Glenn Spearman

The
Glenn Spearman
Sessionography


(February 14, 1947 - October 8, 1998)





A work in progress
by Rick Lopez.


Document begun September 26, 2000

UPDATES

May 27, 2008



©Photo by Michael Wilderman / JazzVisionsPhotos.com.

The Deep Digging; The Incantations;

The Inspirations; All These Words...


"Glenn Spearman's one book of poetry, MUSA PHYSICS, is available via Eremite Records.
We did a nice, numbered reprint of it to sell at the Amherst Memorial Concert in March '99, and I still have some copies.
All moneys (not just 'profits') go to Spearman's people." —Michael Ehlers / Eremite




Thank You to those who've helped.
A brief list posted many years ago during the documents beginnings.
Subsequent credits are listed in individual session entries.



Glenn Spearman page at the Beanbender's site, including:

• Kevin Whitehead's bio of Glenn from the Mystery Project CD.
• Dave Rubien's obituary for Glenn, from the San Francisco Chronicle.
• Tribute Concert announcement, Saturday, November 21, 1998.
• 99 Hooker's Remembrance of Glenn.



Glenn Spearman bio/article at All About Jazz.

Glenn Spearman info at Matthew Goodheart's site.



Glenn Spearman page at Mills College site, including:

Bay Area Artists of the Diaspora, dedicated to the memory of composer / performer / educator Glenn Spearman.
• Obituary from The Mills College Weekly, October 16, 1998, by Sharon Caya.
• Glen Spearman article ON MUSIC.
• And more, including a very nice photo protrait; an uncredited bio; and review excerpts.



"Glenn Spearman Double Trio" at the Larry Ochs site.



Detail Search and Questions, Questions...
Missing Items, Eye-crossing Mysteries, Confusing Tidbits; Items "Not in my collection." A list of out-of-print and difficult to find recordings I'm searching for, along with new releases not yet included in this document.


Subscribe to Musaphysics, The Glenn Spearman Research Group





"...it's one continuous push to bring beauty into a world of madness and frustration." —Glenn Spearman




Session List :::


All sessions linked below are to detailed entries for recorded media.
Also listed in chronological order within this sessionography and its session entries are play-dates with no known recorded media.
I would appreciate notice of any club dates, concert dates, festival dates, etcetera, that are not listed here.
Please include reference information (i.e. periodical name, issue date, page number), along with any and all relevant details.








72.00.00Emergency: Homage to Peace

America Records 30 AM 6134 (LP) 1973 FR; Emarcy/America CD #08, 980 691-7 [Ltd Edition] Remaster (CD) 2005

Date ?, 1972 / Maison de la Radio, Paris, France
  1. Emergency Theme (Collective) [15:00]
  2. People in Sorrow (Roscoe Mitchell) [8:00]
  3. Kako Tune (Kako) [12:00]
  4. Infidels (Reid) [9:10]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Takashi Kako (piano)
Boulou Ferré (guitar)
Bob Reid (bass)
Sabu Toyozumi (drums)

"...on back cover is printed 'Engistrement realise par l'ORTF'... this LP is a part of a longer radio broadcasted concert from the French Radio/TV company (ORTF)" --Heinrich Smejkal

{Primary Source: America CD #08, 980 691-7; info via H. Smejkal; Roy Morris correspondence 04.03.02}


73.06.15Bob Reid Presents: The Best of Emergency

Kwela Records 30 K 020 (LP) 1976

June 15, 1973 / The Exit Club, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  1. Africa is Calling Me (Reid) [11:20]
  2. 500 Miles High (Corea) [6:45]
  3. Jurakudai (Kako) [18:00]
  4. Emergency Theme (Reid) [4:00]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, soprano sax, rhythm, voice)
Takashi Kako (piano)
Boulou Ferré (guitar)
Bob Reid (bass, percussion, voice)
Sabu Toyozumi (drums)

{Primary Source: 30 K 020}


77.07.12 through 77.07.23Incident: Incident

Coreco Records 01 (LP) 1977 NED

July 12 through July 23, 1977 / Vondelstraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  1. Spooks (Armfield / Spearman) [8:39]
  2. Herrie (Spearman) [7:42]
  3. Loaded Rough Lunch (Spearman) [4:59]
  4. Incident (Piller) [10:26]
  5. A Music Ensemble (Collective) [13:36]
Nedly Elstak (trumpet)
Louis Armfield (alto sax, piano)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, bass clarinet)
Harry Piller (drums)

{Primary Source: Coreco 01}


78.04.11 • Raphé Malik Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

April 11, 1978 / Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York City
  1. unknown title [ : ]
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Glen Spearman (tenor sax)
Billy Bang (violin)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: info via anonymous 05.12.31}

79.03.04 • Raphé Malik Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
Live Radio Broadcast, WKCR-FM

March 4, 1979 / WKCR-FM Studio, Columbia University, NYC
  1. unknown title [15:00]
"I have a tape that I made at Columbia with a drummer who's never been recorded, with William Parker and Glenn [Spearman] in their first performance together in the 70's."
Interview "Raphe Malik: Home on the Range," by Nils Jacobson, rasmiguel.tripod.com/

Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Glen Spearman (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Kiwana aka John Fuller (percussion)

{Primary Source: CODA #166 April 1979 p.37; Heinrich Smejkal correspondence 02.12.18} Not in my collection.

79.10.10 • Raphé Malik Quartet [Audience Recording]

October 10, 1979 / Unna, Germany

1st Set:
  1. SUITE: Life Without Lloyd Part 1 [40:49]
  2. Life Without Lloyd Part 2 [11:30]
  3. Life Without Lloyd Part 3 [29:07]
  4. Life Without Lloyd Part 4 [06:57]
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Glen Spearman (tenor sax)
Jay Oliver (bass)
Steve McCraven (drums)

{Primary Source: Heinrich Smejkal correspondence 02.12.18; anonymous correspondence 04.03.02; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21; Parts 1 & 2 uploaded at http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents with title SUITE: Life Without Lloyd and WRONG date (79.10.16)}


81.05.23
81.05.24Glenn Spearman: Night After Night

Musa-Physics MP-0001 (LP) 1981

May 23 & 24, 1981 / Arch Street Studios, Berkeley, CA
  1. Atlanta [12:25]
  2. Aithien [2:22]
  3. Futura [7:07]
  4. Uran [13:05]
  5. Ictus [7:16]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, bass clarinet, Compositions)
Donald Robinson (percussion)

{Primary Source: MP-0001; info via I. Danilishen}


82.03.01 • Cecil Taylor Large Ensemble [Audience Recording]

March 1, 1981 / Lush Life, New York City
  1. unknown title [37:21] (incomplete, fades in, cuts out at end)
  2. unknown title [16:46] (incomplete, fades out and back in at 3:00)
  3. unknown title [22:24] (incomplete, cuts out at end)
[76:34]

Cecil Taylor (piano, Compositions)
Jimmy Lyons, Daniel Carter, Ken Simon (alto sax)
Glen Spearman (tenor sax)
Charles Tyler (baritone sax)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Raphé Malik, Butch Morris (trumpet)
Craig Harris (trombone)
James Newton (flute)
Muneer Abdul Fataah (cello)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography; info via Heinrich Smejkal; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}

82.03.18 • Sonny Fortune Sextet [Audience Recording]

March 18, 1982 / Live At The Detroit Institute Of Arts, Detroit, MI
  1. Ichob's Shuffle
  2. Turning It Over
  3. Parahilium
  4. This Side Of Infinity
Sonny Fortune (reeds)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Ron English (guitar)
Kamal Kenyatta (?)
Dave Billingsley (?)
Lorenzo "Spoons" Brown (drums)

{Primary Source: anon. 05.12.31} Not in my collection.


82.05.28 • Cecil Taylor and Segments / Expanded Unit [Audience Recording]

May 28, 1982 / Judson Memorial Church, New York City
  1. The Eye of the Crocodile, part 1 [13:18]
  2. The Eye of the Crocodile, part 2 [17:12]
  3. The Eye of the Crocodile, part 3 [9:24]
  4. The Eye of the Crocodile, part 4 [19:03]
[59:42]

Note: The music was composed for a dance by Diane McIntyre. —JS

Cecil Taylor (piano, Composition)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Craig S. Harris (trombone)
Muneer Adbul Fataah (cello) ???
William Parker, Don Pate (bass)
Brenda Bakr, Eve Smith (voice)
André Martinez (drums, percussion)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Diane McIntyre and Sounds in Motion:
Cheryl Banks, Dorothea "Mickey" Davidson, Diane McIntyre, Warren Spears, Kevin Wynn (dancers)

[Note: this piece was performed in this venue on the evenings of May 27th through the 30th according to correspondence with Andre Martinez, 02.05.27, as stated in his printed programs from these sessions. --RL]

{Primary Source: CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography, p. 60; info via André Martinez archive}


82.07.03 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

July 3, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City
  1. unknown title [74:44] (incomplete, fades out)
Cecil Taylor (piano, Composition)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
André Martinez (drums, percussion)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Diane McIntyre and Sounds in Motion:

{Primary Source: CD-R; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21; info via André Martinez archive}


86.08.25Trio Hurricane: Suite of Winds

Black Saint SN 102 (LP) 1986 IT; 120102-2 (CD) 1994

August 25, 1986 / Xandor Recording Studios, Orinda, CA
  1. North (Murphy) [15:22]
  2. South (Murphy) [10:58]
  3. East (Parker) [18:49]
  4. West (Spearman) [2:18]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Paul Murphy (drums)

{Primary Source: 120102-2}


89.08.03 • Glenn Spearman Quartet [Audience Recording]

August 3, 1989 / First Annual Improvised Music Festival, Koncepts Kultural Gallery, Oakland, CA
  1. unknown title [15:23] (cuts in during intro)
  2. unknown title [4:31]
  3. unknown title [3:23]
[24:07]

"...India Cooke on violin and Donald Robinson on Drums. This was the first time [Ben and I] saw Glenn" —Eleanor Lindgren

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Kash Killion (cello, bass, keyboards)
India Cooke (violin)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.09; David Rubien "Sunday Notebook: Improvisers Play It by Ear At First Bay Area Fest / 15 Eclectic Acts" The San Francisco Chronicle 89.07.30, p.36}


90.07.01Gregg Simpson: Drum Fire

Condition West Productions 001 (CD) 2001

July 1, 1990 / 3:15pm, Yuk-Yuks Comedy Club, duMaurier Jazz Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  1. The Conversation [20:56]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Gregg Simpson (drums)

{Primary Source: Condition West Productions 001; info via G. Simpson; "All That Jazz" column by Renee Doruyter, in The Province, 90.06.28}


90.09.11 • Glenn Spearman Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
KPFA-FM Radio

September 11, 1990 / KPFA-FM Studio, Berkeley, CA
  1. Roof of the World [ : ]
  2. Open Aperture [ : ]
  3. Tribute to Frank Wright [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Paul Plimley (piano)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.


90.10.28The Glenn Spearman / John Heward: Utterance

Dictions DIC001 (CS) 1990 CAN; Cadence Jazz Records CJR 1103 (CD) 1999

October 28, 1990 / Silent Sound Studio, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  1. Tongues [27:59]
  2. The Solidification of Fires [15:30]
  3. Summoning Voices [12:43]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, bells, voice)
John Heward (drums, voice, kalimba)
[Compositions, collective]

{Primary Source: CJR 1103}

90.11.16 • Glenn Spearman Quartet [Soundboard Recording]

November 16, 1990 / Koncept's Cultural Gallery, Oakland, CA
  1. Roof of the World [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Kash Killion (cello)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

90.12.19 • Spearman Lindgren Trio [Rehearsal Recording]

December 19, 1990 / Lindgren Studios, Berkeley, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Esten Lindgren (trombone)
Ben Lindgren (bass)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

91.01.04 • Spearman Lindgren Duo [Rehearsal Recording]

January 4, 1991 / Lindgren Studios, Berkeley, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Ben Lindgren (bass)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

91.01.15 • Spearman Lindgren Duo [Rehearsal Recording]

January 15, 1991 / Lindgren Studios, Berkeley, CA
  1. AntiWar [ : ]
  2. King's Birthday [ : ]
  3. D-Day [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Ben Lindgren (bass)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

91.01.24 • Glenn Spearman Quartet [Soundboard Recording]

January 24, 1991 / Olive's, San Francisco, CA
  1. Mad Monk's Quartet [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, Tibetan bell, voice)
Lisle Ellis (bass, African thumb piano, voice)
Ben Lindgren (bass, Tibetan percussion, voice)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.


91.02.12 • Spearman Lindgren Duo [Rehearsal Recording]

February 12, 1991 / Lindgren Studios, Berkeley, CA
  1. Stone Dove [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Ben Lindgren (bass)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

91.02.27 • Spearman Lindgren Trio [Rehearsal Recording]

February 27, 1991 / Lindgren Studios, Berkeley, CA
  1. First Rain [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Esten Lindgren (trombone)
Ben Lindgren (bass)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.



91.05.09
91.05.10
91.05.11 • Cecil Taylor and Rada: Live in New York [Broadcast Video; Audience Recordings; Audience Videos]
Japan Satellite Broadcasting

May 9, 10 & 11, 1991 / Knitting Factory, New York City
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
John Bruschini (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (marimba)
Andre Martinez (percussion)
Tony Oxley (drums)

"According to my records there was an Article in the New York Times, Friday, May 10th-- and Gary Giddens also did review on May 9-10. ...a classic session, [a] three night event. It was also the same time I moved from the house where Cecil and I shared with my family. I rebuilt the entire brownstone where Cecil still lives from a complete gut job." --Andre Martinez, correspondence 02.05.27 and 02.05.31; 02.10 24

{Primary Source: info via Andre Martinez archive} Not in my collection.

91.06.12Raphé Malik 5tet: 21st Century Texts {1}

Free Music Production FMP CD 43 (CD) 1992 GER June 12, 1991 / Akademie der Künste, Workshop Freie Musik, Berlin, Germany
  1. AB dedicated to A.B. Spellman [15:26] {1}
  2. CC dedicated to Duke Ellington [6:50] {1,2}
  3. BLUE 2 dedicated to Miles Davis [5:37] {1}
  4. TALK dedicated to Miles Davis [14:51] {1}
  5. COMPANIONS TOO dedicated to Jimmy Lyons [9:06] {1}
  6. IT'S QUIET TIME dedicated to Thelonius Monk [8:07] {1}
  7. EXTENSIONS [14:02] {1}
Brian King Nelson (c-melody sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Raphé Malik (trumpet, Compostions)
Larry Roland (bass)
Dennis Warren (drums)

{Primary Source: FMP CD 43; FMP MJ 01}


91.00.00Paul Murphy: Outward Bound

Omnisonic [no #] (CS) 1991

date ?, 1991 / venue ?, New York City
  1. [16:30]
  2. [5:52]
  3. [8:11]
  4. [7:03]
  5. [11:01]
  6. [10:41]
  7. [5:26]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Kash Killion (cello, bass, keyboards)
John Hinds (percussion, tenor sax)
Peter Hinds (percussion)
Paul Murphy (drums)

{Primary Source: info via G. Scala / Tom Lord Discography} Not in my collection.

91.08.09 • Spearman Lindgren Trio [Rehearsal Recording]

August 9, 1991 / Lindgren Studios, Berkeley, CA
  1. Improvisations [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Esten Lindgren (trombone)
Ben Lindgren (bass)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

91.08.11 • Spearman Winant Lindgren Trio [Rehearsal Recording]

August 11, 1991 / Mills College, Oakland, CA
  1. Crazy Wisdom [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, piano)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

91.08.15 • Glenn Spearman Quintet [Soundboard Recording]

August 15, 1991 / Olive's, San Francisco, CA
  1. Painted with Lightning [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, piano)
Kash Killion (cello, voice)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Lisle Ellis (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

91.08.18 • Spearman Lindgren Duo with Greg Goodman [Audience & Soundboard Recordings]

August 18, 1991 / Berkeley Store Gallery, Berkeley, CA
  1. unknown title [9:08] (incomplete, cuts in)
  2. unknown title [15:28]
  3. Inside & Out [9:32]
[Audience Recording 34:25]

"The first set opened with Ben on Indian drum and Glenn on Tibetan bell. Then Ben moved to bass and Glenn to tenor sax... Then Glenn moved to piano." —This from Ms. Lindgren. The audience recording is missing the beginning segmentas, and cuts in on the bass/piano duo.

Glenn Spearman (piano-1; tenor sax-2,3)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Greg Goodman (piano-3)
Shantee Baker (dance-1,2)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Soundboard not in my collection.

91.09.12
91.09.13Marco Eneidi: The Marco Eneidi Coalition

Botticelli Records BOT1010 (CS) 1994; Botticelli 1010 (CD) 1994

September 12 & 13, 1991 / Live at NO.B.I.A.S., North Bennington, VT
  1. Albert's Ghost (Eneidi) [1:40]
  2. Get Out (Eneidi) [9:50]
  3. Diads (Jimmy Lyons) [15:37]
  4. Ode for B.D. (Eneidi) [8:25]
  5. Never (Jimmy Lyons) [19:27]
Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Jackson Krall (drums)

{Primary Source: Botticelli 1010 CD}

91.09.21Raphé Malik Quintet with Glenn Spearman: Sirens Sweet and Slow

Outsounds 01972 (CD) 1994

September 21, 1991 / Mapleshade, Upper Marlboro, MD
  1. Tenor (Malik) [20:13]
"...this was the third session and the only one with Glenn involved. They recorded a load of music with the quintet..."
—Michael Wilderman

Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Brian Nelson (c-melody sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Larry Roland (bass)
Dennis Warren (drums)


{Primary Source: Outsounds 01972; info via I. Danilishen; Session date via Michael Wilderman 08.03.14; info via G. Scala / Tom Lord Discography}

91.10.11Dennis Warren's Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble: Legacy

FMRJE (no catalogue #) (CD) 2004

October 11, 1991 / Vermont Public Radio FM, (City ?), VT
  1. FMRJE Live at Vermont Public Radio FM USA [21:06]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Tor Yochai Snyder (electric guitar)
Larry Roland (bass, poetry)
Martin Gil (congas; percussion)
Dennis Warren (drums; timbales)

This release is available at Dennis Warren's FMRJE website.

{Primary Source: Legacy CD-R; Dennis Warren correspondence 05.03.12; http://www.fmrje.com}

91.10.27Dennis Warren's Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble: Passport to Freedom

Cassette 1001 (CS) 1991; FMRJE CD-R (no catalogue #) 1999 October 27, 1991 (originally listed as November 3) / Platinum Sound Studio, Jamaica Plain, MA
  1. Passport to Freedom [18:37] {2}
  2. Jet Stream [5:29] {2}
  3. Search for Griots [2:08]
  4. Eye in the Heart [9:51]
  5. Future Now Music [12:47]
  6. Chroma [7:59]
  7. Alive & Strugglin' [3:17]
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Tor Yochai Snyder (electric guitar)
Larry Roland (bass, poetry)
Martin Gil (congas; percussion)
Dennis Warren (drums; timbales)

This release is available at Dennis Warren's FMRJE website.

{Primary Source: FMRJE CD-R; Dennis Warren correspondence; http://www.fmrje.com}


91.12.03 • Greg Goodman Band [Soundboard Recording]

December 3, 1991 / Woody Woodman's Finger Palace, Berkeley, CA
  1. Threads [ : ]
Greg Goodman (piano)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Joe Sabella (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

91.12.10 • Greg Goodman Band [Soundboard Recording]

December 10, 1991 / Woody Woodman's Finger Palace, Berkeley, CA
  1. Threads [ : ]
Greg Goodman (piano)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Joe Sabella (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

91.12.14 • Spearman Lindgren Duo [Soundboard Recording]

December 14, 1991 / Berkeley Store Gallery, Berkeley, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, piano, bells)
Ben Lindgren (bass, percussion)
Shantee Baker (dance)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

91.12.16 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Audience Recording]

December 16, 1991 / Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
(Venue also noted as "Heinz Afterworld Lounge")
  1. Horus, SD III [58:08] (split track at 51:01)
  2. Thinking of Frank [28:44] (followed by recording gap, track missing?)
    Glenn Spearman announcement
  3. Straight Up, Straight Out [4:52]
[92:34]

"first set was exactly one hour long... second set 45 minutes... seven minute encore..." [CADENCE Vol.18 No.2 February 1992 p.2]

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute)
Larry Ochs (tenor and sopranino sax)
Donald Robinson (drums)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Chris Brown (piano, synth)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; track detailing Gerhard Goral 06.05.07; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21; Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive; David Rubien "Sunday Datebook: Glenn Spearman / Tenor Sax Man Is Bay Area's Free-Jazz Ace" The San Francisco Chronicle 91.12.15, p.44}



Two unissued sessions and an image, with notation by Igor Danilishen.

92.01.11Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Audience Recording]

January 11, 1992 / The Heinz Afterworld Lounge, Oakland, CA
  1. S. D. III, Horus, Straight Up, Straight Out [41:40] (Continuous set)
    Glenn Spearman announcement [0:45]
"Two Sets." —Eleanor Lindgren

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Larry Ochs (tenor and sopranino sax)
Donald Robinson (percussion)
Ben Lindgren (double bass)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive}

92.01.14Glenn Spearman Quintet [Broadcast Recording]
Live Broadcast on KPFA-FM Radio

January 14, 1992 / KPFA-FM Studio, Berkeley, CA
  1. Geronimo's Song or Lester's Interview [47:20]
    radio announcement [0:26]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
J.R. Routhier (guitar)
Ben Lindgren (double bass)
Donald Robinson (percussion)
Spirit (percussion)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

The performances on these disks have been culled from a tape that came to my possession in February, 1992, when I was Greyhounding coast to coast all the way from New York to Seattle and then up to Vancouver, where I visited with my friends at the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society. After having stayed there for a month or so enjoying the local jazz scene (will never forget the Glass Slipper!), I felt that the gravitational pull of the Golden-Gate Bridge was not only especially strong but actually irresistible there. Its image, inseparable from that of the Beautiful City of San Francisco, had haunted me all through the years of my life behind the Potato Curtain. I was in Vancouver when I first heard the name of Glenn Spearman from John Orysik, my Ukrainian friend who was at the time the PR man with Coastal Jazz & Blues. "You go crash on Glenn Spearman. He's our man and he's played DuMaurier. He's an incredibly decent cat and will harbor this undocumented alien."

Glenn lived at that time in Oakland, within walking distance from Berkeley. It wasn't exactly a wealthy man's house, but a hip place actually owned (or rented) by Don Robinson, Glenn's drummer, who lived there with his son. I called them from the Greyhound station. Don gave me instructions on how to get there. I got there. I brought them a bottle of Ukrainian vodka with a red pepper on the bottom. I told them my story. I told them how much I wanted to see THE BRIDGE. Glenn's voice is still in my ears: "Just listen to what this Ukrainian gentleman has to say..." With Don's blessing, I stayed.

Don had just bought a computer and was glued to it day and night. Glenn was getting ready for a gig in San Francisco and was pretty busy with his horn. I had the privilege of hearing him practicing. His sound was big and warm. He had an old cassette tape recorder, without a lid, and a bunch of tapes. I remember he was playing them loud, putting treble to the max and cutting most of the bass... This is the way I like it, man... He would slam a tape in, check this out, this is Frank Wright, he's my main man... Now check this one out, this pianist's name is Cecil Taylor. Ever heard of Cecil? I have played with him... I answered that I've heard of Cecil Taylor. I said I loved Conquistador and Dark to Themselves and added that Cecil was playing beautiful music. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR!! He almost embraced me. That was as analytical as we got discussing the music of Cecil Taylor.

On the next morning, we took a long walk along Telegraph, all the way into Berkeley. Glenn showed me where the "Amoeba" and "Rasputin" stores were. He also pointed me to a spot from which one could see THE BRIDGE in the distance. My first glimpse of the craved civil engineering wonder... We had a pizza. We met some of his friends, including his bassist with the double trio Ben Lindgren, who also is an accomplished artist. Ben was extremely friendly and invited me over to his place on Deakin Street in Berkeley, where I later spent a few days enjoying his hospitality. Ben had a reel tape machine in his home and hundreds of tapes of live and radio performances. So he put one of them on a TDK IEC Type IV and gave it to me to take back to Ukraine. I had a friend in Kiev who had produced, among others, ROVA's performances during their tour of Russia back in 1983. The intention was to give the tape to him so that he could check it out and possibly help arrange Glenn's trip to Ukraine some time in the future.

Alas, that never came to be, because my dear friend Alexander Filatov was already sick and was living on borrowed time... He died of cancer in 1994. So I kept the tape you are listening to now. Neither of these performances have been released. This humble home production is my expression of love for Glenn Spearman and is a limited edition of 1 (one) 2CD set made for solely informational purposes, to be used by his discographers. Glenn also gave me his self-produced LP Night After Night (MusaPhysics) - duets with Don Robinson - and a tape of Utterance which I believe came out on Cadence recently... "We load our emissary and send him back to Ukraine..."

On the last night of my stay with Glenn and Don, I was already in bed when Glenn came home late. "How is it going, Igor? Have you seen the Golden Gate Bridge?" - "I walked all the way to Marin County and back." - "Good man!"

The photo on the cover was taken in February, 1992, during the Glenn Spearman Trio's gig in a downtown club (the name escapes me) in San Francisco. Ben Lindgren can be seen on the right, and Don Robinson is hiding behind Glenn. It was power play all through, like there was no tomorrow. Actually, there wasn't much of it left for our friend Glenn...

--Igor Danilishen, from Ukraine with Love

Glenn Spearman

Photo courtesy Igor Danilishen



92.02.08 • Glenn Spearman Trio with J.R. Routhier [Soundboard Recording]

February 8, 1992 / Elbo Room, San Francisco, CA
  1. "Two Sets" [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, Tibetan bells, voice)
J.R. Routhier (guitar)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

92.02.29 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

February 29, 1992 / Koncept's Cultural Gallery, Oakland, CA
  1. "Two Sets" [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Larry Ochs (reeds)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (percussion)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive; Jesse Hamlin "Daily Datebook: Something Else" The San Francisco Chronicle 92.02.18, Sec.D p.2} Not in my collection.

92.03.12 • Glenn Spearman Quintet [Soundboard Recording]

March 12, 1992 / I-Beam, San Francisco, CA
  1. "Two Sets" [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
J.R. Routhier (guitar)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Spirit (percussion)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

92.03.20 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio Minus One [Soundboard Recording]

March 20, 1992 / Heinz Afterworld Lounge, Oakland, CA
  1. "Two Sets" [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (percussion)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

92.04.04 • Glenn Spearman Quartet [Soundboard Recording]

April 4, 1992 / New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
J.R. Routhier (guitar)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

92.05.27 • Spearman Foley Lindgren Trio [Rehearsal Recording]

May 27, 1992 / Lindgren Studios, Berkeley, CA
  1. "2nd Rehearsal" [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, voice)
Jack Foley (guitar, voice)
Ben Lindgren (bass, voice)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.


92.06.13 • Glenn Spearman's G-Force [Audience Recording]

June 13, 1992 / Heinz Afterworld Lounge, Oakland, CA
  1. unknown title [25:21]
  2. Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez) [17:15]
  3. Short Peace / Geronimo's Song (continuous) [16:26]
[59:13]

[Personnel unconfirmed: ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
James Routhier (guitar)
Lisle Ellis (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; track detailing Gerhard Goral 06.05.07; David Rubien "Sunday Notebook: Lisle Ellis / Canadian Bass Player Follows Heart to Jazz" The San Francisco Chronicle 92.06.07, p.44}


92.07.06 • Spearman Foley Lindgren Trio [Broadcast Recording]
KPFA-FM Live Broadcast, "Mob Ecstasy" Poetry and Jazz Program

July 6, 1992 / KPFA-FM Studio, Berkeley, CA
  1. unknown title [25:21]
  2. Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez) [17:15]
  3. Short Peace / Geronimo's Song (continuous) [16:26]
Jack Foley: "I knew Spearman and participated with him and Lindgren in some memorable poetry and jazz sessions, one of which was recorded and broadcast on KPFA in Berkeley. Discussing his methods of improvisation, Spearman said to me, ‘Any individual note refers simultaneously to a number of keys.’ I immediately thought of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, in which any individual word refers simultaneously, by puns, to a number of contexts. Spearman's remark seemed to me Joycean thinking applied to music, so it came as no surprise when he told me that he was an enthusiastic reader of Joyce, and particularly of Finnegans Wake. [Glenn Spearman, The Musa-Physics: Myth - Science - Poetics, Ascension Publication, from The Alsop Review]

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute, piano, voice)
Jack Foley (guitar, voice)
Ben Lindgren (bass, percussion, voice)

{Primary Source: Mandeville Special Collections; Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.}

92.07.18 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

July 18, 1992 / Konfrontationen Festival, Nickelsdorf, Austria
  1. Horus [ : ]
  2. SD III [ : ]
  3. Thinking of Framk [ : ]
"The Double Trio... made its first trip to Europe in July of 1992" [Glenn Spearman at the ROVA Saxophone Quartet Web Site]

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Larry Ochs (tenor and sopranino sax)
Chris Brown (piano, DX7, electronics)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive; Chris Brown, Selected Performances, from the Mills College Archives} Not in my collection.

92.08.18 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

August 18, 1992 / Slim's, San Francisco, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Larry Ochs (tenor and sopranino sax)
Chris Brown (piano, DX7, electronics)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive; Jesse Hamlin "Something Else: Daily Datebook" The San Francisco Chronicle 92.08.18} Not in my collection.


92.08.20
92.08.21Glenn Spearman Double Trio: Mystery Project

Black Saint 120147-1 (LP) 1993; 120147-2 (CD) 1993 IT

August 20 & 21, 1992 / Bay Recording, Berkeley, CA
  1. Straight Up, Straight Out (Spearman) [7:54]
  2. Double Image (Ochs) [14:40]
  3. Horus (Spearman) [21:54]
  4. S. D. III (Spearman) [12:08]
  5. Thinking of Frank (Spearman) [11:16]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax / right channel)
Larry Ochs (tenor sax, sopranino sax / left channel)
Chris Brown (piano, DX7)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums / left channel)
William Winant (drums / right channel)

{Primary Source: Black Saint 120147-2}

Glenn Spearman

Cover California Jazz Now, October, 1992 / Berkeley Store Gallery
Photo by Eleanor Lindgren.


92.11.05 • Glenn Spearman's G-Force [Audience Recording]

November 5, 1992 / Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
  1. Operation at the Level of the Phrase [16:37]
  2. unknown title [17:33]
  3. Geronimo`s Song [16:51]
  4. Horus [14:33]
  5. announcement by Spearman... Lyons' Roar [8:45]
[74:22]

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
James Routhier (guitar)
Lisle Ellis (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; track detailing by Gerhard Goral 06.05.07}

92.12.04 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

December 4, 1992 / Mills College, Oakland, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute)
Larry Ochs (reeds)
Chris Brown (piano, electronics)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.


93.01.24 • Glenn Spearman & James Routhier Duo [Audience Recording]

January 24, 1993 / Radio Valencia, San Francisco, CA
  1. unknown title [10:02]
  2. untitled [9:05]
  3. Lyons Roar [10:02]
  4. July '87 [9:42]
  5. Room 2 [10:13]
  6. unknown title [9:40]
  7. Geronimo's Song [9:37]
  8. Good News Blues (Jimmy Lyons) [3:48]
[72:12]

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
James Routhier (guitar)

{Primary Source: CD-R; track detailing Gerhard Goral 06.05.07}

93.01.31 • Glenn Spearman Trio [Soundboard Recording]

January 31, 1993 / Radio Valencia, San Francisco, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

93.03.00 • Cecil Taylor Birthday Concert [Audience Video]

March, 1993 / Science and Music Seminar (Frota. MIT), New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Raphe Malik (trumpet)
Trudy Morse (poetry and vocals)
"Cecil Taylor Birthday Concert - students" (Not at all clear if CT was present)

{Primary Source: www.the-temple.net/trudy/videos-tapes.html}

93.05.14 • Glenn Spearman & Larry Ochs Duo [Audience Recording]

May 14, 1993 / venue?, San Francisco, CA

Set 1:
  1. Open (Spearman) [10:43]
  2. Arista Africa Napata (Spearman) [9:51]
  3. Next Seen (Ochs) [07:25]
  4. Mothers (Ayler) [10:47] (cut-out from 1:11 to 1:40, probable tape flip)
Set 2: (Ochs' Tape has "Forward Lookin' (Spearman)" listed first, but set leads with Painless)
  1. Painless (Ochs) [07:42]
  2. Celestial Source (Spearman) [06:52]
  3. Asaph (Spearman) [02:25]
[60:20]

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Larry Ochs (tenor and soprano sax)

{Primary Source: CD-R; info via Master Ochs' correspondence}


93.06.00Lisle Ellis: Elevations

Les Disques Victo Victo CD027 (CD) 1994 CAN

June, 1993 / Mobius Music, San Francisco, CA
  1. Ground take 1 (Ellis) [12:07]
  2. Lacuna dedicated to Jimmy Lyons (Ellis) [6:01]
  3. Life Cycle (Ellis) [5:15]
  4. P.B. Parable (Ellis) [4:58]
  5. Mothers (Albert Ayler) [6:05]6
  6. Re: Call (Ellis) [8:23]
  7. Ground take 2 (Ellis) [12:08]
Joe McPhee (soprano sax-1,2,3,4,6,7; ts-5)
Christopher Cauley (alto sax-1,2,3,4,6,7)
Larry Ochs (soprano sax, tenor sax / 1,2,3,4,6,7)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
James Ruthier (electric guitar-3,4,6)
Lisle Ellis (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Victo CD 27}

93.06.11 • ROVA Plus 4 [Audience Video]

June 11, 1993 / Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA
  1. unknown titles [approx. 50:00]
Larry Ochs (reeds)
Bruce Ackley (reeds)
Steve Adams (reeds)
Jon Raskin (reeds)
Dave Barrett (reeds)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Vinny Golia (reeds)
Tim Berne (reeds)

{Primary Source: Video; correspondence Graham Connah 03.03.12}


93.06.27 • Lisle Ellis Trio and Septet (?) [Audience Video]

June 27, 1993 / Radio Valencia, San Francisco, CA
  1. unknown titles [approx. 50:00]
1st Set:
Joe McPhee (reeds)
Lisle Ellis (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

2nd Set added:
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Larry Ochs (reeds)
Chris Cauley (alto sax)
"one other" (?)

{Primary Source: Video; correspondence Graham Connah 03.03.12}


93.07.09 • Spearman Lindgren Duo [Soundboard & Video Recordings]

July 9, 1993 / Berkeley Store Gallery, Berkeley, CA
  1. Bicycle Sculptures [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Ben Lindgren (bass)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

93.07.24 • Raphé Malik Quintet [Broadcast Recording]

July 24, 1993 / National Art Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  1. Ballad (Jimmy Lyons) [6:08]
  2. unknown title [10:01]
  3. AB (Raphe Malik) [10:32] (incomplete, fades out)
  4. unknown title [10:48]
  5. unknown title [5:08]
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Larry Roland (bass)
Dennnis Warren (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal correspondence 03.07.25; track detailing Gerhard Goral 06.05.07}

93.08.20 • Eddie Gale Quintet [Audience Video]

August 20, 1993 / Kuumba Center, Santa Cruz, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Eddie Gale (trumpet)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
John Tchicai (sax)
Judith Holtoon (dance)
Trudy Morse (poetry, vocals)
Chris Funkhauser (flute)

{Primary Source: www.the-temple.net/trudy/videos-tapes.html}

93.08.28 • Figure 8 (ROVA Plus 4) [Soundboard Recording]

August 28, 1993 / Saalfelden Jazz Festival, Saalfelden, Austria
  1. soundcheck, intro [4:05]
  2. Headcount [4:05]
  3. Initials [19:10]
    applause / announcement Ackley [1:40]
  4. Triceratops [26:40] (split track at 17:20)
  5. unknown title [2:35]
    applause / announcement Ackley [4:40]
  6. Tracers [21:25]
Larry Ochs (reeds)
Bruce Ackley (soprano sax)
Steve Adams (reeds)
Jon Raskin (reeds)
Dave Barrett (reeds)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Vinny Golia (reeds)
Tim Berne (reeds)

"Saalfelden Festival celebrates Rova's 15th touring season with performance of Figure 8 (Rova plus 4 more saxophonists)"

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Time Line, ROVA Saxophone Quartet Web Site; Heinrich Smejkal correspondence 02.12.18}

93.09.19 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

Sepember 19, 1993 / Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute)
Larry Ochs (tenor and soprano sax)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive; Chris Brown, Selected Performances, from the Mills College Archives; Jeff Kaliss "Sunday Datebook" The San Francisco Chronicle 93.09.12, p.43} Not in my collection.

93.10.08 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard & Video Recordings]

October 8, 1993 / New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
  1. Bedouin Hornbook [ : ]
"The composition was based on Nathaniel Mackey's book Bedouin Hornbook. —Eleanor Lindgren

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute)
Larry Ochs (reeds)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

93.10.20 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

October 20, 1993 / Earshot World Jazz Festival, OK Hotel, Seattle, WA
  1. "2 Sets" [ : ]
"The Glenn Spearman Double Trio appeared in a dark loft at the top of the OK Hotel where grunge bands usually play."

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute)
Larry Ochs (tenor and soprano sax)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive; Glenn Spearman at the ROVA Saxophone Quartet Web Site; Down Beat February 1 1994, p.65; Patrick McDonald "Ambitious Earshot Broadens World Jazz Festival" The Seattle Times Sec.D p.8} Not in my collection.

93.10.21 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

October 21, 1993 / Time Flies Festival, Glass Slipper, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

[Down Beat February 1 1994, p.65 has this engagement mistakenly taking place in November.]
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute)
Larry Ochs (tenor and soprano sax)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

93.10.22 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

October 22, 1993 / Time Flies Festival, Glass Slipper, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute)
Larry Ochs (tenor and soprano sax)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

93.10.23 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

October 23, 1993 / WOW Hall, Eugene, OR
  1. "2 Sets" [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute)
Larry Ochs (tenor and soprano sax)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.


93.11.08Glenn Spearman Double Trio: Smokehouse

Black Saint 120157-2 (CD) 1994 IT

1st session: [See also 93.11.10

November 8, 1993 / Kimball's Carnival, Emeryville, CA
  1. Painted with Lightning [18:21]
  2. Asaph [4:56]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax / right channel, Compositions)
Larry Ochs (tenor sax, sopranino sax / left channel)
Chris Brown (piano / right channel)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums / left channel)
William Winant (drums / right channel)

{Primary Source: Black Saint 120157-2}

93.11.09 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Audience & Soundboard Recordings]

November 9, 1993 / Kimball's Carnival, Emeryville, CA
  1. No (Ochs) [3:35]
  2. Axe, Beautiful Acts [10:20]
  3. Operation at the Level of the Phrase [16:57]
  4. Painted with Lightning [19:01]
  5. Celestial Source [4:26]
  6. announcement Ochs / Asaph [5:40]
[60:03]

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Larry Ochs (tenor sax, sopranino sax)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; track detailing Gerhard Goral 06.05.07; Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive}

93.11.10Glenn Spearman Double Trio: Smokehouse

Black Saint 120157-2 (CD) 1994 IT

2nd session: See also 93.11.08

November 10, 1993 / Bay Studios, Berkeley, CA
  1. Axe, Beautiful Acts (Intake) (Spearman) [12:42]
  2. No! (Ochs) [5:01]
  3. Celestial Source (Spearman) [5:03]
  4. Operation at the Level of the Phrase (Spearman) [18:22]
  5. Axe, Beautiful Acts (Out-take) (Spearman) [10:46]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax / right channel)
Larry Ochs (tenor sax, sopranino-s / left channel)
Chris Brown (piano / right channel)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums / left channel)
William Winant (drums / right channel)

{Primary Source: Black Saint 120157-2}

93.11.14 • Glenn Spearman's G-Force [Audience Video]

November 14, 1993 / Radio Valencia, San Francisco, CA
  1. unknown titles [approx. 50:00]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
James Routhier (guitar)
Lisle Ellis (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Video; correspondence Graham Connah 03.03.12}


93.12.08 • Figure 8 (Rova x 4) [Audience Recording]

December 8, 1993 / Münich, Germany
  1. unknown titles [74:51]
Larry Ochs (tenor sax, sopranino)
Bruce Ackley (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Dave Barrett (tenor sax, as; saxello)
Steve Adams (baritone sax, alto sax, sopranino)
Jon Raskin (baritone sax, alto sax, sopranino)
Vinny Golia (baritone sax, soprano sax, bass sax, sopranino)
Tim Berne (baritone sax, alto sax)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

94.00.00 • Glenn Spearman Quartet [Audience Recording]

"1994 or 1995" / Heinz Club, Oakland, CA
  1. Jerry (Frank Wright) [10:31]
  2. Double Image / Horus / SD III [38:50] (continuous, cuts in at beginning)
[49:21]

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Henry Kaiser (guitar)
Bruce Anderson (guitar)
Jim O'Rourke (guitar)

{Primary Source: CD-R; track detailing Gerhard Goral 06.05.07}

94.01.00 (1)Figure 8 (Rova x 4): Pipe Dreams

Black Saint 120167-2 (CD) 1994

January ?, 1994 / Bay Studios, Berkeley, CA
  1. Head Count (for Albert Ayler and Pete Townshend) [3:37]
  2. LG-[S-DB-J]TV (for Ray Charles and Steve Lacy) [15:31]
  3. Tracers (for Anthony Braxton and Morton Feldman) [27:07]
  4. Drmes (transcription of traditional Croatian song) [2:46]
  5. Triceratops (for Iannis Xenakis and Roscoe Mitchell) [25:24]
Larry Ochs (tenor sax, sopranino, Compositions)
Bruce Ackley (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Dave Barrett (tenor sax, as; saxello)
Steve Adams (baritone sax, alto sax, sopranino)
Jon Raskin (baritone sax, alto sax, sopranino)
Vinny Golia (baritone sax, soprano sax, bass sax, sopranino)
Tim Berne (baritone sax, alto sax)

{Primary Source: Black Saint 120167-2}



94.01.28 • Glenn Spearman Solo [Audience Recording]

January 28, 1994 / Bimbo's, San Francisco, CA (opener for Charlie Hunter Trio)
    announcement [0:20]
  1. Ballad (Lyons) [10:00]
    announcement [0:30]
  2. AB (Malik) [8:06]
    announcement [0:30]
  3. What to Do About (Lyons) [5:26]
[24:56]

"Good bill at Bimbo's on Friday night: saxophonist David Murray's quartet, Charlie Hunter trio and..." —Jesse Hamlin

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Jesse Hamlin "Daily Datebook: Lively Arts" The San Francisco Chronicle 94.01.25, Sec.E p.2}

94.01.30 • Glenn Spearman Trio [Soundboard Recording]

January 30, 1994 / La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

94.02.06 • Paul Plimley Trio [Audience Recording]

February 6, 1994 / Radio Valencia, San Francisco, CA
  1. Plimley-Ellis Duo [12:56]
  2. announcemet / Plimley-Ellis Duo [18:27]
  3. unknown title (trio) [16:10]
[47:34]

Paul Plimley (piano)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Lisle Ellis (bass)

{Primary Source: Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21; William Dennehy correspondence 03.10.14; "Surprise Hit at Vancouver Fest / Paul Plimley Brings Jazz Wizardry to S.F." by David Rubien, The San Francisco Chronicle 94.02.06 p.36}

94.02.15 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

February 15, 1994 / Jazz Without Walls Series, I-Beam, San Francisco, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
"After a number of dark months, the I-Beam has begun to present shows again. A series at the club called ‘Jazz Without Walls’ featured Don Cherry, Peter Apfelbaum and Glenn Spearman in concert." —Michael Snyder

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute)
Larry Ochs (tenor sax)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive; Michael Snyder "Sunday Datebook" The San Francisco Chronicle 94.02.27, p.41} Not in my collection.

94.05.03 • Glenn Spearman Trio [Soundboard Recording]

May 3, 1994 / Hotel Utah, San Francisco, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

94.05.06 • Glenn Spearman Group [Soundboard Recording]

May 6, 1994 / Merchant's, Oakland, CA
  1. unknown titles [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Larry Ochs (tenor sax)
Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
Raphe Malik (trumpet)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

94.05.15 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

May 15, 1994 / Radio Valencia, San Francisco, CA
  1. Wedding Day [ : ]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Larry Ochs (reeds)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive} Not in my collection.

94.05.00 (1)Glenn Spearman's G-Force: Let It Go

Red Toucan Exuberance Series RT 9308-2 (CD) 1997 CAN May, 1994 / Mobius Music, San Francisco, CA
  1. Geronimo's Song (Spearman) [14:13]
  2. July '87 (Spearman) [7:40]
  3. Go Left Out Of Shantiville (Spearman) [6:14] {*}
  4. Short Peace (Spearman) [4:49]
  5. Almost Shaft (Spearman) [10:55]
  6. Mixed Bag (Spearman) [14:59]
  7. Jerry (Frank Wright) [14:13]
  8. Open [ : ] * Unissued
* "...there was an 8th (unissued) tune &slquo;Open.&srquo;" —Roy Morris long-hand correspondence, June 19, 2006

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
James Routhier (guitar)
Lisle Ellis (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: RT 9308-2; RT 9325}

94.05.00 (2)Glenn Spearman: Free Worlds

Black Saint 120207-2 (CD) 2000 IT

1st session: [See also 94.06.00; 94.12.00; 95.06.00 (1)]

"Early May," 1994 / Mobius Music, San Francisco, CA
  1. Blare (Spearman) [9:20]
  2. Field Before The Ram (Spearman) [12:26]
  3. Graduation (Spearman) [10:03]
  4. Lyons Roar (Spearman) [11:35]
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
J.R. Routhier (electric guitar)
Lisle Ellis (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Black Saint 120207-2; Don Paul 06.01.04}

94.05.21 • Glenn Spearman's Double Trio [Audience & Soundboard Recordings]

May 21, 1994 / Festival de Musique de Actuelle Victoriaville, Colisee, Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
  1. Straight Up, Straight Out [5:52]
  2. Axe, Beautiful Acts [9:16]
  3. Operation at the Level of the Phrase [14:00]
  4. Double Image (Ochs) [12:45]
  5. Celestial Source [4:38]
  6. No! (Ochs) [8:41]
  7. Painted with Lightning [1:51] (incomplete, cuts in)
  8. Straight Up, Straight Out [2:33]
[59:38]

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax, flute)
Larry Ochs (tenor and soprano sax)
Chris Brown (keyboards)
Ben Lindgren (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)
William Winant (percussion)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Chris Brown, Selected Performances, from the Mills College Archives; track detailing Gerhard Goral 06.05.07; Eleanor Lindgren 08.05.13 / Ben Lindgren Recording Archive}

94.06.00Glenn Spearman: Free Worlds

Black Saint 120207-2 (CD) 2000 IT

2nd session: [See also: 94.05.00 (2); 94.12.00; 95.06.00 (1)]

"June 3, or close to that date" 1994 / Mobius Music, San Francisco, CA
  1. Long Forward Pasts (Ellis / Plimley / Robinson / Spearman) [11:38]
  2. Pipes, Spirits & Bronze (Spearman) [5:53]
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Paul Plimley (piano)
Lisle Ellis (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

{Primary Source: Black Saint 120207-2; Don Paul 06.01.04}

94.06.03Lisle Ellis: What We Live Fo(u)r

Black Saint 120156-2 (CD) 1996 IT

June 3, 1994 / Mobius Studios, San Francisco, CA
  1. Addressing The Ancestors (Ellis) [3:05]
Glenn Spearman (wood flute, tenor sax)
Larry Ochs (tenor sax)
Lisle Ellis (bass)
Donald Robinson (drums)

[NOTE: Spearmann only plays on this one of the nine tracks on the disc]
{Primary Source: Black Saint 120156-2}

ERROR LISTING
94.06.30
94.07.03 • Various Artists (Rova Saxophone Quartet): Transparent Messenger

Hermit Foundation AV0057-2 931 (CD) 1994 CZ

June 30, 1994 to July 3, 1994 / The Plasy Monastery, Czech Republic
  1. Grace
Larry Ochs (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Bruce Ackley (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Steve Adams (bs; as, soprano sax)
Jon Raskin (bs; as, soprano sax)
NO Glenn Spearman on this ROVA session!

*** Personnel info as cited below in the Tom Lord Jazz Discography is incorrect! Larry Ochs (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Bruce Ackley (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Dave Barrett (tenor sax, alto sax, saxello)
Steve Adams (baritone sax, alto sax, soprano sax)
Jon Raskin (baritone sax, alto sax, soprano sax)
Vinny Golia (baritone sax, soprano sax bass sax, soprano sax)
Tim Berne (baritone sax, alto sax)

{Primary Source: info via G. Scala / Tom Lord Discography; correction via Milos Vojtechovsky, Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague} Not in my collection.



94.10.16 • Glenn Spearman Double Trio [Soundboard Recording]

October 16, 1994 / Rote Fabric, Zurich, Swit