UPDATE - RARITY # 2 – THE FREE FORM'S SEXTET (BELGIUM, 1966)

RARITY # 2 – THE FREE FORM'S SEXTET (BELGIUM, 1966)
The Free Form's Sextet (1966) 
Contemporary Music 
Music by Paul Lambert and Francis Joan

7" - 45 rpm - METEOR GV1536

I have updated the text and posted a new link (FLAC) for this extremely obscure Belgian free jazz 45.
See original post HERE

RE-POST & CROSSBORDER COLLABORATION

BABS ROBERT & The LOVE PLANET (re-up)

Crossborder collaboration, that's what blogging is all about!  I made a new rip of Babs Robert & Love Planet and sent it to onxidlib who cleaned and declicked it (a time-consuming and laborius task).
It is a significant improvement on the previous rips posted here (the first one was especially dreadful, I was learning).
Eternal gratitude to you, Onxidlib!

See comments.

Over 3 years ago I wrote:  Will someone eventually take the initative to re-issuing this little gem?  Now is the right time as there is a growing demand among collectors ... and the price for an original puts it out of reach of the average collector.  I hope someone at Heavenly Sweetness (or any other specialized label) read this message.

Well , apparently, someone did hear the request.  The album is now available in CD format from JUNO records (UK):
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Babs+Robert+%2526+The+Love+Planet/

Since it is available, I won't repost the rip.  

RE-POST 2014

Get' em while the links work

Rarity #13 - Innovation en Jazz - 2 (Pelzer etc.)
Joe Beck - Nature Boy
Steve Bauer Orchestra - Living Dreams
Emil Mangelsdorff Old Fashion-New Style
SOK (rare German jazz rock - recommended)
Frankfort All Stars (double LP German bop/fusion/soul jazz - recommended)
Fountainhead (US big band jazz-rock - recommended)
Janot Morales - Miles Inspirations (jazz belge)
McCoy Mrubata - Hoelykit (SA Jazz)
Kleinschuster-Goykovic (unreleased session - 1969)
Charles Davis - Super80  (tough tenor, hard bop, ex-Strata East).
In the same comments, I have added a link to INGIA (Strate East)
Indo-Jazz Fusion (rare one)


The link is always in the comments of the original post.

RE-UPS

HAPPY NEW YEAR!    

It's New Year in Morocco, the moon was seen last night so today is a public holiday. First day of the first month of the Muslim year.   

As a new year present, a few re-ups that were requested recently.  I had a problem with my external hard drive. It isn't completely fixed but I managed to recover a great deal of the files (my own mistake: I hadn't done any back up for a good while ... Never again!).

Go to the original posts if you want to learn more about these records and artists.  The links are in the comments of the original posts.

Get 'em while the links last, ain't gonna re-post 'em no more.

Rare early Martial Solal 10" :  HERE

My favorite Brom.
Highly recommended, cleaned rip.  HERE

Canadian jazz-rock: HERE

Accordion Jazz (highly recommended).  HERE

Very rare French 10" , featuring arrangements by a very young Yvan Jullien.  Don't miss it this time!  HERE

More French jazz.  Errol Parker piano trio.  A classic album.   HERE

Underrared French Tough Tenor with solid blues and deep jazz credentials   HERE   

TOMMY DOYLE & RAW JAZZ QUARTET (Thailand)  : new link kindly provided by bungel (see comments).

REPOST - CARIBBEAN SOUNDS

At the request of a visitor, some Caribbean reposts.  Get 'em while they're available.  

HENRI GUEDON : Nomadisme Musical aux Caraibes

FRA FRA BIG BAND: A Tan So

FRA FRA SOUND : Kalinhas Serenade
















Links in the comments below.

RE UP

By popular request ... well, kinda ...  

See comments of the original posts for the updated links.


Nobody asked for a re-up of this one and it is a damn' shame.  How often do you get to hear Jazz from Fiji?  And excellent jazz it is!  I was lucky enough to catch him live in Suva.
Don't miss it this time!

Third (and last)  time I post it.
One of the great unsung jazz guitarists.

More Condouant on this rare East European album .
With the great Leo Wright on tenor and flute.

Remember the Golden Age of Blogs, when there was blogs like the Strata East Fan Club, Magic Purple Sunshine, and Cheeba's comprehensive Shad Shack.  Just as a souvenir of these bygone days, here is an  old favorite.  Not my rip.  With thanks to whoever posted it first on Shad Shack (see link in the comments of THIS here post).

Great guitar by Freddie Robinson and Joe Pass.

And here is the first one., feat. Fred Robinson on guitar (link in comments)

Danny Gatton. Need I say more.  Posted long ago.  See link in comments here.

This post has turned into a guitar post.  Here is an early Joe Beck LP, psychedelic rock with jazz chops.
I think I got it from RedTelephone66 but not too sure.  If you don't know this album but are familiar with Joe Beck's jazz outings, give this album a try and expect to be surprised (link in comments).

More psychedelia with jazz chops: the Jerry Hahn Brotherhood.  I "discovered" Jerry Hahn 40 years ago on Gary Burton's THROB album (1969).  Amazing guitarist, listen to his solo in Martha's Madman!

And there's a version of Ornette Coleman's Ramblin' too.  (link in comments).

+ great organ by Mike Finnigan.

Clyde Graves (bass) - George Marsh (drums)




I'm in the process of re-uping some Belgian Jazz albums.  Check in the comments of the original posts.
JACK SELS
EDDY HOUSE 5tet
THE CLOUDS (feat. Freddie Sunder)
JANOT MORALES
BABS ROBERT & THE LOVE PLANET
JAZZ HOEILAART 92
NO VIBRATO
THOMAS-PELZER NDR Jazz workshop

also reposted:
Rarity #31: JO JAGUAR (Martial Solal)
Rarity #15 & #16

You're welcome to help (see message at the bottom)

RE-POST

Don't miss it this time!
See comments in original post here

I have re-posted Hans Koller 78 rpm (see original post)

The annual Charlie Mariano Re-Post Programme

By popular demand, I have re-posted  three Charlie Mariano LPs.  (last re-post was a year ago).

(see links in comments of original posts)

And a little extra for Mariano's fans :

a.k.a. Blue Flute 
No point in re-posting it,, get it here and say thanks to the man!

And another favorite Mariano, this time with Eero Koivistoinen 's group: 

No point in ripping it, it's already floating in the blogsphere.  Get it here.

And don't forget this one: pure magic!

It's probably still floating around the blogworld, otherwise buy the CD re-issue (still easily available from Amazon or other dealers).

REPOST

At the request of visitors, I am in the process of re-posting:

• Glenn Terry - Cyclonic Woman  (second and last re-post!  Get it while it's there!)

Funky blues rock from the island of Mauritius

• Cape Jazz Classics

The link can be found in the comments of the original posts.

RE_POST - KIWI JAZZ

THE NAIROBI TRIO (New Zealand)

See link in the comments of the original post.

RE-POST

I have re-posted:

• Belgian Big Band (Sadi + jean Blaton)
• Oleg Plotnikov of the Uralski all Stars

Get  'em while it lasts!

SEE comments of original post for the new link.

RE-POST: HOELYKIT

McCOY MRUBATA - HOELYKIT
(South African Jazz)

See original post here.

RE POST: a landmark in SA Jazz

JAZZ IN AFRICA vol. 1 & 2
John Mehegan, Jonas Gwanga, Hugh Masekela, Kippie Moeketsi & all (South Africa, 1959)

I have re-posted the complete session (2CD) recorded in 1959 during a tour of American pianist John Mehegan in South Africa.  The session features the cream of the SA boppers at the time (they were already known as the Jazz Epistles).  Beautiful music and an historic document.  If you did not get it the first time, get it now, you won’t be disappointed.

See comments in the original post for the link.

RE-POST

Back by popular demand ...

See comments in original post.

See comments in original post.

Long overdue!

Give this one a try, if you're curious about "old time" Brazilian music.

Funky blues from Mauritius. Dig dat big bass sound!

Nodoby seems to know this guy or asked for a re-post. Big mistake! You don't know what you're missin'!

Another long overdue re-up

Carnatic Jazz

SEe comments in original post

RE-POST- modern big bands and a few other things

Some Big Band Re-posts:

- Jean-Loup Longnon 's CYCLADES (France).

- Upsalla Big Band (Sweden):

The KICKS BAND (US)

Ernest Wiehe 10-pieces jazz ensemble (Mauritius)

Full Faith & Credit Big Band (US)

NOJO   (Canada ... absolutely superb, don't miss it this time).

Fra Fra Big Band (NL + members from US, Uk, NL Antilles, Surinam, Mexico ...)

Etienne Verschueren & BRT Jazz Orkest (Belgium)

Other things ...

Brand New Orleans (NL)