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Post by nicknick on Oct 4, 2017 19:10:23 GMT
HORO Records is an Italian jazz label founded in 1972 by Aldo Sinesio (1930-2013). Horo means time in Esperanto. I always wonder how he managed to make musicians to record such wonderful and often unusual albums. Many of the HORO recordings Sinesio produced are excellent and important, and should be heard. At present time I have only four HORO releases, all these are double albums and of the same year:
1. Archie Shepp - The Tradition (1978) HDP 13-14 2LP
2. Sun Ra Arkestra - Unity (1978) HDP 19-20 2LP
3. Sun Ra Quartet - Other Voices, Other Blues (1978) HDP 23-24 2LP
4. Sun Ra Quartet - New Steps (1978) HDP 25-26 2LP
In the future I would like to add to them the fifth one:
5. Gil Evans - Parabola (1979) HDP 31-32 2LP
I'm sure many members of this community have their own favorite HORO releases. Please tell us about your preferences. Below is a small fiMany of the Horo recordings Sinesio produced are excellent and important, and should be heardlm about Aldo Sinesio and HORO Records:
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Post by pjd on Oct 6, 2017 14:25:00 GMT
I dont own any Horos, but both those Ra records have John Gilmore on them and I believe there was a third session as well. Rare opportunity to hear the great tenorist in a small group setting.
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Post by nicknick on Oct 6, 2017 16:47:55 GMT
The third LP, "Unity", contains live recordings of Sun Ra Arkestra at Storyville, NY (24/29 October 1977). John Gilmore plays there too.
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Post by clifford on Oct 6, 2017 16:57:39 GMT
Lee Konitz + Martial Solal : Duplicity
Steve Lacy : Eronel (solo but all three Lacy Horos are excellent)
Roswell Rudd : The Definitive (very odd, very good - solo w/ overdubs)
Enrico Rava Quartet
Burton Greene : It's All One (solo)
MEV : United Patchwork
the Shepps are all pretty good 70s representations. The Gil Evans is awesome (as are most of his from the period). The Max Roach is strong. Basically everything I have I would keep.
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Post by nicknick on Oct 6, 2017 17:30:03 GMT
Clifford, thanks for your list. Narada Burton Greene played solo concert in Moscow last July. That was awesome.
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Post by alunsevern on Oct 9, 2017 12:44:07 GMT
Lee Konitz + Martial Solal : Duplicity [...] the Shepps are all pretty good 70s representations. The Gil Evans is awesome (as are most of his from the period). The Max Roach is strong. Basically everything I have I would keep. Clifford -- is that Konitz/Solal DUPLICITY a double LP? I passed on something last year, and I'm sure it was that. It wasn't especially expensive -- GBP25.00-30.00 or thereabouts, as I recall.... But I was feeling mean. Now go on -- tell me I have missed an essential Solal record! SaveSave |
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Post by clifford on Oct 9, 2017 16:07:30 GMT
Yeah, it's a double. I think it's an excellent set but you'll see it again.
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Post by alunsevern on Oct 9, 2017 18:10:17 GMT
![]() Clifford, Do you know Solal's extraordinary Sans Tambour Ni Trompette, on RCA Victor (I think) from 1970? I don't have it in front of me but I recall that the first issue looks like a budget label (which perhaps it was)... Anyway, while everyone else in the world was plugging in their pianos and playing fusion (indeed, Solal too at various times), Solal recorded this strange gem in a trio with two bassists. It is surely one of the most beautiful and quietly avant-garde things Solal has recorded. I think Cook and Morton in thePenguin Guide say it is like Debussy dancing with Stravinsky, or something like that -- and it is. Very lovely indeed. But I'll also keep looking for the Hero DUPLICITY...  |
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Post by clifford on Oct 9, 2017 23:02:23 GMT
I don't have that album but I recognize the cover. That's one I'll have to be on the lookout for!
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