Ray Russell
The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969 (2CD)
LabelJazz In BritainGenreJazz & Improvisation
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This tracks on this album were recorded between 1967 and 1969 and include all the tracks on the five sessions Ray Russell’s Quartet recorded ‘live’ for Jazz Club in that period. Those sessions included compositions from Ray’s first two albums he made as leader for CBS – Turn Circle and Dragon Hill. Just six tracks from these sessions were previously released on very limited edition vinyl as Spontaneous Event by Jazz In Britain in 2000. That album attracted particular interest on its release, it received great reviews and quite high prices are now being asked for second-hand copies… if you can find one! We have regularly been asked if we plan to re-press that album or re-issue it on CD. So, in response to those requests, we have decided to release all the music on a double CD as ‘The Complete’ Spontaneous Event.
Release notes
2-8, 1-7, 1-4, 2-6, 1-5 and 2-10 were first issued on mono vinyl [r=15180434] 1-6, 1-8 & 2-7 issued at the same time as download only bonus tracks. All other tracks previously unreleased. 1-1 to 1-4 recorded for BBC Light Programme - The Jazz Scene in the Jazz Club, 14th May 1967. 1-5 to 1-8 recorded for BBC Radio 1 - Jazz Club, 22nd November 1967. 1-9, 1-10, 2-1 & 2-2 recorded for BBC Radio 1 - Jazz Club, 3rd April 1968. 2-3 to 2-6 recorded for BBC Radio 1 - Jazz Club, 31st July 1968. 2-7 to…
| 1-1 | Mr P C | 2:37 | |
| 1-2 | Falling In Love With Love | 7:05 | |
| 1-3 | Ballad ('Bonita') | 6:20 | |
| 1-4 | Spontaneous Event | 10:08 | |
| 1-5 | Spring Flower | 4:42 | |
| 1-6 | Bonita | 4:02 | |
| 1-7 | Peruvian Triangle | 6:10 | |
| 1-8 | The Fry And I | 4:19 | |
| 1-9 | A Day In The Life Of A Slave In Lower Egypt (Part III 'Path') | 7:10 | |
| 1-10 | Fire Dance | 6:27 | |
| 2-1 | Tarot | 10:47 | |
| 2-2 | Sombrero Sam | 2:59 | |
| 2-3 | Theme For Sue | 6:43 | |
| 2-4 | Thespius | 10:13 | |
| 2-5 | We Lie Naked In The White Snow | 7:30 | |
| 2-6 | Dragon Hill | 8:21 | |
| 2-7 | Spinning Disc | 8:12 | |
| 2-8 | Can I Have My Paper-back Back | 5:50 | |
| 2-9 | Ballad ('Bonita) | 7:42 | |
| 2-10 | First Sighting | 6:24 |
- Dave Holland
- Bass (1-1 to 1-8)
- Ron Mathewson
- Bass (1-9, 1-10, 2-1 to 2-10)
- Alan Rushton
- Drums
- Ray Russell
- Guitar, Liner Notes, Producer
- Peter Lemer
- Piano (1-9, 1-10, 2-1, 2-2)
- Roy Fry
- Piano (1-1 to 1-8, 2-3 to 2-10)
- John Thurlow
- Producer, Transferred By
