JIŘÍ STIVÍN / PIERRE FAVRE – Výlety = Excursions (Supraphon / 2PL-1981)

Label: Supraphon / Gramofonový Klub ‎– 1115 3381-82

Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition / Country: Czechoslovakia / Released: 1981

Style: Free Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Free Improvisation

Recorded at Theatre of Music - Reduta hall and Domovina Studio Prague, in November 1979.  Mixed in the Mozarteum Studio in October 1980.

Booklet Editor – Miloslava Kulhavá

Design [Cover Design] – Aleš Krejča

Painting [Cover Painting] – Zdenka Krejčová

Arranged By, Edited By – Jiří Stivín

Engineer – Karel Hodr

Producer, Recording Supervisor – Tony Matzner

Executive-Producer – Sláva Kunst

Gatefold cover, Czech and English liner notes.

Matrix / Runout (A Runout): E 5317/A D N

Matrix / Runout (B Runout): E 5318/A B N 9

Matrix / Runout (C Runout): E 5319/B B V 3

Matrix / Runout (D Runout): E 5320/A C N 5

side 1:

Tajemný Výlet I = Mysterious Excursion I ................................................................... 22:40

     A1 - Proměna První = Metamorphosis One ................................ 6:05

     A2 - Skalní Koně = Cliff Horses .................................................. 2:51

     A3 - Starý Pramen = Ancient Wellspring .................................... 0:52

     A4 - Zvuk Rosy = Sound Of Dew ................................................ 2:48

     A5 - Kamínek = Pebble ............................................................... 0:41

     A6 - Kořeny = Roots ................................................................... 2:09

     A7 - Sladké Dřívko = Sweet Stick ............................................... 2:32

     A8 - Znamení = Sign ................................................................... 0:29

     A9 - Barvy Temnot = Colours Of Darkness ................................. 2:33

side 2:

Tajemný Výlet II = Mysterious Excursion II ................................................................. 24:00

     B1 - Myší Pohádka = The Mouse Tale ....................................... 0:46

     B2 - Tanec Pod Zvonem = Dance Under The Bell ..................... 4:32

     B3 - Noční Lety = Nightly Flights ................................................ 4:31

     B4 - Bludička = Will-O'-The-Wisp ............................................... 1:16

     B5 - Hadi A Štíři = Snakes And Scopions ................................... 4:11

     B6 - Dech A Jeho Stíny = The Breath And Its Shadows ............ 4:34

     B7 - Proměna Druhá = Metamorphosis Two .............................. 3:40

side 3:

Výlet Za Světlem = Excursion In Search Of Light ....................................................... 22:14

     C1 - Jeskyně = The Cave .......................................................... 7:10

     C2 - Závoj Hmoty = Veil Of Matter ............................................. 3:57

     C3 - Vyjasnění = Enlightment .................................................. 10:30

side 4:

Výlet Mezi Lidi = Excursion Among People ................................................................ 21:38

     D1 - Lidově = In Folk Style ........................................................ 4:08

     D2 - Povídal, Že Jim Hrál = So What, Said He And Played ...... 6:30

     D3 - Dosti Radosti = The Joys Are Over ................................... 5:26

     D4 - Skořápky Vodních Dutin = Water Cavity Shells ................. 3:50

     D5 - Proměna Třetí = Metamorphosis Three ............................ 1:02

Personnel:

Jiří Stivín – flute, alto flute, recorder, crumhorn, bassoon [renaissance], flute [transverse folk

                   pipe, fuyara], ocarina, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, recorder [bressan baroque]

Pierre Favre – drums, gong, tom tom, tom tom [water], bells, crotales, percussion [beans]

Pavel Kühn – vocals, voice

The sixth Pierre Favre' studio album, on which is significantly contributed the famous Czech jazz instrumentalist and composer Jiří Stivín, released in 1981.
Music By – Jiří Stivín, Pierre Favre

Jiří Stivín is one of the most famous jazz soloists of the seventies. His music is usually largely improvised free jazz. He played with Jazz Q Praha from their foundation in 1964 and also on their album with Blue Effect in 1970. In between his own albums he has played in countless formations at jazz festivals. The two first listed albums are typical free jazz offerings of the times, comparable to the earliest albums released on ECM and MPS by Jan Garbarek, Volker Kriegel, Wolfgang Dauner and others (his sources of inspiration were the sixties works of Coltrane and Coleman).

Tandem (1976) was recorded with only Rudolf Dašek as co-musician and is more accessible. Stivín obviously favoured such duo collaborations - as he recorded Zvěrokruh with Gabriel Jonás in 1976 and this jewel Výlety = Excursions  with Pierre Favre in 1979.

A great album. Enjoy !!!

If you find it, buy this album!