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HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2004!!!
NEW FROM MAGMA! MARC DUCRET! GEORGE CRUMB/MARGARET LENG TAN! KAZUE SAWAI/MICHEL DONEDA/KAZUO IMAI/LE QUAN NINH/TETSU SAITO! HUBBUB! DOM MINASI!...NEW CLASSIC ISSUES ON THE 'VOICEPRINT' [VPT] LABEL INCLUDING THE NEW BRUFORD/BORSTLAP DVD and CD AND THE CLASSIC BRUFORD/MORAZ ALBUMS!!!...AND OUR REMAINING STOCKS OF THE DIW/AVANT LABEL OUTPUT - NOW NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE TO GET!
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Bruce and other DMG staff - besides Manny - have a spotty presence this Holiday Weekend, but don't think this means we're not ready to do business.
However, we will NOT BE SHIPPING OUT/CONFIRMING MAIL ORDERS UNTIL MONDAY, BUT WE WILL PUT ASIDE ITEMS IMMEDIATELY - IN THE SEQUENCE IN WHICH WE RECIEVE YOUR EMAILS/ORDERS.
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AND, For you IN-STORE SHOPPERS...
WE ARE HAVING A SALE ON ALL ITEMS FROM OUR USED CD RACK! THREEE DAYS ONLY: FRIDAY 11/26 THRU SUNDAY 11/28
$1 OFF ON ANY USED CD!!
$2 OFF EACH IF YOU BUY FOUR OR MORE!
PLUS, MANNY WILL BE OPEN TO WHEELIN' & DEALIN' ON ALL OUR USED AND RARE LPs & OUT-OF-PRINT CDs ON DISPLAY!
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AND, WE HAVE TWO! [COUNT 'EM] TWO! FREE IN-STORE GIGS THIS WEEKEND:
SATURDAY, November 27, 7 PM
DAVID BEARDSLEY & CLAIRE ELIZABETH BARRATT
Microtonal guitar ambient drones & "Cilla_Vee Movement Projects".
SUNDAY November 28th, 7 PM
ERNEST ANDERSON & ED KOLLAR
Returning guitarist Anderson with doublebassist Kollar!
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AND NOW, THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND'S CORNOCUPIA...
MARC DUCRET TRIO With BRUNO CHEVILLON/ERIC ECHAMPARD - Live (self produced; EEC) New for 2004; privately released by Mr Ducret in handmade made one-of-a-kind foldover covers - most are different. We got these directly from Mark! Our First listen of this was a BLAST! Bruce's longfrom review next week...assuming we have any left
CD for $15
KAZUE SAWAI/MICHEL DONEDA/KAZUO IMAI/LE QUAN NINH/TETSU SAITO - Une Chance Pour L'ombre (Victo 094; Canada) Kazue Sawai: koto; Michel Doneda: saxophone soprano et sopranino; Kazuo Imai: Guitare acoustique; Le Quan Ninh: percussion; Tetsu Saitoh: contrebasse. "This momentous world premiere meeting took place during the 2003 Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville. There were noisier, more blustery concerts and higher profile musicians in town that week in late spring, but few shows had such a high degree of quiet strength and empathetic grace." -- John Woodard, liner notes, October 2004
CD for $15
MAGMA - Kohntarkosz Anteria (Seventh REX XX; France) If my Kobaian doesn't fail me, the 45 minute 'Kohntarkhosz Anteria' was written circa 1972/1973, but never officially recorded, although a tiny piece of it appears on Inedits, and other little bits were grabbed and used in various other works (most notably the live versions of Kohntarkosz from 1974, which can be heard on the BBC album). Ever since reactivating Magma in the mid/late 90's, the band has really turned into a great unit on their own and one that, imo, compares quite favorably to their 'glory period'; the only thing lacking was new material. This isn't exactly a completely new, but still, as someone who has been waiting desperately for the band to put out something that isn't a re-recording of a 1970's work, I gotta say that is completely fine, and if it had been heard in 1974, it would be held in the same high esteem as MDK, Wurdah Itah or Kohntarkosz. Can't give anything much higher praise than that! A fantastic, clear recording that features: Stella Vander, Isabelle Feuillebois, Antoine Paganotti, Himiko Paganotti (vocals), James Mac Gaw (guitar), Emmanuel Borghi and Frederic d'Oelsnitz (Fender Rhodes and grand pianos), Philippe Bussonnet (bass) and the ol' badass himself, Mr. Zebehn Strain de Geustaah [Christian Vander] on drums, percussions and vocals, Packaged in a really nice digipack with two inserts [which raises the cost here], including a huge booklet with the entire libretto, so you can memorize all the words and sing along without looking, just like I did with my A&M LP copy of Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh that included the libretto when I was in High School...
Recommended, in case you couldn't tell! - Steve Feigenbaum, Cuneiform
CD for $22
BILL BRUFORD/MICHIEL BORSTLAP - Every Step A Dance, Every Word A Song (Summerfold 06 VPT; UK) These recordings are taken from a personal archive of the dates the Bruford-Borstlap duo have played since their first meeting at the Nijmegen Festival in Holland, in 2002. The nature of the music is conversational. In a small room, where most of the tracks were recorded, this may have the intimacy of a dinner table conversation between old friends ('Round Midnight, Every Step). But in a big hall, things may quite naturally become a lot more muscular and assertive ( 16 Kingdoms, Swansong ). They are quite capable of sounding like a band with three times as many people in it, yet at no time do they lose authorship, identity, or immediacy. The title of this album sets the scene for the pure pleasure found in these recordings, which ably display the passion both Bruford and Borstlap have for free expression and spontaneous performance. Released for the first time on CD these performances will appeal not only to fans of both Bill Bruford and Michiel Borstlap but also to all lovers of cutting edge, spontaneous music of any genre.
[The duo's DVD " In Concert in Holland " BBSF 007 DVD, simultaneously released, features an entirely different programme.]
CD for $16
BILL BRUFORD/MICHIEL BORSTLAP - In Concert In Holland [DVD] (Summerfold 07 VPT; UK) This 90 minute DVD was filmed in two locations in Holland and brings together two of the leading lights in modern improvised music, the virtuoso Dutch pianist Michiel Borstlap, and British drummer Bill Bruford. The main programme of approximately one hour of concert footage from Nijmegen is accompanied by a further half-hour of backstage footage and bonus tracks from Maastricht. Each DVD is one of a limited edition of 2000 that comes with a bonus audio CD of the DVD soundtrack, and is individually numbered. Neither quite rock, nor quite jazz, both men believe in a music with immediacy, with authorship, and without boundaries or safety nets. Their instant compositions resonate with happy coincidence, brilliant technique, human accident, unforced error, missed chances, astonishing good luck, hidden intentions, oblique references and the full catalogue of happenstance that is mirrored in all human existence, and is just the kind of place in which both men can live and breathe and have their being. This wonderfully evocative live DVD captures two great musicians pushing the boundaries of music and particularly jazz.
[The duo's CD "Every Step A Dance " BBSF 006, simultaneously released, features an entirely different programme.]
DVD [+bonus CD] for $24
GEORGE CRUMB/MARGARET LENG TAN - Makrokosmos I & II: 24 Fantasy Pieces After The Zodiac, For Amplified Piano [DVD] (Mode 142; USA)
SPECIAL DVD EDITION FEATURES:
The complete performance filmed by Hong Kong director Evans Chan
Interview of George Crumb & Margaret Leng-Tan by Don Gillespie, long-time friend and Crumb's publisher
Recorded in 5.1 Surround Sound plus alternate PCM-stereo track in Dolby Digital and additional DTS audio with subtitles in French, German, and Spanish
AUDIO PORTION PRESENT ON BOTH DVD & CD EDITIONS:
Crumb's Makrokosmos I & II, modeled after the Zodiac, each Book consists of 12 short movements, presented in their entirety here on one disc - were written to expand the world of color and sonic possibilities which a single piano and pianist could create. Pianist Margaret Leng-Tan - considered the leading exponent of "extended" piano techniques - is at her best with this music
In addition to playing the keyboard, the pianist is required to strum and pluck the strings; apply glass tumblers and paper to the piano interior; as well as chant, whistle and whisper - to create a work at times pastoral, mysterious, jubilant, dark, otherworldly and terrifying
Composer supervised recordings in celebration of his 75th birthday
DVD FOR $22
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CD [music only] for $15
PAUL LYTTON/JEFFREY MORGAN - Terra Icognita (Konnex 5128; Germany) Paul Lytton percussion and electronics; Jeffrey Morgan alto and tenor saxophones
CD for $18
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/MARTIN TETREAULT - 1. Grrr (AM 131; Canada) In the spring of 2003, Martin Tetreault and Otomo Yoshihide toured part of Europe in a 15-date, 16-day marathon. Out of these improv concerts, six were captured on various media : CDr, dat and minidisc. The thought of preserving these moments came naturally to the ears of our two turntablists and was motivated by the renewed pleasure of playing together and of course by the quality of the music, which, night after night, explored new forms ranging from sonic economy to something much harsher. On this first installment in a planned trilogy, they present their noisiest material, hence the very apt title 1. Grrr.
CD for $14
HUBBUB - Hoib (Matchless 60; UK) Third CD from this French improvisational group, featuring: Frederic Blondy, Bertrand Denzier, Jean Luc Guionnet, Jean-Sebastien Mariage, Edward Perraud. 2nd release on Matchless, they also have a CD on For Four Ears. "From a line, and from's it's slowness, that vibrates, that, trembles, I say, that it is, no more talkative, than a cloud, of its likeness, or than a, gust of wind, in the trees, Now, felling, compelled, to produce words, I say, that it is no, more silent, than a fearful dog, than a satisfied cat, or, than a disturbed, cow, then all bark, purr, or moo, One calls, and the world, answers, One keeps silent, and the world, calls us. This is to be, at the heart, of a line, that vibrates, that trembles, The line dwells, on the side, of the, w o r l d."
CD for $19
DOM MINASI QUARTET - Quick Response (CDM 1005; USA) Featuring master jazz guitarist Dom Minasi, the ever-inspired Mark Whitecage on alto sax, Kyle Koehler on organ and John Bollinger on drums. 'Quick Response' is the exciting new release by versatile virtuoso guitarist-composer-arranger Dom Minasi. The follow up to Dom's acclaimed 'Time Will Tell' finds him returning to the organ group concept he began exploring back in the eighties before he stopped performing publicly. The new unit, featuring organist Kyle Koehler, alto saxophonist Mark Whitecage, and drummer John Bollinger, is as multitalented and flexible as the leader himself, allowing the band to immerse itself in the soulful organ jazz tradition, while at the same time turning it on its side to create music that is emotionally satisfying, intellectually stimulating and insistently forward looking.
Dom is of course, one of the unsung heroes of cosmic, complex electric jazz guitar, he really has no peers, he is his own man. Check him out & you will be blown away.
CD for $14
HAYES GREENFIELD - Peace Of Mind (Dots & Lines 251; USA) With David Berkman, Cameron Brown, Mark Johnson, and special guest Joe Lee Wilson. Review next week.
CD for $14
CHARLIE WATTS & THE TENTET With EVAN PARKER - Watt's At Scott's [2 CD set] (Sanctuary 63632; USA) During breaks from drum duties with the Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts used his time wisely by forming a band that could provide an outlet for his deep knowledge and love of jazz, especially bop. Watts assembled some of the U.K.'s finest musicians for this tentet, including bandleader, composer, arranger, and alto and soprano saxophonist Peter King, trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger Gerard Presencer, and the innovative avant-garde hero Evan Parker on tenor and soprano saxophones. The musical ground they covered over three nights in June 2001 at Ronnie Scott's club in London was captured on the Sanctuary double-disc Watts at Scott's. These 15 tracks provide an ample showcase for lyrical soloing and lively ensemble playing on familiar compositions by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, and Miles Davis, along with equally impressive originals from various tentet members, including Presencer's Latin-ish take on the Stones' "Satisfaction" called "Faction." Whether you're a jazz aficionado, casual listener, or even a Rolling Stones fan, upon hearing this set you'll agree that Charlie Watts is truly in his element.
2 CD set for $20
JESSE SHARPS QUINTET & P.A.P.A. [PAN AFRIKAN PEOPLES ORCHESTRA] - Sharps And Flats (Nimbus 3702; USA) with Nate Morgan, Carl Burnette, Sabir Mateen...and two cuts [live from '79 and studio from '85] WITH the late Horace Tapscott!!!
CD $13.00 7 for 6 SALE.
BORAH BERGMAN/ANTHONY BRAXTON/PETER BROTZMANN - Eight By Three (Mixtery 01; USA) Pianist Borah Bergman's name is listed first, but this recording is actually a free improvisation session where all three participants share equal weight. While Anthony Braxton and Peter Brotzmann have been active and extremely influential since the mid-'60s in the same general circle, this was their first recording together in 20 years. Both have their idiosyncratic styles, so a head-to-head meeting was likely to yield fascinating results. Throw in Bergman, whose single-mindedness is second to none, and one might expect well incendiary fireworks!
CD $12.00 7 for 6 SALE.
FIRST TIME ON CD...
DAVID ROSENBOOM/J.B. FLOYD/TRICHY SANKARAN - Suitable For Framing (Mutable 17517; USA) Reissue of this obscure Canadian album from 1975, originally issued on the A.R.C. Record label, with extended mixes and bonus material from the same period. Performed by David Rosenboom and J. B. Floyd (pianos, one in each channel) & Trichy Sankaran on South Indian percusion (mrdangam and kanjira). "On April 19th, 1975, at Northern Illinois University, three musicians met in a milestone event from which emerged a unique, improvising trio with two pianos and South Indian percussion. Fortunately, it was recorded and excerpts released on a long out of print LP. This CD recaptures the essence of the entire evening of musical discovery with previously unreleased music recovered from digitally reprocessed tapes recently discovered in diverse states of preservation."
CD for $14
L [HIROYUKI USUI] - Holy Letters (VHF 84; USA) "Recorded in 1989 and 1990, Hiroyuki Usui's barely circulated masterpiece of deeply felt self-expression beautifully captures the spirit and substance of a half-dozen key sub-underground pillars of sound. Working with guitar, vocals, vibes, harmonium, bass, drums, cello, field recordings, digeridoo, and more, Usui blends delicate folk, psychedelia, and experimental sounds into a mostly subdued but undeniably glowing suite. The layered but careful instrumentation on the epic title track and 'Troll' backs the alternately plain-spoken and crooning vocals perfectly. Odd touches like snatches of throat singing and bowed vibraphone leap out of the mix at just the right time. There are overt references to the blues (the first track is an oblique cover of 'Cold Was The Ground') -- but other than the occasional slide guitar touch, the connection is overwhelmingly in the timeless feeling and atmosphere. For anyone who's into Richard Youngs, Popol Vuh, Six Organs of Admittance, Tim Buckley, acid-folk, or Japanese underground, this is an essential purchase. VHF's reissue includes the entire CD and seven-inch from the original package, plus a tenminute bonus track from the original sessions. "
CD for $14
NED ROTHENBERG HAS FOUND A FEW MORE COPIES OF HIS HARD TO GET 'MOERS' CDS...
NED ROTHENBERG DOUBLE BAND With THOMAS CHAPIN - Overlays (Moers 2074; Germany) This is Rothenberg's Double Band: a sextet with the leader and Thomas Chapin on alto saxophones, Kermit Driscoll and Jerome Harris on electric bass guitars, and Billy Martin on drum kit as well as Adam Rudolph on other percussion. They use funky R&B beats as a vehicle for free, creative blowing within mostly structured yet extrapolated frameworks. Rothenberg's extended, overblown harmonic technique contrasts Chapin's more tonal approach. Not for timid creative-music listeners, nor new age mavens, but those who enjoy gutsy, meat and potatoes modern music will appreciate this. Recommended! - Michael G Nastos, AMG
CD for $18
NED ROTHENBERG DOUBLE BAND With THOMAS CHAPIN - Real and Imagined Time (Moers 3006; Germany) As the rhythms kick in on "Railbread" and the band starts churning through a rollicking groove, a sense of poignancy is unavoidable -- not the feeling one would normally expect from such an upbeat form of jazz-funk. But here they come, the two altoists up front in the stereo speakers, Ned Rothenberg to the right and [the late] Thomas Chapin to the left: two unbeatable downtown New York saxophonists, who -- along with the other four stalwarts of the Ned Rothenberg Double Band -- are ideally suited to realizing the bandleader's conception for this most satisfying amalgam of jazz, funk, rock, and avant-garde music styles. On the evidence of Real and Imagined Time, the group was on an upward trajectory when the CD was recorded in May and July of 1993. It's sometimes tempting to credit drummer Jim Black with enlivening every project he's in; let's just say that there's no evidence here to contradict that theory. Black and Billy Martin work together on drums as perfectly as Rothenberg and Chapin on saxophones; like the reedmen, they seem more like one musician with the physical resources of two -- that's how closely their playing is integrated. Rounding out the rhythm section -- or perhaps squaring off, given their sharp and percussive attacks -- are Chris Wood and Jerome Harris on electric basses, punchy and nailing the groove from start to finish. It's hard to imagine that it would be anything less than a tremendous recording -- and one to provoke the same mixture of joy and sadness as Real and Imagined Time. - Dave Lynch, AMG
CD for $18
NED ROTHENBERG DOUBLE BAND With THOMAS CHAPIN - Parting (Moers 3012; Germany) Featuring Ned Rothenberg & Thomas Chapin on saxes & flute; Jerome Harris on electric guitar & bass; Tony Scherr on basses and Michael Sarin & Samm Bennett on drums. Finally!! This is the third (studio) recording from one our favorite downtown all-star bands. Recorded in May of 1996 and finally seeing the light of day some 8 years later on a label that has had no US distribution in almost as long! Ned's phenomenal double band picked up where Ornette's Prime Time, also a double band, left off and blended its own unique avant/electric-jazz with elements of free, fractured and funky rhythms. What made this band so special was the way that Ned and Thomas played together and pushed each other into stratospheric flights of fancy. Both of these cats are amongst my favorite (alto mostly) saxists and both are resourceful, inventive, passionate and powerful players. Ned has written some wonderful, infectious, sly and sumptuous tunes here with inspired solos from each member of the band. Another under-recognized hero of ours is guitarist Jerome Harris who seems be playing acoustic and electric bass guitars most often nowadays, here he gets to stretch out a bit play a few fine electric guitar solos. Since this gem was recorded Samm Bennett has moved to Japan and our kind friend Thomas Chapin died of leukemia in February of 1998, a tremendous loss to those who knew and heard him play, as well as those who will still be awed by his incredible playing. This superb offering is dedicated to him and Ned has written some bittersweet liner notes in his memory. Moers Music still has no domestic distribution for the near future, so this essential release can only be found from your friends at DMG for now.
CD for $18
HISTORIC REISSUES AND RESTOCKS... AND THE 'CABARET VOLTAIRE - DOUBLEVISION' DVD!!!...
L.A.F.M.S. [LOS ANGELES FREE MUSIC SOCIETY] - The Lowest Form Of Music [10 CD Box set] (RRR 17; USA) The Los Angeles Free Music Society was a complete screwball fringe music collective that peaked in the true heart of darkness -- America in the mid 70s. They self-released LPs, 7"s and cassettes in the dawn before real independent distribution and the myth that surrounds those sacred pressings has in recent years become feverish. Mixing pure sonic weirdness, musique concrete, free improv blare, fringe-noise-nonsense and much moret. This unbelievable box of 10 CDs, which took a number of years to finally assemble, features music by Le Forte Four, The Doo Dooettes, Airway, Tom Recchion, Rick Potts, Dennis Duck, Fredrik Nilsen, Joe Potts, Chip Chapman, Monique et Aviv, John Duncan and CV Massage, and more. Comes with a stunning 36 page booklet of full color photographs, 60 page book of extensive notes by the many contributors; all encased in a sturdy, letter-pressed chipboard box.
10 CD set for $100
MERZBOW - Batztoutai With Material Gadgets [2 CD set] (RRR 06; USA) New packaging in paper sleeve with xerox cover; cheaper than before (but less money, too). Sub-titled: De-Composed Works 1985-86. Disk 1 is a remix of the long o/p RRR DBLP (with this new retrospective note: "Fake electro acoustic music dedicated to GRM/INA, Wergo, DG, Phillips & Erato recording artists"). Disk 2 is called "Loop Panic Limited," and is a recording of loud/dense cut ups from various records; recorded 1985-86. One of the classic Merzbow recordings
CD for $10
WHITE NOISE [DAVID VORHAUS] - An Electric Storm (Island 09482; UK) Classic electron-psych LP from '68 (released by Island). Spearheaded by one David Vorhaus, a staff member at BBC studios and widely rumored as co-creator of the music to BBC television's cult classic Dr. Who series. With Paul Lytton on percussion; Val Shaw, Annie Bird, and John Whiteman on vocals. Originally released by Island Records in 1969, the debut White Noise album also featured Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson, who had worked for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
The instrumentation consisted of early electronic instruments and a huge amount of tape manipulation, the standard techniques of the Workshop in those days. The album emerges here on CD - in a "matrix mixed" format "David Vorhaus, a pioneer of sound technology and inventor of the Kaleidophon [visually similar to a Chapman Stick] electronic musical instrument, sent the world of the 1960's into an aural spin as cult originator of the first White Noise album, "An Electric Storm". That definitive electronic release trickled through the consciousness of the times offering sounds until then unheard by human ears - it went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. In hindsight, the album seems so far ahead of its time that it has taken the world a while to catch up. Only now are DJ's, producers and dance experimentalists acknowledging the influence of the Vorhaus soundscapes on their music. Always obsessed by the farthest reaches and possibilities of technology and musical creation (understandable when you have, as Vorhaus did, a background both in classical orchestral bass playing and electronics/physics), he has become one of the granddaddies of electronic music."
CD for $18
SUICIDE [MARTIN REV/ALAN VEGA] - Suicide [Expanded 2 CD edition] (Mute 9104; USA) 2000 double CD reissue of the astounding debut Suicide album (originally released by Red Star in 1978). Suicide were Alan Vega (voice) and Martin Rev (electronics). First disc features the original album; the 2nd disc features the legendary 23 Minutes Over Brussels session (live at CBGB's, 5/25/78), which was originally issued as a flexi-disc. Packaged with a 1996 interview in the booklet between Rev, Vega & Red Star's Marty Thau. Classic punk-electronic trance that sounds as intense and vivid as ever and unlike some of their peers from the era, still as dangerously futuristic.
2 CD set for $18
SUICIDE [MARTIN REV/ALAN VEGA] - The Second Album + The First Rehearsals [Expanded 2 CD edition] (Mute 9105; USA) 2000 re-release (previously on Blast First UK). "The re-release of Suicide's second 1980 'pop' album, produced by Rick Ocasek.
CD1 features the full album + extra tracks in the form of the A ("Dream Baby Dream" -- their biggest 'hit') & B ("Radiation") sides of the single of the time.
CD2 is 45 minutes of previously unreleased tracks from their first rehearsals in 1975. The fourteen tracks show a surprisingly commercial bent, being mostly songs rather than being nascent versions of the material that appears on the first album. Suicide fans will have their first chance to see how the band evolved. Booklet features a lengthy interview and sports a wild new cover showing the boys in their 1972 street clothes.
2 CD set for $18
CABARET VOLTAIRE - Double Vision Presents Cabaret Voltaire [DVD] (Mute 9261; USA) "On its original release in 1982, Double Vision Presents Cabaret Voltaire was one of the first independent long form videos ever made and features fourteen visual representations of Cabaret Voltaire tracks including 'Nag Nag Nag', 'Obsession' and 'Diskono'. The communications company Double Vision was founded by Cabaret Voltaire and Paul Smith in 1982, initially as a vehicle for this particular release but also with a view to releasing affordable music based video for a fraction of the price. This DVD release is purposely true to the quality and sound reproduction of the original release." NTSC All-region; 85 minutes.
DVD for $18
CABARET VOLTAIRE - The Living Legends: The Singles (Mute 9175; USA) 2002 CD version of this compilation of Cabaret Voltaire first 6 singles, originally released on Rough Trade from 1978-1981. Includes the legendary Extended Play EP (the third release on RT, from '78, with "Do the Mussolini", "Nag Nag Nag", etc)
CD for $16
CABARET VOLTAIRE - Mix-Up (Mute 9172; USA) 2002 edition of 1st Cabaret Voltaire album, originally released by Rough Trade in 1979. Cabaret Voltaire were Chris Watson, Stephen Mallinder & Richard H. Kirk. Classic proto-industrial/rock. "Impressively harnesses noise, primitive rhythm box percolations, tape loops, garbled vocals, and blasts of Farfisa. 'Kirlian Photograph' is an ugly slab of dub with frizzling snaps of white-heat buzz, clunky percussion, and a plodding bass line forming its skanking, roiling rhythm. Both the bass and incidental vocals are relegated to the back of the mix as the piercing detritus takes center stage. A cover of the Seeds' 'No Escape' evidences Cabaret Voltaire's paradox as a seemingly anti-rockist band who -- at their heart (for the first several years, at least) -- was a garage band.
CD for $16
CABARET VOLTAIRE - The Voice of America (Mute 9173; USA) 2002 edition of the third CV album, originally released on Rough Trade in 1980. Assembled in the seclusion of the band's own studio in Sheffield called Western Works, as were Mix-Up and Red Mecca.
CD for $16
CABARET VOLTAIRE - Red Mecca (Mute 9174; USA) 2002 edition of the 6th CV album, originally released in 1980. "It's a taught, dense, horrific slab lacking a lull. Dashes of Richard H. Kirk's synthesizer are welded to Chris Watson's tape effects for singed lashes of white noise, best heard on the lurching 'Sly Doubt' and the jolting 'Spread the Virus.' Throughout, Mallinder's sinister jibber jabbering punctuates the high-pitched menace. The record contains all the characteristics that have made the Sheffield group such an influential entity when it comes to electronic music." -- AMG.
CD for $16
THE INTERNATIONAL SUBMARINE BAND - Safe at Home (Sundazed 6206; USA) Just before Gram Parsons cut a wide swath through American music with Sweetheart Of The Rodeo-era Byrds and the Flying Burrito Bros., he forged a new musical genre with the seminal 1967 country-rock sides he cut with his legendary International Submarine Band. Sundazed Music, in conjunction with Shiloh Records, is proud to present a compact disc release of the ISB's highly collectible Safe At Home album, taken for the first time from the pristine, two-track stereo LHI-label masters, now sporting accurate original artwork, rare photos and a revealing new essay by noted author Sid Griffin. We've added the last piece to the jigsaw puzzle by remarrying the originally unissued track 'Knee Deep In The Blues' (recorded during the Safe At Home sessions) to this resoundingly important musical statement. It's a young, confident Gram Parsons here, showing the world he's ready for business and firing the first volley in an amazing -- if too brief -- career that would soon stand the rock 'n' roll world on its ear.
CD for $12
DANCEHALL STRINGBUSTERS! [V.A.] - Crunchy Guitar Instros from the 60s (Sundazed 11146; USA) Following hot on the heels of our groundbreaking Lost Legends of Surf Guitar series, Sundazed's new earth-shaking compilation -- Dancehall Stringbusters! Crunchy Guitar Instros From The '60s -- is an instant Friday afternoon kegger that features a stunning array of hallowed, guitar-slinging heroes. From the paint-blistering sounds of Link Wray to the reverb-swamped work of Al Casey, Stringbusters spotlights wall-to-wall, rawboned instrumentals from revered guitar heroes like the Fireballs, Wes Dakus and Roy Buchanan (undercover here as the Secrets). And we've also added a large helping of forgotten wirebending warriors that are every bit as devastating; Teddy and the Rough Riders, the Riptides, Kathy Lynn and the Playboys, Alan Pierce and the Tone Kings and Jay Bee and the Kats take a back seat to no one. Remarkably, these 20 tracks, chock-full of growling fretboard mojo, form a cohesive statement through the very attribute they all share: they just can't be pigeon-holed.
CD for $15
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NEW REISSUE CLASSICS ON THE VOICEPRINT [VPT] GROUP OF LABELS... AND RESTOCKS OF SELDOM SEEN OLDER TITLES...
PATRICK MORAZ/BILL BRUFORD - Music For Piano And Drums (Winterfold 01 VPT; UK) Following his first group, 'Bruford', Bill Bruford worked with another former member of Yes, Patrick Moraz. Whilst they were never in Yes at the same time both Bruford and Moraz's roots and influences lie in jazz and it was in the mid-eighties that the two musicians came together to record two albums of eclectic drum and keyboard based music. The first one, the all-acoustic 'Music For Piano And Drums' [only previously available on CD from Japan 15 years ago!], was well-received and included diverse material such as the Max Roach composition This Drum Also Waltzes [a Bruford solo piece] and self-written material like Living Space. All of the music recorded by Bill Bruford during the years 1978-1985 has a resonance that still rings loud and true today and is being discovered by a new and eager audience for whom the music and performances remain as fresh and as exciting as it was for those who discovered it the first time around.
"A wonderful treat of a record - now finally available without having to pay $250 for the Japanese CD edition on eBay!" - MannyLunch
CD for $16
PATRICK MORAZ/BILL BRUFORD - Flags (Winterfold 02 VPT; UK) 2nd duet album is electric keyboards and electric drums
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DAEVID ALLEN/INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF OZ - Bananamoon Studio Tapes (Bananamoon Obscura 10 VPT; UK) [ltd. edition of 1000 copies] During the eighties Daevid eventually found himself back in his native Australia. It was during this period that Daevid continued to make music and form various musical alliances. One of the bands Daevid formed was The Invisible Opera Company Of Oz. The band recorded albums worth of songs to act as a demo for agents back in the UK where there was a big interest in Daevid and his musical ventures. Daevid had been exiled from the UK for ten years and the subsequent tour would see the triumphant return to UK venues of the man who was hard categorize. The recordings were made during a full moon and the resultant tapes were also mixed during a full moon also for good measure. These tapes recorded on the eve of Daevid's return to the UK following his self imposed ten year exile are now to be made available as part of the ongoing Bananamoon Obscura series of recordings all of which have been chosen by Daevid and re mastered for release. The albums are also extremely collectable being as they are limited to just one thousand copies each. The previously released albums in the series have received good reviews and were warmly received by Daevid's large and loyal fan base.
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ANTHONY MOORE - Pieces From The Cloudland Ballroom (Blueprint 327 VPT; UK) 'Pieces From A Cloudland Ballroom' are part of a trilogy written in Germany in the early 1970's. The album has never been released before on CD outside Japan and it is due to pressure from Anthony's followers that it is now available. Anthony continues to perform with 'Slapp Happy' and with Peter Blegvad to the delight of enthusiastic audiences around the world. With lovingly chosen artwork this album will be well received by followers of the progressive rock scene as well as fans of 'Slapp Happy'.
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ANTHONY MOORE - Reed Whistle And Sticks (Blueprint 281 VPT; UK) Recorded in 1972, "Reed, Whistle and Sticks", part of a trilogy, was designed to explore a further, obvious attitude of repetition, which is its function in relationship with memory. Less obvious perhaps is the idea of memories that are unconciously formed, memories that are not immediately perceived. I prepared a surface of different materials on the studio floor; wood, glass, cloth, metal and plastic. Next I took a handful of bamboo sticks numbering around fifty and each a differing thickness and length, say between eight and twelve centimetres. A pair of microphones were placed sterephonically just above and to each side of the surface of materials. Holding my hands out in front of me, I proceeded to let the sticks fall slowly through my fingers and onto the prepared surface below. I recorded a series of 'drops' each lasting roughly between twelve and twenty five seconds before the sticks came to rest. A selection of these "drops" were then looped so that the sound was continuous, the repetition disguised as a linear, changing flow of events, rather than a repeating cycle.
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ANTHONY MOORE - Secrets Of The Blue Bag (Blueprint 328 VPT; UK) Secrets Of The Blue Bag' was recorded live in 1972 and is part of a trilogy. The album has never been released before on CD outside Japan and it is due to pressure from Anthony's followers that it is now available. With lovingly chosen artwork this album will be well received by followers of the progressive rock scene as well as fans of 'Slapp Happy'.
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ANTHONY MOORE - Out (Voiceprint 165 VPT; UK) Twenty-plus years late, Out is the 'new' album from Canterbury scene maestro Anthony Moore. Recorded in 1977, Out proves to be a stunning showcase of musical textures, riffs and lyrical wonderment complete with guest appearances from Andy Summers' strumming his stuff in a pre - Police kind of way, Kevin Ayres doing what a Canterbury legend does best and a reunion with fellow Slapp Happy / Henry Cow guru Peter Blegvad. This is the album that Canterbury scene / Henry Cow fans have been waiting for. Out is finally OUT!!!
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FRED THELONIUS BAKER - Missing Link (Blueprint 245 VPT; UK) This CD reflects the hidden treasures in Fred's solo repertoire, honed and refined over the past 20 years it fills in the gap in his recording history and is a demonstration of Fred's outstanding technique. It also highlights his ability to cross musical boundaries from Bach to Blues to the Abstract with equal aplomb. His chosen instrument is the Electric Bass both fretless and fretted, with two tracks featuring his other well loved instruments, electric and acoustic guitars.
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DAEVID ALLEN With HUGH HOPPER & PIP PYLE - Brainville Live In The UK (Bananamoon Obscura 02 VPT; UK) [ltd. edition of 1000 copies] The most eccentric 3-piece jazz-rock outfit of the Canterbury school! Most of the songs here written by Allen & Kramer
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DAEVID ALLEN/DIVIDED ALIEN PLAYBAX - Vol 1: Live At The Mistake, Cleveland (Bananamoon Obscura 08 VPT; UK) [ltd. edition of 1000 copies] Volume One of this set contains the tracks Poem To Kevin Ayers and Poem To Robert Wyatt both of whom had been members alongside Daevid In Soft Machine and also Poem Terry Reilly the avant garde musician who was also an influence on Daevid Allen. This is the first time these recordings have been made available and as such will be of interest to the huge following Daevid Allen commands.
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DAEVID ALLEN/DIVIDED ALIEN PLAYBAX - Vol 2: Live At The Mistake, Cleveland (Bananamoon Obscura 09 VPT; UK) [ltd. edition of 1000 copies] Volume 2 of this set contains more previously unreleased performances including the tracks Don't Be Afraid, Strong Woman and Opium For The People, which had previously been recorded with Planet Gong.
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BONZO DOG BAND - Anthropology: The Beast Within (DJC 08 VPT; UK) The ultimate art school band, formed at Goldsmiths College in 1965. Their musical style was a mixture of highbrow anarchy and lowbrow nostalgia. They appeared in The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour film and this led to a record contract and the release of their debut album Gorilla in 1967, which was dedicated to King Kong. They found a mass audience on the late 60's TV show Do Not Adjust Your Set, which also featured Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. In 1968, Paul McCartney under the guise of Apollo C Vermouth produced their number one hit single I'm The Urban Spaceman. The band split after their fourth album Keynsham, released in 1969 but reunited for contractual obligations to record Let's Make Up And Be Friendly in 1972, This only featured Stanshall, Legs Larry and Innes from the original band. This compilation documents the development of The Bonzo Dog Band from 1967/68 and is sourced from rehearsals, demos and outtakes of work in progress.
Line Up: Vivian Stanshall, Neil Innes, Roger Ruskin Spear, Legs Larry Smith, Dave Clague, Rodney Slater, Joel Druckman, Dennis Cowan, Sam Spoons, Vernon Dudley, Bohay-Nowell.
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ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR [BONZO DOG BAND] - Electric Shocks/Rebel Trouser (DJC 05 VPT; UK) Anyone who's remotely fannish towards the Bonzos will no doubt either have, or will get their mitts on this album. Master Spear played in and amongst the Bonzos for a time, so it will come as no surprise to hear what's on offer here. It's basically the old style jazz with humour interlaced throughout. Electric Shocks, and Rebel Trouser (an ep) were released by United Artists, and now on DJC together. There's one or two 'guest' musicians that should be familiar to one or two of you: Chris Welch, BJ Cole, Dave Clague, and a certain T. Newmann, not sure if this is Tom Newmann, he of later Tubular Bells fame. The majority of the music is like early Bonzo, Jollity Farm type jazz/humour, and the puns and stabs abound on tracks like Mattress Man, Patrick Moore, two likeable covers of All By Yourself In The Moonlight and Living Doll. You also get Spear's version of Trouser Press, as well as Release Me and Captain Beefheart's Drop Out [Boogie]. A definite must for Bonzo fans!
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KEITH CHRISTMAS - Brighter Day (Voiceprint 220 VPT; UK) Keith Christmas first came to prominence in the early seventies following the release of his debut album in late 1969. Keith Christmas recorded two further albums with help in the recording studio from the band Mighty Baby and toured in support of those albums with the likes of the Who, Ten Years After, King Crimson and Roxy Music. It was also during this period that Keith famously played on the David Bowie album Space Oddity and featured at the first Glastonbury festival in 1971. In early 1974 Keith temporarily abandoned his solo career for a short stint as vocalist with the Esperanto Rock Orchestra and singing on the album Danse Macabre. Following this album Keith returned to solo work and was signed to the Manticore label, which was the label, owned and managed by Emerson Lake and Palmer. This album was produced by Greg Lake and Pete Sinfield and also featured a stellar cast of supporting musicians including the likes of former King Crimson members Ian McDonald, Mel Collins and Ian Wallace and former members of the Grease Band Alan Spenner and Neil Hubbard. Two singles were released from this album and although sadly neither single made the singles chart although both are now quite collectable The American version of the album differed from it's British counterpart in that it featured the track My girl in place of the track Getting' Religion. This re issue is the first of the two albums Keith recorded for Manticore records in the seventies, has been re mastered for release and also includes a bonus track not found on the original issue.
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LOL COXHILL/MORGAN FISHER - Slow Music (Blueprint 160 VPT; UK) Keyboard player Morgan Fisher joins forces with madcap saxophonist Lol Coxhill for Slow Music. This is an album of improvised, but mostly gentle music underpinned by the central twenty-four minute title track.
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DAVID CUNNINGHAM & JOHN GREAVES - Greaves-Cunningham (Piano 506 VPT; UK) Songs about magic and mountains, Duchamp and love, swimming and synchronicity. A lush marriage of John Greaves' voice and delicate bass playing with David Cunningham's innovative development of unique studio computer electronica. The album also features contributions from Jakko Jakszyk, Yasuaki Shimizu and Kristoffer Blegvad.
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THE ELECTRIC EELS - The Beast 999 Presents The Electric Eels in Their Organic Majesty's Request (Overground 71 VPT; UK) "The Electric Eels in Their Organic Majesty's Request collects both released and unreleased material from Cleveland pre-punkers The Electric Eels. This cult band whose declared fans include Thurston Moore and Jon Spencer only released a handful of singles during their short existence (1972-1974). Therefore this CD is the first comprehensive set documenting the band. Sound quality goes from average to poor, but it often fits the Eels garage rock energy. Nonsense lyrics, crude punk revolt and avant-gardist tendencies (singer Dave McManus, clarinet playing, some syncopated beats, an inclination to noise and free improvisation) point as much toward The Sex Pistols as well as early Pere Ubu, Sonic Youth and The Scissor Girls. Members of The Electric Eels would later join Pere Ubu, The Styrenes, The Dead Boys and The Cramps and elements of all of these bands sound can be found in these crude recordings." - Francois Couture The Electric Eels were probably every agent's and club owner's nightmare. They fought, they argued, but above all, they played really, really loud. Immense walls of sound usually caused many an owner to pull the plug, and this album, is, as far as I know, the only full length album of the Eels there is? The Eels were part of the Cleveland avante garage scene around the same time as Rocket From The Tombs, Pere Ubu and whilst the noise is very much in your face, the album does have a certain magnetism. The attitude and sheer honesty of freedom that early punk/new wave allowed is a living thing on this album. If you can get through the initial barrage of noise, you'll discover that 'thing' that is now sadly missing from the music scene - an undescribable entity that gave creativity a personality. Okay, so the Eels were bad boys (probably the original ones), and they relied perhaps on their image more than they should (maybe they genuinly didn't give a shit!), but the music on here shouldn't be overlooked. Inspired.
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FLYING LIZARDS [DAVID CUNNINGHAM et al] - Secret Dub Life Of The Flying Lizards (Piano 501 VPT; UK) On this previously unreleased album, recorded at the same time as The Flying Lizards' 'Money', 1970s dub reggae meets ambience. Based on a Jamaican mono master tape David Cunningham invented (or perhaps re-invented) techniques of editing, looping, filtering and subtraction to deal with supposedly unremixable material (these were the days before samplers). These radical electronic treatments reverberate and echo back in time to the sounds of Black Ark and forward to current electronica.
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GENERAL STRIKE [STEVE BERESFORD/DAVID TOOP] - Danger in Paradise (Piano 503 VPT; UK) General Strike was the name David Toop and Steve Beresford gave to their pop excursions with The Flying Lizards and Frank Chickens. This CD also features producer David Cunningham treating and echoing the already bizarre instrumental mix of rock, jazz, doowop and reggae, synthetically generated tone patterns and sounds as emotionally human as a baby's cry. Music from a particularly industrious afternoon concert in an elves' toyshop.
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MICHAEL GILES/JAMIE MUIR/DAVID CUNNINGHAM - Ghost Dance [sndtck] (Piano 502 VPT; UK) King Crimson founding member Michael Giles and subsequent Crimson drummer/percussionist Jamie Muir combine with David Cunningham to create this exceptional soundtrack to Ken McMullen's 1983 film Ghost Dance. This music has many layers: tribal, ethnic, experimental, new age and metal -exploring the collision between ethnic cultures and western cities -the rich inner mythologies of the one and the alienation of the other and the philosophies that begin to explore this odd melee.
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LES FLEUR DE LYS [GORDON HASKELL et al] - Reflections (Blueprint 256 VPT; UK) The one, and only reason why I was looking forward to getting this album, was purely and simply because of Gordon Haskell. This little release features 24 tracks of not just Fleur, but one or two other incarnations, such as John Bromley, Shyster, Waygood Ellis, Rupert's People, and Sharon Tandy. One th ing I will say, is that the music on here is sixties, and it's brilliant! Full retro, and slo-mo images of those sixties films flash by (remember they always had a party where some obscure band badly mimed). Joking apart, there are several numbers on here that really do shine, and the lead guitar work stands head and shoulders above a lot of what was going on around that time. Quite a few of the songs are very clever, and are more than just a sixties pop song, and, surprisingly, lack the pretentiousness of sixties 'seriously groovy' songs as well. My only conclusion with this album is that Fleur De Lys were terribly overlooked and should have been bigger than they were.
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DANNY THOMPSON TRIO With JOHN McLAUGHLIN/TONY ROBERTSON - Live 1967 (Whatdisc 4 VPT; UK) "Danny Thompson truly is a legendary figure within the music industry. Danny has played with, amongst others: John Martyn, Tim Buckley, Richard Thompson, Pentangle and Everything But The Girl. The tapes of this set were recorded in 1967 at a long forgotten venue and were recently discovered in Danny's attic. John Mclaughlin is Britain's most renowned jazz guitarist. John has played with Georgie Fame, Jack Bruce, John Surman, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Charlie Haden and formed The Mahavishnu Orchestra. Miles Davis chose him to play on the ground breaking albums, In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew, and Jack Johnson. The trio is completed by Tony Robertson tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. The set features a fine selection of jazz standards. There are fine solos from Roberts and Mclaughlin and some muscular playing from Danny. John Coltrane's haunting fragile ballad 'Naima' receives a magic reading with a heartbreaking short solo from John. This very rare recording offers a chance to hear a short lived world class trio with their interpretation of some jazz classics."
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UNIVERSITY OF ERRORS [DAEVID ALLEN/MICHAEL CLARE/JOSH POLLOCK/WARREN HUEGEL] - Live In Chicago (Bananamoon Obscura 05 VPT; UK) [ltd. edition of 1000 copies] Mostly recorded in Chcago August 12th 2000 [except 12, 14 and 15 at Knitting Factory August 9th 2000] Band include Josh Pollock, Michael Clare, Jason Mills.
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THE SKY GOES ALL THE WAY HOME [V.A.] - Downs Syndrome Fundraising Compilation [2 CD set] (Skygoes 01 VPT; UK) This project was co-ordinated by Ashley Franklin of BBC Radio Derby's Soundscapes (Mojo and The Wire both highlight his show). His 15 year old daughter Claire, has Downs Syndrome and she attends Parkwood School, Alfreton in Derbyshire. Whilst the family were on hoilday, Claire, whilst gazing out of a car window said "the sky goes all the way home..." Because of her condition, Claire's sentences are few and far between. This extraordinarily poetic phrase inspired Ashley to contact hundreds of musicians in order to compile an album. All profits from this release will go to Parkwood School (to raise funds for their minibus) and The Downs Syndrome Association, whose director has written some of the sleeve notes. Ashley has compiled a 35 track double cd, which will retail for the price of a normal compact disc. There are 35 tracks, 25 TRACKS OF WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVE TO THIS RELEASE and the running time is over 2 and a half hours. There is a sensible balance between local musicians and names of international repute - unrelesaed materials are from Robert Fripp, Peter Hammill, Anthony Phillips, No-Man, Roy Harper, Biosphere, Gordon Giltrap, John Wetton, Kevin Coyne, Nick Harper, In The Nursery, Rick Wakeman, Celtus, and many more.
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AS YOU LIKELY KNOW, THERE IS NO LONGER DISTRIBUTION OF THE JAPANESE 'DIW' OR 'AVANT' LABELS IN NORTH AMERICA. WE HAVE USED OUR CONTACTS TO BUY UP WHATEVER REMAINING STOCKS AVAILABLE IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID THE HUGE RAISE IN PRICE EXPECTED WHEN DEALING WITH DIRECT JAPANESE EXPORTATION IN THE FUTURE. HERE IS WHAT WE STILL HAVE ON HAND [3-8 COPIES EACH]....
KAORU ABE - Last Date 8/28/78 (DIW 335; Japan) Alto Saxophone Improvisation (29:30) * Guitar Improvisation (19:47) * Harmonica Improvisation (19:47) Produced by Fragment CO. and Jazz Spot Ayler. Recorded at "Machikado" in Sapporo, Japan, Aug. 28, 1978. The last recording (from 1978) of a Japanese new music legend, the wild and wacky Kaoru Abe! Here are three extended solo improvisations - one each of sax, guitar and harmonica - that will have you on the edge of your seat!
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KAORU ABE - Live At Gaya Vol 1 (DIW 371; Japan) Kaoru Abe: Sopranino Improvisation
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KAORU ABE - Live At Gaya Vol 2 (DIW 372; Japan) Kaoru Abe: Sopranino Improvisation <1978 1.12 1st Set> (10:15) * Piano Improvisation <1978 1.12 2nd Set Part 1> (17:41) * Alto Sax Improvisation
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KAORU ABE - Live At Gaya Vol 3 (DIW 373; Japan) Kaoru Abe: Alto Sax Improvisation <1978 3.10 1st Set> (10:53) * Alto sax Improvisation <1978 3.10 2nd Set> (14:30) * Alto Sax Improvisation
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KAORU ABE - Live At Gaya Vol 4 (DIW 374; Japan) Kaoru Abe: Alto Sax Improvisation <1978 4.29 1st Set> (13:35) * Sopranino Improvisation
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KAORU ABE - Live At Gaya Vol 5 (DIW 375; Japan) Kaoru Abe: Sopranino Improvisation <1978 5.21 1St Set> (32:04) * Piano And Harmonica Improvisation <1978 5.21 2nd Set> (31:44). Recorded at Gaya, Hatsudai, Tokyo.
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KAORU ABE - Live At Gaya Vol 6 (DIW 376; Japan) Kaoru Abe: Alto Sax Improvisation <1978 5.26 1st Set> (10:26) * Harmonica Improvisation <1978 5.26 2nd Set> (21:43) * Sopranino Improvisation <1978 6.16 1st Set> (32:51) . Recorded at Gaya, Hatsudai, Tokyo.
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KAORU ABE - Live At Gaya Vol 7 (DIW 377; Japan) Kaoru Abe: Alto Sax Improvisation <1978 6.16 2nd Set> (24:07) * Sopranino Improvisation <1978 6.16 3rd Set> (23:11) .
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KAORU ABE - Live At Gaya Vol 8 (DIW 378; Japan) Kaoru Abe: Alto Sax Improvisation <1978 7.7 1st Set> (43:31) . Recorded at Gaya, Hatsudai, T
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KAORU ABE - Live At Gaya Vol 9 (DIW 379; Japan) Kaoru Abe: Alto Sax Improvisation
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KAORU ABE - Live At Gaya Vol 10 (DIW 380; Japan) Kaoru Abe: Sopranino Improvisation <1978 8.19 1st Set> (23:59) * Guitar Improvisation <1978 8.19 2nd Set> (27:22) * Sopranino Improvisation
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KAORU ABE - The Last Recording [CD ep] (DIW 458; Japan) Final solo alto sax blasting from the late legendary Japanese underground hero Kaoru Abe and not to be confused with (or found on) the full length CD "The Last Recording". This 17 minute ep was recorded in August of 1978 at 'Dee Dee' in Muroran, Japan and the tape was hust unearthed in late 2002. Abe was an inspiration to free/jazz and Japanese noise lovers world-wide, lived a fast and hard life and ripped his guts inside out on each and every of his many releases. Extreme music for those who need it.
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BRUCE ACKLEY TRIO - The Hearing (Avant 069; Japan) A founding member of the Rova Saxophone quartet, Bruce Ackley has been one of the most vital and accomplished musicians on the San Francisco scene for over 20 years. One of the world's most distinctive virtuosos on the soprano saxophone, amazingly this is the first release under his own name! Heard here in an intimate trio setting, Bruce is more than ably accompanied by one of the most creative and driving rhythm sections, bassist Greg Cohen and drum master Joey Baron (10 year veterans of John Zorn's Masada). From conceptual improvisations to lovely ballads and straight-ahead swingers, this exciting CD showcases one of the great jazz soloists on the soprano saxophone. Even McVouty would say Zooty.
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RASHIED ALI / LOUIS BELOGENIS / WILBER MORRIS - Live At Tonic (DIW 940; Japan) Louie Belogenis (ts), Wilber Morris (b), Rashied Ali (ds) Recorded at Tonic on January 6, 2001. Another link to Coltrane, saxophonist Belogenis is an adventurous "downtown" player having studied with John Zorn and played with Andrew Cyrille, Sunny Murray and more. The other Coltrane connection is drummer Rashied Ali, the last drummer to work regularly with the great saxophonist. Belogenis and Ali created the quintet Prima Materia which made three CDs - newly looking at avant-garde music of Trane, Albert Ayler, etc. Joining them here is the late, great Wilbur Morris
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ARCANA (BILL LASWELL/TONY WILLIAMS/DEREK BAILEY) - The Last Wave (DIW 903; Japan) Derek Bailey (g), Bill Laswell (b), Tony Williams (ds).Recorded at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, NY in April, 1995. Bill Laswell is one of the most innovative and influential musicians in modern music - as a player, as a producer, and as a musical thinker. With Arcana - a group assembled for this recording - he joins forces with two other visionaries - guitarist Derek Bailey and the late drummer Tony Williams - for a series of sonic explorations that will truly take you for a ride!!! The three men each contributed ideas and textures to this most exhilarating album!
"A MUST for Tony Williams fans - and Laswell, and Bailey - TEN THUMBS UP!!!" - MannyLunch
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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - Ancient To The Future (DIW 804; Japan) Lester Bowie (tp. per), Malachi Favors Maghostut (b, el-b, per), Joseph Jarman (reeds, syn, per), Roscoe Mitchell (freeds, per), Famoudou Don Moye (per, ds), Bahnamous Lee Bowie (guest on syn). Recorded at Rawleston Recording Studio, Brooklyn N.Y., March 17 to 19, 1987. On this 1987 recording, the Ensemble takes a trip on some incredible covers: Creole Love Call by Duke Ellington, These Arms Of Mine by Otis Redding, No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley, Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix and Zombie by Fela Kuti. The title track is a three-part suite by Moye, Jarman and the whole band.
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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - Naked (DIW 818; Japan) Lester Bowie (tp), Malachi Favors Maghostut (b, el-b), Joseph Jarman (fl, bfl, reeds), Roscoe Mitchell (fl, reeds), Famoudou Don Moye (ds). Recorded at Rawleston Recording Studio, Brooklyn NY, November 25, 26, 1985 and July 25, 26, 27, 1986. From 1985 and 1986, eight dramatic and entertaining originals by band members including three group creations.
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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - Dreaming Of The Masters Suite [Vol 1: John Coltrane] (DIW 854; Japan) Lester Bowie (tp, flh, per), Joseph Jarman (ss, as, ts, bs, fl, syn, per), Roscoe Mitchell (ss, as, bass saxes, fl, piccolo, per), Malachi Favors Maghostut (b, belafon, per), Famoudou Don Moye (ds, congas, bongos, bass pan drum, chimes, bells, triangles, gongs, whistles, belafon, etc.) Recorded at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y., January 12, 14, March 11, 17, 18, 21, 24, 1990. In 1990, the world-acclaimed Art Ensemble Of Chicago went into the studio in Brooklyn, New York and recorded this dedication to John Coltrane, The group offers unique and colorful interpretations of Trane's Naima, Impressions and Spiritual, five group compositions inspired by the late saxophonist and Jarman's brief title piece (used to open and close the CD).
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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO - Alternative Express (DIW 832; Japan) Lester Bowie (tp, per), Joseph Jarman (reeds, fl, per), Roscoe Mitchell (reeds, fl), Malachi Favors Maghostut (b, per), Famodudou Don Moye (ds, per). Recorded at CRC studion in Chicago, January 1990. Recording engineered by Bradley Parker - Sparrow and Joani Pallatto. Five great performances by the masters of extended, theatrical improvisations / compositions. Whatever Happens is by Lester Bowie, the title tune and And Then.There Was Peace are by Roscoe Mitchell, Kush is co-written by Moye and Favors and the band collectively created Imaginary Situations.
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DUCK BAKER - Spinning Song: Plays The Music Of Herbie Nichols (Avant 040; Japan) Duck Baker, a crackerjack on the finger-picked acoustic guitar, has recorded numerous solo albums on the Kicking Mule and Shanachie labels, showcasing his mastery of a diversity of traditional folk, blues, ragtime and jazz styles. This wizard has played with artists ranging from Jim Kweskin to J.J. Cale, from Stefan Grossman to John Zorn. Baker's subtle and sensitive renditions transform Nichols' oblique masterpieces -- those hearing Nichols' music for the first time may find it hard to imagine these tunes in any other context than folk guitar. Spinning Song is an absolute treasure.
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CYRO BAPTISTA - Vira Loucos: Plays The Music Of Villa Lobos (Avant 061; Japan) A wonderful and surprising debut CD by one of our favorite virtuoso percussionists. Cyro Baptista arrived in NYC in 1980 and since then has worked with everyone from Janis Ian, Paul Simon and Brian Eno to Laurie Anderson, Arto Lindsay, Nana Vasconcelos and Michael Tilson Thomas. After over 15 years of distinguishing himself as one of the most versatile, creative and sought-after percussionists in the world he steps out here with this first CD release under his own name. Assembling an all-star band of his favorite collaborators: Greg Cohen on Bass, Argentinian accordionist Chango Spasiuk and two of the greatest guitar virtuosos of our age, Romero Lubambo of Brazil and Marc Ribot of New Jersey, as well as John Zorn on sax and the vocals of Vanessa Fllabella and Nana Vasconcelos, who also conducts a children's choir, Cyro has given us a fresh and exciting take on the music of Brasilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. This delightful album, filled with beautiful instrumental and vocal arrangements will bring the prodigious talents of Cyro Baptista into a whole new light, and to a whole new audience. Essential.
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JOEY BARON & BARONDOWN - Crackshot (Avant 059; Japan) Certainly one of the most original drummers in the world, Joey Baron has been a key member of some of the greatest groups of the 80's and 90's notably the Bill Frisell Band, Miniature, Masada and Naked City. His own group Barondown, with Ellery Eskelin and Steve Swell, brings both his virtuosic playing and adventurous writing skills to the fore. Gut-bucket blues, hardcore madness, lyrical beauty and general mayhem, all in the inimitable Barondown style.
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[LOUIE BELOGENIS/TONY MALABY/TREVOR DUNN/RYAN SAWYER] TWICE TOLD TALES - Twice Told Tales (DIW 944; Japan) Featuring Louie (Prima Materia/Rashied Ali Duo/Trio) on tenor & soprano saxes, the ever-gigging tenor sax great Tony Dunn who works with Tim Berne & Angelica Sanchez, Trevor Dunn (El. Masada & Fantomas) on acoustic bass and Ryan Sawyer on drums. Although this is an improvised session, the pieces and clarity of the sound, are focused and strong. Both Louie and Tony have dark, haunting tones on tenor and sound marvelous together swirling their blusters and sparks. All four musicians remain well connected and shift organically through different densities as this gift from the gods unfolds. Another exquisite offering from four of downtown's best.
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BERLIN CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ORCHESTRA - Live In Japan '96 (DIW 922; Japan) Thomas Heberer (tp), Henry Lowther (tp), Axel Dormer (tp), Issei Igarashi (tp), Marc Boukouya (tb), Paul Rutherford (tb), Wolter Wierbos (tb), Haruki Sato (tb), Walter Gauchel (ts), Evan Parker (ts, ss), Gerd Dudek (ts, ss, fl, cl), Rudy Mahall (bcl), Eiichi Hayashi (as), Hiroaki Katayama (ts, bs), Alexander von Schlippenbach (cond, p), Aki Takase (cond, p), Nobuyoshi Ino (b), Paul Lovens (ds). Recorded live at Shin-Kobe Oriental Theater on August 6, 1996 except track 2 at Nakano ZERO Hall, Tokyo on July 31, 1996. The Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (heard previously on albums on ECM and FMP) is one of the most adventurous and creative jazz ensembles in the world, led by two pillars of post-Monk, post-Cecil Taylor piano: Aki Takase (Enja recording artist) and Alexander von Schlippenbach, an astounding pianist and founder of the groundbreaking Globe Unity Orchestra.
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BOREDOMS - Wow 2 (Avant 026; Japan) Wild, unpredictable and able to change styles and directions at the drop of a hat, the Boredoms are the most influential and well-known of Japan's underground rock bands. WOW 2, recorded in 1992 at Martin Bisi's Brooklyn studio captures the Boredoms at the height of their powers, just before they were to take the U.S. by storm on the legendary Lollapalooza tour. Of all their recordings, this is the one that best represents the power of their world-acclaimed live shows. Headed by Yamataka Eye, who has collaborated with Shinro Otake, Otomo Yoshihide, Sonic Youth, John Zorn and many others, the Boredoms will completely change your idea of what a rock band is capable of.
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JEAN-PAUL BOURELLY & THE BLUE WAVE BANDITS - Blackadelic-Blu (DIW 883; Japan) Jean-Paul Bourelly (g, vo, subatomic guitar bass, keyboard bass), "Kundalini" Mark Batson (key, vo), Blue Black (rap), Carl Bourelly (prog, key), John Stubblefield (ts), Mark Peterson (b), Alfredo Alias (ds, back vo), Kevin "K-Dog" Johnson (ds), Djinji Brown (sample prog) Recorded at East Hill, Planet Recording and Eastside Sound, NYC in November 1993 through January 1994. More cosmic funk from this great undiscovered master of new guitar, Think of Jimi Hendrix mixed with Parliament filtered through a hip jazz sensibility. It's an amazing blend - Bourelly has written music and lyrics for most of these ten jems.
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PETER BROTZMANN/HAINO KEIJI/SHOJI HANO - Shadows: Live In Wels March 2000 (DIW 938; Japan) Peter Brotzmann (tarogato, a-cl, ts), Keiji Haino (g, vo), Shoji Hano (bamboo horn, ds). Recorded at Schlachthof Wels in March 31, 2000. Highly innovative reed player Peter Brotzmann has met his match in two creative Japanese musicians. The concert is live and brilliantly spontaneous inspiring music by the players. Brotzmann's reputation as a striking player and musician continues with this Austrian concert!
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PETER BROTZMANN/SHOJI HANO/TETSU YAMAUCHI/HARUHIKO GOTSU [DARE DEVIL] - Dare Devil Live At Tokyo Oct. '91 (DIW 857; Japan) Peter Brotzmann (tarogato, bcl, ts), Haruhiko Gotsu (el-g), Tetsu Yamauchi (el-b), Shoji Hano (ds, per). Recorded live at Shinjuku Pit-Inn on October 9, 1991. A sensational and wild session with this giant of free jazz joined by a sort of Japanese hardcore band. Yamauchi was a member of the Faces with Rod Stewart!!! Recorded live at the Shinjuku Pit-Inn in 1991.
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[V.A. Tribute To DAVE BRUBECK] IN HIS OWN SWEET WAY - In His Own Sweet Way (Avant 005; Japan) with Dave Slusser, Uri Caine, Pachora, Bill Frisell, Ruins, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Anthony Coleman, Eyvind Kang, Slowpoke, Erik Friedlander, Sex Mob, Dave Douglas, Joey Baron, David Krakauer. "Dave Brubeck is an enigma. Vilified by the underground intelligentsia for his stiff rhythmic feel and high record sales, Brubeck was a daring and distinctive composer whose experiments in expanding the language of jazz never got in the way of his natural melodic sense. Cross cultural influences, exotic scales and rhythms, experiments with odd time signatures, polytonality and unusual bar lengths are common place today in the music of cutting edge young jazzers like Steve Coleman, Dave Douglas and the like, but in the 1950s they raised more than a few eyebrows. Brubeck was the first. This is a tribute to a misunderstood experimentalist who introduced these elements into jazz over forty years ago in his own sweet way.
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PIECES [BUCKETHEAD & BRAIN] - I Need Five Minutes Alone (Avant 054; Japan) Underground rock guitar legend Buckethead has been given a free hand to record whatever comes into his sick and twisted world and this second release on AVANT finds him pulling out all the stops in a go-for-the-jugular duet with Brain, the powerful drummer of San Francisco's popular bands Primus and Limbomaniacs, as well as a member of Bill Laswell's Praxis. Their new power-duo PIECES pay off with everything from Buzzsaws to funk, with a good measure of blood-curdling screams and Buckethead's patented guitar pyrotechnics along the way. The Legend of Buckethead continues ... and continues ... and continues ...
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CAKE LIKE - Delicious (Avant 029; Japan) There is a sensibililty that even the most accomplished professional bands can no longer recapture: the initial spark of innocent excitement encountered when they first started playing their instruments. That is what makes this CD so special. Combining the primitive innocence of the Shaggs the naive charm of Shonen Knife with the raw power of Melt Banana, Cake Like is one of NYC's most up and coming all-girl bands. These are their first recordings. Complete with original cover art by underground artist Rita Akermann, Delicious is a classic recording that will delight you more and more with each listening. Nina Hellman (g, #2 vo), Kerri Kenney (b, #1 vo), Jody Seifert (ds, vo on track 8), Steven Bernstein (tp on track 8).
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EUGENE CHADBOURNE/MARK DRESSER/SUSIE IBARRA/JOE MORRIS - Pain Pen (Avant 044; Japan) The first meeting of kindred spirits - Eugene & Joe Morris are both amazing avant/jazz guitarists w/ their own distinctive approach,teaming up with the colossal rhythm team of Mark Dresser & Susie Ibarra ! $18.
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GREG COHEN - Moment To Moment (DIW 928; Japan) Teddy Edwards (ts), Gerry Wiggins (p), Greg Cohen (b), Donald Bailey (ds). Recorded at Ocean Way Recording, Los Angels, CA. Greg Cohen wears many hats; bassist in John Zorn's Masada, producer/arranger for jazz vocal sensation Madeline Peyroux and long-time musical director for Tom Waits; but still his Moment To Moment is the surprise album of the year, a truly swinging quartet! Gerald Wiggins is one of the most relaxed and musical pianists of all. Best known as an accompanist with the great singers of the 50s and 60s (Lena Horne, Nat King Cole and many others), he';s also played with Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Milt Jackson, Zoot Sims, etc. Bluesy tenor saxophonist Teddy Edwards has gained some overdue recognition with his recent albums on Antilles, but since the 40s he's been involved in swing and bop groups with Benny Goodman, Clifford Brown, Dexter Gordon, Benny Carter, Sarah Vaughn and many others. Drummer Donald Bailey gained acclaim from his work with Jimmy Smith and Hampton Hawes. Cohen's quartet plays beautiful and inspired music by Fats Waller, Billy Strayhorn, Tadd Dameron as well as originals by Cohen. This is an exceptional example of a fine, well-played jazz record; the way they used to make them!
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ANDREW CYRILLE QUINTET - My Friend Louis (Moholo) (DIW 858; Japan) Hannibal (tp), Oliver Lake (ss, as), Adegoke Steve Colson (p), Reginald Workman (b), Andrew Cyrille (ds). Recorded at The Power Station, NYC on November 18 & 19, 1991. A stunning and impassioned set of African music blended with free jazz, recorded in 1991. All the players get features - most notably the masterful Oliver Lake. Excellent originals by each member plus a classic, The Prophet, by Eric Dolphy. The title track, composed by Cyrille, and the CD are dedicated to the South African drummer Louis Moholo.
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DEFUNKT [JOE BOWIE et al] - Heores (DIW 838; Japan) Joe Bowie (tb, conga, vo), Kim Clarke (b, cho), Bill Bickford (g, cho), John Mulkerin (tp, cho), Kenny Martin (ds, cho), Marry Bruschini (vo, cho). Jazz, funk, electric rock come together in this tribute to heroes of all kind - Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, James Bond ....!!!
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DAVE DOUGLAS - Sanctuary [2CD Set] (Avant 066; Japan) Cutting his teeth in the bands of Horace Silver, Don Byron, Vincent Herring and John Zorn's MASADA, Dave Douglas' time has come. A versatile trumpeter with a warm, beautiful sound, brilliant composer and arranger with a creative musical imagination, Dave Douglas is fast becoming one of our greatest musical assets. His large group project, Sanctuary, presents two long musical soundscapes that take us from funk and jazz through ambient and improvisation. Inspired in part by Ornette Coleman's landmark recording free jazz and Coltrane's Ascension these explorative compositions weave a whole new kind of instrumental fusion for the 90's. Featuring the imaginative sampler playing of Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda, the fine horn work of Chris Speed and Cuong Vu, sensitive drumming by Dougie Bowne and of course the brilliant trumpet work of leader Dave Douglas, this is sure to be one of Dave's most controversial albums. Sanctuary is further enhanced by some of Ikue Mori's most stunning cover art. Dave Douglas (tp), Cuong Vu (tp), Yuka Honda (sampler), Anthony Coleman (sampler), Hilliard Greene (b), Mark Dresser (b), Chris Speed (ts, cl), Dougie Bowne (ds).
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DAVE DOUGLAS - Moving Portrait (DIW 934; Japan) Dave Douglas (tp), Bill Carrothers (p), James Genus (b), Billy Hart (ds). A leader of not just one, but several acclaimed and innovative jazz groups, and an ace sideman with Myra Melford and John Zornfs Masada, Dave Douglas is quite simply the most exciting and important trumpeter playing today. In the past few months, the mainstream press has begun to catch on, with major Douglas features in Jazz Times, The New York Times and a cover story in Jazziz. Following his homages to Booker Little and Wayne Shorter, Moving Portrait is Dave's tribute to an important and brilliant influence, Joni Mitchell. This beautiful quartet plays three of Joni's tunes - Roses Blue (from Clouds), My Old Man (from Blue) and The Same Situation (from Court And Spark), along with Douglas originals dedicated to Joni and the lasting influence of his parents. This is a truly thoughtful and moving recording.
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DRAGON BLUE [TENKO] - Hade's Park (Avant 075; Japan) Along with Yamataka Eye, Haino Keiji and Makigami Koichi, Tenko is one of the most intense and original vocalists to come out of Japan. A veteran of countless bands since the late 70's, Tenko has also worked in close collaboration with Fred Frith and Ikue Mori. This latest project is one of her best: an all-star band of some of the greatest musicians from the Tokyo underground. This first studio recording by Dragon Blue features turntable wizard Otomo Yoshihide, guitar master Imabori Tsuneo, the ferocious drumming of Sotoyama Akira and of course the legendary Kato Hideki on bass. Blending intensity, quirkiness and improvisational unpredictability, Dragon Blue is one of Japan's most important underground bands.
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DRUMS OF DEATH: FIELD RECORDINGS IN GHANA [V.A.] - Drums Of Death (Avant 062; Japan) This fourth CD in the Hip's Road World Music series also documents the percussion music of Ghana, but this time of a very different sort: Funeral music. "The rhythms of the Ghanaian Ewe tribe was transported to the New World and we can hear those same rhythms in the drumming that accompanies spiritual rites in Haiti. The religion of the Ewe is Vaudou. Circular and hypnotic, this is music thst induces trances and altered states of consciousness.Recorded in the field at their magical religious ceremonies by Mark Seidenfeld, founder of the Center for Shamanistic Studies, Drums Of Death is a powerful document of the roots of Voodoo.Absolutely one of the best examples of Ghanaian drumming. This recording is a textbook that should be studied by anyone interested in African percussion." - Milford Graves
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EASSIDE PERCUSSION - ESP (Avant 073; Japan) Christine Bard, Michael Evans and Jim Pugliese are three of the busiest percussionist on the downtown scene, having worked with everyone from Steve Reich and Philip Glass to Evan Parker and Karen Mantler and God Is My Co Pilot. Together, they are EasSide Percussion and here in their debut recording they explore a world of acoustic and electric percussion not yet imagined. Chains, bamboo clackers, water jars, Korean Shaman bells, Almglocken, Pachinko balls, mini-gamelan, lamp shades, oven parts, toys, Theremin and countless other instruments and everyday objects are used as sound sources in this dynamic suite of 20 compositions that range from musique concrete, modern classical to funk, rock and out-and-out noise. I like it ugly like this - Allen Ginsburg
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JAD FAIR & SHAPIR-O'RAMA - We Are The Rage (Avant 052; Japan) The awkward sincerity, the joi de vivre - it's a return to form for Half Japanese vocalist, indie - rock trendsetter and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Jad Fair. Songs of love, heartbreak and whatever pops into his mind when the tape is rolling. Sharing the stage is Shapir-O'Rama, led by loony kindred soul Kim Rancourt. Also on board are Dave Rick, special guests Omoide Hatoba, Seiichi Yamamoto and superstar producer Don Fleming. Jad Fair (vo), Kim M. Rancourt (vo, Casio sax, bells), Chuck Marcus (g), Dave Rick (b), Steve Dibenedetto (ds) with guest musicians Yamamoto, Tsushima, Hasegawa, Bob Meetsma, Jeff Schoen
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MARK FELDMAN & SYLVIE COURVOISIER - Music For Violin And Piano (Avant 065; Japan) Mark Feldman, the violinist, has taken part in recordings and concerts by more than 200 artists/bands like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Diana Ross and Carol King. And also in these days, he is often asked to play with in many sessions like by John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Illianne, and Dave Douglas. This is a duet recording with one of the great young European piano improvisers Sylvie Courvoisier. The playing is magical - as though one mind and heart with four arms played both instruments simultaneously! (They've since become a single entity as well - they got hitched. Congrats!)
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ERIK FRIEDLANDER - Chimera (Avant 057; Japan) Erik Friedlander is fast becoming a household name on the downtown/NY jazz scene. A member of Dave Douglas' string group, John Zorn's Bar Kokhba and Masada String Trio, various ensembles with jazz great Joe Lovano as well as his own groups Topaz and Chimera, Erik is literally redefining the role of the cello in new improvised music. Perhaps the greatest cellist to emerge in the history of jazz, Erik is also a talented and dedicated composer. Chimera, his first release, is an eclectic and varied exploration of chamber jazz, highlighting Friedlander's beautiful melodic sense and ear for orchestrational detail it's lyrical and moody, at times complex and burning. This is the historic first recording by someone you will certainly be hearing a lot more of in the future. Erik Friedlander (cello), Drew Gress (b), Chris Speed (cl), Andrew D'Angelo (bcl).
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BEN GOLDBERG - Twelve Minor (Avant 035; Japan) Twelve Minor is the newest project from Ben Goldberg, the brilliant clarinetist and compositional mastermind behind the landmark group New Klezmer Trio. Featured on this dynamic sextet is bassist Trevor Dunn, from the cult rock band Mr. Bungle; the sensitive koto of Miya Masaoka who has worked with the likes of Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille, Mark Dresser, Fred Frith and George Lewis; NY's favorite drummer Kenny Wollesen, and two exciting young players from the bay area - violinist Carla Kihlstedt and saxophonist Rob Sudduth.Blending Jewish themes, harmonies and melodies with the fire of Free Jazz and the structural integrity of contemporary classical music, Ben's newest CD is one of his best.
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ANDY HAAS - Arnhem Land (Avant 048; Japan) An original member of Martha and the Muffins, Andy Haas has performed and or recorded with God Is My Co-Pilot, John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Thurston Moore and countless others. Andy has spent over a decade studying and perfecting his extended techniques on the Australian Aboriginal instrument, the Didgeridu. This is not the kinder, gentler instrument you may have heard on many of the new-age recordings available these days. In the hands of Andy Haas the didgeridu takes on many new faces, as one would expect from the list of collaborators on this, his first CD as a leader. From the vocal pyrotechnics of Haino Keji and Makigami Koichi, the complex percussions of Ikue Mori and Cyro Baptista to the always surprising guitar of Fred Frith and the keys of Anthony Coleman, this CD will redefine your ideas about an instrument as old as time itself.
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BILLY HARPER - If Our Hearts Could Only See (DIW 931; Japan) Billy Harper (ts, vo), Eddie Henderson (tp), Francesca Tanksley (p), Clarence Seay (b), Newman Taylor Baker (ds). Recorded at Clinton Studio, NYC on February 17, 1997.Tenor saxophonist Billy Harper is one of the most extraordinary of all modern jazz players because he has consistently gone his own way, making recordings of great power, spirit and urgency. He has also maintained a steady band for many years and these great players have helped to create a sound that is distinct and personal.
If Our Hearts Could Only See is a special event; the first new Harper recording in five years. It includes seven of Billy's strikingly beautiful and passionate compositions including two; the title track and the standard My One And Only Love; that highlight Billy's unusual and moving vocals. His deep soulful voice is also heard reciting on I Move Silently Throughout This World.
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HARRIETT TUBMAN - (Treasure Hunt For The) Prototype (Avant 078; Japan) New York's outstanding and innovative avant-jam group Harriet Tubman consists of three artists with a stunning chemistry. Brandon Ross, Melvin Gibbs and J.T Lewis create bold, exciting music of unusual strength and beauty, unlike anything heard before. Mixing funk, rock and improvisation, these live performances make an important statement by one of the freshest new voices on the New York scene. "The Prototype will not find his head over the fireplace, nor does he dance to the Swing of dead-man Jazz. I am the golden object of the search for place, for pleasure, for panic. I am the sonic frequency of the real. Scores will perish in my pursuit, as badge and shield and newspaper sniff my "Bloody" trail, my indications. I suddenly appear when the suburbanite murders his wife for the insurance money, when children are drowned in the chaos of unrequited love. Only those resembling me will suffer...there are no machines that capture ghosts." - Sadiq Bey NYC, June 2000
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HELL'S KITCHEN [V.A.] - Live From Soundscape (DIW 405; Japan) Odean Pope Trio
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TRISTAN HONSINGER/TOSHINORI KONDO/PETER KOWALD/SABU TOYOZUMI - What are You Talking About? (DIW 456; Japan) This rare reissue was recorded in May of 1983 in a studio Suzuka Mountain in Japan and features Tristan Honsinger (ICP) on cello, Toshinori Kondo on trumpet & Chinese oboe, Peter Kowald on acoustic bass and Sabu Toyozumi on drums, with each member contributing a bit of odd vocals.
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WAYNE HORVITZ & PIGPEN - V As In Victim (Avant 027; Japan) Wayne Horvitz is a master of many styles and a veteran of many bands, but few have been as exciting as Pigpen. Featuring the talented young alto saxophonist Briggan Krauss and the rhythm section of Fred Chalenor (b) and Mike Stone (ds), V As In Victim takes the traditional instrumentation of sax, keyboard, bass and drums to some surprising new places. Jumping from jazz to hardcore to moody soundpieces, with a good dose of Booker T. and Frank Zappa thrown in for good measure, Wayne's various obsessions come together brilliantly in this 1993 recording. His catchy tunes and grooving rhythms make this one of his most memorable recordings.
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WAYNE HORVITZ 4+1 ENSEMBLE - From A Window (Avant 080; Japan) Another beautiful CD of soulful chamber music by downtown veteran Wayne Horvitz who has been straddling the borders of jazz, classical, folk and pop since the mid-1970s. A resident of Seattle for more than a decade, his newest ensemble 4 plus 1 features some of Seattle's greatest musicians, including the legendary Julian Priester on trombone and Eyvind Kang on violin. Melodies of folk-like simplicity underscored by moving harmonic twists, From a Window is one of Wayne's most lyrical and evocative creations. " Wayne Horvitz, Seattle, February 2001 Wayne Horvitz (p, prepared piano, Hammond B-3, pump organ, synth, toy piano), Eyvind Kang (vln, viola), Tucker Martine (live electronic processing, live drum machine), Julian Priester (tb), Reggie Watts (key, vo, live drum machine, p), Skerik (bs).
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[EYVIND KANG] DYING GROUND - Dying Ground (Avant 076; Japan) Eyvind Kang is quickly becoming one of the most fascinating and quirky figures in new music. His first release 7 Nades, on Tzadik, has met with unanimous praise and was on many Top 10 lists from 1996. Kang's newest project is a power trio. Heavy and relentless, this is the other side of Kang's violin, whose velvet tones have graced the music of artists ranging from Bill Frisell and Joe McPhee to the Sun City Girls and Arto Lindsay. Joined here by Kato Hideki (Ground Zero, Death Ambient) on bass and Grant Calvin Weston (Ornette Coleman, James Blood Ulmer, Miles Davis) on drums, this dynamic live recording captures the power and excitement of @this band at its peak. Intense and captivating.
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HAINO KEIJI With GREG COHEN & JOEY BARON - An Unclear Trial: More Than This (Avant 074; Japan) Haino Keiji has become one of the most prolific artists in the Japanese underground, but this is a CD you absolutely have got to own. A studio recording with the legendary rhythm section of John Zorn's Masada; Joey Baron on drums and Greg Cohen on bass. Haino's guitar screams, stretches and swings in a jazz power trio inspired by among others, James Blood Ulmer and Argentine swing legend Oscar Aleman. Produced by John Zorn, this is Haino like you've never heard him before; and probably never will again.
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TOSHINORI KONDO/PAUL LOVENS/PAUL LYTTON - Death is Our Eternal Friend (DIW 455; Japan) This rare live trio date was released on lp only in 1982 and recorded during the "Kiraku-ni Free Improvisation" tour of Japan. Three free/music giants from different lands who share a passion for daredevil improv. The action and energy flows with ever resourceful and creative spirits, there is never a dull moment to be found.
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TOSHINORI KONDO - Nerve Tripper (DIW 453; Japan) Japanese madman trumpet hero, Kondo has had a long and varied career, since first playing with early members of the downtown scene in the late seventies like Fred Frith, Eugene Chadbourne & Henry Kaiser, through Bill Laswell produced recordings in the eighties to the Die Like a Dog Qt. (w/Peter Brotzmann) and Charged (w/ Laswell & Bernocchi) in the nineties. He is (was?) also a talk show host in Japan and has a duo cd out with DJ Krush from last year. 'Nerve Tripper' is his second effort with another DJ, DJ Sahib on turntables on 5 of the 8 tracks here. Kondo plays solo electric trumpet with effects and programs beats and the rest of the sonic environment. Kondo sounds as if he has been influenced by the Miles' electric trumpet explorations, but has taken them to even more intense heights. 'Nerve Tripper' seems to deal more with creating moods and fascinating environments.
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LARVAL [BILL BROVOLD] - Larval (Avant 055; Japan) Instrumental Rock at its best. Blending together the intellectual structures of rock minimalism with the visceral edge of surf and grunge pioneer Link Wray, Bill Brovold has forged a bold new instrumental music of pulsing intensity. Adventurous, exciting, yet totally accessible, Larval will satisfy rock, classical and new music audiences alike with its unique approach to instrumental rock. Bill has worked with Rhys Chatham, Fast Forward and the Zen Vikings in early eighties New York, and was a integral part of the No Wave explosion. He has been based in Detroit since 1994. Bill Brovold (g), Eric Gustafson (g), Beth Wilusz (g), Dean Western (b), Wil Osler (ds), Otto Kentrol (sax), John Evans (sax).
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BILL LASWELL VS. SUBMERGED - Brutal Calling (Avant 081; Japan) Bridging the gap between avant-jazz and drum'n'bass, this features bass guerilla Laswell plating the electric bass furiously underneath the rugged breaks, bright persussion and sinister atmospheres provided by Submerged [aka Kurt Glick, head of the Ohm Resistance label]. It is every bit as effective as it is original ...and does serious damage to the dancefloor!
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HAROLD MABERN TRIO - Straight Street (DIW 608; Japan) Harold Mabern (p), Ron Carter (b), Jack DeJohnette (ds) Recorded at A&R Recording, NYC on December 11, 1989. Recorded by Jim Anderson. With the powerful rhythm section of Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette, this is their first appearance on DIW, and includes original songs and cover songs of from Coltrane to Stevie Wonder. This reveals fully that his sharp touch worthy of mention is still thriving. Thrilling!
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HAROLD MABERN - The Leading Man (DIW 876; Japan) Harold Mabern (p), Bill Mobley (tp, flh), Bill Easley (as), Kevin Eubanks (g), Ron Carter (b), Pamela Baskin-Watson (vo), Jack DeJohnette (ds) Recorded at Power Station, Clinton Recording and Effanel Towers, New York on November 9, 1992, January 21, March 12 & April 12, 1993. Harold Mabern has long been a mainstay of jazz piano, solidly versed in the blues. This master from Memphis has played with everyone - from George Coleman and Lee Morgan to Lionel Hampton, Art Farmer and Benny Golson. He is currently working with Eric Alexander. Here is a true all-star outing (from 1993) with tunes by Wayne Shorter, Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smith and more.
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ALL TEN MASADA STUDIO ALBUMS IN THEIR ONLY AVAILABLE FORM [& AT $1 OFF!]:
MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Masada 10 (YOD) (DIW 935; Japan) John Zorn (as), Dave Douglas (tp), Greg Cohen (b), Joey Baron (ds). Recorded at Avatar, NYC on September 15, 1997.
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MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Masada 9 (TET) (DIW 933; Japan)John Zorn (as), Dave Douglas (tp), Greg Cohen (b), Joey Baron (ds). Recorded at Avatar, NYC on April 21, 1997.
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MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Masada 8 (HET) (DIW 925; Japan) John Zorn (as), Dave Douglas (tp), Greg Cohen (b), Joey Baron (ds). Recoded at Avatar, NYC on August 1, 1996.
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MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Masada 7 (ZAYIN) (DIW 915; Japan) John Zorn (as), Dave Douglas (tp), Greg Cohen (b), Joey Baron (ds).
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MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Masada 6 (VAV) (DIW 900; Japan) John Zorn (as), Dave Douglas (tp), Greg Cohen (b), Joey Baron (ds). Recorded at Power Station, NYC on July 16 & 17, 1995.
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MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Masada 5 (HEI) (DIW 899; Japan)John Zorn (as), Dave Douglas (tp), Greg Cohen (b), Joey Baron (ds). Recorded at Power Station, NYC on July 16 & 17, 1995.
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MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Masada 4 (DALET) [CD ep] (DIW 923; Japan) John Zorn (as), Dave Douglas (tp), Greg Cohen (b), Joey Baron (ds). Recorded at RPM, NYC on February 20, 1994.
This CD is shorter than the other Masada titles, therefore the lower price
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MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Masada 3 (GIMEL) (DIW 890; Japan) John Zorn (as), Dave Douglas (tp), Greg Cohen (b), Joey Baron (ds). Recorded at RPM, NYC on February 20, 1994 and at Power Station, NYC on June 22, 1994.
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MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Masada 2 (BEIT) (DIW 889; Japan) John Zorn (as), Dave Douglas (tp), Greg Cohen (b), Joey Baron (ds). Recorded at RPM, NYC on February 20, 1994.
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MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Masada 1 (ALEF) (DIW 888; Japan) John Zorn (as), Dave Douglas (tp), Greg Cohen (b), Joey Baron (ds). Recorded at RPM, NYC on February 20, 1994.
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MATERIAL - Live From Soundscape (DIW 389; Japan) Bill Laswell (el-b), Michael Beinhorn (electronics), Fred Frith (g), Charles Noyes (per), David Moss (per), Mark Miller (per). Recorded live from Soundscape on October 16, 1981. An extremely rare live performance from one of the great unsung bands - Material was one of the true pioneer experimental groups, led by Bill Laswell, acclaimed bassist, producer, remixer, auteur. Laswell's music has fused a staggering range of styles: jazz, rock, funk, dub, hip hop, dance, ambient, noise, drum 'n' bass, etc. and he has worked with artists as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger, Bootsy Collins, Sly & Robbie, PainKiller and Last Exit. Joined by Michael Beinhorn on electronics, avant guitar great Fred Frith and a three drummer battery, this Soundscape recording features a blistering, hour-long piece called Chaos Never Died. Material was the essence of downtown avant-garde/noise/jazz, and Laswell is one of the major musical minds of the past twenty years. This important document is truly an adventure in listening!
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MARIE McAULIFFE'S ARKSEXTET - Refractions: Plays The Music Of Burt Bacharach (Avant 070; Japan) One of the highlights of Tzadik's Burt Bacharach tribute from 1996, Marie McAuliffe follows up her brilliant arrangement of I Say A Little Prayer with an entire album of Bacharach material featuring her exciting unit, the ArKsextet. More and more known in the jazz world as a distinctive pianist and arranger, Marie's unique take on a Bacharach's melodic masterpieces swing like crazy, taking unexpected twists and turns while still remaining faithful to the Bacharach originals. ArKsextet: Marie McAuliffe (p), Rob Henke (tp, flh), Rich Perry (ts), Chris Washburne (tb, tu), Dave Hofstra (b), Kevin Norton (ds, vibes).
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MISHA MENGELBERG & ICP ORCHESTRA - Japan Japon (DIW 454; Japan) This is a live radio broadcast recorded on tour in Japan in May of 1982, as well as a reissue of a rare album and it features a much different ICPensemble than the one we see/hear today, some twenty years later.The personnel includes a stellar sax section of Peter Brotzmann,Keshavan Maslak & Michael Moore, plus a horn section with ToshinoriKondo on trumpet, Wolter Weirbos & Joep Maassen on trombones, LarryFishkind on tuba, Maurice Horsthuis on viola, Han Bennink on drumsand Misha on piano & most compositions. A grandtime is guaranteed for all!
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MISHA MENGELBERG TRIO - No Idea (DIW 619; Japan) Misha Mengelberg (p), Greg Cohen (b), Joey Baron (ds). Recorded at Sound On Sound, NYC on June 27, 1996. With intelligence and humor, Dutch pianist/composer Misha Mengelberg has combined the spontaneity of free-form playing with the jazz traditions of Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols. He's recorded with Steve Lacy and other giants of the new music, and has taken his place alongside these giants as an intriguing soloist and composer. No Idea pairs Mengelberg with Masada's brilliant rhythm section, Greg Cohen and Joey Baron, and the trio offers original takes on classic tunes by Cole Porter (Begin The Beguine), George Gershwin (Someone To Watch Over Me), Kurt Weill (September Song), Duke Ellington (The Mooche) and more, including the wonderful House Party Starting by Herbie Nichols and Mengelberg's own title tune.
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IKUE MORI With MARC RIBOT & ROBERT QUINE - Painted Desert (Avant 030; Japan) Following her legendary drumming with No Wave pioneers DNA, Ikue Mori has devoted herself to creative adaption of electronic drum machines. Painted Desert, originally released in 1995, is her most finely-focused album, investigating the textures and spirit of Ennio Morricone's Spaghetti Western soundtracks with guitar twang virtuosos Robert Quine (Lou Reed, Richard Hell & The Voidoids) and Marc Ribot (Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Marianne Faithfull). From desolate soundscapes to urgent and explosive tribal drumming, Mori's rhythms match the subtle colors and shading of her cohorts' twin-guitar interplay.
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TAKEO MORIYAMA QUARTET - Live At Lovely (DIW 820; Japan) Takeo Moriyama,Toshihiko Inoue, Fumio Itabashi, Hideaki Mochizuki. Recorded live at "Jazz inn Lovely", Nagoya on December 28 and 29, 1990. Mastered by Jun Miura. Furiously smoking jazz live from Japan, recorded in 1990. Moriyama, formerly featured with Yosuke Yamashita Trio, is a popular musician in Europe and Asia, Inoue is a smart and wailing saxophonist and Itabashi, who has toured and recorded with Elvin Jones, wrote four of the tunes!
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WILBER MORRIS, DAVID MURRAY, DENIS CHARLES [WILBER FORCE] - Wilber Force (DIW 809; Japan) Wilber Morris (b), David Murray (ts, bcl), Dennis Charles (ds). Recorded live at Kwame, NYC on a snowy Sunday afternoon, February 6, 1983. The late Wilber Morris with Murray's distinctive horn and Dennis Charles' great drumming. Only original songs are included in this album, lead by (2), (6) that conveys well vividness of the live, a song by D. Charles bearing a close resemblance of A. Ayler (4) and full of the appeal of Murray's bass clarinet play (5) are especially impressive.
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DAVID MURRAY QUINTET With RAY ANDERSON & ANTHONY DAVIS - With Ray Anderson & Anthony Davis (DIW 908; Japan) David Murray (ts), Ray Anderson (tb), Anthony Davis (p), Kenny Davis (b), Tommy Campbell (ds). Recorded at Clinton Recording, NYC on January 2 & 3, 1994. Here the ubiquitous Mr. Murray joins forces with the powerhouse of the trombone, Ray Anderson. They're joined on piano by the magnificent pianist / composer Anthony Davis in a rarely heard sideman performance. The quintet tackles the swing classic Stompinf At The Savoy, two each by the guests and one by the bassist.
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DAVID MURRAY With DAVE BURRELL/FRED HOPKINS/RALPH PETERSON Jr - Deep River (DIW 830; Japan) David Murray (ts, bcl), Dave Burrell (p), Fred Hopkins (b), Ralph Peterson Jr. (ds). Recorded at A&R Recording, NYC in January, 1988. The recording of this album was done by the same members at the same day of the recording of "Lovers" (DIW-814). "Lovers" is a graceful ballad album, but in this album, manipulating brilliant big tone, he is blowing and blowing. It is no exaggeration to say that this album showed one perfected formality of hard driving jazz.
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DAVID MURRAY With DAVE BURRELL/FRED HOPKINS/RALPH PETERSON Jr - Ballads (DIW 840; Japan) David Murray (ts), Dave Burrell (p), Fred Hopkins (b), Ralph Peterson Jr. (ds). Recorded at A&R Recording, New York in January, 1988. In his amazing masterpiece "Lovers", David Murray, who is famous for his radical play rooting in 70s loft jazz, played ballads over the whole work. This work is a sequel to "Lovers". Including the heartrending songs composed by him and his sworn friend Dave Burrell (p) who is both an active player in the free jazz scene and a great melody maker, and the pungent solo tune by the freak tone of his forte. This marvelous work is not only emotional but also the one that never tends to be a superficial sentimentalism, and so, even hard-liners will recognize this work very much!
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DAVID MURRAY With DAVE BURRELL/FRED HOPKINS/RALPH PETERSON Jr - Spirituals (DIW 841; Japan) David Murray (ts), Dave Burrell (p), Fred Hopkins (b), Ralph Peterson Jr. (ds). Recorded at A&R Recording, New York in January 1988. David Murray, who praises from the masters of Swing-era to A. Ayler and covered them, collects his own "spirituals". This is placed as a novel work in his career, but it's no exaggeration to say that this work reveals an essential part of him.
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DAVID MURRAY QUARTET - Love And Sorrow (DIW 921; Japan) David Murray (ts), John Hicks (p), Fred Hopkins (b), Idris Muhammad (ds). Recorded at Sound On Sound, NYC on September 14 trough 17, 1993. Welcome to the quieter, gentler side of David Murray! Heartfelt readings of standards - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To, Old Folks and A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing - plus Murray's touching Sorrow Song and the beautiful ballad Forever I Love You by Tex Allen.
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DAVID MURRAY QUARTET With DON PULLEN/ANDREW CYRILLE/STANLEY FRANKS - Shakill's Warrior (DIW 850; Japan) David Murray (ts), Don Pullen (org), Stanley Franks (g), Andrew Cyrille (ds). Recorded at Sound On Sound, NYC on March 1 & 2, 1991. It attracted considerable attention that the late Don Pullen held fast to organ. In 1991, the year that this work was released, organist attracted little attention and a new style of the organ play is long awaited. It was so creative to desert a slovenly old-fashioned style and grope for modern organ Jazz, and this album was just as such. The essence Murray added to it is extremely special and is the result worthy of mention in their long career.
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DAVID MURRAY BIG BAND Conducted By LAWRENCE BUTCH MORRIS - Conducted By Lawrence Butch Morris (DIW 851; Japan) David Murray (ts, bcl), Hugh Ragin (tp), Graham Haynes (tp), Rasul Siddik (tp), James Zollar (tp), Craig Harris (tb), Frank Lacy (tb), Al Patterson (tb), Vincent Chancey (frh), Bob Stewart (tuba), Kahlil Henry (fl, piccolo), John Purcell (as), James Spaulding (as, fl), Patience Higgins (ts, ss), Don Byron (bs, cl), Sonelius Smith (p), Fred Hopkins (b), Tani Tabbal (ds), Joel A. Brandon (whistle), The "Master Whistler" (whistle), G'Ra (wordist), Andy Bey (vo), Lawrence "Butch" Morris (cond). Recorded at Clinton Recording, NYC on March 5 & 6, 1991. David Murray has challenged the big band concept since the early 80s, and the most symbolic one in his career is this album recorded in 1991.
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DAVID MURRAY QUARTET With BOBBY BRADFORD/FRED HOPKINS/ED BLACKWELL...& DAVE BURRELL - Death Of A Sideman (DIW 866; Japan) David Murray (ts, bcl), Bobby Bradford (cor), Dave Burrell (p on 1, 7 & 8), Fred Hopkins (b), Ed Blackwell (ds). Recorded at Power Station, NYC on October 18 & 19, 1991.One of David's finest recordings. A moving tribute to the late clarinetist and educator, John Carter; a suite composed by Bobby Bradford, one of Carter's frequent collaborators and a close friend. Bradford's lovely tone is a perfect contrast to Murray's big sprawling sound. Dave Burrell is a guest on three tracks. The late Fred Hopkins and the late Ed Blackwell are heard in top shape here.
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DAVID MURRAY & JACK DEJOHNETTE - In Our Style (DIW 819; Japan) David Murray (ts, bcl), Jack DeJohnette (ds, p), Fred Hopkins (b only on cut 1 and 4). Recorded at Sound Ideas, New York City on September 3 & 4, 1986. A classic and intimate duo recording by two of the best-known and most prolific modern jazz musicians! The two giants - who had been together in Jack's group Special Edition - play their originals plus two by Butch Morris. Recorded in 1986.
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DAVID MURRAY And MILFORD GRAVES - Real Deal (DIW 867; Japan) David Murray (ts, bcl), Milford Graves (ds, per) Recorded at Power Station, NYC on November 3, 1991. The "real deal" indeed; powerful yet intimate duo music by two giants! Murray has made many, many records, yet every one is singular and important. And Milford Graves is something of the father of new, avant-garde drumming with recordings for the legendary ESP label over 30 years ago. Here, they each contribute four tunes to a most extraordinary session.
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DAVID MURRAY OCTET With DAVE BURRELL/HUGH RAGIN/WILBER MORRIS/CRAIG HARRIS et al - Picasso (DIW 879; Japan) David Murray (ts, bcl), Hugh Ragin (tp), Rasul Siddik (tp), Craig Harris (tb), James Spaulding (as, fl), Dave Burrell (p), Wilber Morris (b), Tani Tabbal (ds). Recorded at Sound On Sound, NYC on September 1, 2, 9 & 11, 1992 Another side of the amazing David Murray; sharp, intelligent and soulful writing for one of his famous eight-piece bands; The David Murray Octet. The centerpiece of the recording is a 37-minute suite that David wrote in 1992 for a commission from the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Northeast Ohio Jazz Society and Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Jazz Network. The piece was inspired by Picasso exhibit and the famous solo saxophone improvisation Coleman Hawkins recorded for Norman Grantz's label in 1948. It's a brilliant, multifaceted work that highlights David's magnificent writing and the improvisational skills of this great octet. Listen for the swirling trumpet work of Hugh Ragin; the timeless playing of former Blue Note alto man James Spaulding; the supportive piano and individual soloing of Dave Burrell; and, above all, the complete musicianship of David Murray.
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DAVID MURRAY QUARTET With DON PULLEN - Shakill's II (DIW 884; Japan) David Murray (ts), Don Pullen (org), Bill White (g), J.T. Lewis (ds). Recorded at Sound On Sound, NYC on October 5 & 6, 1993.A perfect combination; down home and out there; as Murray gets in the pocket with the late great Don Pullen, who here wails on organ. This recording was made just as Pullen had been diagnosed with lymphoma and there is an extraordinarily deep and motivating urgency about the music here. The tunes are by these two giants and the passion throughout is honest and all encompassing.
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DAVID MURRAY BIG BAND Conducted By LAWRENCE BUTCH MORRIS - South Of The Border (DIW 897; Japan) David Murray (ts, bcl), Hugh Ragin (tp), Rasul Siddik (tp), James Zollar (tp), Graham Haynes (cor), Craig Harris (tb), Frank Lacy (tb), Al Patterson (tb), Vincent Chancey (frh), Kahlil Henry (fl), John Purcell (as), James Spaulding (as, fl), Patience Higgins (ts, ss), Don Byron (cl, bs), Sonelius Smith (p), Fred Hopkins (b), Tani Tabbal (ds), Larry McDonald (per), Lawrence "Butch" Morris (cond).Recorded at Power Station, NYC on May 23, 24 and 25, 1992.Another side of the prolific and vastly talented David Murray - as leader of a smokin' big band. Butch Morris unusual and innovative conduction techniques bring out truly inspired work from this all-star ensemble. Compositions from several of the band members, along with Murray's famous Flowers For Albert, and a joyously raucous and rhythmic version of Sonny Rollins' St.Thomas. Surprisingly (and very effectively), much of this album has a beautiful south of the border Latin swing feel.
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MUSIC REVELATION ENSEMBLE [JAMES BLOOD ULMER/DAVID MURRAY/JAMAALADEEN TACUMA/RONALD SHANNON JACKSON] - Music Revelation Ensemble (DIW 825; Japan) David Murray (ts), James Blood Ulmer (g), Jamaaladeen Tacuma (b), Ronald Shannon Jackson (ds). Bodytalk (12:43) Recorded at A & R Recording, NYC on February 3 and 4, 1988. Three greats from Ornette's Prime Time era are joined by tough tenor David Murray for some loose, gutsy modern music. Their first re-union session following the famous Moers Jazz recording, No Wave, this time in NYC, 1988.
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MUSIC REVELATION ENSEMBLE [JAMES BLOOD ULMER/PHAROAH SANDERS/JOHN ZORN et al] - Cross Fire (DIW 927; Japan) James Blood Ulmer (g), Calvin Jones (b), Cornell W. Rochester (ds), Pharoah Sanders (ts), John Zorn (as). Recorded at Avatar, NYC on December 17 and 18, 1996.James Blood Ulmer and his Music Revelation Ensemble are one of the most prolific and popular groups from DIW label. Ulmer is a pioneer in modern guitar sounds having been a member of important Ornette Coleman 1970s Groups. Here his group is joined by two other modern music giants - the ubiquitous John Zorn and sax legend Pharoah Sanders (a disciple and playing partner of the late John Coltrane).
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MUSIC REVELATION ENSEMBLE [JAMES BLOOD ULMER/DAVID MURRAY et al] - Elec. Jazz (DIW 839; Japan) James Blood Ulmer (g), David Murray (ts), Amin Ali (el-b), Cornell Rochester (ds). Recorded at A & R Recording, New York on March 12 & 13, 1990. All compositions by James Blood Ulmer. Ten years have passed since the shock of "No Wave"(MOERS) surged toward us. Amin Ali the bassist comes back through "Music Revelation Emsemble"(DIW-825), Cornell Rochester the drummer takes up a position, and the new electric jazz funk explode! This is epoch-making and opens up a new way of jazz.
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MUSIC REVELATION ENSEMBLE [JAMES BLOOD ULMER/SAM RIVERS/ARTHUR BLYTHE et al] - In The Name Of... (DIW 885; Japan) Music Revelation Emsemble: James Blood Ulmer (g), Amin Ali (el-b), Cornell W. Rochester (ds). Featuring: Arthur Blythe (as on 2, 6, 7), Sam Rivers (ss on 1, ts on 5, fl on 4), Hamiet Bluiett (bs on 3). Recorded at Eastside Sound NYC on December 6 & 7, 1993. Burnin' trio w/ three masters of saxophone as guests!
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[ABOUT THE NEXT FOUR CDs: In January, the complete contents of all 4 of these NAKED CITY albums will be included in the Tzadik 5-CD Box Set 'Complete Studio Sessions' which WILL ALSO INCLUDE ALL the studio material found in the 2 CD Tzadik 'Black Box' release AND the original first album released on Elektra. However, there is to be no unreleased material in that forthcoming set, so if you've already invested in some of these albums and are seeking to complete your collection with the one you haven't got, HERE MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO DO SO!...[without re-purchasing what you already have]
NAKED CITY [JOHN ZORN'S] - Heretic (Avant 001; Japan) Heretic is the mysterious album of soundtrack music Zorn created for a Japanese film of S/M erotica and features this legendary band improvising in small units of duets and trios. Moody, extreme - almost exilerating, many die hard fans consider Heretic their favorite Naked City album. Includes the first of many collaborative duet recordings by Yamataka Eye / John Zorn and Joey Baron / Bill Frisell. John Zorn (as), Bill Frisell (g), Wayne Horvitz (key), Fred Frith (b), Joey Baron (ds), Yamataka Eye (vo)
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NAKED CITY [JOHN ZORN'S] - Grand Guignol (Avant 002; Japan) This is the controversial CD that sparked Zorn's break with Nonesuch Records. Planned as the second Naked City album, the release was delayed for years over both musical and artistic issues. Exploring the darker side of human creativity, Grand Guignol is divided into three parts. The title track is a long paean to the theatre of shock and horror that took Paris by storm at the turn of the century. Stark and intense, Grand Guignol is one of Zorn's major long form compositions. Also included are Zorn's sensual arrangements of classical music by Messiaen, Scriabin, Ives and Debussy. The final third of the CD contains 33 of the seminal hardcore miniatures that made Naked City famous. Uncompromising cover art and music from one of the most original and eclectic bands of the 1990's. Naked City: John Zorn (as, vo), Bill Frisell (g), Wayne Horvitz (key), Fred Frith (b), Joey Baron (ds), Yamataka Eye (vo), Special Guest Vocalist: Bob Dorough
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NAKED CITY [JOHN ZORN'S] - Radio (Avant 003; Japan) In its brief but influential 5-year life span, Naked City released 7 albums of astonishing breadth and originality. Originally released in 1993, Radio captures Naked City at the height of its powers, a band capable of anything from surf to nuts. R&B, country-rock, free jazz, hardcore punk, cartoon music, heavy metal, movie soundtracks and world-beat are all explored in John Zorn's radical compositional style, making this perhaps the best entry-way into Naked CitY's eclectic and intense world of sound. Originally conceived as a radio show for college radio, this delightful program of screams, funk beats, tender ballads and horrible noise is Naked City's party record. Fun for the whole family, dysfunctional or not. John Zorn (as, vo), Bill Frisell (g), Wayne Horvitz (key), Fred Frith (b), Joey Baron (ds), Yamataka Eye (vo)
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NAKED CITY [JOHN ZORN'S] - Absinthe (Avant 004; Japan) Absinthe is one of John Zorn's most mysterious and elusive creations -- a strange twisted take on the legacies of Messiaen and ambient music. Joey Baron plays bags of dry leaves, fishing reels and buckshot, Bill Frisell solos on a microtonal guitar, Wayne Horvitz samples everything from crickets to Giacinto Scelsi, Fred Frith does what he does best, and Zorn doesn't even touch the saxophone. Exquisite analog recording at Electric Ladyland studio by Joe Ferla. Absinthe, originally released in 1993, is a dark and perplexing album that is considered by many to be Naked City's best work.
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NEW YORK ART QUARTET - 35TH Reunion (DIW 936; Japan) Milford Graves (ds), Roswell Rudd (tb), John Tchicai (sax), Reggie Workman (b), Amiri Baraka (poetry reading on some cuts).The reunion of a legendary new music group. The NYAQ made their first records for the ESP label in 1964 and created an esthetic that in some sense created free jazz. With only the bassist different, this extraordinary collective is back making sounds that are guaranteed to take you to wild and different places. The players are remarkable; Rudd, who started in dixieland and has been in the vanguard of new music for the trombone while never losing his street smarts; Tchicai, from Denmark, who has a smart identifiable sound that was part of the dense weave of the original; Graves, possibly the most innovative drummer of the late 20th century; and bassist Workman, who played with Coltrane and offers power, grace and intelligence. The group is also joined by poet Amiri Baraka (aka Leroi Jones), last seen in Warren Beatty'fs film Bulworth.
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BOB OSTERTAG - Fear No Love (Avant 041; Japan) Ostertag is again pushing the boundaries of music, but this time it's on the dance floor! Ostertag applies his sampling genius to a dance / techno / industrial / r & b / etc. It's a hilarious, surreal and subversive romp, a trashy gender-bending disco cartoon, featuring instrumental guests (Fred Frith, Chris Brown, Trevor Dunn and others) and a menagerie of guest vocalists (including Mike Patton, Lynn Breedlove, drag performance diva Justin Bond, and Christian Huygen.) Bob Ostertag (sampling, syn, etc), Joey Blake (back vo), Justin Bond (vo), Lynn Breedlove (vo), Chris Brown (sampler), Trevor Dunn (b), Fred Frith (g, b), Jim Hedges (g), Philip Horvitz (vo), Christian Huygen (vo), Andrea Lewis (back vo), Raz Kennedy (vo), Sara Miles, Mike Patton (vo), JD Reilly (key, p), Annie Toone (harmonica), Richie Waits, William Winant (el-per).
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JOHN OSWALD/PLUNDERPHONICS - Plexure (Avant 016; Japan) One of the most infamous sampling musicians in the world, John Oswald's Plunderphonics is an underground legend. Plexure, his most rigorous and complex work to date, slices, chops and blends literally hundreds of thousands of sound bites from musics known and unknown into a dizzying sonic whirlwind. You have never heard anything quite like Plexure, and you are likely never to forget it. A close collaborator of Henry Kaiser, John Zorn and the Grateful Dead - John Oswald lives with his wife and dog in a small suburb near downtown Toronto. His sound installations, mystery tapes, dance performances, orchestral compositions and saxophone manipulations are known worldwide.
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WILLIE OTERI With MIKE KENEALLY/TONY LEVIN/PAT MASTELOTTO/EPHRAIM OWENS/RONAN CHRIS MURPHY - Spiral Out (DIW 466; Japan) Produced by R C Murphy. Tired of buying sideman projects of players in groups you like[d]? Well, I am! Just when I thought I'd never buy another non-Crimson album to hear Tony Levin, along comes this inspired release from this Austin, Texas (by way of Japan!) guitar wonderkind Willie Oteri, whose styles range from superfast runs (a la Keneally) to Hendrixian blues to Frippian washes. The basic quartet tracks of Oteri, keyboardist Murphy (who has produced Takeharu Hayakawa [Ruins] among others and engineered/mixed many of the live Crimson releases for the Collector's Club), and King Crimson rhythm section Levin and Mastelotto were laid down in 2001 with Mike Keneally's organ and Fender Rhodes and Ephraim Owens' trumpet overdubbed in early 2002. A really heady mix of sounds and styles - some tracks reminiscent of 70's Miles/Tony Williams Lifetime, while others, especially "Sundial/Spiral Out" and "First Light" are 1st rate Crimsonesque (makes you wonder what Crimso would be like if Oteri took over Belew's guitar chair - possibly re-invigorated!) All are playing great here - Four Thumbs UP! -mannylunch
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JACO PASTORIUS & ESSENCE - Last Flight (DIW 831; Japan) Jaco Pastorius (b), Carlos Cervantes (ds, per), Michael Gerber (p), Delmar Brown (syn), Yaco G. Grau (fl). Recorded in NY, November 11, 1984. More from the great Jaco!! Three long pieces including a 45-minute two-part suite called Universe Is My Home. Jaco is less the star than the brilliantly supportive bassist, but his presence is solid and strong.
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'BIG' JOHN PATTON With JOHN ZORN - Minor Swing (DIW 896; Japan) John Patton (org), John Zorn (as), Ed Cherry (g), Kenny Wollesen (ds). Produced by John Zorn & Kazunori Sugiyama.John Zorn has always been a fan of the funky tenor and organ music that was so much a part of the Blue Note label in the 1960's and 1970's. One of the most dynamic of the organists from those records was the so soulful John Patton; or Big John Patton as he was known then. Patton is still groovin' after all these years as this killer session with Zorn proves. He's more than just a funkmeister, though. Says Harvey Pekar, "You hear something familiar in his work and think you can predict where it's going, but it turns out you're not always right / he makes every note count." This is a very special and inspired album indee! Zorn's full range of alto sax sounds and techniques show how much he loves Patton's - listen to his phenomenal solo on "The Way I Feel" which Zorn also covered with Naked City on 'Live Vol 1: Knitting Factory 1989' on the Tzadik label. All of the tunes are Patton's except the great Tyrone, written by the late organist Larry Young.
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PDB [JACO PASTORIUS, KENWOOD DENNARD, HIRAM BULLOCK] - PDB (DIW 827; Japan) Jaco Pastorius (b, key), Kenwood Dennard (ds), Hiram Bullock (g, key) Recorded live at Jonathan Swift's, Boston on February 1, 1986. A true power trio - recorded at Jonathan Swift's in Boston in 1986! The late Jaco Pastorius is at the center of this all-star group. The trio plays the standard Invitation, Jaco's classic Three Views of a Secret and Continuum, Bullock's Son of a Creeper, Herbie Hancock's Dolphin Dance, and the pop hit Ode to Billie Joe!
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PHALANX [GEORGE ADAMS/JAMES BLOOD ULMER/SIRONE/RASHIED ALI] - In Touch (DIW 826; Japan) George Adams (ts, ss, fl), James Blood Ulmer (g, fl), Sirone (b), Rashied Ali (ds).Recorded at A&R Recording, NYC on February 27 and 29, 1988. Phalanx was an excitingly unique, and short-lived, group from the 80s that united George Adams, from Mingus bands and groups with Don Pullen; the revolutionary Ornette; inspired guitarist James Blood Ulmer; former Coltrane drummer Rashied Ali; and bassist Sirone of legendary Revolutionaly Ensemble.All of them performed extensively through Free jazz and Loft jazz periods in NYC. They had all played together in almost all possible combinations except this, Phalanx. After a few concerts and these two recordings (1st is DIW 801), made within a year apart, four headed again to their respective directions.
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PHALANX [GEORGE ADAMS/JAMES BLOOD ULMER/SIRONE/RASHIED ALI] - Original Phalanx (DIW 801; Japan) George Adams (ts, ss, fl), James Blood Ulmer (g, fl), Sirone (b), Rashied Ali (ds).Phalanx was an excitingly unique, and short-lived, group from the 80s that united George Adams, from Mingus bands and groups with Don Pullen; the revolutionary Ornette; inspired guitarist James Blood Ulmer; former Coltrane drummer Rashied Ali; and bassist Sirone of legendary Revolutionaly Ensemble.All of them performed extensively through Free jazz and Loft jazz periods in NYC. They had all played together in almost all possible combinations except this, Phalanx. After a few concerts and these two recordings (2nd is DIW 826), made within a year apart, four headed again to their respective directions.
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BOBBY PREVITE'S EMPTY SUITS - Slay The Suitors (Avant 036; Japan) Bobby Previte has been a driving force in the downtown NYC Jazz scene for well over a decade. His various groups (Empty Suits, Weather Clear Track Fast, The Horse, Latin For Travellers) and projects (Claude's Late Morning, Bitches Brew, Moscow Circus) have received both awards and unanimous praise for their passion, creativity and adventurousness. Slay The Suitors was recorded for Gramavision, but never released because of a cover art controversy. Avant is proud to present both the music and the cover intact. Slay The Suitors is Bobby Previte at his primal best This music was recorded LIVE in the studio - NO overdubs! Robin Eubanks (tb, electronics), Wayne Horvitz (Hammond org, key, p), Steve Gaboury (p, key, keyboard bass), Jerome Harris (g, ac-b), Roger Squitero (per), Bobby Previte (ds).
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ARTHUR RHAMES TRIO - Live From Soundscape (DIW 401; Japan) Arthur Rhames (ts), Jeff Esposito (p), Jeff Siegel (ds). Recorded live from Soundscape, NYC, October 30, 1981. The only sound source of the phantom saxophonist / guitarist / pianist who died in 1989 at the age of 31 is found. In the unpublicized live recordings included in this work, his overwhelming play of blowing the tenor sax energetically just like Coltrane is caught up.
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MARC RIBOT - Don't Blame Me (DIW 902; Japan) Marc Ribot (g). Recorded in NYC in 1994 and 1995. The richly unusual Marc Ribot - former Jazz Passenger, Lounge Lizard and sideman in the bands of Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and more - in a weird and wonderful solo guitar record! Ribot plays unique versions of popular standards: I'm In The Mood For Love, Don't Blame Me, Body And Soul, Solitude, Ol' Man River and Dinah - plus takes on Ghosts by Albert Ayler and Song For Che by Charlie Haden. You haven't heard anything until you've heard these tunes filtered through the strange sensibility of Marc Ribot!
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MARC RIBOT/SHREK - Shrek (Avant 033; Japan) Marc Ribot is one of the best guitarist in the world. He has worked with everyone from Elvis Costello, Chuck Berry and Jack McDuff to Lou Reed, Tom Waits and John Lurie. He can play more styles of music than most people can think of, and with Shrek he has invented yet another. Shrek is Marc's ultimate compositional statement to date : an atavistic exploration of the primitive, the banal and the despised. Featuring an incredible band of Chris Wood (Medeski, Martin & Wood), Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing), Christine Bard and Jim Pugliese (ESP), Marc Anthony Thompson (on auto-erotic harp!) and the ubiquitous David Shea on samplers, Shrek will make you scream. It will make you sick. And it will make you a mumbling, bumbling fan of one of the world's most original and influential guitarists - Marc Ribot.
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ROUGH ASSEMBLAGE - Construction & Demolition (Avant 017; Japan) Inventive and refreshing explorations of rhythm, texture and process, with instrumentation including refrigerator/stove parts, pencil and eraser, sampler and 4 amplified basses. Performers include Marc Ribot, Anthony Coleman, Jim Pugliese, Christine Bard, Lindsey Horner and Chris Wood.Rough Assemblage was a five-year project of a collective of three young composers at New York's Mannes College of Music: Norman Yamada, Mark Degliantoni and the late Eric Qin (1967-1993). Yamada served for years as the organizer/prompter of the long-running Knitting Factory performances of John Zorn's game piece Cobra. His brass quintet, Mundane Dissatisfactions, has been recorded by the Meridian Arts Ensemble on Channel Classics. Mark Degliantoni has gone on to fame as the sampler player in the pop band Soul Coughing, and has also performed and recorded with Anthony Coleman, Roy Nathanson, Elliott Sharp and John Zorn. Eric Qin's work involved both the use of traditional and unconventional instruments and performing situations. A CD of other Qin compositions is forthcoming on Avant.
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JENNY SCHEINMAN QUARTET - Live at Yoshi's (Avant 045; Japan) Jenny is amazing violinist and this is her stellar quartet improv debut! Featuring Dave MacNab on guitar, Todd Sickafoose on bass, Scott Amendola on drums.
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DAVID SHEA - Shock Corridor (Avant 013; Japan) Splitting his time between Europe and the United States, David Shea has become one of the most well known sampler players in the world. He has released over seven critically-acclaimed CDs in the past five years and his creativity continues to shoot off in all directions. Shock Corridor was his debut recording. Released in 1992, David presents three sides of his multi-faceted compositional skills. In the title track he presents an unfolding collage dedicated to film director Samuel Fuller and is joined by an all-star band of Jim Pugliese, Shelley Hirsch, Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins, Jim Staley and Anthony Coleman. Also included is a cartoon piece for two keyboards and a trio for samplers that ultimately points toward the direction he was to follow over the next several years. An important and varied first release by this exciting downtown composer.
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SUN RA ARKESTRA - Live At Pit-Inn Tokyo (DIW 824; Japan) Sun Ra (p, syn, vo), Michael Ray (tp, vo), Ahmed Abdullah (tp), Tyron Hill (tb), Marshall Allen (as), John Gilmore (ts, timbales), Danny Thompson (bs), Leroy Taylor (cl, bcl), Bruce Edwards (g), Rollo Rodford (b), Eric Walker (ds), Earl"Buster" Smith (ds), June Tyson (vo, vln), Judith Holten (dance). Recorded at Pit-Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo, August 8, 1988. The wild, wooly, wacky and wonderful Sun Ra; composer, keyboardist, philosopher, outer-space free-spirit; in a live concert form Tokyo, Japan, 1988. The band plays 6 of Ra's cosmic originals plus its own outrageous takes on Duke Ellington's Prelude To A Kiss and Jerome Kern's Why Was I Born, with a nutty vocal by Michael Ray. Other highlights: soloing of alto saxophonist Marshall Allen and tenor saxophonist John Gilmore.
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SUN RA ARKESTRA - Live From Soundscape (DIW 388; Japan) Sun Ra (p, key), Michael Ray (tp), Walter Miller (tp), Charles Stephens (tb), Vincent Chancey (frh), Marshall Allen (reeds, per), John Gilmore (reeds, per), Danny Davis (reeds, per), Eloe Omoe (reeds, per), James Jackson (reeds, per), Danny Thompson (reeds, per), Damon Choice (vib), Skeeter McFarland (g), Richard Williams (b), Luqman Ali (ds), Atakatune (per), June Tyson (vo). Recorded live from Soundscape on November 11, 1979. The one and only Sun Ra - composer, musician, bandleader, mystic, interplanetary philosopher - in a powerful live 1979 show with the Arkestra and vocalist June Tyson. Nine tunes including the Ra classics Space Is The Place and We Travel The Spaceways.
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CRAIG TABORN TRIO - Craig Taborn Trio (DIW 618; Japan) Craig Taborn (p), Jaribu Shahid (b), Tani Tabbal (ds). Recorded at Power Station, NYC on April 18 & 19, 1994.Terrific debut album by the brilliant pianist from saxophonist James Carter's great group! Taborn is joined by his rhythm mates in Carter's band Jaribu Shahid and Tani Tabbal (who have also worked with Geri Allen) - and the three, all from Detroit, take on Compassion by Ornette Coleman; Bass Blues, originally written by John Coltrane as a feature for Paul Chambers, showcasing Shahid; the lovely Horace Silver ballad Shirl; and six originals by the leader.This is a virtuoso album where Taborn shines as leader, composer and player! The music runs the gamut from soulful to lyrical to funky to on-the-edge!
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MASAYUKI TAKAYANAGI/KAORU ABE - Kaitai Teki Koukan: New Direction (DIW 415; Japan) Takayanagi Masayuki (g), Abe Kaoru (as, bcl, hca). Recorded live at Kousei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, June 28, 1970. A historic concert recorded live at Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, June 28, 1970. Two of Japan's most creative new musicians, Takayanagi on guitar and Abe on also saxophone, bass clarinet and harmonica (unfortunately, both are now gone), play wild and whacked-out music for nearly an hour! This is not music for the faint-hearted but be prepared to be taken places to which you've never travelled!
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MASAYUKI TAKAYANAGI/KAORU ABE - Mass Projection (DIW 424; Japan) Masayuki Takayanagi (g), Kaoru Abe (as, shakuhachi with reed). July 9, 1970, that is to say, 11 days after of the recording of "Kaitaiteki Koukan", Takayanagi and Abe met again by chance in the stage of "Station '70" and developed a tremendous play that became legendary in enthusiast. It is the noteworthy point in these releases that play style of "Gradually Projection" (DIW-425), which developed in about 50 minutes as second set of the day, is independently released. It is no exaggeration to say that the work is key to solve the mysterious term of Takayanagi. On the other hand, in "Mass Projection", which recorded the first set and third set, punkish, noisy, and tremendous play that changes atmosphere at the first one sound is developed. I want this legendary play to be listened by not only jazz fun but also new rock fun of alternative, noise, grunge, and so on.
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MASAYUKI TAKAYANAGI/KAORU ABE - Gradually Projection (DIW 425; Japan) Masayuki Takayanagi (g), Kaoru Abe (as, shakuhachi with reed). July 9, 1970, that is to say, 11 days after of the recording of "Kaitaiteki Koukan", Takayanagi and Abe met again by chance in the stage of "Station '70" and developed a tremendous play that became legendary in enthusiast. It is the noteworthy point in these releases that play style of "Gradually Projection" (DIW-425), which developed in about 50 minutes as second set of the day, is independently released. It is no exaggeration to say that the work is key to solve the mysterious term of Takayanagi. On the other hand, in "Mass Projection", which recorded the first set and third set, punkish, noisy, and tremendous play that changes atmosphere at the first one sound is developed. I want this legendary play to be listened by not only jazz fun but also new rock fun of alternative, noise, grunge, and so on.
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JAMES BLOOD ULMER - Are You Glad To Be In America? (DIW 400; Japan) James Blood Ulmer (g, vo on tr-4, 10), Amin Ali (el-b), Ronald Shannon Jackson (ds except on tr-4), G.Calvin Weston (ds except on tr-3, 9), Olu Dara (cor on tr-4, 5, 7), Oliver Lake (as except on tr-2, 3, 9, 10), David Murray (ts), William Patterson (rhythm g on tr-4). Original release produced by James Blood Ulmer.Reissue produced by James Blood Ulmer & Kazunori Sugiyama.All compositions by James Blood Ulmer. Recorded at RCA Studios, NYC on January 17, 1980. "A legendary and cutting edge classic record by the most brilliant and powerful guitarist in modern jazz. Originally released in 1980 on the small British independent label,this record has retained its bite, relevance and raw power for nearly twenty years now.Because you can talk about acid jazz, punk-funk, riddim 'n' grunge, black rock or harm lectric boogie - but RU Glad? demands to know what those stylisms coyly hint at, slashing through hype and hypocrisy to lay bare the question facing all so-called citizens of the free world: what to make of the benefits and detriments of the late 20th century culture. How do you like it here? And could you bear anything else?" - Howard Mandel
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JAMES BLOOD ULMER - Tales Of Captain Black (DIW 403; Japan) James Blood Ulmer (g), Ornette Coleman (as), Jamaaladeen Tacuma (el-b), Denardo Coleman (ds). Original release produced by Ornette Coleman & John Snyder. Reissue produced by James Blood Ulmer & Kazunori Sugiyama.All compositions by James Blood Ulmer. Recorded at RPM Sound, NYC on December 5, 1978. A Classic !!! The first record as a leader by the astonishing and different Blood Ulmer!!! Here he plays all originals, fierce, angular and electric, with his most important mentor, Ornette Coleman; Denardo Coleman on drums and Jamaaladeen Tacuma on bass. Initially released in 1978 on the Artist House label. Available first time here on CD.
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DAVID S. WARE - Flight Of i (DIW 856; Japan) David S. Ware (ts), Matthew Shipp (p), William Parker (b), Marc Edwards (ds). Recorded at Power Station, NYC on December 10 & 11, 1991. David S.Ware is one of the most acclaimed of all the new saxophonists, known for his well-received records for Sony and work with Cecil Taylor. Here is his very first record for DIW, made back in 1991. He's accompanied by stellar new musicians and they play two of Ware's colorful originals plus the standards Sad Eyes, There Will Never Be Another You and Yesterdays.
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DAVID S. WARE QUARTET - Godspelized (DIW 916; Japan) David S.Ware (ts), Matthew Shipp (p), William Parker (b), Susie Ibarra (ds). Recorded at Sound On Sound, NYC on May 2 & 3, 1996. David S.Ware was formerly a member of the Cecil Taylor group but has emerged as one of the most distinctive voices on saxophone. Godspelized presents his one personal take on the spiritual fire and passion of gospel music. It has an intensity rarely matched in current recording because, among other reasons, David S.Ware Quartet is an actual working band! Pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist William Parker are also beginning to gain attention with several albums to their credits. And, Suzie Ibarra is the drum star of the future. Ware's last album received a 4-star review in Rolling Stone and he has recently been signed to Sony by Branford Marsalis.
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DAVID S. WARE - Third Ear Recitation (DIW 870; Japan) David S. Ware (ts), Matthew Shipp (p), William Parker (b), Whit Dickey (ds). Recorded at Sound On Sound, NYC on October 14 & 15, 1992. David S.Ware is one of the most celebrated of the new saxophonists. He has just released a new album for SONY, has been the subject of feature stories in jazz publications and is actively being worked with national daily and monthly press. This 1992 album was David's second for DIW and is an extraordinary display of David's wild and wooly ways - a rousing and exciting trip on the saxophone with his own exploratory tunes plus some far out takes on the standards Autumn Leaves (he plays this one twice!) and Angel Eyes. His standout quartet includes pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist William Parker, who have since become major names in their own right. Ben Ratliff of the New York Times has said of this album, This music sounds like a felicitous meeting of lifelong preparation and flashed spontaneity.
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DAVID S. WARE - Earthquation (DIW 892; Japan) David S. Ware (ts), Mathew Shipp (p), William Parker (b), Whit Dickey (ds) The wild and wooly saxophone of former Cecil Taylor sideman David S. Ware, is center-stage here with seven knockout tunes including two versions of the standard Tenderly and a richly compelling version of the old pop tune Canadian Sunset. Says Tim Price of Saxophone Journal, "David's strong, intense, one-of-a-kind tenor sound is in a class by itself. He's one of Jazz music's true originals." Recorded at Power Station, NYC on May 4 & 5, 1994.
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DAVID WEINSTEIN - Perfume (Avant 020; Japan) David Weinstein is a composer who uses electronic and recording technology to fashion improbable orchestral and musical juxtapositions. Utilizing rigorous compositional techniques and hackneyed Hollywood tricks as well as experimental processes, Weinstein composes with an appreciation of the divine in the pedestrian. As a composer/keyboardist Weinstein has recorded and performed in collaboration with the singer/composer Shelley Hirsch, in Elliott Sharp's Carbon, with John Zorn, and a variety of other composer/musicians from Arto Lindsay to Zeena Parkins. Five years in the making, Weinstein's first solo CD Perfume charts a dyslexic and exotic path through microtonal scales towards the world of just intonation.
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BERNARD WOMA - Live At The Pito Bar (Avant 063; Japan) Bernard Woma, a member of the Dagara tribe from northern Ghana, is considered one of the foremost balafon players in the world. On Sunday afternoons, Bernard and his friends go to Nandem House to kick back, relax, drink Pito (a homemade beer brewed from millet), dance and play some music.This CD documents one such afternoon, and the result is one of the most exciting, raw, visceral recordings of African music you've ever heard. The intense energy and poly-rhythmic complexity of this music can remind you of the Cecil Taylor trio at one moment, and Steve Reich the next. But of course, you've never heard anything like it before. Absolutely Riveting.
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MIN XIAO-FEN - With Six Composers (Avant 021; Japan) Min Xiao-Fen is one of the outstanding pipa (Chinese 4-string lute) virtuosos of our time. Well versed in the traditional Chinese repertoire, she was the pipa soloist with the famed Nanjing National Music Orchestra. Since her arrival in the United States in 1992, she has become a dynamic leader in developing modern repertoire for the pipa. She has performed with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the New York Music Consort, the Chicago Contemporary Players, the San Francisco Opera Symphony, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players among many others, and has developed strong working relationships with composers as diverse as Chen Yi, Tan Dun, Wadada Leo Smith, Carl Stone,George Lewis and John Zorn. This CD features the fruit of these collaborative friendships in seven major new compositions that take this ancient instrument to new and unexpected places.
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OTOMO YOSHIHIDE'S NEW JAZZ QUINTET - Live (DIW 942; Japan) Yoshihide Otomo (g), Naruyoshi Kikuchi (ts), Kenta Tsugami (as, ss), Hiroaki Mizutani (b), Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (ds, tp).Recorded live at Pit Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo in March 17, 2002.Otomo Yoshide is, plain and simple, one of the main bandleaders to be watching in recent years. The two Tzadik releases combined a fairly straight-ahead jazz group with electronics to breathtaking effect. Here, however, he delves more deeply into tradition, presenting an acoustic quintet (himself playing only guitar) and covering Eric Dolphy and Wayne Shorter tunes.
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OTOMO YOSHIHIDE'S NEW JAZZ QUINTET - Tails Out (DIW 946; Japan) New gem from our pal Otomo and his wonderful jazz quintet. Half covers, including "Song for Che'" (Charlie Haden), "Moons Shine" (Blood Ulmer), "Strawberry Fields Forever" (Beatles) and "Orange was the Color of her Dress, Then Blue Silk" (Charles Mingus).
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JOHN ZORN'S COBRA - Tokyo Operations '94 (Avant 049; Japan) Cobra has become one of John Zorn's most infamous compositions, and is performed regularly in places as diverse as Australia, Japan, Europe and Scandinavia. These recordings from the heart of Tokyo features a new generation of Japan's most creative traditional musicians prompted by the enthusiastic musical master Makigami Koichi. Shakuhachi, koto, hichiriki, shamisen, nokan, dengaku bue, taiko, ortin doo and gidayu, mix with guitar, bass, vocals and percussion in a bizarre meeting of not only east and west, but also north, south and every other point on the compass. There has never been a Cobra like this one. Exhilarating. Isso Yukihiro (nokan, dengakubue), Uemura Masahiro (per), Uchihashi Kazuhisa (g), Kinoshita Shinichi (shamisen), Senba Kiyohiko (per), Takei Makoto (shakuhachi), Tanaka Yumiko (gidayu), Nakamura Hitomi (hichiriki), Maruta Miki (koto), Mekken (b), Yamamoto Kyoko (vo), Ito Taeko (ortin doo), Makigami Koichi (prompter).
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DMG [abbreviated] RECOMMENDED NYC GIGS for THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
[full weekly listings return next issue]:
Friday Nov 26th-
MARK HELIAS OPEN LOOSE at Cornelia St. CafØ!
Saturday Nov 27th-
DAVID BEARDSLEY & CLAIRE ELIZABETH BARRATT - FREE here at DMG, 7 PM
Microtonal guitar ambient drones & "Cilla_Vee Movement Projects".
Sunday Nov 28th-
ERNEST ANDERSON & ED KOLLAR guitar & bass duo - FREE here at DMG, 7 PM
FREE-STYLE SERIES downstairs at CBGB's Lounge - 313 Bowery starts at
7pm - daniel carter, joe morris, dee pop
8pm - j.a. granelli, jerry granelli, briggan krauss
9pm - trio tarana: jason hwang, shanir blu
10pm - andrew dangelo, morten olsen, anders hana
Tuesday, Nov. 3Oth -
Henry Grimes Trio featuring Andrew Lamb & Newman Taylor Baker
Baha'i Center, John Birks Gillespie Auditorium, 53 East 11th St., New York City, two sets from 8 p.m., 212-330-9309,
Thursday, Dec. 2nd -
Henry Grimes, "surprise" guest bassist w/ Bob Dorough (Roy Haynes and others also playing later on),
Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. near West St., New York City, 8 p.m.
$25 from the box office, by phone at 212-220-146O
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