the 31st NICKELSDORF KONFRONTATIONEN is over for this time….

and MY GOD, what a  PARTY it was….uncomparable to everything! MIGHTY MIGHTY MIGHTY!

pictures by great photographer Ziga Koritnik will be published soon. watch out for it!

unforgettable music by Roscoe Mitchell, Joe McPhee, Evan Parker & Sten Sandell, The Ex, Fernandez / Lovens / Flaten Trio, Illita Trio, Boogie (aka Wildbirds & Peacedrums) and many many others!

thank you audience!!!! thank you crew!!!! thank you DJ paal, DJ andy, DJ Ken and DJ Philipp for the vibe… and thank you musicians — see ya all next year!!!

great links to what happened:

http://www.muzicadevest.ro/2010/07/21/konfrontationen-2010/

http://derstandard.at/1277338465795/Jazzfestival-Warum-leise-sein-wenn-es-auch-laut-geht

start yr preperations now….

http://www.konfrontationen.at/

starting NOW / 15th JULI!!!!

the PARTY OF THE YEAR!!!

(Party started already some days ago…) — and the MUSIC kicks off now!!!

read the article in  Der Standard:

http://derstandard.at/1277338021907/Nichts-fuer-schwache-Nerven

check the program out:

http://www.konfrontationen.at/

coem and PART with us!!! /// peace and all FIRE ///// mg

some  mg photos from last year by great photographer nuno martins, from lisbon.

http://www.nmartins.com/Galleries_JazzImprov/MatsGustafsson_gallery/index.html?detectflash=false&

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

well… the quiz is over…. very many answers… and a lot of them quite corretct…. but only one guessing the right year… it was not Mars Williams, It was not Larry Ochs…. it was not… etc etc….the photo of the roland kirk wannabee…was of course… yours truly. ( sorry about that…)

MATS GUSTAFSSON 1984

the picture were taken by Edward Jarvis in 1984, during a session with drummer Kjell Nordeson in Umeå. ( good times….)

an ep + casette will be sent soon to the happy winner from holland!

a big sax photo quiz is coming up later in summer… watch out for it!!!

check it out… two BOMBS and some other great vinyls:

http://matsgus.com/archives/category/vinyl/trades

Good luck! only trades… nothing for sale….

NEW VINYL TRADES JUNE 2010

its time again… sorry for the delay…
some heavy vinyls again up for trade… two bombs… and some other very very nice music.. and it´s all on vinyl, of course… 7″ and 12″…

the first that emails me with a good trade offer gets the vinyl needed. I dont compare offers… the first good one gets it.

please email me:

mats@matsgus.com

– Orkest de volharding – de volharding

great 7″ with music by the great loius andriessen with ao marten altena and willem breuker. this is not a 7″ you see every day! nice shape , vinyl is perfect. the cover shows some wear.

STILL AVAILABLE!

– MJT + 3

GREAT music with the legendary chicago unit MJT ( Modern Jazz Three) with special guest : a young and amazing Muhal Richard Abrams!!!
This is a japanese perssing in prestine condition. really amazing jazz , just before the free jazz thing hit the fan….

TRADED!

– The Gordon Beck Quartet – Experiments with Pop.

a VERY sought after LP… this is the japanese pressing of a real rarity…. with young Johnny McLaughlin on guitar and Tony Oxley on drums… completely great mix of two musical worlds…. ripping guitar playing!
vinyl is in great shape.. the cover has some transperent tape on the seams.

TRADED!

– Yosuke Yamashita Trio – Clay

One of the most amazing records ever done in free jazz… this is the SHIT! amazing…. complety WILD and in detailed brutality!!! a CLASSIC!
not really rare… but amazing… just amazing….

STILL AVAILABLE!

-Jimmy Scott – The Source

a classic vocal album… a TRUE classic… one of the most amazing vocal albums ever f**kin done! I swear….
not extremely rare…but  in really great condition.
there is a lot of rumours about this LP… that it was redrawn by the label at some point after its release… I dont know the full story….
beautiful vocal.. arrangements… music….

STILL AVAILABLE!!! amazing music….

– Mario Schiano Trio – Concerto Della Statale

an mindbending trio recording from Italian maestro Mario Schiano. an early document that you will not see so often. highly recommended!!!!
in really great condition as well.

AVAILABLE!!!

and a new BOMB!!!!

-BORN FREE on Scout records

the legendary, legendary release by the frankfurt jazz festival with unautherized tracks by Peter Brötzmann Group!!!!! and Art Ensemble of Chicago meets European Free Jazz Orchestra w ao. jeanne Lee, Günter Christmann. Mangelsdorf etc etc…
WILD WILD WILD!!!! 3 LP set… in really nice condition as well.

the cover has some slight wear and minor dents….
this one is HEAVY!!!!! recordings are great and music KICKS SERIOUS ASS!!!!
serious trade offers please….

SORRY TRADED.. of course… such a bomb!!!

and an old bomb… BOMB!!!!

again…. I have a 2nd copy of the amazing Kauro Abe LP… winter 1972!!!!!!!
MN 3039
This one was traded for a very very high trade value before… and money were offered from many collectors. but again… trade only… trade only….
released back in the days in only hundred (100) !!! copies… never ever for sale before…?Rarer then hens teeth…?One bootleg CD was relaesed 10 years ago and another legal CD is now available in japan, but this is the original release. This copy is NEW(!!!) never played…?And… the music… is completely FANTASTIC!?I think this is the best material that Abe ever recorded!!! A KILLER!?Solo sax in a way never heard. I was chocked listening to this ABSOLUTE MONSTER first time! I m still in chock…?No Art Cover…just came in white plain sleeve with soft plastic wrapping.
who has a copy of that Steve Lacy Japanese gallery edition to trade with ?

TRADED for amazing amazing trade… but there is stilla slight chance that I can dig up another copy if this BEAST!!! One of the 3 rarest japanese Lps ever in free music , as rare as Takayanagis ECLIPSE!!!

ask me later… there is an actual possibility to find one more copy….

Good luck to you all !
ps. and I do still have some copies of Mats Gustafsson vinyls from the past… some in very limited quantities. some will be up for trade in the next list.
actually….one very very heavy item will be up for trade in next list, end of July… 100 copies only… tba…

so, time again… for another photo from the past. teh last competition was difficult… edward g jarvis it was! His sax collegue Magnus Granberg was the first one to guess correct. We got very many answers… and soem were really “interesting” and creative… thanx a lot!

this time, a photo of a roland kirk- wannabe.

who is this? and what year ?

If you are the first to guess who it is you will get a special vinyl reward, if u also guess the year… well… a special casette reward will be added. both strictly limited editions.

please send in suggestions to :

mats@matsgus.com

good luck!

I m sorry to say that I need to cancel my participation in the upcoming US tour with The thing & Joe McPhee starting tomorrow in Chicago.

this is duo to sudden illness in the family.

The tour will happen with Paal, Ingebright and Joe tearing all the ceelings down for ya. this is quite an a**KICKIN trio, I have to say. dont miss it!

see the tour schedule at:

http://www.paalnilssen-love.com/

I m leaving a small window open to make the last couple of shows on  the tour… but it  is not very likely it will happen… really sorry about that!

all the very very BEST / peace & FIRE //// mats gustafsson

the very last addition to the nickelsdorf konfrontation festival – program is done… and its a WILD one:

“Transatlantic Series” with Roscoe Mitchell, Evan Parker, Joelle Leandre, Tony Hymas, Hugh Ragin!!!!!

this is happening on the 18th July… the last day of four… 15 – 18th July!!!

be prepared for something special!!!

special KONFRONTATIONEN DJ´s are working for ya during the fest:

Ken Vandermark, Andy Moor, Paal Nilssen – Love & Philip Schmickl

opening statement by yours truly can be found at:

http://www.konfrontationen.at/ko10/mats_statement.html

and the whole complete program is available at:

http://www.konfrontationen.at/ko10/

WELCOME – WILLKOMMEN – VÄLKOMNA