JOE GALLiVAN & CHARLES AUSTiN Intercontinental Express :: London (Compendium 1976)

 

An all-star big band recorded in London and released on LP by Norweigian label Compendium in 1976 (?)

Joe Gallivan - drums (B1,3), moog synth

Charles Austin - sax, flute

Elton Dean - alto sax (B3)

Ronnie Scott - tenor sax

Ian Hamer - trumpet

Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn

Nick Evans - trombone

Toni Cook - horn

Tony Randell - horn

Stephen Wick - tuba

Jeff Green - guitar

Roy Babbington - bass

Paul Robinson - drums (A1-3, B2)

Recorded 1976-77 at Freerange Studios, London 

Produced by Joe Gallivan

A1 Cry Of Hope 6:00

A2 Human Syndrone 7:56

A3 Hash 6:00

  

B1 Branetu 4:51 

B2 Melody (3:10)

  a) The Sphinx

  b) The Lynx

B3 Kingfisher Blue 9:50

This is mp3@320 found somewhere on web. If anyone can provide flac vinyl rip, it will be very welcome. (Now flac is contributed by Ernst!)

Charles Austin, Roy Babbington, Joe Gallivan - Home from Home

Charles Austin Roy Babbington Joe Gallivan - Home from Home
Ogun OG 522 (1979)

Due to a request from Miloš, here is a trio recording from 1977, released on the Ogun label in 1979. This is a set of quiet, emphathetic sketches, most of them fairly short, at least by jazz standards. Chamber jazz might be a word to describe what we hear on this record. Not the stuff to leap at you, but to grow insidiousaly after repeated listenings. Quite a fine little gem, in my humble opinion. Nice flute playing with an oriental touch, sinuous electric bass to the fore and there is even a synth creeping in on several tracks.

Charles Austin and Joe Gallivan have cooperated a lot over the years and both are active up to the present date. Austin is a resident of New Orleans and devoting more time to teaching than to playing in later years. Gallivan played with several stalwarts on the UK jazz scene while living in the UK for some years in the 70s, but also made a memorable album with Larry Young, well worth seeking out. Babbington was associated with the Canterbury scene in the 70s, playing in one version of Soft Machine, but also with Elton Dean and Keith Tippett and later with Barbara Thompson.

Side One

Oriental Fantasy
Piecing It Together
Soft Day
Percussive Moments
Whistle Two-thirty-eight
Two On A Train

Side Two

Soul One
Catch Me If You Can
Winter Solace
Finding Speed
On Top Of the World
Speedway
Zero Is The Hour

Charles Austin    Flutes Oboe Saxophones
Roy Babbington    Bass Bass Guitar
Joe Gallivan    Drums Synthesizer Percussion