ESP 4000 Ellis Marsalis / Ruminations In New York

2004

A Striking solo piano album from the renowned New Orleans pianist, Ellis Marsalis began his musical career as a tenor saxophonist, switching to piano while in high school. During the late '50s, Ellis trod the lonely road of modernist jazz in New Orleans (with drummer Ed Blackwell), recorded with Cannonball and Nat Adderley in the '60s and between 1967 and 1970, played the piano in trumpeter Al Hirt's band. Since 1989, Ellis has been the director of the jazz studies program at the University of New Orleans.

All compositions by Elilis Marsalis, Branwynn Music (ASCAP)

Recorded at Kaufman Astoria Studios, New York City, NY. on May 29, 2003.

DVD-A version recorded in Sonature 5.1 surround sound.

A Striking solo piano album from the renowned new orleans pianist.

Ellis Marsalis began his musical career as a tenor saxophonist, switching to piano while in high school. During the late '50s, Ellis trod the lonely road of modernist jazz in new orleans (with drummer ed blackwell), recorded with cannonball and nat adderley in the '60s and between 1967 and 1970, played the piano in trumpeter Al Hirt's band. Since 1989, ellis has been the director of the jazz studies program at the university of new orleans.

Personnel

Ellis Marsalis (solo piano)

Press Quotes

"When the attraction new players find in older bop has become a live topic, it's even nicer to hear a veteran play this music of pretty well his boyhood, relaxed even more than restrained, making a lovely sound on the piano and finally saying how good he feels in the encore-like "Zee Blues": a laughing walking bass all the way to the playful way he finds of ending.." - Robert Calder

MUSICIANS: ELLIS MARSALIS

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When Ayler's band went through Customs in July 1970 on their way to play at a festival in France, keyboardist Call Cobbs got held back and arrived a day late. Minus the keyboards, the band played anyway. The music-making of the resulting ensemble is freer and more adventurous than on the quintet's following Maeght Foundation concerts. This unique document, Ayler's penultimate recording, thus brings him back to something close to the trio setting in which he first found fame on 1964's epochal Spiritual Unity (though, on Live on the Riviera, with Mary Maria adding occasional vocals and, once, another sax). Exactly four months later, Ayler's body would be found in the East River.

ESP-Disk's 50th Anniversary Remaster brings the seminal free-jazz saxophonist's last unfetteredblast of expression back into print after several years out of the catalog.

When Ayler's band went through Customs in July 1970 on their way to play at a festival in France, keyboardist Call Cobbs got held back and arrived a day late. Minus the keyboards, the band played anyway. The music-making of the resulting ensemble is freer and more adventurous than on the quintet's following Maeght Foundation concerts. This unique document, Ayler's penultimate recording, thus brings him back to something close to the trio setting in which he first found fame on 1964's epochal Spiritual Unity (though, on Live on the Riviera, with Mary Maria adding occasional vocals and, once, another sax). Exactly four months later, Ayler's body would be found in the East River.

ESP-Disk's 50th Anniversary Remaster brings the seminal free-jazz saxophonist's last unfettered blast of expression back into print after several years out of the catalog.

Albert Ayler: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, musette, vocal
Allen Blairman: drums
Steve Tintweiss: double bass
Mary Maria [Mary Parks]: vocal, soprano saxophone

1.Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe7:472.Birth of Mirth10:383.Masonic Inborn7:184.Oh! Love of Life9:315.Island Harvest5:016.Heart Love5:247:Ghosts10:53

Tracks 1, 4-5 by Mary Parks, Pak Music (ASCAP) Tracks 2-3, 6-7 by Albert Ayler, Syndicore Music (BMI)

7.6 rating "The bouncy 'The Birth of Mirth' shows that Ayler was writing great themes all the way to end." – Mark Richardson, Pitchfork.com

"...in Ayler's playing there is pain and sadness as well as joy and playfulness. His tenor plunges the depths of human emotions. And that's not being overdramatic—there are plenty of superb recordings that capture this. Live on the Riviera is merely the latest to do so." - James Taylor

"Ayler himself is in excellent form throughout, best on the playful "Birth of Mirth" and his theme song, "Ghosts." Bassist Steve Tintweiss and drummer Allen Blairman work well with Ayler, making one regret that this group did not last longer and record a full set as a trio." - Scott Yanow

Heliocentric Worlds volume 3 is the continuation of the Heliocentric Worlds volume 2 session, recorded the same day and with the same personnel, that had been lost for nearly 40 years. Recently, the tapes were discovered, digitally remastered, and are now available for the first time. totally -unreleased studio material - continuation of the session hailed as a “...masterpiece of free jazz”.

Walter Miller (tp)
Robert Cummings (bcl)
Marshall Allen (as, fl, picc)
John Gilmore (ts)
Pat Patrick (bars, fl)
Sun Ra (clavioline, p, tuned bgo)
Ronnie Boykins (b)
Roger Blank (d, per)

Track Listing

1.Intercosmosis17:032.Mythology Metamorphosis4:153.Heliocentric Worlds4:164.World Worlds5:075.Interplanetary Travelers5:06

"The most notable track, 'Heliocentric Worlds', is primarily an atmospheric Ra piano solo over Roger Blank's inventive percussive overlay and Ronnie Boykins's steady bass pulsations." - The Wire

2005

Insert notes:
This previously unreleased recording is taken from the record session for Heliocentric Worlds Volume II, on November 16, 1965, at the RLA Studios in New York City. Lost for over 35 years, it has now been found by the Good Doctor, who brought it to ESP. Deterioration of a portion of the tape required the deletion of about one minute of music, but you won't notice it.

Title on front, back and spine: heliocentric worlds vol. 3
Title on inside left booklet: Heliocentric Worlds Volume III

Photos © Raymond Ross Photography, New York City

All compositions © 2005 by Syndicore Music (BMI)
All works ℗ & © 2005 by esp-disk', ltd

Manufactured in the USA by esp-disk'

ESP 4003 Pearls Before Swine / The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings

Tom Rapp: vocals, guitar
Lane Lederer: guitar, bass guitar
Wayne Harley: banjo, background vocals
Jim Bohannon: piano, clavinet, organ, marimba

additional personnel:
Al Shackman: guitar
Joe Farrell: flute, English horn
Lee Crabtree: flute, piano, organ
Bill Salter: double bass

1.	Another Time	3:05
2.	Playmate	2:21
3.	Ballad To An Amber Lady	5:15
4.	(Oh Dear) Miss Morse	1:56
5.	Drop Out!	4:06
6.	Morning Song	4:08
7.	Regions Of May	3:29
8.	Uncle John	2:56
9.	I Shall Not Care	5:22
10.	The Surrealist Waltz	3:31
11.	Trumpeter Landfrey	0:36
12.	Translucent Carriages	4:03
13.	Images Of April	2:43
14.	There Was A Man	2:58
15.	I Saw The World	3:26
16.	Guardian Angels	3:04
17.	Suzanne	4:59
18.	Lepers And Roses	5:22
19.	Florence Nightingale	0:18
20.	Ring Thing	3:31

All tracks (Syndicore Music BMI) except track 2 (Anne-Rachel Music ASCAP), track 17 (Suzanne, C Project Seven Music) and tracks 11 and 19 (ESP Disk' Ltd. BMI).

2005

Jewel box with 16 page booklet.
Originally released as ESP 1054 (tracks 1 to 10) and ESP 1075 (tracks 11 to 20).
Recorded May 6-9, 1967 (tracks 1 to 10) and 1968 (tracks 11 to 20).
Track 2 Anne Rachel Music (ASCAP); track 17 C Project Seven Music.
Cover painting is a detail from Garden Of Earthly Delights (Tuin Der Lusten) by Hieronymus Bosch.
Painting from Balaklava is a detail from The Triumph Of Death (De Triomf Van De Dood) by Pieter Breugel sr.
Both paintings are kept in Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain.
Reissue production, engineering, editing and mastering:
Joe Phillips, WildCat Recording USA, Massena, NY
℗ & © 2005 esp-disk', ltd.
Manufactured in the USA.

ESP 4005 Sun Ra / Heliocentric Worlds, Vol. 1&2

Heliocentric Worlds, Volume One
Chris Capers (tp)
Teddy Nance (tb)
Bernard Pettaway (btb)
Marshall Allen (picc, as, bells, spiral cymb)
Danny Davis (fl, as)
Robert Cummings (bcl, woodblocks)
John Gilmore (ts, timp)
Pat Patrick (bars, per)
Sun Ra (p, bmar, el-cel, timp)
Ronnie Boykins (b)
Jimmy Johnson (d, per, timp)

Heliocentric Worlds, Volume Two
Walter Miller (tp)
Robert Cummings (bcl)
Marshall Allen (as, fl, picc)
John Gilmore (ts) Pat Patrick (bars, fl)
Sun Ra (clavioline, p, tuned bgo)
Ronnie Boykins (b) Roger Blank (d, per)

1.	Heliocentric
2.	Outer Nothingness
3.	Other Worlds
4.	The Cosmos
5.	Oh Heavenly Things
6.	Nebulae
7.	Dancing In The Sun
8.	The Sun Myth
9.	A House Of Beauty
10.	Cosmic Chaos

Heliocentric Worlds, Volume One:RLA Sound Studios, NYC, April 20, 1965
Heliocentric Worlds, Volume Two: RLA Sound Studios, NYC, November 16, 1965

ESP 4006 Albert Ayler / Bells/Prophecy

Bells:
Albert Ayler: tenor sax
Donald Ayler: trumpet
Charles Tyler: alto sax
Lewis Worrell: bass
Sunny Murray: drums

Prophecy:
Albert Ayler: tenor sax
Gary Peacock: bass
Sunny Murray: drums

1.	Spirits	7:53
2.	Wizard	8:24
3.	Ghosts: First Variation	11:18
4.	Prophecy	7:13
5.	Ghosts: Second Variation	7:06
6.	Bells	19:54

All compositions by Albert Ayler (2005 Syndicore Music BMI).

Albert Ayler's trio with Gary Peacock and Sonny Murray is best known for the July 10, 1964 recording of Spiritual Unity, the album that made both Albert and ESP-Disk' famous when it was released. A decade after that, ESP-Disk' also released, as Prophecy (ESP3030), the first documentation of the group, as recorded a month earlier by Canadian poet Paul Haines at a concert at a 91st Street club. These Cellar Café recordings are augmented here beyond the five cuts on the original Prophecy by including another six tracks from the same gig. (We use the more accurate titles found in their release in the Holy Ghost box set on Revenant rather than the fanciful titles on their first issue, as Albert Smiles with Sunny on the German label In Respect. Note also that "Wizard" on CD 1 and "The Wizard" on CD 2 are different compositions.)

1965 yielded Ayler treasures as well as his style shifted. The transitional Bells was just under 20 minutes, released originally as one side of a clear vinyl LP with the other side empty of music. It was recorded at a May 1 Town Hall concert of ESP artists, displaying Ayler's new group. Murray remained, Albert's brother Donald joined on trumpet, and Lewis Worrell held down the bass slot. The denser sound of "Bells" shows Ayler moving towards the bigger sonic statement made on Spirits Rejoice, his September 23, 1965 Judson Hall session. By the way, "Bells" as heard here is not, in fact, a single composition; rather, it is a medley moving from "Holy Ghost" to an unnamed theme and then into "Bells" proper. Bernard was so excited by "Bells" that it was released on one side of an LP without delaying to record additional music to fill the other side. "Bells" also happens to be the recorded debut of saxophonist Charles Tyler, who would go on to record for ESP as a leader (ESP1029, Charles Tyler Ensemble, and ESP1059, Eastern Man Alone).

1:1: Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone; Donald Ayler, trumpet; Charles Tyler, alto saxophone; Lewis Worrell, bass; Sunny Murray, drums. Recorded live at Town Hall, New York City, May 1, 1965.

1:2-6, 2:1-6: Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone; Gary Peacock, bass; Sunny Murray, percussion. Recorded live at Cellar Café, New York City, June 14, 1964. All compositions by Albert Ayler (Syndicore Music BMI).

"As a package, Bells and Prophecy make for a highly intense, utterly engaging, and even awe-inspiring listen." - Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

"...tenorman Albert 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 Jazz

ESP 4007 Frank Wright - The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings

Disc ONE
Frank Wright: tenor sax
Henry Grimes: bass
Tom Price: drums

Disc TWO
Frank Wright: tenor sax
Arthur Jones: alto Sax
Jacques Coursil: trumpet
Steve Tintweiss: bass
Muhammad Ali: drums

Disc One
1.	The Earth	7:52
2.	Jerry	12:10
3.	The Moon	14:56
4.	Bernard Stollman meets Frank Wright	1:03
5.	Recording	0:47
6.	The Voice of LIfe	1:03
7.	Playing with other musicians	1:45
8.	Bernard advises Frank on Europe	0:53
9.	Europe vs. America (part one)	3:05
10.	Europe vs. America (part two)	1:56
11.	Other Recordings, books, and more	2:52
12.	All is said	0:28
Disc Two
1.	The Lady	7:12
2.	Train Stop	7:44
3.	No End	7:10
4.	Fire of Spirits	12:56
5.	Your Prayer	16:10

All songs written by Frank Wright except "The Lady" written by Arthur Jones (2005 Syndicore Music BMI). All interviews, MDA Music, Inc.

ESP 4008 Pharoah Sanders / Pharoah's First Quintet

Pharoah Sanders: tenor saxophone
Stan Foster: trumpet
Jane Getz: piano
William Bennett: bass
Marvin Pattillo: percussion

1.	Seven by Seven	26:20
2.	Bethera	23:40
3.	Bernard Stollman meets Pharoah Sanders	0:57
4.	Coming to New York	0:28
5.	Meeting Sun Ra	1:23
6.	Meeting John Coltrane	2:11
7.	Comments on other musicians	1:51
8.	Playing with Don Cherry	2:15
9.	The Scene	1:18
10.	Why the music changes	2:11

All compositions by Pharaoh Sanders (2005 Syndicore Music BMI/Ferrell Sanders Music BMI). All interviews 2005 MDA Music, Inc.

Note: included in the CD box ESP4069

If we can learn to love, think and serve, the mind will become so powerful and co-ordinate that it will unerringly direct all other of our activities. Our calm enthusiasm will inevitably give us that slow, deep and powerful breathing which will finally become automatic with us. Let something else tell you what to do when you want something by some greater forces, by the senses of transcendental knowledge. Why worry over what's already created? Think about the beautiful of tomorrow. Think about what can better that which has already been created on this planet giving good example for others, for you are the key to the world and the world will learn from you. For those who do not know Him by his name there is no mystery. For those who sincerely need Him deep down in their souls and believe and believe and believe, this will serve as much to me inso much as to this planet. Thank you Creator of All.

The Beautiful of Tomorrow by Pharaoh Sanders

Personnel

Stan Foster (Trumpet)
Pharoah Sanders (Tenor Sax)
Jane Getz (Piano)
William Bennett (Bass)
Marvin Pattillo (Percussion)

Track Listing
1.Seven By Seven
2.Bethera

all compositions by Pharoah Sanders
Syndicore Music (BMI)

Credits

Recorded September 20th, 1964

MUSICIANS: STAN FOSTER / PHAROAH SANDERS / JANE GETZ / WILLIAM BENNETT / MARVIN PATTILLO

PURCHASE OPTIONS
Digital download	Choice of WAVs or MP3s
Long Playing	180 gram black vinyl. Jaclet uses the beautiful and mystical art from the second edition, with original liner notes by Sanders and new notes by saxophonist Ras Moshe Burnett. Free download if you buy it from our website.
Cassette Tape	Co-release with Personal Affair cassette label. Original art J-card, limited edition new art sleeve.

ESP 4011 Marion Brown

Alan Shorter (tp -1,2,4) Marion Brown (as) Bennie Maupin (ts -3) Reggie Johnson (b) Ronnie Boykins (b -1) Rashied Ali (d, per)

NYC, November, 1965

Capricorn Moon

27 Cooper Square

Exhibition

Mephistopheles

The first ESP album of the much discussed alto saxophonist who is strongly endorsed by Leroi Jones.

Personnel

Alan Shorter (tp -1,2)
Marion Brown (as)
Bennie Maupin (ts -3)
Reggie Johnson (b)
Ronnie Boykins (b -1)
Rashied Ali (d, per)

Track Listing

1.Capricorn Moon2.27 Cooper Square3.Exhibition

NYC, November, 1965

Press Quotes

"Alto saxophonist Marion Brown, a key member of the avant-garde jazz scene, first arrived in New York in 1965 where he landed his first session playing on John Coltrane's historic Ascension album. By the end of that same year Brown had already recorded this self-titled debut as front man on ESP-Disk, featuring Alan Shorter on trumpet and Ronnie Boykins on bass. His follow up album for ESP (Why Not?) came the following year, along with his critically acclaimed Three For Shepp on Impulse! (a response to Shepp's Four For Trane), which featured one side of his own compositions and one side of Shepp material. Brown is one of the most talented (if lesser known) players of the '60s jazz avant-garde and this historical release secures his place as one of the major voices in jazz." - Forced Exposure

History

LpLp, 156 5th Ave address on center labels, 180 Riverside Drive address on back cover.Lp, 1972 pressing, Acorn Hill Address.LpLp Base ReissueZYX CD Photos provided by www.totalshutdown.com

MUSICIANS: ALAN SHORTER / MARION BROWN / BENNIE MAUPIN / REGGIE JOHNSON / RONNIE BOYKINS / RASHIED ALI

ESP 4012 Sonny Simmons / The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings

Barbara Donald (tp -1,3,4) Sonny Simmons (as) John Hicks (p -1,3) Teddy Smith (b) Marvin Pattillo (per -1,3,4)

NYC, August 30, 1966

Metamorphosis

A Distant Voice

City Of David

Interplanetary Travelers

Barbara Donald (tp) Sonny Simmons (as) Burt Wilson (ts -4) Michael Cohen (p) Juney Booth (b) Jim Zitro (d)

NYC, December, 1966

Resolutions

Zarak's Symphony

Balladia

Dolphy's Days

Sonny Simmons (intv)
unknown location, date

Change From The 50's To The 60's

The Avant Garde

Fear Of Exposing The Music

Sonny On Barbara Donald, I

Barbara's Influences

Staying On The Watch

Sonny On Barbara Donald, II

The City Of David

Metamorphosis

Barbara On Her And Sonny's Children

The College Circuit

On Eric Dolphy, I

On Eric Dolphy, II

How They Treat Us

The West Coast

Musicians Need Work

The Music Industry

Learn Your Appliance

The "New Music"

Dennis Charles

Barbara On Slug's Saloon

Sonny's Contribution

** same contents as ESP-Disk' ESP 1030 + ESP 1043 + 22 bonus tracks.

The noted West Coast composer makes his ESP debut accompanied by his then wife, Barbara Donald, on trumpet, Teddy Smith on bass, John Hicks on piano, and Marvin Pattillo on percussion. Recorded in August 1966, Staying on the Watch is an important infusion of straight-ahead and avant jazz. Barbara Donald is a superb trumpeter who has made a stern contribution to the legacy of women performers and has been widely written about. Also, pianist John Hicks, who makes his New York debut on the record, went on to become one of the most prolific pianists in jazz.