Upcoming release: Karl Evangelista - Apura!

We had a nice mail from Karl Evangelista commending us for keeping the blog running and for contributing to his musical education and asking us whether we could spread the word about his upcoming release. We are only too happy to oblige, considering that the release is right up our musical alley. It is a highly interesting meeting of two generations with Evangelista and Alexander Hawkins representing the youngsters and Trevor Watts and Louis Moholo-Moholo the veterans.

Scheduled for release on 22 May, tomorrow as of writing, it can be ordered from the Bandcamp site:

https://apura.bandcamp.com/

Karl A.D. Evangelista - guitar
Alexander Hawkins - piano
Louis Moholo-Moholo - drums
Trevor Watts - alto and soprano saxophones

Recorded October 14-15, 2018 by Benedic Lamdin at Fish Factory Studios, Willesden, London, England.

A couple of tracks can be previewed on the site. Interestingly, the word "apura" in Tagalog (spoken in the Philippines) translates into English as "Very Urgent" which was the title of an album released in the late 60s by the Chris McGregor Group of which Moholo-Moholo was a member and Alexander Hawkins is a member of Moholo-Moholo's current outfit, Five Blokes. Trevor Watts was very much a part of the late 60s alt-jazz scene, too. Just connecting the dots ...

SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE "THE SOURCE - FROM AND TOWARDS" (TANGENT, 1970)

Kenny Wheeler, trumpet
Bob Norden, trombone
Chris Pyne, trombone
Ray Warleigh, alto saxophone
Trevor Watts, alto & soprano saxophone
Brian Smith, tenor & soprano saxophone
Mike Pyne, piano
Marcio Mattos, bass (right channel)
Ron Mathewson, bass (left channel)
John Stevens, drums

Side A (24:44)

A1.     Part One: Expectancy    
A2.     Part Two: Birth    
A3.     Part Three: Thanksgiving    
A4.     Part Four: Time Goes On (Version A)

Side B (25:34)

B1.     Part Four: Time Goes On (Version B)    
B2.     Part Four: Time Goes On (Version C)    
B3.     Part Five: You Know

Recorded on 18th November 1970

TANGENT TNGS 107 (vinyl rip)

PIERRE FAVRE QUARTET "FRANKFURT, 1970"

Here is the first part of the 1970 edition of the Frankfurt Jazz Festival.
See also here and here    




Jürg Grau, guitar, trumpet
Trevor Watts, alto saxophone
Irene Schweizer, piano
Pierre Favre, drums

   
1. announcement     00:45
2. Siddharta (Watts)    26:37



Recorded at Kongresshalle during the 12. Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970 (this was the 3rd concert) on March 22, 1970.

BARRY GUY NEW ORCHESTRA & ELLIOTT SHARP "BERLIN, 2009"

If my memory serves right this was first posted on "FollyForToSeeWhat".
Sadly no proper release has surfaced.



Barry Guy, bass, director
Evan Parker, tenor & soprano saxophone
Mats Gustafsson, reeds
Trevor Watts, reeds
Per Texas Johansson, bass clarinet
Herb Robertson, trumpet
Johannes Bauer, trombone
Per Åke Holmlander, tuba
Agusti Fernandez, piano
Paul Lytton, drums
Raymond Strid, drums
Elliott Sharp, guitar, electronics

1. Danaus (Barry Guy) 23:41
2. Radio Rondo (Barry Guy) 30:32 

Recorded live at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Main Stage during the Jazzfestival Berlin on November 6, 2009.

SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE "SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK? (TANGENT, 1971)"

Kenny Wheeler, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Trevor Watts, soprano saxophone
Derek Bailey, guitar
Dave Holland, bass, cello
John Stevens, drums

A. So, What Do You Think? (part 1) 24:39
B. So, What Do You Think? (part 2) 21:57

Recorded in London on January 27, 1971.

TANGENT TGS 118


(vinyl rip)
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SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE "UNRELEASED STUDIO RECORDINGS 1966 - 1968"

Soundwise these recordings are a bit muffled but the music's really excellent IMHO.
Maybe someone has a better version!?

The Double Trio track was recorded about two month before Brötzmann's 'Machine Gun' - makes for an interesting comparison.

Maybe one day it will see a proper release....

1. Juicy (from the unreleased Cul-de-Sac soundtrack) (K. Komeda/2:10/completed track)
Kenny Wheeler, trumpet
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Trevor Watts, alto saxophone, breathing
Jeff Clyne, bass
John Stevens, drums, percussion

Recorded by Eddie Kramer, probably at Olympic Sound Studios, London, April 1966.
The Ensemble was apparently commissioned via Eddie Kramer to record compositions by Krzysztof Komeda for the soundtrack of Roman Polanski’s 1966 film Cul-de-Sac, an offbeat black-comedy set on the island of Lindisfarne.


2. Springboard (and radio announcement) (Stevens/3:56)
Kenny Wheeler, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Evan Parker, soprano & tenor saxophone
Trevor Watts, alto saxophone, flute, oboe
Derek Bailey, guitar
Barry Guy, bass
John Stevens, drums

Recorded live by BBC Radio at the Paris cinema, London, Mon March 20, 1967;
tr: BBC Radio Light Programme The Jazz Scene (Jazz Club slot), March 26, 1967.


3. Willow Trio - Part 2 (extract 7:59)
Evan Parker, soprano saxophone
Barre Phillips, bass
John Stevens, percussion

Recorded by Eddie Kramer at Olympic Sound Studios, London, October 6, 1967. Willow Trio sessions.


4. Double Trio - Part 1 (32:05)
Evan Parker, soprano saxophone
Trevor Watts, alto saxophone
Dave Holland, bass
Peter Kowald, bass
Rashied Ali, drums, percussion
John Stevens, drums, percussion

Recorded by Eddie Kramer at Olympic Sound Studios, London, March 10, 1968. Unreleased studio session.
 Island (unissued)

JEFF CLYNE - IAN CARR - TREVOR WATTS - JOHN STEVENS "SPRINGBOARD" (POLYDOR, 1966)

This was previously posted by kinabalu in December 2009. 
As the links are long gone I thought it would be time for a re-up.
In fact it was this post (thank you kinabalu!) which made me aware about this excellent and still not re-issued LP. 
New rip in flac with (small) cover pictures.

And here's the original text from Kinabalu:

Well, whaddyaknow! I made a request for this in the last post and here it is, served on a golden platter by reader "corvimax" who dipped into the big pool of the P2Ps to retrieve the goodies for our joint enjoyment here on the blog.

Having listened to it several times, it remains a huge mystery why this album has not been deemed worthy of reissue after 40 years, still fetching bundles of money on the collector's market.

This was recorded in 1966, but only released in 1969 on Polydor.

The basic facts:

Jeff Clyne, Ian Carr, Trevor Watts, John Stevens - Springboard

1. Love Was Born [TW]
2. C4 [JS]
3. Ballad [JC]
4. Helen's Clown [TW]
5. Ou Sont Les Neiges D'Antan [IC]
6. Crazy Jane [IC]
7. Springboard [JS]

Ian Carr - trumpet, flugehorn
Trevor Watts - alto sax
Jeff Clyne - bass
John Stevens - drums

Recorded at Regent Sound Studio, London.

(Aug 1966, Polydor 545007)

This is a brilliant album, probably "free" by the standards of the time, but not really free in the sense of the later compact minimalism of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble. It also predates the later fusion of Nucleus, of which Carr and Clyne were founder members, but there are elements of the later Amalgam obviously, with three of the members present here. Perhaps one can hear shades of the early Ornette Coleman and Joe Harriott combos who were pioneers in defining the new thing in the late 50s. It's unorthodox, but still very melodious, chemically free of the mid- to late-60s blow-outs associated with the ESP label. Whatever labels to attach, this is fresh to these ears, more than 40 years after the fact.

After listening to this album, I would advise our followers to listen to the John Stevens - Chemistry - album which we have posted here before. Interesting linkages and continuities from this to the later Chemistry from the mid-70s.

As always, enjoy! More to come! And another thanks to "cortimax" for digging this out of the virtual ether.

EDDIE PREVOST - JOHN STEVENS DOUBLE TRIO. 1978

Old cassette of radio broadcast transferred by Gus.  Thanks to him.

LOU GARE, tenor sax
MARCIO MATTOS, bass
EDDIE PREVOST, drums
TREVOR WATTS, soprano and alto sax
BARRY GUY, bass
JOHN STEVENS, drums

1. Charles Fox introduction  2:10
2. EARJOB  28:34

Recorded by BBC, London.  2nd August 1978

BBC Radio 3 'Jazz in Britain' broadcast 28th August 1978

LONDON JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA & GEORGE LEWIS "LONDON, 1991"

Here we have a companion (kind of) post to the previous LJCO & Globe Unity.
This time it's a collaboration between George Lewis and the LJCO.
My appreciation goes to Andy.




LONDON JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA & GEORGE LEWIS  "LONDON, 1991"


Henry Lowther, trumpet
Jon Corbett, trumpet
Marc Charig, trumpet
Alan Tomlinson, trombone
Conrad Bauer, trombone
Radu Malfatti, trombone
Steve Wick, tuba
Trevor Watts, reeds
Evan Parker, reeds
Pete McPhail, reeds
Simon Picard, reeds
Paul Dunmall, reeds
Phil Wachsmann, violin
Howard Riley, piano
Barre Phillips, bass
Barry Guy, bass
Paul Lytton, drums
George Lewis, trombone, conduction


1. unknown title  47:10
2. unknown title  17:10

Recorded March 22, 1991 at Shaw Theatre, London, UK.

Note: There's a tape flip between track one and two.

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PAUL RUTHERFORD'S ISKRASTRA "AUTUMN INITIATIVES" (London, 1987)

For those who miss Paul Rutherford and his playing - full of wit and innovation - Andy has offered us this broadcast.
Unfortunately there's no official recording of this expanded group. Here's your chance to listen to:


PAUL RUTHERFORD'S ISKRASTRA "AUTUMN INITIATIVES"


Elton Dean, saxello
Trevor Watts, alto & soprano saxophone
Pete McPhail, alto & soprano saxophone
Evan Parker, tenor & soprano saxophone
Simon Picard, tenor saxophone
Henry Lowther, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Claude Deppa, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Joe Hassan, tuba
Nigel Irvine, tuba
Alan Tomlinson, trombone
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Dave Amis, trombone
Dave Peighton, french horn
Martin Lawrence, fench horn
Howard Riley, piano
Keith Tippett, piano
Marcio Mattos, bass
Marc Meggido, bass
Louis Moholo, drums

1. unknown title 38:30
2. unknown title 40:26


Recorded at Islington Town Hall, London, UK in October 1987.

(radio broadcast)

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KEITH TIPPETT "WARM SPIRITs - COOL SPIRITS" (VINYL, 1976)

This is a present from Nick for Andy and his generous offering on especially Paul Dunmall boots during the last weeks.

Enoy - you all!






KEITH TIPPETT "WARM SPIRITs - COOL SPIRITS"


Julie Tippet, vocal, percussion
Trevor Watts, alto & soprano saxophone
Colin McKenzie, bass
Keith Tippett, piano, autoharp, percussion


A1. Warm Spirits 08:42
A2. Trevor 00:50
A3. Vibration 05:03
A4. 'Bye Mongs 08:25
B1. Keith 01:28
B2. Cool Spirits 06:51
B3. Julie 02:08
B4. Empathy 05:40
B5. Seek 06:09
B6. Colin 01:17


Recorded at Riverside Studios, 15 December 1976.

VINYL RECORDS VS 101

(lp rip)

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BARRY GUY - HOWARD RILEY - JOHN STEVENS - TREVOR WATTS "ENDGAME" (JAPO, 1979)

BARRY GUY - HOWARD RILEY - JOHN STEVENS - TREVOR WATTS "ENDGAME"


Trevor Watts, alto & soprano saxophone
Howard Riley, piano
Barry Guy, double bass
John Stevens, drums, cornet


1. The Y? 07:28
2. Remeber To Remember 08:00
3. Du Doo 07:28
4. Maze 12:54
5. In Relation To The Circumstance... 10:04


Recorded April 1979 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany.


JAPO 60028

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JOHN STEVENS - SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE (aka ‘Oliv’) (MARMALADE, 1969)

A Friend ,who wants to remain anonymous has sent me this.

John Stevens – Spontaneous Music Ensemble (aka ‘Oliv’)
Kenny Wheeler (fh), Trevor Watts (as), Johnny Dyani (b), John Stevens (perc), Maggie Nicols (voc), Pepi Lemer (voc),
Carolann Nicholls (voc). Rec. by Eddie Offord at Advision Studio, London, February 7th, 1969.
Waiting for Giorgio 14’02 unissued
add Derek Bailey (g), Peter Lemer (p)
Waiting for Giorgio 22’50 –
Oliv I (Stevens/Nicols) 19’33 Marmalade 608008/Polydor 2384 009 (lp)
all out except Watts, Dyani, Stevens, Nicols
Oliv II (Stevens/Nicols) 16’02 Marmalade 608008/Polydor 2384 009 (lp)

This is almost folk like , very different to the pointilism derided as plink plonk scratch by detractors, which characterises most of their out put.

many thanks to the friend

enjoy!!