Rahsaan Roland Kirk Memorial Jazz Fest - 1978-12-31 - San Francisco, CA (FM/FLAC)

('Jazz Alive' radio series FM broadcast FLAC)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk Memorial Jazz Festival

Keystone Corner San Francisco, CA December 31, 1978

performance quality: close to an A

recording quality: most of first set: B to C

(some FM interference. Enough to be annoying, but not enough to completely ruin it.)

The rest of this is between a B+ and A-

source: master FM broadcast tapes (over the air)

Leon Thomas stage announcer

set 1: (76:19)

Charles McPherson- alto sax

Larry Vucovich- piano

James Leary- bass

Eddie Marshall- drums

Babatundi- congas (tracks 8, 9)

Freddie Hubbard- trumpet (tracks 8, 9)

Leon Thomas – vocals (tracks 6-9)

01: radio announcer

02: Leon Thomas' stage introduction

03: Orient Express (Charles McPherson)

04: all the things you are (Jerome Kern – Oscar Hammerstein)

05: Slow blues – Scrapple from the Apple (Charlie Parker)

06: come Sunday (Duke Ellington)

07: Sunflower (Freddie Hubbard)

08: Now's the Time (Charlie Parker)

09: Cousin Mary (John Coltrane)

10: radio announcer wrap up

(1 cassette flip during between song talk. No music missing.)

set 2: (48:33)

Joe Henderson- tenor sax

Eddie Henderson- trumpet and flugelhorn

Freddie Hubbard- trumpet

Julian Priester- trombome

Albert Bailey- piano

James Leary- bass

Eddie Moore- drums

11: radio announcer and 1977 NYE music Auld Lang Syne

12: introduction and 1st song, invitation (Bronislau Kaper)

13: band introductions and introduction of Leon Thomas

14: band introductions and Leon Thomas announcements

15: auld lang syne (happy 1979)

16: ?

17: Leon Thomas band outro

18: New Year's 1995 preparation kit skit

set 3: (104:14, including finale jam)

Old and New Dreams

Don Cherry- pocket trumpet, piano

Dewey Redman- tenor sax, musette

Charlie Haden- bass

Ed Blackwell- drums

19: Don Cherry interview with Michael Cuscuan

20: Charlie Haden interview with Michael Cuscuna

21: radio and stage introductions Old and New Dreams

22: happy house (Ornette Coleman)

23: broken shadows (Ornette Coleman)

24: chairman mao (Charlie Haden)

25: old and new dreams? and Leon Thomas outro

26: radio announcer talk

27: Todd Barkan, Juilian Priester and Leon Thomas interview.

28: Leon Thomas intro for finale jam

29: confirmation (Charlie Parker) finale jam

30: radio announcer wrap up

total runtime: 229:08

Comments:

There's probably someone with a better copy of this than what is here, although this is all of NPR's Keystone Corner part of their 1978 New Year's Eve broadcast. The night started with a Count Basie tribute set from the East coast of the U.S.A. That didn't do much for me at all, but all of this is good and a comment posted on previous version of the Joe Henderson part of this asking to hear OAND made me decide to share all three of these sets. I think they are all very good sets. There is static in this version, especially in the 1st (McPherson) set. it's not constant but too persistent for me to attempt to "repair" it. After Hubbard joins there is not as much interference, (about an hour into this recording) If it was really bad I wouldn't bother upping this, but most of what I have to share is better quality sound, and this is a very fine night of jazz music here. I believe this is the world premiere for live Old and New Dreams. It's a serious allstar lineup. Hope you all enjoy it.