New CD ESP 4049~

ESP 4049 Barnacled - Charles

Frank Difficult: electronics/keyboard
Michael Jeffries: bass/baritone saxophone/modified Speak & Spell
Jason McGill: alto saxophone/percussion/shortwave radio
Matt McLaren: drums/percussion
Alec K. Redfearn: accordion
Ann Schattle: horn in F
Erica Schattle: bassoon

1. Title 5:04
2. Rattles 6:24
3. Losing Weight Through Prayer 6:11
4. Jennifer Plastics 5:26
5. Three Rapid Fire Shell Divisions 4:12
6. Language Barrier 7:11
7. Polyurethane 4:47
8. Simulacrum 5:47

All Songs (Lindlism ASCAP).

Charles, Barnacled's new full-length, and first outing for ESP-Disk', is a rollicking, propulsive offering featuring the band in some of its most intricate formations. This deftly arranged record follows Barnacled as it tightens itself into high corners, only to purposely fall down, find new ground, and pick itself back up again. This work is highly playful, even at its most intense—and it does get intense, with saxophone battles surging over electronics and highly distorted accordion fire offerings. Then all of a sudden the sound drops out, save for a plaintive lone bassoon call, or static from a short-wave radio that sounds soothing by comparison. Intertwining rhythms and melody lines then revolve around a pulse that creates a new frame of reference while also complicating it. This music invites deep listening, and rewards the curious. Often it is simply mesmerizing—essentially what adventurous minds have come to expect from the legendary ESP-Disk' oeuvre.


Personnel

Frank Difficult: electronics/keyboard
Michael Jeffries: bass/baritone saxophone/modified Speak & Spell
Jason McGill: alto saxophone/percussion/shortwave radio
Matt McLaren: drums/percussion
Alec K. Redfearn: accordion
Ann Schattle: horn in F
Erica Schattle: bassoon 

Track Listing

1.Title5:042.Rattles6:243.Losing Weight Through Prayer6:114.Jennifer Plastics5:265.Three Rapid Fire Shell Divisions4:126.Language Barrier7:117.Polyurethane4:478.Simulacrum5:47

All Songs (Lindlism ASCAP).

Credits

Produced by Barnacled. Mixed by Barnacled and John Jacobson. Recorded by John Jacobson at Sound Station Seven, Providence, Rhode Island. Cover Photo by Paul James, band Photos by Allison Mowrer, other Photos by Jason McGill. Production Manager: Tom Abbs. Tape Transfer & Mastering by Steven Walcott. Design & Layout by Miles Bachman and Fumi Tomita.


Press Quotes

"...the impressive musicianship and consistently fearless choices made by Barnacled turns this album into one of the more intriguing and enlivening modern-day fusions of recent memory, and perhaps for all time." 
- Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

"Barnacled's music is like taking the phrase "square is the new cool" one step further. They recycle some of the older, simpler, or baroque kinds of music into something that's miles ahead of everyone else." - Pico, Blogscritics

"The music Barnacled makes is fun, free-form hilarity." - Sam Adams, Philadelphia Enquirer


MUSICIANS: FRANK DIFFICULT / MICHAEL JEFFRIES / JASON MCGILL / MATT MCLAREN / ALEC K. REDFEARN / ANN SCHATTLE / ERICA SCHATTLE

2008

Added players

ESP 4050 Charlie Parker - Bird In Time 1940-1947

Jay McShann, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Cootie Williams, Clyde Hart All-Stars, Earl Hines, Billy Eckstein and more!
Selected Interviews with:
Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Roy Porter, Milt Jackson and more!

Disc One
1. Charlie Parker Interview-Remembers family/high school band/early gigs 1/early gigs 2 8:40
2. Variations/Honeysuckle Rose/Body and Soul 3:05
3. I Got Rhythm 3:38
4. I Found A New Baby 3:00
5. Body And Soul 2:52
6. Moten Swing 2:49
7. Coquette 3:11
8. Oh Lady Be Good 2:57
9. Wichita Blues 3:11
10. Honeysuckle Rose 2:59
11. Max Roach Interview - Meeting Bird/Cherokee 1943 2:08
12. Cherokee 2:50
13. St. Louis Mood 4:42
14. I Got It Bad 4:00
15. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles 4:03
16. Hootie Blues 4:36
17. Swinmatism 4:02
18. Theme: Love Don't Get You Nothin' 0:29
19. Cherokee 3:10
20. My Heart Tells Me 3:18
21. I Found A New Baby 3:31
22. Body And Soul #2 1:39
Disc Two
1. Sweet Georgia Brown 2:39
2. I Got Rhythm 4:14
3. Max Roach Interview - Musicians Coming To New York 2:32
4. Boogie Woogie 3:37
5. Shoe Shine Swing 4:14
6. Body And Soul #3 1:52
7. Embraceable You 2:41
8. Charlie Parker Interview - Rubberlegs Williams 0:49
9. That's The Blues 3:13
10. Charlie Parker Interview - Clyde Hart All-Stars 0:40
11. Dream of You 2:55
12. 7th Avenue 2:56
13. Charlie Parker Speaks - The Earl Hines / Billy Eckstine Bands 0:47
14. Charlie Parker Speaks - The Song - Mop Mop 0:14
15. Mop Mop (exerpt) 0:31
16. Theme: Round Midnight 0:20
17. 711 3:10
18. Cootie Williams Speaks - Introduction 0:12
19. Do Nothin' TIll You Hear From Me 4:07
20. Don't Blame Me 3:58
21. Perdido 4:06
22. Night Cap 4:57
23. Saturday Night 3:20
24. MC Announcement 0:04
25. Floogie Boo 3:52
26. MC Announcement 0:20
27. St. Louis Blues 1:53
28. Max Roach Speaks - Diz Introduces Bird To New York 1:01
29. Sweet Georgia Brown #2 3:20
30. Lover, Come back To Me 3:29
Disc Three
1. Teddy Edwards Speaks - West Coast Music Scene 3:45
2. Intro 1:20
3. Shaw'n Nuff 4:11
4. MC Announcement 0:23
5. Groovin' High 5:39
6. MC Announcement 0:25
7. Dizzy Atmosphere 4:25
8. Milt Jackson Speaks - West Coast Music Scene mid '40's 0:35
9. Salt Peanuts 2:05
10. Diggin' Diz 2:52
11. Roy Porter Speaks - The West Coast Club Scene #1 2:02
12. Teddy Edwards Speaks - Charlie Parker Playing With Maggie 1:13
13. Howard McGhee Discusses his History 5:08
14. Jam Session - Announcement 1:21
15. Tea For Two 2:46
16. Body And Soul (Jam Session Medly) 2:39
17. Cherokee (Jam Session Medly) 3:04
18. Teddy Edwards Speaks - Maggie / Charlie's First Dial Date 2:02
19. Roy Porter Speaks - First Dial Session 2:45
20. Roy Porter Speaks - Second Dial Session 0:41
21. Lover Man 3:21
22. Max Is Makin' Wax (aka Chance It) 2:32
23. The Gypsy 3:04
24. Bebop 2:55
25. Roy Porter Speaks - Second Dial Session (cont'd) 1:48
26. Teddy Edwards Speaks - After Charlie Parker's Collapse 2:48
27. Howard McGhee Remembers Charlie Parker 0:52
28. Lullaby In Rhythm 1:30
29. Lullaby In Rhythm 1:32
30. Homecooking - 1 - Lullaby In Rhythm 2:22
31. Homecooking - 2 - Cherokee 2:07
32. Homecooking - 3 - I Got Rhythm 1:45
Disc Four
1. Earl Coleman Speaks - This Is Always/Dark Shadows Part 1 1:31
2. This Is Always 3:11
3. Dark Shadows 4:03
4. Earl Coleman Speaks This Is Always/Dark Shadows Part 2 1:49
5. Roy Porter Speaks The Hi-De-Ho Club 0:27
6. Dee Dee's Dance 3:50
7. Roy Porter Speaks - Maggie Plays At Fast Tempos 1:59
8. Earl Coleman Speaks - Maggie 4:28
9. Milt Jackson Speaks - Meeting Maggie 0:57
10. Introduction/Koko 1:13
11. Hot House 5:13
12. Fine And Dandy
13. Introduction To Koko 1:09
14. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 3:25
15. How Deep Is The Ocean 3:01
16. Tiger Rag 3:48
17. Theme: 52nd Street Theme 0:49
18. Intro: 52nd Street Theme 2:17
19. Donna Lee 2:25
20. Theme: Koko 6:21

Bird in Time: 1940-1947 is a unique four-disc set chronicling the early developmental stages of Parker from 1940 to the fall of 1947. This includes his performances in the Jay McShann band, his work as a sideman, collaborations with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, as well as his leadership of various groups. In addition to select recordings, the four-disc set includes unique interviews with artists who performed with Parker, or "Bird" as they knew him, describing in detail their experiences with him during this period of time. These interviews provide a glimpse into Parker's creative process while making these tracks. This is a "must have" for serious Charlie Parker collectors.


Personnel

Jay McShann, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Cootie Williams, Clyde Hart All-Stars, Earl Hines, Billy Eckstein and more!
Selected Interviews with:
Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Roy Porter, Milt Jackson and more!

Track Listing

Disc One
1.Charlie Parker Interview-Remembers family/high school band/early gigs 1/early gigs 28:402.Variations/Honeysuckle Rose/Body and Soul3:053.I Got Rhythm3:384.I Found a New Baby3:005.Body and Soul2:52 6.Moten Swing2:49 7.Coquette3:11 8.Oh Lady Be Good2:57 9.Wichita Blues3:11 10.Honeysuckle Rose2:59 11.Max Roach Interview - Meeting Bird/Cherokee 19432:08 12.Cherokee2:50 13.St. Louis Mood4:42 14.I Got It Bad4:00 15.I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles4:03 16.Hootie Blues4:36 17.Swingmatism4:02 18.Theme: Love Don't Get You Nothin'0:29 19.Cherokee3:10 20.My Heart Tells Me3:18 21.I Found a New Baby3:31 22.Body and Soul #21:39

 Disc Two
1.Sweet Georgia Brown2:39 2.I Got Rhythm4:14 3.Max Roach Interview - Musicians Coming to New York2:32 4.Boogie Woogie3:37 5.Shoe Shine Swing4:14 6.Body and Soul #31:52 7.Embraceable You2:41 8.Charlie Parker Interview - Rubberlegs Williams0:49 9.That's the Blues3:13 10.Charlie Parker Interview - Clyde Hart All-Stars0:40 11.Dream of You2:55 12.7th Avenue2:56 13.Charlie Parker Speaks - The Earl Hines / Billy Eckstine Bands0:47 14.Charlie Parker Speaks - The Song - Mop Mop0:14 15.Mop Mop (exerpt)0:31 16.Theme: 'Round Midnight0:20 17.7113:10 18.Cootie Williams Speaks - Introduction0:12 19.Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me4:07 20.Don't Blame Me3:58 21.Perdido4:06 22.Night Cap4:57 23.Saturday Night3:20 24.MC Announcement0:04 25.Floogie Boo3:52 26.MC Announcement0:20 27.St. Louis Blues1:53 28.Max Roach Speaks - Diz Introduces Bird to New York1:01 29.Sweet Georgia Brown #23:20 30.Lover, Come back To Me3:29 

Disc Three
1.Teddy Edwards Speaks - West Coast Music Scene3:45 2.Intro1:20 3.Shaw Nuff4:11 4.MC Announcement0:23 5.Groovin' High5:39 6.MC Announcement0:25 7.Dizzy Atmosphere4:25 8.Milt Jackson Speaks - West Coast Music Scene mid-'40s0:35 9.Salt Peanuts2:05 10.Diggin' Diz2:52 11.Roy Porter Speaks - The West Coast Club Scene #12:02 12.Teddy Edwards Speaks - Charlie Parker Playing with Maggie1:13 13.Howard McGhee Discusses His History5:08 14.Jam Session - Announcement1:21 15.Tea For Two2:46 16.Body and Soul (Jam Session Medley)2:39 17.Cherokee (Jam Session Medley)3:04 18.Teddy Edwards Speaks - Maggie / Charlie's First Dial Date2:02 19.Roy Porter Speaks - First Dial Session2:45 20.Roy Porter Speaks - Second Dial Session0:41 21.Lover Man3:21 22.Max Is Makin' Wax (aka Chance It)2:32 23.The Gypsy3:04 24.Bebop2:55 25.Roy Porter Speaks - Second Dial Session (cont'd)1:48 26.Teddy Edwards Speaks - After Charlie Parker's Collapse2:48 27.Howard McGhee Remembers Charlie Parker0:52 28.Lullaby in Rhythm1:30 29.Lullaby in Rhythm1:32 30.Homecooking - 1 - Lullaby in Rhythm2:22 31.Homecooking - 2 - Cherokee2:07 32.Homecooking - 3 - I Got Rhythm1:45 

Disc Four
1.Earl Coleman Speaks - This Is Always/Dark Shadows Part 11:31 2.This Is Always3:11 3.Dark Shadows4:03 4.Earl Coleman Speaks This Is Always/Dark Shadows Part 21:49 5.Roy Porter Speaks The Hi-De-Ho Club0:27 6.Dee Dee's Dance3:50 7.Roy Porter Speaks - Maggie Plays at Fast Tempos1:59 8.Earl Coleman Speaks - Maggie4:28 9.Milt Jackson Speaks - Meeting Maggie0:57 10.Introduction/Koko1:13 11.Hot House5:13 12.Fine and Dandy3:24 13.Introduction to Koko1:09 14.On the Sunny Side of the Street3:25 15.How Deep Is the Ocean3:01 16.Tiger Rag3:48 17.Theme: 52nd Street Theme0:49 18.Intro: 52nd Street Theme2:17 19.Donna Lee2:25 20.Theme: Koko6:21 

Press Quotes

"Bird in Time is an essential item for collectors of Parker's music" - Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

"...a wonderful collection for Charlie Parker fans. The works themselves are great, and the supplemental interviews and reading only strengthen the music." - Henry Smith, All About Jazz

"...this four-disc album is a treasure that will live forever in the annals of jazz history." - John Gilbert, ejazznews


MUSICIANS: JAY MCSHANN / DIZZY GILLESPIE / MAX ROACH / COOTIE WILLIAMS / CLYDE HART ALL-STARS / EARL HINES / BILLY ECKSTEIN AND MORE!

2008

Subtitle of the release is "Selected Recordings And Rare Interviews".

Issued in a jewel case box with two separate 32pp booklets of notes enclosed.

ESP 4051 Don Cherry - Live At Cafe Montmartre, Volume Three

Don Cherry: trumpet
Gato Barbieri: sax
Karl Berger: vibes
Aldo Romano: drums
Bo Steif: bass

1. Complete Communion
26:11
2. Remembrance
24:46

All compositions by Don Cherry (EMI Uniart Catalog Inc. BMI).


After he left Ornette Coleman's quartet, trumpeter Don Cherry worked with a variety of collaborators and traveled more widely. He met Leandro "Gato" Barbieri in Italy years before the Argentinian saxophonist became a superstar; back then he was still heavily influenced by Albert Ayler. Cherry and Barbieri quickly bonded and began working together, with Cherry's Blue Note album Complete Communion, recorded with Barbieri (using a different rhythm section) on Christmas Eve of 1965, their first studio collaboration. They worked together in Europe so often that they had a regular quintet with German vibraphonist Karl Berger, French bassist Jean Francois Jenny Clark, and Italian drummer Aldo Romano. Clark, however, could not make the band's month-long residency at Copenhagen's most famous jazz club, so young American bassist Cameron Brown was called to replace him -- but he's not the bassist here. These performances were recorded for radio broadcast, and Danish radio rules said at least one native had to be in the band. Thus Bo Steif slid into the group for these recordings -- and stayed after Brown's musical commitments took him elsewhere.


All three volumes of ESP-Disk's series of concert recordings from this group's 1966 feature performances of Cherry's suite Complete Communion from the album of the same name, none more thoroughly than this one (actually the first concert by this group), because "Remembrance" is actually the closing movement of the suite on the Blue Note album. Thematically, they range much more widely than the studio recording, making this volume an especially interesting insight into Cherry's approach.


Personnel

Don Cherry: trumpet
Gato Barbieri: tenor saxophone
Karl Berger: vibraphone
Bo Steif: bass
Aldo Romano: drums


Track Listing

1.Complete Communion26:112.Remembrance24:46

All compositions by Don Cherry (EMI Uniart Catalog Inc. BMI).

Credits

Recorded on March 3rd, 1966. Digital remastering: Douglas McGregor. Production Manager: Tom Abbs. Photos: Jan Persson and Jacky LePage. Original design concept: Paul Costuros. Design & Layout: Miles Bachman & Fumi Tomita.


Press Quotes

"On the two 20-plus-minute professed 'suites' heard here, the bandmembers bring their collective sound together with every passing phrase. They seem to have a telepathy and single-minded sense of purpose that borders on alchemy.... Cherry has a bond with Barbieri that goes beyond symmetry or unity -- it's absolutely primal, unified and whole beyond imagination. The rhythm team, skilled and very familiar with how they play together, change themes and pacings at will -- an electrifying and dynamic duo. Berger's forceful, tuneful vibraphone playing has an orchestral quality, placed comfortably in the middle of this tornado of creative music, and knows just how to shade, accent, and push the harmonic content of this band ever onward. The best thing about these musicians is that they do not have to calculate, plot, or scheme to create this exciting music -- they just go! "Complete Communion" offers multiple themes, mostly in the hard bop realm, generally very fast but sometimes slowed in bluesy and soulful moods, in the main hypertensive, or at times even patient. Barbieri's tenor solos wail, or are corralled in singing unity with Cherry's approximate notation.... Clearly one of the great -- if not the greatest -- early creative post-bop bands of all time, it's wonderful to have three full volumes of this combo at the peak of its powers, recorded and reproduced very well so the balance of all instruments is sharply defined. If you are a fan of any of the participants, these are must-have issues that will last a lifetime." – Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide


MUSICIANS: DON CHERRY / GATO BARBIERI / KARL BERGER / BO STEIF / ALDO ROMANO

2009

Recorded on March 3rd, 1966.

This is the third and final part of the recordings from Cherry's month-long engagement at Café Montmartre.

Released in 4-panel Digipak.

ESP 4052 Flow Trio - Rejuvination

Louie Belogenis: tenor sax
Joe Morris: bass
Charles Downs: drums

1. Reflection 3:41
2. Slow Cab 6:12
3. Pick Up Sticks 9:23
4. Two Acts 8:18
5. Succor 5:39
6. Unfolding 5:41
7. Rejuvenaton 6:37

All tracks by Belogenis/Morris/Downs except Track 1 by Belogenis (Boundless Music BMI)

Rejuvenation is the first studio recording from Flow Trio, a powerful tenor sax/bass/drums trio in the tradition of 60s free jazz with an up-to-the-minute sense of universal awareness. Flow Trio consists of tenor saxophonist Louie Belogenis, bassist Joe Morris and drummer Charles Downs (Rashid Bakr), all well known in many and varied groups and recordings. Their combined energies create innovative and contemporary improvisation informed by everything from Albert Ayler to Olivier Messiaen.


Personnel

Louie Belogenis: tenor sax
Joe Morris: bass
Charles Downs: drums


Track Listing

1.Reflection3:412.Slow Cab6:123.Pick Up Sticks9:234.Two Acts8:185.Succor5:396.Unfolding5:417.Rejuvenation6:37

All tracks by Belogenis/Morris/Downs except Track 1 by Belogenis (Boundless Music BMI)


Credits

Recorded on October 4, 2008 at Context Studios, Brooklyn, NY. 
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Steven Walcott. 
Production manager: Tom Abbs. 
Design & Layout: Miles Bachman & Fumi Tomita
Artwork and photography by M.P. Landis


Press Quotes

"[Louie Belogenis] tracks a direct lineage dating back to free jazz forefathers like Coltrane and Ayler, illustrating the cyclic replenishing nature of the tradition." - Derek Taylor

"[Joe Morris is] one of the most profound improvisers at work in the U.S." - Will Montgomery,The Wire


MUSICIANS: LOUIE BELOGENIS / JOE MORRIS / CHARLES DOWNS

2009

All tracks by Belogonis/Morris/Downs except track 1 by Belogonis
(Boundless Music BMI)

Recorded on October 4th, 2008 at Context Studio, Brooklyn, NY.

© & ℗ 2009 ESP-Disk' Ltd.
990 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11 205

Manufactured in the USA by ESP-Disk'

Comes in Digipak

ESP 4053 The Naked Future - Gigantomachia

Arrington de Dionyso: bass clarinet, contralto clarinet
Thollem McDonas: piano
John Niekrasz: drums
Greg Skloff: bass

1. We Binge on a Bloodthirsty God
2. We Boil the Raven's Skull Into Gold
3. We Engage the Monstrous With Our Mirrors
4. We Fly Beneath and Above the Flux
5. We Sleep in a Rabbit Hole

All compositions Pine Cone Alley (ASCAP)

Recorded 8/8/08 in Portland, OR, The Naked Future is a quartet of four drunken wizards conjuring up a heady brew.  Their diverse backgrounds – from the classical, rock and experimental realms – forge a release modernist in its construction with more than a pinch of old time alchemy.  ESP is proud to welcome them to its circle with their first CD release, Gigantomachia.

                  
After several solo albums and many shared projects pianist Thollem McDonas lays the unrelenting line on which futures can be built.

Delirious percussion is provided by John Niekrasz, a drummer and composer from Chicago. He is a disciple of Indian tabla master Pandit Lachu Maharaj and performs with Ecstatic Peace recording artists Poor School, syllabic-structuralists Why I Must Be Careful, and tight improv trio Thicket. He has collaborated and performed with such artists as John Wiese, Wally Shoup, John Gruntfest, and Doug Theriault.

Greg Skloff's "powertool" school of bass-fiddling is well refined, having graduated from such diverse groups as cloaca clock, Captain's Daughter, Thunder! Thunder! Thunder! and Counterfeit Monsters.

From his first solo works on Pine Cone Alley, his continuous work with the Old Time Relijun and solo work on K Records, Arrington de Dionyso has followed a trajectory to land him here, squarely in the Naked Future, handling the duties of conductor and bass clarinet.


Personnel

Arrington de Dionyso: bass clarinet, contralto clarinet
Thollem McDonas: piano
John Niekrasz: drums
Greg Skloff: bass

Track Listing

1.We Binge on a Bloodthirsty God
2.We Boil the Raven's Skull Into Gold 3.We Engage the Monstrous With Our Mirrors 4.We Fly Beneath and Above the Flux 5.We Sleep in a Rabbit Hole 

All compositions Pine Cone Alley (ASCAP)

Credits

Recorded and mixed by Nicholas Taplin at the Silo, Portland, Oregon on 8/8/08
All pieces recorded as improvised by The Naked Future according to the conceptual direction of Arrington de Dionyso

Producton Manager: Tom Abbs
Mastered by Douglas McGregor
Artwork by Arrington de Dionyso
Band photo by Lucy Greene
Design & layout by Miles Bachman & Fumi Tomita
Spcial thanks to Robert M. Keefe

Press Quotes

Whether it's Tuvan throat singing, the bass clarinet, or yet-unnamed homemade instruments—which all share familiar deep drones and free-jazz runs—Dionyso is consistently and ferociously breathing out. "It's a step away from hyperventilating," he says. "It's a very lucid, aware kind of space." The exertion becomes trance-like. - Andrew R. Tonry  (The Portland Mrcury)

And his (Thollem McDonas) music cannot be categorized. He could easily be the next underground indie-folk star or the next hip jazz experimenter. But fortunately for McDonas, none of that matters. The work he produces is varied and original; his influences are incredibly disparate. One minute he is running through a Tom Waits sounding piano and vocal piece. The next minute drops into a grooving samba tune. And best part is that through all these styles, McDonas manages to keep an almost entirely original voice.
 - Ryan McDermott (One Final Note)

Thollem McDonas, a fresh, disciplined avant-pianist with classical chops and an attractively extreme viewpoint. - Greg Burk (LA Weekly)

MUSICIANS: ARRINGTON DE DIONYSO / THOLLEM MCDONAS / JOHN NIEKRASZ / GREG SKLOFF

2009

Recorded and mixed at The Silo, Portland Oregon, on 8/8/08.
All pieces recorded as improvised according to the conceptual direction.

ESP 4054 Sun Ra - Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold

Sun Ra: keyboards
Art Jenkins: space vocals
Pharoah Sanders: tenor
Black Harold: flute & percussion
Marshall Allen: alto saxophone
Danny Davis: alto saxophone
Pat Patrick: baritone
Chris Capers: trumpet
Al Evans: trumpet, flugelhorn
Teddy Nance: trombone
Bernard Pettaway: bass trombone
Robert Cummings: bass clarinet
Alan Silva: bass
Clifford Jarvis: drums

1. Cosmic Interpretation
2. The Other World
3. The Second Star is Jupiter
4. The Now Tomorrow
5. Discipline 9
6. Gods on a Safari
7. The World Shadow
8. Rocket Number 9
9. The Voice of Pan
10. Dawn Over Israel
11. Space Mates

Tracks 1-5 - Stereo - Previously unreleased
Tracks 6-11 - Mono - Issued as El Saturn - JHNY - 165
All compositos Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI)

In 1964, Sun Ra asked the young tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders to join him, while Arkestra mainstay John Gilmore was busy working with Paul Bley, Andrew Hill, and Art Blakey. Before the recording's original release in 1976, Sun Ra stated: "It should be very interesting to the world to show what the pre-Coltrane Pharoah Sanders was like."  Also appearing on "Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold" is the little-heard flautist, Black Harold (Harold Murray), who takes the lead on the track "The Voice of Pan," continuing into "Dawn over Israel." Bassist Alan Silva (ESP  1091) also does some fine bass work on the release. 

"Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold" is notable not only for its unique lineup, but also for the first known recording of the composition "The Shadow World," here titled "The World Shadow," which was featured on later Arkestra  albums. This release contains an additional 45 minutes and 36 seconds of unreleased material.


Personnel

Sun Ra: keyboards
Art Jenkins: space vocals
Pharoah Sanders: tenor
Black Harold: flute & percussion
Marshall Allen: alto saxophone
Danny Davis: alto saxophone
Pat Patrick: baritone
Chris Capers: trumpet
Al Evans: trumpet, flugelhorn
Teddy Nance: trombone
Bernard Pettaway: bass trombone
Robert Cummings: bass clarinet
Alan Silva: bass
Clifford Jarvis: drums 

Track Listing

1.Cosmic Interpretation

2.The Other World 3.The Second Star is Jupiter 4.The Now Tomorrow
 5.Discipline 9
 6.Gods on a Safari
 7.The World Shadow
 8.Rocket Number 9
 9.The Voice of Pan
 10.Dawn over Israel
 11.Space Mates
 

Tracks 1-5 - Stereo - Previously unreleased
Tracks 6-11 - Mono - Issued as El Saturn - JHNY - 165
All compositions Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI)

Credits

Presented by the Jazz Composers Guild's Four Days In December
Recorded at Judson Hall, New York on December 31, 1964
Photo by Raymond Ross

Music research and compilation by Michael D. Anderson
Production Manager: Tom Abbs
Digital remastering by Douglas McGregor
Design & layout by Miles Bachman & Fumi Tomita


Press Quotes

"This album is a curiosity not just because of the presence of Pharoah Sanders, but because of the absence of John Gilmore...After a noisy intro, Alan Silva does some nice arco playing before Sun Ra sets a piano vamp for the horns. There's tons of percussion and some great space voice courtesy of Art Jenkins, and they slip briefly into "Rocket Number Nine." "The Voice of Pan" is a feature for Black Harold where he is either doing a Rahsaan Roland Kirk thing on flute or in a serious mind meld with Art Jenkins' space voice. Either way, it's pretty wild...." - Sean Westergaard


MUSICIANS: SUN RA / ART JENKINS / PHAROAH SANDERS / BLACK HAROLD / MARSHALL ALLEN / DANNY DAVIS / PAT PATRICK / CHRIS CAPERS / AL EVANS / TEDDY NANCE / BERNARD PETTAWAY / ROBERT CUMMINGS / ALAN SILVA / CLIFFORD JARVIS

2009

CD reissue of the 1976 El Saturn release featuring 5 tracks from the session not on the original album.
Tracks 1-5 - Stereo - Previously unreleased.
Tracks 6-11 - Mono - Issued as El Saturn - JHNY - 165.

Presented by the Jazz Composers Guild's "Four Days In December".
Recorded at Judson Hall, New York on December 31, 1964.

Digipak

ESP 4055 Talibam! - Boogie in the Breeze Blocks

Matthew Mottel - piano, fender rhodes, mini moog, glamor box oscillator, roland juno-1 alpha synth, banjo, organ, alesis nano synth, voice

Kevin Shea
- drums, objects, roland spd-s, voice

Tim Dahl - electric bass (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Moppa Elliott - upright bass (6)
Michael Evans - percussion (4)
Peter Evans - trumpet (2, 4, 6, 11), voice (2)
Chris Forsyth - guitar, voice (2)
Jon Irabagon - saxophone (2, 4, 6)
Danielle Kuhlmann - voice (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
SamKulik - trombone (2, 4, 6, 11), voice (2)
RobbieLee - renaissance instruments (4)
AndersNilsson - electric guitar (4, 6)
MikePride - vocals (4)
JeremyWilms - electric guitar (4, 11), fretless guitar (11)
Bird field recordings from "Ornithology-Shadows" by MichaelPestel & JeroenvanWesten (11)

1.

Predetermined to the Master Plan

2. Ghost Cloud
3. Slap Yr Boots On! Oysters Await
4. Entertaining the After Beast
5. Jim O'Rourke
6. Schroeder Meets Jagger
7. Not Just Any Kind of Fruit and Veg
8. Movement of Ta! People
9. Roosevelt Island: I Can't Do It.
10. Mao Mix
11. Nike Rim Johb
12. Herodiade

All songs/words by Talibam! (Talibam Music BMI)

The Brooklyn duo Talibam!’s first ESP Disk’ release, Boogie in the Breeze Rocks, is a narrative earful as warped and wonderful as spicy pasta, fresh grapes and caramel crunch.  An ensemble record joining 2008’s Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute winner, Jon Irabagon (tenor sax); Peter Evans of Sparks (trumpet); guitarists Chris Forsyth from Peeesseye, Anders Nilson and Chin Chin’s Jeremy Wilms; along with Mostly Other People Do the Killing’s Moppa Elliot on upright bass; all filtered through Talibam! to make music of one voice and cohesion.  It is ensemble playing that goes beyond personal choice to capture a mood and the deep anthropology of the strange beauty of contemporary opposing and debt-maxed-out stimuli.

In a time of pre-set, auto-massage aesthetics and formulas dampening all the peripheries into a gazillion false platonic dichotomies, Talibam! pops out a boogie-set quest of delirious energy within a montage of causes and effects, failures and successes, heroes and robber baron scumbags,...

Talibam! deconstructs the message behind the oncoming jellyfish populating the waterways, analyzes the purpose of human choice and expectations. Gems of pop nonchalance tug and pull against a break down of musical morality. The international attention span crisis obliterated within the borders of a single album statement - a moral reckoning against slack albums with the same bland back beat and fuzz tone on every tune.

BOOGIE IN THE BREEZE BLOCKS captures a mood and filmic capacity to create an anthropological exploration into the strange beauty of contemporary opposing and debt maxed out stimuli. In New York City, these forces exist everywhere; punjabi cab driver food across the street from luxury loft condo scum. Talibam! wants to re-mythicize this world with an album that explores a range of emotions, genre, feel, time and space. BOOGIE IN THE BREEZE BLOCKS is a record beyond the greed of deliberate, singular aesthetic commitments. We know you aren't a stupid listener... as we ride the blues, into a chafed reggae, to polka, noise onslaught, sweetened afro pop, the epiphanies arise from effacing styles of their precious natural habitats. The stylistic adventures organize themselves into motion without remembering their initial meaning. Music has become a desert of unfortunate desolation -- single whole albums too dedicated to the sweet pop, or the groove, or the rap... the sweet and salty have over saturated the soil of the musical landscape, to the point of unfarmable, undiversified plots of historical embarrassment and destruction for future heirloom genres and approaches.

Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Kevin Shea (drums) have been performing and recording together for six years for the sake of music, for the sake of integrating critical reevaluation into the idea of what a band and music can be. Their enthusiasm for sound and the desecration, humiliation of its conspicuous commercial applications has led to the dissolving of their own self contained borders in order to broaden their musical vocabulary and heighten stylistic shifts into an overarching manifesto on the state of music -- this critical awareness is the sum of BOOGIE IN THE BREEZE BLOCKS.

BOOGIE IN THE BREEZE BLOCKS, self produced, conceived, and edited by TALIBAM!, is an ensemble record for which Talibam! recruited the finest working musicians; ensemble playing that goes beyond personal choice and into a border that makes music of one voice and cohesion. Jon Irabagon (tenor saxophone) winner of 2008's Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute award, Peter Evans (trumpet) plays with Brotzmann, Bennink, Jim Black and leads his own quartet, and duo SPARKS. To hear Evans play with Talibam!'s energy and electro magneticism is a crucial addition to his growing discography. The guitarists on this album are bronze blasted tone. Chris Forsyth (PEEESSEYE) and Anders Nilson are guitar slingers who warp tone with both free basing noise tonality and melodic harmony. Jeremy Wilms, also on guitar, is celebrating his own band Chin Chin's debut album on DEF JUX. Moppa Elliot (upright bass) is the distinguished leader of Mostly Other People Do the Killing whom have received numerous accolades from magazines such as Jazz Times and All About Jazz.

Talibam! is proud and excited to join forces with ESP Records, of whom Talibam! have had great admiration and respect. ESP Records has smartly recognized Talibam! as one of the few contemporary bands that fully deserves to join a catalog as rich and diverse as Albert Ayler, The FUGS, Sun Ra and the The GODZ.

Talibam! have proven themselves through tireless touring (8 European tours since 2006), released several albums of critical acclaim (Ordination of the Globe Trotting Conscripts), and collaborated with exceptional musicians such as Rhys Chatham, Jean Francois Pauvros, Alan Wilkinson, Daniel Carter, PEESSEYE, Sam Kulik and many more.


Personnel

Matthew Mottel - piano, Fender Rhodes, Mini Moog, glamor box oscillator, Roland Juno-1 Alpha synth, banjo, organ, Alesis Nano synth, voice

Kevin Shea
 - drums, objects, Roland SPD-S, voice

Tim Dahl - electric bass (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11) 
Moppa Elliott - upright bass (6)
Michael Evans - percussion (4)
Peter Evans - trumpet (2, 4, 6, 11), voice (2)
Chris Forsyth - guitar, voice (2)
Jon Irabagon - saxophone (2, 4, 6)
Danielle Kuhlmann - voice (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Sam Kulik - trombone (2, 4, 6, 11), voice (2)
Robbie Lee - Renaissance instruments (4)
Anders Nilsson - electric guitar (4, 6)
Mike Pride - vocals (4)
Jeremy Wilms - electric guitar (4, 11), fretless guitar (11)
Bird field recordings from "Ornithology-Shadows" by Michael Pestel & Jeroen van Westen (11)


Track Listing

1.Predetermined to the Master Plan

2.Ghost Cloud
3.Slap Yr Boots On! Oysters Await
4.Entertaining the After Beast
5.Jim O'Rourke
6.Schroeder Meets Jagger
7.Not Just Any Kind of Fruit and Veg
8.Movement of Ta! People
9.Roosevelt Island: I Can't Do It.
10.Mao Mix
11.Nike Rim Johb
12.Herodiade
 

All songs/words by Talibam! (Talibam Music BMI)


Credits

Produced/arranged by Talibam!

Recorded & mixed by Josh Clark at The Seaside Lounge, Brooklyn
Recorded & mastered by Mitch Rackin at Tone Floast Studios, NYC
Live recordings by Jocelyn Soubiran at Zebulon Cafe Brooklyn & Joseph Frivaldi at Club Rehab NYC
Photos by Herve Goluza (cover/back) & Syeus Mottel (inside)
Producton Manager: Adam Downey
Design by Miles Bachman


Press Quotes

"...a brain-rattling demolition of the entire avant lesson plan, as those with a more academic criteria might be inclined to teach it. " - Mike Lupica, Dusted Reviews

"Ornette Coleman playing on Soft Machine's Fourth in hell... Talibam!'s brand of shitstorm skronk is grounded in more intelligent thought and dynamic group exchange than many of the more hyped transmissions from the contemporary American 'noise' underground." - Tiny Mix Tapes Dot Com

"Mottel is like Keith Emerson on a serious PCP bender, spitting out thick snarling sheets of synth buzz, spraying it like machine gun fire, melodies are tangled and complicated little knots hurled into the fray like cannonballs made out of steel string and roof nails. The sax is all over the place, adding tonal color, mad squawking, chittering chirps and deep fuzzy moans, this is a massive chaotic free for all." - Aquarius Records

"Gonzo jazz rock fusion at its most inspired." - Paris Transatlantic


MUSICIANS: MATTHEW MOTTEL / KEVIN SHEA / TIM DAHL / MOPPA ELLIOTT / MICHAEL EVANS / PETER EVANS / CHRIS FORSYTH / JON IRABAGON / DANIELLE KUHLMANN / SAM KULIK / ROBBIE LEE / ANDERS NILSSON / MIKE PRIDE / JEREMY WILMS / MICHAEL PESTEL / JEROEN VAN WESTEN

2009

The Brooklyn duo Talibam!’s first ESP Disk’ release, Boogie in the Breeze Rocks, is a narrative earful as warped and wonderful as spicy pasta, fresh grapes and caramel crunch. An ensemble record joining 2008’s Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute winner, Jon Irabagon (tenor sax); Peter Evans of Sparks (trumpet); guitarists Chris Forsyth from Peeesseye, Anders Nilson and Chin Chin’s Jeremy Wilms; along with Mostly Other People Do the Killing’s Moppa Elliot on upright bass; all filtered through Talibam! to make music of one voice and cohesion. It is ensemble playing that goes beyond personal choice to capture a mood and the deep anthropology of the strange beauty of contemporary opposing and debt-maxed-out stimuli.


ESP 4056 Joe Morris - Colorfield

Joe Morris - guitar
Steve Lantner - piano
Luther Gray - drums

1. Transparent
2. Silver Sun
3. Purple Distant
4. Blue Orange Curves

All songs/words by Joe Morris

Joe Morris returns both to the guitar and to ESP-Disk' with the long form improvisation album 'Colorfield'. Much as the Colorfield painters simplified their compositions to evoke emotion with color, this trio emphasizes harmony, phrase, tempo and rhythm to electrifiying results. Morris has been called the preeminent American jazz guitarist of our time, and on 'Colorfield' his playing is characteristically intense, eloquent, and melodic. The ranks of the trio are filled out by two of the most talented and skillful Free Musicians on the scene today, Steve Lantner and Luther Gray. Lantner's soloing on this recording has a state-of-the-art fluidity, energy, shape and dynamic variety while Luther Gray, a master of the school of Free Music drumming, provides a constantly shifting but still driving groove that punctuates each moment with precision and invention. To see musicians of this caliber fuse their talents to create an original, dense and deeply contemplative work such as 'Colorfield' is extraordinary. As a result, the album gets better with every listen.

Personnel

Joe Morris - guitar
Steve Lantner - piano
Luther Gray - drums

Track Listing

1.Transparent6:522.Silver Sun13:423.Purple Distant13:394.Blue Orange Curves15:53

All songs/words by Joe Morris


Press Quotes

"[Colorfield] asks more of the listener than Morris’ comparatively streamlined quartet recordings on Hatology and Aum Fidelity. But just as you’ll only perceive a painting’s subtle variations of tone and hue after extended contemplation, the closer you listen, the more Colorfield’s music deepens, expands and ultimately envelops you." - Bill Meyer, Downbeat

"One of two new recordings featuring Joe on the guitar. The new quartet date on Aum Fidelity is excellent as well. But this one, in a trio with Steve Lantner on piano and Luther Gray on drums, is a bit more wide open and gives a great opportunity to hear Joe not only solo but dig into some nice group interplay with his partners." - Pat Frisco

"One of the most profound improvisors at work in the U.S." - Will Montgomery, The Wire

"... the most exciting and original jazz plucker to emerge in the last decade" - John Corbett, Downbeat

"... a guitarist whose sound is completely his own, oscillating between deadpan sweetness and dangerous, shrapnel-like caprice." - K. Leander Williams, The Village Voice

"... he sounds like no one else." - Art Lange, The Wire


Upcoming Live Dates

Joe Morris 
June 26 @ Outpost 186 - Cambridge, Massachusetts w/ Steve Lantner Quartet
July 10 @ ESP-Disk' Albert Ayler Festival - Roosevelt Island, NY w/ Flow Trio 

Steve Lantner 
June 26 @ Outpost 186 - Cambridge, Massachusetts w/ Steve Lantner Quartet
July 24 @ Outpost 186 - Cambridge, Massachusetts solo piano
October 18 @ Outpost 186 - Cambridge, Massachusetts solo piano

Luther Gray 
June 26 @ Outpost 186 - Cambridge, Massachusetts w/ Steve Lantner Quarter
June 28 @ Outpost 186 - Cambridge, Massachusetts w/ David Maxwell Quintet

MUSICIANS: JOE MORRIS / STEVE LANTNER / LUTHER GRAY

2009

Recorded May 12, 2009 at 7A West Studios Charlestown, Massachusetts

ESP 4057 TSIGOTI - Private Poverty Speaks to the People of the Party

Thollem McDonas - Beat-up Piano, Vocals
Andy Cap - Drums, Backing Vocals
Ben Itchy- Electric Bass, Backing Vocals
Jack Andrews - Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals


1. With A Mirror And A Magnifying Glass
2:56
2. Children Slaves Make Childrens Toys
2:51
3. They Make Them For They
1:02
4. Conformist Freedom, Reactionary Tourist
1:55
5. This Is A Simplified Response... 2:17
6. The Sickofwar Traine 3:48
7. (Yes) The Border Crossed Us 3:29
8. (We) Would You If You Could? 3:54
9. (Can) Don't Sleep Through This 2:17
10. (We?) This Is The Days Of Your Life 2:46
11. I May Not Get There With You. 2:31
12. Dust To People To Ashes 3:13
13. Everybody Settle Down, 1:39
14. This Is How It Is: 2:44
15. Everything Is Easy 4:24
16. But The Sun Don't Wait. 2:27

Tsigoti is an international band combining revolutionary politics and intelligent semi-acoustic avant-punk fervor. Private Poverty Speaks to the People of the Party was recorded with a group of players that have run the gauntlet of life experience and musical explorations and you can hear it in the vitality and urgency of the music. Private Poverty Speaks to the People of the Party still holds the same raw improvisational qualities of their debut recording, The Brutal Reality of Modern Brutality (Edgetone Records). Straying from the typical notion of political commentary, Tsigoti delivers a clever, experimental, driving, AND fun accessible work of art that is true to the ESP mission: forward thinking and forever changing.

Personnel

Thollem McDonas - Beat-up Piano, Vocals 
Andy Cap - Drums, Backing Vocals 
Ben Itchy- Electric Bass, Backing Vocals 
Jack Andrews - Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals

Plus Guests Edoardo Ricci, Samuele Venturin, Francesco di Mauro, and a choir of a dozen friends.


Track Listing

1.With A Mirror And A Magnifying Glass2:56
2.Children Slaves Make Childrens Toys2:51
3.They Make Them For They1:02
4.Conformist Freedom, Reactionary Tourist1:55
5.This Is A Simplified Response...2:17
6.The Sickofwar Traine3:48
7.(Yes) The Border Crossed Us3:29
8.(We) Would You If You Could?3:54
9.(Can) Don't Sleep Through This2:17
10.(We?) This Is The Days Of Your Life2:46
11.I May Not Get There With You.2:31
12.Dust To People To Ashes3:13
13.Everybody Settle Down,1:39
14.This Is How It Is:2:44
15.Everything Is Easy4:24
16.But The Sun Don't Wait.2:27


Press

TSIGOTI's "The Sickofwar Train" was included in The Wire's 2010 comilation The Wire Tapper 23.

"The customary digital riddles characterizing the genius of this master pianist are all but forgotten here, for this sounds more as a semi-acoustic punk album. Beaten-up instruments, muttered vocals, rhythms and keys often disrespected; the exclusive wish is crying out loud that 'we can’t do this to ourselves anymore', as per one of the tracks titles. When we compare the fusion of these sensations to a sort of feverish pagan ritual and listen to this set with the same attitude of, say, looking at a shaman dressed like a young Joe Strummer, the honesty of intentions begins to clash (pun definitely intended) with our previous ideas pretty hard. Bizarrely frank stuff. - Massimo Ricci, TouchingExtremes, Italy

"Thollem Sickofwar revs up his beatup piano and throws down on war. The results are edgy, uneven and sometimes disquieting. All in all, a rollicking success." - J. Worley, Aiding & Abetting

 

video by Tuia Cherici (more)


MUSICIANS: THOLLEM MCDONAS / ANDY CAP / BEN ITCHY / JACK ANDREWS / EDOARDO RICCI / SAMUELE VENTURIN / FRANCESCO DI MAURO

2009

Recorded and mixed at Isola Cannon Jack Studio, Nipozzano (Florence, Italy).
Dedicated to Marcella Sali Grace.
Digipak sleeve containing an 8-page booklet with lyrics.

Manufactured in the USA by ESP-Disk'
©&℗ 2009 ESP-Disk' Ltd.

ESP-4058 Paul Dunmall & Chris Corsano - Identical Sunsets

PaulDunmall : tenor saxophone, border pipes
Chris Corsano : drums


1. Identical Sunsets
5:07
2. Living Proof
17:04
3. Better Get Another Lighthouse
14:24
4. Out of Sight
6:35

Best known for his collaborations with Paul FlahertyMichael Flower and Thurston Moore as well as a year-and-a-half stint as the drummer for Björk's Volta tour, Chris Corsano is widely considered to be one of the most adaptive drummers of his generation. Equally prolific is UK saxophone giant, Paul Dunmall, who has worked disparately with jazz greats like Alice Coltraneand Evan Parker as well as funk and folk acts like Johnny Guitar Watson and Dando Shaft

After a chance meeting in a taxi line at Lisbon Airport, a surreal intertwining of tours emanated. In between the lasers, confetti and face-painted fans at Plymouth Pavillions and Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Chris left the Björk mega-tour to get down to business alongside the imaginative Dunmall for some vital improvisation at Slak Bar in Cheltenham, England. 

This wonderfully recorded live set begins with Dunmall swirling away on the border pipes (he may be the preeminent improvisor using bagpipes). What follows is an impulsive and lyrical improvisation, alternatingly sparse and impossibly textured. Corsano's skittering marries perfectly with Dunmall's rapid-fire lines. The melodies are expertly uncoiled so that they remain charged whether the tempo is at full speed or crawling. The set ends furiously, leaving no doubt that this duo was fated to work together.


Personnel

Paul Dunmall : tenor saxophone, border pipes
Chris Corsano : drums

Track Listing

1.Identical Sunsets5:07
2.Living Proof17:04
3.Better Get Another Lighthouse14:24
4.Out of Sight6:35

 

Press Quotes

"Chris Corsano is one of the most immensely talented drummers to have emerged from the recent past. Those who have witnessed the giganticism of his formal leaps in the jaws of post-avant-garde power surging, have been left slack w/ the wonder & hilarity of it all." – Byron Coley

"Chris is the hottest drummer on the planet" - David Keenan

"Paul Dunmall is one of the most accomplished reedists on the planet" - Jazz Weekly

"Dunmall is eclectic, capable on several instruments and full of wonder for the improvised form" -All About Jazz


MUSICIANS: PAUL DUNMALL / CHRIS CORSANO

2010

Recorded April 23, 2008 at Slak in Cheltenham, England
LP

Limited to 500 copies. Includes free 320 kbps MP3 download w/purchase.

Recorded April 23, 2008 at Slak in Cheltenham, England.

ESP 4059 Konitz, Cheek, Furic Leibovici - Jugendstil II

Lee Konitz: alto saxophone
Chris Cheek: tenro saxophone
Stephane Furic Leibovici: double-bass
Jim Black: glockenspiel, vibraphone, chimes
Dan Dorrance: alto flute, bass flute, piccolo
Joy Plaisted: harp
Maria Garcia: celesta
Chris Speed: clarinet


1. Odysseus Returns Home
2. Tomorrow I Shall Dance For You
3. A Music of Tranquillity
4. Float West on the Slender Current
5. A l'Ile de Fressanges
6. Les mains de Penelope
7. Phongsaly
8. Local Heroes














Following up the critically acclaimed 2008 release, Stéphane Furic Leibovici and Chris Cheek return for this second volume, produced by Jim Black and featuring the alto saxophone giant Lee Konitz. An achievement in balance and taste, the resulting music is so thoughtful, intent and vibrant that it need not be forced upon you. The music unfolds for the listener in the subtlest of ways, as if the composer is challenging our very notion of what will come next. Like a mediation on color and space, you begin to let go of your assumptions and allow the harmonies and structures wash over you. The interaction of Konitz with his bandmates is a delicate dance of lyrical brilliance. Criss-crossing saxophones glide through Furics intense and wide open bass work. Furics compositions fuel extended interplay as the musicians seem to bounce from one musical theme to the next. This music is the epitome of finesse. Effortless and deep at the same time.

Personnel

Lee Konitz: alto saxophone
Chris Cheek: tenor saxophone
Stéphane Furic Leibovici: double-bass
Jim Black: glockenspiel, vibraphone, chimes
Dan Dorrance: alto flute, bass flute, piccolo
Joy Plaisted: harp
Maria Garcia: celesta
Chris Speed: clarinet

Track Listing

1.Odysseus Returns Home2.Tomorrow I Shall Dance For You3.A Music of Tranquillity4.Float West on the Slender Current5.A l'Ile de Fressanges6.Les mains de Penelope7.Phongsaly8.Local Heroes


Press Quotes

"Double-bassist Stephane Furic Leibovici avers that he likes to be gentle with sounds and to listen to the inside of them. He is true to this philosophy on Jugendstil, where he finds solace in the quiet and the meditative; getting inspiration from classical and chamber music and using them to the full in his writing." - Jerry D’Souza

"Everything about this extraordinary album, Jugendstil, is deliberate and attains its own level of perfection." - Raul d’Gama Rose


MUSICIANS: LEE KONITZ / CHRIS CHEEK / STÉPHANE FURIC LEIBOVICI / JIM BLACK / DAN DORRANCE / JOY PLAISTED / MARIA GARCIA / CHRIS SPEED

2010

Recorded at Systems Two in N.Y. on August 15th, 2005
Edited and pre-mixed in Paris
Mixed at Audiolane in Paris

ESP 4060 Sun Ra - College Tour Volume One: The Complete Nothing Is...

Sun Ra: piano
John Gilmore: tenor sax
Marshall Allen: alto sax
Pat Patrick: baritone sax
Robert Cummings: baritone clarinet
Teddy Nance: trombone
Ali Hassan: trombone
Clifford Jarvis: drums
Ronnie Boykins: bass, tuba
James Jackson: log drum, flute
Carl Nimrod: sun horn, gong


Disk One
1. Burton Green Introduction
2. Sun Ra And His Band From Outer Space
3. The Shadow World
4. Interpolation
5. The Satellites Are Spinning
6. Advice to Medics
7. Velvet
8. Space Aura
9. The Exotic Forest
10. Theme of the Star Gazers
11. Outer Space Ways Incorporated
12. Dancing Shadows
13. Imagination
14. The Second Stop Is Jupiter
15. The Next Stop Mars
Disk Two
1. The Satellites Are Spinning
2. Velvet
3. Interplanetary Chaos
4. Theme of the Star Gazers #2
5. The Second Stop Is Jupiter #2
6. We Travel the Spaceways
7. Nothing Is
8. Is Is Eternal
9. State Street
10. The Exotic Forest #2













































In 1966 Bernard Stollman put together a multi-artist tour of five New York colleges and sent audio engineer David B. Jones on the road with it. When they returned, just 39 minutes of music was chosen to be released as the original Sun Ra LP Nothing Is... (ESP1045). Forty-four years later, after extensive research, Sun Ra archivist Michael D. Anderson pieced together some missing parts of the New York College Tour. Recorded on May 18th 1966 at St. Lawrence University in Potsdam, NY, this illuminating document represents the full 70-minute first set, from which Nothing Is... was taken, including an introduction by ESP artist Burton Greene. In addition, Anderson uncovered a partial second set from the same evening and some rare rehearsal footage recorded during a sound check before the concert. With over 90 minutes of additional material, this two-disc set allows a close-up look at the band's repertoire and sound over an entire evening, including the rarely performed "State Street" and alternate versions of "Theme of the Stargazers" and "The Second Stop Is Jupiter." Remastered from the original tapes and presented in superb quality, College Tour Volume One is a vivid snapshot of the mid-Sixties Ra and his intergalactic band.


Personnel

Sun Ra: piano
John Gilmore: tenor sax
Marshall Allen: alto sax
Pat Patrick: baritone sax
Robert Cummings: baritone clarinet
Teddy Nance: trombone
Ali Hassan: trombone
Clifford Jarvis: drums
Ronnie Boykins: bass, tuba
James Jackson: log drum, flute
Carl Nimrod: sun horn, gong


Track Listing

Disk One1.Burton Green Introduction
2.Sun Ra And His Band From Outer Space
3.The Shadow World
 4.Interpolation
 5.The Satellites Are Spinning
 6.Advice to Medics
 7.Velvet
 8.Space Aura
 9.The Exotic Forest
 10.Theme of the Star Gazers
 11.Outer Space Ways Incorporated
 12.Dancing Shadows
 13.Imagination
 14.The Second Stop Is Jupiter
 15.The Next Stop Mars

 Disk Two
1.The Satellites Are Spinning
 2.Velvet
 3.Interplanetary Chaos
 4.Theme of the Star Gazers #2
 5.The Second Stop Is Jupiter #2
 6.We Travel the Spaceways
 7.Nothing Is
 8.Is Is Eternal
 9.State Street
 10.The Exotic Forest #2 


Press Quotes

"The vitality that made this music invigorating and challenging is as palpable today as it was almost forty years ago." - Jerry D'Souza, All About Jazz

"...the band takes its bouncy postwar songbook and transforms it with a fierce and expansive concentration...." - Richard Brody, The New Yorker

"The closing moments of CD 2 are given to a breathtaking version of 'The Exotic Forest,' which smoulders quietly as it breathes like fire and song all rolled into one. Although the song never veers too far from the Pan-Africanism that Ra also stood for, it swings seductively and is almost like a dirge like chant (although no voices are heard).... It also bears out pianist Thelonious Monk's classic defence of Ra music, when it was chided for being too far out: 'Yeah,' said Monk, 'but it swings.'" - Raul d'Gama Rose, All About Jazz

MUSICIANS: SUN RA / JOHN GILMORE / MARSHALL ALLEN / PAT PATRICK / ROBERT CUMMINGS / TEDDY NANCE / ALI HASSAN / CLIFFORD JARVIS / RONNIE BOYKINS / JAMES JACKSON / CARL NIMROD

2010

Comes in tri fold digipak. Manufactured in the USA.

Recorded live at St. Lawrence University, Potsdam, NY May 18th 1966

In 1966 Bernard Stollman sent Sun Ra and his Arkestra, along with audio engineer David B. Jones on a tour of five New York Colleges. When they returned, just 39 minutes of music was chosen to be released as the original ESP 1045 "Nothing Is...". 44 years later, after extensive research, producer and Sun Ra archivist Michael D. Anderson has pieced together the missing parts of the infamous New York College Tour. Recorded on May 18th 1966 at St. Lawrence University in Potsdam, NY, this illuminating document represents the full 70 minute first set, of which ESP 1045 "Nothing Is..." was taken, including an introduction by ESP alum Burton Greene. In addition, producer Michael D. Anderson has uncovered a partial second set from the same evening and some rare rehearsal footage recorded during a sound check before the concert. With over 90 minutes of additional material, this two disc set allows a close up look at the band's repertoire and sound over an entire evening, including the rarely performed State Street and alternate versions of Theme Of The Stargazers and The Second Stop Is Jupiter. Remastered from the original tapes and presented in superb quality, College Tour Volume One is a vivid snapshot of the mid-sixties Ra and his intergalactic band.

ESP 4061 Eli Keszler - Oxtirn

Side A
Eli Keszler
: drums, bowed metal, crotales, guitar, prepared/riveted 4 x 10 foot sheet metal, contact microphone, spring harp, bass board, motor, prepared piano
Ashley Paul : clarinet
Andrew Fenlon : trumpet, tuba, french horn, trombone

Side B
Eli Keszler : piano, motors, cymbal, crotales, snare drum, microphones
Sakiko Mori : prepared piano

Digital Only Bonus Track
Eli Keszler : crotales, snare drum, configurations
Ashley Paul : clarinet

1. Oxtirn 1
2. Oxtirn 2
3. Oxtirn 3 (digital only bonus track)


ESP-Disk' has released some far-out albums in its 47 years, but Eli Keszler’s Oxtirn raises the bar. Keszler is a percussionist and composer like no other; some connoisseurs of outside music will know him from his work with the singular guitarist Jandek.Oxtirn is Keszler’s ESP-Disk' debut and most widely distributed album after prolifically self-releasing micro-edition CDRs, tapes, and vinyl via his label REL Records.

On Oxtirn, Keszler plays drums, guitar, piano, prepared piano, motors, cymbal, crotales (bowed and unbowed), snare drum, prepared/riveted sheet metal, spring harp, bass board, and microphones. He’s joined by clarinetist Ashley Paul (his partner in Aster) on two tracks, plus Andrew Fenlon (trumpet, tuba, French horn, trombone) and Sakkiko Mori (prepared piano) on one track each.

There are few musical analogies to what Keszler is doing here. It might sound like freely improvised noise, but it’s actually meticulously composed – and if you don’t believe it, you can check out his graphical-notation score for all three tracks, included on a six-panel fold-out. The Italian Futurists of the 1920s would have loved this magnificent din, so full of startling timbres and arresting textural combinations, like a cross between Xenakis and free jazz.

The LP received rave reviews:

“a major work; for once i agree with the supplied hyperbole - this really does transcend genre, equally incorporating theareas-of-interest that fuel eli’s quest; brutal free jazz, scaled backeuro improv, the confined roar of late 70’s no-wave/art punk, and various aspects of post-warcompositional dictates …”Mimaroglu Music Sales, which also named it one of the top 20 releases of 2010
Oxtirn is an excellent introduction to Keszler's work and, if Steven Stapleton ever updates his Nurse With Wound List, Keszler's name should be on it.”Clifford Allen, Paris Transatlantic Magazine

ESP-Disk's initial limited LP release of Oxtirn sold out immediately, prompting the label to issue Eli’s masterwork for the first time on CD for global distribution. The beautifully packaged CD recreates the original album art executed and designed by Eli. Additions to the gatefold package include that six-panel foldout showing the intricately detailed musical score to Oxtirn; the other side features a new piece of original art dedicated to the CD reissue, one of Keszler’s beautiful abstract artworks. Musically, Oxtirn has never sounded better, as it was remastered for stunning high-quality digital sound. Oxtirn now includes not only the two tracks originally released on the vinyl but also the rarely heard third movement featuring Keszler plus Mori on prepared piano, making this CD the most complete-in-one-place edition of Oxtirn available.

MUSICIANS: ELI KESZLER / ASHLEY PAUL / ANDREW FENLON / SAKIKO MORI /

2010

Mastered at Hospital Audio.

All music and installations (rel 001 publishing)

Manufactured in the USA by ESP-Disk'

The artists alone decide...

© & ℗ 2010 ESP Disk' Ltd.
2010
LP

© & ℗ 2010 ESP Disk' Ltd.
(REL001 Publishing)

Limited edition of 300 copies, pressed on 180 gram vinyl; includes a hand silk-screened poster with original artwork by Eli Keszler.

Copies ordered through the label's website include a digital release of the album.


New CD ESP 4062 Sun Ra - The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Box Set

Together for the first time, ESP-Disk’ is proud to present all three volumes of “The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra” in a gorgeous digipack fold out box set. Originally released as two volumes in 1966, and with a third volume uncovered in 2005, the landmark sessions recorded by Richard Alderson on April 20th and November 16, 1965, have been hailed as a “...masterpiece of free jazz”. To further delve into the Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra and his Orkestra, each enhanced disc in the set contains archival photos, critical writings and historical videos including the 18 minute documentary Sun Ra “Spaceways”.

Personnel

Pat Patrick: baritone, percussion
John Gilmore: tenor, tympani
Marshall Allen: picolo, alto, bells, spiral cymbal
Ronnie Boykins: bass
Teddy Nance: trombone
Jimhmi Johnson: percussion, tympani
Robert Cummings: bass clarinet, wood blocks
Chris Capers: trumpet
Bernard Pettaway: bass trombone
Danny Davis: alto flute
Sun Ra: bass marimba, electronic celeste, piano, tympani, clavoline, tuned bongos
Walter Miller: trumpet
Ronnie Boykins: bass
Roger Blank: drums, percussion

Track Listing

Heliocentric Worlds, Vol. I

1. Heliocentric
4:17
2. Outer Nothingness
7:38
3. Other Worlds
4:35
4. The Cosmos
7:30
5. Oh Heavenly Things
5:44
6. Nebulae
3:19
7. Dancing In The Sun
1:56

Heliocentric Worlds, Vol. II

1. The Sun Myth
2. A House Of Beauty
3. Cosmic Chaos

Heliocentric Worlds, Vol. III

1. Intercosmosis
17:03
2. Mythology Metamorphosis
4:15
3. Heliocentric Worlds
4:16
4. World Worlds
5:07
5. Interplanetary Travelers
5:06

Press Quotes

"These three Sun Ra albums rank among the most valuable pearls in the ESP-Disk catalog." Derek Taylor, Dusted

"The Arkestra did use improvisation as their main compositional tool, but Ra’s hand can be glimpsed in the restrained use of such strange sound combinations. The Arkestra is certainly exploring, but they are being guided. And where they end up makes for one of Sun Ra’s best recordings." Matthew Wuethrich, All About Jazz

"[Sun Ra] wished to re-create the roars and the silences of the cosmos. And, in Heliocentric Worlds, he forged an original style intended to do just that." Adam Shantz, Slate

"In its time, the music of Heliocentric Worlds was truly groundbreaking and influential, not just in the realms of jazz, but in other genres as well. Students of film music will hear some of the ideas that Ra developed cropping up later in some of the science fiction film scores of the late 60's and early 70's, and of course, Ra's outer space explorations inspired the psychedelic era artists to push the boundaries of rock into more free form and experimental directions, giving birth to that thing we call space rock." Jeff Fitzgerald, Aural Innovations #31
2010

Comes in 6-panel Digipak.

Volume One: RLA Sound Studios, NYC, April 20, 1965
Volume Two & Three: RLA Sound Studios, NYC, November 16, 1965.

ESP 4063 Joe Morris– Camera


Cello– Junko Fujiwara Simons
Drums– Luther Gray
Guitar– Joe Morris
Violin– Katt Hernandez

1. Person In A Place 9:39
2. Street Scene 7:29
3. Angle Of Incidence 6:45
4. Evocative Shadow 8:05
5. Patterns On Faces 8:48
6. Reflected Object 9:43


Notes

The great improvising guitarist, Joe Morris, returns with Luther Gray on drums and adds the masterful string section of Katt Hernandez on violin and Junko Fujiwara Simons on cello for his follow up to 2009's ESP 4056 Colorfield. Drawing inspiration from the assembly of tones in film and photography, Morris leads his quartet in stopping time to highlight the value and unpredictable sensation that each moment offers and the pleasure in exploring the layers of experience and form contained within them. "As improvising musicians we function somewhat like a camera, displaying the moment in sound." Joe Morris, July 2010

Press Quotes

"[Joe Morris is] one of the most profound improvisors at work in the U.S." Will Montgomery, The Wire

". . . the most exciting and original jazz plucker to emerge in the last decade." John Corbett, Downbeat

“A student of Joe Manieri, Katt [Hernandez] plays in a style that flies through the valley separating new music and free jazz, like a hive of cunning bees. Great inventions." Bryon Coley and Thurston Moore, Arthur No. 32

“[Katt Hernandez] is a master of microtonal music” Gordon Marshall, All About Jazz

MUSICIANS: JOE MORRIS / LUTHER GRAY / KATT HERNANDEZ / JUNKO FUJIWARA SIMONS

2010

". . . As improvising musicians we function somewhat like a camera, displaying the moment in sound. Joe Morris, July 2010" - inside cover

Recorded at Phillips Academy Andover, Massachusetts April 3, 2010

Packaged in a Digipak.

ESP 4066 Frank Lowe - The Loweski

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.

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

Recorded 1973, New York City.

Manufactured in the USA by ESP-Disk’

ESP 4068 Frank Wright - Blues For Albert Ayler

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!.

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


Press Quotes

"It's pure, nakedly emotional music. " 

--Ed Hazell, Jazziz

2011

Recorded Live July 17th, 1974 - Ali's Alley - New York City

Digipak version.
2012?

Recorded Live July 17th, 1974 - Ali's Alley - New York City

Digipak version.

ESP 4069 Pharoah Sanders - In The Beginning: 1963-1964

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.

on 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



























































































Press Quotes

"Sanders sounds natural...maneuvering with agility and purpose, gamely sparring with Bley's Ivories and Motian's crisp cymbal patterns " 

"These sets [with Sun Ra]...are the only known recordings from Sanders' brief tenure with Sun Ra, revealing a match made in heaven (or perhaps Saturn?)... "  

-- Scott Verrastro, Jazziz

                                                               

"Pharoah Sanders fans are advised to pick up this intriguing compilation."

-- Scott Yanow, Los Angeles Jazz Scene 

2012

Tracks 2-3 and 2-4 were originally issued on Pharoah Sanders - Pharaoh.

Tracks 3-4 to 4-7 were originally issued on The Sun Ra Arkestra - Sun Ra And His Arkestra Featuring Pharoah Sanders And Black Harold.

ESP-4070 Charles Gayle - Look Up

For his first release for ESP-Disk, we present a 1994, HIGH ENERGY performance of Charles Gaylerecorded live in Santa Barbara, California playing total FIRE MUSIC. The unique complementarynuance of the group brings forth (5) incredible performances featuring Charles playing tenor sax, bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Michael Wimberly. Liner notes are written by journalist Russ Musto.


Personnel

Charles Gayle: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet & vocals
Michael Bisio
: double-bass
Michael Wimberley: drums


Track Listing

Alpha
Homage To Albert Ayler
I Remember Eric Dolphy
In The Name Of The Father
The Book of Revelation

Press Quotes

 "Charles Gayle‘s music is breathtaking... This album is one of the stronger entries in his discography—the fact that the tape took 18 years to emerge says nothing about its quality. Highly recommended."

--Phil Freeman, Burning Ambulance


"Look Up shows that it didn’t matter where Gayle played and who he played with, he performs as the living, high priest of guttural jazz. Few, if any, can preach this kind of gospel with this much vigor and personal investment."

--S. Victor Aaron, Something Else!

 

"Gayle plays with conviction to spare."

"Reactionary sentiments aside, this disc is inspired."

--Mike Shanley, JazzTimes

MUSICIANS: CHARLES GAYLE / MICHAEL BISIO / MICHAEL WIMBERLEY

2012

Recorded live in Santa Barbara, California, 9-19-94.

Digipak.

ESP-4071 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown - We're Live

Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown - We're Live

We are proud and honored to present this previously unreleased album by Oscar Brown, Jr., one of the great singers and songwriters of our time and, like ESP-Disk', a rebel. After fame and major-label releases in the '60s, his anti-government stances got him blacklisted, resulting in only two albums in the last three decades of his life. Now, with the release of this concert performance, you can make that three albums, and hear songs not available anywhere else, swinging songs of an elder contemplating his mortality with wisdom and wit and a keen sense of the history of jazz and blues.

Personnel

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Oscar Brown Jr.: vocals
Maggie Brown: vocals
Miguel de la Cerna: piano
Yosef Ben Israel: double-bass
Avreeyal Ra: Drums
Africa Pace Brown: vocals


Track Listing

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1. Introductions 0:43
2. Young Jazz 4:51
3. Bird to Word - Billie Brown's Bounce 6:22
4. Bird Chase 4:06
5. Midnight (On This Beach) 6:25
6. A Tree and Me 5:07
7. All Blues Medley 9:14
8. Strongman 5:40
9. Insight 6:01
10. When Malindy Sings 4:34
11. All Over (Ode Owed Youth) 7:30
12. My Little Maggie 3:32
13. Brown Baby 3:49
14. Old Lover's Song 4:53



ESP 4072 Albert Ayler Story

Albert Ayler, one of the most controversial and polarizing musicians in the history of jazz, was accused of not being able to play his instrument, so radically did he reboot the whole idea of jazz saxophone and jazz improvisation. This set chronologically examines his career with music and artist interviews explaining what took place during historically important recording sessions and concerts. The many musical recordings here include, among other sources, at least one track from each of Ayler's ESP-Disk' albums.

Press Quotes:

"Ayler has probably, next to Coltrane and Cecil Taylor, held the most sway on the direction of improvisation from a "thematic" or "phrase-based" approach to that of a purely sonic one." - Clifford Allen, All About Jazzbert

"A Salvation Army band on LSD." – Dan Morgenstern, Down Beat

"Tonally, Albert's horn was the closest a saxophone ever came to resembling the soaring feedback of psychedelic guitarists Jimi Hendrix or John Cippolina of Quicksilver Messenger Service and brings to mind pure electronic sound waves as produced by the Theremin." – John Kruth, Signal to Noise

Track Listing:

1. Albert Ayler: Early Childhood/The Army 1960, Part 1
2. "Tenderly" - U.S. Army 76th Adjutant General's Band
3. Albert Ayler: The Army 1960, Part 2/Sweden 1962, Part 1
4. "Summertime" - Herbert Katz Quintet
5. Albert Ayler: Sweden, Part 2
6. Sunny Murray: Europe 1962/Cecil Taylor, Part 1
7. "Four": Albert Ayler solo section - Cecil Taylor Quintet
8. Sunny Murray: Cecil Taylor, Part 2
9. Albert Ayler: Playing with the Candy Greene Band 1962
10. Bernard Stollman: The Cellar Café 6-14-64
11. "Spirits" - Albert Ayler Trio
12. Bernard Stollman: Meeting Albert Ayler/Spiritual Unity
13. "Ghosts (First Variation)" - Albert Ayler Trio
14. Bernard Stollman: Spiritual Unity, Part 2
15. Albert Ayler: After the Spiritual Unity recording
16. Milford Graves: The New Black Music
17. Milford Graves: Bernard Stollman and ESP-Disk’
18. Bernard Stollman: Michael Snow/Film: Walking Woman
19. "I.T.T." - Albert Ayler Sextet
20. Sunny Murray: Explains the film Walking Woman
21. Don Cherry: Meeting Albert Ayler
22. Albert Ayler: Ollie Vestegard/Denmark 9-30-64
23. "Vibrations" - Albert Ayler Quartet
24. Albert Ayler: John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy
25. "Ghosts" - Albert Ayler Quartet
26. Don Cherry: Seeing Albert Ayler in 1964
27. Bernard Stollman: Meeting Don Cherry and Albert Ayler
28. Albert Ayler: Sympathy for Sunny Murray
29. Milford Graves: Hanging out with Albert
30. Albert Ayler: Adding His Brother Donald to the Group
31. Bernard Stollman: The Town Hall Concert/Bells, Part 1
32. "Bells" (excerpt) - Albert Ayler Quintet
33. Bernard Stollman: Bells, Part 2
34. Milford Graves: The Town Hall Concert
35. Bernard Stollman: Spirits Rejoice, Part 1
36. "Spirits Rejoice" - Albert Ayler Septet
37. Bernard Stollman: Spirits Rejoice, Part 2/Play a Short Tune
38. "Holy Family" - Albert Ayler Septet
39. Bernard Stollman: Spirits Rejoice, Part 3
40. Bernard Stollman: Albert Ayler Introduces Patty Waters
41. Bernard Stollman: Albert Ayler Live at Slug’s Saloon
42. "Truth Is Marching In" - Albert Ayler Quintet
43. Burton Greene: Albert Ayler Playing with Burton Greene
44. untitled - Burton Greene Collective
45. Burton Greene: Albert Ayler Playing with Burton Greene 2
46. Milford Graves: Albert’s Sound
47. Albert Ayler: Playing in Clubs
48. Sunny Murray: Musicians and Magic
49. Albert Ayler: Music and the Creator
50. Albert Ayler: Performing with John Coltrane/Drummers
51. "Zion Hill" - Albert Ayler Quintet plus Frank Wright
52. Andrew Cyrille: Being Possessed by the Music
53. Albert Ayler: Michel Sampson and Bill Folwell
54. Burton Greene: Ayler Live at Newport/George Wein
55. "Our Prayer" - Albert Ayler Quintet
56. Albert Ayler: The Passing of John Coltrane
57. "Love Cry/Truth Is Marching In/Our Prayer" - Albert Ayler
58. Albert Ayler: Signing with Impulse Records
59. Bernard Stollman: The Fondation Maeght Concert, Part 1
60. "Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe" - Albert Ayler
61. Bernard Stollman: The Fondation Maeght Concert, Part 2
62. Albert Ayler: The Fondation Maeght Concert
63. Bernard Stollman: The Fondation Maeght Concert, Part 3
64. Sunny Murray: Condolences for Albert Ayler
65. Milford Graves: What He Misses About Albert Ayler
66. Don Cherry: Condolences for Albert Ayler
67. "Vibrations" AKA [tune Q]2- Albert Ayler Quartet
68. "End Theme: Spirits" - Albert Ayler Quartet


New CD ESP 4073 Bud Powell - Birdland 1953


Bud Powell ranks as one of the most influential pianists in jazz history, his style having provided the template for innum erable bebop pianists who followed in his wake. This newly compiled and mastered three-CD set captures Powell at his peak on his home turf at the famed Birdland club, recorded onsite (these are not "air checks" taped from radio), and mostly working with top-notch sidemen such as Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, Roy Haynes, and Art Taylor, along with guest appearances by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Producer Michael D. Anderson fixed pitch problems and personnel listings that have plagued previous versions of some of this material from the collection of Boris Rose as issued on other labels.


From Russ Musto's booklet essay: "Powell biographer Peter Pullman noted, in his carefully researched volume Wail: The Life of Bud Powell, that 1953 was 'the busiest year of Powell’s career.' After having spent more than sixteen months in various mental institutions, where he was subjected to electroshock therapy, the great pianist was finally released early in that year. Declared 'incompetent' by the state of New York, he was placed under the supervision of Oscar Goodstein, his personal manager and the manager of Birdland, who booked 'Powell to play for twenty weeks at the club,' according to Pullman. The regular work that the pianist had during the year allowed him to regain much of the virtuoso technique that had often eluded him after repeated nervous breakdowns; on good nights (several of which are documented here) he once again proved that he was indeed 'The Amazing Bud Powell.'"

BUD POWELL: BIRDLAND 1953

DISC 1

February 7, 1953 – THE BUD POWELL TRIO
Oscar Pettiford, bass; Roy Haynes, drums

1. Theme: Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing) / Announcer Introduction
2. Tea for Two (Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar)
3. It Could Happen to You (Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen)
4. Bean and the Boys (Coleman Hawkins); previously listed as "Lover Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg & Oscar Hammerstein II)

February 14, 1953 – THE BUD POWELL TRIO
Oscar Pettiford, bass; Roy Haynes, drums


5. Theme: Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing)
6. I Want to Be Happy (Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar)
7. Embraceable You (George & Ira Gershwin)
8. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)
9. Ornithology (Charlie Parker & Benny Harris)
10. Theme: Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing)

March 7, 1953 – THE BUD POWELL TRIO
Franklin Skeetes, bass; Sonny Payne, drums


11. Theme: Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing)
12. Hallelujah! (Clifford Grey/Leo Robin/Vincent Youmans)
13. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)
14. Embraceable You (George & Ira Gershwin)
15. How High the Moon (Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton) / Ornithology (Charlie Parker& Benny Harris)
16. Budo (Miles Davis & Bud Powell)

DISC 2

March 14, 1953 – THE BUD POWELL TRIO
Charles Mingus, bass; Roy Haynes, drums


1. I Want to Be Happy (Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar)
2. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)
3. Sure Thing (George & Ira Gershwin)
4. Embraceable You (George & Ira Gershwin)
5. Woody'n You (John Birks Gillespie)
6. Salt Peanuts (John Birks Gillespie & Kenny Clarke)
7. Theme: Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing)

Possibly May 16, 1953 – THE BUD POWELL TRIO WITH DIZZY GILLESPIE
Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Charles Mingus, bass; Roy Haynes, drums


8. Woody'n You (John Birks Gillespie)
9. Salt Peanuts (John Birks Gillespie & Kenny Clarke)


Possibly May 23, 1953 – THE BUD POWELL TRIO WITH CHARLIE PARKER
Charlie Parker, alto saxophone; Charles Mingus, bass; Art Taylor, drums


10. Dance of the Infidels (Bud Powell)

May 30, 1953 A – THE BUD POWELL TRIO
Charles Mingus, bass; Art Taylor, drums


11. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)
12. Autumn in New York (Vernon Duke)
13. I Want to Be Happy (Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar)

May 30, 1953-B – THE BUD POWELL TRIO WITH CHARLIE PARKER AND CANDIDO
Charlie Parker, alto saxophone; Charles Mingus, bass; Art Taylor, drums; Candido, congas


14. Moose the Mooche (Charlie Parker)
15. Cheryl (Charlie Parker)

June 20, 1953 – THE BUD POWELL TRIO
Charles Mingus, bass; Art Taylor, drums


16. Budo (Miles Davis & Bud Powell)
17. My Heart Stood Still (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart)

DISC 3

July 11, 1953 – THE BUD POWELL TRIO
Charles Mingus, bass; Art Taylor, drums


1. Dance of the Infidels (Bud Powell)

August 29, 1953 – THE BUD POWELL TRIO
Charles Mingus, bass; Art Taylor, drums


2. Dance of the Infidels (Bud Powell)

September 5, 1953– THE BUD POWELL TRIO
George Duvivier, bass; Art Taylor, drums

3. Un Poco Loco (Bud Powell)
4. Parisian Thoroughfare (Bud Powell)
5. Dance of the Infidels (Bud Powell)
6. Glass Enclosure (Bud Powell)
7. My Heart Stood Still (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart)

September 19, 1953 – THE BUD POWELL TRIO
George Duvivier, bass; Art Taylor, drums

8. Parisian Thoroughfare (Bud Powell)
9. Dance of the Infidels (Bud Powell)
10. Un Poco Loco (Bud Powell)
11. Oblivion (Bud Powell)

September 26, 1953 – THE BUD POWELL TRIO
Curley Russell, bass; Art Taylor, drums


12. Parisian Thoroughfare (Bud Powell)
13. Dance of the Infidels (Bud Powell)
14. Embraceable You (George & Ira Gershwin)
15. Un Poco Loco (Bud Powell)
16. Oblivion (Bud Powell)

Press Quotes

"...arguably the largest pianistic influence to appear after the war….As a soloist, Powell owned a superhuman technique that allowed him percussively to pop syncopated accents out of long lines of eighth notes, often at blindingly fast tempos. By doing so, he was able to deliver jazz's characteristic accenting, its rhythmic DNA, into a more complex musical universe; rhythmic patterns that might have appeared 10 years earlier as big-band riffs showed up in Powell's work as the accented notes in long, serpentine melodic lines." – Tom Piazza, The New York Times
2013

Track 1-4 previously listed as "Lover Come Back To Me".


ESP 4065 Talibam! - Cosmoplitude

Kevin Shea: drums, spds, voice

Matt Mottel: synthesizers, voice


1. Cruisin' the Cookie Isle
2. Cosmic Attitude

 ONLY SEVEN COPIES LEFT! Cosmoplitude is a sexy, ultra-limited-edition 45rpm 7" single co-released by ESP Disk' and Electric Cowbell Records. This historic album not only marks Talibam's first-ever single and 20th record, but also ESP's first single since the '70s.

Side A's 'Cruisin the Cooke Isle' and side B's 'Cosmic Attidude' are ready for DJ spins on Milano fashion runways, in Brooklyn punk basements, or at hot tub parties from Vegas to Tibet... Ka-ching + Ohm = KA-BONE!

Cosmoplitude is a transcendent, compassionate cosmic attitude emanating from and permeating through everything -- space/places/animals/stimuli/desires/gut feelings. If you can catch on to the cosmop, the obstacle course of notated expectations, shifting brightness and energy standards, daily costume changes, uber-media-mind-chip commentary, and cultural/political flux will all suddenly transform into an inspired/extinguished altered state of disjointed iconic impressions giving birth to positive urban countenance and lavish peace.

Talibam's Cosmoplitude will improve your own personal cosmoplitude, GUARANTEED.

Co-release by ESP-Disk' & Electric Cowbell Records


Personnel

Kevin Shea: drums, spds, voice

Matt Mottel: synthesizers, voice


Track Listing

1.Cruisin' the Cookie Isle
2.Cosmic Attitude


Press Quotes

"Talibam! venture up and down every block of jazz’s past, present, and future, dragging out every inspirational sound to repurpose as their own. " Justin Spicer

"...a brain-rattling demolition of the entire avant lesson plan, as those with a more academic criteria might be inclined to teach it. " - Mike Lupica, Dusted Reviews

"Ornette Coleman playing on Soft Machine's Fourth in hell... Talibam!'s brand of shitstorm skronk is grounded in more intelligent thought and dynamic group exchange than many of the more hyped transmissions from the contemporary American 'noise' underground." - Tiny Mix Tapes Dot Com

"Mottel is like Keith Emerson on a serious PCP bender, spitting out thick snarling sheets of synth buzz, spraying it like machine gun fire, melodies are tangled and complicated little knots hurled into the fray like cannonballs made out of steel string and roof nails. The sax is all over the place, adding tonal color, mad squawking, chittering chirps and deep fuzzy moans, this is a massive chaotic free for all.- Aquarius Records

"Gonzo jazz rock fusion at its most inspired." - Paris Transatlantic


MUSICIANS: KEVIN SHEA / MATT MOTTEL

2010

7", 45 RPM

ESP 4078 Masahiro Shimba, Bill Laswell – Risurrezione - Dubopera

1 Nessun Dorma (None Shall Sleep) 4:07
2 Con Te Partirò (Time To Say Goodbye) 3:41
3 La Traviata (The Fallen Woman) 4:27
4 Funiculì, Funiculà 3:20
5 Moon (Over The Ruined Castle - Kōjō No Tsuki) 4:28
6 Traviata Dub 7:18
7 Risurrezione Dub 8:13
8 Tonight 3:27
9 Pagliacci Dub 6:03
10 Risurrezione (Resurrection

バーコードとその他の識別子


CD



ESP 4111 Various Artists - ESP New Artist Sampler 2008

1.

Lindha Kallerahl - Beautiful Love

ESP 4041
2. Yuganaut - Time Cycle ESP 4044
3. Totem - Hephaestus' Wrath ESP 4046
4. Speed, Cheek & Leibovici - Jugendstil ESP 4048
5. Yximalloo - big man ESP 4047
6. Yximalloo - sex and sushi #1 ESP 4047
7. Barnacled - Language Barrier ESP 4049