音楽 ： Roy Harper

音楽 ： Black Artists Group

音楽 ： ESP 5008 Defunkt: Live at Channel Zero

ESP 5008　Defunkt: Live at Channel Zero　　

Trombonist Joseph Bowie came out of St. Louis' Black Artists Group (a.k.a. BAG), co-founded by older brother Lester Bowie. In his teens, Joe played with bluesmen Albert King and Little Milton; in his twenties, he got his avant-jazz bona fides in order as well: member of the Human Arts Ensemble with Charles "Bobo" Shaw, duos with Oliver Lake, sideman with Frank Lowe. He moved to New York City, joined the horn section of No Wave legend James Chance's band The Contortions, and then in 1978 spun off his own group, Defunkt, simultaneously funkier and jazzier. A series of stellar Defunkt albums on the Hannibal label made them stars on NYC's underground scene. After many lineup changes, the classic '80s lineup got back together for a 21st century comeback and is still going strong. Every member applies jazz chops, rock energy, avant-garde risk-taking, and punk disregard for rules to the task of pushing killer tracks into new territory. The band has had more than a few lineups, but a few years back it coalesced around a reunion of its most classic '80s configuration and hit the road. This new album captures a fierce 2015 club date in Slovenia and throws in a particularly hot passage salvaged from a 2007 German gig as a bonus.

If you think this doesn't fit on the ESP-Disk' roster, presumably you've overlooked the funky party music of Don Moore (ESP2016) and the Woodstock Work Band (ESP2010) and/or you've never seen Defunkt rip it up in concert.

Personnel

Joseph Bowie: lead vocals, trombone, percussion
John Mulkerin: trumpet
Bill Bickford, Ronny Drayton: guitars
Kim Clarke: bass
Kenny Martin: drums

Track Listing
01. In the Good Times
02. Make Them Dance
03. Love You from Afar
04. Ooh Baby
05. The Eternal Triangle
06. Defunkt
07. Refuse to Love
08. You Don't Know - Nasty Excerpt

Press Quotes:

"Defunkt created some of the most adventurous sounds of the last quarter of the 20th century." - Craig Harris, allmusicguide.com

"The shit they did in 1980-83, ripping apart jazz and funk boundaries was a TOTAL transformation toward what REAL JAZZ could have been in the '80s...Defunkt WAS the next stage in street-smart jazz from the '70s to the '80s: a rugged, ragged, musically intense, energetic, propulsive and ferociously funky set...their live act gets BUSY...." - Rickey Vincent AKA Uhuru Maggot, soul-patrol.com
(ESP-Disk')

音楽 ： Steve Lacy ‎– The Kiss

Steve Lacy ‎– The Kiss

Label:Lunatic Records ‎– Lunatic 002
Format:Vinyl, LP
Country:Japan
Released: 1987
Genre:Jazz
Style:Contemporary Jazz, Free Jazz

Tracklist .

A1 Monk's Dream
A2 Misterioso
A3 The Crust
A4 Coastline
B1 Morning Joy
B2 Blues For Aida
B3 The Kiss

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Kojima Recordings, Inc.

Credits

Co-producer – Ichiru Otsu, Mashashi Ohora, Seiji Uchida
Design – Noboyuki Araki
Liner Notes – Toshihiko Shimizu
Mastered By – Yukio Kojima
Painting [Cover] – Yukio Imamura
Photography By [Rear Cover] – Masaru Yokochi
Producer – Koichiro Suzuki
Recorded By – Takehara Ito
Sleeve Notes – Steve Lacy
Soprano Saxophone – Steve Lacy
Translated By – Don Nilson, Koichiro Suzuki

Notes

Recorded live at Higasi Kumin Bunka Center on 24 May 1986 at a concert organized by Hiroshima Real Jazz Crowd.

音楽 ： Steve Lacy ‎– Solo At Mandara

Steve Lacy ‎– Solo At Mandara

Label: ALM Records ‎– AL-5, 半夏社 ‎– AL-5
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition
Country: Japan
Released: 1975
Genre: Jazz
Style: Free Improvisation

Tracklist

A1 Existence
A2 The Way
A3 Bone
A4 Name
B1 The Breath
B2 Life On It's Way
B3 Snips
B4 Stabs

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Kojima Recordings, Inc.

Credits

Layout – Mina Komatsugawa
Liner Notes – Aida Aquirax*, Steve Lacy
Photography By – Gairachan
Producer – Aquirax Aida, Yukio Kojima
Recorded By – Kojima Recordings, Inc.*
Soprano Saxophone, Liner Notes – Steve Lacy

Notes

Recorded on June 8, 1975 at Mandara, Kichijoji, Tokyo.