EUROPÄISCHE JAZZNACHT FÜSSEN "1993/1994/1995 TEIL 1"

The "König Ludwig Lied" is a traditional song which came up shortly after the mysterious death of king Ludwig II from Bavaria.
Lyrics vary sometimes - occaisonally with a strong incriminating political content.
But it is also a quite 'kitschy' song which has also connotations to a superficial view of Bavaria and its history/customs.



1. Die Volksweise (mit dem langen Bart) Das König Ludwig Lied 1:11
2. Bauer - Nozati - Van Hove Trio = Das König Ludwig Lied 3:59
   Johannes Bauer, trombone
   Annick Nozati, vocals
   Fred van Hove, piano

3. Evan Parker Trio = Das König Ludwig Lied  15:32
   Evan Parker, soprano + tenor saxophone
   Barry Guy, bass
   Paul Lytton, drums

4. Alexander von Schlippenbach - Aki Takase = Thelonious Monk Variationen  24:52
   Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano
   Aki Takase, piano

5. Alexander von Schlippenbach - Aki Takase = Das König Ludwig Lied  3:26
   Alexander von Schlippenbach, piano
   Aki Takase, piano

6. Les Trois Dames = Das König Ludwig Lied  5:11
   Annick Nozati, vocals
   Joelle Léandre, bass
   Irene Schweizer, piano

7. Les Trois Dames = o.T.  9:41
   Annick Nozati, vocals
   Joelle Léandre, bass
   Irene Schweizer, piano

8. Italian Instabile String Trio = o.T. 10:00
   Paolo Damiani, cello
   Renato Geremia, violin
   Bruno Tommaso, bass

Recorded in Füssen (southern Bavaria) between 1993 and 1995

FRANÇOIS COUTURIER / ANDRÉ JAUME / FRED RAMAMONJIARISOA ‎– NADJA / SALANA-RESAKA (PALM, 1975)

A1. Prelude
A2. Nadja
A3. Mode Pour Mi
A4. Interlude
A5. Devotion
A6. Postlude

B1. Salana
B2. Resaka


Piano, François Couturier (A Side)
Piano, Fred Ramamonjiarisoa (B Side)
André Jaume, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

Palm ‎– PALM 23

Vinyl Rip

MASAHIKO SATO / AKI TAKASE / ICHIKO HASHIMOTO / TAKASHI KAKO ‎– TWILIGHT MONOLOGUES (LUNATIC RECORDS, 1984)

A1. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes – Masahiko Sato

A2. Tori – Aki Takase

B1. Mizu No Kaidan / Odoru Yoru – Ichiko Hashimoto

B2. Someday – Takashi Kako

Recorded live at Yamaha Hall, Hiroshima, on 17 June (A1), 8 July (A2), 14 July (B2) and 22 July (B1), 1984.

Lunatic Records ‎– Lunatic 001

Vinyl Rip

AKi TAKASE & JANA KOUBKOVÁ - Jazzperanto (Supraphon 1988)

This one-time collaboration of German-based Japanese pianist with Czech singer and improviser Jana Koubková was recorded during one of numerous visits of Aki Takase in the Czech Republic. Like many other international jazz meetings which was held in Prague during the 70's and 80's, it still remains unreleased on CD.


Jana Koubková & Aki Takase - Jazzperanto (Supraphon 1988)

01. Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) (4:45)
02. Dream Of The Long-legged Uncle (Aki Takase) (7:00)
03. Return Of Swallows To Enshu Country (Kazumi Watanabe, Aki Takase) (4:25)
04. Jazzperanto (Jana Koubková) (6:30)
05. Pig-head / Amanojaku (Aki Takase) (4:12)
06. Perdido (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington) (3:50)
07. Dance For Two Fingers (Jana Koubková) (4:55)
08. Down Dance (Ichiko Hashimoto) (5:40)

Aki Takase : piano, vocals
Jana Koubková : vocals
Alan Vitouš : drums & percussion (3 & 8 only)

Recorded at the Supraphon studio Hrnčíře, April 6-10, 1987

Supraphon 11 0067-1 (LP) / 1988

Aki Takase & Rudi Mahall - Live in Pavia '10

A funny mix of "evergreens" and "originals".

Rec. live at "Santa Maria Gualtieri", Pavia, Italy, on March 8, 2010
(mics recording)

Aki Takase,piano
Rudi Mahall,bass clarinet

01. Unknown (07:12)
02. Mood Indigo (06:15)
03. Unknown (04:32)
04. Moonglow (06:45)
05. Unknown (04:32)
06. How Long Has This Been Going On ? (05:53)
07. Unknown (05:13)
08. Unknown (05:08)
09. Unknown (04:31)
10. You Took Advantage On Me (04:17)
11. Unknown (03:36)
12. Unknown (03:37)
13. I'll Remember April (05:12)
14. Lulu's Back In Town (02:43)
15. Unknown (01:35)

Total Time 1:11:08

Lulu's Back In Town

Aki Takase's Fats Waller project - live in Hamburg 2008

Continuing with the bass clarinetists, the time has come to have a listen to Rudi Mahall. Actually, he's a sideman for this project, which is headed by brilliant Japanese pianist Aki Takase.

This is a delightful way to appropriate the jazz tradition, in this case Fats Waller. One might think that this group of Berlin avantguardists might not be the right people to do so, but thinking it over, there is a legacy of collective improvisation linking the early practitioners to today's free jazzers so if this project might sound odd on paper, in practice it comes off very well.

A motley crew on this one:

Nils Wogram,tb
Rudi Mahall,bcl
Aki Takase,p
Eugene Chadbourne,g,banjo,voc
Paul Lovens,dr
Fats Waller,comp

All in all, Fats' Boys (well, almost). The added outsider chap to this crew of Berlin residents is of course lovable eccentric Eugene Chadbourne who gets to do the vocals on a couple of tracks and proves that the banjo is perfectly OK in this setting.

The tunes:

1 Lookin' Good, But Feelin' Bad 5:56
2 Handful Of Keys / Announcement AT 7:39
3 Jitterbug Waltz / Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama) 7:53
4 Viper's Drag 8:55
5 Medley: Ain't Misbehavin' / Way Down South Where The Blues Began (W.C.Handy,comp) / Honeysuckle Rose / Announcement AT 14:50
6 Announcement Speaker 1:08
7 Two Sleepy People (HoagyCarmichael,comp) / Lookin' Good, But Feelin' Bad 2:27

Recorded live on February-21, 008 in Hamburg, Germany, at NDR, Rolf-Liebermann-Studio,
2008. Top sound from FM radio.

The cd version received the German jazz critics' award in 2004.

Another golden Dime. It has dropped off the tracker, so I've no idea who taped/uploaded this one.

They played here two years ago, but I wasn't there. I keep wondering where my head was at at the time.

If this one catches on, we do have some more Aki Takase up our sleeve.

Fun is guaranteed for all!