Saturday, August 13, 2011

Real Tchicai, 1977




Danish horn player John Tchicai has been a favourite of mine for years, no, decades. He started as a fire breathing free jazz proponent as part of Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary Five, New York Art Quartet and New York Eye & Ear Control but he came to my attention when I first Pierre Dorge's New Jungle Orchestra. Then I started to track down Tchicai's work with smaller ensembles. This is one of them - three Danes in the studio in 1977.

John Tchicai, for decades, has been straddling free jazz, world music, and modern classical and music that doesn't even had a name. Let's just call if all "great music". I may try and eventually get his trio recording (with guitarist Garrison Fewell and horn player Charlie Kohlhase) - Good Night Songs (on the Boxholder label)...

Enjoy!

7 comments:

  1. Good Night Songs is well worth seeking out, and, luckily, not hard to find. But the trio live is truly something to behold.

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  2. Yeah, I have it and have been debating on postuing it here. We'll see how Real Tchicai goes...

    I saw them live at the Casa Festival in Montreal several years ago. I agree: something to behold!

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  3. A very fine album.
    I would recommend to listen to "Hope is Bright Green Up North" (2002), which is another fine collaboration between Tchicai and Dorge.

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  4. Thanks for the heads up, Uri. I'm tracking it down right now!

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  5. wow you know whats really annoying, that you uploaded it as one mp3! come on, now.

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  6. Please read the caveat at the top of the page on the right. Thanks.

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  7. Any chance for a re-up, please?

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