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Rare Music Curator presents podcast#21 Piano Special: The Black And White Of It

The Curator — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:35:24 GMT

Rare Music Curator presents podcast #21 Piano Special: The Black and White Of It 72:00 photo: Esbjorn Svensson This month’s special is on jazz piano in many forms. These tracks ( to my knowledge) are all unreleased and for the most part excellent fidelity. Some of the tracks have some radio interference noise and there is one loud buzz during the Dave Burrell piece. As always, The Curator suggests you support these artists by purchasing their commercially available products. 1. E.S.T. “Elevation Of Love” Royal Festival Hall, London Jazz Festival, 14 Nov 2003 Esbjorn Svensson: piano Dan Beflund: bass Magnus Ostrom: drums The untimely death of this exceptional gifted piano player earlier in 2008 makes this live recording even more poignant. 2. Myra Melford “unknown title” Kito, Bremen, Germany, 20 March 1998 Myra Melford: piano A very angular solo piano Monk-ish type number that even veers into the avant garde. 3. Bobo Stenson Trio “There Comes A Time” Saskatel Jazz festival, Canada July 2000 Bobo Stenson: piano Anders Jormin: bass Jon Christensen: drums 4. Dave Burrell “Stepping Out” Blues Alley, Washington DC , date unknown Dave Burrell: piano 5. The Bad Plus “Girl From Ipanema” Dakota Bar, St Paul MN, 21 August 2002 Ethan Iverson: piano Reid Anderson: bass David King: drums This group has taken some critical bashing because of their “pop” stylings and unusual cover material. However, I find them to have an unusual approach to the trio format and their arrangements are inventive. 6. Paul Bley Trio “unknown title” Hamburg , Germany, 20 March 1994 Paul Bley” piano Furio DiCastri: bass Tony Oxley: drums This date also featured saxophonist John Surman who does not join them until later in the set. 7. Egberto Gismonti “unknown title” Crawley England, 1991 Egberto Gismonti: piano A wonderful, high energy solo number from this Brazilian multi-instrumentalist. 8. Marilyn Crispell “unknown title” Location unknown, Sept 1998 Marilyn Crispell: piano 9. Uri Caine “Goldberg Variations” Koln, Germany 1 April 2000 Uri Caine: piano A short segment of Caine’s unusual arrangement of Bach’s classic which alternates between solo piano and chamber orchestra. 10. John Taylor Trio “unknown title” London?, 2002 John Taylor: piano Marc Johnson: bass Joey Baron: drums From his 60th birthday celebration. 11. Howard Riley Trio “Cartridge” Berlin Jazztage, 1972 Howard Riley: piano Barry Guy: bass Tony Oxley: drums A long excerpt from this under recorded and underrated pianist and improv group.

Rare Music Curator presents podcast #20 Elvis Costello: The Other Side Of Summer

The Curator — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:42:33 GMT

Rare Music Curator presents podcast #20: Elvis Costello: The Other Side Of Summer In my opinion, Elvis Costello is the finest songwriter and singer of the past 30 years. Able to do strong work in many styles from rock to country to classical, Costello’s music has remained consistently good over the course of decades now and has released many incredibly satisfying albums. On this month’s podcast we hear him in concert and in early demo settings that reveal another side to his artistry. The Rare Music Curator never condones the sale of this material at any time and encourages you to purchase this artists commercial products. 1. Mystery Dance Winterland Arena, San Francsico 1978 This was his first tour of America with the original band of The Atrractions. 2. Big Boys From “I Stand Accused” bootleg Bethlehem PA 12 April 1979 3. The Beat Winterland, SF 1978 4. Green Shirt From I Stand Accused 5.Opportunity From I Stand Accused 6. Radio Soul From Demos around 1975. This was from material recorded prior to his first album. This song later turned into “Radio Radio” with a much fiercer, punkier feel. It isn’t clear to me if this was recorded with the northern California band, Clover who backed him on his first album. Incidentally, some of the members of that band later were part of Huey Lewis and The News. 7. I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea From Winterland 1978 8. Knockin On Heavens Door From demos. Although not one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs, it is interesting to hear Elvis’ rendition. 9. Girls Talk From I Stand Accused This track was written by Dave Edmunds and appears on Elvis’ “Taking Liberties” release as a studio version. This one is live. 10. Big Light From King Of Americana ( electric) bootleg 1985 This two disc bootleg set was done around the time of “King Of America” and features one disc of acoustic songs and one of electric. 11. Brilliant Mistake From King Of America ( acoustic) 1985 12. The Other Side Of Summer Melbourne, Australia 17 July 2002 Not excellent fidelity on this live set but was one of my favorite Costello songs from this period. 13. Come To Me With Steve Nieve The location and date is unclear on this set with his long time keyboardist but it could be from 1999m possibly New York. 14. Beyond Belief From Italy 1994, possibly 19 July 1994 Rome 15. Poor Napoleon With Bill Frisell 1995 Unclear if this is from their “Deep Dead Blue” album but it is around the same time. 16. Distorted Angel With Steve Nieve 1999? 17. Little Palaces From King Of Americana ( acoustic) 18-20. Kinder Murder/ Less Than Zero/ Rocking Horse Road 1994 Italy 21. Pump It Up From I Stand Accused When I’ve seen Elvis his final song was always this.

The Rare Music Curator presents podcast #19 Eric Dolphy

The Curator — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:40:49 GMT

Rare Music Curator presents podcast #19 Eric Dolphy approx 64 minutes This month’s feature is on some extremely rare music by the great, late jazz man, Eric Dolphy. The tracks come from a variety of sources including a very rare session that Dolphy himself recorded on a reel to reel tape deck in his Los Angeles home in 1954 with Clifford Brown and his band at the time. The fidelity is not that great on some of the material here but hopefully you will enjoy the special privilege of hearing music that has rarely, if ever, been heard before. 1. “Miss Ann” by the Eric Dolphy Quintet Live at the Gaslight Inn, New York City 7 Oct 1962 Eric Dolphy: alto sax Ed Armour: flugelhorn Herbie Hancock: piano Richard Davis: bass Edgar Bateman: drums 2. Unknown Original Recorded by Dolphy at his home in Los Angeles, 1954 Eric Dolphy: alto sax Clifford Brown: trumpet Harold Land: tenor sax Richie Powell: piano ?:drums ( it is not clear if this was Max Roach who also played that day) 3. “Oleo” by the Eric Dolphy Quartet Munich, Germany, 1 Dec 1961 Eric Dolphy: bass clarinet McCoy Tyner: piano Regiie Workman: bass Mel Lewis: drums Evidently this was a jam session with Tyner joining in on piano at the time. 4. “There’ll Never Be Another You” Los Angeles, 1954 Clifford Brown: trumpet All other personnel unknown but could be members of his group at the time: Morrow, Powell, Roach, etc. Eric Dolphy does not play on this track but did engineer the recording. 5. “Mr. P.C.” by the John Coltrane Quartet with Eric Dolphy Birdland, New York City 9 Feb 1962 Eric Dolphy: alto sax John Coltrane: tenor sax McCoy Tyner: piano Jimmy Garrison: bass Elvin Jones: drums 6. “Left Alone” by the Eric Dolphy Quintet Gaslight Inn, New York City, 7 Oct 1962 Eric Dolphy: flute Ed Armour: flugelhorn Herbie Hancock: piano Richard Davis: bass Edgar Bateman: drums

The Rare Music Curator presents podcast#18 I Want To Be The Drone

The Curator — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:19:46 GMT

The Rare Music Curator presents Podcast #18 I Want To Be The Drone 60:00 Photo: Ellen Fullman This month I have selected artists that use drone as a vehicle for their musical works. Not all of the artists represented here are strictly drone artists but the pieces here have an hypnotic buzz to them that seems to cross musical boundaries. I also “blended” many of the pieces together so that when one tune was coming to an end I would fade the other song in and play them both for a few minutes. The quality is generally pretty good here although there are some rough spots and hiss in places. Most of these are excerpts of longer works. As far as I know all of these pieces are unreleased although I am not entirely certain about the Oliveros or Terry Riley works. The Curator does not condone the sale of this material at any time and suggests that you support your favorite artists by buying their commercially available products. 1. Ellen Fullman- Sean Meehan “unknown title” Instal Festival, Glasgow, Scotland 13 Oct 2006 2. Stuart Dempster “Digeridervish” New Music America Fest, San Francisco 1981 Stuart Dempster: trombone, digerido, voice 3. Tangerine Dream “unknown title” Location and date unknown 4. Robert Fripp “The First“ The Kitchen, NYC, 5 Feb 1978 5. Bill Laswell “unknown title” Location and date unknown 6. Supersilent “unknown title” Purcell Room, London, 16 Nov 2000 7. Ovary Lodge “Gentle One Says Hello” Location and date unknown, probably mid 70s Keith Tippett: piano Harry Miller: bass Frank Perry: percussion, voice, sheng, Hsiao Julie Tippetts: voice, recorder 9. Sachiko “unknown title” Instal Fest, 15 Oct 2006 This is not the sine wave-empty sampler “Sachiko M“ but a full group from Japan. 10. Brian Eno “from My Squelchy Life” Location and date unknown 11. Rafael Toral “unknown title” Philadelphia, 7 Oct 1999 12. Fripp-Eno “unknown title London, 1975 13. Terry Riley “unknown title” Location and date unknown, possibly late 60s Terry Riley: soprano sax 14. LaMonte Young “Day Of The Antler” New York City, 1964 15. Tangerine Dream “unknown title” WDR radio, Germany 25 Nov 1972 16. LaMonte Young “Drift Study” New York City, probably early 1960s 17. Ellen Fullman-Sean Meehan “unknown title” Instal Fest, Glasgow, Scotland, 13 Oct 2006 Ellen Fullman: Long String Instrument Sean Meehan: snare drum (This is a later segment from the first number that begins this program)

The Rare Music Curator presents podcast#17 Meeting At Baden-Baden1970

The Curator — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:12:27 GMT

Rare Music podcast #17 “Meeting at Baden-Baden 1970” 78:49 photo: Gunter Hampel This month’s podcast focuses on a December 1970 meeting of international jazz improvisers in the German city of Baden-Baden. Presented is a small sample of the recordings done and broadcast by German Radio at the time. Featured are a plethora of jazz standouts from Europe and America including Don Cherry. Albert Mangelsdorff, Joachim Kuhn, Karin Krog and many others. All tracks are untitled and featured soloists for each track are indicated. 1. Albert Mangelsdorff:trombone John Tchicai: alto sax Dave Holland: bass 2. Karin Krog: vocals ( appear to be multitracked) With Dave Holland : bass Han Bennink, Pierre Favre, John Stevens: percussion 3. Joachim Kuhn: piano Mannfred Schoof: trumpet 4. Group interplay with horns,reeds 5. Derek Bailey: guitar Dave Holland: bass 6. Don Cherry demonstrates various ethnic instruments 7. Han Bennink: tablas Karin Krog: vocals 8. Group piece with solos from Steve Lacy: soprano sax Gunter Hampel: vibes and others December 1970 SWF Studios Baden-Baden , Germany Don Cherry: pocket trumpet, various instruments Gunter Hampel: vibes, flute Mannfred Schoof: trumpet Joachim Kuhn: piano John Stevens: drums Karin Krog: vocals Derek Bailey: guitar Pierre Favre: drums Dave Holland: bass Peter Brotzmann: tenor sax John Tchicai: alto sax Tomasz Stanko: trumpet Han Bennink: drums, percussion