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Dienstag, 3. März 2015

Harry Partch

the recordings of music as composed by Harry Partch

a discography compiled by H.Lukas Lindenmaier (Lukas died in February 2014, RIP)

ADDITION: The covers were added from the internet files. The copyright belongs to the people who issued them. (Michael Frohne)

Maybe there is somebody on this planet who can update this disco. It was done after our radio show on Radio Dreyeckland (with the help of Bernhard Brüchig - Thank you Benno!). I cannot remember the dates of broadcasts but it most be about 15 years ago.


1. chronological listing of recording sessions


00-0000A - TWO SETTINGS FROM LEWIS CARROLL

. . , unknown location: unidentified musicians and instrumentation.

a. O Frabjous Day! Bootleg-RIP-003
b. unknown title

Issues: Bootleg-RIP-000 (unidentified album, info from B.Brüchig)




00-0000B - YANKEE DOODLE FANTASY

. . , unknown location: unidentified musicians and instrumentation.

a. Yankee Doodle Fantasy Newport-Classics-NPD85526

Issues: Newport-Classics-NPD85526 (CD) as MICROTONAL PIANO; includes other material not related to Harry Partch's works. (info from B.Brüchig)



46-0000A - U.S.HIGHBALL

. .1946, University of Madison, Madison WI: Lee Hoiby kithara; Christine Charnstrom chromelodeon; Hulda Gieschen harmonic canon; William Wendlandt subjective voice; Harry Partch objective voice,adapted guitar.

a. U.S.Highball (Version B) GME-Recordings-#???

Issues: GME-Recordings privately issued by Warren E.Gilson, Madison WI
(1946)

Notes: -a. issued in 6 parts (three 12" 78-rpm-disks)


47-0000A - TEN SETTINGS OF LYRICS BY LI PO

. .1947, University of Madison, Madison WI: William Wendlandt intoning voice; Harry Partch intoning voice, adapted viola.

a. An Encounter In The Field Gate-5-#A
b. On Hearing The FLute At Lo-cheng Gate-5-#A
c. The Intruder Gate-5-#A NWR-NW-214
d. I Am A Peach Tree Gate-5-#A NWR-NW-214
e. With A Man Of Leisure
f. A Midnight Farewell Gate-5-#A NWR-NW-214
g. Before The Cask Of Wine Gate-5-#A NWR-NW-214
h. A Dream
i. On The Ship Of Spice-Wood
j. By The Great Wall

Issues: -a. - -j. complete in 4 parts (two 12" 78-rpm-disks) on
GME-Recordings-#???, privately issued by Warren E.Gilson, Madison WI
(1947)
Gate-5-#A (12" LP) as THIRTY YEARS OF LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC MUSIC.
New-World-Records-NW-214 as HARRY PARTCH / JOHN CAGE; also includes
Cage's "Music of Changes pts. 3+4"




50-0000A - THE MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH / PARTCH COMPOSITIONS

. .1950, Gualala CA: Harry Partch intoning voice; Ben Johnston intoning voice; Betty Johnston, Donald Pippin, Bill Snead unidentified instrumentation

a. Studies On Ancient Greek Scales Gate-5-#A Mode-CD18
b. The Rose Gate-5-#A NWR-NW-214
c. The Crane Gate-5-#A
d. The Wind Gate-5-#A NWR-NW-214
e. The Waterfall Gate-5-#A NWR-NW-214
f. The Letter 2:45 Gate-5-#B CRI-CRI-193
CRI-ACS-6001 CRI-CD-7000
g. The Street NWR-NW-214
h. Vanity Gate-5-#A
i. Lover
j. Soldiers - War - Another War
k. Cloud Chamber Music 3:45 Gate-5-#A CRI-CRI-193
CRI-ACS-6001
l. Dark Brother (Version B)

Issues: -a. - -l. issued in 10 parts on 5 12" 78-rpm-disks, on a non-for-profit basis by Lauriston C.Marshall, Berkeley CA (1951, reissued 1953)
Gate-5-#A (12" LP) as THIRTY YEARS OF LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC MUSIC.
Gate-5-#B (12" LP) as THE WAYWARD.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CRI-193 as FROM THE MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-ACS-6001 (cass) as MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CD-7000 (CD) as THE MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.
New-World-Records-NW-214 as HARRY PARTCH / JOHN CAGE; also includes
Cage's "Music of Changes pts. 3+4"
Mode-CD18 as NEWBAND; includes other recordings not related to Harry Partch's works.




53-0000A - PLECTRA AND PERCUSSION DANCES

. .1953, Sausalito CA: The Gate-5 Ensemble: Horace Schwartz cond; Richard Barnett; Ruita Churchill; Vincent Delgado; Robert Gafias; Henry Jarmillo; Lynn Ludlow; Harry Partch; Jerry Schimmel; Michele Slivka; Allen Smith; Marc Smith (unidentified instrumentation).

a. Castor And Pollux (complete) Gate-5-#4 CRI-CRI-193
14:15 CRI-ACS-6001 CRI-CD-7000
aa. Castor And Pollux Gate-5-#1
(excerpts, missing sections 2,3)
b. Ring Around The Moon Gate-5-#1 Gate-5-#4
(complete, Lynn Ludlow voice)
c. Even Wild Horses Gate-5-unissued
(complete)
ca. Even Wild Horses Gate-5-#1
(edition 1, missing act 3 scene 1,
Allan Louw voice)
cb. Even Wild Horses Gate-5-#4
(edition 2, missing act 1 scene 2,
Allan Louw voice)


Issues: Gate-5-#1 (12"LP) originally (1953) released as a
Harry-Partch-Trust-Fund-Edition.
Gate-5-#4 (12" LP) = Gate-5-#C, both as PLECTRA AND
PERCUSSION DANCES "SECOND EDITION".
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CRI-193 as FROM THE MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-ACS-6001 (cass) as MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CD-7000 (CD) as THE MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.



54-0000A - OEDIPUS

. .1954, Sausalito CA: The Gate-5 Ensemble: Jack Hohensee cond; Allan Low as Oedipus; Pierce Murphy as Chorus Spokesman; Sue Bell Starck as Jocaste; Harry Partch as Tiresia and Herdsman; Edward Bode as Priest; John King as Creon; Larry Dukore as Chorus; Ralph Cook as Corinthian Stranger; Gerd Stern as Messenger; Elizabeth Foster solo soprano voice; Barbara Hyde, Ginger McFadden, Joanna Nakamura, Mary Whittier, Pat Wright complement woman's voices.
Peter Divdeo, Julian Spear, Mario Ganio clarinets; Ellen Odner adapted cello; James Lenhart adapted string bass; Harry Partch adapted viola, adapted guitar II; Mario Ganio, Emily Kirby harmonic canon; Jerry Schimmel kithara, adapted guitar III; Marc Smith chromelodeon I; Pam Loughborough chromelodeon sub-bass; William Buck chromelodeon III; Ted Lenhart cloud chamber bowls; Richard Barnett diamond marimba; Allen Smith, Gene Vittori, Robert Garfias bass marimba, marimba eroica.

a. Oedipus (Version B) Gate-5-#2
aa. Oedipus (Version B) Gate-5-#5
(excerpts)

Issues: Gate-5-#2 (2 12"LP) originally (1954) released as a
Harry-Partch-Trust-Fund-Edition.
Gate-5-#5 as OEDIPUS "SECOND EDITION" = Gate-5-#D as OEDIPUS.




57-0300A - THE BEWITCHED

.3.1957, University of Illinois, Chicago IL: (following the premiere performance on 26.3.1957) John Garvey cond; Freda Schell as The Witch; William Olson as Chorus Leader; William Olson marimba eroica; Warren Smith bass marimba; Thomas Gauger bamboo marimba; Michael Donzella spoils of war; George Andrix cloud chamber bowls; Danlee Mitchell diamond marimba; Jack McKenzie surrogate kithara, gongs; Georgia Mayer harmonic canon (Castor); Barbara Grammar harmonic canon (Pollux); Sanford Berry kithara (right); Jan Bach kithara (left); Warren Birkett clarinet; Joseph Firrantello bassclarinet; Charles DeLaney piccolo; Carol Zuckerberg koto; Peter Farrell cello; Herbert Bielawa chromelodeon.

a. The Bewitched (Version B) Gate-5-#3
CRC-CD-7000

aa. The Bewitched (Version B) Gate-5-#E
(edition 1)
- Prologue: The Lost Musicians Gate-5-#E
Mix Magic
- Scene 3: The Romancing Of Gate-5-#E
Pathological Liar Comes
To An Inspired End
- Scene 4: A Soul Tormented By Gate-5-#E
Contemporary Music Finds A
Humanizing Alchemy
- Scene 8: A Court In Its Own Gate-5-#E
Contempt Rises To A Motherly
Apotheosis
- Scene 10: The Cognoscenti Are Gate-5-#E
Plunged Into A Demonic Descent CRI-CRI-193 CRI-ACS-6001
While At Cocktails (into)
- Epilogue 9:15 Gate-5-#E
CRI-CRI-193 CRI-ACS-6001

Issues: Gate-5-#3 = Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CRI-SD-304 (2 12"LP)
= Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CD-7001 (CD) as THE BEWITCHED.
Gate-5-#E (12" LP) as THE BEWITCHED.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CRI-193 as FROM THE MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-ACS-6001 (cassette) MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CD-7000 (CD) as THE MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.







58-0000A - U.S.HIGHBALL

. .1958, Evanston IL: The Gate-5 Ensemble: Jack McKenzie cond; Thomas Coleman as Mac; Dick Borden, Melvin Britton, Michael Colgras, Elizabeth Gentry, Danlee Mitchell, Harry Partch, David Reid, Melvin Wildberger (unidentified instrumentation).

a. U.S.Highball (Version C) Gate-5-#6
Gate-5-#B
Bootleg-RIP-003

Issues: Gate-5-#6 (10" LP) as U.S.HIGHBALL, also announced as "The Third Harry Partch Subscription Fund".
Gate-5-#B (12" LP) as THE WAYWARD.
Bootleg-RIP-000 (unidentified album, info from B.Brüchig)






58-0000B - WINDSONG

. .1958, Evanston IL: Harry Partch (unidentified instruments in multitrack overdub recordings)

a. Windsong film-soundtrack
aa. Windsong (excerpts) Gate-5-#A
CRI-CRI-193 CRI-CD-7000

Issues: film soundtrack for Madeline Tourtelot's WINDSONG.
Gate-5-#A (12" LP) as THIRTY YEARS OF LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC MUSIC.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CRI-193 as FROM THE MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CD-7000 (CD) as THE MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.





58-0000C - ULYSSES AT THE EDGE

. .1958, Evanston IL: Gate-5 Ensemble: David Reid voice, baritone-sax; Dick Schleppe alto-sax; Danlee Mitchell bamboo-marimba, cloud-chamber bowls; Harry Partch diamond marimba, cloud-chamber bowls.

a. Ulysses At The Edge (Version C) Gate-5-#B Bootleg-RIP-003

Issues: Gate-5-#B (12" LP) as THE WAYWARD.
Bootleg-RIP-000 (unidentified album, info from B.Brüchig)




61-0000A - BLESS THIS HOME

. .1961, University of Illinois, Chicago IL: John Garvey cond; Harry Partch intoning voice, adapted viola; Vincenzo Prockelo oboe; Danlee Mitchell kithara, harmonic canon; Joseph Varhula mazda marimba.

a. Bless This Home Gate-5-#A

Issues: Gate-5-#A (12" LP) as THIRTY YEARS OF LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC MUSIC.



61-0000B - BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON

. .1961, University of Illinois, Chicago IL: John Garvey cond; Harry Partch adapted viola; Nina Cutler voice; Evelyn Garvey chromelodeon; Lyndel Davis kithara;

a. By The Rivers Of Babylon Gate-5-#A

Issues: Gate-5-#A (12" LP) as THIRTY YEARS OF LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC MUSIC.



61-0400A - REVELATION AT THE COURTHOUSE PARK

.4.1961, University of Illinois, Chicago IL: (following the premiere on 11.4.1961) The Gate-5 Ensemble: John Garvey cond; Jeffrey Foote as Sony/Pentheus; Freda Pierce as Mom/Agave; John Bert as Dion/Dionysus; Elizabeth Hiller as Korypheus; Coryl Crandall as Cadmus; Joel Klein as Herdsman; unidentified chorus and unientified instrumentalists.

a. Revelation at The Courthouse Park
(complete)
aa. Revelation At The Courthouse Park Gate-5-#F
(edition 1)
- Chorus One (complete)
- Chorus Three (from "Ishbu Kubu" almost to the end)
- from Scene 1: Hymn To Dionysus
"Holy Joy And Get Religion"
- from Scene 2: Hymn To Dionysus
"What The Majority Believes"
and "Glory To The Male Womb"
- end of Scene 3 and complete Chorus Four
- end of Scene 4 and Coda

Issues: Gate-5-#F (12" LP) as REVELATION AT THE COURTHOUSE PARK



61-0400B - ROTATE THE BODY IN ALL ITS PLANES

.4.1961, University of Illinois, Chicago IL: The Gate-5 Ensemble: John Garvey cond; unidentified voices, chorus, and unientified instrumentalists (actually the same ensemble as for 61-0400A).

a. Rotate The Body In All Its Planes
1. Fanfare Gate-5-#G
2. Free Exercise ---
3. Side Horse ---
4. Parallel Bars
5. Still Rings
6. Horizontal Bar Gate-5-#G
7. Tutti ---
8. Mat Tumbling ---
9. Trampoline ---
10. Salute ---

Issues: Gate-5-#G (12" LP) as WATER! WATER! / ROTATE THE BODY IN ALL ITS PLANES.



Notes: Parts 4 and 5 from -a. not included on Gate-5-#G.
Gate-5-#G was released in 1962; by January 1963, Harry Partch had withdrawn this recording.


62-0300A - WATER! WATER!

.3.1962, University of Illinois, Chicago IL: (following the premiere performances on 9.-10.3.1962) The Gate-5 Ensemble: John Garvey as Singer, Speaker, Jazzman, Alderman (in Fugue on "No"), cond; Scott Meland as Arthur, Indian Runners, Aldermen, Jazzmen; Alan Gossard as Phoebus The Disk Jockey and Emcee; Paul Cooper as Producer; Patrick Day as Clarence; Steven Allen as Aquarius; Jane Daily as Singer From Spoleto, Wanda The Water Witch; Stephen Farish as Water Crier, Alderman in Fugue; Nina Cutler as Water Cries; Cynthia Schwartz as Her Honor; Kathleen Roche as Visitor From Alabama; Carolyn Burrill as Pura; Heln Curley, Dianne Layden, Jane Daily, Kathleen Roche as Ladie'S Auxiliaries; Lynette Barry, Janet Campbell, Elizabeth Coney, Geraldine Jones, Carolyn Burrill as Witches.
Eddie Allen clarinet; John Ginther bass-clarinet; Cecil Bridgewater tp; Uni Thomas, Mark Cleghorn violin; Howard Osborn viola; Elizabeth Krone cello; Edward Krolick bass; Donald Andrus chromelodeon; William Parsons percussions; Thomas Wardlow, Alan Davis castor&pollux; Michael Ranta surrogate-kithara; Lyndel Davis kithara; Thomas Hall spoils of war; Danlee Mitchell diamond marimba; Michael Combs bass-marimba; Arthur Schildbach marimba eroica; Max Murray soprano-sax; Aaron Johnson tuba; Melaniusz Gienko trombone.

a. Water! Water! (original)

aa. Water! Water! (excerpts) Gate-5-#G
- Opening Prologue
- Second Prologue
- Fourth Prologue: Water Cries:
"O What Could He Do But Pick Her Up?" (Jazzmen)
- Sixth Prologue: Water Criers: "Witch For Water" (Witches); Fugue on "No" (Aldermen);
"Wanda The Water Witch" (Jazzmen)
- Seventh Prologue: "Santa Mystiana The
Beautiful" (Her Honro and Conductor)
- Eighth Prologue: Water Criers; visitors from strange and foreign places (the Singer From Spoleto, an Alabama Mockingbird); "Dear Old Alabma" (Visitor, Conductor, and Choruses)
- Ninth Prologue: "We Really Love Each Other.
In 43 Whines To The Octave" (Aldermen, Ladies Auxiliaries, Jazzmen, Witches)
- Tenth Prologue: Water Criers: The baseball game is called on account of rain.
- Final Prologue: "To Hell With The Game! Rain! Rain!" and "The Highest Goodness Is Like Water!" (Choruses)
- Opening Epilogue
- Third Epilogue: "Ghosts, Undele, Oomph!" (Ghosts)
- Fourth Epilogue: Water Criers: We'll Sue You For A Milion!" (Her Honor and Jazzmen)
- Fifth Epilogue: "Do-Lo-Do-Lo-Doom!" (Aldermen, Ladies, and Ghosts)
- Seventh Epilogue: Phoebus bids farewell: the Indian Runners bring news; "Gone, Man, Gone!" (ensemble)
- Eight Epilogue: Water Criers: the Producer finally silences the instruments.

Issues: Gate-5-#G (12" LP) as WATER! WATER! /
ROTATE THE BODY IN ALL ITS PLANES.

Notes: Gate-5-#G was released in 1962; by January 1963, Harry Partch had
withdrawn this recording.



64/66-0000 - AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY PETALS FELL IN PETALUMA

1964-1966 ???), Petaluma CA and Los Angeles CA: The Gate-5 Ensemble: Harry Partch cond; Danlee Mitchell, Michael Ranta, Emil Richards, Wallace Snow, Stephen Tosh (unidentified instrumentation).

a. And On The Seventh Day Petals Fell CRI-CRI-213
In Petaluma 34:00 CRI-ACS-6001 CRI-CD-7000

Issues: Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CRI-213 (12" LP) as AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY PETALS FELL IN PETALUMA.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-ACS-6001 (cassette) as MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CD-7000 (CD) as THE MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.



68-0900A - THE WORLD OF HARRY PARTCH

.9.1968, New York NY: Danlee Mitchell cond; Harry Partch, Frank Berberich, Gary Coleman, Dean Drummond, Richard Lapore, John McAllister, Robert McCormick, Todd Miller, Emil Richards, Michael Ranta, Linda Schell (unidentified instrumentation).

a. Daphne Of The Dunes Columbia-MS7207



68-0900B - THE WORLD OF HARRY PARTCH

.9.1968, New York NY: Danlee Mitchell cond; Harry Partch, John Stannard voice; John McAllister, Danlee Mitchell, Michael Ranta, Linda Schell (unidentified instrumentation).

a. Barstow (Version B) Columbia-MS7207


68-0900C - THE WORLD OF HARRY PARTCH

.9.1968, New York NY: Danlee Mitchell cond; Gary Coleman, Dean Drummond, John McAllister, Danlee Mitchell,Emil Richards, Michael Ranta, Linda Schell (unidentified instrumentation).

a. Castor And Pollux Columbia-MS7207

Issues: Columbia-MS7207 (12" LP) = Columbia MQ31227 (12" LP) as THE WORLD OF HARRY PARTCH.

Notes:


69-0100A - DELUSION OF THE FURY

.1.1969, Los Angeles CA: (following the premiere performances 9.-12.1.1969) Danlee Mitchell cond; Harry Partch adapted viola, harmonic canon I, voice; Linda Schell, Danlee Mitchell chromelodeon I, kithara II, gourd tree, cone gong; John McAllister, Danlee Mitchell blo-boy, chromelodeon II; Linda Schell adapted guitar, harmonic canon II, diamond marimba, bass marimba, koto, mazda marimba, quadrangularis reversum; Danlee Mitchell cloud-chamber bowls, spoils of war, marimba eroica, surrogate kithara, bamboo marimba, crychord, zymo-xyl, eucal blossom, harmonic canon III; John Glasier, Jonathan Glasier, Linda Schell, Danlee Mitchell, John McAllister (additional hand instruments: Bolivian double flute, ugumbo, waving drum, rotating drum, belly drum, bamboo & eucalyptus claves.

a. Delusion Of The Fury Columbia-M2-30576

Issues: Columbia-M2-30576 (2 12" LP) DELUSION OF THE FURY; this issue
includes one more additional record as THE INSTRUMENTS OF HARRY PARTCH.



71-0000A - ULYSEES DEPARTS FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

. .1971, San Diego CA: Danlee Mitchell diamond marimba; John Grimes bamboo marimba, cloud-chamber bowls; Linda Schell bass marimba, cloud-chamber bowls; Larry Livingston baritone-sax, speaker; Jack Logan trumpet.

a. Ulysses Departs From The Orion-ORS-7294
Edge Of The World

Issues: Orion-ORS-7294 (12" LP) as NEW MUSIC FOR TRUMPET; this album
includes additional recordings of compositions by Stravinsky, Ahlstrom, Erickson, Gaburo.




72-0000A - THE DREAMER THAT REMAINS

. .1972, San Diego CA: Jack Logan cond; Harry Partch intoning voice, narrator; Mark Hoffman as Brash Musician; Danlee Mitchell as Second Musician; Jon Szanto as The Voice; Katherin Bjornson, Alexis Glattly, Michael Crosier chorus voices; Ron Caruso gourd tree; David Dunn adapted viola; Dennis Dunn, Jonathan Glasier new harmonic canon I; Jean-Charles Francoix quadrangularis reversum; Randy Hoffmann eucal blossom, mbira bass dyad; Danlee Mitchell new kithara I; Emil Richards cloud-chamber bowls; Jon Szanto ektara, bamboo marimba II; Duane Thomas harmonic canon II; Francis Thumm chromelodeon.

a. The Dreamer That Remains NWR-NW-214

Issues: New-World-Records-NW-214 as HARRY PARTCH / JOHN CAGE; also includes Cage's "Music of Changes pts. 3+4".




87-1012 - REVELATION IN THE COURTHOUSE PARK

12.10.1987, Great Hall, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA: Danlee Mitchell cond; Suzanne Costalos as Mom/Agave; Christopher Durham as Sonny/Penthouse; Obba Babatunde as Dion/Dionysus; Edward Earle as Hobo and Tiresias; Matthew Kimbrough as Vendor and Herdsman; Casper Roos as Mayor and Cadmus; Oliva Williams as Korypheus;Rozwill Young as Cop and Guard; chorus of woman: Mary Ellen Grant, Sylvia Byrd-Leitner, Anne Lewis, Cynthia Marie Priopeau, Shoshana S.Shay, Kathleen L.Warner; chorus of men: Frank Berry, Floyd Wesley Green III, Todd Gross, Milo Morris.
Augusta Cheshire, Randy Hoffman marimba eroica; Robert Patterson, Robert Zollman bass marimba; Jon Szanto, Bruce Shaffin cloud-chamber bowls; Howard Johnson, Bill Kerrigan bamboo marimba; Jon Szanto spoils of war; Linda Shell-Pluth diamond marimba; William Ghezzi kithara I; Anne Sullivan kithara II; Carolyn Mather harmonic canon I; Karen McCabe harmonic canon II; Russell Ferrara adapted guitar I; William Newman adapted guitar II; Howard Levitsky chromelodeon I; Andrea Clarefield chromelodeon II; Ron Lipscomb cello; Steve Tanzer, Mary Burke piccolo; Tom Elliott, Scott vanPatter trombone; Bill Hughes, Scott Marino, Nancy Dowlin trumpet; Brian Brown tuba; Calvin Little bass; Linda Kade drum.

a. Revelation In The Courthouse Park Tomato-2696552

Issues: Tomato-2696552 (2 CD) as THE AMERICAN MUSIC THEATER FESTIVAL
PRODUCTION OF HARRY PARTCH'S REVELATION IN THE COURTHOUSE PARK.




2. alphanumerical listing of issues

Bootleg-RIP-000 (uat) 00-0000A, 58-0000A, 58-0000C
(unidentified album, info from B.Brchig)
Columbia MQ31227 (12"LP, 1972) THE WORLD OF HARRY PARTCH. 68-0900A/B/C (quadrophonic equivalent of Columbia-MS7207)
Columbia-MS7207 (12"LP, 1969) THE WORLD OF HARRY PARTCH. 68-0900A/B/C (stereophonic equivalent of Columbia-MQ31227)
Columbia-M2-30576 (2 12"LP, 1971) DELUSION OF THE FURY. 69-0100A
(this issue includes one more additional record as
THE INSTRUMENTS OF HARRY PARTCH.)
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-ACS-6001 (cassette, 1985) MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.
50-0000A, 57-0300A, 53-0000A, 64/66-0000
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CD-7000 (CD, 1989) as THE MUSIC OF HARRY PARTCH.
50-0000A, 53-0000A, 57-0300A, 58-0000B, 64/66-0000
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CD-7001 (CD, 1990) THE BEWITCHED.
57-0300A
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CRI-193 (12"LP, 1964) FROM THE MUSIC OF
HARRY PARTCH. 50-0000A,53-0000A, 57-0300A, 58-0000B,
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CRI-213 (12"LP, 1967) AND ON THE SEVENTH
DAY PETALS FELL IN PETALUMA. 64/66-0000
Composers-Recordings-Inc.-CRI-SD-304 (2 12"LP, 1973) THE BEWITCHED.
57-0300A
film soundtrack for Madeline Tourtelot's WINDSONG. 58-0000B
Gate-5-#1 (12"LP) PLECTRA AND PERCUSSION DANCES. 53-0000A
(originally (1953) released as a Harry-Partch-Trust-Fund-Edition.)
Gate-5-#2 (2 12"LP) OEDIPUS. 54-0000A (originally (1954) released as a
Harry-Partch-Trust-Fund-Edition.)
Gate-5-#3 (2 12"LP, 1957) THE BEWITCHED. 57-0300A
Gate-5-#4 (12"LP, 1957) PLECTRA AND PERCUSSION DANCES "SECOND EDITION".
53-0000A
Gate-5-#5 (12"LP, 1957) OEDIPUS "SECOND EDITION". 54-0000A
Gate-5-#6 (10"LP, 1958) U.S.HIGHBALL. 58-0000A
(also announced as "The Third Harry Partch Subscription Fund".)
Gate-5-#A (12" LP, 1962) THIRTY YEARS OF LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC MUSIC.
47-0000A, 58-0000B, 61-0000A, 61-0000B
Gate-5-#B (12"LP, 1962) THE WAYWARD. 50-0000A, 58-0000A, 58-0000C
Gate-5-#C (12"LP, 1962) PLECTRA AND PERCUSSION DANCES "SECOND EDITION".
53-0000A
Gate-5-#D (12"LP, 1962) OEDIPUS. 54-0000A
Gate-5-#E (12"LP, 1962) THE BEWITCHED. 57-0300A
Gate-5-#F (12"LP, 1962) REVELATION AT THE COURTHOUSE PARK. 61-0400A
Gate-5-#G (12"LP, 1962) WATER! WATER!/ROTATE THE BODY IN ALL ITS PLANES.
61-0400B, 62-0300A (released in 1962; by January 1963, Harry Partch
had withdrawn this recording.)
GME-Recordings-#??? (two 12" 78-rpm-disks) TEN SETTINGS OF LYRICS BY LI PO
47-0000A (privately issued by Warren E.Gilson, Madison WI (1947))
GME-Recordings-#??? (three 12" 78-rpm-disks) U.S.HIGHBALL
46-0000A (privately issued by Warren E.Gilson, Madison WI (1946))
LCM-Records-#??? (five 12" 78-rpm-disks) (uat) 50-0000A
(issued on a non-for-profit basis by Lauriston C.Marshall,
Berkeley CA (1951, reissued 1953))
Mode-CD18 (va) NEWBAND. 50-0000A (includes other recordings not related
to Harry Partch's works.)
New-World-Records-NW-214 (12"LP, 1978) HARRY PARTCH/JOHN CAGE.
47-0000A, 50-0000A, 72-0000A (also includes Cage's "Music of
Changes pts. 3+4")
Newport-Classics-NPD85526 (CD) (va) MICROTONAL PIANO 00-0000B
(includes other material not related to Harry Partch's works.)
(info from B.Brchig)
Orion-ORS-7294 (12"LP, 1972) (va) NEW MUSIC FOR TRUMPET. 71-0000A
(this album includes additional recordings of compositions by
Stravinsky, Ahlstrom, Erickson, Gaburo.)
Tomato-2696552 (2 CD, 1989) THE AMERICAN MUSIC THEATER FESTIVAL PRODUCTION
OF HARRY PARTCH'S REVELATION IN THE COURTHOUSE PARK. 87-1012

3. biographical data

01-0624 Oakland CA: Harry Partch *
04-0000 Tucson AZ
04-0000 Benson AZ
13-0000 Albuqzerque NM
14-0000 writing music; eventually (31-0000 destroyed)
19-0000 Hig School Grade (Albuquerque NM) father +
20-0000 Los Angeles CA mother +
20-0000 USCLA School Of Music Los Angeles CA
22-0000 Sacramento CA / San Francisco Bay Area
28-0000 building the first adapted viola
30-0000 New Orleans LA
31-0000 San Francisco CA
33-0000 Los Angeles CA
33-0000 New York NY
34-0000 London / Dublin / Malta / Italy
35-0000 building the adadpted guitar; starting Kithara I
36-0000 Phoenix AZ
38-0000 Los Angeles CA: building Kithara I
39-0000 California (various)
41-0000 Chicago IL: building first Chromelodeon I
41-0000 Barstow Carmel CA: rebuilding Adapted Guitar I lives in California: Carmel, Gualala, Oakland
42-0000 New York NY / Ithaca NY / Chappaqua / Boston MA
43-0000 Guggenheim Fellowship lives in California: Carmel, Gualala, Oakland
44-0000 Guggenheim Fellowship lives in California: Carmel, Gualala, Oakland
44-0000 in residence at University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
45-0000 building Harmonic Canon I, Adapted Guitar II
46-0000 building Diamond Marimba, another variant of Chromelodeon (I or II?)
47-0000 U.S.Highball. The Letter.
48-0000 Southern California (various)
49-0000 publication of Genesis of a Music Madison WI: building another Chromelodeon I
49-0000 Gualala CA: modification of Diamond Marimba,
50-0000 building Bass Marimba, building Cloud-Chamber Bowls (Pyrex glass from University of California, Berkeley CA) first building of Spoils of War
50-0000 Guggenheim Fellowship
51-0000 Oedipus Rex; first performance at Mills College, Oakland CA
51-0000 Oakland CA: building Marimba Eroica, rebuilding Bass-Marimba
53-0000 Sausalito CA: building Harmonic Canon II (Castor & Polux) "Gate 5" shipyard studio
54-0000 Sausalito CA: building Kithara II, Chromelodeon II, rebuilding Marimba Eroica
55-0000 building Boo I
55-0000 The Bewitched commissioned by Fromm Foundation (Chicago), and University of Illinois, Urbana IL.
56-0000 Urbana Champaign IL
57-0000 first performance of The Bewitched
57-0000 Yellow Springs OH: rebuilding Boo I
58-0000 Evanston: building Bloboy
59-0000 Urbana Champaign IL: building Crychord; rebuilding Kithara I, Harmonic Canon I, Chromelodeon II
60-0000 Urbana Champaign IL: remake of Marimba Eroica
60-0000 in Petaluma CA
60-0000 Revelation in the Courthouse Park
61-0000 Petaluma CA (chicken hatchery studio)
62-0000 Water, Water
63-0000 Petaluma CA: remake/modification of Marimba Eroica, rebuilding Boo I
64-0000 Del Mar CA
64-0000 Van Nuys CA
65-0000 Venice CA
66-0000 San Diego CA
67-0000 Solana Beach CA
68-0000 Los Angeles CA
69-0000 Encinitas CA
70-0000 La Jolla CA
71-0000 Encinitas CA: modification of Bass Marimba
73-0000 San Diego CA; second printing of Genesis of a Music
74-0903 San Diego CA: Harry Partch +

Dienstag, 2. Februar 2010

BYG part 1



BYG Label Listing by Lukas H. Lindenmaier (part 1)

(some small additions and corrections plus addition of covers by Michael Frohne)





The label byg-actuel was founded in summer 1969 in Paris (F) by drummer/musicologist Jacques Delcloo and photographer Jacques Biscglia. Jean Georgakarakos acted as a business director for the company, Jean-Luc Young as something like an A&R manager and co-producer for the byg-actuel series; most issues are signed as "produced by Jean Georgakarakos & Jean-Luc Young". The company was active recording in Paris studios as well as other venues from summer 1969 on until late 1970. These recordings were released in an almost uniform package design in a series originaly numbered 529.301 - 529.352.

Byg also had another series on the European market, without the "actuel"-suffix, and in a quite different package design, mostly dealing with reissues from the American Savoy catalogue as well as other historical jazz recordings. The company output also included a series of low-priced albums on the "Monkey" sub-label, and sampler compilations under the "byg", byg-actuel, or "Monkey" flags.

The records - all in 12" vinyl format - were on the regular market from fall 1969 on until around 1972, when they became bargain items in the cutout bins. Some of the byg-actuel albums also appeared in European (mostly French and German) Metronome catalogues. In the later 70's some of the byg-actuel albums have been reissued in Japan, mostly by the Toho Co. The Japanese Byg series also included originals or reissues from sources other than the byg-actuel series; these recordings are not included in the following listing.

Part of the byg-actuel catalogue has been reproduced in the 80's by Affinity, a sub of the British Charly-Records-Co.; most of these remain available in the contemporary CD format.

Rather than discussing the copyright situation or commercial fairness of byg-actuel and subsequent productions, this present publication is about to document an important chapter of recorded activities by Afro-American and European artists in the so-called "Free Jazz Scene" of the late 60's: actuel was avant-garde at the time - history today.

The following listing is the reproduction of a first draft typoscript. The author welcomes all corrections and additions concerning session information and/or issues.

Information as reported is drawn from original liner notes and labels. Details have been added or corrected upon audition. Obvious misspellings in the originals have been corrected wthout further notice. The name of the sound engineer at Saravah studios appears in various spellings (Vallancien, Valancien, Valencien etc.) in the original liner notes and is now adapted to "Daniel Valencien" throughout.


compiled by H.L.Lindenmaier / D-79098 Freiburg


Addition information:

The discography is not at all obsolete. But since the first issue many re-issues on CD, high quality LPs and CDs as well as bootlegs in various forms swamp the market.

Sadly my good friend Lukas died in 2014. Due to his illness there was no time to include all editions.

Michael Frohne - 2016



PAUL BLEY - RAMBLIN' 66-0701

1.7.1966, Studio RCA, Roma (I): Paul Bley p; Mark Levinson b; Barry Altschul dm.

executive Producer: Alberto Alberti (1); sound engineer: unknown.

A1 Both (Peacock) 9:27 529.313
A2 Albert's Love Theme (Bley) 9:19 -------
A3 Ida Lupino (Bley) 3:29 -------
B1 Ramblin' (Coleman) 5:45 ------- BYG23 Monkey(F)MY40020
B2 Touching (Peacock) 7:27 -------
B3 Mazatalon (Bley) 7:30 -------

Issues:
529.313 PAUL BLEY - RAMBLIN'
= Byg(J)YX2038
= Byg(J)YX6058
= Affinity(GB)AFF37
BYG23 (va) NEW THING (2LP)
Monkey(F)MY40020 (va) JAZZ OF THE 60'S - FREE JAZZ (2LP)

Notes: (1) session initially (1966) produced by Paul Bley and Alberto Alberti, eventually (1969) purchased by Byg-Actuel.







JOACHIM KÜHN - SOUNDS OF FEELINGS 69-0125

25.1.1969, Studio der Windrose, Hamburg (D): Joachim Kühn p,as,shenai,fl,tambourine, bells,voc; Jean-Francois Jenny-Clarke b,fl,bells,voc; Aldo Romano dm,fl,tambourine, bells,voc. (1)

executive producer: Joachim Kühn (2); sound engineer: Henning Ruete.

A1 Shadows, Wherever We Turn (Kühn) 6:40 (JK p) 529.317
A2 Scandal (Kühn) 3:50 (JK p) -------
A3 Western Meaning (Kühn) 8:21 (JK p,as) -------
A4 Gaby Love (Kühn) 4:07 (JK p) -------
B1 El Dorado (Kühn) 6:06 (JK p,shenai) -------
              (unidentified fl,voc)
B2 In The Middle Of The Way (Kühn) 6:37 (JK p,as,shenai) -------
             (unidentified fl,voc)
B3 Welcome (3) (Coltrane) 4:38 (JK p) -------

Issues:
529.317 JOACHIM KÜHN - SOUNDS OF FEELINGS

Notes: (1) exact personnel for fl,voc,perc is not evident, especially tracks B1, B2.
(2) session produced by Joachim Kühn, eventually (late 1969) sold to Byg-Actuel.
(3) as "Wellcome" on both liner notes and sticker label.




MEV MUSICA ELETTRONICA VIVA - THE SOUND POOL 69-0500A

.5.1969, unknown location, possibly Paris (F): Constance Abernathy, Michael Asso, Bert, Michael Blake, Barbara Bryant, Carius, Franco Cataldi, Ivan Coaquette, Patricia Coaquette, Alvin Curran, Chaia Gerstein, Jeff Levine, Jean-Marie Poiret, Frederic Rzewski, Nicole Rzewski, Richard Teiltelbaum - unidentified instrumentations.

executive producer: Denys Lémery (1) sound engineer: Alvin Curran (2)


A1 The Sound Pool (unknown) pt.1 4:55 + 17:02 529.326
B1 The Sound Pool (unknown) pt.2 6:50 + 14:00 -------

Issues: 529.326 MEV MUSICA ELETTRONICA VIVA - THE SOUND POOL

Notes: (1) Most probably not an original byg-actuel production, purchased late 1969 or early 1970.
(2) Live recording by Alvin Curran, using a monoraul tape recorder in an unidentified concert location.




BURTON GREENE - AQUARIANA 69-0609

9.6.1969, Studio Saravah, Paris (F): Jacques Coursil tp; Arthur Jones as; Didier Malherbe fl,shenai (1); Burton Greene p,harp,perc,voc (2); Beb Guérin b; Dieter Gewissler b; Claude Delcloo dm.

executive producer: Claude Delcloo; sound engineer: Daniel Valencien;

coordination: Jacques Bisceglia.


A1 Aquarius Suite (Greene)
a) Mystery

b) Eastern

c) Piano Trio

d) Interpretation

e) Basses Painters

f) Aquariana total 19:24 (3) 529.308

same date / location: Arthur Jones as; Didier Malherbe fl,shenai (4); Burton Greene p; Beb Guérin b; Dieter Gewissler b; Claude Delcloo dm.

B1 From "Out Of Bartok" (Greene) 5:10 529.308 529.610

same date / location: Jacques Coursil tp (5); Arthur Jones as; Burton Greene p,harp; Beb Guérin b; Dieter Gewissler b; Claude Delcloo dm.

B2 Two-One-Two Vibrations (Greene) 18:30 529.308

Issues:

529.308 BURTON GREENE - AQUARIANA

Notes: (1) not mentioned in liner notes, definitely audible in track A1.
(2) instrumentation for Burton Greene incomplete in liner notes; most probably he is the vocalist audible in A1.
(3) erroneousely 10:24 in liner notes, 18:24 on sticker label.
(4) according to liner notes, but not audible in track B1.
(5) not mentioned in liner notes, definitely audible in track B2.





KENNETH TERROADE - LOVE REJOICE 69-0610A


10.6.1969, Studio Saravah, Paris (F): Kenneth Terroade ts,fl (1); Ronnie Beer as,ts, fl (1); Evan Chandley bcl,fl (1); Francois Tusques p,balafon; Beb Guérin b; Earl Freeman b; Claude Delcloo dm.

executive producer: Claude Delcloo; sound engineer: Daniel Valencien;

coordination: Jacques Bisceglia.

A1 Blessing (Terroade-Beer) (2) 17:25 529.322
B1 Love Rejoice (Terroade) 17:55 -------

Issues: 529.322 KENNETH TERROADE - LOVE REJOICE

Notes: (1) a piccolo-fl audible in both A1 and B1 is played by either one of the flutists.
(2) Jean-Max Michel's liner notes state "... compositions by Terroade and Beer ..." as basic material for this session. Since "Love Rejoice" is a Terroade original, "Blessing" might in fact be a Beer original, or another, third (unknown and unissued) composition, Beer original, has been recorded on this date.




JACQUES COURSIL - BLACK SUITE 69-0610B

10.6.1969, Studio Saravah, Paris (F): Jacques Coursil tp; Arthur Jones as; Anthony Braxton cbcl; Burton Greene p; Beb Guérin b; Claude Delcloo dm.

executive producer: Jacques Bisceglia; sound engineer: Daniel Valencien.


A1 Black Suite pt.1 (Coursil) 18:09 529.349
B1 Black Suite pt.2 (Coursil) 13:12 -------

Issues: 529.349 JACQUES COURSIL - BLACK SUITE
= America(F)30AM6111




ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - A JACKSON IN YOUR HOUSE 69-0623

23.6.1969, prob. Studio Saravah, Paris (F): Lester Bowie tp,flh,perc,voc; Roscoe Mitchell ss,as,bcl,fl,perc,misc,voc; Joseph Jarman ss,as,cl,oboe,fl,mar,vib,perc,

misc,voc; Malachi Favors b,e-b,bj,perc,misc,voc.

executive producer: Jacques Bisceglia; sound engineer: prob. Daniel Valencien.

A1 A Jackson In Your House (Mitchell) 5:40 529.302 529.204 Aff(GB)CDAFF752

(band voc)

A2 Get In Line (Mitchell) 5:42 529.302 529.204 Aff(GB)CDAFF752

(LB voc) Monkey(F)MY40020

A3 The Waltz (Mitchell) 1:12 (1)(2) 529.302 529.204 529.610 BYG23

B1 Ericka (Jarman) (into) (3) 529.302 529.204 Aff(GB)CDAFF752

(RM or JJ voc) Monkey(F)MY40015

B2 Song For Charles (Mitchell) 21:10 529.302 529.204 Aff(GB)CDAFF752

(band voc) Monkey(F)MY40015

Issues:
529.302 ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - A JACKSON IN YOUR HOUSE
= Byg(J)YX2027 = Byg(J)YX8027 = Affinity(GB)AFF9 = Metronome(D)MLP15370
529.204 ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO (2LP) = Byg(J)YX9005/9006
529.610 (va) HISTORY OF JAZZ VOL.10 (1)
BYG23 (va) NEW THING (2LP)
Monkey(F)MY40015 ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO (2LP)
Monkey(F)MY40020 (va) JAZZ OF THE 60'S - FREE JAZZ (2LP)
Affinity(GB)CDAFF752 ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - A JACKSON IN YOUR HOUSE - MESSAGE TO OUR FOLKS (2)

Notes: (1) as "Get In Line" on 529.610
(2) on Affinity(GB)CDAFF752 "The Waltz" is replaced by "Hey Friend (Mitchell)" (6:00). "..."The Waltz" is indeed missing from CD AFF 752 because our master of The Waltz was of inferior quality for reproduction on CD. "Hey Friend" is from the same session date as "A Jackson In Your House"..."

- Joop Visser, Charly Records Ltd., 25.9.1990. In fact, "Hey Friend" has nothing to do with this session; the track as released on Affinity(GB)CDAFF752 obviously is from an unidentified concert recording, most probably late 1969, or 1970.
(3) B1 and B2 appear as one continuous track on all issues.




JACQUES COURSIL UNIT - WAY AHEAD 69-0707/-0708

7.+8.7.1969, Studio Saravah, Paris (F): Jacques Coursil tp; Arthur Jones as; Beb Guérin b; Claude Delcloo dm.

executive producer: Jacques Bisceglia; sound engineer: Daniel Valencien.


A1 Duke (Coursil) 10:10 529.319
A2 Fidel (Coursil) 7:51 -------
B1 Paper (Dixon) 18:45 -------

Issues:
529.319 JACQUES COURSIL UNIT - WAY AHEAD




ARCHIE SHEPP - LIVE AT THE PANAFRICAN FESTIVAL 69-0729

29.7.1969, Panafrican Festival, Algiers: Clifford Thornton co; Grachan Moncur III tb; Archie Shepp ts; unidentified Algerian musicians (shenais, perc).

executive producer: Jacques Bisceglia; sound engineer: Barney Wilen.

A1 Brotherhood At Ketchaoua (Shepp) 15:45 529.351 529.203


69-0730

30.7.1969, Panafrican Festival, Algiers: Clifford Thornton co; Archie Shepp ts,voc; Dave Burrell p; Alan Silva b; Sunny Murray dm; Ted Joans poetry-reading; Don Lee poetry-reading; unidentified Algerian and Touareg musicians (shenais,perc).

A2 We Have Come Back pt.1 (Joans-Shepp) 7:00 529.351 529.203
B1 We Have Come Back pt.2 (Joans-Shepp) 23:41 ------- -------

Issues: 529.351 ARCHIE SHEPP - LIVE AT THE PANAFRICAN FESTIVAL
= Affinity(GB)AFF41
529.203 ARCHIE SHEPP (2LP)





ARTHUR JONES - SCORPIO 69-0800A

.8.1969, Studio Saravah, Paris (F): Arthur Jones as; Beb Guérin b; Claude Delcloo dm.

executive producer: Jacques Bisceglia; sound engineer: Daniel Valencien.

A1 C.R.M. (Jones) 10:05 529.350
A2 B.T. (Jones) 8:00 -------
B1 Sad Eyes (Jones) 13:03 -------
B2 Brother B. (Jones) 7:18 -------

Issues: 529.350 ARTHUR JONES - SCORPIO
= America(F)30AM6112 (1)

Notes: (1) the tracks appear in altered sequence on America(F)30AM6112:

A1 C.R.M. / A2 Sad Eyes / B1 B.T. / B2 Brother B.





ANDREW CYRILLE - WHAT ABOUT ? 69-0811A


11.8.1969, Studio Saravah, Paris (F): Andrew Cyrille dm,perc.

executive producer: Jacques Bisceglia; sound engineer: Claude Jauvert.

A1 What About? (Cyrille) 12:52 529.316
A2 From Whence I Came (Cyrille) 10:00 -------
B1 Rhythmical Space (Cyrille) 12:22 -------
B2 Rims And Things (Cyrille) 6:55 -------
B3 Pioneering (Cyrille) 4:35 (1) -------

Issues: 529.316 ANDREW CYRILLE - WHAT ABOUT ?
= Affinity(GB)AFF75

Notes: (1) recorded with multitrack overdubbing technique.





GRACHAN MONCUR III - NEW AFRICA 69-0811B

11.8.1969, prob. Studio Saravah, Paris (F): Grachan Moncur III tb; Roscoe Mitchell as,piccolo-fl; Archie Shepp ts ((1)only); Dave Burrell p; Alan Silva b; Andrew Cyrille dm.

executive producer: Jacques Bisceglia; sound engineer: Claude Jauvert.

A1 New Africa (Moncur III) 17:30 529.321 529.205
1st movement: Queen Tamam
2nd movement: New Africa
3rd movement: Black Call
4th movement: Ethiopian Market

A2 Space Spy (Moncur III) 7:01 529.321 529.205 529.360 BYG23 Monkey(F)MY40020
B1 Exploration (Moncur III) 10:45 529.321 529.205
B2 When (Moncur III) 12:18 (1) 529.321 529.205

Issues: 529.321 GRACHAN MONCUR III - NEW AFRICA
= Affinity(GB)AFF38
= Picadilly-PIC3520 AFRICAN CONCEPTS
529.205 GRACHAN MONCUR (2LP)
529.610 (va) HISTORY OF JAZZ VOL.10
BYG23 (va) NEW THING (2LP)




ARCHIE SHEPP - YASMINA, A BLACK WOMAN 69-0812A

12.8.1969, prob. Studio Saravah, Paris (F): Clifford Thornton co; Lester Bowie tp; Arthur Jones as; Archie Shepp ts,voc; Roscoe Mitchell bass-s; Dave Burrell p; Malachi Favors b; Earl Freeman b; Philly Joe Jones dm; Sunny Murray dm; Art Taylor logs; Laurence Devereaux balafon.

executive producer: Jacques Bisceglia; sound engineer: Claude Jauvert.

A1 Yasmina (Shepp) 20:00 (1) 529.304 529.203 Monkey(F)MY40003 Affinity(GB)CDAFF771

same date/location: Archie Shepp ts; Hank Mobley ts; Dave Burrell p; Malachi Favors b; Philly Joe Jones dm.

B1 Sonny's Back (Moncur III) 13:58 529.304 529.203 Affinity(GB)CDAFF771
B2 Body And Soul (Heyman-Green-Sour) 6:20 529.304 529.203 Monkey(F)MY40003 (HM out) Affinity(GB)CDAFF771 BYG23

Issues: 529.304 ARCHIE SHEPP - YASMINA, A BLACK WOMAN
= Byg(J)YX2031 = Affinity(GB)AFF21 = Auvi-Affinity(E)L6AF359
529.203 ARCHIE SHEPP (2LP)
Monkey(F)MY40003 ARCHIE SHEPP (1)
BYG23 (va) NEW THING (2LP)
Affinity(GB)CDAFF771 ARCHIE SHEPP - YASMINA, A BLACK WOMAN / POEM FOR MALCOLM

Notes: (1) as "Yasmina, A Black Woman" on Monkey(F)MY40003.





ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - A.A.C.M. GREAT BLACK MUSIC /

MESSAGE TO OUR FOLKS 69-0812B

12.8.1969, Studio Saravah, Paris (F): Lester Bowie tp,flh,b-dm,horns; Roscoe Mitchell ss,as,bass-s,cl,fl,cymbals, gongs,cga,logs,bells,siren,whistle,steel-dm; Joseph Jarman ss,as,cl,oboe,fl, mar,vib,g,cga,bells,gongs,whistle,siren; Malachi Favors b,e-b,bj,zither,perc.

executive producer: (most prob.) Jacques Bisceglia;

sound engineer: (most prob.) Claude Jauvert.

A1 Old Time Religion (trad.) 7:37 529.328 529.204 Aff(GB)CDAFF752
A2 Dexterity (Parker) 4:03 529.328 529.204 Aff(GB)CDAFF752 BYG23
A3 Rock Out (Mitchell) 8:34 529.328 529.204 Aff(GB)CDAFF752 Monkey(F)MY40020
B1 A Brain For The Seine 20:43 (Bowie-Mitchell- 529.328 529.204 Aff(GB)CDAFF752 Jarman-Favors) (1) Monkey(F)MY40015

Issues: 529.328 ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - A.A.C.M. GREAT BLACK MUSIC / MESSAGE TO OUR FOLKS = Byg(J)YX8029
529.204 ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO (2LP) = Byg(J)9005/9006
Monkey(F)MY40015 ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO (2LP)
Monkey(F)MY40020 (va) JAZZ OF THE 60'S - FREE JAZZ (2LP)
BYG23 (va) NEW THING (2LP)
Affinity(GB)CDAFF752 ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - A JACKSON IN YOUR HOUSE - MESSAGE TO OUR FOLKS

Notes: (1) "A Brain For The Seine" as to run 22:00 on Byg-529.328 and but 20:45 on Monkey(F)MY40015; both issues definitely from the same (20:43) master.


Montag, 18. Januar 2010


Charles Tyler (1941 - 1992)

von H.Lukas Lindenmaier

Charles Tyler ist am 27.Juni 1992 in Toulon (Frankreich) im Alter von fünfzig Jahren gestorben. Er stand selten in vorderster Reihe der Ereignisse, hat sich auch als Bandleader nicht ins Rampenlicht gedrängt - und dennoch die Klänge vieler Ensembles im zeitgenössischen Jazz maßgeblich mitgestaltet.

Bis 1965 trat Charies Tyler oft mit den Gebrüdern Albert und Don Ayler auf, die er bereits seit Teenager-Zeiten kannte und mit denen er die ersten Platten ("Bells" und "Spirits Rejoice" für ESP) aufnahm. David Baker, als Cellist, Posaunist, Tontechniker und Produzent bekannt, vermittelte Tyler einen Studienplatz im Music Department der lndiana University in Indianapolis. Dort entstanden die zwei ersten Schallplatten unter Charles Tylers eigenem Namen, wiederum für die New Yorker Firma ESP. Nachdem die erste Produktion (ESP-1029), mit den zwei Perkussionisten Shannon Jackson und Charles Moffet in der Rhythmusgruppe, noch dem bekannten Energiespiel und einfachen Motiven der Ayler-Stilistik nahekam, waren die Sounds in "Eastern Man Alone" (ESP-1 059) weit ungewöhnlicher; David Baker spielt neben Tylers Altsaxophon die zweite Lead-Stimme auf dem Cello, während für den Background nur zwei Kontrabässe zuständig sind: Brent McKesson und Kent Brinkley.

Ende der 60er zog Charles Tyler nach Kalifornien, um dort die Hochschultätigkeiten als Student, Tutor und Dozent weiter zu verfolgen. In der Szenerie um den auch kulturpolitisch engagierten Schlagzeuger und Kritiker Stanley Crouch spielte Tyler in vielen Sessions mit Arthur Blythe, David Murray, Wilbur und Lawrence Morris, Bobby Bradford und anderen. Mit dem Ende 1973 erfolgten Umzug nach New York entdeckte Charles Tyler wieder das Baritonsaxophon. Er hatte "dieses elend sperrige Ding" seit der Dienstzeit in der Army-Band, wo er es ausschließlich gespielt hatte, nie mehr aus dem Koffer geholt: das Instrument, mit dessen Sounds er seine bedeutenden Erfolge erreichen sollte.

In New York fand Charles Tyler ebenso wie andere Zuzügler aus Kalifornien bald Anschluß an die damalige Loft-Szene. Neben sporadischen Auftritten in größeren Besetzungen unter der Leitung von Cecil Taylor arbeitete Charles Tyler hauptsächlich in kleinen Gruppen, deren Kern ein Quartett seines Konzeptes war: mit dem Trompeter Earl Cross, dem Schlagzeuger Steve Reid, Ronnie Boykins, David Wertman oder Wilbur Morris am Baß. Mit diesen Gruppen und weiter wechselnden Musikern veröffentlichte Tyler die zwei einzigen Platten auf seinem eigenen "Akba"-Label, eine davon als Ubernahme eines Konzertmitschnittes vom Festival in Umea (Schweden). An einigen Produktionen des von Steve Reid geleiteten, ebenso kurzlebigen Labels "Mustevic" war Tyler ebenfalls beteiligt. Eine der wichtigsten Veröffentlichungen der Tyler-Gruppen jener Zeit ist der auf Nessa-Records veröffentlichte Mitschnitt "Saga of the Outlaws" von einem Quintett-Auftritt in Sam Rivers' Loft-Studio 1976; diese Platte enthält außerdem einen empfehlenswert-informativen Hüllentext von Michael Cuscuna über Charles Tyler. Nach einem auch für Kenner überraschenden Baritonsaxophon-Solo-Auftritt im New Yorker "Soundscape" (auf Adelphi-Records veröffentlicht) kam Charles Tyler 1977 zweimal nach Europa. Im Sommer präsentierte er, auch in Moers, erfolgreich sein eigenes Quartett, im Herbst war er mit John Fischers Gruppe zu hören, die in nicht immer geglückten großeuropäischen Festivalkonzepten "Loft-Sounds" zu vertreten hatten. An der besonderen Klangmischung des Saxophons mit Streichinstrumenten, in "Eastern Man Alone" erstmals erprobt, arbeitete Charles Tyler auch in den 80er Jahren weiter. In seinem Ensemble der Platte "Folk And Mystery Stories" (für Sonet) findet sich wiederum Cellist Dave Baker, zwei Kontrabassisten (Wilbur Morris und John Ore), Steve Reid dazu am Schlagzeug, und der Hornist Richard Dunbar. Weitere, bemerkenswerte Klangkombinationen ergaben sich in der wiederholten Zusammenarbeit mit dem Violonisten Billy Bang, an dessen Gruppensound Charles Tyler über mehrere Jahre beteiligt war; auf zwei Platten für Soul-Note und einer weiteren für OAO-Records ist dies zu hören. Von besonderem Interesse ist ein auf Anima-Records veröffentlichter Konzertmitschnitt von Bang und Tyler im Duo - neben Alt- und Baritonsaxophon spielt Charles Tyler auch Mundharmonika.

In den letzten zehn Jahren hielt sich Charles Tyler vermehrt in Europa auf, spielte mit hier ansässigen Musikern ebenso wie mit seinem Original-Ouartett. "The Definite Charles Tyler" ist der Titel der letzten zwei, 1981 in Stockholm für Storyville aufgenommenen Platten dieser Besetzung mit Earl Cross, Steve Reid, und dem Bassisten Kevin Ross. Nach einigen Konzerten mit Cecil Taylors Orchester arbeitete Charles Tyler 1982 in Chicago mit Hal Russells NRG-Ensemble; auf der außerordentlichen CD "Generation" (Chief-Records) dieser Gruppe spielt Tyler auch Klarinette, das Instrument, mit dem er als Siebenjähriger seine Musikausbildung begonnen hatte.

1985 ließ sich Charles Tyler in Frankreich nieder. Keith Knox, der bereits die Stockholmer Quartettaufnahmen produziert hatte, brachte 1986 in Paris Tylers Bariton und Alt mit dem Sopransaxophon Steve Lacys zusammen, dazu Jean-Jacques Avenel am Baß und Oliver Johnson am Schlagzeug; diese Aufnahmen, wegen der extremen Stimmlagen der Instrumente ebenso wie aufgrund der sehr unterschiedlichen Spielweisen der Saxophonisten besonders effektvoll, sind auf dem Silkheart-Label erschienen. Für dieselbe Firma entstanden 1988 in Stockholm die letzten Aufnahmen von Charles Tyler; er wurde hier von einer schwedischen Rhythmusgruppe, dem Brus-Trio, begleitet.

Charles Tylers Sounds sind in Plattenaufnahmen konserviert, von denen glücklicherweise einige, auch im CD-Format, erhältlich sind. Der Mensch hinter den Klängen lebt weiter in unseren Erinnerungen.