james moody – 6 june 2007, skidmore college, saratoga springs, ny

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Oct 092020
 

well, i was going to upload something completely different a day or two ago, but the flacs turned out to be corrupt!  i was able to decode them to wav, and then i said ah to hell with it.  instead, here’s one of several james moody shows that i’ve been listening to since.  i could listen to this all day.  these are just fun shows, between the music (‘natch!), and the sense of humour that comes through so well.  of course, i’m a sucker for a cheap laugh, being practically weaned on p.g. wodehouse.  ok, those are perhaps more dry than cheap, but be that as it may, it was hard to pick, so we’re going for the longest of the james moody shows on offer — sure, you have a better tie-breaker?

james moody
jcf theater
skidmore college
saratoga springs ny
26 june 2007

james moody,ts,voc
renee rosnes,p
todd coolman,b
adam nussbaum,dr

01 invitation 17:23
02 body and soul 10:53
03 ann jm 1:31
04 gingerbread boy/giant steps 11:15
05 “bennies” from heaven (jm,voc) 11:13
06 ann jm 1:25
07 con alma 11:02
08 moody’s mood for love (jm,voc) 4:02
09 st. thomas (theme) 2:22

tt 71:12

lineage
dsbd> cdr>cool edit pro 16-441
sound quality is ex enjoy!!!!!

 

sample: t07 con alma.mp3
download: JamesMoody_2007-06-26_SaratogaSpringsNY.zip

sophie alour – 30 may 2019, jazz sous les pommiers, coutances, france

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Oct 042020
 

french jazz brings in some nice influences, as here with the oud & the derbouka (i had to look derbouka up.. oh! so that’s what that is called…).  the oud is a beautiful instrument, in so many ways, and i enjoyed hearing it in a slightly different context.  it all works together very well.  another performance you might like is ballaké sissoko & vincent segal at jazz à vienne 2020; i am not at all familiar with the kora, that ballaké sissoko plays – a lovely sound, give that a listen.

sophie alour “exil(s)”
jazz sous les pommiers
coutances, france
30 may 2019

sophie alour – saxophone, flute, compositions
mohamed abozékry – oud
donald kontamanou – drums
philippe aerts – double bass
damien argentieri – piano
wassim halal – derbouka, bendi

01 0:00:00 opening credits
02 0:00:25 exil(s)
03 0:09:16 sa talking & band intros
04 0:12:38 unknown
05 0:21:23 sa intro wassim halal
06 0:21:52 unknown
07 0:35:11 unknown
08 0:39:20 unknown
09 0:46:24 unknown
10 0:49:32 sa band intros
11 0:50:12 joy
12 0:56:26 clapping & closing band intros
13 0:57:51 encore
14 1:00:59 clapping & closing credits

tt 1:01:52

downloaded 24-sept-2020 from france.tv

source:
webstream > jdownloader2 > video mp4
demux audio details (tracked)
video/audio as above > vlc media player > wav > cd wave editor > flac (tracked)

http://www.sophiealour.com/

sample: t08 unknown.mp3
download: SophieAlour_2019-05-30_CoutancesFrance_Demux.zip

lenny popkin trio – 1 mar 2011, brucknerhaus, linz, austria

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Sep 272020
 

this is a lovely time of year here and a lot of places, getting the last of the (now only slightly) longer days, enjoying the last of the (now not very) warm weather, and the long warm glow of the sun on the bricks has its last hurrah before the cold sunsets of late autumn.

that what i’m listening to matches my mood is not coincidence…  a track of this, a track of that, finally find the right thing.  which today was this.  a rather understated, a bit wistful and, unfortunately, not overly long performance that bears another listening to.

btw, there’s a video with a bit of this on the internet.

lenny popkin trio
brucknerhaus
linz, austria
1 march 2011

lenny popkin, ts
gilles naturel, b
carol tristano, dr

setlist:

01 these foolish things 07:37
02 e-train 07:55
03 how deep is the ocean 06:20
04 me and you 07:29
05 what is this thing called love 06:25
06 starline 06:42

tt: 42:28

source: dvb-s@256, 48khz > raw data > projextx > mp3directcut > mp2 (cbr 256 kbs; 2 channels; sampling 48.0 khz)
(lossy recording seeded in its original broadcast codec)

sample: t02 e-train.mp3
download: LennyPopkinTrio_2011-03-01_Brucknerhaus_LinzAustria.zip

elene dee – 14 nov 2011, duc des lombards, paris, france

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Sep 212020
 

here’s something that i quite enjoyed on friday.  from elene dee’s facebook page, it sounds as if there might be another album coming out at some point.

elene dee
duc des lombards
paris, france
14 nov 2011
early set

elene dee (vocals)
david berkman (piano)
stéphane guillaume (sax)
dominique di piazza (bass)
manhu roche (drums)

6 tracks (no setlist)

total time : 43 minutes

source : tsf jazzlive / naimuniti/ rh-09r / audacity / xact

sample: track 04.mp3
download:  EleneDee_2011-11-14_DucDesLombards_ParisFrance.zip

george gruntz group – 22 july 2011, dracula club, st. moritz, switzerland

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Sep 132020
 

here’s something that i was listening to on thursday.  enjoy!

george gruntz group
dracula club
st. moritz, switzerland
22 july 2011

franco ambrosetti (flugelhorn, announcement)
tobias preisig (violin)
george gruntz (piano, announcements)
herbie kopf (bass)
pius baschnagel (drums)

01 jean tinguely calypso (piano solo) – 4:11
02 george gruntz announcement – 3:40
03 so if love’s a triumph of illusion (piano solo) – 4:37
04 franco’s delight (flugelhorn + piano) – 10:35
05 unknown (piano + violin) – 2:58
06 you don’t know what love is (piano + violin) – 11:08
07 lock-lo-motion (piano, bass + drums) – 8:31
08 all blues – 7:40

tt 53:23

lineage: radio broadcast drs2 (2011-10-14) –> digital cable –> cd-r –> hard disc –> cd wave editor (editing, tracking) –> trader’s little helper (flac 8)

recorded by drs
very good sound quality

sample:  track 04.mp3
download:  GeorgeGruntz_2011-07-22_StMoritzSwitzerland.zip

still dreaming – 25-aug-2019, saalfelden, austria & 28-aug-2019, willisau, switzerland

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Sep 052020
 

these two shows, only days apart, have only two pieces in common, giving the effect of a 2-hour+ concert (even allowing for the duplicates).  it’s not just the still dreaming album, though much of that does appear (mostly in the first show).  i wonder if anyone made the (5 hour by car) trip to see both shows?  probably.  i realize this is the first concert in some time with no piano, just horns, bass & drums, so if  you’re in the mood for that, i think you’ll enjoy this.

still dreaming
jazz festival
congress
saalfelden, austria
25 aug 2019

joshua redman – ts, ss
ron miles – tp
scott colley – b
dave king – dr

01. blues for charlie (joshua redman) 05:24
02. new year (scott colley) 14:04
03. announcement joshua redman 02:15
04. guinea (don cherry) 11:59
05. walls-bridges (dewey redman) 06:27
06. it’s not the same (joshua redman) 03:10
07. haze and aspirations (scott colley) 10:27
08. bad algorithms (joshua redman) 13:22
encore:
09. law years (ornette coleman) 07:27

tt 1:18:40

source: dvb-s > digital devices cine s2 v7a twin tuner > hdd > nero wave editor > flac
(mpeg1 layer 2/256 kbps) [radio station – oe1]

 

still dreaming
jazz festival
halle
willisau, switzerland
28 aug 2019

joshua redman – ts
ron miles – tp
scott colley – b
dave king – dr

01. new basic 11:00
02. trouthers (???) 10:43
03. announcement joshua redman 03:28
04. walls – bridges 07:50
05. open or close 10:09
06. announcement joshua redman 00:44
07. haze and aspirations 11:47
08. announcement joshua redman 00:19
09. unanimity 13:46
10. turnaround 08:52

tt 1:14:38

source: dvb-s > digital devices cine s2 v7a twin tuner > hdd > nero wave editor > flac
(mpeg1 layer 2/256 kbps) [radio station – srf 2]

samples:
25-aug t04 guinea.mp3
28-aug t05 open or close.mp3

downloads:
StillDreaming_2019-08-25_SaalfeldenAustria.zip
StillDreaming_2019-08-28_WillisauSwitzerland.zip

elvin jones – 16-21 may 2000, jazz alley, seattle, wa, usa

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Aug 292020
 

it’s not been a great week for music, nothing has seemed right, so friday i pulled out a 6-night run by elvin jones at seattle’s jazz alley.  only made it around 4 hours into it by the end of the day (thanks, conference calls!), and am playing it with breaks until the full 13+ hours runs out.  these are pretty good audience recordings.  anyway, feeling much better now.  also bought a digital download version of will calhoun‘s celebrating elvin jones, “sight unseen” just to round out the week.

lineup
elvin jones – drums
antoine roney – tenor & soprano sax
darren barrett – trumpet
eric lewis – piano
steve kirby – bass

elvin jones’ jazz machine
jazz alley
seattle, wa
may 16th, 2000
both sets

ej-drums
antoine roney-ts/ss
darren barrett-tp
eric lewis-piano
steve kirby-bass

cd 1
1 25:04
2 14:36
3 15:47

cd 2
1 30:46
2 20:19
3 19:24

tt 2:05:56

elvin jones’ jazz machine
jazz alley
seattle, wa
may 17th, 2000
both sets

ej-drums
antoine roney-ts/ss
darren barrett-tp
eric lewis-piano
steve kirby-bass

cd 1
1 22:02
2 14:57
3 35:59

cd 2
1 24:34
2 28:47
3 18:47
4 3:53

tt 2:28:58

elvin jones’ jazz machine
jazz alley
seattle, wa
may 18th, 2000
both sets

ej-drums
antoine roney-ts/ss
darren barrett-tp
eric lewis-piano
steve kirby-bass

cd1)set 1 cd1
cd2)set 1 cd2
cd3)set 2

set 1

cd 1
1 25:58
2 37:00

cd 2
3 24:19

set 2

cd 3
1 21:18
2 10:16
3 37:40

tt 2:36:32

elvin jones’ jazz machine
jazz alley
seattle, wa
may 19th, 2000
both sets

ej-drums
antoine roney-ts/ss
darren barrett-tp
eric lewis-piano
steve kirby-bass

cd1) early set part 1
1 27:08
2 11:15
3 12:53

cd2) late set part 1
1 23:39
2 47:48

cd3) part 2’s
1 13:02
2 17:06

tt 2:32:50

elvin jones’ jazz machine
jazz alley
seattle, wa
may 20th, 2000
early set only

ej-drums
antoine roney-ts/ss
darren barrett-tp
eric lewis-piano
steve kirby-bass

1 23:18
2 11:57
3 44:43

tt 1:19:58

elvin jones’ jazz machine
jazz alley
seattle, wa
may 21st, 2000
both sets

ej-drums
antoine roney-ts/ss
darren barrett-tp
eric lewis-piano
steve kirby-bass

last track of 2nd set cuts off…
damaged on the original disk

cd 1
1 18:11
2 10:10
3 24:58

cd 2
1 25:36
2 0:24
3 25:09
4 19:43
5 4:30

tt 2:08:42

samples

2000-05-18_d1_t2.mp3

downloads

ElvinJonesJazzMachine2000-05-16JazzAlleySeattleWA.zip
ElvinJonesJazzMachine2000-05-17JazzAlleySeattleWA.zip
ElvinJonesJazzMachine2000-05-18JazzAlleySeattleWA.zip
ElvinJonesJazzMachine2000-05-19JazzAlleySeattleWA.zip
ElvinJonesJazzMachine2000-05-20JazzAlleySeattleWA.zip
ElvinJonesJazzMachine2000-05-21JazzAlleySeattleWA.zip

image copied from http://elvinjones.jazzgiants.net/ 

dusko gojkovic quartet – 5 nov 2010, royal garden jazz club, graz, austria

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Aug 232020
 

here’s a little something that i was listening to at work last week.

unrelated to that, i’m currently readying young man with a horn by dorothy baker, which i picked up at a surprisingly good bookshop in macroom, co. cork, a couple of weeks ago (‘surprising’ as there weren’t actually very many books; small but very well curated).  i also bought the curry guy veggie, and my wife bought something as well.  anyway, the blurb on the back says ymwah is “widely regarded as the first jazz novel, and it pulses with the music that defined an era”.  i’ll take that on faith, but in any event, i’m enjoying it immensely and do recommend it.  it’s a nice little edition from the nyrb classics; i’ve not seen many of their books before, and will have to look through their catalog.  perhaps they’ll be an alternative to persephone books, whose selections i can definitely recommend as well.

dusko gojkovic quartet
royal garden jazz club
graz, austria
5 november 2010

dusko gojkovic (tp,flh,announcements)
renato chicco (p)
dusan simovic (b)
manfred josel (dr)

01. radio intro (0:42)
02. you’re my everything (10:37)
03. inga (8:09)
04. five o’clock in the morning (8:11)
05. bass blues (9:47)
06. ow! (9:21)
07. lotus blossom (8:05)

sound quality: a

lineage: orf radio broadcast > digital cable > datrec > dat @ 44 khz > cd > hdd (flac 8)

sample: t03 inga.mp3
download: DuskoGojkovic_2010-11-05_GrazAustria.zip

jenny scheinman & allison miller’s parlour game – 4 june 2019, freight & salvage, berkeley, ca

 2020, all, jazz  1 Response »
Aug 142020
 

what i’ve been listening to yesterday.  it’s nice to have some jazz violin that’s not “gypsy jazz” (which i also am very fond of).  and an excellent recording, like all the other “lerond” recordings i’ve heard.  there’s also a solo performance by jenny scheinman birchmere in alexandria, posted here almost exactly 5 years ago.

lately, i’ve been listening to a few jazz performances from youtube (not great sound specs, but you pays your money and you takes your choice, eh?) of performances that i’d mostly missed at the hugh lane gallery and/or from the improvised music center, both here in dublin.  you might enjoy the recent show at the hugh lane by izumi kimura and cora venus lunny, who i heard last year at an improv festival here.  (that link is to the hugh lane page; the yt page is here.)  it’s funny:  it seems easier to make it to a show at a club than online… life gets in the way more often.

jenny scheinman & allison miller’s parlour game featuring tony scherr & carmen staaf
freight & salvage coffeehouse
berkeley, ca
4 june 2019

jenny scheinman: violin
allison miller: drums
tony scherr: contrabass
carmen staaf: piano

set one

s1t01 – greetings and announcements from tim mcgraw 03:39
s1t02 – play money 07:25
s1t03 – 116th and congress 09:04
s1t04 – band intros 01:15
s1t05 – lead with love 08:22
s1t06 – top shelf 05:16
s1t07 – fake weather 07:04
s1t08 – michigan 08:57
s1t09 – 4b or for b 09:02
s1t10 – miss battle’s cannonball 07:56
s1t11 – i heart eye patch 04:25

set two
s2t01 – greetings and announcements from tim mcgraw 00:56
s2t02 – beans and rice 06:38
s2t03 – song for sidiki 10:03
s2t04 – untitled 04:13
s2t05 – untitled 03:19
s2t06 – untitled 05:40
s2t07 – band intros 04:32
s2t08 – sleep rider 06:27

total: 114:23

this is a 16bit 44.1khz file set
recorded by jean lerond
dpa4023 cardioids in din configuration -> sound devices mixpre-6
audacity was used for tracking and flac8 conversion

sample:  s1t07 fake weather.mp3
download: JennyScheinman_AllisonMiller_2019-06-04_BerkeleyCA.zip

omar sosa – joo kraus – gustavo ovalles – 14 sept 2014, schlachthof, bremen, germany

 2020, all, jazz  2 Responses »
Aug 102020
 

well, i’m on a little vacation, but this time i did a full backup and brought along the main usb drive since we were driving.  how much padding around a usb drive is enough, really?  all good so far, including this show.

omar sosa – joo kraus – gustavo ovalles
schlachthof
bremen, germany
14 sept 2014

omar sosa – piano
joo kraus – trumpet
gustavo ovalles – percussion

01 moforibale (omar sosa)
02 iyawo (omar sosa)
03 days remembered (omar sosa, joo kraus)
04 1993 recaredo (omar sosa)
05 african feeling (omar sosa, joo kraus)
06 alternativo (omar sosa)
07 talking
08 in the south (omar sosa, joo kraus)
09 el commentario (omar sosa)
10 free moment (omar sosa)
11 light in the sky (omar sosa) / space base / furuco groove (omar sosa, joo kraus)
12 muevete en d (intro) (omar sosa) / muevete en d (omar sosa)
13 latin moment (omar sosa, joo kraus)

min 111:54

fm (analog cable) – audacity – xact

nordwestradio
nordwestradio in concert: pop & jazz
2014-10-26

sample: t02 iyawo.mp3
download: OmarSosa_2014-09-14_Sosa-Kraus-Ovales_BremenGermany.zip

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