BOOTLEG - 1970

DEUTSCHE JAZZ FESTIVAL BIG BAND  "FRANKFURT, 1970"

Frankfurt

Pretty busy these days and not much time for blogging,  Moreover I need to go back home and rip some new material  (I have over 50 LPs never re-issued on CD and never seen in the blogsphere waiting to be cleaned, ripped and posted). That's what I'll do between Xmas and New Year, ripping LPs and drinking muled wine.

Luckily, the one and only onxidlib came to the rescue with another piece of modern archeology, an unreleased live performance of a large German All Stars Big Band recorded in 1970 at the 12th Deutsches Jazz Festival.

Just look at the names, they're all there.  The music is ambitious, very much a reflection of its time.  It means some controled madness - the influence of free jazz is still very prevalent in European jazz of the early seventies, and the band is led by Mr. Albert Mangelsdorff!  But the sun  always shines after the storm.  

For instance the Gunter Lenz's composition "Intoxication" starts in a fairly free manner but rapidly everything falls into place and order succeeds to chaos.    

If you dig seventies progressive big bands, this one 's for you.

  

Albert Mangelsdorff - Volker Kriegel (1973)
source: wikipedia - commons

Band

Conny Jackel, trumpet

Frédéric Rabold, trumpet

Manfred Schoof, trumpet

Ferenc Aszodi, trumpet

Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone

Rudi Fuesers, trombone

Egon Christmann, trombone

Peter Herbolzheimer, trombone

Emil Mangelsdorff, alto saxophone, flute

Heinz Sauer, alto & tenor saxophone

Gerd Dudek, soprano & tenor saxophone

Walter "Joki" Freund, soprano & tenor saxophone

Günter Kronberg, baritone saxophone

Volker Kriegel, guitar

Fritz Hartschuh, vibes

Günter Lenz, bass

Ralf R. Hübner, drums

Kurt Bong, drums

Wolfram Röhrich & Joachim-Ernst Berendt, announcer

Tracks

1. Introduction (Röhrich & Berendt)                    02:16

2. Intoxication (G. Lenz)                                    14:03

3. Jazzminers Dance In Frankfurt (J. Freund)      11:30

4. Palazzo Blue (V. Kriegel)                               06:12

5. Noisy Silence, Gentle Noise (V. Kriegel)        06:27

Recorded at the Kongresshalle, Frankfurt on March 21, 1970.

Frankfurt, 12th Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970, first concert.

The tune "Noisy Silence, Gentle Noise" has been issued on LP (Born Free: The 12. German Jazz Festival, CBS Scout Sc-S 11).

NEW LINK - Sept. 2017

ANOTHER DREAM BAND

KURT EDELHAGEN ALL-STAR BAND  "WESEL 1967"

Recorded April 7, 1967 at Städtisches Bühnenhaus, Wesel, Germany - radio transcription

I can’t wait to post this new contribution from Onxidlib.  Got it this morning and here it is, on the blog!

The accurately named Kurt Edelhagen All Stars Band. 

Kurt Edelhagen orchestra at his peak with a fantastic line up: Shake Keane, Wilton Gaynair, Leo Wright, Derek Humble just to name a few ...... I wish I could travel back in time and see these guys live!

Source: http://tonyoldies.homestead.com/127thpage.html

Track 1 - 13 + 15 - 19

Kurt Edelhagen, conductor

Ellsworth "Shake" Keane, trumpet, fluegelhorn 

Horst Fischer, trumpet

Hanne Wilfert, trumpet

Rick Kiefer, trumpet

Otto Bredl, trombone

Oliver "Jiggs" Whigham, trombone

Manfred Gätjens, trombone

Helmut "Nick" Hauck, bass trombone

Heinz Kretzschmar, soprano & alto saxophone

Derek Humble, , alto saxophone

Leo Wright, alto saxophone, flute

Wilton Gaynair, tenor saxophone

Kurt "Bubi" Aderhold , baritone saxophone, flute

Bora Rokovic , piano

Peter Trunk, bass

Dai Bowen, drums

Peter Trunk - http://www.radioswissjazz.ch/cgi-bin/pip/html.cgi?lang=de&m=entity&w=Peter+Trunk

Beb Guerin
http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?artist=Beb+Guerin

Only track 14:

Rolf Kühn, clarinet

Joachim Kühn, piano

Beb Guérin, bass

Aldo Romano, drums

Dietrich Schulz-Köhn, announcer

01. Introduction (Edelhagen)                             00:37

02. Theme (K. Edelhagen)                             00:51

03. Introduction (Edelhagen + Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)     02:48

04. Avalon (B.G. DeSylva-A. Jolson-V. Rose)             02:46

05. Tippin' In (K. Edelhagen)                             04:38

06. Introduction (Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)             02:29

07. Raga Gaud Saranga (J. Mayer)                     05:15

08. I Want to Be Happy (V. Youmans-I. Caesar)             04:52

09. Introduction (Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)             01:57

10. Gensel's Message (L. Wright)                     07:20

11. Midnight in Berlin (L. Wright)                     03:12

12. The Wiggler (K. Edelhagen)                             07:01

13. Introduction (Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)             04:08

14. Highlights (K. Edelhagen)                             06:30

15. Introduction (Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)             02:32

16. Emancipation Blues (O. Nelson)                     07:24

17. Introduction (Dietrich Schulz-Köhn)             00:25

18. This Could Be the Start of Something Big (S. Allen) 05:57

19. Theme (K. Edelhagen)                             01:05

Recorded April 7, 1967 at Städtisches Bühnenhaus, Wesel, Germany.

ANOTHER GREAT BOOTLEG

NDR TV WORKSHOP NO.57  

GULDA -WHEELER - SURMAN - CAVALLI - PHILLIPS - WEISS

"WHEEL IN THE RIGHT MACHINE"

Pierre Cavalli (source: web)

Onxidlib sent me this one a good while ago.  It was in the waiting list (with more goodies to come soon or later) but since fellow blogger El Porco Rojo just posted an album by Pierre Cavalli and since there aren't that many opportunities to hear this gifted and underrated guitarist in a straight jazz setting, I thought it was time to post it.

Check the names, need I say more ... a dream band?

Friedrich Gulda, piano, electric piano

Kenny Wheeler, trumpet, fluegelhorn

Friedrich Gulda (source: web)

John Surman, baritone & soprano sax

Pierre Cavalli, guitar

Barre Phillips, bass

Klaus Weiss, drums

“Wheel In The Right Machine” (Suite, comp. Gulda)

1. To John Coltrane   05:36

Solos: Surman (bs); Wheeler (flh); Gulda (p)

2. Introduction FG    02:20

3. To Joao Gilberto   08:31

Cavalli introduces the tune. Solos: Surman (ss); Wheeler (flh); Cavalli

4. Introduction FG    01:48

5. To Albert Heath    06:25

Solos: Gulda (el-p); Wheeler (tpt); Surman (bs); Phillips

6. Introduction FG    01:16

7. To The New People  11:59

Solos: Surman (ss); Wheeler (flh); Cavalli; Weiss; Gulda (p)

Kenny Wheeler (source: Wikimedia commons)

 Recorded in Hamburg (Germany), NDR Studio B,

Hamburg-Lokstedt between December 7 & 12, 1969.

 

John Surman (source:web)

Barre Phillips (source: the Wire UK)

Klaus Weiss (source: drummerworld.com)

Note: "To Albert Heath" was included on NDR Jazzworkshop '69/'70 (NDR 654 094).

With thanks to onxidlib.

NEW LINK - Sept. 2017

BOOTLEG AGAIN

KENNY CLARKE - FRANCY BOLAND BIG BAND

"STUTTGART, 1968"

Francy Boland

IMHO they were simply the best big band around in those years. And believe me there was strong competition, the Duke was still around and so were Basie and Hamp.  But when it came to hardbop it was hard to find a finer contender than the KCFBBB.

Thanks again to onxidlib for these recordings. As far as I know they aren't or ever were commercially available. 

Credits

Benny Bailey, trumpet

Jimmy Deuchar, trumpet

Kenny Clarke

Sonny Grey, trumpet

Idrees Sulieman, trumpet

Ake Persson, trombone

Erik Van Lier, trombone

Nat Peck, trombone

Derek Humble, alto saxophone

Johnny Griffin, tenor saxophone

Ronnie Scott, tenor saxophone

Tony Coe, tenor saxophone

Sahib Shihab, baritone saxophone

Francy Boland, piano

Jimmy Woode, bass

Kenny Clarke, drums

Kenny Clare, drums

Dakota Staton, vocals (only track 3)

Kenny Clare

01. New Box 703 [Washington, D.C.?]  (Boland) 5:32

02. The Falcon (Clarke) 4:22

03. Cherokee (Noble) 2:53

04. Sweet And Lovely (Arnheim/Tobias/Lemar) 3:57

05. You Stepped Out Of A Dream (N.H. Brown/Kahn) 7:50

06. Sax No End (Boland)/The Wild Man (Clarke) 5:58

07. Griff's Groove (Boland)5:17

08. Gloria (B. Kaper/David) 4:57

09. Klook's Report 3:16

10. Mauve (Boland) 5:13

11. The Turk (trad./Boland) 7:41

Sonny Grey

Recorded at the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany on May 16, 1968.

Note: According the announcer 'The Turk' is part of the Middle Eastern Suite.

Check on YouTube to see them Live on German telly.

UNRELEASED SESSION - 3

ERICH KLEINSCHUSTER SEXTET + KARIN KROG

Austria, 1968

Considering the interest generated by the Kleinschuster-Goykovich session posted at the beginning of the month and in response to a request from visitors, here is another bootleg featuring the Erik Kleinschuster Sextett, this time backing Norwegian singer Karin Krog on a session recorded in Vienna in 1968. 

With eternal gratitude to onxidlib for his musical generosity.

KLEINSCHUSTER SEXTET + KARIN KROG

There are actually seven members in this sextet, the seventh member is an the unknown guitarist … any suggestion as to whom he could be?

Karin Krog, vocals

Robert Politzer, trumpet, fluegelhorn

Erich Kleinschuster, trombone

Hans Salomon, alto & tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

Harald Neuwirth, piano

unknown, guitar

Rudolf Hansen, bass

Erich Bachträgl, drums

Tracks

1. Hi-Fly (R.Weston)                                      04:28

Solos: Neuwirth, Politzer

2. Corcovado (A.C.Jobim)                            02:25

Solos: Politzer/Kleinschuster/Salomon

3. Lazy Afternoon (J.LaTouche/J.Moross)     03:37

Solo: Neuwirth

4. Mercy, Mercy (J. Zawinul)                                 03:09

5. I've Got Your Number (C.Coleman/C.Leigh)       03:56

Solos: Kleinschuster, Salomon (ts)

6. Sing Me Softly Of The Blues (C.Bley)            06:19

Solos: Kleinschuster, Salomon (bcl)

7. Once Upon A Summertime (J.Mercer/M.Legrand/E.Marnay/E.Barclay)            05:01

Solos: Politzer, Salomon (ts)

 8. Please Send Me Someone To Love (P.Mayfield)  05:11

Solo: Salomon (ts)

Recorded at the Austrophon Studio, Vienna in February 1968.

There are more bootlegs in the pipeline, thanks to onxidlib who seems to have access to an inexhaustible source of Eurojazz.  

P.S. (July 14): check in the comments of "they were all there ..." for a surprise contribution from a visitor.  And say thanks to the gentleman. 

UNRELEASED SESSIONS – 02

Erich Kleinschuster Sextett + Dusko Goykovich

Recorded on January 15, 1970 at the Austrophon Studio, Vienna.

Erich Kleinschuster c. 1970

By popular demand … of one visitor ...  here is a second instalment of unreleased Kleinschuster-Goykovich sessions, this one dating from 1970. 

The session was supposedly for a LP but the record never materialised. I got the file from onxidlib who got it from someone else who got it from ... doesn’t matter.  May the gods and related entities bless the good and generous onxidlib for his invaluable contributions to this blog (and may, by the same occasion, the blessing extend to all other generous contributors).

Look at the cast. The names speak for themselves. Need I say more?   Get it while it lasts!

Dusko Goykovich c. 1970

Session 2

Dusko Goykovich,      trumpet, fluegelhorn

Robert Politzer            trumpet

Erich Kleinschus         trombone

Hans Salomon             soprano & tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

Fritz Pauer                   piano, electric piano

Jimmy Woode              bass

Erich Bachträgl            drums

1. It's About Time (E. Kleinschuster) 5:47

2. Sega se Karame (E. Kleinschuster) 7:28

3. Night in Skoplje (D. Gojkovic) 5:20

4. Tell It Like It Is (F. Pauer) 5:29

5. Old Fisherman's Daughter (D. Gojkovic) 5:48

6. Madison Walk (E. Kleinschuster) 4:36

Hans Salomon

Fritz Pauer

Jimmy Woode

Erich Bachträgl

All pictures googled from the web.  Does anyone have a  picture of trumpet player Robert Politzer?

I hope this set will inspire some more comments than the first onet ( 1 comment in three months)

ENCORE UN BOOTLEG

CARMELL JONES-LEO WRIGHT-STAFFAN ABELEEN
BJORN ALKE, LEROY LOWE
RADIO BROADCAST - STOCKHOLM 1972

Carmell Jones

onxidlib just sent me this broadcast from the Swedish Radio. 


Carmell  Jones, trumpet  
Leo  Wright, alto saxophone 
Staffan Abeleen, piano 
Björn Alke, bass 
Leroy Lowe, drums

Leo Wtight

Staffan Abeleen

1. Straight No Chaser
2. Willow Weep for Me - I Can't Get Started
3. The Man I Love
4. Milestones
5. Groovin' High

Recorded in Stockholm in 1972 (venue and exact date unknown).

UNRELEASED SESSIONS - 01

ERICH KLEINSCHUSTER SEXTETT + DUSKO GOYKOVICH

unreleased session - 1969

Erich Kleinschuster (c.2010)

 Onxidlib sent me a good while ago two unreleased Studio sessions from the Erich Kleinschuster Sextet with Dusko Goykovich.

Kleinschuster founded his Sextet in 1966 with a.o. Art Farmer, Fritz Pauer, Jimmy Woode und Erich Bachträgl.. Later he also recorded with Joe Henderson, Carmell Jones, Phil Woods, Clifford Jordan or Jimmy Heath a.o.

Some of these sessions were released as two double CDs (Austria only - now OOP), some never saw the daylight.  These two sessions with Goykovich were among the unreleased recording dates - too good for oblivion ! (another session - the one with John Surman - was posted by onxidlib on Inconstant Sol last year).

Here is the info for the first of the two sessions:

Session 1

ERICH KLEINSCHUSTER SEXTETT + DUSKO GOYKOVICH (VIENNA, 1969)

Dusko Goykovic, trumpet

Robert Politzer, trumpet

Erich Kleinschuster  trombone

Hans Salomon, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

Fritz Pauer, piano, e-piano

Jimmy Woode, bass

Erich Bachträgl, drums

Fritz Ozmec, percussion

Dusko

1. Formel (E. Kleinschuster) 7:27

2. A Dream Realized (E. Kleinschuster) 5:30

3. Hang My Tears to Dry (E. Kleinschuster) 4:43

4. Bossa for Pavel (D. Gojkovic) 3:24

5. Moustache (D. Gojkovic) 4:14

6. Rhythm Rocket (D. Gojkovic) 2:36

Recorded on December 2, 1969 at the Austrophon Studio, Vienna.

Next one (1970) coming soon.

p.s. It seems we have the same hat.  Perhaps I should start a series on jazz musicians with Berber skull cap. Cheers

BOOTLEG (2)

KENNY CLARKE, JOE HARRIS, SAHIB SHIHAB, FRANCY BOLAND ( ... and SADI !)
(LP I Giganti del Jazz 37 / Europa Jazz, 196?)

One of the more enjoyable aspects of jazz blogging is the collaboration / contribution from / with fellow bloggers and  jazz fans across the world.  It’s a real pleasure when an unknown blogger / visitor sends me a message saying how (s)he likes the blog (more often guys than gals, hélas!) and would I be interested in posting some obscure, long OOP record from his/her collection. So thank you Peter – wherever you are (UK I gather) - for sending me – via onxidlib – this Kenny Clarke –Francy Boland bootleg, originally issued  as volume 37 of I Giganti del Jazz on the Italian “pirate” label Curcio.  

The Italian publishing company Armando Curcio Editore released, under the record label Curcio, a 100 volume jazz collection entitled I Giganti Del Jazz.  Many were live recording from various often poorly documented sources (radio broadcast, concerts ?), some were sometimes awkward bootleg compilations of tracks pinched from undisclosed sources. (sometimes copied from the original LPs).  Several of these albums are worth looking for, they used to be commonly found in discount bins, thrift stores and boot sales at ridiculously cheap prices but unfortunately it is no longer the case.  Some of these albums have become valuable collector’s items.  Here is a comprehensive list of the 100 albums.

Discographical information is somewhat patchy and confusing.  

KENNY CLARKE - FRANCY BOLAND [Sextet]  

Credits

Sahib Shihab (flute - 02, 03, 04, baritone sax - 01, 05, and lead vocal - 04), Francy Boland (piano), probably Jimmy Woode (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), Joe Harris (timbales, conga, backing vocal on 04), "Fats" Sadi (vibes, bongos, backing vocal on 04),

Unknown date and location; live recording, probably for radio, probably 1963-65

Tracks

01 Set-Up (Clarke, 3:15) 

02 Tin Tin Deo (Gillespie/Pozo, 5:50)

03 Night Lady (Boland, 10:20) 

04 Yah-Yah Blues (Shihab, 12:00) 

05 Jay-Jay (Clarke, 6:12) 

Released as KENNY CLARKE JOE HARRIS SAHIB SHIHAB FRANCY BOLAND by Curcio (Italy) -  I Giganti Del Jazz 37.   Also released (with exactly the same title, covers and notes - by the same company?) as Europa Jazz (Italy) EJ-1030

On these records, "Set-Up" is misheard as "The Top", "Tin Tin Deo" as "Tin Tin Daeo", "Yah-Yah Blues" as "Ya Ya Blues" The record title omits "Fats" Sadi, who has the longest solo space on the record, and instead oddly includes Joe Harris, who plays additional percussion. The record details also omit a bassist, clearly audible on the recording, and call the group a "Quintet"! They insist on giving Sahib Shihab the main name "Edmund Gregory" - a name he had not used since the 1940s. It identifies the year (with no other details but "live recording") as 1961: which seems unlikely, as Shihab joined Clarke-Boland towards the end of 1961, whereas this Sextet was an occasional working group (an offshoot from the Big Band) in 1963-1965, with a fixed repertoire and some variations such as the tracks played at this session.  

Especially the first two tracks of the session - with their loose starts, technical errors and rather uncoordinated interplay of instruments in places - argue some unfamiliarity with the material (or arrangements), and might therefore suggest 1963 or 1964. Alternatively, they might either indicate tiredness, or a "warm-up" (in front of an invited audience) for a more definitive concert/recording (such as in February 1965?).

Recording details are based closely on Clarke-Boland Discography by Michael Frohne, Duisburg

Doug Payne's discography is unreliable on this date: it largely accepts the unreliable details of the Italian release. (See above)

Walter Bruyninckx lists it as Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Quintet : Sahib Shihab (fl,bar,vcl-1) Fats Sadi (vib-2,vcl-1) Francy Boland (p) Kenny Clarke (d) Joe Harris (perc,vcl-1) omitting the clearly audible bass player (I can’t see this small group playing without a bassplayer!).  The recording place and dates are given as Live recording, Cologne, prob. 1964, a date which is more probable than 1961 as stated on the record sleeve.

Thanks to Peter, onxidlib and Paul D (for W. Bruynincks info).

Enjoy the music and don't forget to thank Peter, he may have other obscurities to share with us!

BOOTLEG

HELMUT BRANDT COMBO - Hamburg 1958

 Fans of Teutonic Jazz, rejoice !  Here is another offering from the vault of onxidlib, a live recording of the Helmut Brandt Combo dating from 1958 and as added bonus, a live track from 1956.







HELMUT BRANDT COMBO  "HAMBURG, 1958"

Credits
Helmut Barndt, baritone & tenor saxophone, clarinet (Brandt does not on 7,8)
Conny Jackel, trumpet (not on 7,8,11,12)
Günther Maier, piano (1-6 & 9-14)
Heinz Allhoff, piano (only 7 + 8)
Erich Gerosch, bass
Manfred Taubert, drums

Ludwig Ebert, piano (only 15)
Klaus Gernhuber, bass (only 15)

Tracks
01. Last Before Last        03:04
02. Tipsy Driver         04:32
03. Storyville Bounce 05:27
04. 5 Brüder                 03:49
05. Honeysuckle Rose 01:03
06. Sie Will Nicht Blumen & Nicht Schokolade   05:42
07. Topsy                                                  10:00
08. What A Difference A Day Made 05:37
09. Berlin Calling                                 05:26
10. Friedrich's Lied                                 04:46
11. I Hear A Rhapsody                         03:09
12. Armer Gigolo                                     02:52
13. Love For Sale                                    05:36
14. Jahrgang '57                                      06:17

Bonus:
15. Yesterdays                                         04:39

Recorded: Aula of the school at the Mittelweg, Hamburg, Germany on July 27, 1958.
MC: H. Woscherau (copy came without announcement)
Track 15 recorded at the German Jazz Festival, Frankfurt am Main, Germany on May 21, 1956.

Source: http://www.kultur-netz.de/kuenstler/helmut-brandt/inhalt.htm

p.s.: the missing track 13 has been added. See comments.