sabato 31 agosto 2013

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martedì 30 luglio 2013

George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic - Live in Paris 2013

Live at Le Trianon, Paris
July 17th, 2013

Tracklist
01 Intro - Tuning
02 I Wanna Know If It's Good To You - P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)
03 Flashlight
04 (Not Just) Knee Deep - Sentimental Journey - (Not Just) Knee Deep (reprise)
05 Maggot Brain
06 Give Up The Funk (including Wind Me Up - Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples - Rap - Bounce To This - Get Up For The Down Stroke - The Roof Is On Fire - Mothership Connection)
07 Atomic Dog
08 Alice In My Fantasies
09 Red Hot Mama

Personnel:
George Clinton (vocals)
Joseph 'Foley' McCreary (drums)
Michael 'Kidd Funkadelic' Hampton (guitar)
Ricardo 'Ricky' Rouse (guitar)
Lige 'Ligedelici' Curry (bass)
Danny Bedrosian (keyboards)
Robert 'P-Nut' Johnson (vocals)
Kim Manning (vocals)
Kendra Foster (vocals)
Mary Griffin (vocals)
Bennie Cowan (trumpet)
Greg Thomas (sax)
Eric Rohner (sax)
Gilles Garrin (sax)

lunedì 29 luglio 2013

Roy Buchanan - Live in Denver 1986

Live at Rainbow Music Hall, Denver
June 28th, 1986

Tracklist
01 Short Fuse
02 Green Onions
03 When a Guitar Plays the Blues
04 Beer-Drinkin' Woman
05 Drowning On Dry Land - band intros
07 Can't Judge a Book By the Cover
08 Peter Gunn
09 Fur Elise - Roy's Bluz - Greensleeves - See My Baby One More Time

Personnel:
Roy Buchanan (guitar)
Jeff Ganz (bass)
Ray Marchica (drums)

mercoledì 24 luglio 2013

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live in Stuttgart 2013

Photo of the concert

Live at Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart
July 22nd, 2013

Tracklist
01 Intro - German National Anthem
02 Love and Only Love
03 Powderfinger
04 Psychedelic Pill
05 Walk Like a Giant
06 No Rain
07 Hole in the Sky
08 Human Highway
09 Heart of Gold
10 Blowin in the Wind
11 Singer Without a Song
12 Ramada Inn
13 Sedan Delivery
14 Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze
15 Mr. Soul
encore:
16 Like a Hurricane

Personnel:
Neil Young (vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica)
Frank 'Poncho' Sampedro (electric and acoustic guitar, organ, backing vocals)
Billy Talbot (bass, backing vocals)
Ralph Molina (drums, backing vocals)

lunedì 22 luglio 2013

Bob Dylan - Live in Cincinnati 2013

Photo of the concert

Live at AmericanaramA Festival Of Music
at Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati
July 6th, 2013

Tracklist
01 Things Have Changed
02 Love Sick
03 High Water (For Charley Patton)
04 Soon After Midnight
05 Early Roman Kings
06 Tangled Up In Blue
07 Duquesne Whistle
08 She Belongs To Me
09 Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
10 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
11 Blind Willie McTell
12 Simple Twist Of Fate
13 Summer Days
14 All Along The Watchtower
encore:
15 Ballad Of A Thin Man

Personnel:
Bob Dylan (piano, harp, vocals)
Tony Garnier (bass)
George Recile (drums)
Stu Kimball (guitar)
Duke Robillard (guitar)
Donnie Herron (banjo, electric mandolin, pedal and lap steel)

domenica 30 giugno 2013

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Live in Roma 2013

Photos of the concert

Live at Cavea of Auditorium, Parco della Musica, Roma
June 24th, 2013

Tracklist
01 Imago Mundi (videoclip with Franco Battiato) *
02 Canto Nomade per un Prigioniero Politico
03 Metamorfosi
04 Cento Mani e Cento Occhi
05 750.000 Anni Fa… l'Amore? (Di Giacomo & Nocenzi duet)
06 La Conquista della Posizione Eretta
07 Rodolfo Maltese intro - Non Mi Rompete
08 L'Evoluzione - band intros
09 Traccia II 
encore:
10 R.I.P. (Requiescant in pace)

* It was screened the videoclip of the song "Imago Mundi", directed by Giancarlo Amendola and Francesco Di Giacomo; this unreleased song is contained in the re-release of the album "Darwin!", originally published in 1972

The concert was dedicated to the memory of Claudio Rocchi (1951 - 2013)

Personnel:
Francesco Di Giacomo (vocals)
Vittorio Nocenzi (keyboards, Moog synth)
Tiziano Ricci (bass)
Alessandro Papotto (sax, flute)
Maurizio Masi (drums)
Filippo Marcheggiani (guitar)
Nicola Di Già (guidar)
with Rodolfo Maltese (guitar)

Osanna with David Jackson & Gianni Leone - Live in Roma 2013

Photos of the concert

Live at Cavea of Auditorium, Parco della Musica, Roma
June 24th, 2013

Tracklist
01 La Realtà Non Esiste (Claudio Rocchi cover)
02 Animale Senza Respiro - Mirror Train
03 Taka Boom
04 L'Uomo - Purple Haze - L'Uomo (reprise)
05 Theme One
06 Gianni Leone intro - Everybody's Gonna See You Die
07 In Un Vecchio Cieco - Vado Verso Una Meta
08 Fuje 'a Chistu Paese - band intros

This concert was dedicated to the memory of Claudio Rocchi (1951 - 2013)

Personnel:
Lino Vairetti (vocals, guitar, harp)
Gennaro Barba (drums)
Nello D'Anna (bass)
Irvin Luca Vairetti (synth, vocals)
Sasà Priore (keyboards)
Pasquale Capobianco (guitar)
with special guests:
David Jackson [VDGG] (sax, flute)
Gianni Leone [Balletto di bronzo] (keyboards)

lunedì 6 maggio 2013

Jaco Pastorius Jam Session - Live in New York 1984

Jaco Pastorius Jam Session - Live at 55 Grand, New York
January 4th, 1984

Tracklist

Disc 1
01 Jukebox (J.Pastorius)
02 Mysterious Mountain (J.Pastorius)
03 Dania (J.Pastorius)
04 Okonkole Y Trompa-America The Beautiful (J.Pastorius)
05 Soul Intro-The Chicken (J.Pastorius)
06 bass and percussion duet-Invitation (J.Pastorius)
07 Invitation (J.Pastorius) [continued]

Disc 2
01 percussion solo (D.Alias)
02 Jams-Once I've Been There (Norman Connors)
03 NYC Groove #2 (J.Pastorius)
04 Fannie Mae (J.Pastorius)

Disc 3
01 Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Joe Zawinul)
02 Giant Steps (John Coltrane)
03 Giant Steps (John Coltrane) [continued]
04 Reza-bass and percussion duet-Invitation (J.Pastorius)
05 Teen Town-Jam (J.Pastorius)
06 crowd
07 America The Beautiful (J.Pastorius)
08 Fannie Mae-Why I Sing The Blues (J.Pastorius)
09 Watch What Happens (J.Pastorius)
10 Chicago (J.Pastorius)

Personnel:
Melton Mustafa (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Michael Gerber (trumpet)
Mario Cruz (tenor and soprano saxes)
Alex Foster (tenor and alro saxes)
Mike Stern (guitar)
Jaco Pastorius (bass)
Jerry Jemmott (bass on disc 2 tracks 2-3)
Marcus Miller (bass on disc 2 tracks 2-3)
Don Alias (percussion)
Kenwood Dennard (drums)
Peter Erskine (drums)
Jack Pastorius (vocal on disc 2 tracks 9-10)

domenica 5 maggio 2013

The Complete Weather Report Tour in Italy 1980

In 1980 Columbia Records published Weather Report's live album 'Night Passage':  the tracks were recorded live on July 12th-13th, 1980 by George Massenburg, Jerry Hudgins, and Brian Risner at The Complex in Santa Monica, California, except for 'Madagascar', recorded live in Osaka, in the same year.

According to Richard S.Ginell, 'All things being relative, this is Weather Report's straightahead album, where the elaborate production layers of the late-'70s gave way to sparer textures and more unadorned solo improvisation in the jazz tradition, electric instruments and all. The flaw of this album is the shortage of really memorable compositions; it is more of a vehicle for the virtuosic feats of what is considered by some to be the classic WR lineup -- Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Robert Thomas, Jr. and Peter Erskine. For Erskine, this is is first full studio album and he amply demonstrates his terrific sense of forward drive unique among the other superb drummers in WR annals. 'Port of Entry' is a tour de force for Jaco, who knocks off several of those unbelievably slippery, pointed runs that have made him a posthumous legend. There is also a tremendously fun retro trip to Duke Ellington's 'Rockin' in Rhythm', everybody swinging their heads and hands off.'

Moreover this project documents the first Weather Report Italian Tour and of course the first Jaco's Italian Tour (WR played only at Bologna Stadium on July 16th, 1976) and it is characterized by virtuosic Pastorius and Erskine's solos and Zawinul-Shorter duets.

Vol. 1: 1980-10-24 - Weather Report - Roma
Vol. 2: 1980-10-25 - Weather Report - Milano
Vol. 3: 1980-10-26 - Weather Report - Udine
Vol. 4: 1980-10-27 - Weather Report - Reggio Emilia
Vol. 5: 1980-10-28 - Weather Report - Mestre

lunedì 29 aprile 2013

Weather Report - Live in Mestre 1980

Live in Mestre
October 28, 1980

Tracklist

Disc 1
01 Brown Street (J.Zawinul-W.Shorter)
02 Medley:
Forlorn (J.Zawinul)
Rockin' In Rhythm (Duke Ellington-Irving Mills-Harry Carney)
Birdland (J.Zawinul)
03 drums and percussion duet (P.Erskine-R.Thomas)
04 Fast City (J.Zawinul)
05 Madagascar (J.Zawinul)
06 Three Views Of A Secret (J.Pastorius)
07 Night Passage (J.Zawinul)

Disc 2
01 Medley:
keyboard and sax duet (J.Zawinul-W.Shorter)
The Orphan (J.Zawinul)
Teen Town Jam (Band)
Badia-Boogie Woogie Waltz (J.Zawinul)

Personnel:
Joe Zawinul (keyboards)
Wayne Shorter (saxes)
Jaco Pastorius (bass)
Peter Erskine (drums)
Robert Thomas Jr. (percussion)

Note: probably the order of the tracks doesn't correspond to the
correct order of the tunes played live in concert.

sabato 27 aprile 2013

Patti Smith - Horses - Live in Roma 2013 [audience]

Photo of the concert

Live at Auditorium, Parco della Musica, Roma
Recorded live during 'Patti Smith: My Festival'
April 14th, 2013

Audience Recording

Tracklist
--- First Set dedicated to Horses ---
01 Gloria
02 Redondo Beach
03 Birdland
04 Free Money
05 Kimberly
06 It's Just A Rock'n'Roll Show (1)
07 Break It Up
08 Land - Gloria
09 Elegie
--- Second Set ---
01 Dancing Barefoot
02 band intros
03 Improvisation (with Stefano Righi reading)
04 April Fool
05 Beneath The Southern Cross (dedicated to all poets)
06 Because The Night
encore:
07 Banga
08 People Have The Power
09 Rock'n'Roll Nigger (2)

(1) Before Patti begins to sing, some spectators complain that they can't succeed in watching the show because some people left their seats and went to dance and sing under the stage; Patti replies simply: "They are my friends and they have fun. This is a Rock'n'Roll show; so, what's the problem?"
(2) At the end of the song, Patti Smith attacks the foolishness of all wars and says: "This is the only weapon you'll ever need" indicating her white Fender Statocaster; then, she begins to break the strings of the electric guitar, one after another.

Personnel:
Patti Smith (vocals, guitar)
Lenny Kaye (guitar)
Jackson Smith (guitar)
Jesse Smith (piano)
Tony Shanahan (bass, keyboards)
Jay Dee Daugherty (drums)

Weather Report - Live in Reggio Emilia 1980

Live at Palasport, Reggio Emilia
October 27, 1980

Tracklist

Disc 1
01 Madagascar (J.Zawinul)
02 Dream Clock (J.Zawinul)
03 Night Passage (J.Zawinul)
04 Three Views Of A Secret (J.Pastorius)

Disc 2
01 Port Of Entry (W.Shorter)
02 bass solo (J.Pastorius)
03 Brown Street (J.Zawinul-W.Shorter)

Personnel:
Joe Zawinul (keyboards)
Wayne Shorter (saxes)
Jaco Pastorius (bass)
Peter Erskine (drums)
Robert Thomas Jr. (percussion)

lunedì 22 aprile 2013

Weather Report - Live in Udine 1980

photo of the concert
Live in Udine
October 26, 1980

Tracklist

Disc 1
01 Fast City (J.Zawinul)
02 Madagascar (J.Zawinul)
03 Dream Clock (J.Zawinul)
04 Night Passage (J.Zawinul)
05 Three Views Of A Secret (J.Pastorius)
06 Port Of Entry (W.Shorter)

Disc 2
01 bass solo (J.Pastorius)
02 Brown Street (J.Zawinul-W.Shorter)
03 Forlorn (J.Zawinul)-Rockin' In Rhythm (Duke Ellington-Irving Mills-Harry Carney)
04 Birdland (J.Zawinul)
05 percussion solo (R.Thomas)
06 drums solo (P.Erskine)

Disc 3
01 Black Market (J.Pastorius)
02 keyboard and sax duet (J.Zawinul-W.Shorter)
03 Teen Town Jam (Band)
04 Badia-Boogie Woogie Waltz (J.Zawinul)

Personnel:
Joe Zawinul (keyboards)
Wayne Shorter (saxes)
Jaco Pastorius (bass)
Peter Erskine (drums)
Robert Thomas Jr. (percussion)

sabato 20 aprile 2013

Weather Report - Live in Milano 1980

photo of the concert
Live at Palalido, Milano
October 25, 1980

Tracklist

Disc 1
01 Fast City (J.Zawinul)
02 Madagascar (J.Zawinul)
03 Dream Clock (J.Zawinul)
04 Night Passage (J.Zawinul)
05 Three Views Of A Secret (J.Pastorius)
06 Port Of Entry (W.Shorter)
07 bass solo (J.Pastorius)
08 Brown Street (J.Zawinul-W.Shorter)

Disc 2
01 Medley:
Forlorn (J.Zawinul)
Rockin' In Rhythm (Duke Ellington-Irving Mills-Harry Carney)
Birdland (J.Zawinul)
02 drums and percussion duet (P.Erskine-R.Thomas)
03 Medley:
keyboard and sax duet (J.Zawinul-W.Shorter)
Badia (J.Zawinul)

Personnel:
Joe Zawinul (keyboards)
Wayne Shorter (saxes)
Jaco Pastorius (bass)
Peter Erskine (drums)
Robert Thomas Jr. (percussion)

domenica 14 aprile 2013

Patti Smith with Philip Glass - Tribute to Allen Ginsberg - Live in Roma 2013


Live at Auditorium, Parco della Musica, Roma
during 'Patti Smith: My Festival' 
night tribute to Allen Ginsberg 'The Poet Speaks'
April 13th, 2013

Tracklist
01 Notes to the Future [music from 'Metamorphoses' by Philip Glass]
02 Wichita Vortex Sutra [poem by Allen Ginsberg] 
03 The Blue Thangka [music from 'Metamorphoses' by Philip Glass]
04 My Blakean Year 
05 Ghost Dance
06 Pissing in a River
07 Etudes # 2 and #10 [Philip Glass solo]
08 To Aunt Rose [poem by Allen Ginsberg] 
09 On Cremation of Chögyam Trungpa, Vidyadhara [poem by Allen Ginsberg - music by Philip Glass]
10 Magic Psalm [poem by Allen Ginsberg - music by Philip Glass]
11 Footnotes to Howl [poem by Allen Ginsberg]
12 People Have the Power

Personnel:
track 1-3: Patti Smith (vocals), Philip Glass (piano)
track 4: Patti Smith (vocals, guitar), Lenny Kaye (guitar), Jesse Smith (piano)
track 5: Patti Smith (vocals), Lenny Kaye (guitar, back. vocals), Jesse Smith (piano)
track 6: Patti Smith (vocals), Lenny Kaye (guitar), Jesse Smith (piano)
track 7: Philip Glass (piano)
track 8-11: Patti Smith (vocals), Philip Glass (piano)
track 12: Patti Smith (vocals), Lenny Kaye (guitar), Jessie Smith (piano), Philip Glass (piano) 

Note: "My Festival" is a project organized by Patti Smith and Marco Tirelli to celebrate the 10th year of life of Auditorium, Parco della Musica in Rome. During this festival, from 9th to 25th April, Patti Smith remember her own life, through her friendships and music, with the exhibit 'Memories' minded by Marco Tirelli. The Festival has seen the participation of a lot of great artists, as the director Bernardo Bertolucci and the musician Nicola Piovani. During this night, Patti wants to remember her friend Allen Ginsberg through a reading of his best poems and the musical partnership of Philip Glass on piano. 
Why did Patti Smith choose this collaboration with Glass to give her personal tribute to the Master of Beat Generation? "I knew Philip" Patti said "in 1978, together with Ginsberg and Burroughs. When my husband died in 1994, we made a charity event with both of them. And then, when Allen died in 1997, we began to work together, because we missed him so much. April is the perfect month to remember Allen, because he died on 5th". Patti Smith is able to create a fantastic atmosphere with a passional and strong reading while on the back some photos of Ginsberg flow; when she comes on the stage, she turns towards the screen saying hello to his friend Allen.
Patti Smith mingles the reading of Ginsberg's poems with the Glass's execution of his best works and her great songs of her long and glorious career, with a special end that sees on the stage Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Jessie Smith (Patti's daughter) and Philip Glass playing the same piano while all people are dancing and singing under the stage on the fantastic notes of "People Have the Power".

sabato 13 aprile 2013

Weather Report - Live in Roma 1980

Live at Palasport, Roma
October 24, 1980

Tracklist

Disc 1
01 Fast City (J.Zawinul)
02 Madagascar (J.Zawinul)
03 Dream Clock (J.Zawinul)
04 Night Passage (J.Zawinul)
05 Three Views Of A Secret (J.Pastorius)
06 Port Of Entry (W.Shorter)
07 bass solo (J.Pastorius)

Disc 2
01 Brown Street (J.Zawinul-W.Shorter)
02 Medley:
Forlorn (J.Zawinul)
Rockin' In Rhythm (Duke Ellington-Irving Mills-Harry Carney)
Birdland (J.Zawinul)
03 drums and percussion duet (P.Erskine-R.Thomas)
04 Medley:
keyboard and sax duet (J.Zawinul-W.Shorter)
The Orphan (J.Zawinul)
Teen Town Jam (Band)
Badia-Boogie Woogie Waltz (J.Zawinul)

Personnel:
Joe Zawinul (keyboards)
Wayne Shorter (saxes)
Jaco Pastorius (bass)
Peter Erskine (drums)
Robert Thomas Jr. (percussion)

mercoledì 10 aprile 2013

Jaco Pastorius Trio - Live in Reggio di Calabria 1986

Live at Teatro Colosseum, Reggio di Calabria
December 13th, 1986

Traklist:
01 Invitation (Bronislaw Kaper)
02 The Chicken (Pee Wee Ellis)
03 J.Pastorius' solo
04 Broadway Blues (Dizzy Gillespie-Ornette Coleman)
05 Bireli Lagrene's solo
06 Black Market (Joe Zawinul)
07 J.Pastorius' announcements
08 Blues (J.Pastorius)
09 Jaco Pastorius' solo
10 Jam-Teen Town (J.Pastorius)
11 Reza (J.Pastorius) (inc)

Personnel:
Bireli Lagrene (electric guitar)
Jaco Pastorius (electric bass)
Serge Bringolf (drums)

lunedì 8 aprile 2013

World Saxophone Quartet meets M’BOOM - Live in Antwerp 2010

Warren Smith (photo of the concert by Eddy Westveer)

Live at Jazz Middelheim, Park Den Brandt, Antwerp
August 14, 2010 (19:30) 

Tracklist
01 intro 
02 Hattie Wall (H.Bluiett)
03 band intro by D.Murray 
04 Yes We Can (D.Murray) 
05 D.Murray's announcements
06 Barbecue Sushi (H.Bluiett)
07 W.Smith's announcements
08 Cruche (W.Smith)
09 O.Lake's announcements
10 Wheel (O.Lake)
11 unknown title (encore)

Personnel:
World Saxophone Quartet:
Hamiet Bluiett (baritone sax, clarinet)
David Murray (tenor sax, bass clarinet)
Oliver Lake (alto and soprano sax)
James Carter (tenor and soprano sax)

M’BOOM:
Eli Fountain (percussion)
Ray Mantilla (conga, percussion)
Steve Barrios (conga, Latin percussion)
Warren Smith (timpani)

Note: This show was recorded just the day before of this concert.

sabato 6 aprile 2013

Cecil Taylor Unit - Live in New York 1994

Live at the Village Vanguard, New York
25th June, 1994

Tracklist:
01 untitled impro (inc)
02 untitled impro (inc)

Personnel:
Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
Reggie Workman (bass, percussion)
Rashid Bakr (drums, percussion)

mercoledì 3 aprile 2013

Max Roach Double Quartet - Live in Ann Arbor 1983

Live broadcast in Ann Arbor,
October 25th, 1983

Tracklist
01 Bird Says
02 Suite For Double Quartet
03 A Little Booker
04 Double Delight

All compositions by M.Roach.

Personnel:
Billy Harper (tenor sax)
Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet)
Calvin Hill (bass)
Max Roach (drums)

probably with:
Gayle Dixon (first violin)
Cecelia Hobbs Gardner (second violin)
Maxine Roach (viola)
Akua Dixon (cello)

Photo notes: Publicity photo for the 1983 tour shows (clockwise from left):
Gayle Dixon - first violin, Cecil Bridgewater - trumpet, Calvin HIll* - bass,
Odean Pope - saxophone, Max Roach - drums, Cecelia Hobbs Gardner - second violin,
Akua Dixon - cello, Maxine Roach - viola.
* Actual bassist for the 1983 European tour was Dr. Art Davis.
Photo by Chuck Stewart.

lunedì 1 aprile 2013

Dizzy Gillespie and Phil Woods Quintet - Live in Roma 1985

Live in Roma
May 17th, 1985
during 'Memorial Charlie Parker'

Tracklist
01 Blue 'N Boogie (D.Gillespie-Frank Paparelli)
02 Parker's Mood (C.Parker)
03 Groovin' High (D.Gillespie)
04 D.Gillespie's announcemets
05 Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk-Cootie Williams-Bernie Hanighen)
06 D.Gillespie's announcemets
07 A Night In Tunisia (D.Gillespie-Frank Paparelli)
08 Confirmation (C.Parker)
09 Wee (Allen's Alley) (Denzil Best)
10 Hot House (Tadd Dameron)

Personnel:
Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)
Phil Woods (alto sax)
John Lewis (piano)
David Williams (bass)
Roy Haynes (drums)

lunedì 18 marzo 2013

Carla Bley Band - Live in Stockholm 1983

Live at Fasching Jazz Club, Stockholm
October 19, 1983

Tracklist
01 intro-C.Bley's announcements
02 La Paloma (Sebastián Iradier)
03 unknown title
04 C.Bley's announcements-Heavy Heart
05 unknown title
06 C.Bley's announcements
07 The Lone (Ar)Ranger
08 C.Bley's announcements
09 Battleship (incomplete)

All compositions by C.Bley, except where indicated.

Personnel:
Carla Bley (piano)
Tony Dagradi (tenor sax)
Michael Mantler (trumpet)
Vincent Chancey (French horn)
Gary Valente (trombone)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
Steve Slagle (alto and soprano saxes, flute, clarinet)
Victor Lewis (drums)
Ted Saunders (keyboards, organ)
Steve Swallow (bass)

Note: A recording from Swedish Radio from the bands first visit in Sweden.

domenica 17 marzo 2013

The 47th Music Biennale in Venezia 2003


The 47th International Festival of Contemporary Music, directed by Uri Caine and titled 'ReMix - Structures and Improvisation', took place in Venice from September 12th to 21st in 2003. The Festival was characterized by three special projects: 'Othello Syndrome', an instrumental re-writing by Uri Caine who opened the festival; 'New York Skyscreaper', inspired to Twin Towers Tragedy, composed by Lawrence Butch Morris; an event dedicated to Jewish music and culture with the Klezmer Madness! of David Krakauer and The Meshuge Klezmer Band with the world première of 'Z’vi' who was a Jewish-Muslim messianic figure who inspired a work of Richard Teitelbaum and the film 'Der Golem' directed by Paul Wegener e Carl Boese (1920) and supported by an original score by guitarist Gary Lucas.

Two ensambles in-residence for six nights and workshop activities: 'Speculum Musicae' and 'Bang on A Can', with a lot of other bands: Ethel Quartet, Amsterdam Trio, Nextime Ensemble, the Koch/Schütz/Studer trio, a Finn team with Magnus Lindberg, composer, Anssi Karttunen, cellist, Sylvie Courvoisier in trio with Mark Feldmand and Erik Friedlander, and the duo of Peter Skaerverd - Aaron Shorr.

A great part of the Festival is dedicated to the jazz ensembles and it represents a cross section of contemporary musical research that transforms and transcends the sounds of jazz: Django Bates and his group Human Chain in concert with the Smith string quartet, Don Byron with his Music for Six Musicians, Steve Coleman & Five Elements, Elliott Sharp with the Carbon, George Lewis in trio with Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill and his ensemble, Dave Douglas and Uri Caine; and the new Italian scene with Furio Di Castri and Gianluca Petrella.

Vol. 1: 2003-09-16 - Steve Coleman & Five Elements
Vol. 2: 2003-09-17 - Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
Vol. 3: 2003-09-17 - Bang on a Can
Vol. 4: 2003-09-17 - Don Byron's Music for Six Musicians
Vol. 5: 2003-09-18 - Meshuge Klezmer Band
Vol. 6: 2003-09-18 - Gary Lucas 'Der Golem und wie er auf die Welt kam'
Vol. 7: 2003-09-19 - Gianluca Petrella & Furio Di Castri
Vol. 8: 2003-09-19 - Ursula Oppens Solo
Vol. 9: 2003-09-20 - Han Bennink
Vol. 10: 2003-09-20 - Django Bates Human Chain & The Smith Quartet
Vol. 11: 2003-09-20 - Abrams/Lewis/Mitchell
Vol. 12: 2003-09-21 - Pamela Z
Vol. 13: 2003-09-21 - Nextime Ensemble
Vol. 14: 2003-09-21 - Lawrence D. Butch Morris 'New York/Sheng Skyscraper'

Many thanks to Alfonso for Vol. 2-3, 5-10 and 12-13.

sabato 16 marzo 2013

Nextime Ensemble - Live in Venezia 2003

Live at Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Venezia
September 21st, 2003
during '47th Music Biennale'

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist
01 The Telephone Book (Michael Torke)
02 Physical Property (Steve Mackey)
03 Sextet (Steve Reich)

Personnel:
Michele Marasco (flute)
Giovanni Picciati (clarinet)
Alessandro Milani, Silvio Bresso (violin)
Stefano Guarino (cello)
Folco Vichi (piano and keyboards)
Francesco Lattuada (viola)
Fulvio Caldini (keyboards)
Athos Bovi (percussion)
Alessandro Carobbi (percussion)
Tommaso Castiglioni (percussion)
Davide Mafezzoni (percussion)
Danilo Grassi (director)

mercoledì 13 marzo 2013

Han Bennink - Live in Venezia 2003

Live at Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Venezia
September 20th, 2003
during '47th Music Biennale'

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist
01 untitled impro

Personnel:
Han Bennink (drums and percussion)

lunedì 11 marzo 2013

Pamela Z - Live in Venezia 2003

Live at Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Venezia
September 21st, 2003
during '47th Music Biennale'

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist
01 unknown title
02 unknown title
03 unknown title
04 unknown title
05 unknown title
06 unknown title
07 unknown title
08 unknown title
09 unknown title
10 unknown title

Personnel:
Pamela Z (vocal and live electronics)

sabato 9 marzo 2013

Revolutionary Ensemble - Live in New York 1977

Live at Tin Palace, New York
January 14th, 1977

Tracklist

---first set---
01 untitled impro
02 untitled impro
03 untitled impro
04 untitled impro [tape flip at 5:01]

---second set---
05 untitled impro
06 untitled impro [tape flip at 27:10]
07 untitled impro

---third set---
08 untitled impro
09 untitled impro
10 untitled impro

Personnel:
Leroy Jenkins (violin)
Sirone (bass)
Jerome Copper (drums)

lunedì 4 marzo 2013

Wayne Shorter Quartet - Live at Roma Jazz Festival

Live at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli, Roma
during Roma Jazz Festival
November 7th, 2006

Tracklist
01 Go
02 Smilin' Through
03 Prometheus Unbound
04 Joy Ryder
05 Over Shadow Hill Way

All compositions by W.Shorter.

Personnel:
Wayne Shorter (soprano and tenor saxes)
Danilo Perez (piano)
John Patitucci (bass)
Brian Blade (drums)

sabato 2 marzo 2013

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Live in Roma 1981

Live at Teatro Giulio Cesare, Roma
February 22nd, 1981

Tracklist
01 unknown title
02 unknown title
03 unknown title
04 announcements
05 unknown title
06 unknown title
07 unknown title
08 unknown title
09 unknown title

Personnel:
Wynton Marsalis (trumpet)
Bobby Watson (alto sax)
Billy Pierce (tenor sax)
James Williams (piano)
Riccardo Del Frà (bass) [substitution]
Art Blakey (drums)

mercoledì 27 febbraio 2013

Ursula Oppens Solo - Live in Venezia 2003

Live at Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Venezia
September 19th, 2003
during '47th Music Biennale'

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist
01 Two Diversions (Elliott Carter)
02 Mistica (Tania Leòn)*
03 Two Canons For Ursula: Canon A 5/7, Canon B 2/3 (Conlon Nancarrow)
04 Humble Harvest (M. William Karlins)
05 Sonata (Luciano Berio)
06 Tango (Conlon Nancarrow)

Personnel:
Ursula Oppens (piano)

*world premiere

sabato 23 febbraio 2013

Django Bates Human Chain & The Smith Quartet - Live in Venezia 2003

photo of the concert

Live at Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Venezia
September 20th, 2003
during '47th Music Biennale'

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist
01 Horses In The Rain (Sidsel Endresen-D.Bates)
02 My Way (Paul Anka-Claude Francois-Jacques Revaux-Giles Thibaut)
03 Weird World (D.Bates)
04 Like Someone In Love (Jimmy Van Heusen-Johnny Burke)
05 Football (Iain Ballamy-Chris Batchelor-D.Bates)
06 From Chaos Anything Is Possible (D.Bates)
07 Wave (D.Bates)
08 New York, New York (John Kander-Fred Ebb)
09 Alone Again (Naturally) (Gilbert O'Sullivan)
10 You Live And Learn… (Apparently) (D.Bates)
11 Life On Mars (David Bowie)-Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen-E.Y. Harburg)

Personnel:
Django Bates (keyboards)

Human Chain:
Iani Ballmy (sax)
Josefine Lindstrand (vocal)
Martin France (drums, electronic percussion)
Michael Mondesir (electric bass)

The Smith Quartet:
Ian Humphries (violin)
Charles Mutter (violin)
Nic Pendlebury (viola)
Deirdre Susanna Cooper (cello)

mercoledì 20 febbraio 2013

Gianluca Petrella & Furio Di Castri - Live in Venezia 2003

Live at Teatro alle Tese, Venezia
September 19th, 2003
during '47th Music Biennale'

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist
01 unknown title
02 unknown title
03 unknown title
04 unknown title

Personnel:
Gianluca Petrella (trombone)
Furio Di Castri (bass)

lunedì 18 febbraio 2013

Sylvie Courvoisier Trio - Live in Venezia 2003

Live at Teatro alle Tese, Venezia
September 17th, 2003
during '47th Music Biennale'

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist
01 Lanicum (S.Courvoisier)
02 Orodruin (S.Courvoisier)
03 Icaria 1 (S.Courvoisier-M.Feldman, E.Friedlander)
04 Abaton (S.Courvoisier)
05 Icaria 2 (S.Courvoisier-M.Feldman, E.Friedlander)

Personnel:
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)
Mark Feldman (violin)
Erik Friedlander (cello)

mercoledì 13 febbraio 2013

Bang on a Can - Live in Venezia 2003

Live at Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Venezia
September 17th, 2003
during '47th Music Biennale'

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist
01 5 Machines (Marc Mellits)*
02 The Illusion Of Guidance (Scott Johnson)*
03 Believing (Julia Wolfe)
04 Shadow Suites (Evan Ziporyn)*
05 Workers Union (Louis Andriessen)

Personnel:
Robert Black (bass)
David Cossin (percussion)
Lisa Moore (piano and keyboards)
Mark Stewart (electric guitar)
Wendy Sutter (cello)
Evan Zyporin (clarinet)
Andrew Cotton (sound engineer)

*Italian premiere

lunedì 11 febbraio 2013

Gary Lucas - Live in Venezia 2003

photo of the concert
Live at Teatro alle Tese, Venezia
September 18th, 2003
during '47th Music Biennale'

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist
01 Der Golem und wie er auf die Welt kam (G.Lukas-Walter Horn)*
[Il Golem come venne al Mondo]:
Main Title-Rabbi Loew Consults The Stars/The Decree
The Junker And The Jewess
Creation Of The Clary Man/Astaroth
The Golem Walks With Famulus, Der Böse Juden-Jüngling
The Festival Of The Roses
In the Synagogue/The Vision Of The Patriarchs
Go Go Golem

*original musics for electric and acoustic guitars and synthesizer by Gary Lucas and Walter Horn, played live by Gary Lucas, which accompanied 'Der Golem', a film by Paul Wegener and Carl Boese (1920)

sabato 9 febbraio 2013

Meshuge Klezmer Band - Live in Venezia 2003

Live at Teatro alle Tese, Venezia
September 18th, 2003
during '47th Music Biennale'

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist:
01 unknown title
02 unknown title
03 unknown title
04 unknown title
05 unknown title
06 unknown title
07 unknown title
08 unknown title

Personnel:
Fabio Basile (electric guitar)
Stefano Corsi (acoustic bass)
Zeno De Rossi (drums)
Roberto Lanciai (alto sax)
Andrea Ranzato (accordion)
Maria Vicentini (violin)

mercoledì 6 febbraio 2013

Roscoe Mitchell with Anthony Braxton and Joseph Jarman - Live in New York 1977

Live at the Kitchen, New York
April 29th, 1977

Tracklist:

---first set---
01 untitled impro
02 untitled impro
03 untitled impro

---second set---
04 untitled impro
05 untitled impro [cuts off]

Personnel:
Roscoe Mitchell (saxes)
Anthony Braxton (saxes)
Joseph Jarman (saxes)

Notes from original taper: These two nights were pure heaven. The trio later recorded on Braxton's 'For Trio' and played once in 1978 at Moers (taped) that I know of, but this may be their total output.
As with the Art Ensemble's performance from six months earlier, I got there early and parked myself between Braxton (left) and Scowie (center). The array of reeds and flutes was amazing with all of the sax's present as well as numerous clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and flutes. The space was littered with them! On the second night, piece two, between approximately 24:10-27:45, they each doubled up on saxes. Braxton played the contra bass and sopranino at the same time. They diddled around with simple children's tunes (like "Hot Cross Buns:--teases really-- and had everyone laughing at the sight and sound.

Philological Notes: This review is of the first of two nights (April 29 & 30, 1977), according to NYT 4/24/77 p.D40

'Three Reed Players Improvise at Kitchen' (NYT 5/1/77 p.70)

Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, and Anthony Braxton, who performed music for varying combinations of saxophones, clarinets, and flutes at the Kitchen Friday, were the most promising young reed players of the Chicago jazz avant-garde 10 years ago. Today they are practically elder statesmen. A school of improvisational reed playing has sprung up behind them, and this is not surprising, for they have opened jazz to an unprecedented palette of instrumental sounds while demonstrating that spontaneity and a thoughtful approach to structural organization need not be incompatible.

Between them, the three musicians played more than 20 woodwinds during their concert at the Kitchen, but the unusual instrumentation was not employed for its shock value. Even a piece for bass and contrabass saxophones, composed by Mr. Braxton, avoided cuteness. The switching of instruments by individual players took place in an orderly fashion; it did not intrude on the flow of the music.

The trio played pieces by Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Braxton at Friday's concert, with Mr. Jarman's compositions set for another day, and the bravura contrapuntal passages, silences, variations in dynamics and timbre, and satisfying resolutions into chords and unisons the two writers provided guided the collective improvising without unnecessarily circumscribing it.

Mr. Jarman, who plays a battery of wind, percussion, and stringed instruments when performing as a member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is not often heard soloing at length, turned in several
captivating statements, especially a breathy tenor saxophone rhapsody and some celebratory bass clarinet solos.

Mr. Mitchell, who never plays a phrase when a note will do, was catapulted into an alto saxophone improvisation of staggering vitality and richness by one of Mr. Braxton's composed passages. Mr.
Braxton was particularly effective on his huge contrabass saxophone, on alto saxophone, and on his regular and contrabass clarinets.

--Robert Palmer

lunedì 4 febbraio 2013

Lawrence D. Butch Morris - Live in Matera 1990

Live at Madonna della Virtù, S.Nicola dei Greci, Matera
during Audiobox 90 - Spiriti Materani
October 6th, 1990

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

01 intro by Antonia Tessitore
02 Spiriti Materani (B.Morris)
03 outro by Antonia Tessitore

Personnel:
Lawrence D. Butch Morris (cornet)
Wayne Horvitz (keyboards, electronics)
J.A.Deane (trombone, electronics)

sabato 2 febbraio 2013

Roscoe Mitchell Solo - Live in Roma 2013

Live at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Roma
January 28th, 2013

Tracklist
01 untitled impro
02 untitled impro
03 untitled impro
04 untitled impro
05 untitled impro [encore]
06 untitled impro [encore]

Personnel:
Roscoe Mitchell (soprano and alto saxes)

mercoledì 30 gennaio 2013

Nublu Orchestra Conducted by Lawrence D. Butch Morris - Live in New York 2012

In memory of Lawrence D. Butch Morris (1947-2013)

Live at Nublu, Bay Street Lndg, Manhattan, New York
June 18th, 2012

Tracklist
01 untitled impro [first set]

Personnel:
Ilhan Ersahin (tenor sax)
Jonathan Haffner (alto sax)
Welff Dorr (alto sax)
Mariano Gil (tenor sax)
Jeremy Danneman (alto sax)
Tina Kristina (bass)
Mike Kiaer (bass)
Marilia Sampaio (bass)
William McIntyre (vibes)
Harvey Valdes (guitar)
Daniel Jodocy (drums)
Lawrence D. Butch Morris (direction)

Note: A couple of minutes missing at the beginning.
Many thanks to Defe05, who taped this concert.


lunedì 28 gennaio 2013

Roy Hargrove Quintet - Live in Roma 2012

Festival Poster
Live at Casa del Jazz, Roma
during 'Decontaminate Rome'
July 22nd, 2012

Tracklist
01 unknown title
02 unknown title
03 unknown title
04 unknown title
05 unknown title
06 Never Let Me Go (Jay Livingston-Ray Evans)
07 unknown title
08 unknown title
09 unknown title
10 September In The Rain (Harry Warren-Al Dubin)
11 unknown title
12 unknown title

Personnel:
Roy Hargrove (trumpet)
Justin Robinson (alto sax and flute)
Sullivan Fortner (piano)
Ameen Saleem (bass)
Quincy Phillips (drums)

sabato 26 gennaio 2013

Sarah Vaughan - Live in Palermo 1988

Live in Palermo
August 1st, 1988

Tracklist
01 crowd chatter
02 Fascinatin' Rhythm (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin)
03 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (Duke Ellington-Paul Francis Webster)
04 introduction of musicians
05 In A Mellotone (Duke Ellington-Milt Gabler)
06 Easy Living (Ralph Rainger-Leo Robin)
07 Just Friends (John Klenner-Sam M.Lewis)
08 So Many Stars (Sergio Mendes-Alan Bergman-Marilyn Bergman)
09 East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) (Brooks Bowman)
10 unknown title
11 On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) (Burton Lane-Alan Jay Lerner) [cuts out]
12 To Say Goodbye (Pra Dizer Adeus) (Edu Lobo-Torquato Neto-Lani Hall) [cuts in]
13 From This Moment On (Cole Porter) [cuts out]
14 The Shadow Of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel-Paul Francis Webster) [cuts in]
15 Send In the Clowns (Stephen Sondheim) [cuts out]
16 Tenderly (Walter Gross-Jack Lawrence) [cuts in]
17 Summertime (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin) [a capella, cuts in]

Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan (vocals)
George Gaffney (piano)
Andy Simpkins (bass)
Harold Jones (drums)

lunedì 21 gennaio 2013

Archie Shepp Just In Time Quartet - Live in Roma 2003

photo of the concert
Live at 'La Palma', Roma
during 'Dolcevita Jazz Festival'
June 6th, 2003

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist

Disc 1 [first set]
01 Hope 2 (A.Shepp)
02 A.Shepp's annoucements
03 Deli Blues For Blakey (B.Durham)
04 This Is Always (Mack Gordon-Harry Warren)
05 A.Shepp's annoucements
06 Stompin' At The Savoy (Edgar Sampson)

Disc 2 [second set]
01 The Stars Are In Your Eyes (Don Raye)
02 A.Shepp's annoucements
03 Steam (A.Shepp)
04 A.Shepp's annoucements-He's Really Dead (A.Shepp)
05 What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life (Michel Legrand)

Personnel:
Archie Shepp (tenor and soprano saxes, vocal)
Massimo Faraò (piano)
Wayne Dockery (bass)
Bobby Durham (drums, vocal)

Thanks to Jack for the title of the last tune of the second set
and to Andy for the correct spelling of the name of the bass player.

martedì 15 gennaio 2013

Rob Mazurek plays Calma Gente - Sant'Anna Arresi 2012


Live at Piazza del Nuraghe, Sant'Anna Arresi, Cagliari
during 'Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz 2012'
August 29th, 2012

Broadcasted and recorded on RAI Radio 3

Tracklist
01 radio intro by Pino Saulo
02 The Suite Of Infinite Love (R.Mazurek)

Personnel:
Rob Mazurek (horn, electronics)
Guilherme Granado (keyboards, electronics)
Mauricio Takara (drums, percussion, cavaquinho)
Matthew Lux (electric bass)

lunedì 7 gennaio 2013

Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal - Live in Albuquerque 2009


Live at Sandia Casino Ampitheatre, Albuquerque
September 23rd, 2009

Tracklist
--- Set One ---
01 Intro - Talk To Me 
02 A Thing Called Love 
03 One Belief Away 
04 Your Good Thing Is About To End 
05 Taj Mahal intro 
06 Good Man, Good Woman 
07 Satisfied 'n Tickled Too 
08 Done Changes My Way Of Living 
09 Angel From Montgomery 
10 Love Letter 
11 Something To Talk About 
12 Love Sneakin' Up On You 
--- Set Two ---
13 I Can't Make You Love Me 
14 Tramp 
15 She Caught The Katy 
16 Wah She Go Do 
17 Love So Strong 
18 Gnawin' On It 
19 Coming Home 

domenica 6 gennaio 2013

Roy Buchanan - Live in Brisbane 1981

Live at Her Majety's Theatre, Brisbane
August 1st, 1981

Tracklist 
01 Turn To Stone 
02 Roy's Bluz 
03 My Sonata 
04 Johnny B. Goode 
05 My Babe 
06 Secret Love
07 D Blues (cut)
08 Dizzy Miss Lizzy 
09 Green Onions 
10 Good God Have Mercy 
11 The Messiah Theme 
12 Johnny B. Goode 
13 Hey Joe - Foxy Lady - Purple Haze

Personnel:
Roy Buchanan (guitar)
Paul Jacobs (keyboards,vocals) 
Gordon Johnson (bass) 
Gordy Knutsen (drums)

Dedicated to my friend SOTISE

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venerdì 4 gennaio 2013

James Brown - Live in Lucca 1984


Live at Bussoladomani, Lido Di Camaiore, Lucca
July 1984

Tracklist
01 Instrumental - Sex Machine theme - Jam *
02 James Brown Introduction - Jam - Too Funky In Here
03 Gonna Have A Funky Good Time
04 Prisoner Of Love - It's A Man, Man's World
05 Get On The Good Foot - Try Me - Please, Please Me
06 Dance - Sex Machine

*  with Clair Pinckney on trumpet and Tony Cook on drums solo