The Official Free Jazz Thread
 

I looked back more than a year and didn't find anything other than free jazz concert listings and recomendation threads. I thought it'd be nice to have an official thread, post shit.

Heres a disc I found for download. I'm listening to it now, it's not too bad.


Track Listing:
1. First Mass 2. How Long Blues 3. Frank Goes To 4. Another Mess 5. Which Way Is That? 6. Three Ghosts 7. Some Relief 8. And Now Some Blues 9. Now 10. And Now 11. Maple Leaf Rag
Download from MediaFire
The tracks don't have titles in the tags so it'll have to be done yourself.

Myra Melford is an adventurous jazz pianist who has collaborated with Henry Threadgill, Butch Morris and Dave Douglas while leading her own troupes on a series of albums. Hans Bennink may be one of the most adventurous and creative drummers of the past 40 years. He’s worked with Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Eric Dolphy, The Ex, Derek Bailey, Don Cherry, Peter Brotzmann among many others. Bennink is a drummer who has always been adept at straddling the line between playfulness and ferocity. It is only fitting that these two souls should collaborate on album that makes free jazz somehow delightful and accessible. I love free jazz, but this may be one of the most fun examples of the genre that I’ve heard. If your ears shut themselves off at the mere mention of free jazz, then check this one out since it is alternately absurd, avant-garde and a ray of sunshine. Eleven Ghosts somehow puts a smile on my face even though it is a bit impenetrable at times.

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Good good GOOD idea for a thread!!

http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=54

 

Here's a 3 disk boot to keep the ball rollin', son.

why do you post with [size=1]??

Don't know to be honest, just like it I guess.

Any way, look at what the fuck I found!




http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DVZ3Z2GM

http://www.mediafire.com/?2e3jl20jmuv

^thats a good one!

Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet)
Misja Mengelberg (piano)
Jacques Shols (bass)
Han Bennink (drums)
Recorded in Hilversum, Holland on June 2, 1964.

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mmmm... Dolphy

wolf eyes with anthony braxton is always good.

I had that at one point

destination-out.com

site with mp3s of tracks from rare and forgotten free jazz etc....lots of updates tho after awhile the links are deactivated.

Last date by Dolphy is quite cool. It was his last recording :(

I would like also to mention an underrated free-jazz label, the Paris-based Byg-Actuel. They recorded sessions in Paris from some of the most prominent free-jazz players of the late 60's. Here you can check their catalog: http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/byg.htm

I've got some of them and they are killer. Worth discovering.

By the way, has somebody seen Steve Reid live? He is coming to spain with his ensemble. The guy from Four Tet will also be perfoming with them. I'm still thinking whether if go or not, it's like 3 hours away from home. The bill also includes Model 500 and the Slits.

Two weeks ago I saw Brötzmann quartet with included Paal Nilssen Love, Kondo and Massimo Pupilo (Zu's bassist). Bombastic show! Brotzmann is still a teenager...

technically it is not dolphys last recording tho its called last date. there's a cd you can buy called last recording that has nathan davis on tenor sax another american guy maybe and the rest euros. it was his last studio recording tho there might some more recorded shows. i prefer last date tho.

such a shame that he died of undiagnosed diabetes. he collapsed on stage in europe somewhere and the doctors just thought he was another american junky and unknowingly let him die. fuckers....

i love paal nilssen love btw. one of my favorite drummers.

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Side 1

01 Apple Cores (7:41)
02 Past Perfect Tense (9:24)
03 One Up, One Down (4:34)

Side 2

04 New York Maze (18:32)
05 Applebuff (6:50)

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Personnel:

Sunny Murray - drums
Abdul Zahir Batin - flute, whistles, percussion
Hamiet Bluiett - bass
Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
Sonny Brown - drums
Frank Foster - soprano saxophone
Fred Hopkins - bass
Oliver Lake - alto saxophone
Cecil McBee - bass
Don Pullen - piano
Monnette Sudler - guitar
Jimmy Vass - alto saxophone
Youseff Yancy - trumpet, flugelhorn, theremin, various electro-acoustical sound manipulation devices

Recorded at Blank Tapes Studio, NYC, January 1, 1978.

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(107 MB, ripped @ 320 from the original vinyl.)

Here.

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http://bigozine2.com/archive/ARrarit...bmclondon.html

bringing this thing back from the dead.

A blog with some stuff stuff, not all free but all good.
http://jupiter-variation.blogspot.com/

if somebody finds a link to trane's cosmic music they should put it here, it's one of my favorite records but i've never managed to get a digital copy

I LOVE this album. You Don't Know What Love Is is probably one of the best songs EVER.

the cover is great, I will hear it
wohoo, the link is dead :(

No idea where you'd find a download link, but I heartily recommend you pick this up, if you're looking for Die Like a Dog stuff. For what it is, it's OK value, and the music is amazing.

Hm, im checking it right now, thanks!

Parker and Drake as the rhthym section - you can't go wrong there...

we need to keep this thread on page 1 always.

I got it on another computer so I can upload it this weekend.

http://beautifulnoiseskin.blogspot.c...mic-music.html

What is a good Alice Coltrane LP for the nOOb?

thanks, i had seen that blog before but the links were dead, glad he reupped it


also: greedrex, you should download this album, 2 of the 4 tracks are by alice coltrane, from her album "a monastic trio" i think.

journey in satchidananda is a good album by her

thx dOOd

more recommendations anybody?

2 or 3 compulsory albums ?

The only album of hers that I've heard is 'Ptah, the el daoud'.
It's not bad at all.

http://rapidshare.com/files/48952492/CBX.rar



Label: Strata-East Catalog#: SES-19736 Format: Vinyl, LP
Country:US Released:1973 Genre: Jazz Style:
Credits: Bass - Charlie Haden
Drums - Ed Blackwell
Producer - Clifford Jordan
Saxophone - Charles Brackeen
Trumpet - Don Cherry
Tracklisting:

A1 Rhythm X (8:03) A2 Hour Glass (11:31) B1 Charles Concept (7:50) B2 C. B. Blues (7:00)

thx dOOdz!

Yeah, "Journey in Satchidananda" is THE one, among what I've heard. Sanders kills on it. Cecil McBee is unbelievably sweet. Just an amazing album. Closest thing would in many ways be Sanders' "Karma", but it's pretty unique.

I fixed the link on 'Little Birds have fast Hearts'.
[page one]

Die like a Dog - Little Birds Have Fast Hearts pt.1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DVZ3Z2GM

You should have something by Other Dimensions in Music or if you want to rock hard get some Test.

just a few contemporary NYC players you really should know
David S Ware
Matthew Shipp
Jameel Moondoc
Ras MOshe
Steve Swell
Roy Campbell
Sabir Mateen
and the great William Parker
no doubt in 20 years when I'm really old i'll brag about seeing Text of Light, Black Flag, Van Halen in 81 and gigs with William Parker.

William Parker is truly a god. I saw him play a solo set in a room of like 40 people crowded around him, sitting baout 10 feet away, and it was one of the most truly stunning musical moments of my life. Pretty much the most affecting musical performance I've attended. Changed my whole view of what one person could do with an instrument and the attention of a willing audience. I still get chills thinking about it, 2 years later.

Speaking of which, anyone who is into free jazz and doesn't have Parker's "Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace" needs to get it now.

In fact, I may upload that tonight. I think I only have it as shitty WMA files though, and seem to remember a scratch messsing things up on my CD. Will have to check...

Oh and for more Parker goodness, I suggest that recent reissue of "The Multiplication Table" by the Matthew Shipp Trio. It's a monster.

Well, due to a series of technical difficulties, this took me an absurdly long time to get off the CD in a lossless form and upload it, but her e we are:

Kaoru Abe - Winter 1972 (PSF 158)


Early solo album. Now, I know a whole album of very out solo free-jazz alto-sax might sound pretty tough, but this is actually a stunningly beautiful work, and you need to listen to it. Now. There are these sections where he's audibly playing off the echoes of the room that get me every time. Being PSF, it's just a direct rip of the original vinyl issue, as with some of the Fushitsusha releases ETC, but that lends it an interesting quality.

Tracks all untitled.

I will try and get on the Parker at some point this week, but I need to listen through and check whether I was imagining my disc being screwed up first.

FLAC, hence the monster file sizes. In retrospect it would probably have been wiser to torrent it. Ah well.

Enjoy!