A-Trane August 2007

[Nou Dadoun]

A-Trane Playlist for August 3rd 2007

No. Song title Artist : Recording Label Instr. [MAPL]

1 Take the A Train Louis Bellson & NY Saxophone Qrt : The Originals Stash Yes [----]

2 Birk's Works Dizzy Gillespie Octet w. John Coltrane : 1951 Birdland Broadcasts private Yes [----]
3 I Can't Get Started Dizzy Gillespie Octet w. John Coltrane : 1951 Birdland Broadcasts private Yes [----]
4 Good Bait Dizzy Gillespie Octet w. John Coltrane : 1951 Birdland Broadcasts private Yes [----]
5 Jumpin' with Symphony Sid Dizzy Gillespie Octet w. John Coltrane : 1951 Birdland Broadcasts private Yes [----]
6 Groovin' High Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker : June 22 1945 Town Hall NYC Uptown Yes [----]

7 Hearthstone Roger Baird's Black & White Trio (Miles & Scott) : Spirit Door Edge8 Yes [MAP-]
8 Soul Journey Oliver Gannon/Miles Black : That's What Cellar Live Yes [MAP-]

9 Always Jeanette Lindstrom : In The Middle of this Riddle Amigo No [----]
10 From this Tower Jeanette Lindstrom : In The Middle of this Riddle Amigo No [----]
11 Story Time Chris Gestrin : times that do not belong to us ChrisGestrin Yes [MAP-]
12 Recollections Chris Gestrin : times that do not belong to us ChrisGestrin Yes [MAP-]
13 You Could Rely on Me Jeanette Lindstrom : In The Middle of this Riddle Amigo No [----]

14 Crazy Rhythm Fraser MacPherson : Our Blues Just A Memory Yes [MAP-]
15 Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most Fraser MacPherson : Our Blues Just A Memory Yes [MAP-]
16 Woody'n You Fraser MacPherson : Our Blues Just A Memory Yes [MAP-]
17 Round Midnight Fraser MacPherson : Our Blues Just A Memory Yes [MAP-]
18 Speak Low Fraser MacPherson : Our Blues Just A Memory Yes [MAP-]

19 Gillespiana: Prelude Dizzy Gillespie/Lalo Schifrin : Gillespiana Verve Yes [----]
20 Gillespiana: Blues Dizzy Gillespie/Lalo Schifrin : Gillespiana Verve Yes [----]
21 Gillespiana: Panamericana Dizzy Gillespie/Lalo Schifrin : Gillespiana Verve Yes [----]

22 From Here Sal Mosca : A Concert Jazz Records Yes [----]
23 Odjenar Lee Konitz/Miles Davis/Sal Mosca : Chronicle Prestige Yes [----]
24 Ezzthetic Lee Konitz/Miles Davis/Sal Mosca : Chronicle Prestige Yes [----]
25 Hibeck Lee Konitz/Miles Davis/Sal Mosca : Chronicle Prestige Yes [----]
26 Yesterdays Lee Konitz/Miles Davis/Sal Mosca : Chronicle Prestige Yes [----]
27 Star Eyes Lee Konitz/Sal Mosca : Inside HiFi Atlantic Yes [----]
28 Lennie Bird Sal Mosca : A Concert Jazz Records Yes [----]

29 The Look Amanda Tosoff : Still Life Cellar Live Yes [MAP-]
30 20 Years Later Zapato Negro : Zapato Negro Cellar Live No [MAP-]
31 Dub Lion DJ Food : Big Noise Straight No Chaser No [----]

Too many things to feature this week, Miles Black at the Cellar (with a piece from the cd with Roger Baird), and upcoming artists at Festival Vancouver - Jeanette Lindstrom/Chris Gestrin, Zapato Negro, Amanda Tosoff. A few things by the late Sal Mosca - Sonny Dallas, Johnny Frigo, Art Davis and Earl Turbinton will have to wait til next week! And now sadly, Paul Rutherford as well.

Also played the second half of the Fraser MacPherson Our Blues CD and in response to the Vintage Vancouver posting by Guy, a few movements of Dizzy Gillespie's recording of Lalo Schifrin's Gillespiana. In an offline discussion, Guy has graciously offered to lend me a recording of the full Vancouver recording of the Gillespiana Suite with Conte Candoli to play on the show next Friday August 10th, so tune in and check it out.

If you'd like to check out part of this week's show, the links are:
http://arkady.indymedia.org/cfro/t1186179746.mp3
http://arkady.indymedia.org/cfro/t1186183346.mp3
http://arkady.indymedia.org/cfro/t1186186946.mp3

Again each file is an hour, the show starts about 8 minutes into the first file and the last file misses the last 8 minutes but you get the idea.

N.

[Guy]

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[Nou Dadoun]

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PS After posting this query I got a bot email telling me my messages mailbox was full, how's that for service? It was even pre-dated to last night!

N.

[Nou Dadoun]

Playlist for August 10, 2007


No. Song title Artist : Recording Label Instr. [MAPL]

1 Take the A-Train Betty Roche/Conte Candoli : Take the A-Train Bethlehem No [----]

2 Original Untitled Ballad/For Her Ladyship John Coltrane/Art Davis : Ole Atlantic Yes [----]
3 A Love Supreme: Acknowledgement John Coltrane/Art Davis : Love Supreme: Deluxe Edition Impulse Yes [----]
4 Blues from Concertpiece for Bass Art Davis/Pharoah Sanders : Life Soul Note Yes [----]

5 I'll Remember April Lee Konitz/Sonny Dallas/Elvin Jones : Motion Verve Yes [----]
6 Crystal Silence Johnny Frigo/Bill Charlap : DNA Exposed Arbours Jazz Yes [----]
7 In a Silent Way Joe Zawinul/Earl Turbinton : Zawinul Atlantic Yes [----]

8 Whistling Away the Dark Jeanette Lindstrom : Whistling Away the Dark Amigo No [----]
9 When Things Get Real Jeanette Lindstrom : The Middle of this Riddle Amigo No [----]
10 Jeg Ved En Dejlig Rose Carsten & Christina Dahl : Lys Po Himlen Dacapo Yes [----]
11 Art's Land Chris Gestrin : times that do not belong to us gestrin Yes [MAPL]
12 Amapola Helge Lien Trio : To the Little Radio DIW Yes [----]

13 Gillespiana: Prelude Jazz Ensemble /w Candoli, MacPherson, Gage, Robbins, brass & percussion : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued Yes [-AP-]
14 Gillespiana: Blues Jazz Ensemble /w Candoli, MacPherson, Gage, Robbins, brass & percussion : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued Yes [-AP-]
15 Gillespiana: Pan Americana Jazz Ensemble /w Candoli, MacPherson, Gage, Robbins, brass & percussion : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued Yes [-AP-]
16 Gillespiana: Africana Jazz Ensemble /w Candoli, MacPherson, Gage, Robbins, brass & percussion : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued Yes [-AP-]
17 Gillespiana: Toccata Jazz Ensemble /w Candoli, MacPherson, Gage, Robbins, brass & percussion : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued Yes [-AP-]

18 Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts: Kyrie Fraser MacPherson Ensemble/UBC University Chamber Singers : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued No [-AP-]
19 Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts: Interludium Fraser MacPherson Ensemble/UBC University Chamber Singers : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued No [-AP-]
20 Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts: Gloria Fraser MacPherson Ensemble/UBC University Chamber Singers : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued No [-AP-]
21 Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts: Credo Fraser MacPherson Ensemble/UBC University Chamber Singers : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued No [-AP-]
22 Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts: Sanctus Fraser MacPherson Ensemble/UBC University Chamber Singers : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued No [-AP-]
23 Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts: Prayer Fraser MacPherson Ensemble/UBC University Chamber Singers : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued No [-AP-]
24 Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts: Offertory Fraser MacPherson Ensemble/UBC University Chamber Singers : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued No [-AP-]
25 Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts: Agnus Dei Fraser MacPherson Ensemble/UBC University Chamber Singers : CBC Broadcast early 60s unissued No [-AP-]

26 After Hours Winard Harper : Make It Happen Pladrum Yes [----]
27 Way Out Willy Seamus Blake : Way Out Willy Criss Cross Yes [MAP-]

Again many thanks to Guy MacPherson for sharing both recordings, the recording of Lalo Schifrin's Gillespiana Suite in Vancouver featuring Conte Candoli and the recording of Lalo Schifrin's Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts which is approximately the same vintage, and both fabulous pieces of music.

For completeness, here's the cbc announcer for the Gillespiana Suite:

We begin this CBC Wednesday night broadcast before an invited audience in the ballroom of the Hotel Vancouver. During the next 50 minutes we are to hear a performance of a jazz suite written by the young South American composer Boris Schifrin. The suite is called Gillespiana, the work recently dedicated to the well-known American jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie, who led the first public performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival last year. Gillespiana is scored for a featured jazz quintet together with a large scale brass and percussion group: four trumpets, four trombones, three french horns, one tuba, bongos, timbales and timpani. The conductor of this performance is Dave Robbins, and the featured soloist in the quintet is the noted American trumpeter Conte Candoli. The other members, all being Vancouver musicians: Fraser MacPherson on flute and alto saxophone; Chris Gage, piano; Paul Ruhland, bass; and Al Johnson, drums. The suite is written in five contrasting movements and in part consists of a blending of South American rhythms and sonorities with those of the jazz idiom, one of the reasons, incidentally, why the work was first dedicated to Dizzy Gillespie. The five movements go under the headings Prelude, Blues, Pan Americana, Africana, and Toccata. Dave Robbins directs the quintet and brass ensemble in the jazz suite Gillespiana by Boris Schiffrin.

and the CBC announcer for the Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts:
In this composition, Schifrin has taken portions of the English Mass, which both Anglican and Roman communities use, and scored them for jazz feelings and moods. The work is written for a jazz quintet, a 12-piece orchestra, and a chorus. Tonight’s performance will be conducted by Dave Robbins and the featured instrumentalist is Fraser MacPherson on flute, alto flute, alto sax, and clarinet. The University Chamber Singers from the University of British Columbia will be singing the choral part under the direction of Cortland Hultberg. The Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts is in eight short movements: Kyrie, Interludium, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Prayer, Offertory, and Agnus Dei.

This edition of Jazz Canadiana was produced in Vancouver by George Laverock, with the technical assistance of Don Hardesty.

Besides the two suites, I paid brief tribute to some of the musicians who have passed on recently; bassist Art Davis, bassist Sonny Dallas, bassist/violinist Johnny Frigo and saxophonist Earl Turbinton. Also previewed some of the Scandinavian musicians at Festival Vancouver, Winard Harper coming to the Cellar and the new release from Seamus Blake etc.

I was hoping to post the link for the show in the archives (I'd highly recommend checking the suites out if you didn't hear the broadcast!) but the archive seems to be unavailable at the moment. I'll post the link later or try to otherwise make the show available if I can't.

I'll be playing a lot of Max Roach on the show tomorrow, drop me a line or phone (604-684-7561) if you have any requests ... N

PS: Guy points out that the name of the ensemble that played Gillespiana is unknown (I've changed it from the Fraser MacPherson Ensemble) and that the vintage of the latter Jazz Suite is likewise unknown but I may be able to find out from George Laverock ... N

[Nou Dadoun]

Playlist for August 17, 2007


No. Song title Artist : Recording Label Instr. [MAPL]

1 Take the A Train Clifford Brown/Max Roach : Study in Brown Emarcy Yes [----]

2 The Drum Thing John Coltrane/Elvin Jones : Crescent Impulse Yes [----]
3 Self Portrait Max Roach solo : To the Max Mesa/Bluemoon Yes [----]
4 Salt Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker/Max Roach : June 22 1945 Town Hall NYC Uptown Yes [----]

5 Koko Charlie Parker/Max Roach : Complete Savoy Recordings Savoy Yes [----]
6 Max Talks About Charlie Parker Max Roach : VECC March 28, 1988 private No [--P-]
7 Cherokee Max Roach Quartet : VECC March 28, 1988 private Yes [--P-]

8 Driva' Man Max Roach : Freedom Now, We Insist! Candid No [----]
9 Man From South Africa Max Roach : Percussion Bittersweet Impulse Yes [----]
10 Tears for Johannesburg Max Roach : Freedom Now Suite-Live in Europe 1964 Magnetic No [----]

11 A Little Max (Parfait) - alt Ellington/Mingus/Roach : Money Jungle Blue Note Yes [----]
12 Fleurette Africaine Ellington/Mingus/Roach : Money Jungle Blue Note Yes [----]
13 Tribute to Duke and Mingus Max Roach Double Quartet : Chicago Jazz Fest 1989 private Yes [----]
14 Hi Fly Max Roach Double Quartet : Bright Moments Soul Note Yes [----]

15 Jordu Clifford Brown-Max Roach : In Concert Gene Norman Presents Yes [----]
16 Jacqui Clifford Brown-Max Roach : Complete Brown-Roach on Emarcy Emarcy Yes [----]
17 Valse Hot Clifford Brown-Max Roach : Brownie Lives - Live at Basin St 1956 Fresh Sound Yes [----]

18 Onomatopoeia Max Roach : M'Boom Columbia Yes [----]
19 Epistrophy Max Roach : M'Boom Live at S.O.B.'s Mesa/Bluemoon Yes [----]
20 Street Dance Max Roach/M'Boom : To the Max Mesa/Bluemoon Yes [----]

21 Segment Winard Harper : Make It Happen Piadrum Yes [----]
22 Mogie Harper Brothers : The Harper Brothers Verve Yes [----]
23 BangBangBoomBoomBapBap Winard Harper : Make It Happen Piadrum Yes [----]
24 After Hours Winard Harper : Make It Happen Piadrum Yes [----]

25 Hot House Parker/Gillespie/Powell/Mingus/Roach : The Quintet Prestige Yes [--P-]
26 I Remember Clifford Max Roach/Clark Terry : Friendship Columbia Yes [----]

As promised, I did in fact play a lot of Max Roach and although I think I managed to touch on quite a few facets of his career, there are many more which remain untouched and groups and performances which need more reconsideration. (e.g. the duet recordings with Abdullah Ibrahim or Anthony Braxton or Cecil Taylor etc.) Took a detour only once to play some Winard Harper who's over at the Cellar this weekend.

I've discovered to my chagrin that the coop radio audio archive has been shut down for the time being, I do have mp3s of the shows but unfortunately nowhere to host them. (Anyone have any leads?) In the interim, if anyone has a burning desire to hear any of the shows whose playlist I've posted here (like the Lalo Schifrin performances from last week), drop me a line and I'll try to figure out a way to get it to you.

Next week, probably more Max and at the very least, some Paul Rutherford, Herb Pomeroy and other fun stuff for the dog days of August. Or is it the duck days of August?

Keep cookin' .... N

[Nou Dadoun]

Playlist for August 24, 2007

No. Song title Artist : Recording Label Instr. [MAPL]

1 Take the A-Train Duke Ellington : Soul Call Verve Yes [----]

2 Someday My Prince Will Come Miles Davis/John Coltrane/Hank Mobley : Someday My Prince Will Come Columbia Yes [----]
3 Bye Bye Blackbird Miles Davis/George Coleman : Seven Steps Box Columbia Yes [----]
4 So What Miles Davis/Sam Rivers : Seven Steps Box Columbia Yes [----]
5 Stella By Starlight Miles Davis/Wayne Shorter : Seven Steps Box Columbia Yes [----]

6 Spinning Song Herbie Nichols/Max Roach : Complete Bluenote Bluenote Yes [----]
7 Riff Primitif Herbie Nichols/Max Roach : Complete Bluenote Bluenote Yes [----]
8 Three Four vs Six Eight Four Four Ways Hassan Ibn Ali/Max Roach : The Legendary Hassan Atlantic Yes [----]
9 Passing Ships Andrew Hill : Passing Ships Bluenote Yes [----]

10 Unmistakaably Monk Mike Allen/George McFetridge : threads Almus Yes [MAP-]
11 Revolutios Vijay Iyer : reimagining Savoy Yes [----]
12 Hope So Elmo Hassan Ibn Ali/Max Roach : The Legendary Hassan Atlantic Yes [----]
13 Life on Mars Bad Plus : Prog do the math records Yes [----]

14 We Speak Booker Little/Max Roach : Out Front Candid Yes [----]
15 Jewel's Tempo Booker Little/Max Roach : Booker Little 4 + Max Roach Bluenote Yes [----]
16 Strength and Sanity Dave Douglas : In Our Lifetime New World Yes [----]

17 Straight Ahead Abbey Lincoln : Straight Ahead Candid No [----]
18 Bird Alone Abbey Lincoln : You Gotta Pay the Band Verve No [----]
19 tangerine Molly Johnson : Messin' Around anthem No [MAPL]

20 To My Brother James Brown : Slaughter's Big Ripoff Polydor Yes [----]
21 Make em Dance Defunkt : Avoid the Funk Hannibal No [----]
22 Congo Man Chant Ernest Ranglin : Below the Bassline Island Yes [----]
23 Joint is Jumpin Fats Waller : A Handful of Keys Buddha/BMG No [----]
24 People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul James Brown : Slaughter's Big RipoffPolydor Polydor Yes [----]
25 Dub Lion Remix DJ Food : Big Noise Straight No Chaser No [----]
26 Funky Mama Nightcrawlers : presenting.... Cellar Live No [-AP-]

No special features today, just a sleepy afternoon of good tunes. Had a bit of a microphone problem so the first set ended up doing a survey of sax players with Miles in the early 60s - picked up the Seven Steps box recently. And some oblique Max Roach features with some great music.

I'm off to Hornby tomorrow and Cory's taking the trane next week, keep your lamps trimmed and burnin' ... N