Mujician – The Journey (1992, CD, England)

Tracklist:
1 The Journey 55:02

Musicians:
Clarinet [Eb], Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Paul Dunmall
Double Bass – Paul Rogers
Drums – Tony Levin
Piano – Keith Tippett

Keith & Julie Tippett, Lino Capra Vaccina, Paolo Tofani – A Mid Autumn's Night Dream (2019, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:

A Part 1 (23:24)

B Part 2 (23:14)

Musicians:

Piano, Musical Box, Wood Block, Idiophone, Maracas – Keith Tippett

Veena, Santoor, Electronics, Performer – Paolo Tofani

Vibraphone, Cymbals, Percussions, Gongs, Tam-tam, Timpani, Chimes, Bells – Lino Capra Vaccina

Voice, Bells, Thumb Piano, Drum, Xylophone – Julie Tippetts

Recorded Conservatorio Nicolini in Piacenza on October 1st, 2016

A Mid Autumn Night’s Dream faithfully report a one shot concert that took place at Conservatorio Nicolini in Piacenza on October 1st, 2016. The four giants of new music never played together before. As the lights turned off something magic started. A spontaneous interplay, an amazingflowing of notes. The subject was the Night, its mystic flavours. Paolo Tofani, now a hindi monk, is a living legend in Italian avantgarde music having been the driving force of the band Area in the seventies. He worked and recorded with many musicians including John Cage, Alvin Curran, Steve Lacy just to mention a few. His last album, Real Essence, an acoustig solo, have impressed the late Greg Lake whoeventually wrote the liner notes. Lino Capra Vaccina provided the visionary sound of the seminal italian ensemble Aktuala then formed with Franco Battiato and Juri Camisasca the legendary Telaio Magnetico, then worked with Battiato and eventually played percussion in La Scala Orchestra with Claudio Abbado. In Italy he is a true legend and a most respected muscian. His first solo album, Antico Adagio along with his last one Metafisiche del Suono, are considered amongst the very best avantgarde albums ever. Keith Tippett is another living legend in british jazz music: band leader, composer, visionary pianist. With an uncompromising career full of outstanding gems. A larger audience knows him as a member of King Crimson or theleader of Centipede. His skills goes from contemporary jazz to larger compositions for orchestra and classical musicas well. One of his latest piano solo album, Mujician IV live in Piacenza, have been critically acclaimed all over the world. Julie Tippetts lent her fantastic voice to various situations, many times side by side with her husband Keith. The team called one of their duo album Couple in Spirit, as they are in life and art. Julie is a fantastic musician who added a magic touch, a siren call to this masterpiece.

Hopper/Dean/Tippett/Gallivan ‎– Cruel But Fair (1977, LP, England)

Tracklist:

A1 Seven Drones - 8:30

A2 Jannakota - 4:36

A3 Echoes - 8:43

B1 Square Enough Fire - 9:23

B2 Rocky Recluse - 2:24

B3 Bjorn Free - 2:18

B4 Soul Fate - 5:38

Musicians:
Alto Saxophone, Saxello – Elton Dean
Bass – Hugh Hopper
Drums, Percussion, Synthesizer – Joe Gallivan
Piano – Keith Tippett

Alto saxophonist Elton Dean and bassist Hugh Hopper established their reputations with the groundbreaking jazz-rock band Soft Machine in the '70s and have continued to be strong forces in the British free-jazz scene. On this excel1ent 1995 release, they team up with pianist Keith Tippett and drummer Joe Gallivan to create a wide-ranging program of bristling, exploratory jazz and innovative electronic music. Gallivan plays synthesizer in addition to his propulsive, pulse-oriented drums, and on several cuts ("Jannakota" and "Rocky Recluse") the music drifts into beguiling electronic soundscapes. These serve as interludes for the more energetic and fiery pieces featuring Dean's singular sax and Tippett's dense, multilayered piano. Dean's distinctive alto and the seldom-played saxello both project a plaintive, vocalized sound, equally adaptable to the frenzy of "Seven Drones" or the calm of "Echoes." This ability to shift emotional gears, shared by the group as a whole, results in a collective music that is both spontaneous and cohesive.