2012年6月4日月曜日

音楽 : ESP-Disk' (ESP-4069)


This four CD set documents the first recordings of the iconic tenor saxophonist, prior to his well known association with John Coltrane. Beginning with two previously unreleased sessions with Ornette Coleman alumni Don Cherry and Paul Bley, followed by Pharoah’s debut date as a leader for ESP-Disk’ and concluding with the first issue ever of the complete the December 30 and 31, 1964 Sun Ra at Judson Hall concerts, Sanders only known recordings with the Arkestra the set also includes rare recorded interviews with Sanders, Cherry, Bley and Ra by ESP-Disk’ music producer Michael D. Anderson.

Personnel

Don Cherry, Paul Bley, Sun Ra, David Izenzon, Paul Motian, Jane Getz, Marshall Allen, Alan Silva, Ronnie Boykins and many more!

Track Listing

Disc One
1. Pharoah Sanders Interview - Coming To NY 3:06
2. Cocktail Piece (first var.) take 1 4:03
3. Cocktail Piece (first var.) take 2 6:00
4. Studio Engineer Announcement 0:06
5. Cherry's Dilemma 4:13
6. Studio Engineer Announcement 0:18
7. Rememberance (first var.) 5:26
8. Medley: Thelonious Monk Compositions 4:05
9. Don Cherry Interview - Ornette's Influence Pt. 1 3:19
10. Don Cherry Interview - Ornette's Influence Pt. 2 1:01
11. Paul Bley Interview - 1960s Avant Garde 2:25
12. Generous 1 take 1 (Setting Levels) 4:35
13. Generous 1 take 2 4:21
14. Walking Woman take 1 2:04
15. Walking Woman take 2 3:05
16. Ictus 4:21
17. Note: After Session Conversation 0:37

Disc Two
1. Pharoah Sanders Interview - Musician he Performed With Pt. 1 2:08
2. Bernard Stollman Interview - Meeting Pharoah Sanders 0:54
3. Seven by Seven 26:07
4. Bethera 23:31
5. Pharoah Sanders Interview - Musician he Performed With Pt. 2 4:35

Disc Three
1. Pharoah Sanders Interview - Meeting Sun Ra 1:44
2. Dawn Over Israel 10:00
3. The Shadow World 22:08
4. The Second Stop Is Jupiter 2:17
5. Discipline #9 2:27
6. We Travel The Spaceways 9:10

Disc Four
1. Sun Ra Interview - Being Neglected as an Artist 2:49
2. Gods on Safari 3:43
3. The Shadow World 6:26
4. Rocket #9 3:58
5. The Voice of Pan Pt. 1 5:23
6. Dawn Over Israel 3:42
7. Space Mates 2:42
8. The Voice of Pan Pt. 2 8:02
9. The Talking Drum 4:16
10. Conversation With Saturn 3:51
11. The Next Stop Mars 0:48
12. The Second Stop is Jupiter 2:13
13. Pathway to the Outer Known 3:36
14. Sun Ra Interview - Meeting John Coltrane 1:04
15. Pharoah Sanders Interview - John Coltrane 3:26
16. Pharoah Sanders Interview - Playing at Slug's/Max Gordon 1:05
17. Pharoah Sanders Interview - Closing Comments 2:34

音楽 : ESP-Disk' (ESP-4068)


Recorded live in 1977 at Coltrane drummer Rashied Ali’s Studio 77 – Ali’s Alley upon his triumphant return from an extended European sojourn the previously unreleased date features Wright paying tribute to his mentor Albert Ayler on his birthday with a luminary quartet including Ali, Ornette Coleman Prime Time guitarist James “Blood” Ulmer and bassist Benny Wilson. The Right Reverend Wright at his most Holy Ghost-est!.

Personnel

Frank Wright: Tenor Saxophone, Flute & Vocals
James Blood Ulmer: Guitar
Benny Wilson: Double-Bass
Rashied Ali: Drums

Track Listing

1. Blues For Albert Ayler Pt. 1
12:49
2. Blues For Albert Ayler Pt. 2
5:10
3. Blues For Albert Ayler Pt. 3
14:37
4. Blues For Albert Ayler Pt. 4
12:12
5. Blues For Albert Ayler Pt. 5
23:57
6. Blues For Albert Ayler Pt. 6
5:47

2012年6月3日日曜日

音楽 : ESP-Disk' (ESP-4066)


This previously unreleased recording features the remaining music from the legendary concert that produced Lowe’s ESP-Disk’s debut as a leader, Black Beings. This recording features Art Ensemble of Chicago saxophonist Joseph Jarman in perhaps his first New York appearance, with the future Cecil Taylor bass and drum team of William Parker and Rashid Sinan and violinist Raymond Lee Cheng (The Wizard) on his only known recording. High Energy Music in its purest form.

Personnel

Frank Lowe: Tenor Saxophone
Joseph Jarman: Soprano & Alto Saxophones
Raymond Lee Cheng (The Wizard): Violin
William Parker: Double-Bass
Rashid Sinan: Drums

Track Listing

1. The Loweski Pt. 1
6:19
2. The Loweski Pt. 2
11:54
3. The Loweski Pt. 3
4:38
4. The Loweski Pt. 4
5:20
5. The Loweski Pt. 5
9:39

Press Quotes

"...wonderful interplay between Frank's tenor and the soprano and alto sax of Joseph Jarman – both of whom get plenty of space to work together on the album-length performance. Lowe's tone has that raspy brilliance that always moves us – a sense of soul that's somewhere between Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp – and Jarman really knocks it out of the park as things get moving, hitting these frenzied sounds that are way more intense than anything we heard him record with the Art Ensemble!"

-- Dusty Groove America



2012年6月1日金曜日

音楽 : Terry Riley & Don Cherry - Studio Session, Copenhagen 1970


This unreleased studio session from September 1970, recorded in Copenhagen, pairs minimalist composer Terry Riley with avant-jazz luminary Don Cherry who work with three European musicians handling various wind instruments, percussion and bass. This bootleg contains about 39 minutes of music divided in three distinct parts. Part one is a droney piece in the key of E and heavy on soprano saxophone. Part two where Riley is heard on organ sounds like an early version of "Persian Surgery Dervishes" with jazzy wind solos. Part three however is something really interesting: Riley forms a horn section with Cherry playing slow and plaintive horn lines while another woodwind player takes a wooden flute solo, this is where Cherry's influence is the most felt. Otherwise this is not too far from what Riley did during late sixties and early seventies, but its jazz influence is slightly more pronounced, especially the prominent texture of trumpet, saxes and flutes. If In A Silent Way used minimalist flavor for coloring jazz, then here Riley and Cherry use jazz color to confirm yet another way how jazz and minimalist music could be compatible.


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2012年5月28日月曜日

書籍 : 生田耕作関連


『高等魔術の教理と祭儀』(1856年)、『魔術の歴史』(1860年)に続く、1861年に成った近代オカルティズムの祖レヴィによる魔術三部作の完結篇。オカルティズムの奥義とは何か。それを知ればいかなる力が得られるのか。そもそもそのような奥義は存在するのか。「オカルト=隠す」の原義からすれば、最後までその謎は謎のまま終わるのだろうか。はたまた、隠者レヴィにとってオカルティズムが究極の革命思想であったことに鑑みれば、社会変革の何らかの啓示がもたらされるのだろうか。黒い聖典『魔術の歴史』で予告された大神秘の鍵の行方は如何に。

『高等魔術の教理と祭儀』、『魔術の歴史』に続く、レヴィ“魔術三部作”の完結篇。近代オカルティズムの祖と称されるのにふさわしく、社会変革の夢に裏打ちされたその隠秘学は、ボードレール、リラダン、マラルメ、イェイツ、ジャリ等の同時代の象徴派詩人はもとより、ブルトンを始めとするシュルレアリスト、ジョイス、ミラー等の現代の重要な作家たちにも絶大な影響を及ぼしつづけている。わが国においても、日夏耿之介、生田耕作、澁澤龍彦等の熱讃者が後を絶えない。三部作の掉尾を飾る本書において、大奥義の何たるかがようやく明かされることになるのか否か、はたして如何。

音楽 : La Monte Young - Bootleg


2012年5月27日日曜日

書籍 : ステファヌ・マラルメ-骰子一擲




●著者:ステファヌ・マラルメ
●訳者:秋山澄夫
●挿画:星崎孝之助
●発行者:小田久郎
●発行所:株式会社 思潮社
●発行日:1972年11月20日

・布張り外ケース
・骰子一擲(58ページ)
・イジチュール(50ページ)
・UN COUP DE DES JAMAIS N' ABOULIRA LE HASARD(30ページ)
・上記三冊を収める仕切り版
・解説書(3種)