
This concert is complete and we can listen to a last original of Dolphy "Springtime" never recorded prior to this session.

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Eric Dolphy - Last Concerts in Europe

01. South Street Exit (E. Dolphy) 7'10
02. The Madrig Speaks, The Panther (E. Dolphy) 4'50

Eric Dolphy (as, fl. on 1)
Misha Mengelberg (pno)
Jacques Schols (bass)
Han Bennink (dr)

recorded live at Hilversum (Holland), june 2, 1964 (radio broadcast)

03. Springtime (E. Dolphy) 19'20
04. Naima (J. Coltrane) 15'12
05. Ode to Charlie Parker (Byard- Pickering) 5'28
06. G. W. (E. Dolphy) 5'58
07. Serene (E. Dolphy) 7'38
08. 245 (E. Dolphy) 10'05

Eric Dolphy (as, bcl on 3, 4, 7, fl on 5)
Donald Byrd (tr)
Nathan Davis (ts)
Jack Diéval (pno)
Jacques Hess (bass)
Franco Manzecchi (dr)
Jacky Bambou (congas).

recorded live at Le Chat Qui Pêche, Paris (France), june 11, 1964

All these tracks appeared before spread in different albums, I have put them here together.

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part 1
part 2
part 3

mercoledì 6 gennaio 2010

Rare Jazz Live in Europe: Duke Ellington octet in Italy 1964

For ten years, between 1956 and 1965, the most important jazz event in Italy was the "Festival del Jazz di Sanremo"

Sanremo is a little town very famous in Europe for her flowers production, for her casino and for another festival, that of Italian Song, this year at his 60th edition.

The italian jazz festival was important also in Europe, because was the first european event of this kind, organized in continuous form, with the presence of many important artists from Duke Ellington to Oscar Peterson, from Ella Fitzgerald to Sidney Bechet, Max Roach, Cannnonball Adderley, Bud Powell and so on.

photo (c) by Riccardo Schwamenthal / Ctsimages.com - PhocusAgency

In 1964 Duke Ellington was in Paris with his orchestra but the budget of festival didn't allow to engage all the band, so the arrangement was an octet with the best soloists. A rare combination that you can find here.

Personnel:
Ralph Ericson (tr)
Lawrence Brown (tbn)

Johnny Hodges (as)
Paul Gonsalves (ts)
Harry Carney (bar)
Duke Ellington (p)
Gilbert Rovère (bs)
Sam Woodyard (dr)

part I (new link)

1. Take the "A" Train
2. C Jam Blues
3. On the Sunny Side of the Street
4. Caravan
5. I Got It bad and Ain't Good

part II (new link)

6. Sophisticated Lady
7. Medley: I Let a Song Go out of Me; Don't Get Around Much Anymore
8. Solitude
9. Rockin' in Rhythm