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

Damiani Opus Music Ensemble-Flashback 1983 (izmez-polis,lp 26002)'

Here's a lovely little known album , by Paolo Damiani's Flashback ensemble,the stated intentions of which being to investigate the similarities/differences between Mediterranean folk music and Jazz.

A nexus of free Improv/Jazz and Italian folk idioms is' now common place .. mostly through the work of Gianluigi Trovesi, who's album 'Dances' on red records in 1985 proved to be a breakthrough  album in the vein, Paolo Damiani was also the bassist in that trio, and has played with Trovesi periodically since...both have played regularly with the Italian Instabile Orchestra.

although perhaps only intermittently successful in its stated aims,as attempts at genuine syntheses of this nature... often are the disjunctions and failure are as interesting if not more so than the syntheses.

Being a - Don Cherry-Albert Ayler,and so called world music Fanatic i fully appreciate the attempt and have always been drawn to such endeavors..

A beautiful , vibrant spirited performance which manages to come across , despite the harsh slightly glassy quality of the sound on this recording.

Other than Fresu and Schiaffini, the other performers here are unknown quantities to me,and the only other record i know well on this label is Tony Oxley's 1986 album Live at Rocella Jonica .which has been reissued on CD.
Damiani ..appears to have been prolific in the intervening years ,making records for Egea, and Splasch among others.

BTW, another Stunning example of tenuous syntheses of Free Jazz and in this case Sicilian polyphonic traditional vocal music is "New Village on the left" by Marcello Melis,an even earlier example.

for full details including personnel  click on the cover scans
Enjoy!!!

Gruppo Immediato - Live in Lovere '79

Some of the best Italian musicians gathered in an extemporaneous
group (immediato) that hasn't left any official recording.

Rec. live in Lovere, Italy, on June 17, 1979 (mix recording)

Gianluigi Trovesi,alto sax & bass clarinet
Eugenio Colombo,alto sax & flute
Giancarlo Schiaffini,trombone
Martin Joseph,piano
Paolo Damiani,bass
Michele Iannacone/Gianni Cazzola,drums

1. Collective Improvisation + Intro (05:49)
2. P.Damiani Composition (15:03)
3. E.Colombo Composition (10:01)
4. G.Schiaffini Composition (15:35)
5. G.Trovesi Composition (11:58)

Total Time 58:29

excerpt from track #2

Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet + RAI B.B. - Live in Rome '80

Sixth event/concert for the series "I Concerti di Un Certo Discorso".

here the complete list of all concerts.

Rec. live at "Teatro dell'Opera", Rome, Italy, on April 21, 1980
(radio broadcast)

Albert Mangelsdorff,trombone
Manfred Schoof,trumpet & soprano flugelhorn
Giancarlo Schiaffini,trombone
Paolo Damiani,bass
Billy Higgins,drums
+
RAI Big Band :
Nino Culasso/Doriano Beltrame/Cicci Santucci/Michele
Lacerenza,tps - Giancarlo Beccattini/Ernesto Pumpo/
Marco Pellacani/Gennaro Baldino,tbs - Gianni Oddi/Baldo
Maestri/Sal Genovese/Beppe Carrieri/Carlo Metallo,reeds
- Sergio Coppetelli/Pino Rucher,gt - Maurizio Majorana,b -
Carlo Zoffoli,vib

1. Supraconductivity [A.M.] (10:16)
2. Introduction And March Of The Jazz Aspects [A.M.] (14:19)
3. Unknown (15:30)
4. Mood Indigo [D.E.] (06:41)
5. Unknown (10:04)
6. Oh Horn! [A.M.] (08:59)
7. Mood Azur [A.M.] (04:29)
8. Open Mind [A.M.] (09:28)
9. Unknown [inc.] (13:40)

Total Time 1:33:30

Mood Indigo