3 February 2019

Joseph Jarman- Sunbound (AECO LP, 02)1976

























We haven't had any commemorative posts re. the passing away of Joseph Jarman on 10 January 2019, so better late than never, then. This was his one and only solo album, literally speaking, posted in the early days of this blog. We will follow up with other previously posted items as well as material not previously posted here.

An obituary can be found here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/obituaries/joseph-jarman-dead.html

An interview from 2011 here:

http://www.furious.com/perfect/jarman.html

and the offiicial home page here:

http://www.thulanidavis.com/josephjarman/


From the original post:

"Philosophically Jarman's aestheic is agreeable with the freedom loving anti statism that Anarchists define for themselves as Anarchy..that is social agreement with out coercion..NO COPS ,NO COURTS ,NO JAILS, NO TAXES."From the liner notes by Joffre Stewart

"Sunbound is a live solo performance by then Art Ensemble of Chicago member Joseph Jarman, and one of a handful of recordings issued by the band's own label. The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) of Chicago had long required a solo concert as a kind of "final exam." Regardless of one's instrument, a graduate of this school was expected to be able to construct a cohesive performance alone, without benefit of supporting musicians. Thus, concerts like this one were hardly uncommon at the time, though to the wider public the idea of a saxophonist by himself on stage was still somewhat bizarre. Jarman has a significantly different approach to improvisation than his erstwhile reeds partner in the Art Ensemble, Roscoe Mitchell. The latter had an extremely structural view of improvisation, using often arcane conceptual ideas as the basis for his flights. Jarman is a more intuitive player, allowing ideas to flow in natural, lyrical fashion, even when blisteringly intense. Typically, he utilizes a wide variety of reeds and percussion, sometimes simultaneously, though the finest work here is on alto ("Universal Mind Force"). His abandonment of structure allows for some degree of meandering, and there are sections which could have stood a bit of editing, but that "excess" was part of the deal in performances such as this at the time and, in retrospect, are even part of their charm. Still, one misses a foil such as Mitchell to bounce ideas off, and the album, while generally enjoyable, lacks some of the depth and passion associated with the best Art Ensemble recordings. Recommended for AACM completists."
by Brian Olewnick

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

I found this Blog via the Bud Powell post, and i'm wondering does any one have anymore Bud live..bootlegs etc
Jan Karsky

serviceton said...

Beautiful record.

I can't have been the only one to notice ?...
"belated-catching-up-dude" says Gracias !

SOTISE said...

Flac-Pics
http://www55.zippyshare.com/v/21555146/file.html

Bhowani said...

many thanks, sotise !

Anonymous said...

any chance of re-up of flac of this ? big Jarman fan and never heard this

also anyone know what has happened to Jarman ? is he ill ? he was teaching akido in NYC for a while and doing AECO gigs but seems to have dropped off completely - know he's a buddhist monk too - just curious where he is at in 2017

Anonymous said...

+ 1 on re-up request

kinabalu said...
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francisco santos said...

and another...
BIG THX!...

jeff said...

Thanks kinabalu. This one, I have never heard. Looking forward to it!!!!

jeff said...

Hey Anon... re: what Jarman is up to... Wish I was in New York on March 25th........this must have been good...read at the bottom

The Blue Room, 1600 E. 18th St., has organist Everette DeVan and singer Lori Tucker leading the Monday jam at 7 p.m. March 20; singer Eboni Fondren at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23; and bassist Bob Bowman’s Bowdog band at 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 24. Singer Sherry Scott — a deep-rooted Chicago artist whose experience includes a tenure in the band Earth, Wind and Fire, work with Mongo Santamaría and Freddie Hubbard and even Chicago avant-garde experience with Henry Threadgill, Joseph Jarman and Muhal Richard Abrams — performs at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25

Anonymous said...

thanks for this

yeah Jarman wasn't on that gig though. I don't think he is living in NYC anymore. AECO performed recently in London but I don't think he was on the gig. Maybe he is in Japan ?

Gandalf said...

Jarman died Jan. 10, 2019 at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey - he'd been sick for a long time.

Link is dead - please re-up.

kinabalu said...

New link:

Adrive

Doug S. said...

Thank you very much, kinabalu!

kinabalu said...

The above commentator failed to mention, possibly due to a misplaced sense of modesty, this:

http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83672

Hereby rectified.

BT said...

Thank-you very much

indigonoir said...

Thanks kinabalu!