Jack Walrath and Spirit Level - Coventry 1986

JACK WALRATH  trumpet
PAUL DUNMALL  tenor saxophone
TIM RICHARDS  piano
PAUL ANSTEY   bass
TONY ORRELL   drums

1. Four Freedoms  11:18
2. Suite part 1  9:14
3. Suite part 2  8:45
4. Suite part 3  14:14
5. Suite part 4  4:48
6. Killer Bunnies  11:17 
7. A Study in Porcine  19:36
8. Dustbiter  8:41

TT 87:53 

Coventry  1st May 1986

Recording probably by Stu; thanks to him.

JACK WALRATH AND SPIRIT LEVEL - KILLER BUNNIES (1986)

JACK WALRATH, trumpet
PAUL DUNMALL, tenor sax
TIM RICHARDS, piano
PAUL ANSTEY, bass
TONY ORRELL, drums

1. Snagadaa (JW)  8:08
2. A study in porcine (JW)  7:50
3. Kirsten Sunday morning (JW)  4:58

4. Killer bunnies (JW)  6:12
5. Duke Ellington's sound of love (Mingus)  3:10
6. Four freedoms (PD)  2:42
7. Dustbiter (TR)  5:04

Rec. May 1986.  Spotlite SPJ LP25

BOBBY WATSON'S TAILOR MADE BIG BAND - AFROISMS. GLASGOW 1994

A slightly less than perfect recording off the radio - I just found this cassette which used to get a lot of play in my Walkman at work.  With no info on the cassette, I had to google to try and find some details.  I found a review of the concert which said the music didn't hang together, was under rehearsed and too long.  Well you could have fooled me! Bobby Watson composes some of the most attractive music in jazz and this concert was really fantastic (in my opinion).  Enjoy.

BOBBY WATSON, ED JACKSON, JIM HARTOG, RICK ROTHENBERG, BILL SAXTON, CRAIG BAILEY - reeds
ANDRE ATKINS, JACK SCHUTZ, NOAH BLESS, THOMAS SULLIVAN - trombones
PATRICK RICKMAN, MELTON MUSTAFA, TERELL STAFFORD, JACK WALRATH - trumpets
EDWARD SIMON - piano
ESSIET OKON ESSIET - bass
VICTOR LEWIS - drums
RAY MANTILLA - perc

'AFROISMS - THE SPOKEN WORD'

1. 13:51
2. 5:11
3. 26:04
4. 5:28
5. 9:18
6. 14:50
7. 10:07
8. 4:28
9. outro Brian Morton 0:50

TT 89:37

Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
Old Fruit Market.  Glasgow. July 1994

BBC Radio 3 'Impressions'.

ps. If anyone has a more pristine copy of this, please speak up.  Thanks.

Charles Mingus Quintet - The Last Tour In Italy (1977) [NEW MP3 LINKS]

Today (January 5th) is the 31th anniversary of Mingus' death :
this post wants to be a tribute to the memory of one of the
Greatest in all the jazz history.

The photo above was taken in La Spezia (July 9,1977) while the
band was playing the "Cumbia & Jazz Fusion" suite.

[1,2,8,9] Rec. live in Aosta, Italy, on July 7, 1977
(mix recording)
[3,4,7,12] Rec. live in Orta (NO), Italy, on July 8, 1977
(mix recording)
[5,6,10,11] Rec. live in La Spezia, Italy, on July 9, 1977
(mics recording)

Charles Mingus,bass
Ricky Ford,tenor saxophone
Jack Walrath,trumpet
Bob Neloms,piano
Dannie Richmond,drums

01. For Harry Carney (18:33)
02. Remember Rockefeller At Attica (12:30)
03. Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (25:19)
04. Nooddin’ Ya Head Blues (07:17)
05. Three Or Four Shades Of Blues (10:02)
06. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (10:11)
07. Cherokee (01:06)
08. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat [Alt. Take] (09:52)
09. Three Or Four Shades Of Blues [Alt. Take Inc.] (06:38)
10. For Harry Carney [Alt. Take] (16:14)
11. Cumbia & Jazz Fusion [Alt. Take Inc.] (09:01)
12. Remember Rockefeller At Attica [Alt. Take] (08:36)

Total Time 2:15:23

Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin '75

Some more Mingus from his 1975 autumnal European
tour : here H.Lawson replaces Don Pullen on piano.

Rec. live in Berlin, Germany, on November 3rd, 1975
(radio broadcast)

George Adams,tenor saxophone
Jack Walrath,trumpet
Hugh Lawson,piano
Charles Mingus,bass
Dannie Richmond,drums

1. Sue's Changes (35:58)

Sam Rivers Orchestra - Live in Turin '79

The other side of Sam Rivers : compositions and
arrangements for large orchestra.

Rec. live in Turin, Italy, on November 20th, 1979
(mics recording)

Sam Rivers,conductor,reeds,flute,piano
Malachi Thompson/Jack Walrath/Oliver
Beamer,trumpets
Charles Stephens/Craig Harris,trombones
Chico Freeman/Hamiet Bluiett/Steve Coleman/
Duane Armstrong,reeds,flutes
Richard Pincell,tuba
Dave Holland,bass
Thurman Barker,drums

1. Track #1 (32:22)
2. Track #2 (40:41)
3. Track #3 (22:12) [unc.]

Total Time 1:34:16