Jaan Kuman Instrumental Ensemble

meistriteos on valmis!
valisime haruldastelt Meloodia plaatidelt parimad palad, lisasime ühe laivsalvestuse, ja tegime kogumiku Jaan Kumani ansambli lugudest. jazzfunk parimal kujul 1970ndatest. imeline, et need üldse kunagi avaldati, sama kenad on Kumani seaded ja parimate eesti muusikute kokkumäng.
"Hei, poisid, pingutage" kuulete Tiit Paulust mängimas iseehitatud wah-pedaali. "Väike tüdruk" on lindil säilinud ainult juhuse läbi, muusikud olid stuudios, kui helimees palus midagi mängida, et kontrollida helipuldi seadistust. Helimees ise hiljem asjaga rahul ei olnud, kuid kummaliselt kombel jäi lint alles. Nii ongi meil autentne elusülesvõte Kumani ja sõprade improvisatsioonist. Tuleb tähele panna, et oreliks oli odav nõukogude "Junost", hinnaks 70 rubla. lisaks kaks parimat lugu Uno Naissoo albumilt ja "Tantsurütme" sarja best of.

plaat müügil kauplustes Biit (Pikk 9, Tallinn) ja Raamatukoi Grammofon (Voorimehe 9, Tallinn)
lisaks Helsingis Redhill, Digelius ja Eronen. peagi ka Saksamaal, Inglismaal, USAs ja Jaapanis.


kuulake helilõike plaadilt: http://soundcloud.com/jazzaggression/sets/jaankuman
lugege promoteksti: http://afro7.net/jaankuman/


hello friends!
me and my friend Fredrik put together compilation of best Soviet Estonian jazzfunk from 70s, played by Jaan Kuman instrumental ensemble. 6 tracks taken from rare Melodiya records and one unreleased live track.
you can hear cheap Soviet organ "Junost" on "Wives and Lovers" live version. self-built wah-pedal on "Hey Boys Try Harder". more stories are hidden on this compilation, some of them have been written out on liner notes.
more information: http://afro7.net/jaankuman/

and do i need to remind you it's limited edition! get copy now or there won't be anything left later.

soundclips: http://soundcloud.com/jazzaggression/sets/jaankuman

get copy here: http://afro7.net/jaankuman/
in Tallinn at Biit (Pikk 9) and Raamatukoi (Voorimehe 9)
in Helsinki at Redhill, Digelius or Eronen.
in Germany please order from my friend at Equinox records or hhv.de
also Juno, Dustygroove and Disk Union will have copies

jaan kuman ja trompet

Jaan Kuman "Trompet kuldsetest seitsmekümnendatest"

Jaan Kuman on olnud tähtis tegelane siin blogis, ka Eesti jazzmuusikale oluline trompetist, arranžeerija, bändi liider ja helilooja. tema seitsmekümnendate vinüülplaadid ja muusika on armastatud, kuid vanu plaate on endiselt raske kätte saada. nüüd on Jaan Kuman ise välja andnud cd kogumiku tema 70ndate salvestistega Eesti Raadio arhiivist. plaadil on nüüd kõigile lihtsalt kätte saadavad paljud suurepärased lood, mis ilmunud varem vinüülplaatidel (estraadipalu singel, tantsurütme seeria, Valter Ojakääru ja Uno Naissoo autorialbumid), lisaks varem avaldamata muusikat, ka erilisi haruldusi, näiteks "Väike tüdruk", mis oli stuudios lihtsalt vahepalana mängitud ja juhuslikult lindile jäänud. plaat on täielikult instrumentaalmuusika, jazz funkist easy listeningini.
plaadi ostmine on ka viis toetada hra Kumanit isiklikult. plaadi saab osta Biit poest, äärmisel juhul ka Laseringist, Rahva Raamatust, Kaubamajast jm.

Jaan Kuman is Estonian trumpeter, who has been featured in my blog many times and gathered a lot of fans all over the world. unfortunately his records are really rare and expensive, so his amazing music has been mostly unavailable to wider audience. now he has self-released cd compilation of some best work from 70s with his ensemble. from wonderful jazz funk to masterful easy listening. you get tracks from 1st 7" "Estraadipalu", best from Uno Naissoo and Tantsurütme records and some unreleased stuff. he was great arranger and musician, which you can hear on this compilation. i suppose it would be cool to buy this comp to support him.
i don't think it's available through any international mail order yet, but if you want it, send me email, i'll help you with buying it. it costs around 10-11 euros in local stores. i have nothing to do with this release, just helping to spread the word and share good music.

jaan kuman @heliplaadistuudio
trompet kuldsetest 70ndatest @discogs

tiit paulus

Tiit Pauluse muusikasaade

meie sõber Kristjan Jansen kohtus suvel eesti kitarristi Tiit Paulusega, vestles muusika teemadel ja lindistas ka vestlust üles, millest pani kokku raadiosaate, mida on võimalik kuulata tema kodulehelt. saade on huvitav ja ka rohkete helinäidetega.
suur tänu Kristjanile, kes puudutas jälle seda huvitavat hetke eesti jazzmuusika ajaloost, mille kohta on enamasti infopuudus. Tiit Paulus mängis ka koos Jaan Kumaniga, nii et natuke ka sellest loost selgust. kui Kristjan saatis mulle meili teel esimesi tsitaate nende omavahelisest vestlusest, olin ma küll erutatud. et on tõesti väärt uurida neid aegu. head kuulamist!

our friend Kristjan Jansen made interview with Estonian jazzguitarist Tiit Paulus, who played also on Jaan Kuman "Tantsurütme" records, his guitar sound is one point of their greatest tracks. interview is in Estonian, but there's quite a lot of music too.

jaan kuman

Täna ilmus siis Eesti Ekspressis artikkel Jaan Kumanist, kirjutasid mina ja Henrik Esse. Minult tulnud idee sai tänu Henriku eestvedamisele ja intervjuuerimisnärvile teoks. Meil olid muidugi suured plaanid ja küsimused, tegelikkuses oli asi palju keerulisem, pärast pikalevenivaid vestlusi ja telefonikõnesid ja käsitsi kirjutatud paberilehti saime ikkagi artikli valmis kirjutada, millega sai rahul olla. Ja Siim toimetas selle meeldivasse vormi ka ära. Tore oli, et saime Valter Ojakäärult emaili. Huvitav oli info, et Ojakääru plaadi pidi salvestama vene jazzfunki maestro Georgi Garanjan isiklikult, kes olla tegelikult ka Kumani töötlusi kiitnud, kahjuks jättis Kuman oma tagasihoidlikkuses selle lause pooleli. Loomulikult on siin pettumusi, tegelikult jäigi algküsimusele vastus saamata - kuidas ikkagi tuli nendele plaatidele selline moodne sound? Samas oli tore kohtuda ühe oma aja parima trompetistiga, kelle töö kirjeldamiseks meil lihtsurelikel puuduvad sõnad. Oluline, et meile meeldib.
Tore, et tuli selline tükk eesti popmuusikaajaloo "raamatust".

Täna õhtul mängin (Henrikul ei ole kahjuks aega) peale keskööd Von Krahli teatri baaris üritusel "Estosteroon" ainult Kumaniga seotud muusikat, instrumentaale ja ka Els Himma vokaaliga asju.

Artikkel "Trompetist Kumani Kaleidoskoop"

Ostke legaalselt mp3sid






Tänane laul on "Gloobus". Minu arust parim Jaan Kumani osalusel tehtud lugu, G. Tanieli lugu on originaalist täiesti eraldunud, saanud suurepärase funk-arranžeeringu Kumanilt. Väga ilus. Sellest loost kõik algaski minu jaoks, kuulsin Alari Oravat mängimas seda lugu Jazzitupi raadiosaates. Autoriks nimetas ta täiesti tundmatu nime, polnud elu sees kuulnud. Ja nii ta jäigi. Kuni mõni aasta hiljem kadunud Annelinna turul vaatasin ühe härra üksikuid vinüüle, seal oligi kaks kummalist "Tantsurütme" nime kandvat singlit ja ühe peal oligi tuttav loo nimi "Gloobus". Nii see oli.

ratastel

Instrumentaalansambel Raivo Tammiku juhatusel - Ratastel
Melodija 7" CM-0003913-4 1973

Jaan Kuman - Ratastel
Estraadipalu Melodija 7" 1975 C62-05515-6


mainin ära, et neljapäeval 14. oktoobril mängin õhtul von krahlis peol Estosteroon ainult ja ainult Jaan Kumani muusikat, seoses tõenäoliselt ilmuva artikliga hra Kumanist.

let's continue with Jaan Kuman music! also again I'm presenting different versions of same track from Melodiya releases. let's start with Raivo Tammik original.
it was now maybe two years ago, i was looking through melodiya records in now closed record store in Tallinn. there was pile of sleeveless singles and i still looked through them. i was awarded. i found weird estonian single, it didn't have many texts on it, it was by Raivo Tammik, who i had never heard of. well, i thought by that point i should know all about Estonian Melodiya releases, even if i don't have them. i could understand it must be instrumental, but what exactly. i took the change and took this slightly scratched record home.
i was floored, i was hearing great jazz instrumental, quite close to nordic jazz scene, which has produced very expensive records. soulful jazz, nice rhythm, great flute playing. now started research. i found Raivo Tammik was pianist, jazz musician, had quite high position in Soviet Estonian music industry, also he hated beatrock. well, i could hear he wasn't afraid of modern jazz sound. anyway, he left USSR to Germany in the middle of 1970s, which would again give some hint, why his stuff got unknown. if you left homeland to western country, you didn't exist anymore! pretty rare record that.

now go two years later and Jaan Kuman, good and upcoming star of estonian jazz music, got to release his debut single with two instrumental tracks recorded year-two earlier. two great instrumentals here, b-side has beautiful track, but his version of "Ratastel" is pretty fine, quite raw funk on rhythm side. though Kuman's trumpet playing is sublime. Kuman is pure jazz musician, he has big love for everything classic, jazz and easy listening, but don't like primitive music as 'rock'. well, i can't blame anyone for their music taste. he mentioned that "Ratastel" is most closest to rock sound of his arrangements/recordings.

serenaad trompetile

osta Jaan Kumani muusikat legaalselt

Valter Ojakäär "Vastu kerkivale kuule"
C60 07941-2

i have had to think so much about estonian trumpeter and ensemble leader Jaan Kuman lately, i should put some of this energy into blog too. also it will be teaser for thing me and my friend have been working on. soon there will be longer piece on Kuman, at first in Estonian, later maybe some translations too.
At first Jaan Kuman and his group was given opportunity to record 6 EPs, after that he got reputation as great arranger and trumpet player. So he got also job to do album of works by one of greatest Estonian pop and jazzmusic composers Valter Ojakäär. At first it was even supposed to be recorded by Georgi Garanjan and Melodiya ensemble (we can now only imagine how great it could have been). Though thinking of it took time and at last it was still decided to record in Tallinn by Estonian musicians. That's our luck, this album is most easier to get of all Kuman related records. There's even export version. First side of record has singers and is more pop record, though there's some soulful/funky arrangements. B-side is all instrumental jazz music, most of it is pretty upbeat and funky.
This song "Serenaad trompetile" was particularly brought out during our conversation. Composer himself had been happy with results and arranger was also satisfied. It's pretty old song, first recorded in 1955 by old first good trumpet player Abi Zeider, but Kuman was first good jazz player. Song was given new colours and it had been given new life. It really sounds so, we slight hint of funky rhythm and jangly guitar, topped with great brass playing, they tried to mimic big band, as they Estonian Radio had new recording equipment, they could use bit more tracks. Sometimes Kuman played all trompets himself. You can hear also girl singing, which by me gives really great accent to this instrumental. These are actually Collage girl singing, Kuman remembered that Ojakäär wasn't happy with result, but as they were lacking of time, they let girl choir recording be that way. Good for them!

mängige lapsed

Hei, poisid, pingutage!
Instrumentaalansambel Jaan Kumani juhatusel
Viis: Uno Naissoo
Arranžeering: Jaan Kuman
Tantsurütme I (Melodija 7")

mida öelda? tahaks öelda paljut, aga kõike veel ei tea. Jaan Kumani tantsurütmide väikeste vinüülide sarja puhul on tegu hetkel avaliku saladusega Eesti levimuusika vinüülide maailmas. minu arust ka üks lahedamaid momente eesti vinüüli ajaloos. kõige ootamatuma ja uskumatuma saundiga eesti vinüülid. kuidas küll juhtus, et üks instrumentaalgrupp jõudis sellise funk muusikani.
Kumani juhitud instrumentaalansamblis mängisid oma aja parimad jazz elik instrumentaalmuusikud. tegutseti ajal, kui jazz alles hakkas välja tulema varjusurmast, seega mängiti veel "tantsumuusikat". grupp tegutses 1975-1978 stuudioansamblina, lindistati eesti muusikat, sealhulgas Uno Naissoo ja Valter Ojakääru loomingut.
anne ermi raamatu järgi sündisid "Tantusrütmide" plaadid tänu tantsulugude võistlusele. tulemused plaadistati Kumani ansambli poolt. teadaolevalt on Tantsurütmide sarjas ilmunud 6 ep-d. mida ma võin tunnistada, olen neid kõiki ju näinud oma silmaga. juhuslikult alustame kõige vähem tuntud esimese osaga. sarja parim lugu on minu arust 5. plaadi peal, aga kuuldes esimest osa ja seda konkreetset lugu, olin küll põrmustatud. nii häbematu funk groove on uskumatu. algul kärisev kitarr, mis siis asendub wah wah lainetustega, trummar mängimas head rütmi, bongod toetamas, suurepärane wind section - Kuman ise ju trompetist. kuld.

incredible jazzfunk from Estonia. it's taken from ep called Dance rhythms, there's 5 singles in this series and one is better than other (though there's non-funk rhythms too). these were released after dance music contest and Jaan Kuman group were given opportunity to record these. Kuman group consisted of best Estonian jazz musicians, though they existed at the time, when jazz was still under cover business, so they were only "instrumentalists". maestros like L. Saarsalu, H. Aniko, T. Paulus etc played there, group leader was Jaan Kumann, who's great trompetist and also great arranger as you can hear. he arranged all tracks on ep's, also wrote some instrumental music himself. this track is written by Estonian jazz grand master Uno Naissoo, but this funk arrangment is made by Kumann. there isn't much info about those recordings or this group or their influences. released in 1976, recorded probably year earlier.
these records are open secret among collectors, but sadly otherwise Kuman's work is mostly forgotten.