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5029 SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE "Challenge" (1966-7)
4020 SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE "Withdrawal" (1966-7)
4134 SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE "Frameworks" (1968/71/73)
Classic performances by the innovative trio of
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PAUL RUTHERFORD (trombone), DEREK BAILEY (guitar) & BARRY GUY (double bass) performing a soundtrack for a film. Somewhat more restrained and gentle than their live performances (as heard on CHAPTER ONE Emanem 4301), but still very fine music. 79 minutes - previously unissued (except on film).
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A previously unissued concert by the original version of Iskra 1903 - PAUL RUTHERFORD (trombone), DEREK BAILEY (guitar) and BARRY GUY (double bass). Arguably their best extended concert captured on record. Plus two short extracts from another concert. 75 minutes - previously unissued.
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Two of the finest extended compositions for improvisers - the only published
examples of Rutherford's early work in that idiom - featuring
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The definitive solo trombone album. "This is certainly one of the best LPs of the year." (John Litweiler, 1977) "A tour de force which must be heard to be believed." (Victor Schonfield, 1987) "The best record of solo free improvising you are likely to find." (Derek Bailey, 1987) Reissue of Emanem 3305 (3403) with extra material from the same sessions (and a lot less pre-echo) - 55 minutes.
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Recorded a year after his acclaimed masterpiece, The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie, these three festival sets are at least as good. They find Rutherford at his most original and inventive, making wild music by enhancing his trombone with his voice, with mutes and other objects, as well as using his awesome speed and stunning range. No-one else has made the trombone sound like this, before or since. 75 minutes. 5 minutes originally on an FMP sampler - the rest is previously unissued.
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To make his third solo album, Rutherford went into a studio with both trombone and euphonium and used over-dubbing techniques to create unique pieces involving up to four brass instruments. The only completely solo performance features the euphonium. A couple of short tracks feature the trombone played back at double speed - one of them accompanied by a howling dog (the only other performer involved). This CD also includes two superb solo trombone improvisations recorded in Italian concerts a couple of years later. Reissue of SFA LP 092 with extra material. 70 minutes.
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A 2-CD set containing four very different settings all featuring
PAUL RUTHERFORD (trombone & euphonium):
two festival solos - one with electronics and the other without;
a festival brass quartet with GEORGE LEWIS (trombone), MARTIN MAYES (French horn)
& MELVYN POORE (tuba);
and a studio trio with PAUL ROGERS (double bass) & NIGEL MORRIS (drum set).
The electronically enhanced solo and the brass quartet are unlike anything else in
Rutherford's discography.
All previously unissued. 141 minutes.
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5027 STEVENS/RUTHERFORD/PARKER/GUY "One Four and Two Twos" (1978/79/92)
4150 SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE & ORCHESTRA "Trio & Triangle" (1981)
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A short-lived improvising trio featuring the trombonist with PAUL ROGERS (double bass) and NIGEL MORRIS (drums), that the leader put together to explore more free jazz-like areas than usual. Rutherford and Rogers play to their expected very high standards (even though it was one of the bassist's earliest recordings), while Morris shows why he is missed so much since he quit this music. The whole of their Bracknell Jazz Festival set is included along with some previously unissued studio recordings. Reissue of Emanem 4107, which was a reissue of Ogun cassette OGC531 with extra material. 77 minutes.
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4030 EVAN PARKER / PAUL RUTHERFORD / HANS SCHNEIDER / PAUL LYTTON "Waterloo 1985"
A collection of adventurous trombone solos recorded over nine years in four different spaces - two club rooms (one very dry), an Italian jazz festival, and a very resonant church. 76 minutes - previously unissued.
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4204 LOL COXHILL "Spectral Soprano" (1954-1999)
A sensational concert of trombone & double bass duos & solos by two of the greatest exponents of their respective instruments. Their opening 40 minute duet is a remarkable example of sustained extended improvisation. 78 minutes - previously unissued.
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A very fine concert by the trio of PAUL RUTHERFORD (trombone), PHILIPP WACHSMANN (violin & electronics) and BARRY GUY (amplified double bass). The first set comprises a 33 minutes piece - the second set includes one solo performance each. 74 minutes - previously unissued.
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The complete first quartet performance by PAUL RUTHERFORD (trombone), JULIE TIPPETT (voice), KEITH TIPPETT (piano) & PAUL ROGERS (double bass) - the highlight of the Le Mans festival. Plus a trombone solo from earlier in the year. 67 minutes.
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4205 freedom of the city 2001 "small groups"
4206 freedom of the city 2001 "large groups"
4086 LOL COXHILL "Out to Launch" (2001-2)
Rutherford's appearance at the Empty Bottle Festival was his first visit to America apart from two previous tours in orchestras. His 31 minute trombone solo shows him still to be at the top of his game. The following day he was asked to organise a septet with JEB BISHOP (trombone), LOL COXHILL (soprano saxophone), MATS GUSTAFSSON (tenor saxophone), FRED LONBERG-HOLM (cello & electronics), KENT KESSLER (double bass) and KJELL NORDESON (percussion). They performed a concerto featuring Coxhill and a free improvisation. 77 minutes.
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The day after their Empty Bottle appearances (Emanem 4082 & Emanem 4086), these three travelled to Milwaukee for a concert, that featured superb unaccompanied solos by Rutherford (trombone), Müller (double bass) & Coxhill (soprano sax), as well as two short duos and a trio. 73 minutes.
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