Podcast 19/12/2007!

Finally podcast is ready for you. After having problems with the Radiophone podcast admin & i decided to upload podcast's on mypodcast.com till the systems are ready.

So here is part 1 & part 2 of 19/12/2007 show. Click on play & listen.

Part 1
Jack McDuff & Joey De Francesco - Pork Chops & Pasta
Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds
Berger, Holland, Blackwell - Transit
Dave Holland Quintet - Lucky Seven
Dave Holland Quintet - Metamorphos
Tomasz Stanko - First Song
Dave Holland Quintet - Global Citizen
Part 2
Candido - Thousand Finger Man
Ray Barretto - Acid
Tito Puente - Para Los Rumberos
Dave Pike - Goodtime Charlie At The Big Washdown
Eddie Palmieri - Que Suene La Orquesta
Charlie Santiago & Eddie Montalvo - El Bollinski En D7
Larry Young - The Moontrane
Pharoah Sanders - Lonnie's Lament
Ramsey Lewis - Wade In The Water
Speedometer - Speedometer pts. 1 & 2
Duncan - Too Deep

Tonight at Noon with Dave Holland

It's time to get to know this outstanding double bass performer.
Ladies & gentleman i present you tonight mr. Dave Holland on 6 tracks.

Warm up with the next video & don't forget after my show coming for the first time on Radiophone, Giorgos from his New Funky Island.

He's here!

Giorgos is here broadcasting from his Funky island through Radiophone his new funk, soul, electro, ambient tunes.
So stay connected after my "Tonight at Noon" show tomorrow for
Giorgos at 22:00
till down to funk you up.

12/12/2007 playlist

Sarah Vaughn - Great Day
John Coltrane - Syeeda's Song Flute
Colin Walcott / Don Cherry / Nana Vasconcelos - Mumakata
Oliver Nelson - Skull Session
Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra - Not In Our Name
Leon Thomas - The Creator Has A Masterplan
Lionel Hampton - Regina's Drag
Oscar Petiford - Montmarte Blues
William Parker-Hamid Drake - Black Cherry
Joe Henderson - Recorda Me
Joe Henderson - Invitation
Joe Henderson - El Barrio
Melvin Sparks & Idris Muhammad - Spark
Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab - Droge H9(Vampyros Lesbos)
E.S.T. - Did They Ever Tell Cousteau?
Koop - Soul For Sahib
Skalpel - Newly Arrived from Poland
Skalpel - Tension
Material - Mantra
Flanger - Galak
Cinematic Orchestra - Night of the Iguana

No interruption for comments tonight!

so stay connected to listen the sounds of .. John Coltrane, William Parker with Hamid Drake, Oliver Nelson, Colin Walcott, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Haden, Skalpel, Material, Flanger, Koop, Oscar Petiford

& 3 tracks from one of the greatest soxophonist's ever in Jazz music, Joe Henderson.

Jazz news

50th Annual Grammy Nominees Announced
The nominees for the 50th annual Grammy awards were announced yesterday.
I'm glad that Bob Florence Limited Edition is here in the category of Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
You can find the nominees in jazz categories here.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk Scholarship

A $12,000 scholarship has been established in the name of the late multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

read the full story by Jeff Tamarkin here.

Delays

Hi all,
sorry about the delay of my post's. I've moved in September and i've freaked with the delay of my new connection. Soon i'll be ready for the live performance videos of Vicenza Jazz Festival and Rashied's Ali Quintet at Half note jazz club.

05/12/2007 playlist

Maulawi - Street Rap
Oliver Nelson - Message
Archie Shepp - Money Blues
Roland Kirk - Manny Blessings
The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Funky AECO
Quincy Jones - Groovy Gravy
James Brown - It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World
Roger And The Gypsies - Pass The Hatchet Play
Soul Survivors - Expressway To Yourself
The Meters - Handclapping Song
Irma Thomas - Don't Mess With My Man
Gentleman June Gardner - It's Gonna Rain
The Gaturs - Gatur Bait
Ernie & The Top Notes - Dap Walk
Jesse Anderson - Readings In Astrology
Professor Longhair - Big Chief
Shades of Black - Mystery of Black
Outlaw Gang - Funky Fast Bump
Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome Orchestre Poly - Rythmo de Optonou Dahomey
Blair Vern Debate - Ooh Ahh Eee
Luis Santi - Los Feligreses
Super Eagles - Love's a Real Thing
The Wild Magnolias - Soul, Soul, Soul
Spanky Wilson with Quantic - Don't Joke With a Hungru Man
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman
Paul Murphy - Budapest Chachacha
Roy Haynes - Quiet Fire

28/11/2007 playlist

Gato Barbieri - El Pampero
Charles Mingus - Freedom part one
Bob Florence Limited Edition - Eternal Licks & Grooves
Chico Hamilton - The Dealer
John McLughlin - Two For Two
Chris Cortez - The Iguana
Nordic Quartet - Gone to The Dogs
Exploding Customer - Goodbye Smith Town!
Les Baxter - Quiet Village
Les Baxter - Taboo
Les Baxter - Papagayo
Machito - Wild Jungle
Oliver Nelson - Hoe-Down
Noah Peterson - Bass Driver
Kelomat - Up Tense
Noah Peterson - My Name Is Burns
Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu - I Wanna Hook Up With You
Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood - Little Walter Rides Again
Amon Tobin - Bloodstone
John Tchicai - Afrodisiaca HSteinmetz

21/11/2007

Sorry about the break on "Sonny Rollins", we had a blackout for 2 min and thanks for staying after this for the show. We are trying to finish the podcast section, in a few days it will be ready.
Please leave comments about the show.


Lionel Hampton - House of Morgan
Gabor Szabo - Hungarian Rhapsody
Elmer Bernstein - The Fix
The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Theme De yoyo
Candido - I'm On My Way
Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas
Woody Herman & His Thundering Herd - I Can't Get Next To You
Memphis Black - Hang 'Em High
Ramsey Lewis - Do Whatever Sets You Free
Ambros Seelos - Brass Glitter
Albert Ayler - Drudgery
Soil & Pimp Sessions - Avalanche
Bonobo - Days To Come
Will Calhoun - Naked
Flat Earth Society - Anthem 2004
Wallace Roney - Stargaze
Blue Series Continuum - Then Again
Sun Ra - Ancient Aiethopia
Charlie Parker (The Quintet) - Sault Peanuts
John Zorn - Battle of Algiers
Joe Lovano - Evolution
Henry Grimes Trio - Blues For Savanah

14/11/2007 playlist

Charles Mingus	II B.S.
Art Blakey Jazz Mess. & Th.Monk	In Walked Bud
George Kontrafouris	The Ruler
Bobby Hutcherson	Una Muy Bonita
Thelonious Monk	Brilliant Corners
The Lounge Lizards	Incident on South Street
Nils Petter Molvaer	Khmer
Jef Neve Trio	Astra
Gato Barbieri	Last Tango in Paris
Dave Douglas	Freak In
Sam Rivers	Luminous Monolith
Troublemakers	Black City
Battles	Tonto
Antibalas	Who Is This America
The JuJu Orchestra	This Is Not A Tango
The Quantic Soul Orchestra	Panama City
Budos Band	Origin of a man
The Bamboos	My Babay's Cheating feat. Fallon Williams
Darondo	Let My People Go
New Mastersounds	Witness
Fanga	Cranche la Douleur
Larry Ellis & the Black Hammer	Funky Thing
Bobby Williams & His Mar Kings	All The Time
Dj Tomahawk	Congo Bongo
Quasimode	Ipe Amarelo
Frank Popp Ensemble	Mathar (remix)
Paul Murphy	The Trip

New York Saxophonist Could Be Evicted for Practicing

A news story that must be making many apartment-dwelling musicians nervous has been making the rounds in recent weeks: New York-based saxophonist David Schnitter, 59, has been warned by a judge that if he keeps bothering neighbors with his practicing, he’ll find himself out on the street.
Read the full story by Jeff Tamarkin here

News

- European travellers check out this Jazz Festival!

Yesterday started Jazz Syndikat Festival which includes names like:
Mark Egan Trio feat. John Abercrombie - Mark Feldman Group - David Murray Black Saint Quartet - Paolo Fresu & André Nendza Quartet - The John Scofield Trio plus Horns - Fred Frith & Clearing Customs
Jazz-Syndikat 09 – 25 November 2007


- Sad news
Donald Ayler r.i.p. (5th October 1942 – 21st October 2007)


- Music Information Centre Norway
issue a serious canon of Norwegian jazz albums. Info here

7th of November Radiophone show playlist

Max Roach - It's Time
Henry Franklin - Prime Mover
Coleman Hawkings - Ben Webster - Blues For Yolande
Gil Evans - Ictus
Gil Evans - Eleven
Joe Henderson - Inner Urge
Kahil's El Zabar Ritual Tio - Freedom Flexibility
Quincy Jones - Otez's Night Off
Quincy Jones - Rack 'Em Off
Geraldo Pino - Right In The Center
Beastie Boys - Suco De Tangerina
Fela Kuti - Gentlemen
Rashaan Roland Kirk - Take Me Girl, I'm Ready
John Lindberg - Common Goal
Ornette Coleman - Soapsuds
Robert Rodriguez/Graeme Revell - Grindhouse
Dj Blend - Smoke
Speedometer - Descarga and Escargot
Kevin Yost - Thruth Be Told
Diesler - 900 Degrees
Marc Moulin - Tempse
John Zorn - Batman
Gary Burton - Henniger Flats
Freb Anderson/Hamid Drake - Heart's Beloved

Finaly i start my show's on Radiophone

after Radiophone moved it's office, this Wednsday 20:00 - 22:00 i start on http://www.radiophone.gr/.

HAMID DRAKE on drums

Yesterday evening I was in a bar talking to my friend George about drums and I realized that every good jazz work (free/avant-garde) that I’m listening this period is with great Hamid Drake on drums.
So here are two examples that I’ve found today on you tube.

Fred Anderson Timeless DVD Trailer
“Chicago jazz legend Fred Anderson leads Harrison Bankhead & Hamid Drake, improvising ground-breaking but warm free jazz at his own historic Velvet Lounge (since moved to 67 E. Cermak). Now on DVD & CD from Delmark Records.”

You can read here a review of this dvd.

I’ve already have the audio disc and I can’t wait to order it.



The second video with Brotzmann on sax is a little bit hard for those who aren’t used to this music, but Drake on drums with W.Parker on bass have the best rhythmic section in my opinion.

Brotzmann / Parker / Drake (2005)

I'll be back soon

Hi all,
sorry about the delay of my post's & show's on Radiophone.
I'll be back soon.

One more Jazz Festival to come - UNERHORT!

UNERHORT! ZURICH FESTIVAL 22-28 NOVEMBER 2007

Programm
22/11 BARRY GUY, CRISTOPH BAUMANN BIG BAND
23/11 KEROUAC Feat. NAT SU – AKI TAKASE, SILKE EBERHARD (ORNETTE COLEMAN ANTHOLOGY) – ULRICH GUMPERT QUARTETT - STEFAN RUSCONI TRIO
24/11 YVES REICHMUTH FRACTAL – LUCAS NIGGLI ZOOM – OLIVER KAKE, REGGIE WORKMAN, ANDREW CYRILLE Feat. IRENE SCHWEIZER
25/11 HANS HASSLER SOLO accordeon – OLIVER LAKE, CHRISTIAN WEBER, DIETER ULRICH - REGGIE WORKMAN SOLO bass – BROTZMANN, PLIAKAS, WERTMULLER
26/11 ANDREW CYRILLE drums, LUCAS NIGGLI drums – BUGGE WESSELTOFT SOLO piano
27/11 PETER SCHARLI SPECIAL SEXTET Feat. GLEN FERRIS “HOT PEACE” – SPEECH QUARTET (Amiri & Amina Baraka - William Parker – Hamid Drake)

Note: I didn’t find english version. Link on title.

Upcoming releases

Emanem
Paul Rutherford "Solo in Berlin 1975" (30 Oct.)
Recorded a year after his acclaimed masterpiece, THE GENTLE HARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE, these three festival sets are at least as good. They find Rutherford at his most original and inventive, making wild music by enhancing his trombone with his voice, with mutes and other objects, as well as using his awesome speed and stunning range. No-one else has made the trombone sound like this, before or since. 75 minutes. 5 minutes originally on an FMP sampler - the rest is previously unissued. more

Tru Thoughts
Quantic Soul Orchestra – Tropidelico (22 Oct.)
Nostalgia 77 Octet – Weapons of Jazz Destruction (19 Nov.)

Manu Katché hits the charts

“Playground” the new album by drummer/bandleader Manu Katché has gone straight into the French jazz charts at #2, is also climbing its way up the French Top 50 pop albums, the German jazz charts at #4 and has already debuted in the German pop charts as well. UK magazine Jazzwise, furthermore, reports that the disc is in currently at the #1 position on HMV’s London Jazz Chart.

Blogmania issue 1

Hi guys, the purpose of blogmania is to find cool mp3-posts for you in the blogsphere. Most of these posts come from rare, hard to find and out of print records. Guys in the blogsphere deserves our respect because of the links and covers offered and moreover because of their painstaking effort to transfer the vinyls, so leave them a comment they deserve it.

Hurry up, all albums come from older posts.

Inconstantsol: Hamid Drake – Bindu (Hamid Drake's Bindu recorded at Vision Festival XI on June 16 2006), Paul Bley - Solemn Meditation (1958)
Jizzrelics: The Philadelphia Experiment
Lost-in-tyme: V.A. - What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
Vinyl4giants: Good-God! Heavy Funk Covers of James Brown from All Over the World 1968-1974

Radiophone show part 2

here's the second part of the "Monsieur Lu & Friends brief history in Avant-Garde/Free Jazz".

Winamp - File - play URL: http://www.archive.org/download/MonsieurLuPt.2/2_64kb.mp3

or click to download.

The CMS Archive Project

The Creative Music Foundation, Inc. announces a fundraising drive to preserve the CMS Archive: the large collection of live recordings of its world-renowned Creative Music Studio program. This collection of recordings is unique in its artistic scope: the CMS program featured some of the most outstanding and ground-breaking composers/performers in World Jazz, World Music, New Music, guiding ensembles of highly motivated emerging artists.

Through a combination of benefit festivals, grants, membership and private contributions, the goal is to raise $ 120,000 by the fall of 2007. CMS invites your inquiries and comments and pledges of support by contacting creativemusic@verizon.net. All contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.

The CMS Archive contains more than 300 audio and video tapes, recorded from 1972 to 1986 at the CMS facilities in Woodstock NY., as well as at other concerts sites in the US. Among the artists leading ensembles on these recordings are Don Cherry, Anthony Braxton, Leo Smith, Foday Suso, Abdullah Ibrahim, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Giuffre, Frederic Rzewski, Carla Bley, Dave Holland, Paulo Moura, Nana Vasconcelos, Pauline Oliveros, Karl Berger, Baikida Carroll, Trilok Gurtu, Steve Gorn, Ismet Siral, Jack DeJohnette, Fred Frith, Oliver Lake, Lee Konitz, Leroy Jenkins, George Lewis, just to name a few. ( for a more complete list, see http://www.creativemusicstudio.org/).
During the '70- and '80's, the Woodstock-based Creative Music Studio was considered the premier study center for contemporary creative music. Founded in 1971 by Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman, CMS brought together leading innovators in the jazz and world music communities. Unprecedented in its range and diversity, CMS was an acknowledged phenomenon in the international music world, providing participants with the rare opportunity to interact personally with the musical giants of improvisation and musical thought on a daily basis. CMS is credited as the birthplace of Worldjazz - the improvisational and compositional expansion of the world's musical traditions. Now one of the main driving forces in many styles of music, this concept was pioneered very early at CMS, guided by authentic leaders.

The Creative Music Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation.

Stefano Bollani wins European Jazz Prize 2007

Stefano Bollani has won the European Jazz Prize, the annual award sponsored by the City of Vienna. Jury members of 23 European countries nominate 23 European musicians and select the musician of the year who has attracted major attention on a high artistic level in the international jazz field, in the preceding year.
The award will be presented on December 14 in Vienna’s Porgy & Bess club.

Radiophone show

Monsieur Lu & friends presents "a brief history in Avant-Garde/Free Jazz music" part 1

Notice:
this is a 4 hour show which recorded 18th November 2006, almost a year ago. I apologise for the abrupt start of the recording. Comments on the show are in greek language.

I'll post soon the other 2 parts.

TOTAL MUSIC MEETING 2007 – Program announced

In memory of Paul Rutherford
November 1 – 4, International Artists Festival for improvised music.

Programm here

Guardala (sax mouthpiece inventor) in Jail

Sax mouthpiece inventor fights extradition NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A Long Island, N.Y., saxophonist faces extradition from Germany to face 12 counts of fraud.
David Guardala developed and marketed the Guardala mouthpiece, which became a sought-after item for well-known professionals and student saxophonists alike, Newsday reported Saturday. But inexplicably, Guardala gave up his business in the 1990s and moved to Frankfurt where he allegedly began defrauding investors in a number of schemes that involved them fronting him money. In all, he is accused of defrauding 10 alleged victims -- many of whom he had personal relationships with -- of $660,000 since 2004.
The saxophonist was arrested at the request of federal prosecutors, who secured his indictment at the U.S. District Court in Central Islip, the newspaper said.

LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL in association with BBC Radio 3

LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL is between, Friday 16 till Sunday 25 November 2007.
I have marked 3 "must" Concerts









Tue, 20 November 2007 - Flat Earth Society
(7.45pm Southbank Centre's Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall , London £15, £10)









Tue, 20 November 2007 - Steve Reid Ensemble with Kieran Hebden and Heritage Orchestra
(7.30pm Barbican , London £20, £15, £10 + bkgSilk Street, EC1)








Sun, 18 November 2007 - Charles Gayle Trio
(8.45pm Baltic, London Tickets start from £10 + bkg)

for more info click here: http://www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/

Ιστορικό μνημείο το σπίτι του Coltrane στο Long Island - Coltrane’s Long Island Home Designated a Historical Place

Το σπίτι του τζαζ σαξοφωνίστα John Coltrane και της συζύγου του Alice Coltrane στους λόφους Dix, στο Long Island συμπεριλήφθηκε στον Εθνικό κατάλογο ιστορικών θέσεων της Νέας Υόρκης.
Το σπίτι ήταν η κατοικία της οικογένειας του Coltrane από το 1964 έως το 1973. O Coltrane απεβίωσε το 1967. H Alice η οποία παντρεύτηκε τον Coltrane τον τελευταίο χρόνο της ζωής του, ήταν μία σεβαστή τζαζ μουσικός και συνθέτρια πέθανε τον Ιανουάριο αυτού του χρόνου.
Ο ιστορικός Robert C. Hughes της πόλης Huntington της Νέας Υόρκης σε ένα δελτίο τύπου δήλωσε: Είναι ασυνήθιστο για ένα σπίτι στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 50’ να λαμβάνει ιστορικούς προσδιορισμούς ορόσημων. Αυτό βεβαιώνει τη σημασία αυτής της περιοχής ως θέση στην οποία η μουσική του Coltrane προσέκρουσε πάρα πολύ στον κόσμο της μουσικής.

Η επίτευξη αυτών των προσδιορισμών είναι ένα βήμα για την πλήρη συντήρηση του σπιτιού όπως έχει προγραμματιστεί για μελλοντική μετατροπή σε ένα μουσείο και ένα αρχείο του σημαντικού υλικού τζαζ και μουσικής, και εκπαιδευτικό κέντρο όπως προβλέπεται από την οικογένεια Coltrane και τους συμμετέχοντες του σπιτιού Coltrane, μια οργάνωση μη κερδοσκοπική.

Σύμφωνα με τον Ravi Coltrane, υιό του John και της Alice Coltrane, ο οποίος έζησε στο σπίτι σαν παιδί, «Ήταν το όραμα της μαμάς μου Alice να βοηθήσει να χρησιμοποιηθεί αυτό το σπίτι για να παρέχει την έμπνευση για τη μουσική ως απίστευτα θετική δύναμη, και να ερευνήσει τις χαρές της δημιουργίας μουσικής για τους ανθρώπους όλων των ηλικιών. Αυτό είναι ένα μεγάλο βήμα προς εκείνο το όραμα.

Ο ιστορικός λόφων Dix, Steve Fulgoni ανακάλυψε ότι το σπίτι είχε πουληθεί σε ένα υπεύθυνο για την ανάπτυξη, ο οποίος σκόπευε να καθαρίσει το έδαφος για να χτίσει ένα σπίτι πολυτελείας. Ο Fulgoni για πολλά χρόνια οπαδός του Coltrane, έφερε την κατάσταση στην προσοχή της πόλης Huntington και πέτυχε να τους πείσει για την ιστορική σημασία του σπιτιού. Το 2005, με την υποστήριξη των μουσικών και των aficionados τζαζ σε όλο τον κόσμο, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του Carlos Santana και του Herbie Hancock, η πόλη συμφώνησε να αγοράσει την περιοχή.

Jazz birthday’s – γενέθλια

23 Sept.: John Coltrane (1926-1967), Ray Charles (1930-2004), Jeremy Steig (1943)
24 Sept.: Fats Navarro (1923-1950), Wayne Henderson (1939)
25 Sept.: Sam Rivers (1930), Michael Gibbs (1937)
26 Sept.: Gary Bartz (1940)
27 Sept.: Bud Powell (1924-1966)
28 Sept.: John Gilmore (1931-1955)

Vicenza Jazz Festival 2007

Hi,

for beggining check these cool videos from Vicenza.

Evan Parker on tenor solo:



Conrad Bauer on trombone solo:




I'll be back soon.