Jan 222022
 

i should look at the last part of the alphabet more often.  this isn’t complete, and i’m not sure it’s in the right order, but this really is a “super group”, not much else to say.  funny, i almost never listen to herbie hancock nor either of the marsalises.  baffling, really, i’ll have to do something about that.  anyway, if you want the full recording, check the youtube link below.


vsop ii
nhk hall
tokyo, japan
19 may 1983

wynton marsalis (trumpet)
branford marsalis (tenor sax, soprano sax)
herbie hancock (grand piano)
ron carter (bass)
tony williams (drums) [how is it i can’t find a webpage for tony williams?!]

1. the sorcerer 11:04
2. ringo oiwake 8:40
3. jitterbug waltz 9:11
4. new song no. 3 8:40
5. well you needn’t 10:55
6. arboretum 9:35
7. sister cheryl 10:54

tt 1:09:02

fm-sbd > ? > cdr > eac > flac
converted to flac july, 2017 by senormogul9 using nch switch plus

– – – – – – –
this has been made available in a lot of places, actually

issued as a bootleg by hi hat, same set list and lineup, with note that it was
originally broadcast on nhk radio, see
https://www.discogs.com/release/10574983-herbie-hancock-vsop-ii-tokyo-1983

available in mp3 format (cbr 128 kbs, sampling 44.1 khz) from pastdaily.com, at
pastdaily.com/2019/08/04/vsop-ii-marsalis-hancock-carter-and-williams-live-in-tokyo-1983-past-daily-downbeat/

shared in shn format on the dr.fusion blog may 2016 (file links have expired), at
https://drfusion.blogspot.com/2016/05/vsop-ii-live-at-nhk-hall-tokyo-japan.html

it was also shared several times on dime, twice as (or similar to) this version, and twice in a
90-minute video with a slightly longer setlist in a different order (* if not included in the above).
that video (or version of it) is also on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1L4eTD-9lI

* riot
2 ringo oiwake
5 well, you needn’t
1 the sorcerer
4 new song no. 3
* opus 1.5
3 the jitterbug waltz
7 sister cheryl
6 arboretum
* hesitation set ii


sample: new song #3 256k.mp3
download: VSOP II 1983-05-19 NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan.zip

photo:  screenshot from the youtube video of this show (link above)

Nov 302019
 

another one that’s been floating in my playlist for a while (n.b. this is 2 posts in 2 days – go back a day if you missed it!).  this was (re)seeded on dime by senormogul9 just over a year ago.  their comments (below) need nothing added about the show, and are a good insight into first months on dime (and its ilk):  seeing a feast to which you have limited or, perhaps for a while, no access.  been there, done that.  good choice, senormogul9, hope my d/l helped.

greetings soundfolk! it’s freddie hubbard day at the house and i’ll conclude the day with freddie in front of the classic miles sidemen of his 60’s quintet. essentially, we have the vsop band here, minus wayne shorter, making it verrrry “vsop-ish”. it’s a good fm capture overall straight off the queen mary.

i remember getting this very well, i got it from awesome dimer glasnostrd19 back in july 2013. i had just joined dime a few months earlier and when i joineed, i knew nothing about things like “share ratios”. so, when i got on, i downloaded a ton of absolutely weird, esoteric shit, and suddenly, i couldn’t download anymore! i couldn’t figure it out, unbeknownst to me, i had neglected to read the fine print! 🙂 so, i had to wait for enough people to be enticed to download my “weird, esoteric shit” to get me to the 0.25 line where i could begin again.

that took several months, and finally i got to download this. so, enjoy this! thanks ian!

i’ll give you a sample, enjoy!


hubbard – hancock – carter – williams
queen mary jazz festival
long beach, california, u.s.a.
july 1984

herbie hancock: piano
freddie hubbard: trumpet
ron carter: bass
tony williams: drums

1: radio intro :18
2: talk 2:39
3: byrdlike 9:12
4: dolphin dance 10:49
5: cantaloupe island 12:59
6: you don’t know what love is (ballad) 10:17
7: oleo 9:24
8: radio outro :34

runtime: 56:13 (minutes/seconds)

lineage:  1st gen. fm broadcast
npr fm radio (probably wgbh 89.7 fm boston) > sansui 8 reciever with wire antenna >
unknown average quality cassette recorder (dolby off) > maxell xli 90 min. master cassette >
maxell xli 90 min. 1st gen. copy > played on nak. bx-300 into soundforge (wav) >
flac (sb’s aligned) > torrentially yours.

national public radio is free to the public.
keep it that way.


sample: t05 cantaloupe island.mp3
download: Hubbard-Hancock-Carter-Williams_1984-07-xx_LongBeachCA.zip


May 152018
 

just back from a great trip to são paulo.  a lot of work, but had a great time.  saw a very little bit of the city, like having a sip of someone’s drink, really.  here’s a little something that’s helping fight my jetlag (which is pretty fierce… due to flight cancellations, it took over 34 hours, door-to-door, to get home).


superstar quintet
“festival tent”
wiesen (austria)
july 16, 1982.

freddie hubbard (tp, fl-h)
joe henderson (ts)
kenny barron (p)
ron carter (b)
tony williams (dr)

1 a quick sketch 15:02
2 recorda-me (not complete) 4:35
3 spiral 17:26
4 sister cheryl 13:35
5 byrdlike (not complete) 9:20

tt 59:59

soundboard recording


sample:  t05 byrdlike.mp3
download: SuperstarQuintet_1982-07-16_WiesenAustria.zip

covers by pete


Feb 102016
 

MDkyoto64Frwe just had a great long-weekend (for lunar new year) in kyoto, japan.  fantastic city, which you should visit if you’re going to japan.

anyway, here’s an old recording made in kyoto, from miles davis’ 1964 japan tour.  i’ve got 3 different versions of this, and had a lot of difficulty choosing which one to post here.  there’s another version (in mp3) on bigozine2.com, which is also where the cd covers come from (except on the front cover, i removed “mp3 version”).


miles davis quintet
maruyama ongaku-do hall, kyoto (japan)
15 july 1964

miles davis (tpt)
sam rivers (ts)
herbie hancock (p)
ron carter (b)
tony williams (d)

1 if i were a bell (f. loesser) 10:44
2 oleo (s. rollins) 5:22
3 stella by starlight (n. washington-v. young) 8:56
4 walkin’ (r. carpenter) 7:21
5 all of you (c. porter) 10:11
6 seven steps to heaven (v. feldman-m. davis) [incomplete] 2:56

lineage:
audience recording
cd > wav > tlh > flac
hooligan3244 said he ‘ripped this from cd 2 of “the unissued japanese concerts” (label
domino 891212). while converting the wav to flac, tlh created the md5. most of the info
is added from peter plosin’s “miles ahead”.’


sample: t06 seven steps to heaven.mp3

download: Mile Davis_1964-07-15_KyotoJapan.zip


May 132014
 

here’s another nice miles davis show, from his 1967 tour.  it was reseeded on dime last november, but i downloaded this copy in 2010.  like the last miles show, i’ve been relistening to them as i upload them here…. been another miles davis couple of days around here!


miles davis quintet
philharmonie
berlin, germany
4 nov 1967

miles davis: trumpet
wayne shorter: tenor saxophone
herbie hancock: piano
ron carter: bass
tony williams: drums

1. agitation 5:24
2. footprints 8:53
3. ’round midnight 7:51
4. no blues 10:51
5. masqualero 9:50

total time: 42:49

radio broadcast
issued as part of a bootleg cd, ‘live in europe’, new sound planet/ jazz up ju 320
all tracks were issued as a single title, ‘untitled medley’.

fm> ?> cd> soundforge (rebanding of tracks)> dbpoweramp> flac (level 6)> dime> your ears

here is another concert from the 1967 tour, a few days after rotterdam. the duet introduction to ’round midnight is fascinatingly different and equally beautiful. davis and herbie hancock clearly experimented with this opening each night. this concert ends with “masqualero,” which is more usually associated, i think, with the electric miles that is a few years away. all told, extraordinary music. i’ve pasted below the original info file, and as always, i am deeply grateful to the original seeder.

fyi, video footage of two dates from this tour, stockholm and karlsruhe, are included in columbia’s gargantuan box set, “the complete columbia album collection.”


sample:  t5_Masqualero.mp3

download: MilesDavis_1967-11-04_Berlin.zip


May 122014
 

last week, i was listening to a lot of miles davis from 1966 & 1967.  ok, i’ll admit it:  with miles after around 1970, i don’t always get it.  there.  in any event, those were some great shows on my little ‘miles davis mid-sixties’ day, so here’s one of them.  if i get ambitious, maybe another to come.

on the seed back in 2008 when i downloaded this, the seeder newplanet7 said

losin calls this an audience recording, but it sounds more like a board.
http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/sessions.aspx?s=660521

but actually losin describes it as a “soundboard recording (b-)”, which sounds right to me.  i’m not listening on the worlds best sound system, but i’d have put it more like “soundboard (a-)”, myself.

i think that this was also bootlegged by a european label “sunburn recordings” at some point but hasn’t been officially released that i am aware.


miles davis quintet
oriental theatre, portland or
21 may 1966

miles davis (tpt)
wayne shorter (ts)
herbie hancock (p)
richard davis (b)
tony williams (d)

disc 1
introduction :39
autumn leaves (j. prevert-j. mercer-j. kosma) 9:46
agitation (m. davis) (incomplete from start) 9:20
stella by starlight (n. washington-v. young) 10:35
gingerbread boy (j. heath) 11:40
no blues (m. davis) (incomplete) 9:28

disc 2
all blues (m. davis) 9:41
who can i turn to? (l. bricusse-a. newley) 8:51
so what (m. davis)/the theme (m. davis) (with applause) 9:06
my funny valentine (r. rodgers-l. hart) 11:40

audience
cassette ?gen -> nak dr-1 -> audiophile2496 – > soundforge -> wav -> flac


sample:  d2 t2 who can i turn to.mp3

download: MilesDavis_1966-05-21_PortlandOR.zip