the jazz sax quiz 2012 !!!

time again to guess who the saxplayers are….some are young, some are very young….6 different players, before or during their artistic peak….

and we ask WHO are they ????

please email to mats@matsgus.com  —– before 1 march 2012 with the correct answers.

the first winning answer will recieve a very special reward in vinyl… a good one!!!!

please enter your snail mail adress in the answers.

GOOD LUCK!

sax player nr 1.

sax player nr 2.

sax player nr 3.

sax player nr. 4

sax player nr 5.

sax player nr 6. – the sax player is in shades

amazing amazing saxophonist!!!!

and his sessionography is right here:

www.janstrom.se

the site is made by enthusiast jan ström. amazing work!!!!

Jimmy Lyons is something else!!!!!!!

CHECK IT OUT!!!!!

The great and totally kickin german artist Peter Brötzmann is presenting new and old work at the creative gallery of Epikur in Wuppertal, Germany

http://www.galerie-epikur.de/start.html

Check it out!!! Highly recomended!

Brötzmann is touring with his Brötzmann Chicago Tentet in Europe april 17 – 30. check the tour calender for more info.

But the exhibition at Galerie Epikur is NOT to be missed!!!!! in no way…..

The great and totally kickin austrian artist Mathias Pöschl is presenting new work at the creative gallery of Ping Pong in malmö , Sweden.

http://www.galleripingpong.se/html/aktuell.asp

Check it out!!! Highly recomended!

Pöschl has made vinyl covers to Mats Gustafsson in the past (and future….) : ITS ALL ABOUT on Tyyfus and recently NEEDS on Dancing Wayang, just to name two….

check this out!!!!

an amazing film by henry english on marion brown… killin footage and amazing music w ao dave burrell, sirone and bobby kapp

MINDBLOWING!

http://vimeo.com/19619667

marion brown r.i.p.

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