JOE GALLiVAN & CHARLES AUSTiN Intercontinental Express :: London (Compendium 1976)

 

An all-star big band recorded in London and released on LP by Norweigian label Compendium in 1976 (?)

Joe Gallivan - drums (B1,3), moog synth

Charles Austin - sax, flute

Elton Dean - alto sax (B3)

Ronnie Scott - tenor sax

Ian Hamer - trumpet

Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn

Nick Evans - trombone

Toni Cook - horn

Tony Randell - horn

Stephen Wick - tuba

Jeff Green - guitar

Roy Babbington - bass

Paul Robinson - drums (A1-3, B2)

Recorded 1976-77 at Freerange Studios, London 

Produced by Joe Gallivan

A1 Cry Of Hope 6:00

A2 Human Syndrone 7:56

A3 Hash 6:00

  

B1 Branetu 4:51 

B2 Melody (3:10)

  a) The Sphinx

  b) The Lynx

B3 Kingfisher Blue 9:50

This is mp3@320 found somewhere on web. If anyone can provide flac vinyl rip, it will be very welcome. (Now flac is contributed by Ernst!)

HOPPER / DEAN / TIPPETT / GALLiVAN : Live 1977

Sound taken from video at https://vimeo.com/81384676. Slightly remastered. Thanks to Aymeric Leroy for setlist. One 62 minute file. I am posting it

in flac and mp3, although original file from vimeo was mp3

Echoes / Footprints (W. Shorter) / Calyx / untitled improv 

HUGH HOPPER - bass guitar

ELTON DEAN - alto sax, saxello

KEiTH TiPPETT - piano, elctric piano

JOE GALLiVAN - drums, synthesizer

Love Cry Want - Love Cry Want - 1972

1 Peace (For Dakota And Jason)

2 Tomorrow, Today Will Be Yesterday

3 The Great Medicine Dance

4 Angels Wing

5 Ancient Place

6 Love Cry

Jimmy Molneiri: drums & percussions

Joe Gallivan: Drums, Steel Guitar, Synthesizer (Moog), Percussion

Larry Young: Hammond organ

Nicholas: Synthesizer (Prototype Guitar Synthesizer), Electronics (Ring Modulator), Tape (Wind, Rain, Thunder, Lightning, Water, Hi-tension Wires, Wailing Dervish)

Recorded in June 1972, Lafayette Park, Washington DC.

this rip from the cd newjazz.com njc 001

There is a recent band under the name Love Cry Want with Joe Gallivan but the music is very different, you can check it here:

https://lovecrywant.bandcamp.com

HOPPER, DEAN, TiPPETT, GALLiVAN - Stadt Theatre, Radio Bremen 1977

HOPPER, DEAN, TiPPETT, GALLiVAN - Stadt Theatre, Radio Bremen 1977

01 Echoes  7.21
02 Seven Drones 10.58
03 Naima  12.29
04 Soul Fate  8.26

Hugh Hopper, bass guitar
Elton Dean, alto sax, saxello
Keith Tippett, piano
Joe Gallivan, drums, moog synthesizer

This was posted few years ago in Contributions section (by Nod Y? Anyway thank you to original contributor). I converted original mp3 files to wav, set appropriate tracking and then converted to flac and mp3. Picture above is from 1 hour long performance of the quartet, published on Vimeo by CCA: Glasgow as follows.

Charles Austin, Roy Babbington, Joe Gallivan - Home from Home

Charles Austin Roy Babbington Joe Gallivan - Home from Home
Ogun OG 522 (1979)

Due to a request from Miloš, here is a trio recording from 1977, released on the Ogun label in 1979. This is a set of quiet, emphathetic sketches, most of them fairly short, at least by jazz standards. Chamber jazz might be a word to describe what we hear on this record. Not the stuff to leap at you, but to grow insidiousaly after repeated listenings. Quite a fine little gem, in my humble opinion. Nice flute playing with an oriental touch, sinuous electric bass to the fore and there is even a synth creeping in on several tracks.

Charles Austin and Joe Gallivan have cooperated a lot over the years and both are active up to the present date. Austin is a resident of New Orleans and devoting more time to teaching than to playing in later years. Gallivan played with several stalwarts on the UK jazz scene while living in the UK for some years in the 70s, but also made a memorable album with Larry Young, well worth seeking out. Babbington was associated with the Canterbury scene in the 70s, playing in one version of Soft Machine, but also with Elton Dean and Keith Tippett and later with Barbara Thompson.

Side One

Oriental Fantasy
Piecing It Together
Soft Day
Percussive Moments
Whistle Two-thirty-eight
Two On A Train

Side Two

Soul One
Catch Me If You Can
Winter Solace
Finding Speed
On Top Of the World
Speedway
Zero Is The Hour

Charles Austin    Flutes Oboe Saxophones
Roy Babbington    Bass Bass Guitar
Joe Gallivan    Drums Synthesizer Percussion

HOPPER / DEAN / TiPPETT / GALLiVAN - Live in Paris 1977

Paris, Theatre Campagne, 1977-04-22

Elton Dean, as, saxello
Keith Tippett, p
Hugh Hopper, bg
Joe Gallivan, dr , moog synth

1 Echoes 10:35
2 Seven Drones 11:17
3 Naima (fade-out) 8:44
4 Footprints (Wayne Shorter) 11:01
5 Gallivan solo > Gualchos theme ? 9:07
6 unknown title 10:15

Lineage: aud > cdr trade > flac > dime

61:01, Sound Rating: Sound Board A-

UPLOADED BY JAZZRITA 09-07-18, remastered July 2o14 by miloo2

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This recording was previously shared as Hugh Hopper Quartet on IS contributions section. I think Elton is playing excellently here. I did what I can with improving muddy sound of this recording. Sadly, Keith's piano is underamplified, so we will probably never hear it as we want, but in the end it sounds surprisingly good to me. And more surprisingly, theme at the end of track 5 seems to me like being Gualchos from EDQ Silent Knowledge 1995 album!

I would also like to remind two albums that quartet made: 1976 Cruel But Fair on Compendium label (reissued on CD by One Way Records, now probably OOP) and 1977 Mercy Dash, which remained unsissued until 1985 release on Culture Press (which made also first CD reissue, second is out now by Gonzo Multimedia).

And coincidentally, I've just got the answer to my question, from where this good quality live recording on YT is originated. It was released as a bonus on Japanese paper-sleeve CD Cruel But Fair. So obviously there is another stuff!

JOE GALLIVAN - BRIAN CUOMO - ELTON DEAN THE ORIGIN OF MAN (1996)

Beautiful.