Graham Bond Organisation - Live At Klooks Kleek (1964 uk mix os blues, rhythm and blues, jazz and rock - MP3 320K and FLAC)

Almost unbelievably it is now 35 years since Graham Bond, Jack Bruce, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Ginger Baker got up on stage at London's legendary Klooks Kleek club and the tape machine began recording this live session for posterity.



The Organisation were becoming, at that time, the Number One act on the British R&B club scene and this CD shows you why.



Beginning with the introduction, in which Graham Bond swaps amusing banter with the announcer, you can sense a kind of enthusiasm and drive powering them forward.



Some reviewers in the past have criticised this album for poor sound quality, but this is not really valid and such comments must not put you off.



There is a loss of clarity in one or two places, but the overall effect is compelling.



The CD is worth buying for just one track alone - 'Wade in the Water', which features Graham's stunningly powerful Hammond organ and Leslie speaker cabinet sound. But the rest is excellent too.



Don't buy this just because you are a Jack Bruce or Cream fan and want a complete collection - buy it because it's fantastic music from one of the most important bands ever.













Track List:

01.Wade In The Water (2:46)

02.Big Boss Man (5:20)

03.Early In The Morning (4:16)

04.Person To Person Blues (5:15)

05.Spanish Blues (3:01)

06.Introduction By Dick Jordan (2:05)

07.The First Time I Met The Blues (5:11)

08.Stormy Monday (4:14)

09.Train Time (4:17)

10.What I'd Say (5:27)





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Secret Oyster - Secret Oyster (1973 denmark great instrumental mix of jazz, rock and fusion - 1st album - FLAC)

This has to be the greatest band ever to come out of Denmark. A supergroup of sorts with the drummer, sax, and bass player from BURNIN' RED IVANHOE joined by the avant-garde keyboard player from CORONARIAS DANS, and the amazing guitar player from HURDY GURDY.

By the way Donovan's song "Hurdy Gurdy Man" is about this guitar player Claus Bohling.

This album is one of those great discoveries i come across once and a while that makes the search so worth while.

The album cover is from a post card of the mainstreet of the little town where they recorded this their debut record.

This really is a blend of jazz/rock/fusion with Claus just ripping it up throughout on his guitar.

"Dampexpression" opens with piano that builds as sax and a full sound arrives quickly.

The sax and drumming stand out along with the keys. The guitar before 2 minutes lights it up as the bass throbs,more great guitar again after 3 minutes.

"Fire & Water" has a nice beat as organ and fat bass lead the way.

Guitar comes in very psychedelic-like as the tempo picks up.Amazing sound 3 minutes in.The guitar rips it up before 5 minutes.

"Vive La Quelle?" has a memorable,uptempo melody until a calm a minute in where guitar and drums start to make some noise without a real melody.

Just raw guitar sounds and random drum patterns.We start to get a melody after 4 minutes.

Keys come in and they become dissonant at times.Some good guitar 7 minutes in. The song ends as it began.

"Blazing Lace" has a haunting intro before the guitar comes in and takes over.

Sax,drums and bass are all here.Love the guitar after 3 minutes. "Public Oyster" is the longest track at almost 11 minutes.

This is actually very krautrock-like early,the way the keys and guitar lead the way.

The sound starts to build 3 1/2 minutes in. Guitar comes in at 5 minutes and plays over top.Nice.Sax comes in sounding really good as does the relentless drumming. The guitar starts to shine after 9 minutes.

"Mis(s) Fortune" is lighter,almost canterbury-like with lots of keys and bass.

"Ova-X" opens with sax with not much of a melody as sounds come and go.It's kind of experimental and i like it.

This all-instrumental debut from SECRET OYSTER is so impressive. Just a pleasure to listen to (by Mellotron Storm).

Fire & Water:


Tracks List:
1. Dampexpressen (4:24)
2. Fire & water (5:34)
3. Vive la quelle? (8:50)
4. Blazing lace (4:45)
5. Public oyster (10:46)
6. Mis(s) fortune (1:28)
7. Ova-x (4:56)


Secret Oyster:
*Bo Thrige Andersen / drums
*Claus Bøhling / electric guitar
*Kenneth Knudsen / electric piano
*Mats Vinding / bass
*Karsten Vogel / alto & soprano saxes, organ


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Lynn Blessing – Sunset Painter (1969 us, fusion jazz rock with country folk flashes - MP3 320k and FLAC)

“The search for unity in a field of infinite variety is beautifully apparent in this album... the result is swinging, joyous and original”
Paul Horn, original sleevenotes

Lynn Blessing was Born in Cicero, Indiana, 12/4/38. Started playing drums at age 10, vibes at age 17, played with Freddie Hubbard in high school, 1954-57. He is best known for his membership in the jazz-rock band Advancement, who recorded a single, self-titled album in 1969, and as a member of Bill Plummer's Cosmic Brotherhood and Gabor Szabo's studio band.

Previously, however, he and Plummer were also an integral part of cornet master Tommy Peltier's Jazz Corps, one of the house bands at the famed Lighthouse between 1963 and 1967. Blessing was a Midwesterner who met Freddie Hubbard in high school and formed his first jazz group with him at that time (Blessing played drums). He also worked with Paul Horn, Martin Denny, Tony Bennett, and Fred Katz. Sunset Painter is Blessing's only date as a leader and was originally issued on Epic in 1969.

Produced by Paul Horn, the LP also features pedal steel guitar whiz Sneaky Pete Kleinow, bassist Wolfgang Melz, drummer Mel Telford, and guitarists John Beck and Robert Hirth. Sunset Painter is deeply influenced by sounds coming from Los Angels and San Francisco at the time, particularly those of Laurel Canyon. As such, this is not a "jazz" record per se.

It is a collection of almost entirely instrumental pop tunes, four of which were written by the rock icons of the day: "Mother Nature's Son," by Lennon and McCartney; "Pinball Wizard," by Pete Townshend; "Country Pie," by Bob Dylan; and "Child of the Universe," by Roger McGuinn. The rest were either self-penned or by the sidemen on the date; Melz and Hirth wrote one apiece. The sound is loose, breezy, laid-back, and full of Eastern tinges (acoustic guitars played like sitars with open droning lead and rhythm parts as on the title track with its shimmering 12-string, and Blessing's single-note melodies).

Then there is "Mother Nature's Son" done country-raga style -- no kidding. The warm feel of the set offers the same feel as many of Gary McFarland's sides on Skye but is less pop-oriented and more psychedelic in texture. The opener, "Cosmic Cowboy," features Blessing on a pair of harmonicas playing one just behind the other, a popping electric bassline, and breakbeats skittering around the middle before Blessing's vibes enter, resembling something cut out of the hoedown section of Aaron Copland's Billy the Kid.

The lithe openness on most of this recording is caught perfectly in "Anacalyspsis," where the pedal steel -- playing more like a slide guitar -- engages with Blessing's vibes, and the drums widen out in a slippery country stroll given dimension, texture, and depth by Blessing's solo and sophisticated melodic improvisation. And while it's true that the album is relatively brief, clocking in at exactly 38 minutes, it is a minor masterpiece.

It's very much of its time and stands in stark contrast to so much of the jazz that was being recorded on the American side of the pond at the time. In some sense, it's not a jazz record, but neither is it a pop, or psych or folk or rock record either. It is all things at once and none of them, but its sense of order, focus, and attention to melody, atmosphere, and brevity make it a wonderfully focused listen.

While Charles Lloyd was messing about trying out his singing in trying to bring the rock and blues sensibilities to his records, he might have tried hanging out with Blessing, who had the boundaries down and was interested in integration more than extrapolation. Fallout Records in the U.K. reissued this gentle treasure in 2007, and it is well worth seeking out as an experiment that succeeded aesthetically, even if it failed commercially.
by Thom Jurek

Tracks
1. Cosmic Cowboy (Blessing) - 3:27
2. Sunset Painter (Blessing) - 2:39
3. Mother Nature’s Son (Lennon, McCartney) - 2:24
4. Anacalypsis (Blessing) - 3:32
5. From Deep Within For Lynn (Melz) - 2:13
6. An Awakening (Hirth) - 5:14
7. Country Pie (Dylan) - 3:21
8. Pinball Wizard (Townshend) - 3:14
9. Emerald River (Sill) - 2:37
10. Child Of The Universe (Grusin, McGuinn) - 1:49
11. “Monk 136” (Hirth) - 4:22
12. Where There Is Grass (Melz) - 3:09

Musicians
*Lynn Blessing – Vibes, Harmonica
*Wolfgang Melz – Electric Bass
*John Beck – Guitar
*Robert Hirth – Guitar
*Sneaky Pete Kleinow – Steel Guitar
*Mel Telford – Drums

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