Dear all,

this appeal goes to musicians who have worked closely with Erhard over the last ten years, to musicians and friends who know him , to organisers, clubs, festivals and to all the fans of improvised music who have enjoyed a variety of events thanks amongst others to Erhard’s management, commitment and first of all love for the music and the musicians.

Some of you might know, and to some it might come as a surprise that he is in a crisis situation right now, which needs to be sorted out URGENTLY.

For a variety of reasons, also related to Erhard’s severe illness three years ago and also linked to the general financial crisis, which makes it more difficult to set up extended tours, find funding, cheap travel etc. etc., he has got himself into a situation, where he cannot even pre-fund upcoming tours and sadly has large accumulated debts.

He needs urgently some funds, to be able to clear all debts and to start again, probably only part time as a manager, but also exploring new areas.

We feel very strongly, that this is a moment, where we all: musicians and audience a like should pull together and collect enough funds for Erhard to get out of his frightening situation.

Erhard has been an invaluable manager behind the scenes and is directly responsible for some of the most amazing musical experiences for musicians on tour, for audiences in clubs and in many festivals during the last years.

Now, that he needs help, please make a gesture - small or large. With many joining in, it will add up to a substantial sum, which we can then hand over to Erhard.

As it happens, we still have a Euro bank account in Ireland, which we were just about to close. But in the hope that hundreds of people might want to pay in their contributions, we would keep it open until we are in Ireland in February.

At this point, we would close it, and collect the cash for Erhard.
The main reason behind this: to avoid taxation or any other silly charges.

If there are any specific questions, please send us an e-mail on :
info@maya-recordings.com

Ideally, you send money directly, and please as soon as possible to the account below, either from personal funds, or from the proceeds of benefit concerts, or from your next CD sales on tour or whatever.

Every little bit will help. We are hoping for MANY people to join this fund raising action.

THANKS for your help !!!
Kind greetings from both of us
Maya and Barry

Here are the account details: please mark your payment : E.H. Appeal

MAYA Recordings
AIB Bank
Dublin Road
Kilkenny
IRELAND

Account Number 42640013

Bank Number 93 - 34 22

IBAN: IE 22 AIBK 9334 2242 6400 13

BIC: AIBKIE2D

Reports coming in that Sirone (aka Norris Jones) has died.

I've stitched this together from an unsolicited email that dropped in a couple of days ago, along with a clarifying follow-up. Interesting proposition. As always, I've no connection with these people and am passing it along for information.

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Our eight rare unissued recording is now presented:

08

New and Old Dreams

Don Cherry, tp
Dewey Redman, ts
Charlie Haden, b
Ed Blackwell, dr

Live recorded from Molde Kino, Molde, Norway

August 3, 1979.

Our previous releases are:

01

Melodic Artet

Ahmed Abdullah, Charles Brackeen, Ronnie Boykins and Charles Moffett

NYC, December 16, 1973

02

John Coltrane Trio

John Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison and Roy Haynes

Philadelphia, June 1963

03

Mike Osborne Trio

Mike Osborne, Harry Miller and Louis Moholo

Vienna, September 14, 1974

04, 05

Art Ensemble of Chicago

Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors and Don Moye

Molde, July 19, 1980

06

Dexter Gordon Quartet

Dexter Gordon, Terje Bjoerklund, Terje Venaas and Jacob Ole Hansen

Oslo, October12, 1972

07

Ornette Coleman Quartet

Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins

Udine, November 12, 1987

More to come.

Listen now – before it is too late.

The Crew

UNLOCKED TAPES

unlocked@glocalnet.net

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Our ambition is to make as many as possible of our old rare unissued recordings known to jazz fans.

Many recordings are of inferior quality and there are no efforts made for mixing, mastering etc. Just straight from our mostly old tapes or cassettes.

We therefore do it without any expectations for receiving money or any other compensation. It’s an unpaid voluntary love-work we make and we alone pay for all material and cost for shipping the CD-Rs.

To receive copies of Unlocked Tapes sessions, you are requested to support the jazz life in any possible way like transfer a voluntary sum either directly to the actual artists or to any other jazz organization that unquestionably cares and support the jazz artists. The addresses to most artists/estates can be found on the Internet.

We recommend you take part of alternatives to find suitable organizations which appreciate your donation if you Google: “jazz donations”.

Some organizations which we recommend are:

1 - http://artsforart.org/donate.html

2 - www.jazzfoundation.org

also

3 - Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium at

info@cbjcjazz.org

Or any respected jazz organization, local or international, you like to support.

Your contribution can be anything from a few dollars to ……….

As soon as you let us know that you have taken the time and made a donation, any sum, and to whom, we will ship you the requested CD-R.

Mark your donation “Unlocked Tapes”.

Our reward is to find that our old forgotten concerts are still appreciated and that some money may find its way to the artists or to the support of the life of jazz musicians.

All orders are specially made and therefore allow delivery time.

Listen now – before it’s too late!

Sincerely

The Crew

UNLOCKED TAPES

unlocked@glocalnet.net