Available as 320k MP3 or 16bit FLAC Tracklisting: 1. Tutankhamun - 18:322. Illinstrun - 7:513. A Jackson In Your House - 10:24  "Originally released as a bootleg LP entitled Among the People. The Art Ensemble is at its best, in top form, in front of the ecstatic Italian crowd." "Half the recording is “Tutankhamun,” with a lyrical, slow Lester Bowie trumpet solo with characteristic emotive interjections, then a fast, melodic bass sax solo, presumably by Joseph Jarman, that bubbles like lava; when Bowie reenters, the group bounces along like a far-fetched version of a Gerry Mulligan quartet. “Illinstrun” is a quiet percussion piece, initially with tinkling metal sounds; over halfway through, the atmosphere suddenly, almost imperceptibly, changes to mysterious, indescribable sounds, with Malachi Favors bowing his bass alone at the end. Aggressive, vivid percussion led by Famoudou Don Moye opens “A Jackson in Your House”; the alto solo, consisting of edgy motivic variations, is presumably by Roscoe Mitchell, and the comic theme statement is by toy-store instruments." - Jazz Times --- Malachi Favors Magoustous / bass, melodica, percussionFamoudou Don Moye / drums, percussionJoseph Jarman / saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, vibraphone, percussionRoscoe Mitchell / saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, clarinet, percussionLester Bowie / trumpet, percussion---Recorded live in Milano, August 1980

Available as 320k MP3 or 16bit FLAC "This is the first gig that Eugene Chadbourne and Toshinori Kondo played with the veteran of the new music scene - Han Bennink - who recorded with Eric Dolphy almost twenty years earlier. Apart from playing their usual instruments, this CD is a unique opportunity to hear Han Bennink on tenor and soprano saxophones as well as trombone and piano. Eugene Chadbourne tries his hand on piano aswell. Powerful, crazy, hilarious! They even hit the be-bop once or twice." --- Tracklisting: 1. Jazz Bunker - 47:11 2. Jazz Bunker - 46:47 --- Recorded live at the Jazz Bunker, Rotterdam, Holland, February, 1980.  Engineered by Stan Wijnans at LMC Sound, London.

Available as 320k MP3 or 16bit FLAC Tracklisting: 1. Patriotic Poem Number One Forty Years After - 7:252. Sawasawa - 6:453. Races Places Faces And Asses - 8:074. Mohawk [written by Charlie Parker] - 4:355. Mothers [written by Albert Ayler] - 4:516. Marconison - 11:147. Cassava Snake One Pot - 6:458. Mikel Black - 6:159. Rosty Metal - 8:37"Recorded live at the Praxis '85 festival in Athens, Greece on May 8, 1985, a night when, by the sound of things, each man was in thorough musical command. A high-energy, high-passion, all-around great recording." - All About Jazz "The concert took place in Orpheus Theatre. In a room behind the stage we found costumes and hats from a previous theatrical performance. We quickly agreed on the unusual headgear and only when somebody announced our trio on stage did I let Famoudou and John know the parameters of the piece. These were the followin: everybody dashes to his instrument onstage as fast as he possibly can and starts to play as loud as possible, as much as possible and as quickly as possible without a second's delay. The intensity of the piece was to be at its peak from the first note. The text of the patriotic poem I recite which is taken up and improvised on by John and Famoudou goes like this: crack, sudden flower, blue bottle, fly bad, beat small, wise glass, equal pain, taste snow, fast button, knee mercy" - Hartmut Geerken (Januarry 1999) trans. Isabel Seeberg --- Recorded live at PRAXIS 1985 by George Ergomenides. Remastered by Mick Richie. Photos by Agis Kelpekis.

Available as 320k MP3 or 16bit FLAC Tracklisting: 1. Semplice - 57:332. First Encore "Mack The Knife - 5:453. Second Encore - 5:374. Third Encore -5:13   "Complete performance by the legendary trio of their seminal composition Semplice (57 minutes) plus three encores." "The Ganelin Trio created some of the best improvised music ever played in the old Soviet Union, which you may think is like saying they're the best country music singers in the Metropolitan Opera company until you hear this disc. Recorded live in Moscow in 1983, this performance consists of Ganelin's fifty-seven minute "Semplice," plus three relatively brief encores." - All About Jazz "Maybe not since the first Ornette Coleman records appeared has Western European jazz experienced quite such a shock of the totally unexpected as the Ganelin Trio produced." - The Wire --- Vladimir Tarasov / drums, percussion, hornVyacheslav Ganelin / piano, keyboards, flute, horn, percussionVladimir Chekasin / saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion --- Recorded live in Moscow 20th November 1983. Remastered by Alan Mosley. Photos by Hans Kumpf. Special thanks to Olivia Lichenstein for smuggling this recording out from behind the iron curtain.

Available as 320k MP3 or 16bit FLAC Tracklisting: 1. Egypt Strut - 6:422. Dawn - 12:563. Watusa - 18:524. Ramadan - 4:195. Salah Ragab - Oriental Mood6. A Farewell Theme - 10:027. Music For Angela Davis - 13:01 Seven original compositions plus two bonus tracks previously unissued. "36 minutes of the Man from Saturn and his Arkestra - the length of a good LP in the old days. Plus, how can any Saturnian resist the lure of a Ra disc recorded in the shadow of the Sphinx herself, right in Cairo? Top it off with 33 more minutes of Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band, and you've got a real treat. This is Ra in 1983 and 1984, sounding surprisingly close to the tight Ra band of the Fifties, rather than to the later, looser ensembles. To be sure, there isn't a lot of intricate ensemble work on these three Ra tracks, but the heads do have a bit of a throwback bop feel. Plus, "Egypt Strut" and "Dawn" both feature John Gilmore solos of terrific architectonic coherence and passion, and Marshall Allen chimes in on flute just as mellifluously. The Sun himself contributes a keyboard solo of ringing power on "Egypt Strut." "Watusa," meanwhile, is a feast of percussion in the grand Ra fashion. The Cairo jazz ensembles, which range from 21 members ("Ramadan") to five ("Oriental Mood,") hold up their end of the disc wonderfully. This is energetic and deeply sincere jazz with a marvelous Middle Eastern feel, complete with chanting on "Ramadan." All the instrumentalists are first-rate, especially pianist Khamis El Khouly, especially on "A Farewell Theme." A great one. A feast. Don't miss it." All About Jazz