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December 15, 2004
Musikkloftet, Oslo, Norway
1. Humphrey (Vidar Johansen) [7:21] {1}
2. 'Round Midnght (Thelonious Monk) [4:10] {2}
3. Tenderly (Lawrence-Gross) [4:10] {2}
4. Other East 1 (Sonny Simmons) [6:30] {unissued}
5. Other East 2 (Sonny Simmons) [5:30] {unissued}
6. Black Gardenia (Sonny Simmons) [15:43] {3}
7. Ancient Ritual (Sonny Simmons) [10:58] {3}
8. Theme For Ernie (Sonny Simmons) [5:34] {3}
9. I'll See You When You Get There (Sonny Simmons) [6:57] {2}
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone (#1-3, 6-9), English horn (#1, 4-5)
Anders Aarum : piano (#1, 6-8)
Mats Eilerteen : bass
Ole-Thomas Kolberg : drums (#1, 6, 8)
Torstein Lofthus : drums (#7)
Harald Aadland : violin (#1)
Eyleen Siegel : violin (#1)
Bendik Foss : viola (#1)
Kari Ravnan : cello (#1)
Vidar Johansen : flute, conductor (#1)
producer : Jon Klette
January 29 & 30, 2005
Rainbow Studios, Oslo, Norway
1. Armada (Vidar Johansen) [5:46] {1}
2. Spheres (Vidar Johansen) [7:58] {1}
3. Brainstorm (Jon Klette) [7:23] {1}
4. Sunset (Vidar Johansen) [8:03] {1}
5. Ballade For Queen Anna (Sonny Simmons) [5:21] {2}
6. Carebian Fiesta * (Sonny Simmons) [5:16] {2}
7. Fancy Free (Sonny Simmons) [5:03] {2}
8. Janet's Mood (Sonny Simmons) [4:33] {3}
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone, English horn
Anders Aarum : piano (#1-4, 8)
Mats Eilerteen : bass (#1-6, 8)
Ole-Thomas Kolberg : drums (#1-4, 7-8)
Harald Aadland : violin (#1-4)
Eyleen Siegel : violin (#1-4)
Bendik Foss : viola (#1-4)
Kari Ravnan : cello (#1-4)
Vidar Johansen : flute, conductor (#1-4)
producer : Jon Klette
March 8, 2005
Rainbow Studios, Oslo, Norway
1. Duet (Sonny Simmons) [7:46] {1}
2. Country Blues (Sonny Simmons) [7:00] {2}
3. Ancient City Of Petra (Sonny Simmons) [9:00] {2}
4. Too Late For Tears (Sonny Simmons) [6:30;3:04 released] {2}
5. Colours (Sonny Simmons) [5:31] {2}
6. Close Encounter (Sonny Simmons) [11:18] {2}
7. A Call To Order (Sonny Simmons) [8:41] {3}
8. Melodius Theme (Sonny Simmons) [8:32] {3}
9. La Benedictina (Sonny Simmons) [4:27] {3}
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone, English horn (#3)
Anders Aarum : piano (#2, 4, 6-8)
Mats Eilerteen : bass (#1, 3, 5-9)
Ole-Thomas Kolberg : drums (#7-9)
producer : Jon Klette
July 10, 2005
Live at Zebulon, NYC, USA
1. The Effects of City Living (Sonny
Simmons/Daniel Carter/Blaise Siwula/Jeff Shurdut/Adam Lane/Robyn Siwula/Mike
Fortune) [38:42 ; 35:54] {1,2} **
2. Ancient Future (Sonny Simmons/Daniel Carter/Blaise Siwula/Jeff Shurdut/Adam
Lane/Welf Dorr/Robyn Siwula/ Mike Fortune) [48:40] {unissued}
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone, English horn (#2)
Blaise Siwula : tenor saxophone
Welf Dorr : alto saxophone (#2)
Daniel Carter : trumpet, alto clarinet
Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut : electric guitar
Robyn Siwula : violin
Adam Lane : bass
Mike Fortune : drums
producer : Jeff Shurdut ; Jan Ström on the Ayler
reissue
August 10, 2005
Live at Festiviteten Hall, Silda, Norway
1. Suite For Simmons Part 1 (Svein Olav Herstad) [10:40]
1. Suite For Simmons Part 2 (Svein Olav Herstad) [8:29]
1. Suite For Simmons Part 3 (Svein Olav Herstad) [6:46]
1. Suite For Simmons Part 4 (Svein Olav Herstad) [11:31]
1. Suite For Simmons Part 5 (Svein Olav Herstad) [7:27]
1. Suite For Simmons Part 6 (Svein Olav Herstad) [3:29]
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone, English horn
Svein Olav Herstad : piano
Harald Johnsen : bass
Per Oddvar Johansen : drums
producer : Jon Klette
November 11, 2005
Live at Mozg, Gdansk, Poland
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone, English horn
Michael Marcus : tenor saxophone
Gildas Scouarnec : bass
Clifford Barbaro : drums
November 18, 2005
Live at the Pizza Express, London Jazz Festival, United Kingdom
1. Announcements [1:14] {1}
2. Mingus Mangus (Sonny Simmons) [14:23] {1}
3. Shining Winds (Michael Marcus) [13:04] {1}
4. Harmonious Beautious (Michael Marcus) [10:44] {1}
5. Sonny Simmons Interview [9:46] {1}
6. Chi-Chi (Charlie Parker) [12:13] {1}
7. Tenderly (Lawrence-Gross) [7:28] {1}
8. Road Dogg (Sonny Simmons) [10:44] {1}
9. Ruby, My Dear (Thelonious Monk) [7:30] {1}
10. Acknowledgements [0:40] {1}
11. Avant Garde Destruct (Sonny Simmons) {2}
12. Morning Lilies (Michael Marcus) {2}
13. 'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) {2}
14. Everything Happens To Me (Tom Adair/Matt Dennis) {2}
15. Echoes Of Eric Dolphy (Sonny Simmons) {2}
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone (#2-4, 6-8, 11-15), voice (#5)
Michael Marcus : tenor saxophone (#2-4, 6, 8-9, 11-12, 14-15)
Gildas Scouarnec : bass (#2-4, 6, 8-9, 11-15)
Clifford Barbaro : drums (#2-4, 6, 8-9, 11-15)
producer : Jez Nelson
December 3, 2005
Live at Galerie La Toupie, Paris, France
1. Niger (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) [9:03] {unissued}
2. Niger - Instrumental (Sonny Simmons) [1:37] {1}
Sonny Simmons : English horn
Bruno Grégoire : poetry (#1)
supervisors : Julien Palomo and Michel Kristof
December 8, 2005
Live at Le Bistrot de Vaise, Lyon, France
1. Carribean Nights (Sonny Simmons) [6:54] {unissued}
2. It's The Talk Of The Town (Marty Symes/A.J. Neiburg/Jerry Livingston) [7:26]
{1}
3. Stella By Starlight - tk1 (Ned Washington/Victor Young) [3:57] {unissued}
4. My Funny Valentine (Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers) [4:32] {1}
5. Cheryl (Charlie Parker) [2:47] {unissued}
6. 'Round Midnight - tk 1 (Thelonius Monk) [7:31] {1}
7. April In Paris (Vernon Duke/E.Y. Harburg) [8:32] {unissued}
8. Trumpet Ship (Sonny Simmons) [2:00] {unissued}
9. Everything Happens To Me (Tom Adair/Matt Dennis) [3:04] {1}
10. Medley :
a) Crepuscule With Nelly (Thelonius Monk) /
b) Bemsha Swing (Thelonius Monk) [12:37] {unissued}
11. Medley :
a) Stella By Starlight - tk2 (Ned Washington/Victor
Young) /
b) A Love Supreme (John Coltrane) [10:39] {unissued}
12. 'Round Midnight - tk 2 (Thelonius Monk) [7:32] {unissued}
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone
Jean-Philippe Ramos : tenor saxophone (#10-11)
supervisor : Marc Chaloin
December 13, 2005
Home of Bruno Grégoire, Romainville, France
1. Niger - tk 1 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) [13:01] {unissued}
2. Niger - false start (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) [2:05] {unissued}
3. Niger - tk 2 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) [10:45] {1}
4. Bizarre Beauty - false start (Sonny Simmons) [3:36] {unissued}
5. Bizarre Beauty - tk 1 (Sonny Simmons) [6:35] {1}
6. "A True Life Drama" : Sonny Simmons' words and poems (Sonny Simmons)
[13:20] {1}
a) A Poem (I'm A Wild Man) /
b) Early Southern Louisiana Blues /
c) A Small Sermon /
d) Backwood Boy /
e) Traveler /
f) The Shoeshine Boy /
g) A Genius Is A Rare Thing Johns /
h) I Hate
7. "Oh Boy - The Things I Could Tell You" : A Conversation With Sonny
Simmons
a) Upbringing In The Backwoods (Sonny Simmons) [8:35]
{1}
b) On Early Influences and Sonny Rollins (Sonny Simmons)
[11:53] {1}
c) I Wasn't A Free Jazz Player (Sonny Simmons) [3:41]
{1}
Sonny Simmons : English horn (#1-5), poetry (#6), voice (#6-7)
Bruno Grégoire : poetry (#1-3), voice (#6-7)
supervisors : Julien Palomo and Michel Kristof
June 21, 2006
BBC studios, London, United Kingdom
1. Sonny Simmons Interview [30:00]
Sonny Simmons : voice
Interview directed by Jez Nelson
July 29, 2006
Home of Bruno Grégoire, Romainville, France
1. Poème de l'Ile Noire (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) [10:40]
{unissued}
2. Comores - version 1 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) [6:35] {1}
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone
Bruno Grégoire : poetry
August 3, 2006
Home of Bruno Grégoire, Romainville, France
1. Poèmes Mexicains 3: Mani, un royaume - tk 1 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny
Simmons) {unissued}
2. Poèmes Mexicains 4: Nocturne à Puerto Angel - tk 1 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny
Simmons) {unissued}
3. Poèmes Mexicains 6: Hypothèse des Nuages - tk 1 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny
Simmons) [0:21] {1} **
4. Poèmes Mexicains 1: Casa Isunza (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons)
[2:42] {1}
5. Poèmes Mexicains 5: Zocalo - tk 1 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons)
[0:28] {1}} ***
6. Poèmes Mexicains 5: Zocalo - tk 2 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons)
[4:04] {1}
7. Poèmes Mexicains 2: La Sirène du Brittania (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny
Simmons) [3:24] {1}
8. Poèmes Mexicains 3: Mani, un royaume - false start (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny
Simmons) [0:25] {1} ****
9. Poèmes Mexicains 3: Mani, un royaume - tk 2 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny
Simmons) [1:39] {1}
10. Poèmes Mexicains 4: Nocturne à Puerto Angel - tk 2 (Bruno
Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) [3:22] {1}
11. Poèmes Mexicains 6: Hypothèse des Nuages - tk 2 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny
Simmons) [4:40] {1}
12. Comores - version 2 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) [5:23] {1}
13. Anciens Souvenirs part.1 (Sonny Simmons) [8:09] {1}
14. Anciens Souvenirs part.2 (Sonny Simmons) [11:00] {1}
15. Far Away From Cluj - tk 1 (Bruno Grégoire) {unissued}
16. Far Away From Cluj - tk 2 (Bruno Grégoire) [2:27] {1}
17. Niger - tk 1 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) {unissued}
18. Niger - tk 2 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) [9:40] {1}
Sonny Simmons : English horn (#1-14, 17-18), poetry (#15-16)
Bruno Grégoire : poetry (#1-12), percussions (#17-18)
Anne Segal : poetry (#17-18)
producers : Sonny Simmons, Bruno Grégoire and Anne Segal
August 4, 2006
Home of Bruno Grégoire, Romainville, France
1. Agadez, ressac - test run (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) {unissued}
2. Agadez, ressac - tk 1 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) {unissued}
3. Agadez, ressac - tk 2 (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) [12:35] {1}
4. Poème de l'Ile Noire (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons) [8:51]
{1}
5 . Anciens Souvenirs part.3 (Sonny Simmons) [10:36] {1}
6 . Anciens Souvenirs part.4 (Sonny Simmons) [11:59] {1}
7 . Introduction: Ode To Thelonious Monk (Sonny Simmons) [20:00] {2}
***
8 . My Favorite Things (Richard Rodgers/Oliver Hammerstein II) [1:55]
{2}
9 . Poème du Diable et de Rien (Bruno Grégoire/Sonny Simmons)
[6:55] {1}
10. The Promise (John Coltrane) [2:35] {2}
Sonny Simmons : English horn (#1-6, 10), alto saxophone (#7-9)
Bruno Grégoire : poetry (#4, 10)
Anne Segal : poetry (#1-3)
producers : Sonny Simmons, Bruno Grégoire and Anne Segal
August 20, 2006
Oslo, Norway
1. Stella By Starlight [4:37]
Nils-Olav Johansen : vocals, guitar
Maja Ratkje : vocals
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone
Reidar Skar : keyboards
Mats Eilertsen : bass
Andreas Bye : drums
November 2, 2006
Krakow, Poland
1. Free Within The Law (Sonny Simmons/Michael Marcus/Peter Herbert/Art Lewis)
[6:00]
2. Afro Funk (Sonny Simmons) [10:24]
3. Janet's Moods (Sonny Simmons) [7:30]
4. May-Lee-High-Young (Beautiful Ocean) (Michael Marcus) [9:09]
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone, English horn
Michael Marcus : tenor saxophone, b-flat clarinet
Peter Herbert : bass
Art Lewis : drums
• Free Within The Law, Not Two Records MW 792-2 (CD, Poland), 2008 *
November 3, 2006
Live at Alchemia, Krakow, Poland
1. Morning Daffodil (Michael Marcus) [10:34]
2. Ginger Root (Michael Marcus) [1:01]
3. The Pollish Rally (Sonny Simmons) [5:00]
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone, English horn
Michael Marcus : tenor saxophone, b-flat clarinet
Peter Herbert : bass
Art Lewis : drums
December 12, 2006
Live at Galerie Apnée, Paris, France
1. Exotic Study (Sonny Simmons) [16:58]
2. My Favorite Things (Richard Rodgers/Oliver Hammerstein II) [7:24]
3. Blues For Everyday Life (Sonny Simmons) [9:56]
4. Out Of Love (Sonny Simmons) [13:44]
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone (#1, 3-4), English horn (#2)
producer : Sonny Simmons
March 23 , 2007
Home of Michel Kristof, Paris, France
1. Ancient Tibet (Sonny Simmons) [20:01]
2. Light-Years Away (Sonny Simmons) [10:43]
3. The Lady Who Got Away (Sonny Simmons) [7:16]
4. The Valleys Of Lebanon (Sonny Simmons) [8:10]
5. Fourth Dimension (Sonny Simmons) [8:39]
6. One For Leadbelly (Sonny Simmons) [8:53]
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone (#2-3, 5-6), English horn (#1, 4)
producer : Sonny Simmons
November 10, 2007
Live at L'Atelier Tampon-Ramier, Paris, France
1. Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie/Frank Paparelli) [24:39]
2. 'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) [11:31]
3. You Better Do It Now Before You Die Later (Sonny Simmons) [16:55]
4. Body And Soul (Johnny Green/Robert Sour/Edward Heyman/Frank Eyton) [14:55]
5. All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II) [11:18]
6. True Wind (Bobby Few/Sonny Simmons) [31:40]
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone, English horn
Bobby Few : piano
produced by Sonny Simmons and Bobby Few
August 16, 2007
Live at Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway
1. Atomic Symphony movements 1-3 (Vidar Johansen) [100:00]
Vidar Johansen : conductor, baritone saxophone
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone, English horn
Jon Klette : alto saxophone
Kjetil Møster : tenor and soprano saxophones
Gisle Johansen : tenor saxophone
Sjur Miljeteig : trumpet
Ivind Brekke : trombone
Hild Sofie Fafjord : french horn, live sampling, electronic effects, noise
Anders Hana : guitar, electronics, noise
Bugge Wesseltoft : piano, synthesizers, live sampling, effects
Mats Eilertsen : electric bass, moog filter
Ingebrigt Haaker : double bass, electric bass, bass synthesizers, effects
Per Zanussi : electric bass, wah wah effects, noise
Per Oddvar Johansen : drums, percussions, electronic effects
Paal Nilssen-Love : drums, percussion
+ 65 musicians from the National Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra
produced by Jon Klette
November 17, 2007
Live at the Centre Culturel Régional "Op Der Schmelz", Dudelange,
Luxembourg
Sunny Murray : drums
Richard Raux : tenor saxophone, conduction
Sabir Mateen : reeds
Odean Pope : tenor saxophone
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone
Rasul Siddik : trumpet
Grachan Moncur III : trombone
Tony Bevan : bass saxophone
Monette Sudler : guitar
Khan Jamal : vibraphone
Bobby Few : piano
Henry Grimes : bass
John Edwards : drums
produced by Michael Ehlers
November 19, 2007
Live at the Red Rose Comedy Club, London, United Kingdom
1. (Untitled) (Sonny Simmons/David Keenan/George Lyle/Alex Neilson) [12:35]
Sonny Simmons : alto saxophone
David Keenan : alto saxophone
George Lyle : bass
Alex Neilson : drums
produced by Resonance FM
A work in progress, © Julien Palomo, April 2009