Jan 212023
 

i’ve listened to this a few times over the past several weeks, and finally decided it had spent too much time in my foobar2000 playlist not to share it here.  nonets and tentets are so nice, more depth of sound than a small combo but still not a full orchestra, a cozy in-between.


leïla olivesi nonet – suite andamane
studio 104, maison de la radio & de la musique
paris, france
april 2, 2022

leïla olivesi (piano, voice, direction)
quentin ghomari (trumpet, flugelhorn)
fidel fourneyron (trombone)
baptiste herbin (alto sax, flute)
adrien sanchez (tenor sax)
jean-charles richard (soprano & baritone saxes)
manu codjia (guitar)
yoni zelnik (double bass)
donald kontomanou (drums)

01 suite andamane : i jeu de vagues (leïla olivesi) 7:08
02 suite andamane : ii le chemin du levant (leïla olivesi) 5:44
03 suite andamane : iii fleur andamane (leïla olivesi) 6:32
04 suite andamane : iv la corse du ciel (leïla olivesi) 6:24
05 mary lou (leïla olivesi) 7:11
06 intro 0:41
07 missing cc (leïla olivesi) 12:55 (tribute to claude carrière, founder of jazz club)
08 soustraire à la lumière (leila olivesi) 8:36 (composition on a poem by taïeb lucie)

tt 55:11

fm > yamaha tx-330 > audacity (wav) > wavelab > flac (level 8, sector-align)
broadcast : jazz club, france musique, april 16, 2022


sample: t02 suite andamane – ii le chemin du levant 256k.mp3
download: LeilaOlivesi_2022-04-02_(SuiteAndamane)_ParisFrance.zip

photo:  downloaded from leïla olivesi’s facebook page.  photo is labelled as (c) solène person (can there be two french photograpers with that name?).  used without permission.

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.