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Strata East was the quintessential US independent 70s jazz label “Strata-East Records is an American record company and label specializing in jazz founded in 1971 by Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell with the release of their first recording Music Inc. The label released over 50 albums in … Continue reading
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Selection: Pastoral – Awakening (Westbrook/ Surman) 13:12 . . . Tracklist: A1. Pastoral 02:41 A2. Awakening 10:31 A3. Parade 07:56 A4. Echoes and Heroics 00:17 B1. A Greeting 05:40 B2. Image 06:38 B3. Dirge 04:14 B4. Portrait 07:32 First two … Continue reading
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Selection: Tanglewood 63 (Gibbs) . . . Selection: Sojourn (Gibbs) . . . Track List A1 Tanglewood 63A2 FanfareA3 SojournB1 CanticleB2 Five For England Artists Musical Director – Michael Gibbs as composer/arranger Jeff Clyne, acoustic bass; Alan Ford, Fred Alexander, cello; Clive … Continue reading
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More British Progressive Modern Jazz from the early 1970s, as always, original first pressing. Selection: The Dandelion (incorrectly listed on the back cover as “We’ll Make It”) . . . Track List A1 With Terry’s Help 5:56A2 The Dandelion 6:10 … Continue reading
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MID-WEEK MUSIC SPOT: Modern Jazz in Britain 1965-72 LJC change of process: this is a 2xLP sampler, so I have taken a sample of the samples Sounds fair, no? True to my mission: searching for original first pressings, because they … Continue reading
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In the golden era ’50s – 60’s, Paris was for a while the spiritual capital of European modern jazz( uber-eat your heart out Copenhagen). Home from home not only to many visiting and resident American jazz musicians, like Donald Byrd, … Continue reading
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Selection: Cry Of Hunger (Billy Harper) . . . Soloists: Baritone Saxophone, Trevor Koehler; Flugelhorn, Howard Johnson ; Tenor Saxophone , Billy Harper. Artists Billy Harper, flute, tenor saxophone; Bruce Ditmas, drums; Dave Sanborn, alto saxophone; David Horowitz, synthesizer; Gil … Continue reading
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Suspicious plain package arrives by courier for LJC, driver speeds away. Bomb squad put on standby. Shortly afterwards, British Jazz Explosion follows. Opening the package revealed a red sealed box with carefully taped edges, inside, tightly packed with eleven replica … Continue reading
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Selection: Broadmoor (Boland) . . . Order of solos: Humble (as), Bailey (flhrn), Scott (ts), Coe (cl), Sulieman (tp), Griffin (ts), Shihab (ss) Artists Jimmy Woode, bass; Kenny Clare, Kenny Clarke, drums; Francy Boland, piano; Derek Humble, alto sax; Johnny Griffin, … Continue reading
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An experiment, in a novel form of A:B comparison, combined with some big band personnel detective work. In summary, LJC out on a limb, as usual. Selection: The Girl and The Turk (Boland) . . . Artists Trio: Francy Boland, piano; … Continue reading
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Straying over the boundaries of 50s/60s jazz, putting a toe into the early ’70s, turning the focus back home to Britain, and the influence of expatriate African jazz musicians on the evolving British jazz scene. Think: Londonjazzcollector. British jazz started … Continue reading
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With a lot of attention here currently on Blue Note Liberty labels, I thought it would be a good to take a break and dip into some jazz closer to home, Europe, with a record I picked up recently, a … Continue reading
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The Jazz Gladiators Poll You have had your say, which jazz musicians you can’t stand, can’t fathom, or who simply leave you cold. Musical taste is a personal thing – this could be controversial. Membership of The League of … Continue reading
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Selection: Side 1 (18:40) Artists Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson (tp) Marion Brown, John Tchicai (as) John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp (ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison (b) Elvin Jones (d) recorded Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, … Continue reading
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Selection: Peters Waltz (Sahib Shihab) A big band interpretation of a favourite composition found on another Sahib Shihab recording All Those Cats . Here it is a vehicle for alto saxophonist Derek Humble, tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin, and Sahib himself on baritone. … Continue reading
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Track Selection: No 3. Artists Freddie Hubbard – Trompete J.J. Johnson – Posaune Sahib Shihab – Bariton-Saxophon, Flöte Friedrich Gulda – Klavier Das Eurojazz Orchester: Stan Roderick, Kenny Wheeler, Robert Politzer – Trompeten Harry Roche, Rudolf Josel – Posaunen Alfie Reece – Tuba Rolf Kühn, Herb Geller, Tubby Hayes … Continue reading
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Track Selection 1. Bohemia After Dark (O. Pettiford) Track Selection 2. Talk Some Yak-Ee-Dak (J. Woode) Artists Sahib Shihab (bars, fl) Kenny Clarke (d) Benny Bailey or I Sulieman (t) Francy Boland (p) Åke Persson (tb) Jimmy Woode (b) Sadi (vib, perc) or J Harris … Continue reading
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Selection: “Tippin’ ” (Donald Byrd) . . . Artists Art Blakey,drums; Donald Byrd, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Walter Bishop, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; recorded New York City, December 1957. Other tracks include Sahib Shihab (alto sax) Al Cohn (tenor sax) … Continue reading
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