The Black Sea Orchestra - The Black Sea Project - Lyra 1998

1. Horum Instabul  11:36
2. Paramashivam Smile  13:56
3. Tekez Zortlatmasi 11:18
4. Folk Song 6:30
5. Moving Wagon 12:59

Alexander Alexandrov: bassoon

Floros Floridis: soprano saxophone, bass clarinet

Zurab Gagnidze: electric bass

Enver Ismailov: electric guitar

Ivo Papazov: clarinet

Ergün Senlendirici: trumpet

Anatoly Stefanet: viola

Harry Tavitian: piano

Akay Temiz : percussions, drums

Okay Temiz: drums, percussions

Nariman Umerov: accordion

Recorded in Istanbul in 1996

Lyra cd ML 0660

Harry Tavitian & Hans Kumpf - Open End - 1984

He can be considered the pioneer of free jazz in Romania, since the 80s he have recorded for Leo Records and then self-produced his music. His early albums have never been reissued and the most recent have never been distributed outside Romania, his work is quite difficult to access which is regrettable given his talent and originality.

Here is what seems to be his first recording even if it has been published for the first time in cassette only in 1994 then reissued in cdr ten years later with a bonus track.

This is a duet with the German clarinetist Hans Kumpf, which can also be found on the superb album « East West Creativ Combination » that have been posted on this blog many years ago by Owombat and updated by Corvimax:

http://inconstantsol.blogspot.fr/2011/01/harry-tavitian-east-west-creativ.html

Hans Kumpf is also the founding member of Ak Musick an obscur group that made only one record, absolutely fantastic and recently reissued:

https://www.discogs.com/fr/Ak-Musick-Ak-Musick/master/1077878

1 First Time Together

2 Transylvania On My Mind

3 Etude (bonus track)

4 Drug Ula Blues

5 Blowin' With The Wind

6 Chamber Mood

7 August ’82

8 Lazy Friday Afternoon

9 Cry Of The Balkans

10 Open End

-Harry Tavitian: piano, shepherd flute, vocal

-Hans Kumpf: clarinet

Recorded at Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart November 16, 1984

Pirate Records 002 

cd rip

Harry Tavitian - East-West Creativ Combinations

Harry Tavitian - East-West Creativ Combinations

Harry Tavitian ... p,perc,fl,voice
Corneliu Stroe ... dr,perc,fl,voice
Reinhart Hammerschmidt ... b
Hans Kumpf ... cl

1) side A 16:13
2) side B/1 06:20
3) side B/2 13:40

total disc 36:15

live rec. at 1988 Costinesti Jazz Festival
(exact date needs research)

Leader Jazz Records ST 7001 (LP, Romania)
I got this LP from Harry personally, at the Budapest intl. Jazz Festival 1990 (14.07.90)

Following his words, this rare musical document is the first, if not the only independently produced LP of contemporary jazz in Romania, produced by Harry himself.
side A quotes "summertime" several times, on a quite detuned piano, but the music has magic spirit and oscillates effortlessly between experimental jazz, romanian folk, free improv... you name it.

flac > enjoy!
Owombat