As a die-hard rock/fusion jazz music fan since the late 60s, I’d always thought of the punk scene as just a way for young people with not much going on in their lives to release some steam (and blood) within the confines of clubs located in industrial neighborhoods and the urban wasteland of suburbia, so besides getting a kick out of the antics of The Ramones and the Sex Pistols, I’d never truly considered punk as anything serious – at least, not until I’d seen Colver’s shots of sweating, flying, bleeding, sneering, energetic and downright serious bands and their fans. I was first exposed to Edward Colver’s work on a grand scale in late 2009 while visiting the “Who Shot Rock & Roll” photo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, during which I found myself staring at Colver’s photo of Black Flag singer Henry Rollins who, seemingly, had just punched a mirror and bloodied his fist in doing so. This Featured Artist Portfolio was a long time in coming. The tapes' welcome resurrection is accompanied by attractive and exhaustive packaging, with a 28 page booklet and liner notes by writers Philippe Carles and Bob Blumenthal (who interviewed Friedman, Phillips, and Chambers) background by Feldman and Klabin and reminiscences by Guiffre's longtime collaborators Paul Bley, Steve Swallow, and the late Jim Hall.ACHOF Featured Album Cover Artist Portfolio – Photographer Edward Colver The release was mixed, mastered, and restored by Klabin & Fran Gala at the Resonance Records Studios in Beverly Hills. The pristine sound quality reveals Klabin's prodigious talents at an early age, close-miking each musician and mixing live to a Crown 2-track tape recorder. He invited Giuffre with that goal in mind, and recorded his quartet - with Chambers, pianist Don Friedman, and bassist Barre Phillips. Disc two travels slightly back in time to May 1965, with a performance in an empty Wollman Auditorium on the campus of Columbia University, then 19-year-old Columbia student Klabin had recently been appointed head of the jazz department at WKCR-FM, the university's radio station, and wanted to present original recordings as part of his show. The concert marks the only performance by this particular trio with bassist Richard Davis and drummer Joe Chambers. The first disc was recorded in September 1965 at Judson Hall during Charlotte Moorman's New York Festival of The Avant Garde, produced by saxophonist and jazz critic Don Heckman, on a triple bill with bands led by Heckman and Charles Lloyd.
Sharing a similar enthusiasm for the music, Feldman and Soley co-founded Elemental Music label as a home for Feldman to release more catalog discoveries, unreleased tapes or reissues of out of print records from bygone labels.
The Jimmy Giuffre 3 & 4's New York Concerts was brought to light through the passion and dedication of Klabin's partner in these releases, producer Zev Feldman, who brought the tapes to Barcelona-based Distrijazz founder Jordi Soley. These recordings are the latest treasures to be unearthed from the seemingly inexhaustible troves of producer/engineer George Klabin, who in the last few years has also released essential 'lost' recordings by Bill Evans (Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate), Wes Montgomery (Echoes of Indiana Avenue) and the forthcoming Charles Lloyd (Manhattan Stories).
New York Concerts sheds light on Giuffre's 'lost period' between 19 which was mainly undocumented although Giuffre continued to work through this era. Disney On Ice: 100 Years Of Ma Soundtrack album for sale New York Concerts is a 2CD set collection of two newly discovered 1965 concerts from legendary jazz, composer, clarinetist, & saxophonist, Jimmy Giuffre (pronounced joo-free).