MICHEL PORTAL R.I.P. (1935-2026)

 

MICHEL PORTAL QUINTET "PARIS 68-01-20"


Michel Portal, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Joachim Kühn, piano
Barre Phillips, double bass
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, double bass
Aldo Romano, drums

1. A Notre Père 35:36

Recorded at La Maison de la Radio, Foyer B, Paris on January 20, 1968.
(pre-fm)

ROLF KÜHN SEXTET "HAMBURG, 1969"

 

Rolf Kühn, clarinet
James Chick Carter, tenor & baritone saxophone, flute
Heinz Sauer, tenor saxophone
Joachim Kühn, piano
J.F. Jenny-Clarke, bass
Stu Martin, drums    


01.  Vampire's Castle (JK,comp) - Ann RK 15:28
02.  Invention For Five + One (RK,comp) - Ann RK 11:29
03.  Nobody Knows You Tomorrow (JK,comp) 8:47
04.  Screams For Peace (fade-out) 5:14

Recorded on April 27, 1969 at Junges Theater, Hamburg, Germany.
(fm)

FRANÇOIS JEANNEAU QUARTET "ANTIBES, 1977"

 

François Jeanneau, tenor & soprano saxophone
Michel Graillier, piano
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, double bass
Aldo Romano, drums


01. In Going 21:30
02. Etat de grace (AR) 5:20
03. title 5:31
04. title 7:39
05. Le Lynx (FJ) 6:42

Recorded on July 21, 1977 at Festival de jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France.

(FM)

HARRY BECKETT :: Les Jardins Du Casino (1993)

HARRY BECKETT :: Les Jardins Du Casino (West Wind 1993)

Recorded April 1991 (1-3), May 1987 (4,5)

CD West Wind 2080 (OOP)

JEAN-FRANÇOIS JENNY-CLARK & ALDO ROMANO ‎– DIVIETO DI SANTIFICAZIONE (HORO RECORDS, 1977)

A1. Divieto Di Santificazione
A2. River Bop
A3. Luce Rossa
A4. Verra' La Morte E Avra'

B1. Viva Fo
B2. Via Libera
B3. Stamatopoulos
B4. Atto Di Nascita
B5. Abitudini


Aldo Romano, drums, piano, acoustic guitar
Jean-François Jenny-Clark, bass
Alessandro Sperli, voice


Recorded at Mama Dog Studio, Rome on 23-24 June 1977

Horo Records ‎– HZ 07

LP Rip

MICHEL PORTAL ‎– OUR MEANINGS AND OUR FEELINGS (PATHÉ, 1969)

A1. For My Mother
A2. Walking Through The Land
A3. Dear Old Morocco

B1. A Train In A Very Small Town
B2. Our Meanings And Our Feelings

Jean-François Jenny-Clark, bass
Aldo Romano, drums
Jacques Thollot, drums, percussion
Joachim Kühn, piano, alto saxophone, shenai, antilope horn, steel drum, bells, tambourine
Michel Portal, tenor saxophone, piccolo clarinet, mi bémol, cor de basset, targot, zoukra, steel drum

Recorded at Pathé Marconi studios, Paris, June 27 1969.

Pathé ‎– 2 C 054-10525

Vinyl Rip

Barre Phillips-For all it is-(Japo -60003) 1973

This one goes out to the Cats from The Next Best Sound....(MEOW!)

My Belated ,2 cents worth towards the Out of Print Japo thread running through these pages.

Barre Phillips is no stranger to collaborating with other bassists, This and Ecm's music from 2 bases a collaboration with Dave Holland , set a pattern for so many such future forays..

a more recent and very wonderful example being 2004's After You've gone (Victo) with, Tetsu Saitoh, William Parker, Joëlle Léandre;and Peter Kowald.

for me certainly,Phillips is/Was, the most instantly recognizable voice on the instrument of the last 40 years..(The many other note worthy candidates not withstanding).
This was the first Phillip's record i ever bought , and its still a favourite ,
despite a fondness for almost all of his work , I'm certainly most partial to those that deal  in knotty, total improvisation.

This is one of those and more besides , and Because the Drummer is Stu Martin with whom he was in the trio (at the time)... a couple of tracks feature punchy grooves and thematic improvisations on simple melodic ideas ....indeed they ARE Funky!
Mostly though the music is abstract and textures open and free , with all four bassists exploring the full range of the instrument, and well beyond.

Greatly Imaginative music ,which a wrtitten review can never do justice to
.. Five unparalleled Master musicians literally Whooping it up and having a ball , a fully engaging, accessible Ride , and very beautiful conventionally so too
So Listen!!

Also,take note this is so very  far removed from what one might imagine to be merely a set of dazzling technically fascinating exercises.

Phillips &; Guy , are prolific and have many available cds .. on ECM,Maya, PSF,Cadence.. and loads of other labels ..well worth a purchase and the Exploration thereof


Barre Phillips – For All It Is
Catalog#:JAPO 60003 :Vinyl, LP ,Released:1973

A1 Just 8 7:00 ,A2 Whoop 3:50 ,A3 Few Too 5:30 ,A4 La Palette 4:00 ,B1 Y En A 5:43 ,B2 Dribble 7:13,B3 Y. M. 4:47
Credits
Bass – Barry Guy, J.F. Jenny-Clarke*, Palle Danielsson
Bass, Composed By, Producer – Barre Phillips
Engineer – Klaus Bornemann
Percussion – Stu Martin

George Russell + RAI Big Band - Live in Rome '80

"how much significant music was sponsored and broadcast in Western
Europe...in the 60's and 70's ( and still)"
from the previous post by Spazz numbNuts.

In this case the Italian RAI was the co-producer of a series of 11 events
involving many great composers/arrangers and its own Orchestra
(the now defunct RAI Big Band).
See the complete program by clicking on the image above.

Re-listening to this concert, i've remembered a J.E.Berendt's article
(about the 60's Big Bands) concluding with a question :
"will ever return the Big Bands?"

Rec. live at Quercia del Tasso in Rome on June 6, 1980.
(radio broadcast)

George Russell, conductor, arranger
Alice Norbury, co-conductor (4)
Lew Soloff, trumpet, flugelhorn
Robert Moore, tenor & soprano saxophone
Bobo Stenson, piano
J.F.Jenny Clarke, bass
Keith Copeland, drums
+
RAI Big Band :
Nino Culasso/Doriano Beltrame/Cicci Santucci/Michele
Lacerenza,tp - Giancarlo Beccattini/Ernesto Pumpo/
Marco Pellacani/Gennaro Baldino,tb - Gianni Oddi/Baldo
Maestri/Sal Genovese/Beppe Carrieri/Carlo Metallo,reeds
- Sergio Coppetelli/Pino Rucher,gt - Maurizio Majorana,b -
Carlo Zoffoli,vib - Roberto Pregadio,p - Roberto Zappulla,dr

1. Ezz-Thetic (15:41)
2. Two Dimensions (13:23)
3. All About Rosie (11:54)
4. Living Time [Events V and VI] (22:50)
5. Time Spiral (24:10)
6. Listen To The Silence [Encore] (09:55)

Total Time 1:37:56

Happy Christmas To Everybody !