Alan Braufman Finnish Trio We Jazz Festival winter 2022.

Alan Braufman - Live in New York City, February 8, 1975

Alan Braufman – Live in New York City, February 8, 1975

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(▶︎ Solos | Dickie Landry (feat. Richard Peck, Robert Prado, Rusty Gilder, Jon Smith, Alan Braufman, David Lee) | Unseen Worldsから)

Solos by Dickie Landry (feat. Richard Peck, Robert Prado, Rusty Gilder, Jon Smith, Alan Braufman, David Lee)

On February 19, 1972, a crew of mostly Louisiana-raised musicians came together at the Leo Castelli Gallery on West Broadway in Soho to perform a wholly improvised concert. This ensemble’s solos spring from collective improvisations and a tumultuous backbeat, loosely inspired by the creations of Coltrane, Coleman, Albert Ayler, and their brethren. The de facto leader was Richard “Dickie” Landry, a saxophonist and keyboardist who joined composer Philip Glass’s group in 1969. Landry had become a fixture in downtown New York’s loft and art scenes at the close of the 1960s, after he high-tailed it by car from Louisiana to the Lower East Side and auspiciously encountered Ornette Coleman at the Village Gate the night of his arrival. For this concert, fellow Glass reedists Jon Smith and Richard Peck joined in, alongside Rusty Gilder and Robert Prado, both doubling on bass (upright and electric) and trumpet. The drum chair was occupied by New Orleans firecracker David Lee, Jr., who brought alto saxophonist Alan Braufman along for the session (Braufman was the only non-Louisiana player in the band). The ensemble stretched out in the gallery for several hours in a configuration reflecting those that took place at Landry’s Chinatown loft, documented in photos by artists Tina Girouard and Suzanne Harris that adorn the inside of the original gatefold album jacket. Recorded live by Glass’ sound engineer Kurt Munkacsi, the album was released as a double LP on Chatham Square, the small imprint Landry and Glass co-ran, in a stark greyscale cover and simply titled Solos. The order of the players’ improvisations was laid out on the album inner labels, though unsurprisingly there’s a fair amount of blend. At the end of the day Solos is beyond category, a rousing exploration of instrumentation, rhythm, and life. This first-time reissue is remastered from the original master tapes, released as a 2LP gatefold with period photos and new liner notes by Clifford Allen, and an additional 30 minutes of bonus material in the digital edition, included with the download code. クレジット2022年10月7日リリース For Bobby Ramirez Dickie Landry: Tenor & Soprano Sax, Electric Piano Richard Peck: Tenor Sax Robert Prado: Trumpet & Bass Rusty Gilder: Trumpet & Bass Jon Smith: Tenor Sax Alan Braufman: Alto Sax David Lee: Drums Kurt Munkacsi: Engineer, 16 Track Skully, Butterfly Productions, Inc Recorded Live Feb. 19, 1972 Leo Castelli Gallery, N.Y.C., 420 W. Broadway Tina Girouard: Photographs, Cover Suzanne Harris: Photographs D. Norsen: Layout, Design Remastering: Stephan Mathieu Produced by Dickie Landry & Leo Castelli

Alan Braufman – The Fire Still Burns (Valley of Search)

How many venerated free jazz classics get a four-plus decades later minted sequel? Composer/improviser Alan Braufman registers in that select number with The Fire Still Burns, a follow-up to his 1975 album Valley of Search. As with that earlier since rarified effort, the new album finds him surrounded by ace compatriots, though only Cooper Moore is an alumnus of yore. Young lion James Brandon Lewis does dynamic duty as front line foil on tenor while veteran bassist Ken Filiano and drummer Andrew Drury shore up the rhythm section. Different band, comparable fire.

Berklee-educated, Braufman honed his chops in the loft scene of 1970s Manhattan, running with aforementioned Cooper Moore, William Parker, David S. Ware and others. The performance spaces that were their creative Petrie dishes soon fell prey to gentrification and Braufman decamped to other locales, eventually settling in Salt Lake City. He and Cooper Moore kept in touch through the intervening decades, rekindling their partnership through performance. A recording project felt like a natural complement and Braufman set about enlisting a new ensemble to not so much pick up where the original one left off, but instead comment on the now through sound.

Both albums evince a strong Don Cherry influence with the borders between individual Braufman-scripted pieces blurred into two larger suite-like structures that recall the late trumpeter’s side-long medleys on albums for the Blue Note label. Free leaning excursions like the rapid clip “No Floor No Ceiling” alternate with more tune-girded ventures like the effervescent, backbeat-powered “Morning Bazaar” and “City Nights.” Such enthusiastically syncopated rhythmic elements point to the leader’s open-minded stance to incorporating conventional elements right alongside more emancipated ones.

“Home,” which concludes the initial morning suite cycle, builds from a bold repeating unison riff that has the horns breaking off into soulful successive solos over another churning Drury-driven backbeat and Cooper Moore-crafted piano fills. “Creation,” which launches the B-side evening-designated suite, toes a similar balance between tumult and traction while “Alone Again” veers surprisingly close to jazz contemporary balladry. Braufman’s sound and approach have broadened and there’s arguably more polish and poise to this later venture, but the embers still glow brightly making the title chosen still feel apposite as an assignation.

Derek Taylor

Alan Braufman - Valley of Search

India Navigation

1975

Alan Braufman - Valley of Search (Reissue)

Alan Braufman "Valley of Search" album reissue June 29, 2018.  Originally released in 1975 on India Navigation Records.

Alan Braufman – Saxophone Cooper-Moore – Piano, dulcimer, recitation Cecil McBee – Bass David Lee – Drums Ralph Williams - Percussion

In late 1974, India Navigation label owner Bob Cummins set up microphones in a New York City building’s storefront, documenting two short sets by the band with no alternate takes or additional cuts.  These recordings became Alan Braufman’s debut album Valley of Search.  Valley of Search has enjoyed a cult status among followers of this music, and it captures a unique and very alive historical slice of New York’s creative improvised underground.

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One Journey with Jazz

Hua Hsu's New Yorker essay chronicles his path to the free jazz of today. So many of us who aspired to unravel the mysteries of jazz during the late '60s and early '70s unknowingly shared some of the same revelatory recordings and experiences (like, for me, the knotty brilliance of Coltrane's Interstellar Space and the New York loft scene that emerged thereafter); yet the stops each of us individually made from those times to the current day often diverged in fascinating and illuminating ways. Worth a thought for those who disparage the art form for being narrow and confining.

-Nick Moy

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do the music shuffle

Thank you to @plumbdaisy for tagging me 😊 always nice to share music and see what other people are listening to 👍

Rules: We’re snooping in your playlist! Put your entire music library on shuffle and list the first 10 songs and then choose 10 people.

1. Judy Mowatt - She Kept On Talking

2. Honey Joy - Arrive Lost

3. Veronica Falls - My Heart Beats

4. Tony Owens - I Don't Want Nobody But My Baby

5. Cliff Curry - Let Love Come In

6. Rogiérs - Home (Opolopo Remix)

7. Alan Braufman - Morning Bazaar

8. The Werewandas - Now and Forever

9. Jean Stanback - I Still Love You

10. Elia y Elizabeth - Alegría

It's a better list than I usually get when I shuffle my music 😁 and is a bit closer to reflecting what I mainly listen to these days. The highlights are probably Jean Stanback's deep soul classic and the lovely early 70s Colombian soft funk by Elia y Elizabeth 👍

I will tag @simatrix @simsmus @zosa95 @oneofakindlikeyou @purzelsims @sims4italianfan @villereals @storiesbyjes2g @mdianasims @simsforbrains @flethro

As always feel free to ignore if you already did this/prefer not to 😊

“ Alan Braufman ‘Ark of Salvation’ “...

Alan Braufman - “Valley of Search” (1975, 2018): Unearthed treasure! Alan Braufman’s debut of a free jazz extravaganza, recorded at a storefront with no further editing. Cerebral, with spiritual fluctuations & untamed inner power. Essential listening for the many and therefore most strongly recommended!

Alan Braufman Finnish Trio at We Jazz Festival 2022 Helsinki

Cecil McBee - Mutima

Cecil McBee – Mutima

Originally released in 1974 on Strata East Everland Jazz Reissue (2018) Format: LP Style: Free Jazz, Spiritual Jazz, Post-Bop Vibe: Mysterious, Nocturnal, Adventure, Spiritual, Communal, Eclectic, Epic, Meditative Musical Attributes: Acoustic, Improvisation, Progressive, Thematic

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First ever reissue of Alan Braufman’s 1975 free jazz nugget Valley of Search coming on Friday; live Brooklyn event announced

Why has it taken 40-odd years for saxophonist Alan Braufman’s much-beloved debut and sole solo album to get the reissue treatment when flocks of talentless shitbirds are blessed with re-release campaigns every year? Ultimately, you can wrestle with questions all you want; it’s answers that matter. And what’s IS REALLY IMPORTANT is that Braufman’s cacophonous Valley of Search is being reissued for the first time ever (remastered and with new liner notes) on Friday, June 28 by Valley of Search (a label set up for this release, but with future goodies expected). The album is a must-have for anyone whose pulse quickens when hearing furious dissonance, honking volume, screeching high notes, and LOTS of clangor, bells, and wails. Recorded in a NYC loft-front at 501 Canal St. by Bob Cummins and issued on his India Navigation label in 1975, Valley of Search features one of many creams of the 1970s New York avant-garde crop in loose- but-elastic action. With Braufman on alto saxophone, Cooper-Moore (then Gene Ashton) on piano and dulcimer, Cecil McBee on bass, David Lee on drums, and Ralph Williams on wild percussion; Valley of Search is not simply a document of the West Side free jazz scene and spirit in the mid-70s — it’s also a record of the incredible playing by this selfless team of musicians in an extremely sympathetic setting. Check out the trailer and tracklisting below before searching out the DL and LP of Valley of Search here. A very special one-off show at National Sawdust in Brooklyn featuring Braufman and Cooper-Moore with a full band playing Valley of Search and more is also happening on August 3. Infos for that are here. Valley of Search tracklisting: 01. Rainbow Warriors 02. Chant 03. Thankfulness 04. Love Is for Real 05. Forshadow 06. Miracles 07. Ark of Salvation 08. Little Nabil’s March 09. Destiny http://j.mp/2MkLP52

By Unknown Author from Arts in the New York Times-https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/19/arts/music/jazz-recommendations.html?partner=IFTTT Here are six new and noteworthy tracks, from a recently unearthed Don Cherry radio broadcast to Angel Bat Dawid’s remix of Alan Braufman. 6 Jazz Songs to Listen to Right Now New York Times

My WVUD playlist and stream, 7/24/2021

Emma-Jean Thackray - Venus Tommaso Cappellato - Legend of the Bringer Ola Kvernberg - Get Down Jaga Jazzist - Tomita (live) BADBADNOTGOOD - Signal from the Noise sneaky jesus - Józek Zagadka Alan Braufman - City Nights William Parker - Tabasco Rhyton - Runnings (Out of Dreams) Zion80 - Wandering Stone (Jon Madof RMX) Quiroga & 291out - Fantasia Mèlange Southern Energy Ensemble - See Funk Mothers of Guru - In Your Cage Foodman - Gallery Cafe The Lasso, Jordan Hamilton & The Saxsquatch - Born Tempo Cochemea - Black Pearl Tiago Frúgoli Ensemble - Longe

(listen on Mixcloud)