KEITH TIPPETT 'BLUEPRINT' MINT VINYL & COVER ROBERT FRIPP ENGAGING FREE JAZZ
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KEITH TIPPETT 'BLUEPRINT' MINT VINYL & COVER!  ROBERT FRIPP! ENGAGING FREE JAZZ!
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Blueprint Review by François Couture

Courtesy of AllMusic.com

Recorded after Keith Tippett's 50-piece orchestra project Centipede, Blueprint couldn't make a stronger contrast. This scaled-down session would become the starting point for the pianist's free improvisation career. His piano playing was still under a strong jazz influence and he had not started to use the instrument's bowels yet. Bassist Roy Babbington and vocalist Julie Tippetts accompany him almost throughout. Percussionists Frank Perry and Keith Bailey occasionally join in, providing mostly chimes and cymbals. The session, supervised by Robert Fripp, opens with "Song," a delicate jazzy number. With "Dance," things get more serious. Julie Tippetts provides a steady rhythm guitar motif while everything around her breaks loose. Some numbers like "Glimpse" and "Woodcut" play more on silence than sound, exploring very quiet realms. At these points, the music is completely freed from any jazz references, but the set remains engaging, even when one puts its historical significance aside. Oh, and by the way: those two "Blues," they aren't.

DISCOGS DETAILS: Courtesy of Discogs

Keith Tippett – Blueprint

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Label:

RCA Victor – SF 8290

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

UK

Released:

1972

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Free Improvisation A1 Song Bass – Roy Babbington Percussion – Keith Bailey (2) Piano – Keith Tippett A2 Dance Bass – Roy Babbington Guitar, Voice – Julie Tippetts Percussion – Frank Perry Piano – Keith Tippett A3 Glimpse Bass – Roy Babbington Percussion – Frank Perry Piano – Keith Tippett B1 Blues I Bass – Roy Babbington Piano – Keith Tippett Voice, Guitar – Julie Tippetts B2 Woodcut Bass – Roy Babbington Percussion – Frank Perry Piano – Keith Tippett Recorder, Voice – Julie Tippetts B3 Blues II Bass – Roy Babbington Mandolin – Julie Tippetts Piano – Keith Tippett
  • Copyright © – RCA Ltd.
  • Produced For – Ronnie Scott Directions Ltd.
  • Recorded At – Command Studios
  • Lacquer Cut At – RCA Studios
  • Printed By – Clout & Baker Ltd.
  • Published By – Louvigny-Marquee Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Popgun Music Ltd
  • Manufactured By – RCA Ltd.
  • Composed By [Composers] – Frank Perry, Julie Tippetts, Keith Bailey (2), Keith Tippett, Roy Babbington
  • Engineer [Music] – Andy Hendrickson*
  • Engineer [Recording] – Ray Hendrickson*
  • Lacquer Cut By – Arun Chakraverty
  • Producer – Robert Fripp
[On back in capital letters]
The sounds are acoustic - no electronics are involved (Robert Fripp)
All music on this album is improvised (Keith Tippett)

Front cover laminated, orange labels

Runouts are stamped, except A19 and A20, etched.
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): BGBS 0990
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): BGBS 0991
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A): BGBS 0990 1E A20
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B): BGBS 0991 1E A19


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