Complete!

The Flying Dutchman label blog is complete which means that every out-of-print album is available for download now. Makes me feel almost sentimental since this blog gave birth to the blogger Arkadin back in the days...

Therefore my first thanks goes to Reza who launched this blog, made me co-admin and later passed the torch completely to me. Thanks also to Simon for the great header and to everyone for contributing rips or links and leaving comments. Special thanks to Robert who contributed the last six albums!

Enjoy the music!

FLYING DUTCHMAN RECORDS

Flying Dutchman was created 1969 by the renowned producer/arranger Bob Thiele. A fascinating mix of forward thinking music; the label combined the sounds of jazz, soul, experimentation, and black politics. Although the label put out some standard jazz albums, their most incredible records were those of unique musicians such as Leon Thomas, Lonnie Liston Smith, Gil Scott-Heron and Angela Davis. (Wikipedia)

DISCOGRAPHY

Click on the numbers to get to the respective albums. Orange marked albums are commercially available, therefore no DL-links on this blog - hope you understand. (Some older links had been deleted due to copyright infringements anyway.)

10101 Steve Allen & Oliver Nelson - Soulful Brass #2
10102 Spontaneous Combustion - Come And Stick Your Head In
10103 Jon Appleton - Appleton Syntonic Menagerie
10104 Bob Thiele Emergency - Head Start
10105 Stanley Crouch - Ain’t No Ambulances For No Nigguhs Tonight
10106 Tom Scott - Hair To Jazz
10107 Horace Tapscott - The Giant Is Awakened
10108 John Carter & Bobby Bradford - Flight For Four
10109 Jimmy Gordon & His Jazznpops Band - Hog Fat
10110 Ron Anthony - Oh! Calcutta!
10111 Robert Scheer's A Night At Santa Rita
10112 Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington's My People
10113 Esther Marrow - Newport News, Virginia
10114 Tom Scott - Paint Your Wagon
10115 Leon Thomas - Spirits Known And Unknown
10116 Oliver Nelson - Black, Brown And Beautiful
10117 Gato Barbieri - The Third World
10118 Pete Hamill's Massacre At My Lai
10120 Johnny Hodges - Three Shades Of Blue
10121 Jon Appleton & Don Cherry - Human Music
10122 George Russell - Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1
10123 Ornette Coleman - Friends And Neighbours: Ornette Live At Prince Street
10124 George Russell - Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (1968)
10125 Jan Garbarek - George Russell Presents The Esoteric Circle
10126 Gunter Hampel - The 8th Of July 1969
10127 Pete Hamill's Murder At Kent State University
10128 John Carter & Bobby Bradford - Self Determination Music
10130 Oliver Nelson & Carl B. Strokes - The Mayor And The People
10131 Gil Scott-Heron - Small Talk At 125th And Lenox
10132 Leon Thomas - The Leon Thomas Album
10133 Steve Allen - Soulful Brass #3
10134 Oliver Nelson And The "Berlin Dreamband" - Berlin Dialogue For Orchestra
10135 Chico Hamilton - El Exigente/The Demanding One
10136 Leon Thomas & H. Rap Brown - SNCC’s Rap
10137 Will Jordan - The Great Comedy Album Starring Spiro T. Agnew
10138 Count Basie & His Orchestra - Afrique
10139 Larry Coryell - Barefoot Boy
10140 Mike Lipskin With Willie "The Lion" Smith - California Here I Come
10141 Angela Davis - Soul And Soledad
10142 Leon Thomas - In Berlin
10143 Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man
10144 Gato Barbieri - Fenix
10145 Harold Alexander - Sunshine Man
10146 Lester Young & Coleman Hawkins- Classic Tenors
10147 Earl Hines - The Mighty Fatha
10148 Harold Alexander - Are You Ready?
10149 Oliver Nelson - Swiss Suite
10150 Shelly Manne & Co. - Signature
10151 Gato Barbieri - El Pampero
10152 Bob Thiele & His New Happy Times Orchestra - Those Were The Days
10153 Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will
10154 Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Soul Is... Pretty Purdie
10155 Leon Thomas - Blues And The Soulful Truth
10156 Gato Barbieri - Under Fire
10157 The Richard Davis Trio - Song For Wounded Knee
10158 Gato Barbieri - Bolivia
10159 Bobby Hackett - What A Wonderful World
10161 Teresa Brewer & Count Basie - The Songs Of Bessie Smith
10163 Lonnie Liston Smith - Astral Traveling
10164 Leon Thomas - Facets: The Legend Of Leon Thomas
10165 Gato Barbieri - The Legend Of Gato Barbieri
10166 Duke Ellington & Teresa Brewer - It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
10167 Leon Thomas - Full Circle
1-0550 Gato Barbieri - Yesterdays
1-0591 Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Cosmic Funk
1-0592 Oliver Nelson - In London With Oily Rags
1-0825 Oliver Nelson - Skull Session
1-0827 Richard "Groove" Holmes - Onsaya Joy
1-0829 Bobby Hackett - Strike Up The Band
1-0830 Cesar Ascarrunz - Cesar 830
1-0833 Tom Scott - In L.A.
1-0834 Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Expansions
1-0964 Bob Thiele & His Orchestra - I Saw Pinetop Spit Blood
1-1082 Elek Bacsik - Bird And Dizzy: A Musical Tribute
1-1120 Bucky Pizzarelli With Joe Venuti - Nightwings
1-1145 Shelly Manne - Hot Coles
1-1146 Richard "Groove" Holmes - Six Million Dollar Man
1-1147 Gato Barbieri - El Gato
1-1196 Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Visions Of A New World
1-1197 Sonny Stitt - Dumpy Mama
1-1371 The World’s Greatest Jazz Band Of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart - Recorded Live At The Lawrenceville School 
1-1372 Mike Wofford - Scott Joplin Interpretations
1-1378 Bucky Pizzarelli With Bud Freeman - Bucky & Bud
2-1449 Oliver Nelson - A Dream Deferred
1-1460 Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Reflections Of A Golden Dream
1-1461 Steve Marcus - Sometime Other Than Now
1-1537 Richard "Groove" Holmes - I’m In The Mood for Love
1-1538 Sonny Stitt - Stomp Off Let’s Go
3063 Steve Kuhn Trio - Three Waves

EXTRAS

Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong And His Friends (Flying Dutchman Amsterdam)
Al Jazzbeaux Collins & Slim Gaillard - Steve Allen's Hip Fables (Doctor Jazz)
The Bob Thiele Collective - Louis Satchmo (Red Baron)
Oliver Nelson & Steve Allen - Soulful Brass (Impulse)

Pete Hamill's Murder At Kent State University

More about Rosko in a New York Times obituary

Rosko - narrator
James Spaulding - flute
Ron Carter - bass

Flying Dutchman Records FDS-127
1970

LINK (Many thanks to Robert Elms!)

Tom Scott - Paint Your Wagon

Tom Scott - soprano & tenor sax, flute
Roger Kellaway - piano, harpsichord, clavinet
Chuck Domanico - bass
John Guerin - drums

Flying Dutchman Records FDS-114
1970

LINK (Many thanks to Robert Elms!)

Ron Anthony - Oh! Calcutta!

Ron Anthony - guitar
Max Bennett - bass
Dennis Budimir - guitar
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
Chuck Domanico - bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Plas Johnson - flute, tenor sax
Lincoln Mayorga - piano
Gene Pello - drums
Emil Richards - percussion
Tom Scott - flute

Ron Anthony - Flying Dutchman (excerpt):

Flying Dutchman Records FDS-110
1969

LINK (Many thanks to Robert Elms!)

Oliver Nelson - Black, Brown And Beautiful

One of Oliver Nelson's hippest albums! The record is sort of an Ellington suite of tracks for the post-60s years -- complete with some sound effects of rioting and urban strife at the beginning, and a mix of modern, modal, and compositional styles. Soloists include John Klemmer, Frank Strozier, and Nelson -- and the overall tone of the album is pride in the face of struggle, with some killer compositions by Nelson that really rank with his best work ever. Titles include "Self Help Is Needed", "I Hope In Time A Change Will Come", "Requiem, Afterthoughts", "Lamb Of God", and "Martin Was A Man, A Real Man". (Dustygroove)

Oliver Nelson (arr) with orchestra including brass and strings featuring amongst others:

John Gross (ts), John Klemmer (ts), Frank Strozier (as), Bobby Bryant (tp), Pearl Kaufman (p), Roger Kellaway (p), Chuck Domanico (b), John Guerin (d), Roy Haynes (d), Stanley Wilson (cond)

Recorded October 1969, Los Angeles
Flying Dutchman FDS-116

Scroll down to the 9th comment for new links (Many thanks to Anonymousremains!)

Pete Hamill's Massacre At My Lai

Rosko - narrator
James Spaulding - flute
Ron Carter - bass

Flying Dutchman Records FDS-118
1969

LINK (many thanks to Reza!)

Shelly Manne & Co. - Signature

Although this LP has drummer Shelly Manne as the leader, in reality the 23-year old was just a sideman on these three four-song sessions; one of the main connecting threads. Manne is heard with clarinetist Barney Bigard and pianist Eddie Heywood in a trio (including fine versions of "Tea for Two," and Bigard's originals "Step Steps Up" and "Step Steps Down"), in another trio with the great altoist Johnny Hodges and Heywood (including a memorable version of "On the Sunny Side of the Street") and on four rare titles with an Eddie Heywood group that includes Ray Nance on trumpet and violin, clarinetist Aaron Sachs, Don Byas on tenor and bassist John Simmons. These small-group swing performances are quite enjoyable but unfortunately out-of-print. (Scott Yanow/AMG)

The Barney Bigard Trio (Moonglow; Tea For Two; Step Steps Up; Step Steps Down)*:

Barney Bigard - clarinet
Eddie Heywood - piano
Shelly Manne - drums

Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra (How High The Moon; Penthouse Serenade; Them There Eyes; Sarcastic Lady)**:

Ray Nance - trumpet & violin
Aaron Sachs - clarinet
Don Byas - tenor sax
Eddie Heywood - piano
John Simmons - bass
Shelly Manne - drums

The Eddie Heywood Trio (On The Sunny Side Of The Street; Time On My Hands; Night And Day; Flamingo)***:

Johnny Hodges - alto sax
Eddie Heywood - piano
Shelly Manne - drums

*Recorded January 22, 1944 in New York City
**Recorded May 2, 1944 in New York City
***Recorded May 26, 1944 in New York City

Flying Dutchman Records FD-10150

Historic recordings, appropriate sound quality - MP3 or FLAC

Oliver Nelson & Steve Allen - Soulful Brass (Impulse)

Bobby Bryant - trumpet
Tom Scott - tenor sax
Steve Allen - electric harpsichord, piano
Roger Kellaway - piano
Barney Kessel - guitar
Jimmy Gordon, Larry Bunker - drums
Oliver Nelson - arranger
plus others unknown

Produced by Bob Thiele
Recorded March 15, 1968 in Los Angeles, California
Impulse AS 9168

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