NEW ORCHESTRA QUINTET "UP 'TIL NOW" (NOR, 1979)

In the beginning I didn't like the music very much but after listening to it three times I enjoy it quite a lot.

This is Lisle Ellis aka L.S. Lansall-Ellis' and Paul Plimley's first recordings.

Thanks to W. for the loan of the LP.


(Update for 09/2016:
I really would like to recommend a double CD > Al Neil Trio "Retrospective 1965-1968".
It's worth every penny I gave. It is a limited edition. And Gregg Simpson is the drummer.
A real important piece of Jazz history - and with music as excellent and singular as any better known ensembles from this time.
Take a look here
More info here and there.)






Paul Cram, alto & tenor saxophone
Ralph Eppel, trombone & euphonium
Paul Plimley, piano
L.S. Lansall-Ellis, bass
Gregg Simpson, drums


1. 10 x 10 (L.S. Lansall-Ellis) 10:54
2. Up Til Now (New Orchestra Quintet) 13:12
3. Terminal Shift (N.O.Q, arr. by R.Eppel) 11:08
4. Delicate Chestnut Roll (Paul Plimley) 15:39


Recorded at PSI-CHORD Studios, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, January 28, 1979.

NEW ORCHESTRA RECORDS NOR 001

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Anthony Davis Quintet “Episteme” - Live in Botticino '09

During the end of the seventies and the early eighties A.Davis
was a usual presence on the scene of the avant-gard jazz : in
those years he was a member of The Leo Smith Ens., The
George Lewis Ens., The Leroy Jenkins Trio, co-leaded a
quartet with James Newton and his own Ens. Episteme.
From the half of the eighties he devoted his activity into
modern classical music, becoming an internationally known
composer of operatic, symphonic, choral, and chamber works.
Here you can listen to the world premiere of his new Episteme
Ensemble performing some new compositions and the old
(first rec. 1976) "Of Blues And Dreams". The encore (for trio)
is a wonderful version of Monk's Evidence to demonstrate how
still strong are his roots in jazz music. Great Concert.

Rec. live at "Crosscurrent", Botticino (Brescia), Italy,
on October 30, 2009 - World Premiere (radio broadcast)

Anthony Davis,piano
J.D. Parran,clarinet & bass clarinet
Mark Feldman,violin
Lisle Ellis,bass
Gerry Hemingway,drums,marimba & vibraphone

1. Of Blues And Dreams [A.Davis] (16:52)
2. Sudden Death [A.Davis] (19:09)
3. Loss [A.Davis] (21:55)
4. The Dream Of The Spider [A.Davis & D.Prieto] (14:02)
5. Evidence [T.Monk] (07:55)

Total Time 1:19:56