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my favorite of several recordings shared by ‘glasnostrd19′ of tiger okoshi at the willow in somerville, ma.  it’s another of those locations that i vaguely feel that i know just from the recordings there, a topic that i’ve touched on before.  other places in that general neck of the woods would  include the sidedoor jazz club in old lyme, ct and also the ramada inn, schenectady, ny (another tip o’ the hat to the planetfuncamp folks and to csatennis).   little beacons on my mental map of the world, “if i’m ever in massachusetts…”.  back to this show, if you’re on dime, it’s worth doing a search for “okoshi” or “willow”.


tiger okoshi quintet
willow jazz club
somerville, mass. u.s.a.
august 28, 1984 (1st set, part of 2nd)

tiger okoshi: trumpet
gerry edkins: keyboards
leo quintero: guitar
jimmy earl: bass
robbie gonzalez: drums

1: untitled 14:35
2: june 19th 15:44
3: band introductions :58
4: intro > blackout (spliced, tape flip) 31:03
5: set break :35
6: ? 18:43
7: radio announcer wrap up :26

runtime: 82:07

pre-recorded live fm broadcast
lineage:
88.9 wers fm radio (emerson college) >
sansui 8 reciever with wire antenna >
unknown average quality cassette deck (dolby off) >
maxell xlii 90 min. master cassette (high bias) >
played on nak. 300 into soundforge (wav) >
flac (sb’s aligned) > torrentially yours.

a this and that production.


sample: t02 june 19th 256k.mp3
download: TigerOkoshi_1984-08-28_WillowJazzClub_SomervilleMA.zip

image:  stock photo from the internet.