OliverM Posted December 5, 2016 Report Posted December 5, 2016 I read on French online magazine Citizen Jazz that François Tusques' seminal "Free Jazz" is going to be reissued on LP by Finders Keepers with a bonus CD of live tracks taken from 1965 and 1966 concerts of the then "Bernard Vitet sextet". Apparently INA did not accept or respond to Tusques' asking them the tapes of the concert given on the eve or recording "Free Jazz". So instead Tusques drew these undated tapes from his stuff. Somehow the people from Resonance records seem to collaborate more successfully with the people at INA... Quote
clifford_thornton Posted December 5, 2016 Report Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) Ah, great news! Love Free Jazz and have heard at least some of the INA stuff -- albeit later and credited to Beb Guérin. This'll be a real treat. I think I mentioned in the INA/Resonance thread how ridiculous it was that labels have access to that treasure trove of stuff and choose to put out the most obvious things one can think of. Avant-garde music from Barney Wilen or Joachim Kühn that few have heard? Meh, pass... Edited December 5, 2016 by clifford_thornton Quote
OliverM Posted August 3, 2017 Author Report Posted August 3, 2017 It looks like it will come in the fall: https://finderskeepersrecords.bandcamp.com/album/free-jazz Quote
mjazzg Posted August 3, 2017 Report Posted August 3, 2017 Never heard it but I'll probably buy it on reputation alone, thanks for the link Quote
clifford_thornton Posted August 3, 2017 Report Posted August 3, 2017 whole LP is on YouTube if you want to give it a listen. It's superb. I'd like to know if the release will still include previously unissued material, as I need to hear that stuff! Quote
mjazzg Posted August 3, 2017 Report Posted August 3, 2017 Thanks Clifford, I'll give it a spin the Finders Keepers says "taken directly from François Tusques very own master-tape archive, allowing Finders Keepers access to two rare original out-takes which did not appear on the original LP" Quote
clifford_thornton Posted August 3, 2017 Report Posted August 3, 2017 Hmm. The In Situ CD from the early 90s had an alternate take or two as well. Quote
bertrand Posted August 8, 2017 Report Posted August 8, 2017 1. What obvious stuff are you thinking of? The Larry Young set? 2. How is the Intercommunal Music record with Alan Shorter and Sunny Murray? Quote
Dick Bowman Posted August 9, 2017 Report Posted August 9, 2017 8 hours ago, bertrand said: 1. What obvious stuff are you thinking of? The Larry Young set? 2. How is the Intercommunal Music record with Alan Shorter and Sunny Murray? Bought "Intercommunal Music" when it came out - doesn't stick in the memory and as I don't have it any more I must have decided it wasn't worth hanging on to (big fan of both Shorter and Murray, so I assume the record must have been a disappointment). Quote
mjazzg Posted November 11, 2017 Report Posted November 11, 2017 Has anyone heard the reissue of "Free Jazz" yet? How's it sound? Quote
Rabshakeh Posted June 29, 2020 Report Posted June 29, 2020 On 10/11/2017 at 9:03 PM, mjazzg said: Has anyone heard the reissue of "Free Jazz" yet? How's it sound? Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but what was the view on this? I am thinking of taking the plunge. Quote
mjazzg Posted June 29, 2020 Report Posted June 29, 2020 unreserved recommendation for the music and the reissue from me Quote
colinmce Posted June 29, 2020 Report Posted June 29, 2020 btw if anyone has the In Situ Free Jazz CD and would like to sell it, I'd be very interested. Quote
Rabshakeh Posted July 12, 2020 Report Posted July 12, 2020 On 29/06/2020 at 2:08 PM, mjazzg said: unreserved recommendation for the music and the reissue from me Done it. I found it in a shop on a post-COVID shopping trip and decided that it was so important to support struggling small businesses that I really needed to buy it on the spot (or something like that...). I haven’t played it yet, but I’m looking forward to it as it is one of my favourites from the early French scene. Quote
mjazzg Posted July 12, 2020 Report Posted July 12, 2020 Nice that a post-lockdown shop had it readily in stock and just waiting for you. I've not done a physical shop yet, I need to see if Honest Jons are open, also a couple of shops I happened upon online in Hackney (aren't they all nowadays). Quote
Rabshakeh Posted July 12, 2020 Report Posted July 12, 2020 8 hours ago, mjazzg said: Nice that a post-lockdown shop had it readily in stock and just waiting for you. I've not done a physical shop yet, I need to see if Honest Jons are open, also a couple of shops I happened upon online in Hackney (aren't they all nowadays). Last time that I checked HJ was still closed but shipping, although that may have changed this week. Which Hackney shops do you go to? Quote
mjazzg Posted July 12, 2020 Report Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) HJ definitely shipping as I know to my lockdown cost! I've only previously been to YoYo when it was Cosmos, Low Company and Love Vinyl. I had a good online experience with World of Echo so will visit them, I came across one online in Mare Street market and I think there's one in Clapton I remember reading about. I suspect there's more. How about you? Is it a locality you get to often? I recall you posted about YoYo The whole shift east has me needing to reacquaint with everywhere east of Dalston. Used go there thirty years ago but not so recently - no tube 😃 They are cropping up everywhere, there's even one just round the corner in Wood Green now , who'd have thought it! Edited July 12, 2020 by mjazzg Quote
Rabshakeh Posted July 12, 2020 Report Posted July 12, 2020 Basically just those two for me. I used to live round there so went into those a lot. They're really nice shopping experiences and basically next door to each other. WoE has a link to Treader of some sort. The Mare Street market one is I think only new stuff. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 13, 2020 Report Posted July 13, 2020 On 8/8/2017 at 7:26 PM, bertrand said: 1. What obvious stuff are you thinking of? The Larry Young set? 2. How is the Intercommunal Music record with Alan Shorter and Sunny Murray? Yes, the Larry Young. Intercommunal Music is excellent in my opinion, but also very, very out. Would love to hear that bonus CD of Vitet-led music. Quote
mjazzg Posted August 22, 2020 Report Posted August 22, 2020 More Tusques from Finders Keepers on its way imminently https://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/shop/francois-tusques-la-chasse-au-snark-the-hunting-of-the-snark/ Quote
Rabshakeh Posted August 22, 2020 Report Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) Following that link it looks like there's been quite a bit of Tusques reissued. I'm a big fan of Free Jazz (the album). What would be the next step? Edited August 22, 2020 by Rabshakeh Quote
mjazzg Posted August 22, 2020 Report Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) 'Free Jazz' was my entry point not very long ago, because of this thread. I consider it right up there. Others on this board know a lot more about Tusques than I do but two very good albums I've listened to this morning and that took me to Finders Keepers and the new reissue are I'm pretty sure the Finders Keepers catalogue is all on Spotify if you're so inclined and not a reissue but still very good indeed https://nivuniconnu.bandcamp.com/album/intercommunal-dialogue-1-2 beware the LP is cut at 45rpm Edited August 22, 2020 by mjazzg Quote
Rabshakeh Posted August 22, 2020 Report Posted August 22, 2020 Thanks! To tell the truth, the whole French scene (other than as sidemen on BYGs) was pretty unknown to me until recently. Its been fun to suddenly discover a huge untapped area like this. Quote
mjazzg Posted August 22, 2020 Report Posted August 22, 2020 Similarly for me really. I've been a big Sclavis and Texier fan for many years but never really looked backwards. Now Tusques, Portal, Jouk Minor have been investigated largely due to posts here. Alongside which i very much enjoy a lot of the Souffle Continu label's reissues Quote
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