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The
Glenn Spearman
Sessionography
(February 14, 1947 - October 8, 1998)
A work in progress
by Rick Lopez.
Document begun September 26, 2000
UPDATES
July 7, 2018
©Photo by Michael Wilderman / JazzVisionsPhotos.com.
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The Deep Digging; The Incantations; |
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The Inspirations; All These Words... |
"Glenn Spearman's one book of poetry, MUSA PHYSICS, is available via Eremite Records.
We did a nice, numbered reprint of it to sell at the Amherst Memorial Concert in March '99, and I still have some copies.
All moneys (not just 'profits') go to Spearman's people." —Michael Ehlers / Eremite
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Thank You to those who've helped.
A brief list posted many years ago during the document's beginnings.
Subsequent credits are listed in individual session entries. |
Glenn Spearman page at the Beanbender's site, including:
• Kevin Whitehead's bio of Glenn from the Mystery Project CD.
• Dave Rubien's obituary for Glenn, from the San Francisco Chronicle.
• Tribute Concert announcement, Saturday, November 21, 1998.
• 99 Hooker's Remembrance of Glenn.
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The companion Marco Eneidi Discography.
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"...it's one continuous push to bring beauty into a world of madness and frustration." —Glenn Spearman
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Session List :::
All sessions linked below are to detailed entries for recorded media.
AR = Private or Audience Recording / BR = Broadcast Recording
AVR = Private or Audience Video / BVR = Broadcast Video / SB = Soundboard Recording
All Archival Recordings are AUDIO, unless stated otherwise.
Also listed in chronological order within this sessionography and its session entries are play-dates with no known recorded media.
I would appreciate notice of any club dates, concert dates, festival dates, etcetera, that are not listed here.
Please include reference information (i.e. periodical name, issue date, page number), along with any and all relevant details.
- 72.00.00 / Emergency: Homage to Peace (America Records)
- 73.06.15 / Bob REID: The Best of Emergency (Kwela Records)
- 77.07.12 through 77.07.23 / Incident: Incident (Coreco)
- 78.04.11 / Raphé Malik Quartet [BR] NYC
- 79.03.04 / Raphé Malik Quartet [BR] NYC
- 79.10.10 / Raphé Malik Quartet [AR] Unna
- 79.11.10 / Raphé Malik Quartet [Centering Archival Recording] Unna
- 80.05.14 / Raphe Malik Quartet [BR] NYC
- 81.05.23 / Glenn Spearman: Night After Night (Musa-Physics)
+ 81.05.24
- 81.05.24 / Glenn Spearman: Night After Night (Musa-Physics)
- 82.03.01 / Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [See 82.03.21]
- 82.03.18 / Sonny Fortune Sextet [AR] Detroit
- 82.04.11 / Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [AR] NYC
- 82.04.18 / Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [AR] NYC
- 82.05.28 / Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [AR] NYC
- 82.07.03 / Cecil Taylor Unit [AR] NYC
- 86.08.25 / Trio Hurricane: Suite of Winds (Black Saint)
- 88.04.17 / Bill Dixon Ensemble ("Sound Unity Orchestra") [AR] NYC
- 88.06.25 Hinds Brothers with Paul Murphy & Glenn Spearman [AVR] Emeryville
- 88.07.02 Hinds Brothers with Paul Murphy, Glenn Spearman, & Kash Killion [AVR] Oakland
- 88.07.16 Hinds Brothers with Paul Murphy, Glenn Spearman, & Kash Killion [AVR] Oakland
- 88.07.23 Hinds Brothers with Paul Murphy, Glenn Spearman, & Kash Killion [AVR] Oakland
- 89.08.02 / Glenn Spearman Quartet [AR] San Francisco
- 90.07.01 / Gregg Simpson: Drum Fire (Condition West)
- 90.09.11 / Glenn Spearman Quartet [BR] Berkeley
- 90.10.28 / Glenn Spearman—John Heward: Utterance (Cadence Jazz Records)
- 90.11.16 / Glenn Spearman Quartet [SB] Oakland
- 90.12.19 / Spearman–Lindgren Trio [Rehearsal Recording] Berkeley
- 91.01.04 / Spearman–Lindgren Duo [Rehearsal Recording] Berkeley
- 91.01.15 / Spearman–Lindgren Duo [Rehearsal Recording] Berkeley
- 91.01.24 / Glenn Spearman Quartet [SB] San Francisco
- 91.02.12 / Spearman–Lindgren Duo [Rehearsal Recording] Berkeley
- 91.02.27 / Spearman–Lindgren Trio [Rehearsal Recording] Berkeley
- 91.04.10 / Cecil Taylor's Burning Poles Ensemble [AR] Boston
- 91.04.24 / Glenn Spearman Quartet [Unissued Studio Recordings] Upper Marlboro
- 91.04.25 / Glenn Spearman Quartet [Unissued Studio Recordings] Upper Marlboro
- 91.04.26 / Glenn Spearman Quartet [Unissued Studio Recordings] Upper Marlboro
- 91.05.09-11 / Cecil Taylor and Rada: Live in New York [BVR; AR & AVR] NYC
- 91.06.12 / Raphé Malik 5tet: 21st Century Texts (Free Music Production)
- (V/A) FMP Story (Free Music Production)
- 91.08.09 / Spearman–Lindgren Trio [Rehearsal Recording] Berkeley
- 91.08.11 / Spearman–Winant–Lindgren Trio [Rehearsal Recording] Oakland
- 91.08.15 / Glenn Spearman Quintet [SB] San Francisco
- 91.08.18 / Spearman–Lindgren Duo with Greg Goodman [AR & SB] Berkeley
- 91.09.12 / Marco Eneidi: The Marco Eneidi Coalition (Botticelli Records)
+ 91.09.13
- 91.09.13 / Marco Eneidi: The Marco Eneidi Coalition (Botticelli Records)
- 91.09.21 / Raphé Malik Quintet with Glenn Spearman: Sirens Sweet and Slow (Outsounds)
- 91.10.11 / Dennis Warren's Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble: Legacy (FMRJE)
+ 91.10.27
- 91.10.27 / Dennis Warren's Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble: Passport to Freedom (FMRJE)
- Dennis Warren's Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble: Legacy (FMRJE)
- 91.12.03 / Greg Goodman Band [SB] Berkeley
- 91.12.10 / Greg Goodman Band [SB] Berkeley
- 91.12.14 / Spearman–Lindgren Duo [SB] Berkeley
- 91.12.16 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [AR] San Francisco
- 92.01.11 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [AR] San Francisco
- 92.01.14 / Glenn Spearman Quintet [AR] San Francisco
- 92.02.08 / Glenn Spearman Trio with J.R. Routhier [SB] San Francisco
- 92.02.29 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Oakland
- 92.03.12 / Glenn Spearman Quintet [SB] San Francisco
- 92.03.20 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio Minus One [SB] Oakland
- 92.04.04 / Glenn Spearman Quartet [SB] Eugene
- 92.05.27 / Spearman–Foley–Lindgren Trio [Rehearsal Recording] Berkeley
- 92.06.13 / Glenn Spearman's G-Force [AR] San Francisco
- 92.07.06 / Spearman–Foley–Lindgren Trio [BR] Berkeley
- 92.07.18 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Nickelsdorf
- 92.08.18 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] San Francisco
- 92.08.20 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio: Mystery Project (Black Saint)
+ 92.08.21
- 92.08.21 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio: Mystery Project (Black Saint)
- 92.11.05 / Glenn Spearman's G-Force [AR] San Francisco
- 92.12.04 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Oakland
- 93.01.24 / Glenn Spearman & James Routhier Duo [AR] San Francisco
- 93.01.31 / Glenn Spearman Trio [SB] San Francisco
- 93.03.00 / Cecil Taylor Birthday Concert [AVR] Boston
- 93.05.14 / Glenn Spearman & Larry Ochs Duo [AR] San Francisco
- 93.06.00 / Lisle Ellis: Elevations (Victo)
- 93.06.11 / ROVA Plus 4 [AVR] San Francisco
- 93.06.12 / Figure Eight [AR] San Francisco
- 93.06.27 / Lisle Ellis Trio and Septet [AVR] San Francisco
- 93.07.09 / Spearman–Lindgren Duo [AVR & SB] Berkeley
- 93.07.24 / Raphé Malik Quintet [AR] Ottawa
- 93.08.20 / Eddie Gale Quintet [AVR] Santa Cruz
- 93.08.28 / Figure 8 (ROVA Plus 4) [SB] Saalfelden
- 93.09.19 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Monterey
- 93.10.08 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio: October 8, 1993 (SFSU Poetry Center)
- Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] San Francisco
- 93.10.20 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Seattle
- 93.10.21 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Vancouver
- 93.10.22 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Vancouver
- 93.10.23 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Eugene
- 93.11.08 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio: Smokehouse (Black Saint)
+ 93.11.10
- 93.11.09 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [AR] Emeryville
- 93.11.10 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio: Smokehouse (Black Saint)
- 93.11.14 / Glenn Spearman Quartet [AR] San Francisco
- 93.11.00 / Spearman's G-Force [AVR] San Francisco
- 93.12.08 / Figure 8 (Rova x 4) [AR] Münich
- 94.00.00 / Glenn Spearman Quartet [AR] Oakland
- 94.01.00 (2) / Figure 8 (Rova x 4) [AR] Oakland
- 94.01.18 / Figure 8 (Rova x 4) [BR] Emeryville
- 94.01.19 / Figure 8 (Rova x 4): Pipe Dreams (Black Saint)
- 94.01.28 / Glenn Spearman Solo [AR] San Francisco
- 94.01.30 / Glenn Spearman Trio [SB] Berkeley
- 94.02.06 / Paul Plimley Trio [AR] San Francisco
- 94.02.15 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] San Francisco
- 94.03.09 / Glenn Spearman Trio [AR] Sacramento
- 94.05.02 / Marco Eneidi Quartet [BR] Berkeley
- 94.05.03 / Glenn Spearman Trio [SB] San Francisco
- 94.05.06 / Glenn Spearman Group [SB] Oakland
- 94.05.00 (1) / Glenn Spearman's G-Force: Let It Go (Red Toucan)
- (V/A) amalgam(e) 10 ans de Red Toucan (Red Toucan)
- 94.05.00 (2) / Glenn Spearman: Free Worlds (Black Saint)
+ 94.06.00; 94.12.00 (1); 95.06.00 (2)
- 94.05.21 / Glenn Spearman's Double Trio [AR & SB] Victoriaville
- 94.06.00 / Glenn Spearman: Free Worlds (Black Saint)
+ 94.05.00 (2); 94.12.00 (1); 95.06.00 (2)
- 94.06.03 / Lisle Ellis: What We Live Fo(u)r (Black Saint)
- 94.06.30 / (V/A) Rova Saxophone Quartet: Transparent Messenger ←←Incorrect citation
- 94.10.16 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Zurich
- 94.10.18 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Munich
- 94.10.19 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Cologne
- 94.10.20 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Basel
- 94.10.22 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] Nickelsdorf
- 94.10.29 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [SB] San Francisco
- 94.11.15 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio: The Fields (Black Saint)
+ 94.11.16
- 94.11.16 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio: The Fields (Black Saint)
- 94.12.00 (1) / Glenn Spearman: Free Worlds (Black Saint)
+ 94.05.00 (2); 94.06.00; 95.06.00 (2)
- 94.12.00 (2) / Don Paul: Flowers Smell Like Gasoline (no label)
- 94.12.11 / Spearman Lindgren Duo [SB] Berkeley
- 95.00.00 (1) / President's Breakfast: Doo Process (Disc Lexia)
- 95.00.00 (2) / President's Breakfast: III C (Disc Lexia)
- 95.01.00 / Trio Hurricane + 1 [AR]
- (V/A) Wiretapper 6 Special Edition (WIRE Magazine)
- 95.01.21 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Centering Archival Recording] NYC
- 95.06.00 (1) / Urna: Redemption Songs [Unissued Recording]
- 95.06.00 (2) / Glenn Spearman: Free Worlds (Black Saint)
+ 94.06.00; 94.05.00 (2); 94.12.00 (1)
- 95.06.00 (3) / Matthew Goodheart: Sonoluminescence (Nine Winds)
- 95.06.05 / Eneidi, Spearman, Ellis, Robinson: For Our Children (Botticelli Records)
- 95.06.06 / Marco Eneidi º Glenn Spearman: Creative Music Orchestra (Music & Arts)
- 95.06.25 / Glenn Spearman Double Trio [AVR] San Francisco
- 95.10.26 / Cecil Taylor & The Glenn Spearman Orchestra [AR] San Francisco
- 95.11.08 / Surya: Stretching the Edge (Surya)
- 95.12.06 / Rova: John Coltrane's Ascension (Black Saint)
- Dave Douglas: Complete Black Saint-Soul Note Recordings: John Coltrane's Ascension (C.A.M. Jazz)
- 96.01.26 / Glenn Spearman Quintet [BR] Köln
- 96.07.27 / Raphé Malik: The Short Form (Eremite)
- 96.08.15 / William Hooker: Mindfulness (Knitting Factory)
- (V/A) The Texaco New York Jazz Festival Radio Series Live at The Knitting Factory (Knitting Factory)
- 96.09.07 / Marco Eneidi: Marco Eneidi & The American Jungle Orchestra: S/T (Boticelli)
+ 96.09.14
- 96.09.14 / Marco Eneidi: Marco Eneidi & The American Jungle Orchestra: S/T (Boticelli)
- 96.10.00 / Surya: Up (Surya)
- 97.01.25 / Marco Eneidi, Glenn Spearman, William Parker, Jackson Krall: Live at Radio Valencia (Botticelli)
- 97.00.00 / Spearman, Eneidi, Malik, Cremaschi, & Powell [Unreleased Studio Recording] Cotati
- 97.05.21 / The Glenn Spearman & John Heward Group: th (CIMP)
+ 97.05.22
- 97.05.22 / The Glenn Spearman & John Heward Group: th (CIMP)
- 97.05.28 / Glenn Spearman's Trio Hurricane [WKCR-FM Archival Recording]
- (V/A) Trio Hurricane: Vision One—Vision Festival 1997 Compiled (AUM Fidelity)
- (V/A) Inside Out in the Open (Asymmetric Pictures)
- 97.06.08 / Glenn Spearman: Blues For Falasha (Tzadik)
- 97.07.26 / Trio Hurricane: Live at Fire in the Valley (Eremite)
- 98.02.18 / Glenn Spearman and Dennis Warren: Duet / Live at the Green Street Grill (FMRJE)
- 98.05.25 / Raphe Malik Quartet: Companions (Eremite)
- 98.07.02 / Matthew Goodheart Trio + One [AR] San Francisco
- 98.07.20 / Glenn Spearman & Dominic Duval: Working With the Elements (CIMP)
+ 98.07.21
- (V/A) CIMPosium Volume Six #176-190 (CIMP)
- 98.07.21 / Glenn Spearman & Dominic Duval: Working With the Elements (CIMP)
- 98.07.25 / Glenn Spearman: First and Last (Eremite)
1968 through 1971 : : :
68.00.00 - "Back in '68 Spearman used to jam with Charles Moffett, Wilbur Morris and Butch Morris...
in an Oakland barbecue joint called Native Son."
[David Rubien "Sunday Notebook" The San Francisco Chronicle July 30, 1989 p.36]
69.00.00 - Spearman's role in the avant-garde scene started in Oakland and Berkeley in the late sixties." [web resource]
Back in California by 1969, he worked in the Bay Area and Los Angeles with such musicians as Butch and Wilbur Morris,
Donald Rafael Garrett, and Charles Tyler. "The word was out I was this crazy outside cat, overblowing on this horn,"
Spearman says with a laugh, looking back. "I was into that post-Coltrane total free expression."
—Kevin Whitehead's bio of Glenn, from the Mystery Project CD
70.00.00 - "There's certainly a rich tradition of improvised music in the Bay Area. The festival's ‘old-timers’—Ochs, Kaiser, Goodman
and Spearman among them—recall a thriving '70s scene centered in long-defunct venues such as the Blue Dolphin, Pangaea, Mapenzi,
and the Metropolitan Arts Center."
[David Rubien "Sunday Notebook" The San Francisco Chronicle 89.07.30, p.36]
It was [Donald Rafael] Garrett who tipped Spearman to another tenorist working the same vein. "He said to me, 'You know who you sound like?
Frank Wright. You gotta check out Frank.' I hadn't heard him, so I got his ESP and BYG records. I saw the latter were made in France, and knew
a lot of cats like the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Steve Lacy were over there. So in 1972 I bought a one-way ticket, took my saxophone
and went to Paris. Within two days I found Frank and introduced myself, and we began playing together. I became known as his protege;
he used to call me Frank Wright Jr." Wright, 12 years Glenn's senior and a powerful overblower himself, exerted a strong influence on
the younger musician. But Glenn was independently active too; he made two records with bassist Bob Reid's Emergency, which included
the Django-inspired guitarist Boulou Ferre and Japanese percussionist Sabu Toyozumi. (See 72.00.00 and 73.06.15.)
—Kevin Whitehead's bio of Glenn, from the Mystery Project CD
It has been assumed that the Homage to Peace Emergency LP was recorded in 1973, but several sources, including the re-issue CD
from Emarcy/America, have "1970" as the session date. The release date was July 4, 1973. The liner notes were written in 1971.
How this all jibes with Glenn's memory of leaving for Paris in "1972" is unclear. —Rick Lopez
1972 : : :
72.00.00 • Emergency: Homage to Peace
America Records 30 AM 6134 (LP) 1973 FR; Emarcy/America CD #08, 980 691-7 [Ltd Edition] Remaster (CD) 2005
unknown date, 1972 / Maison de la Radio, Paris, France
- 1. Emergency Theme (Collective) [15:03]
- 2. People in Sorrow (Roscoe Mitchell) [7:43]
- 3. Kako Tune (Kako) [11:12]
- 4. Infidels (Reid) [9:14]
"On back cover is printed 'Engistrement realise par l'ORTF'... this LP is a part of a longer radio broadcasted
concert from the French Radio/TV company (ORTF)." —Heinrich Smejkal
Glenn Spearman (ts-1,2,3,4 ss-4), Takashi Kako (p), Boulou Ferré (g), Bob Reid (b), Sabu Toyozumi (dr)
{America CD #08, 980 691-7; Heinrich Smejkal; Roy Morris 04.03.02}
7?.00.00 - "Donald Robinson... the early 1970's... first played
with Spearman as a duet partner during this period in Paris."
[www.bayimproviser.com/artistdetail.asp?artist_id=14]
72.00.00 - "He recorded three albums [through the mid-'70s],
performed at the Avignon festival and the American Center
for Artists, and appeared on French radio and television."
[obscure web resource]
- 72.12.31 - Emergency: Glenn Spearman (ts, ss),
Takashi Kako (p), Boulou Ferré (g),
Bob Reid (b), Sabu Toyozumi (dr) /
Theatre Ranelagh, Paris, France
[Lincoln T. Beauchamp Jr Too Much UnConvenience
self-published (2017) pp.121 + flyer p.169]
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1973 : : :
73.00.00 - "Artist-in-residence, leader, and composer for a student orchestra in Rotterdam. For the next few years he toured Europe
extensively with both his own ensemble and other American and European avant-garde musicians..." [web resource]
- 73.02.03 - Glenn Spearman à l'O.R.T.F.: Spearman (ts), Takashi Kako and Jan Fryderyk Dobrowolski (p), Boulou Ferré (g),
Bob Reid (b), Sabu Toyozumi (dr) / Salle 105, Paris, France [Jazz HOT #292 March 1973 p.22]
73.06.15 • Bob Reid Presents: The Best of Emergency
Kwela Records 30 K 020 (LP) 1976
June 15, 1973 / The Exit Club, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 1. Africa is Calling Me (Reid) [11:20]
- 2. 500 Miles High (Corea) [6:45]
- 3. Jurakudai (Kako) [18:00]
- 4. Emergency Theme (Reid) [4:00]
Glenn Spearman (ts, ss, rhythm, voc),
Takashi Kako (p), Boulou Ferré (g),
Bob Reid (b, perc, voc), Sabu Toyozumi (dr)
{30 K 020}
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- 73.06.16 - Emergency: Spearman (ts), Takashi Kako (p), Boulou Ferré (g), Bob Reid (b), Sabu Toyozumi (dr) /
Théáatre de la Gaité-Montparnasse, Paris, France [Jazz HOT #292 March 1973 p.26]
1974 : : :
1974 through 1977 - Through Wright, Glenn made contacts in Rotterdam, went there for the summer, and stayed four years. He and some
younger Rotterdam players formed a quartet called Incident, which recorded one eponymous album for a little Dutch label. He also renewed
his working relationship with Donald [Rafael] Garrett, by now living in Amsterdam, but Glenn never really clicked with the nutty jazz mavericks
who gravitated to Amsterdam's Bimhuis. "They thought I was just into a Frank Wright trip, but I had my own evolution going on. I was getting
beyond the overblowing and the harmonic screaming, getting into the jazz literature and getting serious about technique"—though always
as a means to greater self-expression, not as an end in itself.
—Kevin Whitehead's bio of Glenn, from the Mystery Project CD
1975 : : :
- 75.06.25 - Zusaan Kali Fasteau (ss, p, shakuhachi, nai, kaval, voc, perc), Glenn Spearman (ts), Rafael Garrett (cl, b), Jay Oliver (dr) /
Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Zusaan Kali Fasteau]
- 75.07.25 - as above / B-14 Club, Amsterdam, Netherlands [ibid]
- 75.07.26 - as above / Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [ibid]
- 75.07.27 - as above / Lantaarn, Rotterdam, Netherlands [ibid]
- 75.08.23 - as above / Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [ibid]
- 75.10.30 - as above / Sinkkasten, Frankfurt, West Germany [ibid]
- 75.10.30 to 75.11.01 - as above / Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld, West Germany [ibid]
- 75.11.04 - as above / Wuppertal Museum, Wuppertal, West Germany [ibid]
- 75.11.05 - Zusaan Kali Fasteau (ss, p, voc, perc, misc), Glenn Spearman (ts), Rafael Garrett (cl, b),
Peter Bastiaan (woodwinds), Jay Oliver (p), Tristan Honsinger (ce) / Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [ibid]
- 75.11.08 - Zusaan Kali Fasteau (ss, p, voc, perc, misc), Glenn Spearman (ts), Rafael Garrett (cl, b), Jay Oliver (p) /
Vestzak Theater, Vlissingen, Netherlands [ibid]
Zusaan Kali Fasteau:
"Jay Oliver alternated on drum set and contrabass (mostly drums), I played piano, voice, cello, nai, kaval and shakuhachi flutes, sanza (thumb
piano), mizmar, moursin, and percussion, and Rafael played contrabass, clarinet, C-flute, shakuhachi and nai flutes, sanza, percussion, and voice.
I don't think we formally named it, but Rafael considered it ‘The Sea Ensemble + 2’, sort of Sea Ensemble Quartet. He never actually considered
this a permanent, nor semi-permanent ensemble, as he really preferred our duet, but Glenn was his student in San Francisco and I think he knew
Jay previously too, or maybe it was that Glenn and Jay were buddies. I welcomed the opportunity to enlarge the ensemble with different energies
and instruments. I often asked Rafael, ‘let's add a (trap) drummer’, but he always said he really didn't want all that racket going all the time.
He reveled in the sonic openness, unusual sonorities, and spatial freedom of our duet.
He had had a plethora of experiences as first-call bassist for all the bebop stars, and was the best walking bassist around, but was tired of
the musical limits of that format. Rafael, you know, could play the shit out of all the saxophones. Sometimes, backstage where Archie, Pharoah,
or other renowned sax players were, Rafael would pick up their horn (with their permission of course) and just blow them away. But Rafael
didn't like saxophones; he always preferred the wood sound of clarinets, and although he was a superb ‘silver’ flute player, loved the bamboo
flutes with all his heart (of course, he made his own and taught me and many others to make them), and was never without a bamboo flute
anywhere, usually playing it (walking around the street, on a bus, train, wherever). I hope that answers your question (and then some!).
I just want to add that Rafael was fond of Glenn and enjoyed that 4-tet with him and Jay, he liked that Jay played both bass and drums and could
switch off, giving drum-less space (Rafael held that if we wanted percussion, he and I would supply it ourselves), and Jay could do bass ‘duty’,
freeing Rafael to play clarinet, flutes, etc. (not that Rafael felt that any one instrument was a necessity to make music—he just had his favorites).
The 4-tet played together for about one year. Then, for no particular reason, other than that Jay was based in Switzerland, we were based
in Amsterdam, and I think Glenn was moving around, maybe went back to San Francisco for a while, and we were also traveling a lot,
it dissolved, and Rafael and I resumed our duo. Also we toured a lot with Archie Shepp during those years. (I just wanted to say, there was
no animosity or anything)."
1976 : : :
1977 : : :
Coreco Records 01 (LP) 1977 NED
July 12 through July 23, 1977 / Vondelstraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1. Spooks (Armfield/Spearman) [8:39]
- 2. Herrie (Spearman) [7:42]
- 3. Loaded Rough Lunch (Spearman) [4:59]
- 4. Incident (Piller) [10:26]
- 5. A Music Ensemble (Collective) [13:36]
Glenn Spearman (ts, bcl), Nedly Elstak (tp),
Louis Armfield (as, p), Harry Piller (dr)
{Coreco 01}
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77.00.00 • Cha Cha Shaw: Kingdom Come
Folkways Records FTS 32870 (LP) 1979;
Kindred Spirits KSRE 6 (LP) 2009 Netherlands
—Also KSRE 6 White-label Promo
unknown date, likely 1977 / unknown venue, Netherlands
- 1. Melted Soul [ : ]
- 2. Kid Zaro [ : ]
- 3. Right On [ : ]
- 4. Chain Re-Action [ : ]
- 5. Mr. Zip [ : ]
- 6. Postage Paid [ : ]
Glenn "Spears" (ts), Brian Ross (as),
Charles Cha Cha Shaw (tp, flg, fl),
James Greggo and Tom Lee Harris (g),
Billy Lyles and Zeid Alleem (p),
Frank Clayton and Ronnie Boykins (b),
Betsy (cga), Art Blakeley Jr, and Toe Joe (dr)
{discogs.com}
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"In regards to the Glenn Spearman discography: There is a tenor sax player identified as 'Glenn Spears' on Cha Cha Shaw's
second Folkways LP Kingdom Come issued in 1979. I've heard from other collectors that this is in fact Glenn Spearman."
—Wade Kergan correspondence
1978 : : :
78.00.00 - "By around 1977 1 knew I had to decide whether to go home, or to be here forever. I felt the music going flat: the struggle
of playing this music in America contributes to its fire and passion. Then Frank Wright introduced me to Cecil Taylor, and I knew the next
thing for me to do was to get with the master. We hung out a couple of days, and Cecil asked me, 'When are you going to come to New York?'
That was it, in 1978 I moved to New York." There he woodshedded daily, and worked with Taylor's trumpeter Raphé Malik: "That got me close
to Cecil's musical architecture and methodology. Raphé helped me realize how difficult and highly structured that music really is—it's really
the opposite of free jazz. I wanted nothing more than to be hired by Cecil, but we both knew I wasn't ready."
—Kevin Whitehead's bio of Glenn, from the Mystery Project CD
78.04.11 • Raphé Malik Quartet [BR—55:00]
April 11, 1978 / Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York City
WKCR-FM
- 1. unknown title [55:00]
Raphé Malik (tp), Glenn Spearman (ts, ss), Billy Bang (vn), Rashid Bakr (dr)
{Anonymous 02.10.28, 05.12.31}
- 78.05.05 - Glenn Spearman Trio: Glenn Spearman (ts), unknown others... / 8:30pm, 1750 Arch, Berkeley, CA [Berkeley Barb May 5-11 p.11]
1979 : : :
79.03.04 • Raphé Malik Quartet [BR—15:00]
March 4, 1979 / WKCR-FM Studio, Columbia University, NYC
Live Radio Broadcast
- 1. unknown title [15:00]
"I have a tape that I made at Columbia with a drummer who's never been recorded,
with William Parker and Glenn [Spearman] in their first performance together in the 70's."
—Interview "Raphé Malik: Home on the Range," by Nils Jacobson, rasmiguel.tripod.com
Raphé Malik (tp), Glenn Spearman (ts), William Parker (b), Kiwana aka John Fuller (perc)
{CODA #166 April 1979 p.37; Heinrich Smejkal 02.12.18}
- 79.09.21 Raphe Malik Quartet: Malik (tp), Glenn Spearman (ts), William Parker (b), Rashid Bakr (dr) / 8:30pm, Environ, New York City
[The New York Times September 16, 1979 Arts and Leisure Guide p.D37]
79.10.10 • Raphé Malik Quartet [AR—78:27]
October 10, 1979 / Unna, Germany
—Also circulating with incorrect date of 79.10.16.
- 1st Set:
- SUITE: Life Without Lloyd
- 1. Part 1 [40:49]
- 2. Part 2 [11:30]
- 3. Part 3 [29:07]
- 4. Part 4 [6:57]
Raphé Malik (tp), Glenn Spearman (ts), Jay Oliver (b), Steve McCraven (dr)
{Heinrich Smejkal 02.12.18; Anonymous 04.03.02; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21; www.dimeadozen.org/torrents}
- 79.11.02 - Raphé Malik Quartet: Malik (tp), Glenn Spearman (ts), Jay Oliver (b), Steve McCraven (dr, perc) / Bataclan, Paris, France
[Alex Dutilh, Jazz Hot September-December 1979 p.373]
79.11.10 • Raphé Malik Quartet [Centering Archival Recording—68:44]
November 10, 1979 / unknown venue, Unna, Germany
- 1. unknown title [30:36]
- 2. unknown title [28:26]
- 3. unknown title [9:42]
Raphé Malik (tp), Glenn Spearman (ts), William Parker (b), Kuwama John Fuller (dr)
{William Parker's Centering Archive; Ed Hazell 14.01.08}
- 79.11.11 - Raphé Malik Quartet: Malik (tp), Glenn Spearman (ts), Parker (b), Kuwama John Fuller (dr, perc) /
Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf, Austria [Bjorn Dirlack 05.08.01; Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf, The 20th Anniversary Album]
80.05.14 • Raphe Malik Quartet [BR]
May 14, 1980 / Soundscape, New York City
WKCR-FM Broadcast, 10.09.08
- 1. unknown titles [ : ]
Raphe Malik (tp), Glenn Spearman (as), William Parker (b), Rashid Bakr (dr)
{Ed Hazell 10.09.08}
- 80.08.17 - Raphé Malik & Glenn Spearman Duo:
Spearman (ts), Malik (tp) / Konrontation 1980,
JazzGalerie Nickelsdorf, Nickelsdorf, Austria
[Festival poster, www.rhcourtney-collector.com]
- 80.11.20 - Raphé Malik Quartet: Malik (tp),
Glenn Spearman (ts), William Parker (b), Rashid Bakr (dr) /
8:30pm, Living-Learning Center Commons,
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
[The Burlington Free Press November 18, 1980 p.32]
—"Tickets will be available at the door for $1."
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1981 : : :
81.00.00 - In 1981, he returned to the Bay Area, where he and future Double Trio drummer Donald Robinson put out a duo LP, Night After Night,
[This is likely a reference to the recording time-frame, as the LP was not released until 1985. —RL]
which drew critical comparisons to the Coltrane/Rashied Ali duets. Then Taylor drafted Spearman for a big band to play eight weeks at Lush
Life. That led to a few gigs with Cecil's other bands, a seven-piece group which played for dancers, and a six-piece Cecil Taylor Unit including
Malik, Jimmy Lyons, William Parker, and Rashid Bakr "That's where I got my advanced degree in music," says Glenn.
—Kevin Whitehead's bio of Glenn, from the Mystery Project CD
81.05.23
81.05.24 • Glenn Spearman: Night After Night
Musa-Physics MP-0001 (LP) 1985
May 23 & 24, 1981 / Arch Street Studios, Berkeley, CA
- 1. Atlanta [12:25]
- 2. Aithien [2:22]
- 3. Futura [7:07]
- 4. Uran [13:05]
- 5. Ictus [7:16]
Glenn Spearman (ts-1,2,3,4, bcl-2, Comp), Donald Robinson (perc)
{MP-0001; Igor Danilishen; "LP Focus: Recent Releases" Be-Bop and Beyond, May-June 1985, p.27, Pierre Crépon 17.03.18}
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"Spearman then became a member of the Cecil Taylor Unit, and Taylor's New York-based Big Band and Dance Orchestra." [web resource]
1982 : : :
"Cecil Taylor, the pianist, will lead a big band, which has been named the Expanded Unit, in a series of engagements at Lush Life...
Mr. Taylor said his band would use new material. 'I have been waiting years to form this band,' he said, 'and the book will be all
fresh works.' The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit will perform March 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 9:30 and 11:30pm and 1:15am."
[The New York Times February 18, 1982]
- 82.03.07 - The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit: Taylor (p), Jimmy Lyons and Ken Simon (as), Glenn Spearman (ts), Karen Borca (bsn),
James Newton (fl), Raphé Malik, Butch Morris, and Danny Carter (tp), Craig Harris (tb), Muneer Abdul Fataah (ce),
William Parker (b), Rashid Bakr (dr) / Lush Life, NYC [New York Magazine March 3, 1982 p.111]
- 82.03.14 - Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit: Taylor (p, Comp), Glenn Spearman (ts), David Murray (reeds), Ken Simon (as), Charles Tyler (bar),
Karen Borca (bsn), James Newton (fl), Raphé Malik, Butch Morris, and Danny Carter (tp), Craig Harris (tb), Muneer Abdul Fataah (ce),
William Parker (b), Rashid Bakr (dr) / Lush Life, New York City
"Residency on Sundays through a recent two-month stretch." [More than the four March dates mentioned above.]
"On this second Sunday, Lyons replaced by Murray ... more than 90-minute set..." [Lee Jeske, Down Beat June 1982 p.59]
82.03.18 • Sonny Fortune Sextet [AR—]
March 18, 1982 / Live At The Detroit Institute Of Arts, Detroit, MI
- 1. Ichob's Shuffle
- 2. Turning It Over
- 3. Parahilium
- 4. This Side Of Infinity
Sonny Fortune (reeds), Glenn Spearman (ts), Ron English (g), Kamal Kenyatta (p), Dave Billingsley (b), Lorenzo "Spoons" Brown (dr)
{Anonymous 05.12.31}
82.03.21 • The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [AR—76:29]
March 21, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City
- 1. unknown title [53:42] (fades in, split track with fade out and in at 37:08, ends with applause)
- 2. unknown title [22:15] (fades in, incomplete, cuts out at end)
—This session has been circulating with an incorrect date of 82.03.01. This could have been a misprinting of 03.07 or 03.21.
(Lyons was not present for the 82.03.14 session). —RL
"for the last few Sundays..." —Stanley Crouch "Cecil Taylor: Pitfalls of a Primitive" Village Voice March 30, 1982 p.59
Cecil Taylor (p, Comp), Jimmy Lyons, Daniel Carter, and Ken Simon (as), Glen Spearman (ts), Charles Tyler (bar), Karen Borca (bsn),
James Newton (fl), Raphé Malik and Butch Morris (tp), Craig Harris (tb), Muneer Abdul Fataah (ce), William Parker (b), Rashid Bakr (dr)
{CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography; Heinrich Smejkal}
- 82.03.28 - The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit: Taylor (p), Jimmy Lyons, Daniel Carter, and Ken Simon (as), Glen Spearman (ts),
Charles Tyler (bar), Karen Borca (bsn), Raphé Malik and Butch Morris (tp), Craig Harris (tb), James Newton (fl), Muneer Abdul Fataah (ce),
William Parker (b), Rashid Bakr (dr), André Martinez / Lush Life, NYC
[New York Magazine March 29, 1982 p.118; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography]
"All hell broke loose ...because of the article that came out the week before, which was an attack on Cecil and the Unit. He was very upset
with [Stanley Crouch], who then reappeared at the club and was escorted out before the maestro's show commenced..."
—André Martinez 02.11.06
- 82.04.04 - The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit: personnel likely similar to 82.03.28 above / Lush Life, NYC
"...every Sunday I was a full-time member of the Band and spent many, many, many hours (and days and years) with the maestro from this point
on until September '92. ...There were a lot of changes in the horn section from gig to gig. We rehearsed at the Bell Telephone Building in lower
Manhattan across the street from the Odeon Cafe, which is still there. We would go there on many occasions to eat after rehearsals. ...it was at
ESP Records [recording studio], Bernard Stollman's place (as confirmed by Karen Borca) and I would see Jerome Cooper there. I missed two
of the weekends at Lush Life because I was under contract with Dee Dee Sharp to do some concerts for her and Gamble & Huff Productions in
Philadelphia. Which was cool with Cecil, as he was always curious about their operations and show productions. ...extensive conversations I had
with Cecil... led to a lot of the new concepts for his upcoming shows... From this point on Cecil's shows began to change and become more like
productions [with] intros, poetry, dance, chanting... Pieces were scored as sections where moments of inspiration and melodic romantic-type
melodies took place, encores were shortened, but the power and creative fury and freedom remained. It was about show and production, layout
and format: intro and dance; followed by chant; then entrance and set theme; followed by a more intense piece; then a few solos; then a medium
piece; followed by an all-out piece—then bring it down, then up and out. Then do a small encore, leave, and let them come again for more the
next time—Show biz. And it worked very well for Cecil, the great entertainer and musician. Some of the other horn players were Steve Coleman,
James Newton, and David Murray..." [André Martinez Archive 02.10.18-19, 02.10.24]
82.04.11 • The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [AR—79:33]
April 11, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City
- 1. unknown title [31:45]
- 2. unknown title [46:51] (incomplete)
—Also circulating misdated as 82.04.12. The Expanded Unit only played Lush Life on Sundays.
Cecil Taylor (p, Comp), Jimmy Lyons, Daniel Carter, and Ken Simon (as), Glen Spearman (ts), Charles Tyler (bar), Karen Borca (bsn),
Raphé Malik and Butch Morris (tp), Craig Harris (tb), James Newton (fl), Muneer Abdul Fataah (ce), William Parker (b), Rashid Bakr (dr)
{Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography; New York Magazine April 12, 1982 p.98}
82.04.18 • The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [AR—45:00]
April 18, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City
- 1. unknown title [45:00]
Cecil Taylor (p, Comp), Jimmy Lyons, Daniel Carter, and Ken Simon (as), Glen Spearman (ts), Charles Tyler (bar), Karen Borca (bsn),
Raphé Malik and Butch Morris (tp), Craig Harris (tb), James Newton (fl), Muneer Abdul Fataah (ce), William Parker (b), Rashid Bakr (dr)
{Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography}
- 82.04.25 - The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit: Cecil Taylor (p, Comp), Jimmy Lyons, Daniel Carter, and Ken Simon (as), Glen Spearman (ts),
Charles Tyler (bar), Karen Borca (bsn), Raphé Malik and Butch Morris (tp), Craig Harris (tb), James Newton (fl), Muneer Abdul Fataah (ce),
William Parker (b), Rashid Bakr (dr) / Lush Life, NYC [New York Magazine April 26, 1982 p.136]
- 82.05.27 - The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit—Segments: personnel as below / Judson Memorial Church, NYC (see 82.05.28 below)
82.05.28 • The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit—Segments [AR—59:42]
May 28, 1982 / Judson Memorial Church, New York City
- The Eye of the Crocodile
- 1. Part 1 [13:18]
- 2. Part 2 [17:12]
- 3. Part 3 [9:24]
- 4. Part 4 [19:03]
"The music was composed specifically for a dance by Diane McIntyre." —Jan Ström
—This piece was performed at this venue on May 27th through the 30th as stated in André Martinez' printed programs from these sessions.
Cecil Taylor (p, Comp), Jimmy Lyons (as), Glenn Spearman (ts), Karen Borca (bsn), Raphé Malik (tp), Craig S. Harris (tb), Muneer Adbul Fataah (ce),
Brenda Bakr and Eve Smith (voc), Don Pate and William Parker (b), André Martinez (dr, perc), Rashid Bakr (dr)
Diane McIntyre and Sounds in Motion:
Cheryl Banks, Mickey Davidson, Diane McIntyre, Warren Spears, Kevin Wynn (dancers)
{CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography p.60; André Martinez Archive 02.05.27}
- 82.06.29 and 82.06.30 - The Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor (p, Comp), Jimmy Lyons (as), Glenn Spearman (ts), Raphé Malik (tp),
William Parker (b), André Martinez (perc), Rashid Bakr (dr) / Lush Life, NYC
[Lush Life schedule, Hot House Vol.1 No.5 July 1982; CODA #185 August 1982 pp.25-6; New York Magazine July 5, 1982 p.144]
"Lester Bowie sat in on one of the gigs." (06.29 to 07.02) —André Martinez 02.10.18.
- 82.07.01 and 82.07.02 - The Cecil Taylor Unit: as above / Lush Life, NYC
[Lush Life schedule, Hot House Vol.1 No.5 July 1982; CODA #185 August 1982 pp.25-6; New York Magazine July 5, 1982 p.144]
—André Martinez 02.10.18 confirms all dates (CODA only mentions 06.29 and 06.30).
82.07.03 • Cecil Taylor Unit [AR—74:44]
July 3, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City
- 1. unknown title [74:44] (incomplete, fades out)
Cecil Taylor (p, Comp), Jimmy Lyons (as), Glenn Spearman (ts), Raphé Malik (tp), William Parker (b), André Martinez (dr, perc), Rashid Bakr (dr)
Diane McIntyre and Sounds in Motion (unknown dancers)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21; André Martinez Archive}
- 82.07.17 - The Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor (p, Comp), Jimmy Lyons (as), Glenn Spearman (ts), Raphé Malik (tp), William Parker (b),
André Martinez (perc), Rashid Bakr (dr) / North Sea Jazz Festival '82, 21:45-23:30, Dakterras (Roof Terrace), Rotterdam, Netherlands
[www.northseajazz.com/en/program/1982]
CODA #184, April 1982 p.36 gives no specific date (Festival duration 82.07.16-18), and has the venue as Congresgebouw, The Hague.
—The Northsea Archive has no such engagement.
1983 : : :
1984 : : :
84.00.00 - "In 1984, he relocated back to the Bay Area while continuing to perform all over North America and Europe." [web resource]
1985 : : :
1986 : : :
86.00.00 - In 1986, back in the Bay Area, Spearman had a trio with cellist Kash Killion and ex-Lyons drummer Paul Murphy.
—Kevin Whitehead's bio of Glenn, from the Mystery Project CD
- 86.04.05 - Glenn Spearman Trio: Spearman (ts), Kash Killion (ce), Paul Murphy (dr) / Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA
["Jazz Potpourri: Jazz News; Bay Area News" Be-Bop and Beyond March-April 1986, p.6, Pierre Crépon 17.03.18]
86.08.25 • Trio Hurricane: Suite of Winds
Black Saint SN 102 (LP) 1994 IT; 120102-2 (CD) 1994; CAM Jazz Black Saint 120102-2 (CD, disc-on-demand, digital download) 2010 IT
August 25, 1986 / Xandor Recording Studios, Orinda, CA
- 1. North (Murphy) [15:22]
- 2. South (Murphy) [10:58]
- 3. East (Parker) [18:49]
- 4. West (Spearman) [2:18]
"In the Summer of 1986 Trio Hurricane formed to perform and record a suite of music dedicated to saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, who had just died...
The music sat unreleased until 1994..."
—Cadence Vol.23 no.9 September 1997 p.41
Glenn Spearman (ts), William Parker (b), Paul Murphy (dr)
{120102-2; www.camoriginalsoundtracks.com}
1987 : : :
- 87.05.01 and 87.05.02 - The New York Free Jazz Quintet: Glenn Spearman (ts), Karen Borca (bsn), Raphé Malik (tp),
William Parker (b), Paul Murphy (perc) / 10:00pm, Kraine Club Theater, NYC [The New York Times May 1, 1987; Be-Bop and Beyond, Fall 1987, p.7]
1988 : : :
88.00.00 - "Ellis met Spearman four years ago at an avant-garde festival put on by the Knitting Factory in New York..."
[David Rubien "Sunday Notebook: Lisle Ellis—Canadian Bass Player Follows Heart to Jazz" The San Francisco Chronicle June 7, 1992, p.44]
88.02.07 - Lynn Kirby: Films & Installations, including the screening of July 25th; Ode to Ms. Bradix and Ms. Brooks Multi-media installation
"With the generous help of: Paula Alexander, Leslie Alperin, Laurie Bernard, Kimberely Disney, Barney Haynes, Karen Holmes,
Kimberely Jennings, Toney Merritt, Stephen Rogers, Glenn Spearman, Dawn Yamada / The Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA
[www.archive.org/stream/sanfranciscocine88sanfrich/sanfranciscocine88sanfrich_djvu.txt]
- 88.04.14 - William Parker Ensemble: Parker, Glenn Spearman (ts), Rob Brown (as), Roy Campbell (tp), Rashied Ali and Denis Charles (dr) /
The 2nd International Sound Unity Festival, 3rd Wave Festival of Jazz, Kraine Art Gallery, NYC
[New York Magazine April 18, 1988 p.148; William Parker 13.10.29]
"On the flyer for the 2nd Sound Unity Festival, there's a William Parker Ensemble (with Glenn Spearman, no other personnel listed)
scheduled for 11:30pm at the Knitting Factory. That's the only ensemble listed under WP's name—he's also listed under the Ware Trio
(there are no personnel listings on the flyer for... Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra..." —Scott Currie 06.07.10
Photo by of Michael Wilderman, with permission 12.08.28.
88.04.17 • Bill Dixon Ensemble ("Sound Unity Orchestra") [AR—]
April 17, 1988, 7:30pm / The Second International Sound Unity Festival, Kraine Art Gallery, New York City
- 1. Sisyphus [ : ]
"This was Sound Unity's closing act to nearly a week of good music."
—Marc Edwards
"Dixon's ensemble composition..., was given a single performance after rehearsals at Jemeel Moondoc's loft on at least the days of and before
the concert. According to Dixon, the piece would have benefited from further and more focused rehearsals: ‘At the first rehearsal, everyone wasn't there
—and they were being paid for these things. At the second one, some of the people who had been there the day before sent substitutes. I was ready
to go right back to Vermont; I can't deal with that kind of thing where everyone sight-reads a part, then struts out and does a funny solo, and thinks
they're into something. I come from a different tradition where a thing has to be definitive.’ —LP liner notes to Son of Sisyphus...; some details
from the leaflets for the series; also announced in Jazznews (Dublin) July/August 1988"
—Dixonia
"...an orchestra piece... that Bill did. And that was a written piece, but again it was approached with a certain amount of adding spontaneity to it
even in the way we came on stage, in a theatrical way, which I related to Cecil. Of course it was Bill Dixon's way, which is different, but it's a very
similar approach to letting the individual bring what they have to the music..."
—William Parker [Cadence Vol.16 #12 December 1990 p.11]
Bill Dixon (tp, Cond), David S. Ware, Glenn Spearman (ts), Jemeel Moondoc (as), Karen Borca (bsn),
Arthur Brooks, Roy Campbell Jr., and Leo Smith (tp), Bill Lowe (tu), William Parker and Mario Pavone (b), Laurence Cook (dr)
—Nioka Workman (ce) mentioned in correspondence from Marc Edwards, but not included in the Dixonia entry.
{Dixonia, a Bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / Thoughts, entry R88-0417 p.286}
- 88.06.13 and 88.06.14 - Don Paul (poetry), Glenn Spearman (ts) / North Beach Festival, San Francisco, CA
"...Beat poet Jack Micheline died rather unceremoniously on a BART train earlier this year, but his work, contained in 20-odd volumes of poetry,
lives on at the North Beach Festival's poetry stage, which makes reference to his death-in-transit with the theme 'The Beat Rolls On.' ...Jazz poet
Ruth Weiss teams up with the Marcus Shelby Trio, and poet/performer Don Paul is accompanied by saxophonist Glenn Spearman; chapbooks and
other poetry paraphernalia will be sold. The fair's other distinguishing characteristics include "L'Infiorata," a block-long re-creation of famous art,
done in flower petals by two teams of Italian artists, and the blessing of the animals by Franciscan monks from the Shrine of St. Francis."
["Night + Day," San Francisco Weekly, June 10, 1988]
88.06.25 • Hinds Brothers with Paul Murphy & Glenn Spearman [AVR—]
June 25, 1988 / Emeryville, CA
—"Recorded in the rec room of a high-end apartment complex that Paul was living at the time."
- 1. improvisations [ : ]
—Hallucinatory video excerpt below at 4:42.
Glenn Spearman (ts), John Hinds (ts, ss, perc), Peter Hinds (perc), Paul Murphy (dr)
{Peter Hinds 04.01.06 and 13.01.22}
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