Second LaFolieDuJour collection with avant-free downtown jazz (and other sounds) selected from the original first phase of the legendary NY club-label. The first volume is here.
01 THOMAS CHAPIN TRIO Sky piece
("Sky Piece", 1998)
NY outfit NEW & USED explore the spaces between jazz improvisation and modern composition. "CONSENSUS", their second work, recorded in 1993 and released in 1995 through KnittingFactory label.
Musicians: DAVE DOUGLAS trumpet, MARK FELDMAN violin, ANDY LASTER sax, KERMIT DRISCOLL bass, TOM RAINY drums. CONSENSUS
(10 tracks, 70min)
The first part of LaFolieDuJour tribute to the legendary club-label
KNITTING FACTORY WORKS vol.1
THE JAZZ PASSENGERS - if i were a bell ("Plain Old Joe", 1993) THINK OF ONE - fabula roza ("Juggernaut", 1998) WILLIAM HOOKER - pure imagination ("Distance Between Us", 1998) FRIGG- die welt gefallt mir nicht mehr ("Brecht", 1999) MARK DRESSER - fakir ("The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari", 1994) REBECCA MOORE - lamp shop ("Admiral Charcoal's Song", 1996) KISS MY JAZZ - you don't talk ("In Coffee We Trust", 1997) HASIDIC NEW WAVE - tzur mishelo ("Jews & Abstract Truth", 1997) ROY NATHANSON - bus ("Camp Stories" o.s.t., 1996) ''CAMP STORIES'' BAND - hine ma tov ("Camp Stories" o.s.t.) CUONG VU- pure ("Pure", 2000) JOE LOVANO - worship ("Future Jazz", v.a. comp, 1999) PARADOX TRIO - rufus seven ("Flying At A Slant", 1997) DON BYRON - allure of entanglement ("No-Vibe Zone: Live at KF, 1996) HASIDIC NEW WAVE - eliyahu hanovi ("Jews & Abstract Truth", 1997) KISS MY JAZZ- last house at the edge of the park ("Doc's Place Friday Evening", 1996) W. HORVITZ & ZONY MASH - climacum after hours ("Brand Spankin' New", 1998) MARK DRESSER - the circle is closing in ("The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari", 1994)
The avant-jazz sextet of Roy Nathanson (saxes) & Curtis Fowlkes (trombone) in live action at the legendary Knitting Factory club in Jan 1991. Jazz Passengers blend jazz and non-jazz elements in a free, witty and humourous way.
JAZZ PASSENGERS: Curtis Fowlkes (voice, trombone), Roy Nathanson (soprano, alto, tenor saxes), Jim Nolet (violin), Bill Ware (vibraphone), Brad Jones (bass), E.J. Rodriguez (drums , percussion)
plus: Marcus Rojas (tuba), David Fiuczinski (guitar), Dougie Browne (drums), Yuka Honda (samples)
In Love
(1994, Windham Hill/High Street Rec)
The first major label album and also the first "vocal-added" work of the band. Includes singers from various genres (soul, jazz, world, rock), Jeff Buckley, Freddy Johnston, Deborah Harry, Mavis Staples, Jimmy Scott, Bob Dorough and others. Due to songform approaching, some more loungeness creeps in, but JP`s view is still ironic and, at parts, amusingly lunatic. I have chosen for listening the track: "syncretism". What this word implies is what JAZZ PASSENGERS do quite successfully.
THIRD PERSON was an improvising trio collaboration between cellist TOM CORA (1953-1998, played with Curlew, Skeleton Crew, Nimal, Roof, Zorn, Frith...), percussionist SAMM BENNETT (Semantics, Bosho, solo works) and a different each time guest musician who, as a "thirdperson", joined the project on stage. Two albums, "THE BENDS" (1991) and "LUCKY WATER" (1994) came out of these performances which took place and recorded live at Knitting Factory.
"Third Persons" were: Catherine Jauniaux (voice on tracks 1, 15), Don Byron (clarinet on 3, 9, 11), Zeena Parkins (harp on 7, 19), George Cartwright (sax on 5, 8, 10), Marc Ribot (guitar on 2, 6, 16, 18), Myra Melford (piano on 12), Nic Collins (electronics on 4, 13, 17), Chris Cochrane (guitar on 14).
Saxophonist Kazutoki Umezu was the third person of "Lucky Water".
Τhe fourth LP of HNW, this time with participation of senegalese hand drummers Aliounne Faye & Yakar Rhythms. Listen to it here. Other HNW works at this blog are: "Psycho-Semitic" and " Kabalogy"
Στο τέταρτο LP τους, οι HNW συμπορεύονται με το σενεγαλέζικο σχήμα Aliounne Faye & Yakar Rhythms, και παρόλο που η "σύντηξη" των δυο πλευρών δεν αποφέρει ενα αρκετά ομογενοποιημένο και συμπαγές αποτέλεσμα, το άκουσμα ειναι ενδιαφέρον, οι γνωστές αβάν-τζαζ-φανκ-κλεζμερ διευρύνσεις εμπλουτίζονται πολυρυθμικά και αποκτούν χαρακτήρα διαφυλετικό. Οι "περιπέτειες της αφρο-σημιτικής διασποράς" (έτσι υποτιτλοφορείται το CD) υλοποιούνται με αίσθημα πλήρους παροντικότητας, ελεύθερα, φαντασιακά... Δρομολογούν προοπτικές παρά ξεσκονίζουν μνήμες γιατί χειριζονται την παράδοση ριζοσπαστικά.
Few months ago we posted HNW`s third album, "KABALOGY", at club amigos del .rar y ALF. Here it is just a new link to it. HNW, as a trully alternative thinking and acting band expands klezmer jazz to a wide range of sound references. Check also our post of HNW excellent 2nd LP "PSYCHO SEMETIC".
Top NY free-impro-exp-jazz musicians leading by COLTRANE`s drummer RASHIED ALI visit some of His greatest compositions originated from the free, trippy, spiritual period...and it is a difficult bet the one they win. They revitalize loyally the original sound, putting, at the same time, under the surface of these masterpieces their own strong, attitude. The project contains two saxophones, two basses, JOHN ZORN (on two tracks), and of course Ali`s drums. The free spirit blooms worthily of its creator, the wide horizons of compositions allow - if not demand - both the respectful and daring treatment...PRIMA MATERIA approach with adventurous & wild playing the shivering lamentation of John`s art. In their occasion, knowlegde, love, energy, living memory, time continuity...is all one.
Their 2nd and my favourite "Psycho-semitic". Hasidic New Wave'scharacteristic blend of klezmer-avant-free-funk-impro-jazz-core has, this time, a strong dose of psych influence coupling dark mystic moods with the festivity of creating and playing music for simple things happiness.
"Mashke iz YASH un blaybt af a vayle - whiskey is BOOZE and lasts for a while - Negine iz YESH un farbaybt yom ve-layle - but music is a REALITY that lasts day & night.
In other words, the right notes at the right time can change a person` s being: There`s a way, say the kabbalists, to extract fire from water[...], a few drinks might change the water`s colour but the right sounds can turn waves to flame. It`s like the difference between a birthday sparkler and the Burning Bush, which burns and burns but is never consumed. And that`s the point-to take the voices of many waters and make them all into a fire that doesn`t stop burning..."
Michael Wex ( from the inner notes of PSYCHO-SEMITIC)
Avant-jazz-folk-klezmer-experimental revision of the classic "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF" musical , from first class "knitting" personalities and friends.Uncompromise , funny, grotesque, inventive, and completly diverse songs, create an extreme eclectisism by bringing close (and sometimes one into the other) the different and the old, the classic and the unexpected. A strong argument about free-minded creativity, an example of dream knitting...
tracklist 01.NEW ORLEANS KLEZMER ALLSTARS tradition 02.THE RESIDENTS matchmaker 03.MAGNETIC FIELDS if i were a richman 04.URI CAINE sabbath prayer 05.NAFTULE`S DREAM to life 06.DR. EUG.CHADBOURNE miracle of miracles 07.NEGATIVLAND tevye`s dream 08.JILL SOBULE sunrise, sunset 09.HASIDIC NEW WAVE wedding celebration 10.COME do you love me? 11.DAVID S. WARE far from the home i love 12.ELLIOTT SHARP chava ballet sequence 13.PARADOX TRIO anatevka
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Thomas Chapin Trio: Thomas Chapin (alto saxophone, flute); Mario Pavone (bass); Michael Sarin (drums).
