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Tete Montoliu Trio: Concentric EP 7": R-13 — Calafat [promotional record] (1966)

As for the 1979 engagement, and according the available sources, the most likely calender was: July 9-14, 1979 - Ronnie Scott's, London - TM (p) & Joe Pass (g) July 15, 1979 - North Sea Jazz Festival, Faya Lobbi Zaal, The Hague - TM (p) July 16-22, 1979 - Ronnie Scott's, London - TM (p) An additional concert in the Capital Radio Jazz Festival in the North of London was also mentioned in La Vanguardia (7 July 1979 issue).

First post edited to add info I somehow skipped when starting this thread.

Thanks a lot for the Bimhuis reference, Niko. I already had the 1990 date, but the Joe Henderson 1981 gig is a new addition to the itinerary of the European tour of the quartet. Already checked the National Jazz Archive; Crecendo and Jazz News article are really interesting. Thanks for the Kirk info, brownie. At that very same time Tete was in a very long engagement at the Whisky Jazz in Madrid, with Pedro Iturralde, Eric Peter y Peer Wyboris. Great to see you around when returning to these forums!

As part of my revived Tete Montoliu Chronology project, I am currently trying to sort out all his concerts at Ronnie Scott's in London. I have already tried to contact the club's management several times, which has proven unsuccessful. Any help from members with access to UK jazz magazines, The Times or any other British periodical is most appreciated (@sidewinder maybe) From different sources, this is what I have gathered so far: * January 1977: two weeks engagement, starting on 17 January and ending on 30 January, as part of an European tour with George Coleman According to the interview with Tete published in Quàrtica Jazz #1 (April 1981), they started playing with a local rhythm section, but they ended up playing as a duo, since they were not very happy with bassist and drummer. The Stage (13 January issue, with calls for the week starting on 17 January; and 20 January issue, same for the week starting on 24 January) only lists George Coleman/Tete Montoliu, also mentioning Marian Williams, most likely as a different act. Review by Miles Kington, published in the 24 January issue of The Times, mentions Ronnie Matthewson on bass and Martin Drew on drums. * June 1977: two weeks engagement, starting on 13 June and ending on 26 June According to the review published in The Times (14 June issue), he was supposed to play as a trio, but finally played as a duo with bassist Peter Ind: "Ronnie Scott's had somehow mislaid its drummer, but the pianist showed no evidence of pining for the prompting one might have provided. Nor did he seemed greatly to rely on the impetus of Peter Ind a willing but somehow four square bassist, trusting instead to the inspiration of his own sudden and trenchant bass patterns" However, in the aforementioned interview for Quàrtica Jazz, he mentions he got back to Ronnie Scott's in mid-1977 to play solo (Tete's remembrances didn't use to be the most accurate anyway). * May/June 1978: one week (?) engagement, starting on 29 May He must have finished by 2 June, since on 3 June he was playing at the Jazz Cava in Terrassa for certain, as a trio with bassist Manuel Elías and drummer Ramón Farrán. * July 1979, one week engagement starting on 9 July: duo with Joe Pass Listings in The Stage (5 July issue) confirm this engagement. Tete recalls playing for twelve consecutive days as a duo with Joe Pass and The Stage (12 July issue) also lists Tete, without Joe Pass, for the following week. However, this does not match with the rest of the timeline I have unearthed so far, since he played at the North Sea Jazz Festival on 15 July. Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia mentions several additional gigs in London and its surroundings, but no specifics discovered yet, except for a trio engagement with Herbie Lewis and Billy Higgins ca. October 1979.

Has any board member ever tried to shop directly from Copenhagen's Jazzhus Montmartre website? I tried to place an order and got an error message, along these lines: "Shipment is not possible to that destination" (google translation from Danish). Any similar experience around here? Thanks in advance

Really appreciated, sidewinder! I haven't been in touch with him for a while. Will contact him to see if he has got additional info in the meantime.

Thanks for your reply. I have to check my files, but I have listed October 1 so far, based on my previous research. Do you have any primary source? Stan Tracey on piano. That would confirm that Tete did not leave the continent for the UK, contradicting some second-hand sources. Or, at least, not as part of the RRK Quartet.

S Sure, thanks!

Ruby Braff's discography lists: * Paris (La Salle Pleyel) on October 2, while George Bonifacio's research and Jordi Pujol's book confirm it was October 1. * Milano on September 29 or 30, while George Bonifacio's research and review on Musica Jazz confirm it was October 10. More research to be done on possible concerts by RRK Quartet in London, following the tour in the continent. I have already found some mentions, but no primary sources yet. The Ruby Braff discography lists one gig at the Marquee Club (recording of Jazz 625 program for BBC telecast) on October 11.

Some additional (and to some extent contradictory) info contained in Ruby Braff's discography: https://books.google.es/books?id=Xv4wRvu2qT0C&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=newport+in+europe+tour+1964+roland+kirk&source=bl&ots=C_6TGZ7Wvv&sig=H5UczEgAXlvsUv8MlPPSVRC3zP0&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitiYun9rfRAhWBcRQKHWikAuQQ6AEIJjAB#v=onepage&q=newport%20in%20europe%20tour%201964%20roland%20kirk&f=false

Up again! Hot Ptah: did you finally manage to run that search on Tete Montoliu? Thanks in advance!

Up for some wintry air!

Here's a bunch of additional gigs in which Tete Montoliu played with Joe Henderson: Date: December 24-26, 1976 Location: Jazz Cava, Terrassa, Spain Label: [no known recording] Joe Henderson (ldr, ts), Tete Montoliu (ldr, p), Eric Peter (b), Peer Wyboris (d) December 24, night set. December 25, evening and night set. December 26, evening set. According to El País (January 2 & February 6, 1977), a Catalonian tour with Joe Henderson was scheduled for the last days of December and for January 1977, but this (and several concerts in Madrid clubs) was cancelled due to an engagement at the Ronnie Scott's in London and some appearances in the Belgian, Dutch and Danish televisions. Cancelled engagement of the Tete Montoliu Trio at the Balboa Jazz club in Madrid, originally scheduled to start in January 18, included concerts with Slide Hampton, Pony Poindexter and Johnny Griffin Date: January 26, 1981 Location: Vienna, Austria Label: [radio broadcast] Joe Henderson (ldr, ts), Tete Montoliu (p), John Lockwood (b), Mike Hyman (d) a. 01 Relaxin' At Camarillo - 17:03(Charlie Parker) b. 02 I Want To Talk About You(Billy Eckstine) c. 02 Giant Steps - 9:21(John Coltrane) d. 03 Recorda Me [aka No Me Esqueça](Joe Henderson) e. 04 'Round Midnight - 27:17(Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams) b, c; d, e performed as medleys. Joe Henderson (ts) on a, d-e. e. is incomplete on only known source. Date: January 30, 1981 Location: Geneva, Switzerland Label: [no known recording] Joe Henderson (ldr, ts), Tete Montoliu (p), John Lockwood (b), Mike Hyman (d) Date: February 9, 1981 Location: JazzClub (Gaede Hoersaal), Karlsruhe, Germany Label: [no known recording] Joe Henderson (ldr, ts), Tete Montoliu (p), John Lockwood (b), Mike Hyman (d) Date: February 15, 1981 Location: Sinkkasten Club, Frankfurt, Germany Label: [no known recording] Joe Henderson (ldr, ts), Tete Montoliu (p), John Lockwood (b), Mike Hyman (d) Group listed as Joe Henderson Quartet featuring Tete Montoliu. Date: February 17, 1981 Location: Mensa, Düsseldorf, Germany Label: [private recording] Joe Henderson (ldr, ts), Tete Montoliu (p), John Lockwood (b), Mike Hyman (d) a. 01 So What - 16:46(Miles Davis) b. 02 Good Morning Heartache - 16:45(Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham, Dan Fisher) c. 03 Relaxin' At Camarillo - 10:55(Charlie Parker) d. 04 Power To The People - 21:31(Joe Henderson) e. 05 Invitation(Paul Francis Webster, Bronislau Kaper) f. 06 Recorda Me [aka No Me Esqueça] - 23:19(Joe Henderson) b, c; e, f performed as medleys. Date: October 23, 1981 Location: Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany Label: [radio broadcast] Joe Henderson (ldr, ts), Tete Montoliu (p), John Lockwood (b), Mike Hyman (d) a. Relaxin' At Camarillo - 18:06(Charlie Parker) b. Recorda Me [aka No Me Esqueça] - 27:02(Joe Henderson) c. Tenor Madness [aka Royal Roost; aka Rue Chaptal; aka Sportin' Crowd] - 23:35(Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley) d. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - 10:07(Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) Tape exists. Date needs confirmation. This concert may be from the early 1981 European tour. Date: May 14, 1984 Location: Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA Label: [no known recording] Joe Henderson (ldr, ts), Tete Montoliu (ldr, p), John Heard (b), Sherman Ferguson (d) Concert started at 20:00 Date: December 23-26, 1994 Location: Cicle Nadal, Nova Jazz Cava, Terrassa, Spain Label: [no known recording] Joe Henderson (ldr, ts), Tete Montoliu (ldr, p), Pierre Boussaguet (b), Gregory Hutchinson (d) Concerts billed as Cicle Nadal. November 23 & 24 starting at 23:00; November 25, two sets at 19:30 & 23:00; November 26 starting at 19:30. Group listed as Joe Henderson & Tete Montoliu Trio . More to come soon!

Thanks a million, Steve and Flurin! Really useful and interesting info that I will start working with. Besides resuming and finishing (wishful thinking) my Tete Montoliu Chronology this year, commemorating the 20th anniversary of his passing, I am also setting up a blog with more detailed information for certain gigs, tours... with reviews, unpublished photos and additional memorabilia (ads, posters, concert tickets...).

Diggin' up this topic

Franz Hoffman included a 12:45 excerpt in one of his early jazz DVD's: DVD-04 1940 Paradise In Harlem; 34 Belle Of The Nineties; added clips from: 1929 Mamie Smith; 1933 Mae West 9.- 12:45 excerpt from 73min (complete only on Harddisc), 1933, "EMPEROR JONES", Astoria, L.I., Paul Robeson, studio orch.of Jame P.Johnson plus contingent from Fletcher Henderson incl Red Allen (reported by himself 1966); J.Rosamund Johnson, Frank Wilson, Fredi Washington, Rex Ingram, Jimmy Mordechal, Dudley Digges, Ruby Elzy, Harold Nicholas, The Hall Johnson Choir , Billie Holiday appeared as an extra in a crowd scene, James P. Johnson (p) prominently featured in a Harlem night club sequence; 1:50 Opening chants: Voodoo & Spritual -Hall-Johnson Choir, drums, hand-cl. / 1:15 Let Me Fly (breaks off) -Paul Robeson & ch., v,studio-band / 0:24 Same Train -Hall-Johnson Choir / 0:37 St.Louis Blues (breaks off) -girls choir w. J.P. Johnson on dial / 0:55 St.Louis Blues (fast tempo) –J.P.Johnson-p behind dial / 1:20 St.Louis Blues (medium tempo) -pJ.P. P.Johnson behind dial / 1:01 unident.tune (closing) - mixed orch. incl. Red Allen;-dH.Nicholas / 0:35 Casa Loma Stomp (ending fades) - same band / 0:30 unident. slow instrumental -same band behind dial into / 2:50+0:25+0:35 unident. blues number -v Ruby Elzy?/ 1:43 John Henry & Water Boy -P.Robeson & Hall-Johnson Choir (also on DVD-42) You can try to get a copy by contacting him at hoff-franz@t-online.de

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Landed at my nest yesterday. On heavy rotation now! BTW: superb liner notes by Scott E. Brown who hopefully will have his expanded and updated James P. Johnson biography published at some point in time within the next years...

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Yes, I've got 90 to 95% of it, but anyway... pre-ordered!

All of those available at FOPP for £3 each, for anyone in London.. Bought them for 5 euros at the Corte Inglés in Oviedo over the past weekend.

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