Sunday, November 27, 2016
Stories On Walls - Chicago's Original Jazz joints
Chicago in the 1950s was an exciting showcase for jazz. All kinds of jazz – from the swinging grandeur of Duke Ellington to the soaring vocals of Sarah Vaughan and the ground-breaking experimentation of Miles Davis.
The wave of musical talent that swept through the Windy City was simply breathtaking, and the music poured out of clubs, ballrooms, hotel lounges and restaurants. The joints were truly jumping. These smoky dives were almost as legendary as the players – the Blue Note, the Sutherland Lounge, the Trianon Ballroom and many more.
Musicians would form strong emotional attachments to some of these great jazz clubs. When the bandleader Count Basie returned to the city in 1960 and discovered the legendary Blue Note had closed its doors permanently, he said it felt like a death in the family.
The photographer Ted Williams haunted all these hotbeds of jazz during their heyday, from the late Forties to the early Sixties, and captured all the big names at work and at play. These photographs are priceless documents of that time, and they’re also stunning works of art, cool black-and-white icons with their own everlasting glamour and fascinating details.
And now you have the chance to own these photographs for the first time.
About Ted Williams
Most of Ted Williams’ archive, comprising both original negatives and photographs has never been published, printed, or seen before – until now. His jazz photography has been widely celebrated for the way in which it takes viewers on a heartfelt journey into both the on- and off-stage lives of touring, hardworking, and often legendary, jazz musicians.
Williams’ photographs capture the focus, the energy and the delight of jazz artists, and he photographed virtually every major name in jazz and blues: Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Thelonius Monk, Dinah Washington, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis and Charlie Parker.
Williams’ work emanated an intimacy and spontaneity towards his subjects and it’s in that dynamic where the honesty and truth of his photos is to be found. William’ longer-term ambition had been that the general public would get to see his images in exhibition settings. In this way, Ted believed that the photographs would offer some illumination on mid twentieth century African-American culture.
Ted died in 2009, but he remains a figurehead for African American photographers and in the history of American photography. He has left behind a dazzling photographic odyssey through the world of jazz.
* Taken from a piece written by James Clarke
Launched in November 2016, Stories on Walls is the world’s first true online gallery experience bringing extraordinary, affordable exhibitions to fans by way of an advanced mini-documentary exhibition platform.
The site is home to a growing number of photo-documentaries telling the stories behind extraordinary images found in rare archives and unusual back catalogues.
Stories on Walls print promise to customers’ means that every print comes with the
following:
• A signed certificate of authenticity with a uniquely numbered hologram
• A printed copy of the narrative that accompanied it in the exhibition
• Individual colour-management onto Hahnemühle Photo Rag fine art paper as a high-res print
• A choice of 3 tasteful framing options, wooden, black or white
• Carefully wrapped and tracked, we ship quickly and safely
• Worldwide shipping and FREE shipping within the UK
Stories On Walls can be found online at storiesonwalls.com or on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest with the handle @Storiesonwalls
EXTENDED! 30%. Off. Everything.
Because of the amazing respons we've got on the Black Friday discount we decided to extend the discount on our website during the whole weekend! So you can still buy the greatest albums today with a 30% discount on challengerecords.com! Order your holiday presents this weekend with this special discount.
* The discount is available on selected labels
Happy Holiday Season!
Saturday, November 26, 2016
Dimitri Howald Trio - Three Flamingos (UNIT RECORDS 2016)
Zwischen Farben.
Was hier drei Künstler
Töne mischen,
die Arme ausgestreckt nach der alten Wärme
und gleich nach den neuen Brüchen
(wo sich keiner hervortut, tut sie keiner hervor)
ist leise konsequent ist seltenschön.
Wie ein Magnet ziehen die Stücke den Zuhörer an oder lassen ihn zwischen den Farben stehen. Die drei jungen Musiker kreieren einen intimen Klang, der leise und verspielt, aber auch laut und ausgelassen daher kommen kann. In verträumter Atmosphäre wechseln sich melodiöse Themen und Ostinati ab mit interaktiven Improvisationen.
1. Nosila 4:23
2. Steaming Street 5:55
3. Three Flamingos 4:08
4. Feather 5:25
5. Green Eyes 6:38
6. Backlight 4:52
7. Falling Grace 5:24
8. Schlaufe 6:08
Dimitri Howald – guitar
Valentin von Fischer – double bass
Philipp Leibundgut – drums
All compositions by Dimitri Howald except Nr. by Steve Swallow
Recorded at Papiermuhle-Studio, Bern
Recording Date: 25. & 26.01.16
Studio engineer and mastering by Chris Diggelmann
Special Thanks to Valentin and Philipp, Patrice Moret, Chris Diggelmann, Harald and Lukas, Kim and Moe, all my friends and family.
TOUR 2017
Konzertdaten:
Rotbart, Berlin DE 02.01.2017
Kulturfabrik Schlot, Berlin DE 03.01.2017
Donau 115, Berlin DE 07.01.2017
Schon Schön, Mainz DE 09.01.2017
Jazzclub Tübingen DE 11.01.2017
Werkhof 102, Bern CH 12.01.2017
Zoobar, Bern CH 14.01.2017
Illegal Crowns - Illegal Crowns (ROGUEART 2016)
We treasure the long-time collaborators who share the same commitment to the creative journey, and we thrill at meeting new partners who converse with the same hybridized and willfully corrupted musical vocabulary. A cooperative project like Illegal Crowns celebrates all of the above.
Illegal Crowns: a group both old and new, music accessible and experimental, a name revolutionary and royal. Four individuals and one ensemble, in the kind of harmony that needs no resolution. Taylor Ho Bynum, excerpt from the liner notes
01. Colle & Acrylique 6:21
02. Thoby’s Sister 6:29
03. Illegal Crown 9:03
04. Holograms 4:09
05. Solar Mail 7:18
06. Wry Tulips 14:44
Frankfurt Exploration - Blue Clouds (UNIT RECORDS 2016)
Frankfurt hat eine lange und wichtige Tradition als Jazzstadt. Die Brüder Mangelsdorff sowie der Veranstalter Horst Lippmann waren wichtige, prägende Personen der Szene. Die Verbindung von Musikern höchster Qualität mit Personen deren Stärken in den Bereichen Medien und Veranstaltungen lagen, hat Frankfurt diesen Status in Sachen Jazz ermöglicht.
Der Kreis um Albert Mangelsdorff hat sich in den Fünfziger Jahren etabliert und ist bis heute im Jazzensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks aktiv. Die Verbindungen zwischen den "alten" Vertretern der Szene, eine Szene die sich differenziert hat durch ihre Offenheit und ästhetische Breite, und den "jüngeren" Szenemitgliedern sind über die Jahre nicht genug gepflegt geworden.
Frankfurt Exploration ist eine Formation die sich für ein Konzert im Oktober 2014 zusammengefunden hat. Dieses Projekt versucht eine Brücke zwischen den Generationen zu bilden.
01. Cms 3:04
02. Blue Clouds 4:14
03. Free 2:36
04. Mingus Spirit 3:29
05. Bubbles 1:55
06. Checkpoint 2:21
07. Broken Distance 3:20
08. Metamorphosis 3:21
09. Pachorra 3:29
10. Corral 5:47
11. Pregunta 4:01
12. Subsequently 2:52
13. A Fish Starts Talking 2:21
Heinz Sauer: sax
Bob Degen: piano
Valentin Garvie: trumpet
Markus Schieferdecker: bass
Uli Schiffelholz: drums
Compositions by Valentin Garvie, Heinz Sauer, Bob Degen, Markus Schieferdecker and Uli Schiffelholz
Recorded at Fattoria Musica in Osnabrück
Recording Date: May 28th/29th 2015
Studio engineer and mastering by Walter Quintus
Oddjob - Oddjob Plays Weather Report (2016)
MORE INFO
1. Herandu
2. Three Clowns
3. River People
4. Badia
5. Scarlet Woman
Per ”Ruskträsk” Johansson, alto sax
Goran Kajfeš, trumpet
Daniel Karlsson, piano
Peter Forss, bass
Lars Skoglund, drums
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