Leroy Jenkins With Andrew Cyrille & Anthony Davis - The Legend Of Al Glatson(1978)

Leroy Jenkins With Andrew Cyrille & Anthony Davis - The Legend Of Al Glatson

Tracklist .
A1 Al Glatston 10:33
A2 Brax Stone 8:53
B1 Albert Ayler (His Life Was Too Short) 4:06
B2 Tuesday Child 5:22
B3 What Goes Around Comes Around 8:28

Personnel:
Violin, Composed By - Leroy Jenkins
Piano - Anthony Davis
Percussion - Andrew Cyrille


Design - Gigi" Barbieri
Engineer - "Michel" Carlo Martenet
Photography - Giuseppe Pino
Producer - Giacomo Pellicciotti
Producer [Assistant] - Walter Prati


Notes
Recorded in July 1978 at GRS STUDIOS, Milano

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Anthony Braxton - Silence(1969)

Anthony Braxton - Silence


Tracklist
A Off The Top Of My Head
B Silence

Personnel:

Anthony Braxton - Reeds, (Misc. Instruments), Producer
Leo Smith - Trumpet, (Misc. Instruments), Producer
Leroy Jenkins - Violin, (Misc. Instruments), Producer

Recorded on 18 July 1969 in Paris.


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George Lewis - George Lewis(1978)

George Lewis - George Lewis

Tracklist
A1 Monads
Roscoe Mitchell - ss
Douglas Ewart - bcl
George Lewis - alt tbn, tnr tbn
Abdul Wadud - vcl
Leroy Jenkins - vln
Anthony Davis - p

A2 Triple Slow Mix
George Lewis - susaphone
Anthony Davis - p (right channel)
Muhal Richard Abrams - p (left channel)

B1 Cycle
Doubla Ewart - cl, bassoon, sopranino sax, perc
George Lewis - moog synth, tnr tbn, wagner tuba

B2 Shadowgraph, 5 (Sextet)
George Lewis - tnr tbn, wagner tuba, susaphone, other(sound-tube)
Muhal Richard Abrams - p
Douglas Ewart - fl, ewart bamboo fl, other(cassette recorder/recitation], perc.
Leroy Jenkins - vla
Abdul Wadud - vcl

Recorded at Generation Sound Studios, New York City

This is the 2nd album of George Lewis in Black Saint. As intlligent musician, together with friends of AACM, he exapnds experimental world in music wider and deeper. Every title has different combination players and instruments. Muscial pointillism, which Roscoe Mitchell was questing in one time, becomes strong and apparent.

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Anthony Braxton - This Time...(1970)

Anthony Braxton - This Time...

Tracklist
A1 Composition No 1 13:10
A2 Solo 5:42
B1 Small Composition No 1 2:22
B2 Small Composition No 2 3:03
B3 Small Composition No 3 1:00
B4 Small Composition No 4 1:55
B5 Small Composition No 5 3:30
B6 In The Street 3:56
B7 This Time... 1:45

Personnel:
Drums, Darbouka, Percussion - Steve McCall
Saxophone [Alto], Saxophone [Soprano], Clarinet, Clarinet [contrabass], Flute, Sound Machine, Chimes, Voice - Anthony Braxton
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Horns, Logs, Siren - Leo Smith
Violin, Viola, Flute, Mouth Organ, Organ [Hohner] - Leroy Jenkins

Recorded January 1970 in Paris.

One of the greatest early days works of Anthony Braxton. The group recorded this consisted of Anthony Braxton / Leo Smith / Reloy Jenkins /Steve McCall. The group was called Creative Construction Company(CCC). Experimental, unique, humorous, ironical, diverse and creative.

This is ripped from cassette tape. And quality is not so good. If you like this music, pls. buy CD or MP3 download.

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Leroy Jenkins with Jazz Composer's Orchestra, The - For Players Only (1975)

Leroy Jenkins with Jazz Composer's Orchestra, The - For Players Only (1975)


Tracklist
A For Players Only [Part One] 15:45
B For Players Only [Part Two] 20:35

Personnel:
Artwork By [Design] - Paul McDonough
Bass - David Holland , Sirone
Cello - Diedre Murray
Clarinet [Contrabass] - Anthony Braxton
Clarinet, Bagpipes [Musette], Horn [Banshee Horn] - Dewey Redman
Drums, Percussion - Charles Shaw , Roger Blank
Drums, Percussion, Piano - Jerome Cooper
Flute, Piccolo Flute - Becky Friend
French Horn - Sharon Freeman
Guitar - James Emery
Saxophone [Soprano] - Charles Brackeen
Saxophone [Tenor] - Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre*
Synthesizer - Romulus Franceschini
Trombone - Joseph Bowie
Trumpet - Leo Smith
Tuba - Bill Davis
Violin, Conductor, Producer, Composed By - Leroy Jenkins

Engineer - Tony May
Engineer [Mixing] - Michael Mantler
Mastered By - Harry N. Fein
Other [Assistance] - Fred Ehrhardt
Photography - Matthew Klein
Producer - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra, The


This is the final of series of JCOA with solo leader. This time, leader is Leroy Jenkins.

Sounds like middle period of Stravinsky's orchestral music. Very skillful, taste of modern classic music, rather than jazz.

Side B is series of solos by each instrument and player. This is very unique.

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Frank Lowe - Black Beings

Frank Lowe: tenor saxophone
Joseph Jarman: soprano & alto saxophones
The Wizard (Raymond Lee Chang OR Leroy Jenkins?): violin
William Parker: bass
Rashid Sinan: drums

The age of the LP was often one of compromise for jazz musicians. Given the restrictions on playing time, recordings had to be edited to fit. This meant a loss of ideas and of development with the truncated versions being shadows of the whole. The emergence of the CD has seen the revival of music with the whole performance included. Sometimes the edits were better, but many times the complete picture brings in a deeper dimension and impact. The latter sensibility grabs this recording which has fifteen minutes added to "In Trane's Name" and "Thulani."

Recorded in 1973, Frank Lowe (tenor saxophone) pulled in Joseph Jarman (soprano and alto saxophones) and William Parker (bass) to fly into the eye of free jazz. Lowe was into the music after John Coltrane's Ascension (Impulse!, 1965), and the influence and impact can be felt right through. Lowe went out on a musical limb here; the genre was not a long-term residence for him.

It all opens quietly enough with "In Trane's Name." Lowe plays with control, giving the melody its due, but when the tune erupts, the power and the force are incendiary. Both Lowe and Jarman propel and edge the music onwards, fermenting and brewing ideas on the go. There is howl and yell and intensely volatile notes shooting into the stratosphere. Jarman hits the high squiggles, squeezing out the notes, the torque tight. Lowe swipes a broader swath as he gets into a conversation with Jarman, if that's what the charged atmosphere can be called. Give the band credit though for not letting the tune spiral out of control, they bring it down, cooling the pace for the mid-section.

"Thulani" is another agitated progression, with Lowe and Jarman moving on different planes; the former is steady on the beat and the melody, the later unfurls a whorl of free motifs. But it is not long before Lowe dives into the pith and tears form apart.

Parker and Rashid Sinan (drums) are an energetic and propulsive rhythm section. As for The Wizard on violin, it is Raymond Lee Chang and not Leroy Jenkins, whose playing informs Chang through a few shimmering lines on his solo outing during "Thulani," a waft of freshness in the heat. But he, too, is caught in the turmoil most of the way.

Black Beings serves as an historical document and stopping-off point in the musical legacy of Lowe, showing a rare side of the musician.

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Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones

Archie Shepp: tenor saxophone, piano
Philly Joe Jones: drums
Anthony Braxton: soprano & alto saxophones
Chicago Beau: soprano saxophone, harmonica, vocals
Julio Finn: harmonica, vocals
Leroy Jenkins: violin
Earl Freeman: bass, vocals

1969 ARCHIE SHEPP & PHILLY JOE JONES (LP)

Revolutionary Ensemble - Beyond the Boundary of Time

REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE:
Leroy Jenkins: violin
Sirone: bass
Jerome Cooper: percussion, balafon, chiramia, keyboard

2008 BEYOND THE BOUNDARY OF TIME
Review

Revolutionary Ensemble - And Now ...

REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE:
Leroy Jenkins: violin, harmonica, bells
Sirone: bass
Jerome Cooper: drums, percussion, keyboard

2004 AND NOW ...
Review

Revolutionary Ensemble - Manhattan Cycles

REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE:
Leroy Jenkins: violin, viola
Sirone: bass
Jerome Cooper: drums, percussion, flute, bugle

1972 MANHATTAN CYCLES (LP)

Revolutionary Ensemble - Revolutionary Ensemble

REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE:
Leroy Jenkins: violin, flute, kalimba
Sirone: bass, flute
Jerome Cooper: drums, percussion, flute, piano

1977 REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE (LP)

Revolutionary Ensemble - Vietnam

REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE:
Leroy Jenkins: violin, viola, harmonica
Sirone: bass, cello, wooden flute
Jerome Cooper: percussion, bugle

1972 VIETNAM
Review

Revolutionary Ensemble - The Psyche

REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE:
Leroy Jenkins: violin, viola
Sirone: bass
Jerome Cooper: drums, piano

When the Revolutionary Ensemble formed in the early ‘70s, the New Thing in jazz, disbursed mainly through the ESP label, had flamed brightly, been co-opted by political influences and developed into a more violent strain of free improvisation, a move from which it has yet to recover. What was happening concurrently was a total acceptance of any instrument into the jazz fold. Beneficiary of this benevolence was Leroy Jenkins, heir to the heritage of Stuff Smith but also the first to apply the dulcet tones of violin to a more experimental setting (at least in jazz).

After work with Archie Shepp and Alan Silva, and as a member of the woefully short-lived Creative Construction Company, Jenkins hooked up with bassist Sirone (né Norris Jones, who had been with Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown, Gato Barbieri and others) and younger drummer Jerome Cooper (fresh from Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s group). They formed the Revolutionary Ensemble and began working on “chamber jazz.” What this entails usually is an emphasis on string instruments (a reaction to the screeching saxophones that overpowered everything in their midst) and jazz-cum-classical compositional forms.

Sadly, for such an influential group, their five albums were released on five different labels, all out of print until now. Originally self-released, The Psyche was the third and thus far most accessible with three long pieces, one by each participant, featuring Jenkins’ cerebral tone, Sirone’s rich arco and Cooper’s percussion and surprisingly understated piano.

Though two of the three compositions are lengthy (accounting for 39 of the 47 minutes), you can focus on the subtle interactions between Jenkins and Sirone rather than struggling through the usual soup of a horn-based avant-garde session.

This review originally appeared in AllAboutJazz-New York .

1975 THE PSYCHE

Revolutionary Ensemble - The People's Republic

REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE:
Leroy Jenkins: violin, viola, percussion, vocals
Jerome Cooper: drums, percussion, piano, bugle, vocals
Sirone: bass, percussion, trombone, vocals

1975 THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC