ARGENTINE ADVENTURES George Haslam All recorded in Buenos Aires - tracks 1&2 at Teatro Cátulo Castillo, 7&8 March 1991; 3&4 Menéndez Studio, 23 March 1991; 5 Oliverio, 20 Dec 1991; 6 Fidelius Studio 10 August 1992; 7&8 Plaza Studio, 21&20 August 1993; 9 TNT Studio, 18 August 1993. SLAMCD 304

TRACK/PERSONNEL DETAILS: 1 Tinto dreams Haslam tgto.......5m 53s 2 Ritmo Cátulo Castillo Haslam tgto.......11m 26s.......Quique Sinesi gtr; Mono Hurtado bs; Pablo Blasich el bs; Horacio López dms; Horacio Straijer pcn; Tim Short congas. 3 Vidala para mi sombre (vocal).......5m 42s.......Mirta Insaurralde vcl; Haslam bari sax; Ruben Ferrero pno; Hurtado bs; Sergio Urtubei dms. 4 Los muchachos de Buenos Aires.......11m 57s.......Enrique Norris tpt; Daniel Harari ten sax; Haslam bari sax; Ferrero pno; Hurtado bs; Urtubei dms. 5 Vidala para mi sombre (instrumental).......6m 43s.......Haslam bari sax; Ferrero pno; pianica; Hurtadi bs; Straijer pcn. 6 Welcome George.......6m 03s.......as for 5 plus Harari sop sax. 7 Las quenas de Barragan.......5m 44s.......Fernando Barragan sicu, ocarinas, quena, pcn; Haslam bari sax; Straijer marimba, pcn; Hurtado bs. 8 Bailando con los raices.......6m 05s.......Harari sop sax, flt; Haslam bari sax, pinkuyo; Ferrero pno; Hurtado bs; Straijer silbato, pcn. 9 Affirmation.......8m 14s.......Sergio Paolucci alto sax, vcl; Haslam bari sax; Hurtado bs.

Gramophone JAZZ Good Guide (2nd Ed.) After leading the Siger Band in the eighties, Haslam decided to move 'more into improvised music' and set up his own label to document the results. SLAM has since developed into one of the UK's premier small labels, featuring a wide spectrum of mostly British improvisers. Haslam's own releases have included duos with Paul Rutherford (1989 And All That) and Mal Waldron (Waldron-Haslam, Two New) plus the debut recording of the British Saxophone Quartet (Early October, with Elton Dean, Paul Dunmall and Simon Picard). Argentine Aventures presents another facet of Haslam's catholic tastes. Recorded during his regular visits to Argentina in the nineties, it details his meetings with a variety ot Buenos Aires-based musicians and their mutual attempts to graft jazz-based improvisation on to indigenous forms such as the tango and the vidala. Despite odd moments when the players sound fazed by unfamiliar idioms, the CD is a fascinating collecton of what the locals called 'Etno jazz'. This piquant hybrid runs the gamut from Mirta Insaurralde's stirring folk-jazz vocals to Fernando Barragan's evocative Bolivian pipes. There's even an incendiary version of Coltrane's Affirmation on which tenorist Sergio Paulucci suddenly breaks into scat vocals! The sequel disc, Argntine Adventures Part 2, is also recommended. GL