Soft Machine on French TV 1969

Cool video of Soft Machine doing "Pigling Bland" and "Facelift" on the French TV show "L'invite du Dimanche"!

I posted another part of this show last year, all thanks to BassLudeman on YouTube.

The band:

Mike Ratledge - Organ, Electric Piano
Hugh Hopper - Bass
Robert Wyatt - Drums
Elton Dean - Alto sax
Lyn Dobson - Soprano and Tenor Saxes
Marc Charig - Cornet
Nick Evans - Trombone

Maria Due

Rumors, aka tweets from the music library in Trondheim (@musikkavdelinga - tweets in Norwegian), tell that the singer Maria Due is doing Robert Wyatt´s "Alliance" on her forthcoming album.

The album will be released in February 2015, so enjoy her version of Peter Hammill / Van Der Graaf Generator´s "My Rom (Waiting for Wonderland)" while you are waiting.

Sonny Rollins, Norway 1971

Arild Andersen keeps uploading fine videos on his YouTube channel.

Check out this one, Sonny Rollins from Kongsberg Jazz Festival (June 25 1971), with Bobo Stenson (piano), Arild Andersen (bass) and Jon Christensen (drums).

Street Art Auction For Palestine

On the 6th of December the Bergen gallery Bart will organize a street art auction in support of "Aesthetic Prosthetic", a project aiming to raise money for the only prosthetic workshop in Gaza.

The auction is now open for bidding, and you may find pictures of the works over here, but please note there are more to come.

If your Norwegian is a bit rusty, roll a bit down for some English info with contact e-mails and all.

Art by Mode 2 and DotDotDot here in this post, and I have some more from the exhibition on Flickr.

Soft Machine Live In 1970

We had a blog post back in May already on a compilation box set called "Soft Machine Live In 1970".

Now it seems ready for release 8 December on Edifying Records.

The five LP set has liner notes by Brian Hopper.

Only 500 copies, all hand numbered.

Musicians: Mike Ratledge,Robert Wyatt,Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean and Lyn Dobson.

Track list and all over at What Records.

December Video Festival 2014

- Evan Parker, Peter Evans, Charles Evans @ The Stone 9-10-14
- Frode Gjerstad Trio (Gjerstad, Strøm, Nilssen-Love) @ Inage Candy 24 May 2014
- Supersilent @ Dokkhuset (Trondheim) 2014-11-17
- The Thing & Ken Vandermark @ Music Unlimited Wels, Austria, 2014-11-08
- Paal Nilssen-Love, Jim O'Rourke, Lasse Marhaug @ Inage Candy 19 January 2013
- Alan Silva, Mette Rasmussen, Ståle Liavik Solberg @ Dome of Visions, Copenhagen, October 23rd, 2014
- George Russell and the Big Bang Band of 1967 @ Circus in Stockholm (1), !Sweden
What an intro! What a gang! Jump to next video after 29 min.!
- George Russell and the Big Bang Band of 1967 @ Circus in Stockholm (2), Sweden
- Vashti Bunyan & Gareth Dickson @ Jazzhouse, Copenhagen, 18 November, 2014
- Charles Bradley in the backyard of Daptone's House of Soul, featuring Menahan Street Band
- Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - "White Christmas"

Vilde & Inga

Vilde & Inga is a Norwegian impro duo with Vilde Sandve Alnæs (violin) and Inga Margrete Aas (bass).

I have already mentioned their "Makrofauna" on ECM (2014).

Saturday afternoon I heard them play a great gig at the Bergen Public Library, and if slow growing (album titles mostly concerning flora and fauna) impro might be your thing, just check them out!

They are also working with Ingar Zach.