Archive: October, 2006

day & taxi / less and more

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

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DAY & TAXI ” less and more” unit UTR 4121 CD

Christoph Gallio: soprano & altosaxophone
Dominique Girod: bass
Dieter Ulrich: drums

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brö b

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

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Peter Brötzmann & Han Bennink
Total Music Meeting 1977, Berlin
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Peter Brötzmann: alto & tenor saxophones, clarinets, piano
Han Bennink: drums, toys, mouth-organ, megaphone, banjo, fiddle, singing-saw, trombone, soprano and c-melody sax, piano. recorded november 1977, Berlin

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emanem

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006


Emanem is an independent record label based in London UK specialising in free improvised music. The label was founded in 1974 by Martin and Madelaine Davidson.

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esp

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

annie whitehead

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

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Annie Whitehead was born in Oldham, Lancashire, the heart of brass band country. She learnt trombone at school and by the age of fourteen was already busy playing with brass bands, local dance groups and the Manchester Youth Jazz Orchestra. At sixteen, she started her professional career with Ivy Benson’s legendary All Girls Orchestra, and spent the next two years playing summer sessions and touring Europe with that band. She settled for a while in Jersey where, inspired by the music of Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus and Wayne Henderson, she began to develop her own style.

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john blum

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

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John Blum, born 1968 in New York City, pianist/composer has performed as a group leader and soloist for the past ten years.

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kahn jamal

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

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Photo: Peter Gannushkin / downtownmusic.net

Kahn Jamal was born July, 23, 1946. A very talented vibraphonist, Khan Jamal took up the vibes in 1964 and worked early on with the Cosmic Forces and with Byard Lancaster. After further study, Jamal played with Sunny Murray in the late ’70s and in the 1980s with Ronald Shannon Jackson’s Decoding Society, the bands of Joe Bonner and Billy Bang and his own groups.

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