CENTER OF THE WORLD - CENTER OF THE WORLD (CENTER OF THE WORLD, 1972)

 

A. Center Of The World, Part I

B. Center Of The World, Part II


Alan Silva, bass, cello, voice
Muhammad Ali, drums, voice
Bobby Few, piano, voice 
Frank Wright, tenor and soprano saxophone, voice

Recorded live at De Doelen, Rotterdam on 26 March 1972

Center Of The World ‎– CW 001

LP Rip

FRANK WRIGHT QUARTET - LAST POLKA IN NANCY? (CENTER OF THE WORLD, 1973)

 

A1. Winter Echoes
A2. Guanna Dance Part I

B1. Guanna Dance Part II
B2. Thinking Of Monk
B3. Doing The Polka

Alan Silva, bass
Muhammad Ali, drums
Bobby Few, piano
Frank Wright, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

Recorded live in Nancy, Jazz Pulsations Festival, 10 October 1973

Center Of The World ‎– CW 002

LP Rip

TTT ‎– FRANK WRIGHT (MARA RECORDS, 1991)

1. Wartesaal

2. Deutsche Bank

3. Haus Blitz

4. Untitled

5. Untitled

Frank Wollny, bass
A.R. Penck, drums
Frank Wright, saxophone

Mara Records ‎– 6003

CD Rip

FRANK WRIGHT ‎– PRAYER FOR INGO (MARA RECORDS, 1990s)

1. Prayer For Ingo

Frank Wollny, bass

A.R. Penck, drums

Rev. Frank Wright, saxophone

Recorded at Stadtgarten Köln, November 19, 1989

Mara Records ‎– 6006

CD Rip


I said I had one more A.R. Penck / Frank Wright rip to post, but now we have another thanks to Pierre, our pioneering IS contributor, who posted many of the others.

THE FRANK WRIGHT QUARTET - CHURCH NUMBER NINE (CALUMET, 1973)

A. Church Number Nine Part 1

B. Church Number Nine Part 2

Noah Howard, alto saxophone
Muhammad Ali, drums
Bobby Few, piano
Frank Wright, tenor saxophone

Recorded in Paris on March 7, 1970.

Calumet ‎– C 3674

LP Rip

THE FRANK WRIGHT QUARTET - CHURCH NUMBER NINE (ODEON ‎– OP-88019)

A. チャー・ナソバー・ナインパート 1

B. チャー・ナソバー・ナインパート 2

ノア・ハワード, alto saxophone
モハメッド・アリ, drums
ボビー・フュー, piano
フランク・ライト, tenor saxophone

Japanese re-issue with extra material

LP Rip

FRANK WRIGHT - ALAN SILVA - MUHAMMAD ALI "HAMBURG, 1976"

A Wonderful Wright trio show from Hamburg in 76... received in a trade, 5 or 6 years ago..
FM


Frank Wright, tenor sax
Alan Silva, double bass
Muhammed Ali, drums


01. radio intro 0:18
02. Jerry {1} 12:51
03. Jerry {2} 7:00
04. Church Number 9 {1} 9:23
05. Church Number 9 {2} 6:20
06. Church Number 9 {3} 5:47
07. radio intro > Guanna Dance {1} 6:15
08. Guanna Dance {2} 9:53
09. Guanna Dance {3} {fade out} 5:45


Recorded at the 'Fabrik', Hamburg, June 1976.
Joyous!!!!

JAZZGALERIE NICKELSDORF "THE 20th ANNIVERSARY ALBUM"

One of the most important Festivals in Europe? - I say it's true!

Go there - have a listen there - meet someone(s) there - > http://www.konfrontationen.at/







JAZZGALERIE NICKELSDORF "THE 20th ANNIVERSARY ALBUM"



1. Athanor
Harun Ghulum Barabbas, alto saxophone
Walter Muhammed Malli, drums, soprano saxophone
Richard Ahmad Pechoc, piano
Josef Traindl, trombone

Atlantis (03.12); recorded on 22 April 1978


2. Frank Wright Quartet
Reverend Frank Wright, tenor saxophone
Bobby Few, piano
Jack Gregg, bass
Muhammed Ali, drums

Cowboys & indians (07.57); recorded on 14 March 1981


3. Rova Saxophone Quartet
John Raskin, alto, baritone, soprano saxophones, clarinet
Larry Ochs, alto, tenor and soprano saxophones
Andrew Voigt, alto and soprano saxophones, flute
Bruce Ackley, alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet

74 882 (07.48); recorded on 23 October 1982


4. Schlippenbach Trio

Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano
Evan Parker, tenor saxophone
Paul Lovens, drumset

Option Abdullah (10.13); recorded on 16 April 1983


5. Anthony Braxton Quartet
Anthony Braxton, saxophone
Marilyn Crispell, piano
John Lindberg, bass
Gerry Hemingway, drums

Composition 23M (11.11); recorded on 27 October 1984


6. Roscoe Mitchell, saxophone

Solo (08.46); recorded on 27 September 1986


7. Trio Clusone
Michael Moore, saxophone
Ernst Reijseger, cello
Han Bennink, drums, percussion

Wie beim Falb die Kuckucksuhr tickt, so tickt sie nirgendwo (10.52);
recorded on 3 September 1993


8. Frisque Concordance
Georg Graewe, piano
John Butcher, saxophone
Hans Schneider, bass
Martin Blume, drums

Spellings (09.01); recorded on 19 November 1994


9. Gerry Hemingway Quintet
Michael Moore, saxophone
Wolter Wierbos, trombone
Ernst Reijseger, cello
Mark Dresser, bass
Gerry Hemingway, drums, percussion

Beef (07.51); recorded on 26 October 1996


10.(applause for ten seconds)


This CD was originally produced for the 20th Anniversary of the Festival "Konfrontationen" in Nickelsdorf, Austria (1997).

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BOBBY FEW / ALAN SILVA / FRANK WRIGHT "SOLOS & DUETS - VOL.2" (SUN, 1975)

Here's volume one > http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2011/11/bobby-few-alan-silva-frank-wright-solos.html


Enjoy!





BOBBY FEW / ALAN SILVA / FRANK WRIGHT "SOLOS & DUETS - VOL.2"


Frank Wright, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, voice
Alan Silva, bass, violin, piano, voice
Bobby Few, piano, voice


A1. Song For Cyrile, Children Of Joy 03:40
A2. El Torro 03:55
A3. Unknown Step 16:44
B1. Echo Send 08:05
B2. Sound Of A 07:59



A1 & A2 recorded chez Palm, November 1975.
A3 & B2 recorded in Reims, November 1975.
B1 ??

SUN SR103


(lp rip provided by Nick!)

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FRANK WRIGHT - MUHAMMAD ALI "ADIEU LITTLE MAN" (SUN RECORDS, 1974)

FRANK WRIGHT - MUHAMMAD ALI "ADIEU LITTLE MAN"


Frank Wright, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Muhammad Ali, drums


1. Adieu Little Man - part one 21:33
2. Adieu Little Man - part two 22:01


Recorded in April 1974; France.

SUN RECORDS CW 004

(lp rip)

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BOBBY FEW / ALAN SILVA / FRANK WRIGHT "SOLOS & DUETS" (SUN, 1975)

...thank you, Nick!




BOBBY FEW / ALAN SILVA / FRANK WRIGHT "SOLOS & DUETS"


Frank Wright, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, voice
Alan Silva, bass, violin, piano, voice
Bobby Few, piano, voice


A 1. Grenada 15:51
A 2. Fondamental Blues 08:02
B 1. Who Got The Keys? 16:32
B 2. We Have Found The Keys! 07:43


Grenada recorded in Massy, January 1975.
A2 recorded in Reims, November 1975.
B1 and B2 recorded in Paris, April 1975.

SUN SR102
CENTER OF THE WORLD CW 006

(lp rip from SR102)

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FRANK WRIGHT & JERRY GRIFFIN "SAALFELDEN, AUSTRIA, NOVEMBER 1979"

This concert was intented as a quartet (or quintet) but the others members of the group
were stranded somewhere on their way from the Netherlands to Austria.

Wether Frank Wright plays a Selmer saxophone during this concert is unknown...





FRANK WRIGHT - JERRY GRIFFIN "SAALFELDEN, AUSTRIA, NOVEMBER 1979"


Frank Wright, tenor saxophone
Jerry Griffin, drums


1.unknown titel 21:57
2.unknown titel 13:57
3.unknown titel 10:33
4.unknown titel 15:50
5.unknown titel 11:36

Recorded at "Jazz im Stall", Saalfelden, Austria, November 30, 1979.

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Rev. Frank Wright Quintet - Live in Moers '81

Just come back from Rome where i've spent some nice
days with "Ilario", drunk the bottle of "Brunello di
Montalcino" and copied some great recordings from
"Ilario"'s archive.
I want to start with Rev. Frank thinking this will make
many people happy.

Rec. live at the 10th "Moers Festival", Moers, Germany,
on June 6, 1981 (mics recording)

Frank Wright,tenor saxophone,bass clarinet,vocal
Arthur Jones,alto saxophone
Bobby Few,piano
Jean Jacques Avenel,bass
Muhammad Ali,drums

1. Burkhard Hennen Intro (0:45)
2. Track #1 (25:29)
3. Track #2 (12:10)
4. Track #3 (28:03)

Total Time 1:06:29

Frank Wright-Andrew Cyrille - Set 2

Links to flac version of 2nd set in comments. I'm sure someone will convert and post an MP3 version if anyone wants one.

FRANK WRIGHT & ANDREW CYRILLE "LIVE SOUNDSCAPE NYC 1981"

I can find virtually no information about this concert on the net. I must assume that the details I have are correct:-

Frank Wright/Andrew Cyrille Duo
Soundscape, New York
December 09, 1981

Set 1
1. 19:49
2. 25:40
3. 13:07

Set 2
1. 22:28
2. 12:33
3. 13:39
Lineup:
Frank Wright - reeds
Andrew Cyrille - drums

The seeder in dime (my thanks to him) stated that he had got it in trade, so it's been doing the rounds for some years.
I can find no recorded evidence that Wright played with Cyrille on other occasions. All I can say is that it is definitely Frank Wright accompanied by an excellent drummer, who isn't Muhammed Ali, Wright's more common partner, and probably is Cyrille. If there are any experts out there, perhaps they can confirm this.
The tracks are all improvisational pieces and are not tunes I've heard Wright play on his recordings. I also have the 2nd set, but frankly it would be an over-indulgence to post 2 hours of duo playing. If anyone particularly would like the other, then I could post it sometime in the future.
Sound quality is really quite good, perhaps too good for an audience recording of the time, so I've included flac as well as mp3 versions.

TTT featuring A.R. Penck "Aspects of the NY.NY.NY. Situation" (no info) FLAC & MP3-320

After a little interruption, here's the follow up to the Penck series. Double album this time. As usual, info via Rick Lopez's discography :

TTT featuring A.R. Penck: Aspects of the NY.NY.NY. Situation

A 0032 (2LP)

Date ? / Venue ?

Aspects of the NY.NY.NY. Situation
1. 1 [:]
2. 2 [:]
3. 3 [:]
4. 4 [:]
5. 5 [:]

Frank Wright (sax)
Butch Morris (cornet)
Frank Wollny (guitar-1,2,3; bass-4)
Heinz Wollny (bass-1,2,3; guitar-4,5)
A.R. Penck (piano-1,2,3,4; flute-4; drums-5)
Dennis (sic) "King" Charles (drums-1,3; percussion-2,3,5)
Coen Aalberts (drums-2,3; percussion-1,4,5)


P.

TTT featuring A.R. Penck "TTT Live! Konzert Basel" (ca. 1984, not cat. number) FLAC & MP3-320

Next number is our Penck series, this one features Frank Lowe & Louis Moholo (side B only).

Info from Rick Lopez's discography :

TTT featuring A.R. Penck: TTT Live! Konzert Basel

no issue # (LP) (SW) --issue # of "A 0022" is given by some sources, but is not seen anywhere on the recording itself.

ca. 1984 / Museum Für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland

1. First Gig Studio Fawe Street
2. What about JAZZ today!

A. R. Penck (fender piano, drums)
Heinz Wollny (bass)
Frank Wollny (guitar)
Frank Lowe (tenor sax)
Louis Moholo (drums)

* Penck is credited w/ drums on front cover, piano on back.


Enjoy,
Pierre

Frank Wright - Run with the cowboys

Continuing the Frank Wright series and his 80s recordings, this is a private lp release that was recorded at Studio Fawe Street. London E14. No date is given for this recording.

The line-up is as follows:

Frank Wright - tenor sax, vocals
Frank Wollny - guitar
Peter Kowald - acoustic bass
Coen Alberts - drums
A.R. Penck - el-piano, flute, vocals

Tracks:

1) Run with the cowboys
2) Do you like it (part 1)
3) An other day
4) Do you like it (part 2)

The back sleeve reports only one track on side 2, but a closer inspection of the record reveals that there is indeed a second track, which turns out to be a continuation of "Do you like it". For sake of convenience, I've split side 2 into two separate tracks.

New to this record is that Heinz Wollny is recording, but not playing, and Peter Kowald has been brought in to take care of bass duties and Coen Alberts to man the drums which is all for the better, in my view.

There's much more of a consolidated group sound here centered on the Wright - Kowald - Alberts trio and Frank Wollny, the most accomplished of the TTT lot, falls in nicely with the "outside" trio. Mr. Penck dabbles on el-piano throughout and is more of a distraction than a genuine contributor, but if you manage to somehow abstract from his "contributions", the record is not at all bad, not the least due to the presence of Wright and Kowald.

Three longish pieces (one split in two) and quite free-wheeling, this is the best I've heard so far of the Wright-Penck collaborations and certainly much better than the Ulm gig, posted here earlier. That said, I haven't heard all yet ...

Frank Wright in Ulm 1990

Following Pierre's posting and jumping ahead in time, this is in all likelihood the last extant recording of Frank Wright. He died on 17 May 1990 and according to the information I've got, this was recorded on 4 March.

It was made at the Galerie Holm in the South German town of Ulm on the occasion of an exhibition of A.R. Penck's graphical works. It's quite obviously an amateur recording, under less than ideal conditions and with quite a bit of chatter in between and during tracks.

Checking the Penck discography at http://www.bb10k.com/PENCK.html, it appears that there is a cd release of this date and the above cd covers are taken from that release. I haven't been able to trace that release on-line which presumably would have sounded much better.

At this point, the band was down to Wright on sax and vocals, Frank Wollny on el-bass and Mr. Penck himself on drums. I've never been a fan of Penck the drummer. I find his style cluttery and clattery, and Wollny does a fair enough job on bass. So this is really for Frank Wright completists, but who isn't?

Quite a reverby recording, no known tunes except track 4 which is "Jerry", somewhat of a Frank Wright staple. It first appeared in a trio format on "The Earth", his debut album for ESP back in the sixties and later in a quartet format with piano on "Shouting the Blues", an album released in France in the late seventies.

Not much point in doing a flac of this one, imho, so only high-quality mp3s in the comments section.

The next one will be better, I promise!

TTT featuring A.R. Penck "Catch the dollar" (unknown date, MPO LP-BB 13/UTOPIA) FLAC & MP3-320

Part two of our Penck series, this time featuring Frank Wright & Butch Morris. Info from Rick Lopez's discography :

TTT featuring A.R. Penck: New York, New York [Catch The Dollar]

music corporation MPO LP-BB 13/UTOPIA (LP)

Date ? / Venue ?

1. New York, New York!!
2. Catch the dollar!
3. Proof and search!

Frank Wright (sax; vocals)
Butch Morris (cornet)
Frank Wollny (guitar)
Heinz Wollny (bass)
A.R. Penck (drums, Cover Art)
[Butch Morris also erroneously credited w/ "sax and vocal" at www.avantgart.com/Schall-Penck.htm]

TTT featuring A.R. Penck "3 + 2 = XXXXX" (1984, music corporation) FLAC & MP3-320

As promised, we start a little series of Penck LPs posts. This one as already been up on Church Number 9 but is presented here in flac & high quality mp3.

Info from Rick Lopez's discography :

TTT featuring A.R. Penck : 3 + 2 = XXXXX

music corporation (LP) 1984

May 27, 1984 / Dimensional Sound Studio, New York City

1. We Met Frank and Butch in Town
2. Our Sound Unity

Frank Wright (sax, voice)
Butch Morris (cornet)
Frank Wollny (guitar)
Heinz Wollny (bass)
A. R. Penck (drums, Cover Art)


If any of you knows how all these sessions came about, we'd be very interested to know.

Enjoy,
Pierre