John Fischer - 6 x 1 = 10 Duos For A New Decade - Reentry 1980

John Fischer - Piano & Voice

Lester Bowie - trumpet

Charles Tyler - baritone saxophone

Perry Robinson - clarinet

Mark Whitecage - alto saxophone

Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone

Rick Kilburn - bass

Side A

1. Walking Ahead

2. I Love You Mama

3. What If?

4. But Not For Me

5. February

Side B

1. 110th Street

2. Bull Pop

3. Squeal

4. How Long Has This Been Going On?

Duos with Perry Robinson, Arthur Blythe, Mark Whitecage - Recorded at ENVIRON - 1977

Duos with Lester Bowie & Charles Tyler - Recorded 1978 [Media Sound & Downtown Sound]

Duo with Rick Kilburn - Recorded 1978 Public Theatre 

ReEntry Records RE-004 1980 vinyle rip from Serviceton

Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Live In Warsaw 1982

I have no particular details about this live show, exact date and exact location. Due to the fact that it lasts only 37 mn we can suppose that it is only a part of the concert but that’s all I own.

It is the regular crew: Roscoe, Joseph, Lester, Malachi, Famoudou.

Lester Bowie, Malachi Favor, Roscoe Mitchell - Live March 31, 1979 Verrona Italy.

Here is a live recording by three totally unknown musicians.

One long improvisation with appearances of some tracks that may be familiar for some of us. Played in the fall of the seventies this music is in fact more close to the early spirit of those musicians at the time when Lester was recording number 1 & 2, at the time when the band’s name was the Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble.

March 31, 1979 location unknown to me except Vienna Austria.

DEUTSCHES JAZZ FESTIVAL - BOWIE/DAUNER/DOLDINGER/KROG/PIKE/SCHOOF/WOODS "FRANKFURT, 1970"

Here is finally the promised post from the German Jazz Festival 1970 in Frankfurt.
The above picture is from a postcard and shows the Kongresshalle.


LESTER BOWIE & EUROPEAN FREE JAZZ ORCHESTRA  "FRANKFURT, 1970"

Lester Bowie, trumpet & fluegelhorn
Joseph Jarman, tenor saxophone
Roscoe Mitchell, bass saxophone
Malachi Favors Maghostut, bass
Frédéric Rabold, pocket trumpet
Michael Sell, trumpet
Herbert Joos, fluegelhorn
Manfred Schoof, trumpet
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Günter Christmann, trombone
Dieter Scherf, alto saxophone
Michael Thielepape, alto saxophone
Joachim Kühn, alto saxophone
Axel Hennies, tenor saxophone & flute
Gunter Hampel, bass clarinet
Alfred Harth, tenor saxophone
Heinz Sauer, tenor saxophone
Gerd Dudek, tenor saxophone
Klaus Bühler, bass
Peter Stock, bass
Gerhard König, guitar
Rainer Grimm, drums
Karin Krog, vocals
Jeanne Lee, vocals
Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcement


1. introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:50
2. Getting to Know You All No. 2 (L. Bowie) (Germany Unite!)     35:26

Bowie introduces the tune for the first 1:40.
Solos: Bowie, Christmann, Mitchell, Krog (L)-Lee(R)

Recorded on March 22, 1970 at the Kongresshalle, Frankfurt during the 12th Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970, third concert.

An excerpt has been issued on LP (Born Free: The 12. German Jazz Festival, CBS Scout Sc-S 11).

RADIO JAZZ GROUP STUTTGART - WOLFGANG DAUNER  "FRANKFURT, 1970"

Ack Van Rooyen, trumpet & fluegelhorn
Erhard "Ed" Kröger, trombone
Peter Herbolzheimer, trombone
Walter "Joki" Freund, soprano & tenor saxophone
Gerd Dudek, tenor saxophone, flute
Wolfgang Dauner, piano, clavinet, ring modulator
Eberhard Weber, bass
Cees See, drums

Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcement

1. announcement (Joachim-Ernst Berendt) 1:34
2. Bluesy Bluesy (W. Dauner)     11:02
3. The Peddler (J. Freund)     16:05
4. Reaping Machine (W. Dauner)     5:42
5. Diäthylaminoäthyl (W. Dauner) 11:52


Recorded on March 21, 1970, Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, 12th Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970, first concert.

 KLAUS DOLDINGER QUARTET  "FRANKFURT, 1970"

Klaus Doldinger, soprano & tenor saxophone
Ingfried Hoffmann, piano, organ
Helmut Kandelberger, abss
Cees See, drums

Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcement

1. introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:25
2. The Windmills of Your Mind (M. Legrand-A. Bergman)     8:45
3. Sahara (K. Doldinger)  17:27

Recorded on March 21, 1970 at the Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, 12th Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970, first concert.

An excerpt of "Sahara" (9:17) has been issued on LP (Born Free: The 12. German Jazz Festival, CBS Scout Sc-S 11).

KARIN KROG + DAVE PIKE SET  "FRANKFURT, 1970"


Dave Pike, vibes
Volker Kriegel, guitar
Hans Rettenbacher, bass
Peter Baumeister, drums
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone
Karin Krog, vocals

Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcement

1. introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:23
2. One for Kathy (D. Pike)     6:37
3. Green Light (D. Pike)     4:31
4. Announcement (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     0:15

Recorded on March 21, 1970, Frankfurt, 12th Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970, first concert.

DAVE PIKE SET  "FRANKFURT, 1970"

Dave Pike, vibes
Volker Kriegel, guitar
Hans Rettenbacher, bass
Peter Baumeister, drums

Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcement

1. introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)     1:04
2. Attack of the Green Misers (D. Pike)     9:12
3. Turn Around, Mrs. Lot (D. Pike)     9:20
4. But Anyway - Velvet Vibrations (V. Kriegel)     5:44
5. Good Time Charlie at the Big Washdown (H. Rettenbacher)     8:34

Recorded on March 21, 1970 at the Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, 12th Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970, first concert.

"Turn Around, Mrs. Lot" has been issued on LP (Born Free: The 12. German Jazz Festival, CBS Scout Sc-S 11).

MANFRED SCHOOF NEW JAZZ TRIO  "FRANKFURT, 1970"


Manfred Schoof, trumpet & fluegelhorn
Peter Trunk, bass
Cees See, drums

Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcement

1. introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt) 0:36
2. Certvann (M. Schoof-P. Trunk-C. See) 7:35
3. Palar (M. Schoof-P. Trunk-C. See)     6:31
4. Haranca (M. Schoof-P. Trunk-C. See)     6:05

Recorded on March 22, 1970 at the Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, 12th Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970, third concert.
This is announced as a four-part suite called "Page One," but the recording I have has only these three parts. The titles of the tunes are not announced, but they're taken from a NDR broadcast of a concert from Hamburg on January 23.
An excerpt of "Haranca" (5:31, with the title "Satz") has been issued on LP (Born Free: The 12. German Jazz Festival, CBS Scout Sc-S 11).

PHIL WOODS & HIS EUROPEAN RHYTHM MACHINE  "FRANKFURT, 1970"

Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Gordon Beckpiano, electric piano
Henri Texier, bass
Daniel Humair, drums, percussion

1. unknown title (inc)     4:04
2. Freedom Jazz Dance (E. Harris)  11:58

Recorded on March 21, 1970 at the Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, 12th Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970, first concert.
The Woods ERM undoubtedly performed additional music, but these are the only one I have.
"Freedom Jazz Dance" has been issued on LP (Born Free: The 12. German Jazz Festival, CBS Scout Sc-S 11).

Thanks to Peter Losin for the music and the info-files which I have changed a bit.

More from the same Festival you'll get > Schlippenbach Trio (first incarnation)
Rolf & Joachim Kühn Quartet
Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet
Pierre Favre Quartet
Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe
Deutsche Jazz Festival Big Band

ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO with the SUN PERCUSSION SUMMIT. London 1995

Lester Bowie
Roscoe Mitchell
Malachi Favors
Don Moye

Mamame Samake
Enoch Williamson
Babu Atiba
Selah Allen
Mesach Silas

1. 38:25
2. 9:21
3. 5:11

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. November 1995.

BBC Radio 3 b'cast.

Jack DeJohnette's New Directions - Live in Lovere '79

Certainly not at the level of "Special Edition" but, in any case, a very
enjoyable group.

Rec. live in Lovere, Italy, on June 15, 1979 (mics recording)

Jack DeJohnette,drums,piano
Lester Bowie,trumpet (-3)
John Abercrombie,guitar (-3)
Eddie Gomez,bass (-3)

1. Unknown (17:10)
2. Unknown (13:30)
3. Silver Hollow (07:17)
4. Salsa For Eddie G. (14:37)
5. Unknown (13:14)
6. Encore (11:15)

Total Time 1:17:06

Encore (excerpt)

Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy Music Is An Open Sky Festival Sweet Basil NYC USA Februay 7 1985 FM

Lester Bowie Trumpet
Stanton Davis Trumpet
Malachi Thompson Trumpet
Bruce Purse Trumpet
Craig Harris Trombone
Steve Turre Trombone
Bob Stewart Tuba
Phillip Wilson Drums

original text file:
here's an early Brass Fantasy show, as broadcasted by WKCR-FM in NYC.
They open with Great Pretender, but the I have no titles for the rest.....please help out if you can.
FM>MasterCass>Peak>Xact>Flac

*************************************************************************
Note: I don't care what the tune names are, feel free to name them if you want to.

Lester Bowie & Phillip Wilson Duo - Live in Alassio '78

In comments to the previous P.Wilson post, this duo has been
mentioned several times : this is the only recording i've done
of the same duo.

Rec. live at "Belvedere Santa Croce", Alassio, Italy,
on September 9, 1978 (mics recording)

Lester Bowie,trumpet
Phillip Wilson,drums

1. Track #1 (15:18)
2. Track #2 (23:36)

Total Time 38:55

1. Track #1

Lester Bowie Quintet - Live in Padua '78

One of the best groups led by Lester playing some Gospels, some
Spirituals, some Rhythm & Blues and some Free-Jazz : from the
Ancient to the Future!

Rec. live at "Teatro Tenda", Padua, Italy, on April 4, 1978
(mics recording)

Lester Bowie,trumpet
Arthur Blythe,alto sax
Amina Claudine Myers,piano
Malachi Favors Maghostut,bass
Phillip Wilson,drums

1. Track #1 (31:30)
2. Track #2 (39:00)
3. Encore (03:25)

Total Time 1:13:56

Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Live in Nervi '79

The particularity of this recording is the absence of
Malachi Favors (severe absence), nevertheless the
performance conserves a sure interest.

Rec. live in Nervi, Italy, on July 22nd, 1979
(mix recording)

Joseph Jarman/Roscoe Mitchell,reeds
Lester Bowie,trumpet
Don Moyè,percussions
(absent Malachi Favors)

1. Track #1 (47:59)
2. Track #2 (14:12)

Total Time 62:11

Lester Bowie - African Children

There was a little exchange of comments on Bowie 70s albums recently, so I thought I put up this one which has not been rereleased since it first appeared on the Horo label in 1978. That year was quite a productive one for Lester. "The 5th Power" came out on Black Saint with the same line-up and a duet with Phillip Wilson also came out on the Improvising Artists label. I haven't checked the general availability of these two, but I do have them both on vintage vinyl. I've also come across a live set at Willisau, again with the same line-up which I'll put up here a little later on, once I got a chance to listen and upload.

The facts:

Lester Bowie - trumpet
Arthur Blythe - alto sax
Amina Myers - piano, organ, vocal
Malachi Favors - bass
Phillip Wilson - drums

1. Amina (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson)
2. Captain Courageous (Lester Bowie)
3. Tricky Slicky (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson)
4. Chili MacDonald (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson)
5. For Fela (Lester Bowie)

Recorded in Rome on April 16, 1978 at Mama Dog Studio and produced by Aldo Sinesio

"Amina" is a slow, mournful, gospel-tinged piece strongly featuring Myers (as could be expected). Slow, grand and beautiful. "Captain Courageous" is a Bowie exercise in strangled trumpet(er) as we have come to know (and love) over the years. "Tricky Slicky" is a fairly straight and light-mooded jazz piece. "Chili MacDonald", again a collective piece, has a strong flavour of the Caribbean and of gospel (which is also very apparent on the Willisau set, mentioned above). Last, but not least, and my favourite on this record, "For Fela", dedicated to legendary Nigerian saxophonist, big band leader and rebel against government and international capital (dig out "ITT"), digs into deep funk with one of those organ-bass riffs that never quit. In line with African records at the time, this brew cooks for about twenty minutes. All in all, this record shows up the rootedness of Bowie in the great African-American music tradition which winds back to Africa ultimately, hence the title.

Thanks to "horse" in the very fine lossless jazz group on Usenet for posting this one. I do have my own copy, but finding a lossless digital copy saves up a lot of time and work. And a splendid copy it is. There was a technical fault with the first track, which meant it had to be digitally rerecorded, but I don't think it'll be noticeable on this upload.

BONUS. As mentioned above, this line-up made an appearance at the Willisau jazz festival in 1978. There was a little discussion on Dime about the exact date of this appearance and the consensus seems to be September 1 1978. The piece is entitled "God has smiled on me" - at the outset a gospel song with vocals by Amina Myers, but the song is all but a point of departure for extended improvisation clocking in at over 40 minutes in all. Links in comments. Thanks to "blackforest" for upping this one.


Michel Portal and more Aki Takase up next ...

Kahil El'Zabar with Lester Bowie and Malachi Favors at Saalfelden 1987

Regular readers of this blog may recall that we posted two albums by Kahil El'Zabar back in August, both of them released on the Sound Aspects label. They may also recall that due to an intervention by the label proprietor, the links to the files of these recordings disappeared.

Kahil El'Zabar made at least one more album for Sound Aspects called "Sacred Love" which featured Malachi Favors (who was also on the album with Billy Bang) and Lester Bowie. I do have the album, but since we're under restrictions, I'm not going to post it. The pictures appended to this post are from the back sleeve of the album, though.

Instead I propose to post something even better, a live recording from the Saalfelden jazz festival in 1987 with the same line-up. Here you'll get 20 minutes of extra music as compared to the album.

Those familiar with the other recordings will know the basic structure by now. El'Zabar starts out on earth drum, switches later to a regular drum set and finally settles in on the thumb piano. Malachi Favors stays close to El'Zabar, using the bass as a second rhythmic-percussive instrument, leaving Lester Bowie free to extrapolate on the top. The African rootedness of this set is strongly present throughout.

Two-thirds of the trio are no longer with us, but El'Zabar is still active, releasing records on the Chicago-based Delmark label. He's a long-time member of Chicago's AACM and was voted Chicagoan of the year in 2004 by the Chicago Tribune, also thereby crediting his wider work as an educator and community leader.

Basic info:

KAHIL EL'ZABAR perc,voc
LESTER BOWIE tp
MALACHI FAVORS MAGHOSTUT b,perc

Saalfelden Jazz Festival, Saalfelden, Austria
Aug 28, 1987

01 part one 45:37
02 part two 14:57
03 encore 07:37

Three pieces somewhat artificially separated, but in reality one contiguous piece with an encore at the end.

Most likely recorded from radio. There is a noticeable hiss in the quieter passages.

Another Dime, no longer on the tracker, so I've no idea who recorded/upped this one, but in any case, a tip of the hat for making this available.

ADDENDUM: It has been brought to my notice that there is another posting of this set here: http://ubu-space.blogspot.com/2008/06/kahil-elzabar-lester-bowie-malachi.html. These were posted as flacs. To save server space, I'll delete the flacs from this post, but keep the mp3 file. Those wanting the flacs are advised to seek out the other posting.

Mp3 file here:

http://tinyurl.com/3ha3k4

David Murray (Quartet) LIVE AT THE LOWER MANHATTAN OCEAN CLUB Vol.1& 2

David Murray (Quartet)
LIVE AT THE LOWER MANHATTAN OCEAN CLUB 　Vol.1& 2
India Navigation IN 1032 and IN 1044
CD reissue IN 1032 CD

Recorded December 31 1977 live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, NY
David Murray (ts, ss on 2), Lester Bowie (tp), Fred Hopkins (b), Phillip Wilson (d)

1. Nevada's Theme (David Murray) 11:23
2. Bechet's Bounce (David Murray) 7:32
3. Obe (Lawrence"Butch" Morris) 18:12
4. Let The Music Take You (David Murray) 3:36

1. For Walter Norris (Lawarence"Butch" Morris) 23:24
2. Santa Barbara And Crenshaw Follies (David Murray) 12:20
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
This post is a rip of a CD reissue of two LPs collecting together the music performed by a Murray led quartet at a Manhattan club on New Year's eve in 1977. You can almost smell the seafood in the club's name! It re-unites the rhythm section of Hopkins and Wilson from Murray's earlier India Navigation recording from eighteen months before, and adds Lester Bowie.

Bowie is the link between the three most powerful groupings of musicians who came together in New York in the late 1970s to transform the established free jazz movement into the new music scene. Bowie had been active in both St Lois and Chicago in the collectives that became BAG and AACM respectively, and here in New York he is one of the earliest to play with musicians, who like Murray had come from LA. Inspired by the Black Arts movement and the idea of musical collectives they had nurtured these ideas in major black communities in the US, but ultimately moved to new York, often after sojourns in Europe.

Bob Cummins was one of those jazz lovers and small-scale entrepreneurs who captured much of the vibrant energy of the scene on his India Navigation label in the 1970s. He seemed to earn his living as a lawyer, and spent it on recording live performances in the lofts and small venues, and then releasing the recordings. He died in September 2000 (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E1DB1139F933A2575AC0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=), but small bursts of CD reissues seem to appear from time to time. Not sure why and how, but I'm always glad of the opportunity to listen to more. This one seems to be out of print as far as I can tell. It was certainly hard to find a copy when it was first re-released.

I haven't got the original vinyl LPs, but the CD liner notes say there's nearly seven minutes taken off 'Santa Barbara And Crenshaw Follies', and by my calculations there's possibly over two minutes less on 'For Walter Norris' if the timings on LP and CD can be believed (they can't usually). The CD notes also talk about an unreleased track. many of these tracks were staples of Murray's repertoire, and you get the usual personal dedications, rich textures and sometimes inspired themes. I'm very fond of this recording. I hope you enjoy it too.

Lester Bowie New York Organ Ensemble - Live Germany 1995

Another one for you Hammond B3 fans. This has a real New Orleans feel about it - the first track almost starts off like a church service. Bowie is in excellent form, and is superbly supported by Lacy and Carter. I've never heard of the lady on the organ, but I see that she started out playing with and conducting church choirs, before graduating to the likes of AEOC and Archie Shepp. She plays with great sensitivity without being to intrusive which is all too easy with such a powerful instrument.

Details:

Lester Bowie's New York Organ Ensemble

Grillo Theater
Essen, Germany
3. April 1995

Lester Bowie tp, flh

Amina Claudine Myers Hammond B3-org, voc

James Carter ts

Frank Lacy tb

Kelvyn Bell g

Don Moye dr, perc

1. 23:42

2. 9:26

3. 6:16

4. 20:07

5. 14:48

6. 8:00

7. 12:13

8. 4:28
total time 1:39:00 - complete

This is an audience recording, sound is OK, but a little echoey. Probably not much enhanced by flac, so MP3 link only. Thanks to seeder and taper.

Lester Bowie Quartet- Bern, Switzerland November 17th 1977

hi all

many thanks to boromir for keeping this blog active in the last month with some great concerts and vinyl rips.

heres another great one , the sound is far from perfect, and unfortunately i dont have this in lossless worth hearing none the less .

the music is inventive and has an energy that studio recordings in lesters case seldom captured.

massimo urbani is a real revelation here, i have heard him on perhaps one or two things before, but this is somethin' ese.

unfortunately after uploading this, whilst burning a disc my disc drive collapsed, so i wont be able to upload for a few weeks.

many thanks to the original seeder on dime, and boromir for this.

heres the info:

Lester Bowie QuartetBern, Switzerland
November 17th 1977
Lester Bowie tp,

Masimo Urbani as

,Peter Frei b

Martin Silverberg dr
1) 20:242) 42:33 3) 01:11 4) 02:10total time 67:46

the rythym sections nothing special , though they are more than merely meritricious.

and they more or less keep out of the way.