Dec 292022
 

where did i just see bern nix?  i thought it was dime, but no, so maybe it was something on mastodon?  anyway, i brushed off a few old shows that’ve been lurking in the vaults, and here’s one of them.  smashing stuff.  i have to look into jim nolet now.


bern nix / jim nolet quartet
middle east
cambridge, ma
25 march 1991

bern nix – guitar
jim nolet – violin
? – bass
e. j. rodriguez – drums and percussion

cd1
1
2
3
4
5

cd2
1
2
3

total time 81:35

aud cass master recorded by tomcorafan
transferred by allsoundz

 


sample: cd1 t03 unknown title 256k.mp3
download: BernNix_Jim Nolet_1991-03-25_MiddleEast_CambridgeMA.zip

Dec 262022
 

unfortunately, i’ve missed downloading a couple of ellen christi shows, but that’s ok, i’m sure i can find some of her cd’s for sale.  though, with the range of styles she can (and, apparently, will) sing, it remains to be seen if i will have chosen well in my purchase.  i find this very hard to describe, but there’s a sample as alway.  if you like this, a venue called roulette, in brooklyn, has a recording of mark hennen, ellen christi & drummer jackson krall show on 6-mar-1985 available on their website.

a week or two ago, i was again at the workmans club down on wellington quay, for a dublin jazz co-op show:  thomas schuttenhelm & sam perkin.  it sounded interesting & was but i wasn’t sure i’d enjoy it.  but enjoy it, i did!  it was super!  and music to make you think and to be thought about.  i had a nice chat with thomas schuttenhelm afterwards, a very interesting fellow (no surprise that!).  check ’em both out!


ellen christi / mark hennen duo
“the joint”, wbrs-fm
winer wing, usdan student center
brandeis university
waltham, ma
26 september 1985

ellen christi – vocals
mark hennen – piano  also this link

no setlist

total time 61:02

sourced from cassettes copied from the master tapes
1st gen cassette(dolby c on)>denon drm-555>sony pcm-d50(16 bit/44.1 khz)>cdwav>flac(level 6)


sample: t02 unknown title 256k.mp3
download: EllenChristi_Mark_Hennen_1985-09-26_BrandeisUniversity_WalthamMA.zip

picture: ellen christi in avellino, in 1990. cropped screenshot of a youtube video.

Dec 162022
 

well, a charles tolliver double-header is a fine way to hit 500 posts!

the first show, from 1969, is a phenomenal recording.  as someone commented on dime, when it was shared a few years ago,

listening now, great stereo sound, good enough for a commercial release.  sounds fantastic, swings like crazy.

i can say the same right now!  and it goes for the second show, from 1971, which is maybe a lot more “tolliver-ish” (yes. btw, i see that the ’69 show is “all compositions  by charles tolliver), and which i think that i prefer.  i’ve been listening to very little except charles tolliver or the radio (which was sadly lacking any charles tolliver!)

btw, we now have a presence on mastodon, @cipjazz@mas.to


charles tolliver & the erich kleinschuster quintet
austrophon studio
vienna (austria)
february 1, 1969

charles tolliver (tp)
erich kleinschuster (tb)
hans salomon (ts)
fritz pauer (p)
jimmy woode (b)
erich bachträgl (dr)

1. lil’s paradise – 8:46
2. the household of saud – 4:57
3. paperman – 6:31
4. on the nile – 10:12
5. truth – 7:54
6. right now – 4:29

tt: 42:53

all compositions by charles tolliver

lineage: sbd > cd > hd (flac 8)

sound: a


charles tolliver’s music inc.
lila eule
bremen, germany
20.05.1971

charles tolliver – tp
stanley cowell – p
jeff clyne – b
alvin queen – dr

01. afro blue (santamaria) 23:04
02. body and soul (heyman/sour/eyton/green) 12:28
03. oriental (cowell) 15:48
04. the ringer (tolliver) [fade out] 02:55

source: dvb-s > techno trend tt-premium s2-6400 twin hd > hdd > nero wave editor > flac
(mpeg1 layer 2/320 kbps) [radio station – nordwesradio]


samples


download

image:  cropped image from the cover included with the 1971 show.  don’t know who did the covers originally.

Dec 132022
 

well, i hadn’t really planned on this one.  i was listening to ibiza 2014 from the old discopolis recordings, and really enjoyed muriel grossman’s concert.  and then it fed right into the next concert, by susana sheiman, which i also really enjoyed.  and then i looked to see what other shows by grossman or sheiman i might find, answer being a nice show by susana sheiman from 2012.  well, fortunately i had the sense to stop before i went completely down the rabbit hole, as this sort of thing can rapidly escalate.  though i do need to go back to look for more muriel grossman… she is super!  anyway, the outcome of all of this is these three shows, leading off with muriel grossman & then susana sheiman at the 2014 eivissa jazzfest in ibiza, then, as a little dessert, a 2014 show by susana sheiman.  links and (if i get to it) samples are all together at the bottom of this post.  also, in case you’re wondering, no, i was not able to find websites or much of anything for most of the musicians.  finally, these are in mp3 format, somewhat unusually for this site.


muriel grossmann quartet
eivissa jazz festival 2014
baluarte de santa lucia
ibiza, spain
22 aug 2014

muriel grossman – alto sax
jaime pelico – bass
uros stamenkovic – drums
radomir milojkovic – guitar

radio host (& live intro in 2014) josé miguel lópez

01 jl radio intro for muriel grossman (0:20)
02 jl live intro for muriel grossman quartet (2:34)
03 unknown title (7:28)
04 unknown title (10:12)
05 unknown title (7:32)
06 jl radio outro (1:03)
07 josé luis intro (2:57)
08 ut (11:10)
09 ut (9:32)
10 ut (9:01)
11 talking & band intros (1:08)
12 jl radio outro (0:39)

tt 1:03:36

source: webcast (mp3, cbr 256k 44.1 khz) > mp3directcut > tracked mp3
tracks 01-06: https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/discopolis/discopolis-9048-jove-big-band-muriel-grossmann-27-08-15/3215603/
tracks 07-12: https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/discopolis/discopolis-9049-muriel-grossmann-28-08-15/3215583/

cover.jpg – screenshot of a street performance by the muriel grossmann quartet at eivissa
jazz 2018, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbgzcfm24oq


susana sheiman & open gate
eivissa jazz festival 2014
baluarte de santa lucia
ibiza, spain
22 aug 2014

susana sheiman, vocals
open gate:
toni solà, sax tenor
artur regada, bass
xavier algans, piano
caspar saint-charles, drums

radio host (& live intro in 2014) josé miguel lópez

01 jml radio intro (0:39)
02 jml live intro susana sheiman (0:49)
03 i’ve got you under my skin (cole porter) (6:38)
04 angel eyes (6:50)
05 talking (0:30)
06 ut (6:12)
07 jl radio outro (0:33)
08 talking (0:11)
09 show intro (0:55)
10 jl radio intro (1:09)
11 love (5:25)
12 love won’t let me wait (bobby eli, vinnie barrett) (5:19)
13 talking (0:16)
14 don’t get around much anymore (duke ellington, bob russell) (5:57)
15 talking (0:19)
16 caravan (5:54)
17 talking (0:34)
18 ut (7:42)
19 jml station id (0:13)
20 aquellas pequeñas cosas (joan manuel serrat) (6:40)
21 band intros, louisiana sunday afternoon (franne golde) (7:27)
22 jml radio outro (0:28)
23 talking (0:35)
24 bésame mucho (consuelo velazquez) mashup (6:55)
bésame mucho > a mashup of bésame mucho, llorona,
cuéntame que te pasó, and naila
25 i’m going to live the life i sing about in my song (mahalia jackson) (4:20)

tt 1:22:31

source: webcast (mp3, cbr 256k 44.1 khz) > mp3directcut > tracked mp3
tracks 01-10: https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/discopolis/discopolis-9049-muriel-grossmann-28-08-15/3215583/
tracks 11-25: https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/discopolis/discopolis-9053-susana-sheiman-31-08-15/3215587/

cover.jpg – screenshot of a performance by by susana sheiman & open gate at jamboree jazz club,
barcelona, 20-june-2012, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkx0unjwcpy


susana sheiman & the ignasi terraza trio
presenting “swing appeal”
sala jamboree
barcelona, spain
11 march 2012

susana sheiman – vocals
ignasi terraza – piano
unknown – bass *
unknown – drums *
* announced by the radio host in his introduction, but i could not understand the names

01 radio host intro (2:42)
02 there’ll be another spring (lee-wheeler) (4:49)
03 spring can really hang you up the most (landesman-wolf) (5:43)
04 someone to watch over me (george & ira gershwin) (6:11)
05 talking (0:14)
06 where or when (rogers & hart) (3:27)
07 emotional dance (terraza-sheiman) (6:06)
08 talking (1:02)
09 just one of those things (5:32)
10 radio host (0:37)
11 talking (0:45)
12 p.s. i love you (mercer-jenkins) (4:11)
13 i’m going to live the life i sing about in my song (mahalia jackson) (4:56)

tt 46:14

recorded by rtve radio 4, broadcast on show “jazz am gel” 18-aug-2012

source: webcast (mp3, cbr 256k 44.1 khz) > mp3directcut > tracked mp3
https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/jazz-amb-gel/actuacio-susana-sheiman-ignasi-terraza-trio/1510313/

cover.jpg – screenshot from a performance by susana sheiman & the ignasi terraza trio,
at luz de qas (barcelona), festival de jazz de barcelona, on november 29th 2011,
see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtsw7wt6uj0


download


samples

 

Dec 032022
 

these were both shared by ‘cosmikd’, years apart.  i was going to upload the 1988 show and then listened to the 2007 show & just had to go for a “twofer”.  of the two, i prefer the second (2007) simply because it has more elisabeth kontomanou and was mostly written by her.


alain jean-marie & elisabeth kontomanou quartet
studio 105, maison de la radio, paris, france
april 21, 1988

alain jean-marie (piano)
elisabeth kontomanou (vocals)
jean bardy (bass)
sangoma everett (drums)

01 search for peace (mccoy tyner) 7:33
02 deluge (wayne shorter) 9:30
03 this is new (kurt weill, ira gershwin) 7:01
04 ev’ry time we say goodbye (cole porter) / my ideal (newell chase, leo robin, richard a. whiting) 4:22
05 falling grace (steve swallow) 5:27
06 very early (bill evans) 7:35
07 italian sorrow (alain jean-marie) 2:55
08 straight, no chaser (thelonious monk) 6:44

tt 51:07

fm > yamaha tx-330 > audacity (wav) > wavelab > flac (level 8, sector-align)
broadcast : les légendes du jazz, france musique, sept 19, 2020


elisabeth kontomanou quartet
festival jazz à vannes
jardin de limur, vannes, france
25 july 2007

elisabeth kontomanou (vocals)
manu codjia (guitar)
thomas bramerie (double bass)
donald kontomanou (drums)

1. talk 1:05
2. sunny (bobby hebb) 14:30
3. where i’m coming from (kontomanou) 8:29
4. the abuse (kontomanou) 4:30
5. black angel (kontomanou) 9:23
6. back to my groove (kontomanou) 9:01

46:58

fm > wav (wavelab) > flac (frontend level 8)
jazz sur le vif, france musique, 1 oct 2007
talk by xavier prévost


sample – 1988:  t06 very early 256k.mp3
sample – 2007:  t03 where i’m coming from 256k.mp3
downloads:  AlainJeanMarie_ElisabethKontomanou_1988-04-21_ParisFrance.zip and ElisabethKontomanou_2007-07-25_VannesFrance.zip

image:  from the ‘jazz in langourla’ site, photo of elisabeth kontomanou aken at her 11-aug-2007 performance at the jazz in langourla festival.  used without permission.