1/27/2015

Album of the week: DEAN / DUNMALL / ROGERS / LEVIN - ELTON (DLE051)



Elton Dean - alto saxophone, saxello
Paul Dunmall - tenor saxophone
Paul Rogers - double bass
Tony Levin - drums

1. Two and eleven 00:00
3. Eeedy Peedy 41:13

Recorded live at the Vortex, London. 28 September 1997
Cassette recording, photos and design: Andy Isham (DLE051)

DUNS LIMITED EDITION on YouTube

1/19/2015

Album of the week: HUGHSCORE :: Delta Flora (1999)


Hughscore:

Elaine DiFalco (vocals, accordion, Wurlitzer & Fender Rhodes pianos, Vox organ, synthesizer); Fred Chalenor (guitar, bass); Hugh Hopper (bass); Tucker Martine (drums, percussion).

Additional personnel:

Jon Hyde (pedal steel guitar); Chrystelle Blanc-Lanaute (flute); Elton Dean (alto saxophone); Craig Flory (tenor saxophone); Dave Carter (trumpet); Robert Jarvis (trombone).

Recorded at Flora Avenue Studio, Seattle, Washington and Delta Studio, Chartham, Canterbury, England between September 1997 and September 1998.

Released on Cuneiform Records, 1999.



1/12/2015

Album of the week: LOUiS MOHOLO / EVAN PARKER / PULE PHETO / GiBO PHETO / BARRY GUY QUiNTET :: Bush Fire (1995)




Louis Moholo - drums; Evan Parker - tenor & soprano saxes; Pule Pheto - piano; Gibo Pheto - bass (left); Barry Guy - bass, piccolo bass (right).

Recorded at Gateway Studios, London. July 1995.

Released as CD Bush Fire (Ogun 1997)

This is classy one. Crossroad of London free improvisation and London / South African The Blue Notes legacy. Quintet and various subgroupings.

1/04/2015

Album of the week: LOUiS MOHOLO-MOHOLO QUARTET - 4 Blokes (2014)



LOUIS MOHOLO-MOHOLO - drums
JASON YARDE - alto & soprano saxes
ALEXANDER HAWKiNS - piano
JOHN EDWARDS - double bass

Recorded on 12 November 2013 by Ben Lamdin at Fish Factory Studios, London.
Mixed by Jason Yarde.

(c) 2014 Ogun Recordings Limited

Moholo Quartet plays simply high-octane interactive jazz and shows improvisational skills of all four musicians, as well as Louis' ability for leading the groups of various sizes. Music on the album continues in traditions of legendary South-African Blue Notes and British free improvisation too.




1/02/2015

Gjertrud Lunde HJEMKLANG - "Pilgrim" feat. Arve Henriksen



http://www.gjertrud-lunde.com

Gjertrud Lunde, vocal / Florian Zenker, guitars, electronics / Wolfert Brederode, rhodes / Bodek Janke, drums, with guest: Arve Henriksen (trumpet)