Comicoperando live in London

Comicoperando taking a bow 
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Comicoperando played their versions of  Robert Wyatt's music in London 12 May. Great concert, but poorly attended, or what? I wouldn't mind seeing this gang!
Gary Franklin took the picture (more on his Flickr) of Chris Cutler, Annie Whitehead, Dagmar Krause, Karen Mantler and Michel Delville or John Edwards (please tell me which one, if you know).

It is John Edwards! Thanks

And a review over at Blogdegezou!

Eliza Carthy

Eliza Carthy  just released a new album called "Neptune" (Hem Hem, 2011).
Check out this live version of "Britain is a car park" from the album.

Summer playing list?

Since it´s time to start making your summer playing lists, let me suggest some Robert Wyatt pearls on other peoples albums. I bet you can find them on some streaming service or digital shop of some kind:

Bertrand Burgalat: "This summer night" (Cheri BB, Tricatel 2007)

Hot Chip: "Made in the dark" (Hot Chip with Robert Wyatt and Geese") (EMI 2008)

Monica Vasconcelos: "Out of the doldrums", "Still in the dark" ("hih", Movas 2008)

Barbara Morgenstern: "Camouflage" ("Bm", Minika Enterprise 2008)

Jeanette Lindström: "River" (and others) ("Attitude & Orbit Control", Diesel 2009)

Sophia Domancich: "Wilderness" ("Snakes and Ladders", Cristal 2010)

Coxhill, Frith, Parker, 99 Minutes

- The Lol Coxhill Trio at The Playhouse during City of Derry Jazz & Big Band Festival 2011.  Lol Coxhill (sax),  Alan Niblock (bass) and Steve Noble (trommer).
Almost 50 minutes long!

- Fred Frith and Evan Parker at Cafe Oto (April 2011).


  99 Minutes Program 12 110510 Jazz by MIC Norway

- MIC Norway´s web cast series "99 Minutes" #12, by Guttorm Andreasen. Jazz festival edition, with among others Håkon Kornstad. The previous web casts here.

More artists to Molde

I guess the program for  Molde International Jazz Festival is almost complete now, and I will probably not bother you any more with this until July (no, I won´t promise anything).
Today the festival announced several of this blog´s (more or less) regular visitors too: Kjetil Møster, Michael Duch, Karl Seglem, Eirik Hegdal and Spunk (Maja Ratkje, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Lene Grenager, Kristin Andersen) with Jöelle Léandre (announced by Wyatt and Stuff already in January).
This may be a nice festival once more,  so let´s just celebrate with Jöelle Léandre and Carlos Zingaro.

Throw Open The Church´s Doors!

This might be only for the hardcore collectors of Norwegian music, but here we go anyway.
Plastic Strip  and  Lars Mørch Finborud, who gave us the great Compendium sampler in 2010, recently released a sampler with Norwegian Christian bands that I have never heard about in my life.
The title of this blog post is the English translation of the first part of the full album title "Lukk opp kirkens dører. A selection of Norwegian Christian jazz, psych, funk & folk 1970 - 1980".

The music is more than OK, and  yes, it is jazz, psych, funk and folk. Some quite well known musicians from outside the Christian music field is here too, like Fred Nøddelund, Ditlef Eckhoff and Knut Risnæs (Good News), Torbjørn Sunde (Presens) and Trond Villa, Pete Knudsen and Terje Venaas (Kari Hansa & Gregers Hes).

I don´t want to be rude, but the lyrics are best forgotten, so if you don´t understand Norwegian, this album may sound even better!

Cunclusion: An interesting album for friends of Norwegian rock and jazz, and a great work by Lars Mørch Finborud. The booklet is fine too, and written in English all the way!

Catalytic-Sound

Check out the shop Catalytic-Sound! The new primary source to get music made by the four fine gentlemen Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark and Peter Brötzmann.

I kind of like the message below the empty cart: Empty! Blasphemy.