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NEW!!! 3 OTOMOS incl. OTOMO/LASWELL TRIO, DUNMALL, DANIEL CARTER,
DEREK BAILEY, PHIL KLINE, HAINO KEIJI, ADAM ROGERS, TABLE VINYL,
MUSIC of ISLAM SERIES and EVEN MORE!!
BUT FIRST, SEVERAL SPECIAL GIGS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT MISS!
1.THE PAUL HAINES MEMORIAL 'DARN IT' CONCERT AT TONIC [107 Norfolk St] tonite,1/23, at 8PM. With performances by Roswell Rudd, Evan Parker [who is is flying in just for this one appearance, as is...] George Cartwright,, METRIC ( group led by Emily Haines - Paul's daughter), Syd Straw, Michael Snow, Karen Mantler, and many more. This Live Presentation has never happened before and will likely never happen again, but for those who miss it, we found a few more copies we can offer of...
PAUL HAINES - Darn It! Poems By Paul Haines [2 CD set] (American Clave 1014/1018; USA) Musics and voices for the 32 performances of the late Paul Haines writings found here provided by Evan Parker, Robert Wyatt, George Cartwright, Bobby Previte, Wayne Horvitz, John Oswald, Melvin Gibbs, Derek Bailey, Don Pullen, Carla Bley, Jack Bruce, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Lucas, Steve Swallow, Yale Evelev (!), Mary Margaret O'Hara, Andrew Cyrille, Alva Rogers, J T Lewis, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Henry Threadgill, Peter Scherer, Greg "Iron Man" Tate, D D Jackson, Leo Nocentelli, D K Dyson, Dave Hofstra, Paul Bley, Ignacio Berroa, Lewis Barnes, Carmen Lundy, Fernando Saunders, Tim Wright, Paul Dutton... Way out of print, we just have a handful sealed with that custom silk-screened jewel case
2 CD set for $30
2. HENRY KAISER Solo Acoustic Guitar Saturday January 24th at 2pm for FREE here at DMG, 13 Monroe St.!! Another incredibly rare treat from our favorite bay area guitar hero who rarely visits NYC!! And he's bringing 20 CDRs with unreleased material, each different, to be sold ONLY at the time of his performance here [sorry, no mail order, no leftovers sold later] SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU GOTTA BE!
He'll also be doing 2 sets at Tonic later this day at 8PM [WITH RAOUL BJORKENHEIM, LUKAS LIGETI, and JIM O'ROURKE] and 10 PM [with ALAN LICHT, MARK DRESSER, MARI KIMURA, and JEAN COOK]!!!
3. PAUL ROGERS SOLO 6 StringContrabass AND TRIO w/ NICK DIDKOVSKY & KEVIN NORTON! Saturday January 31st at 7pm at Bowery Poetry Club - 308 Bowery
Bassist Paul Rogers is best known as a member of Mujician, the free improvisational quartet (featuring Keith Tippett) and is a frequent collaborator of Paul Dunmall. He continues to work with many of the originators of European creative music including Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, and John Stevens. This will be his solo debut for NYC!!!
AND NOW, ON WITH THE NEW STUFF!
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/BILL LASWELL/YOSHIGAKI YASUHIRO - Soup (P-Vine 5856; Japan) OK, fans of Painkiller, Massacre and even Last Exit - this one's for you! Damn, I've been waiting more than two years for something this hard-hitting involving bass-supremo Laz, this time in a killer power trio with Otomo [guitars and occasionally turntables] and, from Otomo's New Jazz Quintet, Yasuhiro [drums]. Four long pieces: "Mushroom", "Seaweed", "Crab", and of course "Duck" [Soup]. We had to get these from Japan ourselves, so stock is ltd.
CD for $23
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE'S NEW JAZZ QUINTET + TATSUYA OE - ONJQ+OE (P-Vine 5850; Japan) What happens when programmer/processor Oe gets involved with the quirky ONJQ? The result here is two long pieces that seem to start with chopped up resequenced samples of the group as a whole actually fed back leading into the band, or various members, playing in real time, creating slow-moving jazzy-jams. We had to get these from Japan ourselves, so stock is ltd.
CD for $23
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/TAKEO YAMASHITA - Plays The Music Of Takeo Yamashita (P-Vine 5804; Japan) Possibly you've heard of Mr Yamashita? He was the composer of soundtracks for several classic Japanese fims/animated features in the '60s and '70s [Giant Robot, Playgirl, Lupin The Third, Akuma Kun et al] . Here Otomo pays homage to what obviously was one of his childhood musical inspirations by producing an album of ingeneous covers with varying lineups from one cut to the next, featuring a wide array of well-known Japanese New Music players and vocalists: Sachiko M, Phew, Otomo, Haco, Tenko, Seiichi Yamamoto, Kazuo Imai, Kumiko Takara et al, along with Otomo's New Jazz Quintet backing on several of the 17 cuts. We had to get these from Japan ourselves, so stock is ltd.
CD for $23
DANIEL CARTER/SHANIR EZRA BLUMENKRANZ/KEVIN ZUBEK - Chinatown (Not Two 753) Featuring Daniel on tenor & soprano saxes, trumpet, flute & clarinet; Shanir on bass & oud and Kevin on drums & percussion. You just gotta love the unstoppable Daniel Carter for constant resourcefulness by playing more inspired and diverse musicians no matter what their background or genre is. Here Daniel goes head-to-head with one of the best young rhythm teams in NY - Shanir & Kevin from the great Israeli avant jazz trio - Satlah and also the Lemon juice Quartet. Shanir Blumenkranz plays both acoustic and electric basses (and oud!) and has become one of the most in-demand local heroes over the past five years, playing with giants like Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Jon Madof, Louie Belogenis and more. This super studio date was recorded righteously by former Laswell engineer Martin Bisi and he has done a great job of capturing this splendid, spiritual, free-jazz trio in their perfectly balanced glory. There are some fine somber moments when Shanir bows his bass reflectively as Daniel's tenor drifts over Kevin's nimble percussion. "Sun Dou" opens with Shanir's eloquent and exotic oud playing, as Daniel's melancholy tenor once again floats dreamily on top. As with many projects that Daniel is involved with, there is no leader here, often the bass and occasionally the drums will start a piece and set the pace, as all three players listen closely, respond and consistently connect. This hour-long set is wonderfully inspired and free-flowing throughout. We look forward to hearing this great trio at the Sunday Night Free-Style Series at CB's Lounge in the not-to-distant future.
Polish CD for $16
PAUL DUNMALL - Newsagents (Duns 032) Featuring Dunmall on tenor & soprano saxes, Philip Gibbs on guitar, Andrew Ball on piano & celeste, Neil Metcalfe on flute and Hilary Jeffreys on trombone. Since Mujician sax legend Paul Dunmall started the great Duns label in the mid-nineties, he has consistently presented (over a dozen) great yet little known improvisers to his fans worldwide. More recently some of these fine players (like Mr. Jeffreys) have turned up on other (non-Dunmall) sessions on the Emanem and FMR labels. All members of this quintet, except for pianist Andrew Ball, have been on a number of previous Duns discs, so we are becoming more familiar with their abilities. Since 'Newsagents' has no rhythm section, it deals with highly focused improv that doesn't necessarily have to swing or rely on a constant pulse. The title track is 46 minutes of restrained, yet intricate interaction. Often the three horns (sax, flute & 'bone) will swirl slowly as the create hypnotic long-tones, bending and blending slowly into a cautious dream-world. Philip Gibbs plays acoustic guitar and has been on many Duns discs so far, often plays with a sublime and fragile beauty, delicately weaving his lines with breathtaking resources as Andrew Ball plays dark chords underneath the ghost-like horns flutters. As on all Duns discs recorded at the Victoria Room in Bristol, Jonathan Scott's recording is warm and perfectly balanced. There is a section where the celeste, acoustic guitar and flute play with such restraint that it like walking on egg shells. Superb, sublime and filled with elegance. Need we say more, I think not.
CD for $14
URI CAINE - Dark Flame (Winter & Winter 095) Featuring Uri Caine on piano, Mark Feldman on violin, Ralph Alessi on trumpet, Don Byron on clarinets, David Gilmore on guitar, DJ Olive on turntables, Chen Sisi on yang-quin, Chan Toa on dizi, Michael Formanek on bass, Jim Black on drums and Aaron Bensusan, Sadiq Bey, Mark Chin & the Kent Wiger Bach Choir all on vocals. This is more Mahler music arranged by W&W super-hero and piano wonder Uri Caine performed live and of course, we are just excited as you! In stock by next Tuesday and longer review next Friday.
CD for $15
PAUL MURPHY - Red Snapper: Paul Murphy at CBS (Cadence 1167) Featuring Jimmy Lyons on alto sax, Dewey Johnson on trumpet, Karen Borca on bassoon, Mary Anne Driscoll on piano & voice and Paul Murphy on drums & percussion. This is a Columbia studio recording from June of 1982 and we did make a mistake in last week's newsletter by mentioning that this was Jimmy Lyon's date, when in fact it was Paul Murphy's. Formerly based in San Francisco, drum wiz Paul Murphy moved to NY in the early 70's and was most fortunate to be able to record in the legendary Columbia Records studio for this historic date. 'Red Snapper' consists of some 19 pieces, all under six minutes but still over an hour in length, a number of solos, duos and trios as well as the quintet are featured. Although I completely unfamiliar with Mary Anne and Paul (except for another date or two with Jimmy Lyons), both the piano and drums are endlessly inventive throughout. The first two pieces consist of solo drums and are filled with restrained fire. The quintet soon erupt on "The Scenery 1" with some high flying trumpet blasting on top of the cascading piano and drums. There are numerous duos for Jimmy's alto sax and Paul's drums which are all incredible, burning together with some fierce and intense force. If you do or don't already own that colossal Jimmy Lyons 5 cd box set on Ayler Records, you still would want to own this essential session as well - it is a wonderful thing to have this long lost gem available!
CD for $14
KEVIN NORTON'S LIVING LANGUAGE - Intuitive Structures (Cadence 1166) Featuring Louie Belogenis on tenor & soprano saxes, Tomas Ulrich on cello, John Lindberg on contrabass and Kevin Norton on vibes, percussion & drums. This fine quartet date was recorded live at the Knit's Old Office in November of 2002, back when the Knit still presented some downtown musicians Local percussion hero and composer Kevin Norton has a number of different projects or bands that exist simultaneously, each one has a different personality, a different concept. In the liner notes Kevin mentions that Living Language is about understanding the history and language of creative music and thus letting it grow and change. This all-star quartet embodies this philosophy by taking what they've learned and collectively building upon blending of spirits and ideas. 'Intuitive Structures' consists of four long pieces, including two versions of "Walking the Dogma". The version from the second set opens this cd and begins quietly with nimble vibes and slow-burning bass, later Louie's tenor enters and soars quickly, when Kevin moves over to the drums and starts swinging hard and fanning the flames, followed by strong solos from Tomas' cello and Kevin's spirited vibes. "Etude for Ricky W." is an intense group improv that erupts with nervous energy - soprano sax squawking, extensive bowed and percussively plucked bass and cello as Kevin creates fractured lines with hands and sticks on the drums and cymbals. Both strings once again weave their masterful sounds, buzzing richly together as Kevin's magical vibes shimmer and provide alien drones from time to time. The first version of "Walking the Dogma" closes this release and begins with an impressive drum solo, this is another long and winding journey that moves through varied sections and inspired solos from all members of this monstrous quartet. Living Language is a most apt name for this great quartet.
CD for $14
DOMINIC DUVAL/CONSTANCE COOPER/FIRST AVENUE - coming from us (Quixotic Records 5007) Featuring First Avenue which is William Kannar on bass & electronics; C. Bryan Rulon on piano & synth and Matt Sullivan on oboe, English horn & electronics with Dominic Duval on small bass plus John Lad, Kurt Briggs, Erich Schoen-Rene, Matt Goeke & Vernon Regehr on violins. I hadn't heard of composer Constance Cooper before this release or the Violin Octet Family, but I have heard First Avenue (a mostly electronic improv trio) on a few occasions, as well as on cd (OO Disc). Constance and Dominic have collaborated on two former projects for duos and trios with Dominic improvising to Constance's compositions. For 'coming from us', they've added the talents of First Avenue and a string octet. "Fanfare" and "Anti-Fanfare" open with mysterious swirling strings, piano, oboe and electronics. This music is occasionally eerie, yet highly focused, with an obvious thread holding it together. "Duo" features Dominic improvising to a written part for violin and it is a fragile and haunting piece. "Nightingales" was partially inspired by the microtonality of bird calls and it has a dark and dreamy vibe, slightly bent and unnerving. Next First Avenue improvise based on the previous theme and turn the sounds inside-out, which really provides a fascinating alien landscape. "Concerto for Soprano Violin" concludes our journey with a small orchestra (trio actually) of twisted plucked string fragments underneath some quirky violin soloing. I dig this entire work since it rarely gets too dense, yet remains engaging on a more subtle level of activity.
CD for $12
Seven NEW RELEASES FEATURING a DIVERSE CAST of GUITAR GREATS:
KEIJI HAINO - Hikari Yami Uchitokeaishi Kono Hibiki (PSF 8017) "First album of solo guitar by Keiji Haino in quite some time, but very much a departure from the mountain-levelling, continent-sundering, weather-system huge electric guitar releases of years past. 'Hikari yami...' is played just on acoustic, gut-strung guitar, entirely forsaking the effects and extreme amplification characteristic of his electric work. Over three lengthy improvised pieces, recorded in clothes-rustling close-up, Haino explores the full dynamic range of the instrument, working abyss deep into his eternal preoccupations of duration, decay, sustain and resonance. Vast spectrums of reference, from Bailey and Fahey to flamenco, oud music and bluegrass are invoked in single notes and brief phrases, only to be dismissed with confident authority. Another masterful piece of work from Haino, as replete with mystery and the sadness of existence as ever. The title roughly translates as 'Light darkness melting into one this vibration'. Haino advises the listener to play as loud as possible -- surely a first on an album of acoustic guitar." -- Alan Cummings.
Japanese CD for $20
DEREK BAILEY - Poetry and Playing (Paratactile 1116) Derek plays guitar and reads from the poems of Steve Dalachinsky (downtown wordsmith & scene-maker), Lyn Hajinian and Peter Riley. Duration 27 minutes. Utterly charming and certainly a novel idea.
UK CD for $17
GARY SMITH - FutureThoughtReveal (Paratactile 1115) This new trio features groove based improvisations which result in the most attractive yet exploratory guitar playing yet from the leader whose collective CV includes work with Hugh Hopper, John Stevens, Masayoshi Urabe, Shoji Hano and Bill Fay. Gary once played here at the old DMG and remains one of the unsung heroes of experimental electric guitar; you might recall his power/noise trio MASS?
UK CD for $17
KYOAKU NO INTENTION - Astral Projection (PSF 150) Featuring Munehiro Narita on guitar and Shoji Hano on drums. "Back at the dawn of the eighties, several years before the inception of High Rise, foot-down speed-freakin' guitarist Munehiro Narita had another unit which he called Kyoaku No Intention (Worst Intentions). Usually comprising just himself on electric guitar and a drummer, they cranked out some of the hardest hitting no-wave rock-improv of the time, analogous to very little apart from perhaps a more Neu-shackled version of the Doug Snyder/Bob Thompson 'Daily Dance' duo. Documentation was, unfortunately, minimal. That was until a couple of years ago when, with High Rise in one of their periods of dormancy, Narita decided to revive the name for some solo and collaborative shows around Tokyo. One of those gigs was with drummer Shoji Hano, and the combination of his resonant power and free-jazz inflected propulsion with the stinging, icicle-edge attack of Narita's guitar proved to be so explosive that the duo has now become a regular unit. On their second album for PSF, Narita and Hano are caught live in Tokyo a mere three months ago. Hano is always inventive around the kit, but he knows that crazed flail is just as valid in certain contexts as textural subtlety. Narita too was never one for treating the guitar as an ambient paintbrush, and his soloing here is as splattered and nerve-shreddingly exciting as ever. This is a brutal, consistently thrilling, cold fusion sound that makes little allowance for weak constitutions. Oh yeah." -- Alan Cummings.
Japanese CD for $20
ADAM ROGERS - Allegory (Criss Cross 1242) Featuring Chris Potter on tenor sax, Edward Simon on pianos, Adam Rogers on guitar & compositions, Scott Colley on bass and Clarence Penn on drums. This is ace jazz guitar hero Adam Rogers' second date as a leader and considering it is only January, I predict this will be one of this year's best jazz guitar gems! I remember Adam from a fine local fusion quintet called Lost Tribe from nearly a decade whose personnel included David Gilmore also on guitar, Dave Binney on alto sax and Fima Ephron on bass, all of whom have gone on to other great bands/sessions. The last time I caught Adam live he was subbing for Ribot in Electric Masada last year for a gig or two. From Adam's current quintet, we know both Chris Potter and Clarence Penn from their work with Dave Douglas, as well as numerous other bands. Both Scott Colley and Edward Simon also keep busy in a variety of bands, from what I recall. "Confluence", which opens starts with a slow, haunting theme but soon changes into an impossibly fast tempo with short yet expressive and daredevil solos from the piano, guitar and tenor sax, the rhythm team burning at a furious pace. The piece reminds me of one those great songs from Miles' quintet circa '67 like on 'Miles Smiles'. "Phyrigia" does have a rather hypnotic klez meets Trane sort of modal theme as Adam mentions and is filled with suspense, Scott's bass solo and Adam's guitar solo are cerebral and quietly mesmerizing, as in Chris' Trane-like tenor solo. What stands out throughout this great cd is Adam's composing, all challenging tunes which work on a few different levels at once. On "Was", there is a lovely, hummable melody is at the center, yet the quintet moves gracefully around it in a couple of waves. So far Adam has used his exquisitely warm, round jazz guitar tone, but on "Genghis" he opts for some Scofield-like grit to his tone, pushing Chris to also start bending his sax notes as well. That funky electric piano fits just right underneath as well. "Orpheus" is another deceptive gem with a quaint theme which gets more dreamy as it evolves, yet contains some unexpected difficult moments and yet another amazing (Pat Martino-ish) solo. Word from our pal postman Steve is that Adam Rogers often plays at the 55 Bar at 55 Christopher St., so we had better get on down there and check out this magnificent modern jazz quintet. A stunning cd on all counts!
CD for $15
LENNY BREAU - The Hallmark Sessions (Art of Life 1007) Unbelievable! A previously unreleased and long lost studio session featuring legendary and under-recorded jazz guitar hero Lenny Breau with (get this!?!) Rick Danko on acoustic bass and Levon Helm on drums, some five years before The Band! This treasure was recorded in Hallmark Studios in Toronto in November of 1961. Lenny Breau was one the greatest jazz guitarists ever, having invented a technique of tapping on the fretboard that no-one as ever equaled. His long career was plagued by problems and sadly he has only a few releases in print on cd. This important session contains 19 tracks, 7 originals and many jazz standards, traditional tunes and even delightful covers by Sabicas, Luiz Bonfa and Merle Travis. The rhythm section play extremely quiet and reverential throughout and Lenny does a number of astonishing solo pieces as well. We had this on the other day and one of my fusion-loving buddies was there, we were both completely
astonished by Lenny's playing! CD for $15
REN LUSSIER/GILLES GOBEIL - Le Contrat (Empreintes Digitales 0372) 'Le contrat' ('The contract') is a magnificent fresco inspired by Goethe's Faust and its infinite cultural ramifications. A symbiosis of one's ardour (Lussier) and the other's meticulousness (Gobeil). Haven't actually heard this yet, but Rene Lussier is one of my favorite guitarists and never does anything less than interesting, so perhaps we will review this in the near future. - BLG
Canadian CD for $14
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STPHANE ROY - Migrations CD (Empreintes Digitales 0373) Second release by Montreal-based composer Stphane Roy, following 1996's Kaleidos. A quest for happiness, a quest for meaning, the other and his universe, migration is a strange trail with its share of hopes and illusions. The three program pieces making up this album are such stops that have marked my migration through the American Midwest, three 'invitations to the voyage,' to the conquest of parallel worlds, that allowed me to transcend the cultural internation that came with five years spent abroad. This album begins with the freshest work, 'Appartenances', which celebrates the homecoming. It also provides an occasion to meditate on the position of the immigrant, where the excitement produced by the change of scenery is accompanied by the painful experience of the uprooting. The second work, 'Trois petites histoires concrtes', was realized in the course of my first year in St Louis (Missouri, USA). Its central place in this triptych indicates a very different kind of migration: it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the invention of musique concrte through an evocation of its founding processes. In the case of the third and last work, 'Masques et parades', the American migration also provided an opportunity to dream of new stylistic lands inspired by the circus, its nomad-like, its deeply moving and iconoclastic poetry. - FE blurb
Canadian import CD for $14
PHIL KLINE - Zippo Songs/airs of war & lunacy (Canteloupe Music 21019) Featuring Theo Bleckmann on vocals, Todd Reynolds on violin, Phil Kline on guitars & music and David Cossin on percussion. Certainly, a strange yet appropriate concept is used here. Bang-on-a-Can Composer Phil Kline takes some 25 short poems written on Zippo lighters by American GI's during the Viet Nam war and puts them to music. We also get three texts from Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon briefings and a cover of the Doors' classic "The End" which was featured in the film 'Apocalypse Now' (a harrowing account of the Viet Nam war, as well). The Rumsfeld section starts with "Briefing" which consists of layers of eerie (radio?) samples, guitar drones, shimmering string(s) and mystical percussion. As a big fan of Theo Bleckmann's enchanting voice, Phil has chosen well and surrounded Theo with subtle, hypnotic, minimal, repetition of el. guitar, violin and vibes or other percussion. The music reminds me of Steve Reich's "Different Trains" and feels like everything is in motion, all is in flux. The 'Zippo Songs' are short pieces which deal with the realities of war - "getting bummed, getting high, getting horny, getting bored, dying and finding (or losing) god." The music is often hypnotic and strangely soothing, unlike what the words are describing. It usually works when one is trying to make sense of the insanity of war, boiling things down to just snippets of reason behind the chaos. Many of these short pieces end with the feeling of dread as the guitar or violin start vibrating with selective distortion before the fade to black. I was unsure about this at the outset, but feel it does actually work in a rather twisted way. Who would've thought?!? Who could imagine!?!
CD release for $15
THREE MORE 1 SIDED RECORD ONLY LIMITED EDITION ALBUMS from TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS:
LAURIE SPIEGEL - Harmonices Mundi [1 sided clear vinyl lp] (TOTE 61) Since breaking away from downtown New York scene in the early 1980s, a scene she had helped create, Spiegel has lived as one of New York's most independent musicians, supporting herself by her software and circulating her music privately. The track on this release -- previously unreleased in its entirety -- is one of her most legendary: a realization of Kepler's 'Harmony of the Planets', originally commissioned in 1975 by Dr. Carl Sagan for inclusion on the Golden Record which accompanies the Voyager II spacecraft, and is now far beyond the orbit of Pluto in the vastness of interstellar space. -- FE press blurb
LP only release for $15
RAFAEL TORAL - Harmonic Series [1 sided clear vinyl lp] (TOTE 62) Portuguese musician, sound engineer and visual artist Rafael Toral focuses on the possibilities of ambient music, the electric guitar as a sound generator and high-risk improvisation. He has performed extensively throughout Europe and North America, and collaborated with Sei Miguel, Phill Niblock, Rhys Chatham, John Zorn, Thurston Moore, Dean Roberts, Christian Fennesz and Jim O'Rourke. His sound installations are interactive and unpredictable, often utilizing generative feedback systems, such as 'Toyzone' (a piece with modified electronic toys, custom relay circuits and multiple sensors), the mixed-media installation produced in collaboration with Paulo Feliciano for Sonic Boom - the Art of Sound, at the Hayward Gallery in London, 2000, or 'Echo Room', a piece for delayed feedback random sound filtering, at the BIG Torino art Biennale in 2002. - FE blurb
LP only release for $15
ARNOLD DREYBLATT - Point Source/Lapse [1 sided clear vinyl lp] (TOTE 63) As one of the most engaging of the second generation of New York minimal composers, Arnold Dreyblatt has developed a distinctive--And delightfully accessible--approach to composition and performance. Employing modified and invented instruments and a unique tuning system, his music is a vigorously rhythmic and richly textured romp through the natural overtone series. These two outstanding pieces for just-intoned electric guitar, bass violin, cimbalom, percussion and brass emphasize dynamics and sonorities, to stunning acoustical effect. - FE press info blurb LP only release for $15
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THE MEN X PERIENCE [MENACE] With BILL LASWELL/VERNON REID/BOOTSY COLLINS et al - La Mancha Negra: The Black Stain (P-Vine 5354; Japan) Imagine our surprise when ordering current P-Vine releases directly from Japan and discovering that they still had a handful of this CD that drove Laswell collectors nuts trying to get even when it came out. This is rapper/funkster Menace along with guests Laz [2 cuts] , Umar Bin Hassan [Last Poets], Vernon Reid, J Cool, Keziah Jones, Donald Black, Adamhead, Elsa Cornish and special guests Bootsy, Bruce Mack [Burnt Sugar] and Maceo Parker.
CD for $23
GILBERTO GIL - 1969 [aka Cerebro Electronico] (Universal 1030; Japan) Japanese-only reissue of the third Gil album (also known as both "Cerebro Electronico" or the self titled Gilberto Gil album), originally issued by Brazilian Polydor in 1969. "Every bit as in the zone as Gal's epochal '69 testament; musta been something in the Bahian water that year! The Brazilian military dictatorship of the time didn't know what the fuck to make of these records, but they knew they were plenty subversive & placed Gilberto & Caetano Veloso (don't sleep on his '69 White Album either, even though it's never been as hard to find as these two) under house arrest before exiling them for several years. Lanny, again, provides some of the most psychedelic guitarwork the world has ever known & studio wiz Rogerio Duprat outdoes himself on the almost-Dockstadteresque 'Objeto Semi-Identificado'. There's even a Mutantes cover ('2001' or 'Dois Mil e Uno') which out-freaks the original! Sample lyrics from 'Futurvel' (thanks, Babelfish!): 'Its body will be more shining/The mind, more intelligent/Everything in superdimension/The mutant is happyer/ Happy because/In the new mutation/ The happiness is made of metal". This was Gil's third album, and second in the Tropiclist style. While I've yet to hear a bad one from him, newcomers should observe the best-before-'75 rule & seek out s/t '68 (aka "Frevo Rasgado"; all the '68 Tropiclist records were sunnier & Sgt. Pepperier than the '69 freekouts), the epochal Tropiclia ou Panis et Circensis comp, and the more trad, but still excellent Expresso 2222 ('72) & Refazenda ('75). The 'album-in-exile' immediately following this one (s/t '71, Gravado em Londres) is still lost in the mists of time, and is probably a corker (along w/the 'lost' Caetano double album from '69, which was recalled & destroyed by the dictatorship!)." -- Jason Witherspoon. This version supercedes the prior Philips Japan CD version (PHCA 4227), and adds 5 bonus tracks (alternate takes and demos from the same era, a total of 35 extra minutes!)
CD for $24
RASCAL REPORTERS - Happy Accidents (ZNR 1010) An extraordinary progressive duo featuring Steve Gore and Steve Kretzmer on guitars, keyboards, bass, clarinet, percussion, drums and voices. Special guests include Dave Newhouse (The Muffins) on saxes and flutes, Nick Didkovsky (Doctor Nerve) on guitar, Dave Kerman and James Grigsby (U Totem) on percussion, Guy Segers (Univers Zero) on bass and Steve Feigenbaum (Random Radar utility outfielder) on guitar. The Rascal Reporters have been making challenging music for more than a quarter century and this is their 1988 masterpiece, originally on lp, but released here with over 30 minutes of bonus material. The complexity of the compositions and ideas here will thrill and astonish fans of rehearsal intensive progressive rock.
CD only release for $12
RADIO PIECE III - Tesseract and Monuments (ZNR 3001) Long-lived Connecticut trio of dual keyboardists and drums. Not sure if they are still around, but they had been around for a long time by the time that this release came out and really it shows. Mostly instrumental Canterbury and Zappa influenced music. The track "Gargantua" sounds more like Egg than anything else I've ever heard (other than Egg!), so you know that I have a fondness for this one... - Wayside blurb
CD release for $10 / 7 for the price of 6 CD sale list
MAGIC CARPATHIANS/CERBERUS SHOAL - The Life and Times of... (North East Indie 031) Well, if we aren't all just flies in a wind tunnel on Sunday, it's another gal-dang split cd from North East Indie and Cerberus Shoal. Strap on the good ears and give her a ride. This little (albeit dense) treat features those ex-Atman project-ers, The Magic Carpathians, from Poland. The most collaborative yet, where we find both bands swapping tracks and rearranging pieces and adding new tracks while changing old ones and havin' just a regular good old time, here in the land of our mutual imprisonment. Incorporating similar influences as on the Ducks and Drakes split CD with Guapo, Cerberus Shoal brings the flavor of Psychic TV and even Can into the Ash-Ra Temple-esque atmosphere of The Magic Carpathians. CD release for $10
ONLY A HANDFUL OF THESE ECM TITLES IN STOCK....
MEREDITH MONK - ATLAS [2 CD Set] (ECM; US) With Monk, Robert Osborne, Robert Een, Thomas Bogdan et al. Currently Out-Of_print in the US
$35
ARVO PART - Kanon Pokajanen [2 CD Set] (ECM; US) with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Currently Out-Of_print in the US.
$30
JEAN-LUC GODDARD - Nouvelle Vague [2 CD set] (ECM; US) soundtrack of the 1990 film with music by Dino Saluzzi, David Darling, Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schonberg, Patti Smith, Meredith Monk, Heinz Holliger, Werner Pirchner, Paul Gigier. Currently Out-Of_print in the US
$35
JAN GARBAREK - Rites [2 CD set] (ECM; US) w/ Eberhard Weber, Marilyn Mazur, Rainer Bruninghaus, Jansug Kakhidze, Bugge Wesseltoft. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$30
HEINZ HOLLIGER - Scardenelli-Zyklus [2 CD set] (ECM; US) for solo flute, orchestra and choir. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
PAUL HINDEMITH/KIM KASHKASHIAN/ROBERT LEVIN - Sonatas For Viola/Piano And Viola Alone [2 CD set] (ECM; US) Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
VELJO TORMIS - Forgotten Peoples [2 CD set] (ECM; US) with Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
HILLIARD ENSEMBLE - Hilliard Songbook: New Music For Voices [2 CD Set] (ECM; US) with guest composer/performer Barry Guy; composers include Morton Feldman, Arvo Part, Ivan Moody et al. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
CARLO GESUALDO/HILLIARD ENSEMBLE - Tenebrae: Responsoria [2 CD Set] (ECM; US) Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
PATRICK DEMENGA/THOMAS DEMENGA - 12 Hommages A Paul Sacher Pour Violincello [2 CD set] (ECM; US) pieces by various composers - Berio, Henze, Ginastera, Holliger, Boulez et al - played by either Patrick or Thomas on cello. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
KEITH JARRETT/MOZART/STUTTGARTER KAMMERORCHESTER - Piano Concertos K 467,488, 595/Masonic Funeral Music K 477/Symphony In G Minor K 550 [2 CD set] (ECM; US) Jarrett on piano; Dennis Russell Davies cond.. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
KEITH JARRETT/J S BACH - The French Suites [2 CD set] (ECM; US) Jarrett on harpsichord. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
HEINZ HOLLIGER - Lieder Ohne Worte (ECM; US) Performed by trio of Thomas Zehetmair violin, Thomas Larcher piano, Ursula Holliger harp. Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
LENA WILLEMARK/ALE MOLLER - Agram (ECM; US) lutist Moller and violin/violist Willemark with Palle Danielsson, Mats Eden, Tina Johnson, Jonas Knutsson. Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
RALPH TOWNER - Ana (ECM; US) solo classical and 12 string guitars. Ana relies more on classical music than Ralph Towner's previous albums, several sections of Ana are as lovely and hypnotic as anything else in his catalog. Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
JACK DeJOHNETTE With JEROME HARRIS/DON ALIAS/MICHAEL CAIN - Oneness (ECM; US) Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
MICHAEL CAIN/RALPH ALESSI/PETER EPSTEIN - Circa (ECM; US) Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
KETIL BJORNSTAD/DAVID DARLING - The River (ECM; US) piano/cello duets Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
KETIL BJORNSTAD/DAVID DARLING/JOHN CHRISTENSEN/TERJE RYPDAL (ECM; US) Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
NILS PETER MOLVAER - Khmer [ltd 2 CD set] (ECM; US) ltd first run of el-trumpet player Molvaer's phenomenal solo debut on the ECM label included a 2nd CD of remixed cuts off the first disc that had been sold as a CD ep in Europe only [which are NOT found on the German-only 'Remixes' CD we once carried].
OOP 2 CD version for $16
KENNY WHEELER/LEE KONITZ/DAVE HOLLAND/BILL FRISELL - Angel Song (ECM; US) Sometimes it's wise to be wary of great line-ups when they're doing a Manfred Eicher production [occassionally wimpy!] but not here. One of the top albums of '97! Supposedly in-print, this is the first time we've had copies [but not the quantity we asked for] in 4 years!
CD for $16
MARILYN CRISPELL/GARY PEACOCK/PAUL MOTIAN With ANNETTE PEACOCK - Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: The Music of Annette Peacock [2 CD SET] (ECM; US) Stunning interpretations of Ms. Peacock' tunes by longtime admirerer Crispell, many of which ["Blood", "Touching", "Cartoon", "Albert's Love Theme" et al, were originally written for her common-law husband Paul Bley's 60's repertoire - whom she met when the teen bride of Gary, who was Ayler's basssist at the time, and has been Bley's bassist on and off for over 40 years. Annette herself sings on the title cut's closing version, capping an otherwise instrumental odyssey through dark plains and slowly moving, yet highly emotional terrain. Regularly $28 we have some copies for.. 2 CD set for $20
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DMG RECOMMENDED GIG LIST FOR THE REST OF JANUARY 2004:
Friday January 23rd-
ZEENA PARKINS' 'Devotion' w/ RAZ MESINAI & JIM PUGLIESE plus FRED FRITH SOLO, 8PM at Leonard Nimoy's Thalia at Symphony Space, 95th & Broadway
PAUL HAINES MEMORIAL CELEBRATION at Tonic-107 Norfolk at 8pm featuring EVAN PARKER, ROSWELL RUDD, GEORGE CARTWRIGHT, SYD STRAW, KAREN MANTLER and others! Paul Haines was a wonderful poet whose words were used in Carla Bley's chronotransduction "Escalator Over the Hill", as well as for Curlew. Paul's double cd set called 'Darn It' features a stellar cast and is truly a treasure worth hearing!
Saturday January 24th-
HENRY KAISER SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR here at DMG - 13 Monroe St. at 2pm for FREE!!! An incredibly rare appearance by our favorite bay area guitar hero!! We can only get him to come here once every five years, so
HENRY KAISER/RAOUL BJORKENHEIM/JIM O'ROURKE/LUKAS LIGETI at 8pm at Tonic -107 Norfolk St. - Raoul is another guitar god to reckon with! HENRY KAISER/ALAN LICHT/MARI KIMURA/MARK DRESSER/JEAN COOK at Tonic at 10pm - another great line-up! Mari is a phenomenal violinist!!
BURNT SUGAR at Joe's Pub - 425 Lafayette St. at 9:30!
Sunday January 25th-
SEBASTIAN NOELLE Solo Guitar here at DMG at 7pm for free! Fine jazz guitarist who has collaborated with John Abercrombie!
Sunday Night Free-Style Series at CB's Lounge, 313 Bowery, starts at 7 PM ANDY LASTER/RONAN GUILFOYLE/SATOSHI TAKEISHI/TANYA KALMANOVITCH 8 PM TONY MALABY/JOHN HEBERT/JEFF WILLIAMS/JOHN O'GALLAGHER 9 PM SONIC OPENINGS UNDER PRESSURE [PATRICK BRENNAN / NEWMAN TAYLOR BAKER / STEVE SWELL / HILL GREENE] 10 PM RAS MOSHE/JACKSON KRALL/MATT HEYNER
DANIEL LEVIN cello & JOE MORRIS el. bass/guitar 8PM at ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St
JENNY SCHEINMAN W/ WILL HOLSTHOUSER and MATT MUNISTERI 9 PM at Barbes, 376 9th St. Brooklyn, (718) 965-9177
PERRY ROBINSON/MARK WHITECAGE/ROZANNE LEVINE/MATT SNYDER, 10 PM at 55 Bar, 55 Christopher St
FRED FRITH & JOHN ZORN at Tonic at 10pm for one set only - this dynamic duo play on rare occasion and always blow minds!!
Wednesday January 28th-
MARC RIBOT/ROY CAMPBELL/HENRY GRIMES/CHAD TAYLOR SPIRITUAL UNITY at Tonic at 8 & 10pm - Marc is really proud of this new band, so let's check them out!
BRIGGAN KRAUSS/JIM BLACK/RAHA RAISSNIA 9 PM at Barbes, 376 9th St. Brooklyn, (718) 965-9177
Thursday January 29th-
RON ANDERSON/GARY LUCAS/ANTHONY COLEMAN Squid's Ear 1st Anniversary Party at 619 E. 6th St. - Come on down and help celebrate w/ our good pals Phil & Kurt!!
MARK O'LEARY/STOMU TAKEISHI/MIKE SARIN at Tonic at 8pm - word is that Mark is a fabulous new jazz guitar hero and this is his Tonic debut!!
Friday January 30th-
SHELLEY HIRSCH & BARBEZ at Tonic at 8pm - Shelley does vocal improvisations to composer BERNARD HERMANN's film scores!!
Saturday January 31st-
PAUL ROGERS SOLO 6 STRING BASS & TRIO w/ NICK DIDKOVSKY & KEVIN NORTON at 7pm at Bowery Poetry Club for one set only!
Paul is a phenomenal bassist who rarely comes to town; this is his solo debut here! The trio w/ Dr. Nerve guitar hero (Nick) and wonder drummer/percussionist (Kev) should also be amazing - sponsored by us folks here at DMG!!!
REGGIE WORKMAN w/ KYOKO KITAMURA / WILL CALHOUN / YAYOI IKAWA/ KEVIN JONES / JASON MARSHALL / JOHN BEATY at Sista's Place, 456 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, (718) 398 1766
RAZ MESINAI/OKKYUNG LEE/DOUG WEISELMAN/BEN PEROWSKY at Tonic at 10pm - Raz' s music is always an exotic treat!
BUT FIRST, SEVERAL SPECIAL GIGS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT MISS!
1.THE PAUL HAINES MEMORIAL 'DARN IT' CONCERT AT TONIC [107 Norfolk St] tonite,1/23, at 8PM. With performances by Roswell Rudd, Evan Parker [who is is flying in just for this one appearance, as is...] George Cartwright,, METRIC ( group led by Emily Haines - Paul's daughter), Syd Straw, Michael Snow, Karen Mantler, and many more. This Live Presentation has never happened before and will likely never happen again, but for those who miss it, we found a few more copies we can offer of...
PAUL HAINES - Darn It! Poems By Paul Haines [2 CD set] (American Clave 1014/1018; USA) Musics and voices for the 32 performances of the late Paul Haines writings found here provided by Evan Parker, Robert Wyatt, George Cartwright, Bobby Previte, Wayne Horvitz, John Oswald, Melvin Gibbs, Derek Bailey, Don Pullen, Carla Bley, Jack Bruce, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Lucas, Steve Swallow, Yale Evelev (!), Mary Margaret O'Hara, Andrew Cyrille, Alva Rogers, J T Lewis, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Henry Threadgill, Peter Scherer, Greg "Iron Man" Tate, D D Jackson, Leo Nocentelli, D K Dyson, Dave Hofstra, Paul Bley, Ignacio Berroa, Lewis Barnes, Carmen Lundy, Fernando Saunders, Tim Wright, Paul Dutton... Way out of print, we just have a handful sealed with that custom silk-screened jewel case
2 CD set for $30
2. HENRY KAISER Solo Acoustic Guitar Saturday January 24th at 2pm for FREE here at DMG, 13 Monroe St.!! Another incredibly rare treat from our favorite bay area guitar hero who rarely visits NYC!! And he's bringing 20 CDRs with unreleased material, each different, to be sold ONLY at the time of his performance here [sorry, no mail order, no leftovers sold later] SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU GOTTA BE!
He'll also be doing 2 sets at Tonic later this day at 8PM [WITH RAOUL BJORKENHEIM, LUKAS LIGETI, and JIM O'ROURKE] and 10 PM [with ALAN LICHT, MARK DRESSER, MARI KIMURA, and JEAN COOK]!!!
3. PAUL ROGERS SOLO 6 StringContrabass AND TRIO w/ NICK DIDKOVSKY & KEVIN NORTON! Saturday January 31st at 7pm at Bowery Poetry Club - 308 Bowery
Bassist Paul Rogers is best known as a member of Mujician, the free improvisational quartet (featuring Keith Tippett) and is a frequent collaborator of Paul Dunmall. He continues to work with many of the originators of European creative music including Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, and John Stevens. This will be his solo debut for NYC!!!
AND NOW, ON WITH THE NEW STUFF!
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/BILL LASWELL/YOSHIGAKI YASUHIRO - Soup (P-Vine 5856; Japan) OK, fans of Painkiller, Massacre and even Last Exit - this one's for you! Damn, I've been waiting more than two years for something this hard-hitting involving bass-supremo Laz, this time in a killer power trio with Otomo [guitars and occasionally turntables] and, from Otomo's New Jazz Quintet, Yasuhiro [drums]. Four long pieces: "Mushroom", "Seaweed", "Crab", and of course "Duck" [Soup]. We had to get these from Japan ourselves, so stock is ltd.
CD for $23
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE'S NEW JAZZ QUINTET + TATSUYA OE - ONJQ+OE (P-Vine 5850; Japan) What happens when programmer/processor Oe gets involved with the quirky ONJQ? The result here is two long pieces that seem to start with chopped up resequenced samples of the group as a whole actually fed back leading into the band, or various members, playing in real time, creating slow-moving jazzy-jams. We had to get these from Japan ourselves, so stock is ltd.
CD for $23
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/TAKEO YAMASHITA - Plays The Music Of Takeo Yamashita (P-Vine 5804; Japan) Possibly you've heard of Mr Yamashita? He was the composer of soundtracks for several classic Japanese fims/animated features in the '60s and '70s [Giant Robot, Playgirl, Lupin The Third, Akuma Kun et al] . Here Otomo pays homage to what obviously was one of his childhood musical inspirations by producing an album of ingeneous covers with varying lineups from one cut to the next, featuring a wide array of well-known Japanese New Music players and vocalists: Sachiko M, Phew, Otomo, Haco, Tenko, Seiichi Yamamoto, Kazuo Imai, Kumiko Takara et al, along with Otomo's New Jazz Quintet backing on several of the 17 cuts. We had to get these from Japan ourselves, so stock is ltd.
CD for $23
DANIEL CARTER/SHANIR EZRA BLUMENKRANZ/KEVIN ZUBEK - Chinatown (Not Two 753) Featuring Daniel on tenor & soprano saxes, trumpet, flute & clarinet; Shanir on bass & oud and Kevin on drums & percussion. You just gotta love the unstoppable Daniel Carter for constant resourcefulness by playing more inspired and diverse musicians no matter what their background or genre is. Here Daniel goes head-to-head with one of the best young rhythm teams in NY - Shanir & Kevin from the great Israeli avant jazz trio - Satlah and also the Lemon juice Quartet. Shanir Blumenkranz plays both acoustic and electric basses (and oud!) and has become one of the most in-demand local heroes over the past five years, playing with giants like Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Jon Madof, Louie Belogenis and more. This super studio date was recorded righteously by former Laswell engineer Martin Bisi and he has done a great job of capturing this splendid, spiritual, free-jazz trio in their perfectly balanced glory. There are some fine somber moments when Shanir bows his bass reflectively as Daniel's tenor drifts over Kevin's nimble percussion. "Sun Dou" opens with Shanir's eloquent and exotic oud playing, as Daniel's melancholy tenor once again floats dreamily on top. As with many projects that Daniel is involved with, there is no leader here, often the bass and occasionally the drums will start a piece and set the pace, as all three players listen closely, respond and consistently connect. This hour-long set is wonderfully inspired and free-flowing throughout. We look forward to hearing this great trio at the Sunday Night Free-Style Series at CB's Lounge in the not-to-distant future.
Polish CD for $16
PAUL DUNMALL - Newsagents (Duns 032) Featuring Dunmall on tenor & soprano saxes, Philip Gibbs on guitar, Andrew Ball on piano & celeste, Neil Metcalfe on flute and Hilary Jeffreys on trombone. Since Mujician sax legend Paul Dunmall started the great Duns label in the mid-nineties, he has consistently presented (over a dozen) great yet little known improvisers to his fans worldwide. More recently some of these fine players (like Mr. Jeffreys) have turned up on other (non-Dunmall) sessions on the Emanem and FMR labels. All members of this quintet, except for pianist Andrew Ball, have been on a number of previous Duns discs, so we are becoming more familiar with their abilities. Since 'Newsagents' has no rhythm section, it deals with highly focused improv that doesn't necessarily have to swing or rely on a constant pulse. The title track is 46 minutes of restrained, yet intricate interaction. Often the three horns (sax, flute & 'bone) will swirl slowly as the create hypnotic long-tones, bending and blending slowly into a cautious dream-world. Philip Gibbs plays acoustic guitar and has been on many Duns discs so far, often plays with a sublime and fragile beauty, delicately weaving his lines with breathtaking resources as Andrew Ball plays dark chords underneath the ghost-like horns flutters. As on all Duns discs recorded at the Victoria Room in Bristol, Jonathan Scott's recording is warm and perfectly balanced. There is a section where the celeste, acoustic guitar and flute play with such restraint that it like walking on egg shells. Superb, sublime and filled with elegance. Need we say more, I think not.
CD for $14
URI CAINE - Dark Flame (Winter & Winter 095) Featuring Uri Caine on piano, Mark Feldman on violin, Ralph Alessi on trumpet, Don Byron on clarinets, David Gilmore on guitar, DJ Olive on turntables, Chen Sisi on yang-quin, Chan Toa on dizi, Michael Formanek on bass, Jim Black on drums and Aaron Bensusan, Sadiq Bey, Mark Chin & the Kent Wiger Bach Choir all on vocals. This is more Mahler music arranged by W&W super-hero and piano wonder Uri Caine performed live and of course, we are just excited as you! In stock by next Tuesday and longer review next Friday.
CD for $15
PAUL MURPHY - Red Snapper: Paul Murphy at CBS (Cadence 1167) Featuring Jimmy Lyons on alto sax, Dewey Johnson on trumpet, Karen Borca on bassoon, Mary Anne Driscoll on piano & voice and Paul Murphy on drums & percussion. This is a Columbia studio recording from June of 1982 and we did make a mistake in last week's newsletter by mentioning that this was Jimmy Lyon's date, when in fact it was Paul Murphy's. Formerly based in San Francisco, drum wiz Paul Murphy moved to NY in the early 70's and was most fortunate to be able to record in the legendary Columbia Records studio for this historic date. 'Red Snapper' consists of some 19 pieces, all under six minutes but still over an hour in length, a number of solos, duos and trios as well as the quintet are featured. Although I completely unfamiliar with Mary Anne and Paul (except for another date or two with Jimmy Lyons), both the piano and drums are endlessly inventive throughout. The first two pieces consist of solo drums and are filled with restrained fire. The quintet soon erupt on "The Scenery 1" with some high flying trumpet blasting on top of the cascading piano and drums. There are numerous duos for Jimmy's alto sax and Paul's drums which are all incredible, burning together with some fierce and intense force. If you do or don't already own that colossal Jimmy Lyons 5 cd box set on Ayler Records, you still would want to own this essential session as well - it is a wonderful thing to have this long lost gem available!
CD for $14
KEVIN NORTON'S LIVING LANGUAGE - Intuitive Structures (Cadence 1166) Featuring Louie Belogenis on tenor & soprano saxes, Tomas Ulrich on cello, John Lindberg on contrabass and Kevin Norton on vibes, percussion & drums. This fine quartet date was recorded live at the Knit's Old Office in November of 2002, back when the Knit still presented some downtown musicians Local percussion hero and composer Kevin Norton has a number of different projects or bands that exist simultaneously, each one has a different personality, a different concept. In the liner notes Kevin mentions that Living Language is about understanding the history and language of creative music and thus letting it grow and change. This all-star quartet embodies this philosophy by taking what they've learned and collectively building upon blending of spirits and ideas. 'Intuitive Structures' consists of four long pieces, including two versions of "Walking the Dogma". The version from the second set opens this cd and begins quietly with nimble vibes and slow-burning bass, later Louie's tenor enters and soars quickly, when Kevin moves over to the drums and starts swinging hard and fanning the flames, followed by strong solos from Tomas' cello and Kevin's spirited vibes. "Etude for Ricky W." is an intense group improv that erupts with nervous energy - soprano sax squawking, extensive bowed and percussively plucked bass and cello as Kevin creates fractured lines with hands and sticks on the drums and cymbals. Both strings once again weave their masterful sounds, buzzing richly together as Kevin's magical vibes shimmer and provide alien drones from time to time. The first version of "Walking the Dogma" closes this release and begins with an impressive drum solo, this is another long and winding journey that moves through varied sections and inspired solos from all members of this monstrous quartet. Living Language is a most apt name for this great quartet.
CD for $14
DOMINIC DUVAL/CONSTANCE COOPER/FIRST AVENUE - coming from us (Quixotic Records 5007) Featuring First Avenue which is William Kannar on bass & electronics; C. Bryan Rulon on piano & synth and Matt Sullivan on oboe, English horn & electronics with Dominic Duval on small bass plus John Lad, Kurt Briggs, Erich Schoen-Rene, Matt Goeke & Vernon Regehr on violins. I hadn't heard of composer Constance Cooper before this release or the Violin Octet Family, but I have heard First Avenue (a mostly electronic improv trio) on a few occasions, as well as on cd (OO Disc). Constance and Dominic have collaborated on two former projects for duos and trios with Dominic improvising to Constance's compositions. For 'coming from us', they've added the talents of First Avenue and a string octet. "Fanfare" and "Anti-Fanfare" open with mysterious swirling strings, piano, oboe and electronics. This music is occasionally eerie, yet highly focused, with an obvious thread holding it together. "Duo" features Dominic improvising to a written part for violin and it is a fragile and haunting piece. "Nightingales" was partially inspired by the microtonality of bird calls and it has a dark and dreamy vibe, slightly bent and unnerving. Next First Avenue improvise based on the previous theme and turn the sounds inside-out, which really provides a fascinating alien landscape. "Concerto for Soprano Violin" concludes our journey with a small orchestra (trio actually) of twisted plucked string fragments underneath some quirky violin soloing. I dig this entire work since it rarely gets too dense, yet remains engaging on a more subtle level of activity.
CD for $12
Seven NEW RELEASES FEATURING a DIVERSE CAST of GUITAR GREATS:
KEIJI HAINO - Hikari Yami Uchitokeaishi Kono Hibiki (PSF 8017) "First album of solo guitar by Keiji Haino in quite some time, but very much a departure from the mountain-levelling, continent-sundering, weather-system huge electric guitar releases of years past. 'Hikari yami...' is played just on acoustic, gut-strung guitar, entirely forsaking the effects and extreme amplification characteristic of his electric work. Over three lengthy improvised pieces, recorded in clothes-rustling close-up, Haino explores the full dynamic range of the instrument, working abyss deep into his eternal preoccupations of duration, decay, sustain and resonance. Vast spectrums of reference, from Bailey and Fahey to flamenco, oud music and bluegrass are invoked in single notes and brief phrases, only to be dismissed with confident authority. Another masterful piece of work from Haino, as replete with mystery and the sadness of existence as ever. The title roughly translates as 'Light darkness melting into one this vibration'. Haino advises the listener to play as loud as possible -- surely a first on an album of acoustic guitar." -- Alan Cummings.
Japanese CD for $20
DEREK BAILEY - Poetry and Playing (Paratactile 1116) Derek plays guitar and reads from the poems of Steve Dalachinsky (downtown wordsmith & scene-maker), Lyn Hajinian and Peter Riley. Duration 27 minutes. Utterly charming and certainly a novel idea.
UK CD for $17
GARY SMITH - FutureThoughtReveal (Paratactile 1115) This new trio features groove based improvisations which result in the most attractive yet exploratory guitar playing yet from the leader whose collective CV includes work with Hugh Hopper, John Stevens, Masayoshi Urabe, Shoji Hano and Bill Fay. Gary once played here at the old DMG and remains one of the unsung heroes of experimental electric guitar; you might recall his power/noise trio MASS?
UK CD for $17
KYOAKU NO INTENTION - Astral Projection (PSF 150) Featuring Munehiro Narita on guitar and Shoji Hano on drums. "Back at the dawn of the eighties, several years before the inception of High Rise, foot-down speed-freakin' guitarist Munehiro Narita had another unit which he called Kyoaku No Intention (Worst Intentions). Usually comprising just himself on electric guitar and a drummer, they cranked out some of the hardest hitting no-wave rock-improv of the time, analogous to very little apart from perhaps a more Neu-shackled version of the Doug Snyder/Bob Thompson 'Daily Dance' duo. Documentation was, unfortunately, minimal. That was until a couple of years ago when, with High Rise in one of their periods of dormancy, Narita decided to revive the name for some solo and collaborative shows around Tokyo. One of those gigs was with drummer Shoji Hano, and the combination of his resonant power and free-jazz inflected propulsion with the stinging, icicle-edge attack of Narita's guitar proved to be so explosive that the duo has now become a regular unit. On their second album for PSF, Narita and Hano are caught live in Tokyo a mere three months ago. Hano is always inventive around the kit, but he knows that crazed flail is just as valid in certain contexts as textural subtlety. Narita too was never one for treating the guitar as an ambient paintbrush, and his soloing here is as splattered and nerve-shreddingly exciting as ever. This is a brutal, consistently thrilling, cold fusion sound that makes little allowance for weak constitutions. Oh yeah." -- Alan Cummings.
Japanese CD for $20
ADAM ROGERS - Allegory (Criss Cross 1242) Featuring Chris Potter on tenor sax, Edward Simon on pianos, Adam Rogers on guitar & compositions, Scott Colley on bass and Clarence Penn on drums. This is ace jazz guitar hero Adam Rogers' second date as a leader and considering it is only January, I predict this will be one of this year's best jazz guitar gems! I remember Adam from a fine local fusion quintet called Lost Tribe from nearly a decade whose personnel included David Gilmore also on guitar, Dave Binney on alto sax and Fima Ephron on bass, all of whom have gone on to other great bands/sessions. The last time I caught Adam live he was subbing for Ribot in Electric Masada last year for a gig or two. From Adam's current quintet, we know both Chris Potter and Clarence Penn from their work with Dave Douglas, as well as numerous other bands. Both Scott Colley and Edward Simon also keep busy in a variety of bands, from what I recall. "Confluence", which opens starts with a slow, haunting theme but soon changes into an impossibly fast tempo with short yet expressive and daredevil solos from the piano, guitar and tenor sax, the rhythm team burning at a furious pace. The piece reminds me of one those great songs from Miles' quintet circa '67 like on 'Miles Smiles'. "Phyrigia" does have a rather hypnotic klez meets Trane sort of modal theme as Adam mentions and is filled with suspense, Scott's bass solo and Adam's guitar solo are cerebral and quietly mesmerizing, as in Chris' Trane-like tenor solo. What stands out throughout this great cd is Adam's composing, all challenging tunes which work on a few different levels at once. On "Was", there is a lovely, hummable melody is at the center, yet the quintet moves gracefully around it in a couple of waves. So far Adam has used his exquisitely warm, round jazz guitar tone, but on "Genghis" he opts for some Scofield-like grit to his tone, pushing Chris to also start bending his sax notes as well. That funky electric piano fits just right underneath as well. "Orpheus" is another deceptive gem with a quaint theme which gets more dreamy as it evolves, yet contains some unexpected difficult moments and yet another amazing (Pat Martino-ish) solo. Word from our pal postman Steve is that Adam Rogers often plays at the 55 Bar at 55 Christopher St., so we had better get on down there and check out this magnificent modern jazz quintet. A stunning cd on all counts!
CD for $15
LENNY BREAU - The Hallmark Sessions (Art of Life 1007) Unbelievable! A previously unreleased and long lost studio session featuring legendary and under-recorded jazz guitar hero Lenny Breau with (get this!?!) Rick Danko on acoustic bass and Levon Helm on drums, some five years before The Band! This treasure was recorded in Hallmark Studios in Toronto in November of 1961. Lenny Breau was one the greatest jazz guitarists ever, having invented a technique of tapping on the fretboard that no-one as ever equaled. His long career was plagued by problems and sadly he has only a few releases in print on cd. This important session contains 19 tracks, 7 originals and many jazz standards, traditional tunes and even delightful covers by Sabicas, Luiz Bonfa and Merle Travis. The rhythm section play extremely quiet and reverential throughout and Lenny does a number of astonishing solo pieces as well. We had this on the other day and one of my fusion-loving buddies was there, we were both completely
astonished by Lenny's playing! CD for $15
REN LUSSIER/GILLES GOBEIL - Le Contrat (Empreintes Digitales 0372) 'Le contrat' ('The contract') is a magnificent fresco inspired by Goethe's Faust and its infinite cultural ramifications. A symbiosis of one's ardour (Lussier) and the other's meticulousness (Gobeil). Haven't actually heard this yet, but Rene Lussier is one of my favorite guitarists and never does anything less than interesting, so perhaps we will review this in the near future. - BLG
Canadian CD for $14
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STPHANE ROY - Migrations CD (Empreintes Digitales 0373) Second release by Montreal-based composer Stphane Roy, following 1996's Kaleidos. A quest for happiness, a quest for meaning, the other and his universe, migration is a strange trail with its share of hopes and illusions. The three program pieces making up this album are such stops that have marked my migration through the American Midwest, three 'invitations to the voyage,' to the conquest of parallel worlds, that allowed me to transcend the cultural internation that came with five years spent abroad. This album begins with the freshest work, 'Appartenances', which celebrates the homecoming. It also provides an occasion to meditate on the position of the immigrant, where the excitement produced by the change of scenery is accompanied by the painful experience of the uprooting. The second work, 'Trois petites histoires concrtes', was realized in the course of my first year in St Louis (Missouri, USA). Its central place in this triptych indicates a very different kind of migration: it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the invention of musique concrte through an evocation of its founding processes. In the case of the third and last work, 'Masques et parades', the American migration also provided an opportunity to dream of new stylistic lands inspired by the circus, its nomad-like, its deeply moving and iconoclastic poetry. - FE blurb
Canadian import CD for $14
PHIL KLINE - Zippo Songs/airs of war & lunacy (Canteloupe Music 21019) Featuring Theo Bleckmann on vocals, Todd Reynolds on violin, Phil Kline on guitars & music and David Cossin on percussion. Certainly, a strange yet appropriate concept is used here. Bang-on-a-Can Composer Phil Kline takes some 25 short poems written on Zippo lighters by American GI's during the Viet Nam war and puts them to music. We also get three texts from Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon briefings and a cover of the Doors' classic "The End" which was featured in the film 'Apocalypse Now' (a harrowing account of the Viet Nam war, as well). The Rumsfeld section starts with "Briefing" which consists of layers of eerie (radio?) samples, guitar drones, shimmering string(s) and mystical percussion. As a big fan of Theo Bleckmann's enchanting voice, Phil has chosen well and surrounded Theo with subtle, hypnotic, minimal, repetition of el. guitar, violin and vibes or other percussion. The music reminds me of Steve Reich's "Different Trains" and feels like everything is in motion, all is in flux. The 'Zippo Songs' are short pieces which deal with the realities of war - "getting bummed, getting high, getting horny, getting bored, dying and finding (or losing) god." The music is often hypnotic and strangely soothing, unlike what the words are describing. It usually works when one is trying to make sense of the insanity of war, boiling things down to just snippets of reason behind the chaos. Many of these short pieces end with the feeling of dread as the guitar or violin start vibrating with selective distortion before the fade to black. I was unsure about this at the outset, but feel it does actually work in a rather twisted way. Who would've thought?!? Who could imagine!?!
CD release for $15
THREE MORE 1 SIDED RECORD ONLY LIMITED EDITION ALBUMS from TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS:
LAURIE SPIEGEL - Harmonices Mundi [1 sided clear vinyl lp] (TOTE 61) Since breaking away from downtown New York scene in the early 1980s, a scene she had helped create, Spiegel has lived as one of New York's most independent musicians, supporting herself by her software and circulating her music privately. The track on this release -- previously unreleased in its entirety -- is one of her most legendary: a realization of Kepler's 'Harmony of the Planets', originally commissioned in 1975 by Dr. Carl Sagan for inclusion on the Golden Record which accompanies the Voyager II spacecraft, and is now far beyond the orbit of Pluto in the vastness of interstellar space. -- FE press blurb
LP only release for $15
RAFAEL TORAL - Harmonic Series [1 sided clear vinyl lp] (TOTE 62) Portuguese musician, sound engineer and visual artist Rafael Toral focuses on the possibilities of ambient music, the electric guitar as a sound generator and high-risk improvisation. He has performed extensively throughout Europe and North America, and collaborated with Sei Miguel, Phill Niblock, Rhys Chatham, John Zorn, Thurston Moore, Dean Roberts, Christian Fennesz and Jim O'Rourke. His sound installations are interactive and unpredictable, often utilizing generative feedback systems, such as 'Toyzone' (a piece with modified electronic toys, custom relay circuits and multiple sensors), the mixed-media installation produced in collaboration with Paulo Feliciano for Sonic Boom - the Art of Sound, at the Hayward Gallery in London, 2000, or 'Echo Room', a piece for delayed feedback random sound filtering, at the BIG Torino art Biennale in 2002. - FE blurb
LP only release for $15
ARNOLD DREYBLATT - Point Source/Lapse [1 sided clear vinyl lp] (TOTE 63) As one of the most engaging of the second generation of New York minimal composers, Arnold Dreyblatt has developed a distinctive--And delightfully accessible--approach to composition and performance. Employing modified and invented instruments and a unique tuning system, his music is a vigorously rhythmic and richly textured romp through the natural overtone series. These two outstanding pieces for just-intoned electric guitar, bass violin, cimbalom, percussion and brass emphasize dynamics and sonorities, to stunning acoustical effect. - FE press info blurb LP only release for $15
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THE MEN X PERIENCE [MENACE] With BILL LASWELL/VERNON REID/BOOTSY COLLINS et al - La Mancha Negra: The Black Stain (P-Vine 5354; Japan) Imagine our surprise when ordering current P-Vine releases directly from Japan and discovering that they still had a handful of this CD that drove Laswell collectors nuts trying to get even when it came out. This is rapper/funkster Menace along with guests Laz [2 cuts] , Umar Bin Hassan [Last Poets], Vernon Reid, J Cool, Keziah Jones, Donald Black, Adamhead, Elsa Cornish and special guests Bootsy, Bruce Mack [Burnt Sugar] and Maceo Parker.
CD for $23
GILBERTO GIL - 1969 [aka Cerebro Electronico] (Universal 1030; Japan) Japanese-only reissue of the third Gil album (also known as both "Cerebro Electronico" or the self titled Gilberto Gil album), originally issued by Brazilian Polydor in 1969. "Every bit as in the zone as Gal's epochal '69 testament; musta been something in the Bahian water that year! The Brazilian military dictatorship of the time didn't know what the fuck to make of these records, but they knew they were plenty subversive & placed Gilberto & Caetano Veloso (don't sleep on his '69 White Album either, even though it's never been as hard to find as these two) under house arrest before exiling them for several years. Lanny, again, provides some of the most psychedelic guitarwork the world has ever known & studio wiz Rogerio Duprat outdoes himself on the almost-Dockstadteresque 'Objeto Semi-Identificado'. There's even a Mutantes cover ('2001' or 'Dois Mil e Uno') which out-freaks the original! Sample lyrics from 'Futurvel' (thanks, Babelfish!): 'Its body will be more shining/The mind, more intelligent/Everything in superdimension/The mutant is happyer/ Happy because/In the new mutation/ The happiness is made of metal". This was Gil's third album, and second in the Tropiclist style. While I've yet to hear a bad one from him, newcomers should observe the best-before-'75 rule & seek out s/t '68 (aka "Frevo Rasgado"; all the '68 Tropiclist records were sunnier & Sgt. Pepperier than the '69 freekouts), the epochal Tropiclia ou Panis et Circensis comp, and the more trad, but still excellent Expresso 2222 ('72) & Refazenda ('75). The 'album-in-exile' immediately following this one (s/t '71, Gravado em Londres) is still lost in the mists of time, and is probably a corker (along w/the 'lost' Caetano double album from '69, which was recalled & destroyed by the dictatorship!)." -- Jason Witherspoon. This version supercedes the prior Philips Japan CD version (PHCA 4227), and adds 5 bonus tracks (alternate takes and demos from the same era, a total of 35 extra minutes!)
CD for $24
RASCAL REPORTERS - Happy Accidents (ZNR 1010) An extraordinary progressive duo featuring Steve Gore and Steve Kretzmer on guitars, keyboards, bass, clarinet, percussion, drums and voices. Special guests include Dave Newhouse (The Muffins) on saxes and flutes, Nick Didkovsky (Doctor Nerve) on guitar, Dave Kerman and James Grigsby (U Totem) on percussion, Guy Segers (Univers Zero) on bass and Steve Feigenbaum (Random Radar utility outfielder) on guitar. The Rascal Reporters have been making challenging music for more than a quarter century and this is their 1988 masterpiece, originally on lp, but released here with over 30 minutes of bonus material. The complexity of the compositions and ideas here will thrill and astonish fans of rehearsal intensive progressive rock.
CD only release for $12
RADIO PIECE III - Tesseract and Monuments (ZNR 3001) Long-lived Connecticut trio of dual keyboardists and drums. Not sure if they are still around, but they had been around for a long time by the time that this release came out and really it shows. Mostly instrumental Canterbury and Zappa influenced music. The track "Gargantua" sounds more like Egg than anything else I've ever heard (other than Egg!), so you know that I have a fondness for this one... - Wayside blurb
CD release for $10 / 7 for the price of 6 CD sale list
MAGIC CARPATHIANS/CERBERUS SHOAL - The Life and Times of... (North East Indie 031) Well, if we aren't all just flies in a wind tunnel on Sunday, it's another gal-dang split cd from North East Indie and Cerberus Shoal. Strap on the good ears and give her a ride. This little (albeit dense) treat features those ex-Atman project-ers, The Magic Carpathians, from Poland. The most collaborative yet, where we find both bands swapping tracks and rearranging pieces and adding new tracks while changing old ones and havin' just a regular good old time, here in the land of our mutual imprisonment. Incorporating similar influences as on the Ducks and Drakes split CD with Guapo, Cerberus Shoal brings the flavor of Psychic TV and even Can into the Ash-Ra Temple-esque atmosphere of The Magic Carpathians. CD release for $10
ONLY A HANDFUL OF THESE ECM TITLES IN STOCK....
MEREDITH MONK - ATLAS [2 CD Set] (ECM; US) With Monk, Robert Osborne, Robert Een, Thomas Bogdan et al. Currently Out-Of_print in the US
$35
ARVO PART - Kanon Pokajanen [2 CD Set] (ECM; US) with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Currently Out-Of_print in the US.
$30
JEAN-LUC GODDARD - Nouvelle Vague [2 CD set] (ECM; US) soundtrack of the 1990 film with music by Dino Saluzzi, David Darling, Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schonberg, Patti Smith, Meredith Monk, Heinz Holliger, Werner Pirchner, Paul Gigier. Currently Out-Of_print in the US
$35
JAN GARBAREK - Rites [2 CD set] (ECM; US) w/ Eberhard Weber, Marilyn Mazur, Rainer Bruninghaus, Jansug Kakhidze, Bugge Wesseltoft. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$30
HEINZ HOLLIGER - Scardenelli-Zyklus [2 CD set] (ECM; US) for solo flute, orchestra and choir. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
PAUL HINDEMITH/KIM KASHKASHIAN/ROBERT LEVIN - Sonatas For Viola/Piano And Viola Alone [2 CD set] (ECM; US) Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
VELJO TORMIS - Forgotten Peoples [2 CD set] (ECM; US) with Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
HILLIARD ENSEMBLE - Hilliard Songbook: New Music For Voices [2 CD Set] (ECM; US) with guest composer/performer Barry Guy; composers include Morton Feldman, Arvo Part, Ivan Moody et al. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
CARLO GESUALDO/HILLIARD ENSEMBLE - Tenebrae: Responsoria [2 CD Set] (ECM; US) Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
PATRICK DEMENGA/THOMAS DEMENGA - 12 Hommages A Paul Sacher Pour Violincello [2 CD set] (ECM; US) pieces by various composers - Berio, Henze, Ginastera, Holliger, Boulez et al - played by either Patrick or Thomas on cello. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
KEITH JARRETT/MOZART/STUTTGARTER KAMMERORCHESTER - Piano Concertos K 467,488, 595/Masonic Funeral Music K 477/Symphony In G Minor K 550 [2 CD set] (ECM; US) Jarrett on piano; Dennis Russell Davies cond.. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
KEITH JARRETT/J S BACH - The French Suites [2 CD set] (ECM; US) Jarrett on harpsichord. Usually $36, we have some copies for...
$20
HEINZ HOLLIGER - Lieder Ohne Worte (ECM; US) Performed by trio of Thomas Zehetmair violin, Thomas Larcher piano, Ursula Holliger harp. Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
LENA WILLEMARK/ALE MOLLER - Agram (ECM; US) lutist Moller and violin/violist Willemark with Palle Danielsson, Mats Eden, Tina Johnson, Jonas Knutsson. Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
RALPH TOWNER - Ana (ECM; US) solo classical and 12 string guitars. Ana relies more on classical music than Ralph Towner's previous albums, several sections of Ana are as lovely and hypnotic as anything else in his catalog. Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
JACK DeJOHNETTE With JEROME HARRIS/DON ALIAS/MICHAEL CAIN - Oneness (ECM; US) Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
MICHAEL CAIN/RALPH ALESSI/PETER EPSTEIN - Circa (ECM; US) Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
KETIL BJORNSTAD/DAVID DARLING - The River (ECM; US) piano/cello duets Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
KETIL BJORNSTAD/DAVID DARLING/JOHN CHRISTENSEN/TERJE RYPDAL (ECM; US) Usually $16, we have some copies for...
$12
NILS PETER MOLVAER - Khmer [ltd 2 CD set] (ECM; US) ltd first run of el-trumpet player Molvaer's phenomenal solo debut on the ECM label included a 2nd CD of remixed cuts off the first disc that had been sold as a CD ep in Europe only [which are NOT found on the German-only 'Remixes' CD we once carried].
OOP 2 CD version for $16
KENNY WHEELER/LEE KONITZ/DAVE HOLLAND/BILL FRISELL - Angel Song (ECM; US) Sometimes it's wise to be wary of great line-ups when they're doing a Manfred Eicher production [occassionally wimpy!] but not here. One of the top albums of '97! Supposedly in-print, this is the first time we've had copies [but not the quantity we asked for] in 4 years!
CD for $16
MARILYN CRISPELL/GARY PEACOCK/PAUL MOTIAN With ANNETTE PEACOCK - Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: The Music of Annette Peacock [2 CD SET] (ECM; US) Stunning interpretations of Ms. Peacock' tunes by longtime admirerer Crispell, many of which ["Blood", "Touching", "Cartoon", "Albert's Love Theme" et al, were originally written for her common-law husband Paul Bley's 60's repertoire - whom she met when the teen bride of Gary, who was Ayler's basssist at the time, and has been Bley's bassist on and off for over 40 years. Annette herself sings on the title cut's closing version, capping an otherwise instrumental odyssey through dark plains and slowly moving, yet highly emotional terrain. Regularly $28 we have some copies for.. 2 CD set for $20
IF YOU MISSED OUR SPECIAL 'HAT ART/OLOGY/NOW CD SALE' EMAIL [yesterday] WITH OVER 140 TITLES ON SALE, go to our homepage now and read it now!!!
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DMG RECOMMENDED GIG LIST FOR THE REST OF JANUARY 2004:
Friday January 23rd-
ZEENA PARKINS' 'Devotion' w/ RAZ MESINAI & JIM PUGLIESE plus FRED FRITH SOLO, 8PM at Leonard Nimoy's Thalia at Symphony Space, 95th & Broadway
PAUL HAINES MEMORIAL CELEBRATION at Tonic-107 Norfolk at 8pm featuring EVAN PARKER, ROSWELL RUDD, GEORGE CARTWRIGHT, SYD STRAW, KAREN MANTLER and others! Paul Haines was a wonderful poet whose words were used in Carla Bley's chronotransduction "Escalator Over the Hill", as well as for Curlew. Paul's double cd set called 'Darn It' features a stellar cast and is truly a treasure worth hearing!
Saturday January 24th-
HENRY KAISER SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR here at DMG - 13 Monroe St. at 2pm for FREE!!! An incredibly rare appearance by our favorite bay area guitar hero!! We can only get him to come here once every five years, so
HENRY KAISER/RAOUL BJORKENHEIM/JIM O'ROURKE/LUKAS LIGETI at 8pm at Tonic -107 Norfolk St. - Raoul is another guitar god to reckon with! HENRY KAISER/ALAN LICHT/MARI KIMURA/MARK DRESSER/JEAN COOK at Tonic at 10pm - another great line-up! Mari is a phenomenal violinist!!
BURNT SUGAR at Joe's Pub - 425 Lafayette St. at 9:30!
Sunday January 25th-
SEBASTIAN NOELLE Solo Guitar here at DMG at 7pm for free! Fine jazz guitarist who has collaborated with John Abercrombie!
Sunday Night Free-Style Series at CB's Lounge, 313 Bowery, starts at 7 PM ANDY LASTER/RONAN GUILFOYLE/SATOSHI TAKEISHI/TANYA KALMANOVITCH 8 PM TONY MALABY/JOHN HEBERT/JEFF WILLIAMS/JOHN O'GALLAGHER 9 PM SONIC OPENINGS UNDER PRESSURE [PATRICK BRENNAN / NEWMAN TAYLOR BAKER / STEVE SWELL / HILL GREENE] 10 PM RAS MOSHE/JACKSON KRALL/MATT HEYNER
DANIEL LEVIN cello & JOE MORRIS el. bass/guitar 8PM at ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St
JENNY SCHEINMAN W/ WILL HOLSTHOUSER and MATT MUNISTERI 9 PM at Barbes, 376 9th St. Brooklyn, (718) 965-9177
PERRY ROBINSON/MARK WHITECAGE/ROZANNE LEVINE/MATT SNYDER, 10 PM at 55 Bar, 55 Christopher St
FRED FRITH & JOHN ZORN at Tonic at 10pm for one set only - this dynamic duo play on rare occasion and always blow minds!!
Wednesday January 28th-
MARC RIBOT/ROY CAMPBELL/HENRY GRIMES/CHAD TAYLOR SPIRITUAL UNITY at Tonic at 8 & 10pm - Marc is really proud of this new band, so let's check them out!
BRIGGAN KRAUSS/JIM BLACK/RAHA RAISSNIA 9 PM at Barbes, 376 9th St. Brooklyn, (718) 965-9177
Thursday January 29th-
RON ANDERSON/GARY LUCAS/ANTHONY COLEMAN Squid's Ear 1st Anniversary Party at 619 E. 6th St. - Come on down and help celebrate w/ our good pals Phil & Kurt!!
MARK O'LEARY/STOMU TAKEISHI/MIKE SARIN at Tonic at 8pm - word is that Mark is a fabulous new jazz guitar hero and this is his Tonic debut!!
Friday January 30th-
SHELLEY HIRSCH & BARBEZ at Tonic at 8pm - Shelley does vocal improvisations to composer BERNARD HERMANN's film scores!!
Saturday January 31st-
PAUL ROGERS SOLO 6 STRING BASS & TRIO w/ NICK DIDKOVSKY & KEVIN NORTON at 7pm at Bowery Poetry Club for one set only!
Paul is a phenomenal bassist who rarely comes to town; this is his solo debut here! The trio w/ Dr. Nerve guitar hero (Nick) and wonder drummer/percussionist (Kev) should also be amazing - sponsored by us folks here at DMG!!!
REGGIE WORKMAN w/ KYOKO KITAMURA / WILL CALHOUN / YAYOI IKAWA/ KEVIN JONES / JASON MARSHALL / JOHN BEATY at Sista's Place, 456 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, (718) 398 1766
RAZ MESINAI/OKKYUNG LEE/DOUG WEISELMAN/BEN PEROWSKY at Tonic at 10pm - Raz' s music is always an exotic treat!
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