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With billows and blasts from choirs and orchesters
Buskers and talkers
Big bands and squawkers,
the Stork Club has retained its qualities of decaying elegance and dwindling significance since the late 1950s.
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May 5, 2024: It's Storko de Mayo!! There's cake for Stanley Cowell, then Steel Yourself For Mike Cooper
Birthday props for pianist, composer Stanley Cowell, who in tandem with Charles Tolliver birthed the great Strata-East label - and music and conversation with Mike Cooper whose new Steelaway album is out and about - and Mike professes his love for dub and jungle music. And we'll hear some 'o that, plus some whizzy, wacky steel-guitar besides.
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Artist | Track | Album | Comments | Images | Approx. start time |
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Stanley Cowell | Cal Massey | Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol 5 | Stanley Cowell – piano • Recorded June 1990 at Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California, U.S. | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |
Stanley Cowell | Endless Flight | Close To You Alone | Stanley Cowell - piano • Cecil McBee - bass • Ronnie Burrage - drums • Recorded on August 2, 1990 at Big Box 901 Studio, Tokyo | 0:04:30 (Pop-up) | |
Stanley Cowell | Travellin' Man | Travellin' Man | STEVE NOVOSEL bass ///JIMMY HOPPS drums ///STANLEY COWELL piano, electric piano. — Recorded June 6-7, 1969 at Polydor Studios, London | 0:13:23 (Pop-up) | |
Charles Sullivan | Good-Bye Sweet John | Genesis | Charles Sullivan – trumpet • Sonny Fortune – alto saxophone • Stanley Cowell, Onaje Allan Gumbs – piano • Alex Blake – bass • Billy Hart – drums • Lawrence Killian – congas, percussion • Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals • Recorded June 20 & 21 and July 24, 1974 at Sound Ideas, N.Y.C., and Minot Studio, White Plains, N.Y. | 0:16:57 (Pop-up) | |
Stanley Cowell | Dis Place | Sienna | Stanley Cowell – piano • Ron McClure – bass • Keith Copeland – drums • Recorded July 8, 1989 in Klampenborg, Denmark | 0:22:52 (Pop-up) | |
DJ Cowells Like the Wind | 0:29:51 (Pop-up) | ||||
Charles Tolliver / Music Inc. & Orchestra | Brilliant Circles | Music Inc. And Big Band | Charles Tolliver – trumpet, recording production • Stanley Cowell – piano • Clint Houston – bass • Clifford Barbaro – drums - -Recorded: 07 December 1973 at Yubinchokin Hall Tokyo, Japan. In association with Takafumi Ohkuma and Kuniya Inaoka of Trio Records. | 0:34:57 (Pop-up) | |
Marion Brown | Delicado | Three For Shepp | Marion Brown - alto saxophone • Grachan Moncur III - trombone • Stanley Cowell) - piano • Norris Jones - bass • Beaver Harris – drums Recorded December 1, 1966 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | 0:39:46 (Pop-up) | |
The Piano Choir | Precious Lord | Handscapes | Performer – Danny Mixon, Harold Mabern, Hugh Lawson, Nat Jones (2), Sonelius Smith, Stanley Cowell, Webster Lewis Producer – Geri Hamlin, The Piano Choir Choir: Piano, Electric Piano, Vocals, Percussion, African Piano, and Harpsichord - -recorded June 18, 1972 | 0:46:23 (Pop-up) | |
Heath Brothers | Tafadhali | Marchin' On! | Bass [Baby Bass], Violin [Bass Violin] – Percy Heath *Drums – Albert Heath *Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Jimmy Heath *Piano [Acoustic], Mbira – Stanley Cowell. —— Recorded at Talent Studios, Oslo, Norway 10/22/75 | 0:51:27 (Pop-up) | |
Clifford Jordan | Maimoun | Glass Bead Games | Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone • Stanley Cowell – composed by, piano • Bill Lee– bass • Billy Higgins – drums, percussion • Recorded • October 29, 1973 Minot Sound Studios, White Plains, NY | 0:54:48 (Pop-up) | |
Stan Getz Quartet | Dane's Chant | The Song Is You | Stan Getz - tenor saxophone • Stanley Cowell - piano • Miroslav Vitous - bass • Jack DeJohnette - drums Recorded February 12, 1969 | 1:00:28 (Pop-up) | |
Stanley Cowell | Departure No. 1 | Musa - Ancestral Streams | Stanley Cowell - piano, electric piano, kalimba • Recorded December 10 & 11, 1973 at Minot Studios, White Plains, New York | 1:07:52 (Pop-up) | |
Richard Davis | Warm Canto | Way Out West | Richard Davis – bass • Eddie Henderson – trumpet • Stanley Cowell – piano • Dolly Hirota – vocals • • Recorded at Fantasy Studio, Berkley, California • June 30 and July 1, 1977 | 1:13:14 (Pop-up) | |
Stanley Cowell Trio | Ibn Mukhtarr Mustapha | Illusion Suite | Stanley Cowell – piano • Stanley Clarke – bass • Jimmy Hopps – drums • Recorded November 29, 1972 at Sound Ideas Studio, New York City | 1:17:23 (Pop-up) | |
DJ Doofus | Talking Over A Mike Cooper Track That i Can't Remember the Name Of | 1:22:02 (Pop-up) | |||
Mike Cooper | Steelaway - 5 | Steelaway |
https://mikecooper.bandcamp.com/album/mike-cooper-steelaway Mike: These beats were originally made for my live accompaniment to the silent film L’Inhumaine by Marcel L’Herbier (1924) I was commissioned by the University of Venice to present it as part of a seminar titled Fashion Apertura: Uchronia And Utopian Fashion presented by Alessandra Vaccari and Caroline Evans at Palazzo Grassi in Venice in 2019. |
1:27:00 (Pop-up) | |
Mike Cooper | conversation with Mike re: new release | Steelaway | 1:31:11 (Pop-up) | ||
Black Uhuru | Boof'N'Baff'N'Biff | The Dub Factor | Bass Guitar – Robbie Shakespeare • Drums, Electronic Drums [Syndrums] – Sly Dunbar • Guitar – Barry Reynolds, Ranchie McLean, Mikey Chung, Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan • Percussion – Sky Juice, "Sticky" Thompson • Piano – Ansell Collins, Keith Stirling, Robbie Lyn • Producer – Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare • Remix – Paul "Groucho" Smykle • Synth, Vocoder – Wally Badarou • Vocals – Duckie Simpson, Michael Rose, Puma Jones - -released 1983 | 1:38:08 (Pop-up) | |
Augustus Pablo | King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown | King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown | Augustus Pablo – melodica, piano, clavinet, organ, producer • Robbie Shakespeare – bass guitar • Aston "Family Man" Barrett – bass guitar • Carlton "Carlie" Barrett – drums • Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar • Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall – tenor saxophone • Bobby Ellis – trumpet • Vincent "Don D Junior" Gordon – trombone Technical • King Tubby and Errol Thompson - mixing engineer • Released 1976 at King Tubby's Studio, Kingston 11, Jamaica | 1:41:41 (Pop-up) | |
The Upsetters | Rastaman Shuffle (Single Version) | Super Ape | Lee Perry – producer, percussion, conga • Michael "Mikey Boo" Richards – drums • Anthony "Benbow" Creary – drums • Noel "Skully" Simms – conga • Boris Gardiner – bass • Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar • Keith Sterling – piano • Bobby Ellis – horns • "Dirty" Harry Hall – horns • Herman Marquis – horns • Vin Gordon – trombone • Egbert Evans – flute • Barry Llewellyn – backing vocals • Earl Morgan – backing vocals • Released August 1976 Recorded at Black Ark, Kingston, Jamaica | 1:44:11 (Pop-up) | |
Derek Bailey | Lower Clapton Nocturne | Domestic Jungle | Recorded in the 1990s onto cassette by Derek Bailey at home in London, playing along to Jungle music on the radio | 1:51:51 (Pop-up) | |
Prince Far I | Natty Champion | Jamaican Heroes | Lincoln "Style" Scott, Sly Dunbar - drums • Errol "Flabba" Holt, Robbie Shakespeare - bass guitar • Bingy Bunny - rhythm guitar • Noel "Sowell" Bailey - lead guitar • Gladstone Anderson - piano • Winston Wright - organ • Prince Far I - percussion • Basheba, Vivien Goldman, Ari Up, Errol "Flabba" Holt - backing vocals • Kalimba, David Toop - flute • Steve Beresford - toy piano, toy synthesizer, whistles, melodica, various noises • released 1980 | 1:54:29 (Pop-up) | |
The New Age Steppers | Love Forever | The New Age Steppers | Producer - Adrian Sherwood Bass - George Oban Bass, Percussion, Piano - Steve Beresford Drums - Style Scott Drums, Synthesizer - Bruce Smith Guitar - Crucial Tony , John Waddington Guitar, Vocals - Viv Albertine Percussion - Bruce Smith Vocals - Ari-Up , Mark Stewart - 1982 | 1:58:35 (Pop-up) | |
General Strike | Interplanetary Dub | Danger In Paradise | Bass, Piano, Glockenspiel, Organ [Farfisa], Trumpet, Synthesizer [Prophet 5], Flugelhorn, Toy Piano, Euphonium, Percussion, Vocals, Melodica, Noises, Drums, Drum, Drum Programming– Steve Beresford Effects – David Cunningham Guitar, Guitar [Prepared Guitar], Percussion, Flute, Flute [Alto], Glockenspiel, Vocals, Tape, Drum Programming – David Toop - - - Recorded September 1979, August and October 1981, January and April 1982 | 2:05:57 (Pop-up) | |
What Mike Said, Part 1, backannounced | 2:08:51 (Pop-up) | ||||
Mike Cooper | conversation with Mike | 2:12:45 (Pop-up) | |||
King Sunny Adé And His African Beats | Ma Jaiye Oni | Juju Music | Shina Abiodun – conga • Mofes Acambi – drums • King Sunny Adé – guitar, composer, keyboards, vocals, mixing • Ademola Adepoju – steel guitar • Adisa Adeyemi – bongos • Jacob Ajakaye – vocals • Rasaki Aladokun – African drum, talking drum • Gani Alashe – shekere • Michael Babalola – maracas • Adrian Boot – photography • Tunde Demiola – vocals • Niyi Falaye – vocals • Jomoh Gbadamosi – African drum, talking drum • Jelili Lawal – bass guitar • Segun Llori – guitar • Godwin Logie – mixing • Martin Meissonnier – keyboards, producer • Bob Ohiri – guitar • John Okeumeu – guitar, rhythm guitar • Alhaji Timmy Olaitan – drums, African drums • Matthew Olojede – vocals • Femi Owomoyela – vocals • Segun Shokumbi – vocals - - 1982 | 2:15:29 (Pop-up) | |
Demola Adepoju | Moji | Olufe-Mi | Thanks to Mike Cooper for sending this gem!!! | 2:20:33 (Pop-up) | |
Youssou Ndour & Le Super Etoile de Dakar | Bekoor | Vol.11 - Bekoor | This numbered series of cassettes was released in Senegal between 1982 and 1988 | 2:26:18 (Pop-up) | |
Ali Farka Touré | Nawiye | Ali Farka Touré | Vocals, Guitar, Kora [Calabash], Bongos – Ali Farka Toure Recorded at the Fire House studio, London on October 4, 1987 | 2:32:42 (Pop-up) | |
African Head Charge | Take Heed... And Smoke Up Your Collyweed | Voodoo Of The Godsent | Bass – George Oban; Effects, Loops, Sampler [Samples] – Crocodile; Guitar, Keyboards – Skip McDonald; Horns – Crispy Horns; Percussion, Lead Vocals – Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah; Synthesizer [Analog Synths] – Adamski; Drum Programming [Drum Rhythms] – Jazzwad; Programmed By [Bass Programming] – Crocodile ; Vocals [Vocal Samples] – King Cry Cry - - released 2011 | 2:38:19 (Pop-up) | |
Mike Cooper | Steelaway - 7 | Steelaway | https://mikecooper.bandcamp.com/album/mike-cooper-steelaway | 2:42:36 (Pop-up) | |
Bill Frisell | Telstar | Guitar In The Space Age | Bass – Tony Scherr; Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone – Kenny Wollesen; Electric Guitar – Bill Frisell; Pedal Steel Guitar, Electric Guitar – Greg Leisz - - - - - Recorded at Flora Recording & Playback, Portland, OR - 2014 | 2:47:16 (Pop-up) | |
Freddie Roulette | Joaquin | Sweet Funky Steel | Bass, Acoustic Guitar – Victor Conte; Drums – Paul Lagos ; Guitar – Coleman Head ; Saxophone – Richard Aplanap; Lap Steel Guitar – Freddie Roulette - Recorded at the Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California - ca. 1973 | 2:50:23 (Pop-up) | |
Speedy West | Stratosphere Boogie | Capitol Records – F2964 7" - B-Side | recorded between1953 to 1956 | 2:54:15 (Pop-up) | |
Thank You! | 2:56:23 (Pop-up) |
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love2laf:
Hello Stork, and hello adamdoesit and the rest of the waterbirds to come.
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I'm wearing pants with pleats in the wrong places!
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David (in London):
Afternoon assembled Club goers. I rob from the rich to give to the Stork!
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David (in London):
Ah, thanks l2l, good idea. Probably less waste that way!
Also Fred, WR, Ken, Adam, mackeral, Semulator, Tom, Mike et al!
adamdoesit:
No, not you, wanderer of the night. Get the Puck out of here!
mackeral:
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fred:
Weirdly, I like dub but not reggae
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love2laf:
@DavidIL 3am? I was that young once. Now it's when I wake up and curse my bones.
@fred that's a tough almost got to it lifetime experience.
tom tom the pipers son:
love2laf:
This will help with the rhythm, trust me, I'm not a doctor.
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Dean:
A friend of mine lives across the street from the former Maybeck Recital Hall. Quite a space. Saw Satoko Fujii with Myra Melford there.
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Dean:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/us/muenster-texas-germanfest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pU0.Eh9U.TLSPl8OC_K9-&smid=url-share
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coelacanth∅:
i saw between 5 and 10 concerts there that summer, the most expensive was $6 (i don't remember which one)
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David (in London):
I saw Eno last year and, though it was totally worth it, it cost me the equivalent of the GDP of a small nation.
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love2laf:
Hotel prices in Toronto, for a non event week day, for a ho hum place to sleep, is literally hundreds of dollars a night now.
How much do you think Herbie would want to drive up north?...
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coelacanth∅:
Hans-Joachim Roedelius was at the local college a few years ago; sleater-kinney; burning spear...
gotta pay attention - which i don't.
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Have a good week Club folks.
WR:
Thank you! Stork! Thank you! Mike Cooper!
Onward!
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