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En Gylden Epoke for Britisk Jazz, 1960-1980 (13.11.2014 - TNB) Dypdykk i musikkhistorien - Del 3: En gylden epoke for britisk jazz, 1960-1980 (13.11.2014 - TNB) Spilleliste pluss noen ekstra lyttetips: GJENNOMBRUDDET / MODERNE JAZZ Baubles, bangles and beads (The night is Scott and you're so swingable (1966) / Ronnie Scott) Formation (Free Form (1961) / Joe Harriott Quintet) Subject ; Tonal (Abstract (1962) / Joe Harriott Quintet) Doxy (Solid Bond (1963) / The Graham Bond Quartet) Man, have you ever heard (Moonscape (1964) / Michael Garrick Trio) Starless and bible black ; I lost my step in nantucket (Under milk wood : jazz suite (1965) / The Stan Tracey Quartet) Tan samfu (Dusk Fire (1966) Don Rendell - Ian Carr Quintet) Pendulum (Pendulum (1966) / Mike Taylor Quartet) Just a blues (Trio (1967) / Mike Taylor Trio) Pastoral ; Awakening (Celebration (1967) / The Mike Westbrook Concert Band) Tony's basement (1967) Tony Coe & The Lansdowne String Quartet Things we like (Things we like (1970) / Jack Bruce) Flow stream flow ; Rolly's tune (Flare up (1970) / Harry Beckett) VOKAL Song by the sea (The heart is Lotus (1970) / Michael Garrick Trio) Edge of time (1971) / Norma Winstone Sunset glow (1975) / Julie Tippets POST-BOP Phase III (1968) / Don Rendell - Ian Carr Quintet Extrapolation (Extrapolation (1969) / John McLaughlin) Oh dear (The Trio (1970) / The Trio) The yolk ; Old San Juan (Once upon a time (1970) / Alan Skidmore Quintet) Toot-toot (Songs for someone (1973) Kenny Wheeler) Arbeia (Arbeia (1978) / Kathy Stobart) ORKESTER / STORBAND Pisces ; Aries (The Zodiak variations (1965) / John Dankworth) Hogshead of hogarth ; Composition with colour (The $1000000 collection (1968) / John Dankworth) Marching song vol. 1 & 2 (1969) / Mike Westbrook Concert Band Metropolis (Metropolis (1971) / Mike Westbrook) Septober energy (1971) / Centipede A symphony of amaranths (A symphony of amaranths (1971) / Neil Ardley) Prologue/Rainbow 1 (Kaleidoscope of rainbows (1976) / Neil Ardley) Frames part 3 ; Frames part 2 (Frames – music for an imaginary film (1978) / Keith Tippett's Ark) AVANTGARDE JAZZ / MODERN CREATIVE / ANNET Deep dark blue centre Workpoints (2005, innspilt 1968) / Graham Collier Down another road ; The Barley Mow (Down another road (1969) / Graham Collier Sextet) Family joy, oh joy ; Liturgy (Michael Gibbs (1970) / Michael Gibbs) Mosaics part 4 (Mosaics (1971) / Graham Collier Music) This is what happens ; Black horse (Dedicated to you, but you weren't listening (1971) / The Keith Tippett Group) Tanglewood 63 ; Five for England (Tanglewood 63 (1971) / Michael Gibbs) Miniluv 1984 (1973) / Hugh Hopper News ; Q.E. Hall (Looking for the next one (2013, innspilt1974-75) / S.O.S.) FRIJAZZ / IMPRO Frijazz: G.E.B. (Pieces for guitar (2002, innspilt 1966-67) / Derek Bailey Hungerford (Ear of beholder (1971) / Lol Coxhill) Just us (1971) / Elton Dean Rites and rituals (1971) / Ray Russell Round midnight (All night long (1976) / Mike Osborne Trio) Sea mist (Marcel's muse (1977) / Mike Osborne Quintet) Zeitgeist - Based On Poems Of Jill Robin (1977) / Tony Coe Impro: Movement 3 (Withdrawal (1997, innspilt 1967) / Spontaneous Music Ensemble) Improvisation 3 (Chapter one 1970-72 (1972 / 2000, innspilt 1970) / Iskra 1903) The topography of the lungs (1970) / Evan Parker Guitar solos (1974 / Fred Frith A man carrying a drop of water on a leaf through a thunderstorm Ovary lodge (1975) / Ovary Lodge) «Far out» impro The Crypt : 12th June 1968 : complete session (1992) / AMM 1968 (1970) / People Band FRA SØR-AFRIKA Live in South Africa 1964 (2008) / Blue Notes - Legacy MRA (Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (1971) / Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath) Do it (Brotherhood (1972) / Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath) Blue Notes in concert (1978) / Blue Notes JAZZROCK / JAZZ I ROCK Jazzrock Song for the bearded lady (We'll talk about it later (1971) / Nucleus) Changing times (Solar plexus (1971) / Ian Carr with Nucleus) Back door ; Human bed (Back Door (1972) / Back Door) Bull-dance (Labyrinth (1973) / Ian Carr with Nucleus) Mornig glory (1973) / John Surman Then there were four ; Do the business (Isotope (1974) / Isotope) Hoe down up (The first cut (1977) / Major Surgery) Kandeen love song (Kandeen love song (1978) / Paz) Rock The week looked good on paper (The week looked good on paper, Single (1969) / Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments) Blind to your light (Fools meeting (1970) / Delivery) The Valentyne suite – januar (The Valentyne suite (1972) / Colosseum) Overt'yer (Brain Damage (1973) / Solid Gold Cadillac) JAZZ I PROG / CANTERBURY Sailor's tale (Island (1971) / King Crimson) Live at Zoom Club : october 13, 1972 (2002) / King Crimson Marchides (Little red records (1972) / Matching Mole) Teenbeat (Leg end (1973) / Henry Cow Bargain classics (Mainstream (1975) Quiet Sun) Tenemos roads ; National Health (1977) / National Health SOFT MACHINE Slightly all the time ; Out-bloody-rageous (Third (1970) / Soft Machine) M C ; Pigling bland (5 (1972) / Soft Machine) Spaced (1996, innspilt 1969) / Soft Machine Virtually (1998, innspilt 1971) / Soft Machine Live at Henie Onstad Art Center 1971 (2009) / Soft Machine FOLK / WORLD JAZZ Overture (Indo-jazz suite (1966) / Joe Harriott Double Quintet) Let no man steal your thyme (Pentangle (1968) / Pentangle) Jungle Chase (Crossing borders (2009, innspilt 1978-79) / Bob Downes Open Music) STARTE TIDLIGERE? Bebop in Britain / 4 CD-box utgitt på Charly Records The best of Chris Barber / Chris Barber [Trad. Jazz / Dixieland] SAMLING Trad dads, dirty boppers and free fusioneers : British jazz 1960-1975 (2012, utgitt på Reel Recordings) PÅ VEI HJEM LÅT Lullaby for a lonely child (Down another road (1969) / Graham Collier Sextet) ANBEFALT LITTERATUR Trad dads, dirty boppers and free fusioneers : british jazz, 1960-1975 / Duncan Heining Innovations in British jazz : volume one 1960-1980 / John Wickes Music outside : contemporary jazz in Britain / Ian Carr.
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