very very sad news….

Fred Andersoon, one of the greatest saxophone players and free jazz pioneers, died this morning in Chicago.

born in 1929 and one of the founding members of AACM and always active at his Velvet Lounge in Chicago, until the very end.

RIP

some of the most amazing films EVER made on music… and improvised music in particular are the films that Derek Bailey did wuth channel 4/ BBC years ago… material taken from his great book ” Improvisation: its nature and practice in music”!!!

fanfuckintastic!!!!

http://www.ubu.com/film/bailey.html

Dror Feiler… one of the most amazing musician, activist and artist!

I owe him BIG time! for it all!

”Den politiska, eller revolutionära, sprängkraften ligger i att utmana invanda mönster. På det sättet är min musik alltid politisk även om det inte är explicit. Den bygger på revolt.”

hopefully his saxophone will be brought back to him soon… Dror neads his axe!!!

FIGHT IT ALL!!!!

LOUD!!!!

http://www.tegen2.se/

7″

*Fugazi – guns, drugs & money / drunken ducks records

ferocious fugazi just ripping!!! looks pretty much like a boot… but music is… full of it ALL!!!

*The Ex - maybe I was the pilot / ex records

the new Ex ep…. just fantastic… the first record w arno on vocals and guitar. this is IT!!!! this is nasty and beatiful!

*Hans Dulfer & Ritmo natural - red, red libanon / catfish

insane music… strats with a brutal tenor sax growl and goes into some really weird soul swing… very intense!!!

*Hacke Björksten & Åke Persson Quintet / metronome 353

classic… just freakin classic swedish jazz… a masterpiece and worth waiting for. it took me some years… w Jan Johansson on piano. brilliant!!!

*Inge Brandenburg - europes best jazz singer / decca

amazing early german jazz session. dark voiced Inge heped by amazing bari player Helmut Brandt! really really nice…

12″

*Joe McPhee – Alto / Roaratorio

an amazing amazing document by master McPhee. all on alto (-sax and -clar )….he is a monster. this music is HEAVY… it doesnt get heavier… totally FANFUCKINTASTIC! hand painted cover….mmmmmmh….

*Masayuki Takayanagi – The new direction Unit – AXIS / Offbeat

this is the SHIT! totally mindblowing session… one of the best… ultimate guitar treatment. TOTALLY GREAAAAAAAAT!

*Inge Brandenburg – Its alright with me / CBS, Germany

Inge´s first 12″, from 1965 with Gunter Hampel Quartet…. with a young Bobo Stenson at the keys… oi oi oi… this is quiet a surprise. really great and adventerous at the same time steady in the tradition. vibes and piano is KILLIN! and Inge´s dark voice hits nice spots in the heart…rare like hens teeth, but wort going for!

*Jan Johansson – M / Megafon

the CLASSIC… the CLASSIC… this is the swedish LP you all should have…an amazing document with some sensational early attempts of free improsvised music, conducted by Johansson. One of the most amazing piano players worldwide, but even more a musical mind of few comparishment. I listened to this one so many times… and it surprises me all the time… all the time… a BEAUTY of a double LP… a BEAST of BEAUTY!!!!

*John Edwards & Chris Corsano – TSKTSKING / Dancing Wayang

a GREAT new LP of imrpovised duets of bass and drums… liners by the one and only Mr Parker. ( and liners are great…).unusual format with two great improvisers. One of the best records of free in a loooooong time.

*The Werner – Rosengren Swdish Jazz Quartert – Bombastica / jazzland

another CLASSIC swedish jazz lp… great tunes, mostly by Lars Werner. wonderful wonderful. and the drumming by Spångberg is poetry… pure msuical poetry! highly recommended!!!

* Marzette Watts.- ensemble / savoy

the BOMB!!! this is a LP I ve been looking for … many many years… and its freakin worth waiting for. its a BOMB a  free jazz BOMB!…it has it all. Watts, one of the must forgotten HEAVY players ever… and in the compnay of  Patty Waters and JC Moses it cant go wrong. Produced by mighty Bill Dixon!

its the real thing!!!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/video/2010/feb/02/butcher-pig-pork-italian

Buy music att gubemusic.com!

All the files are in full CD quality, no MP3 shit!

Listen here and then click the title of the song to go to the music store.

*James Ellroy – Blood´s a Rover  — simply great- amazing use of language…

* Christina Kubisch – Stromzeichnungen / Electrical Drawings ( Kehrer verlag), amazing book of drawings and works 1974 – 2008. exremely inspiring! unique , totally unique and asskickin!

* Ethan Coen – Gates of Eden. amazing… completely  fascinating book and really, really well written. great short stories by one of the Coen Bros… with a smile am I reading story after story… just wanna start from the beginning after each story! they are so GOOD!!!

*Alfred Kubin drawings at Leopold museum in vienna — killer details in black and white

* Sven Åke Johansson drawings… in his studio in kreuzberg, Berlin. simple and on the spot! fragile and simply wonderful…

*Happy Sounds in Sweden… Lars Werner & Bernt Rosengren Quartet ( JET EP 02)  on a blue 7? vinyl… what a beauty! amazing find… unreleased music by one of the most important swedish jazz groups ever. A give-a-way 7? for tourists visting sweden in the early 60´s… how many copies are left? One of the rarest jazz items ever from my beloved country… and amazing music… short tracks… but compressed with poetry…

*April Fool / Coming Muhammad Ali. One of the rarest and weirdest Lps ever… from a Muhammad Ali title fight in boxing april 1st 1972.. relaesed on a japanese label NO 197241… a collage mix with boxing commentary and ASS KICKIN music by Yosuke Yamashita Trio… absolutely MINDBLOWING music.  A KNOCK OUT!

*Joe Maini 4 x cd box — monster alto sax player and literally unknown. unfortenatly playing russian roulette one time to much

* Ronnie Ross – Cleopatra´s needle, 12? LP on british fontana. – absolutley beautiful hard swinging jazz- jazz. great pieces and absolutely KILLIN bari playing… a monster LP!

* Jan Garbarek – Til Vigdis. Garbarek´s first record… very very rare and never rereleased unfortunately…BUT completely GREAT! like an insane mix of Rollins, Ayler,Coltrane and most of all Garbarek himself. a CLASSIC! a MONSTER

* BLACK UNITY TRIO – AL FATIHAH on salaam records , with Joe Philips on wiiiiiild alto sax and Abdul Wadud on cello… one of the masterpieces of american free jazz. THIS IS FOR SURE THE SHIT!!!! MINDBLOWING!!!!

*2 to 10 -saxophone adventure w Motuteru Takagi on duo and in larger ensembe… MEGA rare vinyl, with GREAT cover…. Takagi is blowing his brains out on his bass clarinet. really strong and OPEN free jazz, the way we like it!

* George Lewis & his new orleans music on RED VINYL 7?… on Good Time Jazz 1005 recorded 1950 in new orleans… this is just amazing… “mama don´t allow”… all u need! I just got this beaty and its signed by Geo Lewis… scary… and simply just beautiful!

* Stan Kenton – City of Glass , 10?  on capitol. ooooh… what is this… its just amazing… some really freaky contemporary shit here… not at all what u expect. really amazing music. and really well played and conducted. I`m confused and really happy!

Recent finds march / april 2009

7”
The White Stripes – Jolene / Hello Operator // sympathy for the record industry 619
the ultimate version of Dolly Partons mega hit Jolene.

Little Richard – Tutti Frutti/ I m just a lonely Guy // Specialty 561-45
The king… the one and only… on a beaten up piece of vinyl. Just the way we like it! Rockin!

The Pop Group w Tristan Honsinger – we are all prostitutes // rough trade rt 023
A Fantastic croup with a fantastic guest….. I had no idea about the existance of this piece of vinyl w a supercool DIY cover.

Bustmonsters – Weedhead E.P. // WildWestRecords 011
Rare, insane and beautiful full blast vinyl with an even more insane cover… w massami akita making noise on the drums

Rolf Ericson Sextet – Russ and Arlene… // Metronome MEP 247
Wonderful Swedish jazz from the golden era of jazz w. The help of great Freddie Redd trio and some beeeeeaaaautiful soloing by swedish tenor sax player Erik Nordström

12”

Aaron Dilaway – green silcscreened fishes
A GREAT document from noise maestro Dillaway. Released on a beautiful blue vinyl with green fishes swiming around on the silkscreened side of the vinyl. Great design – great music!

Masahiko Togashi & Masayuki Takayanagi – Pulsation 1983 // King Records K28P 6244
The guitarist of guitarist in a very creative duo w percussionist Togashi. Beautiful cover with the two men looking at the sea (!)
A must have…

The JR Mitchell / Byard Lancaster Experience – Live at the Mac Alester Collage ´72 // DogTown Records
A Free Jazz BOMB! After 15 years of searching it feels good to finally have bought this rarity!
And it ROCKS! Like mad! A BOMB!
And with JR mitchells own stamp in one of the corners…. Yum!

The Music Machine – The Music Machine ,Talk Talk // Original Sound LPM 5015
One of the GREATEST garage records ever in its first release. All you need…
Just a FANTASTIC record. Beautiful cover

Georgie Fame – The Two Faces of Fame // CBS 63018
Great jazz singing with exceptional band including Terry (!) Oxley on drums, Kenny Wheeler on trumpet and Gordon Beck on piano…

Sun Ra – Universe in Blue // Saturn ESR 200
Another BOMB… every new Saturn LP is a BOMB… this is no exception.
A BEAUTIFUL cover. ”Helped” by someone in the arkestra with some black ink…
Just amazing… just amazing…