MICHEL PORTAL UNIT "RIS ORANGIS, 1976"

 

Michel Portal, alto & tenor saxophone, clarinet, bandoneon
Bernard Vitet, trumpet, violin
Leon Francioli, double bass, trombone, cello
Beb Guérin, double bass, piano
Jean-Pierre Drouet, drums
Bernard Lubat, drums, percussion, piano
Tamia, vocals


01 - Splendid Yzlment (MP,comp) (fade-in) 10:57
02 - Title 73:32
03 - Title 21:37

Recorded December 31, 1976 at Centre Culturel Robert Desnos,
Ris Orangis (near Paris).

Dudu Pukwana & Spirits Rejoice, Nyon 1980 and Elton Dean Qt, London 2004

SPIRITS REJOICE
DUDU PUKWANA  soprano saxophone
EVAN PARKER  tenor saxophone
KENNY WHEELER  trumpet
RADU MALFATTI  trombone
IRENE SCHWEIZER  piano
HARRY MILLER  bass
LEON FRANCIOLI  bass
PIERRE FAVRE  drums

1. 33:05
2. 4:46 w. outro

1st June 1980.. Nyon Festival, France

Thanks to Bozo for this tape.  Once you get used to listening to this from inside one of the basses it's ok.  The saxes are a little on the quiet side but this is a stupendous grouping with some fabulous playing. Pretty wild (no township).  Something happens (?) at 33:05 so I put a track break in.

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ELTON DEAN  saxello 
JEROME      trombone
JOHN EDWARDS  bass
MARK FLETCHER  drums
compere Sybil Madrigal

3. 36:41

26th July 2004.. Boat-Ting, London
Gus recording

If anyone knows the surname of the trombonist, let me know - he's GRRREAT!!
Thanks to Gus for this very happening gig.  Enjoy

LÉON FRANCIOLI / BEB GUÉRIN / BERNARD LUBAT / MICHEL PORTAL "CHÂTEAUVALLON 76" (L'ESCARGOT, 1976)

Michel Portal, alto & tenor saxophone, bandoneon, bass clarinet, clarinet
Beb Guérin, double bass
Lêon Francioli, double bass, trombone
Bernard Lubat, percussion, piano

Side A:
01. Souffrière - Volcan (8:22)   
02. Souffrière - Erruption (5:52)   
03. En Voiture Simone     (2:50)
Side B:
04. À La Niche (6:40)   
05. 1, 2, 3, 4 (1:49)   
06. Angels  (3:26)
07. Los Inclassables  (4:39)


Recorded during Festival de Jazz de Châteauvallon, France on August 23, 1976.

Music on track 1,2,7 by M.Portal; track 3 by B.Lubat; track 4 by B.Guerin; track 5 by L.Francioli; track 6 by A.Ayler.

L'ESCARGOT ESC 382 (vinyl rip)

Michel Portal Unit - Live in Lovere '79

My second and last contribution at the musical
story of M.Portal : a single piece, since the
concert devoleped as a long (very long) medley.
Terrific work by the couple Francioli/Favre,
at the level of the most famous Holland/Altschul
or Parker/Drake.

Rec. live in Lovere, Italy, on June 17th, 1979
(mix recording)

Michel Portal,reeds,bandoneòn
Albert Mangelsdorff,trombone
Leon Francioli,bass
Pierre Favre,percussions

1. Track #1 (1:19:49)

Jerry Chardonnens,Leon Francioli ,Radu Malfatti-"Humanimal"(Hat Hut lp 8)1980

Here’s a wholly improvised set from master trombonist Radu Malfatti from way back, long before he became the eminence Gris,new school minimalist guru spawning a new generation of no input process orientated improvisers and composers.
The André Breton like,lofty eyed arbiter of the orthodoxies of the genre.

Actually it’s a collective effort, also featuring Frenchmen Jerry Chardonnens(the nominal leader) and the better known bassist Leon Francioli.. Who in the 70’s performed and or recorded with Mal Waldron, Alan Skidmore, Pierre Favre , Joe Mcphee



and countless others no doubt.
in fact he’s on the Michel Portal unit live in Hamburg posted below 10 days ago.

This isn’t a lost minor masterpiece, intriguing though it is.
One thing is certain; its eclecticism was fairly rare among “free improvisers” at the time.
Not unlike the above mentioned Portal concert it moves in and out of fixed tonalities, and more conventional harmonic terrain as well as pure sound. And sheer exuberant noise.
It all amusingly ends with a beautifully played (un- ironic) calypso.

Unfortunately the record was in far from pristine condition, when I bought it 20 years ago, and the first side features rather a lot of surface noise...all though at times its hard to differentiate from the closely recorded pops made by by spittle as air is forced through saliva clogged tubing (Malfatti’s progeny have capitalised on this releasing entire discs where the textural drama produced by collisions of air and spit have become the central focus of the music )


Humanimal is dedicated to Joe Mcphee.
Jerry Chardonnens-drums and percussion
Leon Francioli-db, pno
Radu Malfatti- trombone ,and devices
Recorded live at willisau’79.. sept 1st 1979