Captain Beefheart - Captain Hook ('74-'77)

Song list:

1. Mirror Man
2. Upon The My-Oh-My
3. Crazy Little Things
4. Full Moon Hot Sun
5. Sugar Bowl
6. This Is The Day
7. Keep On Rubbing
8. Be Your Dog
9. Sweet Georgia Brown
10. Abba Zaba
11. Peaches
12. Sam with the scalp showing flat top
13. Grow Fins

Tracks 1-11: recorded at Cowtown, Kansas City 22nd April 1974
Track 12: recorded May 1975
Track 13: recorded 1977

A huge gem in Beefheart's bootleg discography.

When I see mommy I feel like a mummy.

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Notes from beefheart.com:

This is the excellent quality FM broadcast Cowtown show that was also booted as 'Crazy Little Things'. However it does also include a version of 'Sam with the showing scalp...' from a May 1975 Bongo Fury tour show and a great 'Grow Fins' from an unknown venue in 1977. Both 'Sam' and 'Fins' sound as if they were dubbed from vinyl - 'Sam' could well be from the Los Botas Graciosas Marchan Polonia boot.

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Browse Captain Beefheart Official Studio Albums Discography by clicking here.

Henry Grimes Trio with David Murray & Hamid Drake, Barcelona, 2005-10-03

Henry Grimes- Double bass
David Murray- Tenor saxophone
Hamid Drake- Drums & percussions

1) 28:48
2) 17:28
3) 15:56
4) 21:05
5) 16:53
6) 10:10
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1h 50' 20"

MP3. (138.7 MB) (Since April, 1st, 2013)

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Some notes from Wikipedia.org:

Henry Grimes (born November 3, 1935, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz double bassist.

After more than a decade of activity and performance, notably as a leading bassist in free jazz, Grimes completely disappeared from the music scene by 1970. Grimes was often presumed dead, but he was rediscovered in 2002 and returned to performing.

Early life & performing career

As a child, Grimes took up the violin, then began playing tuba, English horn, percussion, and finally the double bass at age 13 or 14, while he was in high school. Grimes furthered his musical studies at Juilliard, and established a reputation as a versatile bassist in the mid 1950s. He recorded or performed with saxophonists Gerry Mulligan and Sonny Rollins, pianist Thelonious Monk, singer Anita O'Day, clarinetist Benny Goodman and many others. At a time when bassist Charles Mingus was experimenting with a second bass player in his band, Grimes was the person he selected for the job.

Gradually growing interested in free jazz, Grimes performed with most of the music's important names, including pianist Cecil Taylor, trumpeter Don Cherry, saxophonists Steve Lacy, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and Albert Ayler. He released one album, The Call as a trio leader for the ESP-Disk record label in 1965. The album features Perry Robinson on clarinet, Tom Price on drums and is considered to be of a great quality representative of his career.

Disappearance & resurrection

In the late 1960s, Grimes career came to a halt after his move to California. It was commonly assumed Grimes had died; he was listed as such in several jazz reference works. Then Marshall Marrotte, a social worker and jazz fan, set out to discover Grimes's fate once and for all. In 2003, he found Grimes alive but nearly destitute, without a bass to play, renting a tiny apartment in Los Angeles, California, writing poetry and doing odd jobs to support himself. He had fallen out of touch with the jazz world and was unaware Albert Ayler had died, but was eager to perform again.

Word spread of Grimes's 'resurrection', and some musicians and fans offered their help. Bassist William Parker donated a bass (nicknamed "Olive Oil", for its distinctive greenish color) and with David Gage's help had it shipped from New York to Los Angeles, and others assisted with travel expenses and arranging performances. Grimes's return was featured in The New York Times and on National Public Radio. A documentary film is planned, as is a biography.

(...)

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Henry's latest record:



Henry's astounding, impassioned non-stop 2&1/2-hour-plus bass and violin session for ILK Music (Denmark) that took place in March, 'O8 was released in January, 'O9 (ilkmusic.com #151 CD). Here's a review from Bruce Lee Gallanter of Downtown Music Gallery:

"... This fabulous two-disc set features an entire unedited and uninterrupted solo bass and violin performance. Henry takes his time and works his way through many layers and textures of plucked and bowed double bass and violin, digging deep into his most creative world of sounds. One would think that it is difficult to sustain interest throughout a long solo bass performance, but not here. This disc is superbly recorded and Henry's bass sounds warm, strong and life-affirming. I turned this disc up while listening to it at home and in the store and let it wash over me like layers of warm molasses. It sounds and feels so good to me and no doubt will work its magic over you."

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CDs & books by Henry Grimes: click here.

Jewels & Binoculars play the music of Bob Dylan, Barcelona, 2005-12-07

Lindsey Horner - Double Bass
Michael Moore - Clarinet, Alto saxophone, Melodica.
Michael Vatcher- Drums

1) 12:34
2) 9:00
3) 14:17
4) 14:32
5) 13:31
6) 8:16
7) 8:49
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1h 20' 59" (VBR @ 192)

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Notes thru lindseyhorner.com:

Jewels and Binoculars was born out of Lindsey Horner and Michael Moore’s mutual love of Dylan’s music. Starting in the late 90's, New York bassist Lindsey Horner would get together with reedist Michael Moore and percussionist Michael Vatcher, longtime residents of Amsterdam, Holland, to explore that repertoire.

Interpreting the songs instrumentally, the trio uses the power of the tried and true folk song forms as the starting point for their improvisational flights, all the while keeping the power of the words and images fresh in mind.

Rather than guitar,voice and harmonica, the instrumentation relies primarily on the clarinet, bass clarinet or alto saxophone for the melody, the acoustic bass for the harmony, and Michael Vatcher’s wide variety of percussion instruments for textural variation.

The latest recording, the third from this collective trio and which features guitarist Bill Frisell as a guest on three tracks, is entitled Ships With Tattooed Sails on Horner's Upshot Records label. As of May 2007 it is available through www.lindseyhorner.com, downtownmusicgallery.com or cdbaby.com.

The previous two releases, Floater and Jewels and Binoculars were released on Moore's Ramboy Recordings label.

 

PLEASE NOTE: There have been misperceptions that Jewels and Binoculars is led by Michael Moore or that it is Lindsey Horner’s project. Neither is accurate.

Jewels and Binoculars/Michael Moore, Lindsey Horner, Michael Vatcher play music of Bob Dylan is a collective trio and always has been since its inception in the year 2000. All three members share equally in the responsibilities and artistic direction of the group.

Please keep this fact in mind when writing about the band, this recording or any previous release.

George Lewis Quintet "Homage to Charlie Parker" June 2, 1979 Moers

Photo by Andy Newcombe.

George Lewis, tb;
Douglas Ewart, as, bamboo fl, bcl;
Wallace McMillan, fl, as;
Anthony Davis, p;
Richard Teidelbaum, synth

1. Title, Part one 35:58
2. Title, Part two 21:15
3. Blues (1977) 12:59

Mπ3

Here you have one of my favorite bootlegs by George Lewis Quintet (Trombonist). It's performed in a very slow pace but it's very intense. Read more info about him in wikipedia.

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The studio version of this homage to Charlie Parker is very recommendable too.


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Captain Beefheart - Hoboism

This is a real MUST for every Captain Beefheart fan.
Its contains astonishing blues and also psychedelic tunes as well.
Click on the images for seing (and saving) them in real size.

Gimme that harp boy.

Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio, 2004, two concerts

Black'n' Blue Theater, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
March 8, 2004

Peter Brotzmann - tarogato, tenor & alto saxophones, a-clarinet
William Parker - bass, strange 2-string afican looking bass, african horn
Hamid Drake - trap kit, frame drum

1) 38:20
2) 15:02
3) 25:11
4) 26:14
5) 19:26
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2:04:13

MP3 (VBR @ 160) (2015-02-16)

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Theatre du Pavé (Toulouse) 21.nov.2004

1) 58:42
2) 47:36
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1:46:18

MP3 (2015-02-16)

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Any record by this band in trio, quartet or whatever is recommendable. The quartet is composed by the mentioned musicians plus Toshinori Kondo on trumpet.

If you wanna buy some records by the quartet my special recommendation is "Die Like a Dog Quartet complete FMP recordings" which contains the following records:

• Fragments of Music, Life and Death of Albert Ayler
• Little Birds Have Fast Hearts, Vol.1
• Little Birds Have Fast Hearts, Vol.2
• Aoyama Crows

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Dennis González Yells at Eels with Rodrigo Amado, Barcelona, 2009-11-10

Zac Club, Barcelona, Spain

Another fine production by Arco y Flecha.

Dennis González - Trumpets
Stefan González - Drums
Aaron González - Double bass
Rodrigo Amado - Tenor sax

2 cardioid microphones (Sound professionals) > amplifier & bass filter (in battery box) > digital recorder (Edirol R-09HR Ver. 1.05, WAV PCM 24-bit 96 KHz) > SDHC > HDD > editor (Cool Edit Pro 2) > WAV > converter (dBpowerAmp) > FLAC (dither 16-bit resample 44.1 KHz)

Sound quality: A+

1) (6:40)
2) (8:11)
3) (12:35)
4) (1:06) Band Intro
5) (8:17)
6) (13:26)
7) (15:38)
8) (8:36) (Encore)
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1:14:29

MP3 (142 MB)
FLAC (517.1 MB)

concert review (in spanish).

If you like this concert you might also like Dennis' official records. Visit his great blog where you can see some videos, read updated info and order records.

Agustí Fernández & Evan Parker, Bcn 2009-11-01

L'Auditori, Sala Oriol Martorell, Barcelona (Spain)

Agustí Fernández-Piano
Evan Parker-Tenor sax

Sound quality: A to A+

1) (15:13)
2) (10:44)
3) (10:45)
4)  (5:50)
5) (14:22)
6)  (4:56)
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  1:01:50

Note: Excuse me for my eventual coughs. I had a cold.