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LOL COXHILL / TORSTEN MÜLLER / PAUL RUTHERFORD "Milwaukee 2002"
EMANEM 4097
The day after their Empty Bottle appearances (Emanem 4082
& Emanem 4086), these three travelled to Milwaukee
for a concert, that featured superb unaccompanied solos by Rutherford (trombone),
Müller (double bass) & Coxhill (soprano sax), as well as two short duos and
a trio. 73 minutes.
ELLIOTT SHARP "The Velocity of Hue" (2003) EMANEM 4098
A sequence of 14 very varied solo acoustic guitar improvisations, some augmented by an e-bow used
to obtain sustained notes. Marc Ribot writes: "The material Elliott works with
on this CD follows his focus of the last 30+ years: composition and improvisation
inspired by the nature of the guitar itself filtered through a love of country blues
guitar and Central Asian musics."
68 minutes.
DEREK BAILEY & MILO FINE "Scale Points on the Fever Curve"
(2003) EMANEM 4099
The first gig on Milo Fine's extended visit to London found him playing clarinets,
drums and electronic keyboard in cohorts with Derek Bailey on electric guitar. They
first worked together twenty years previously, but this was the first time they
performed as a duo. 58 minutes.
"Mopomoso Solos 2002"
EMANEM 4100
A concert featuring superb unaccompanied solo improvisations by JOHN RUSSELL
guitar, PHIL MINTON voice, JOHN EDWARDS double bass, LOL COXHILL
soprano saxophone and CHRIS BURN piano & percussion. Then they finished
the evening as an impromptu quintet. 70 minutes.
PAUL DUNMALL & PAUL ROGERS "Awareness Response" (2003)
EMANEM 4101
Dunmall and Rogers have performed together for years both as a duo and as part of
larger groups, such as the quartet Mujician. The three improvisations feature Dunmall
on border bagpipes, tenor and soprano saxophones respectively. This is their earliest
duo recording on which Rogers uses his A.L.L. bass. 60 minutes.
PEOPLE BAND (1968) EMANEM 4102
An expanded reissue of the only published recording by one of the pioneering free
improvisation groups. The People Band took a much more 'anything goes' approach
than their contemporaries, so they covered a lot of ground from chamber-esque music
and free jazz to free improvisation and conductions. Featuring Mel Davis, Terry
Day, Lyn Dobson, Eddie Edem, Tony Edwards, Mike Figgis, Frank Flowers, Russell
Hardy, Terry Holman & George Khan. Reissue of Transatlantic TRA 214 with
extra material. 54 minutes.
GAIL BRAND & MORGAN GUBERMAN "Ballgames & Crazy" (2002)
EMANEM 4103
Improvisations by the transatlantic duo of London based trombonist Gail Brand and
the San Francisco based vocalist Morgan Guberman (best known as a double bassist
in other contexts). Guberman's use of somewhat meaningless words and Brand's very
vocal approach to her horn make for a very distinctive music. 63 minutes.
TONY BIANCO / DAVE LIEBMAN / TONY MARINO "Line ish" (2003)
EMANEM 4104
Drummer Tony Bianco set up this trio date to feature Dave Liebman and his regular
bassist Tony Marino in a fiery free jazz setting. Liebman plays tenor and soprano
saxes, piano and a wooden flute as well as writing some lines. There are also
three short solo improvisations. 61 minutes.
KENT CARTER STRING TRIO "The Willisau Suites" (1984/1997)
EMANEM 4105
KENT CARTER's String Trio, with CARLOS ZINGARO on violin, FRANÇOIS DRENO on viola
and the leader on double bass, somehow managed to sound like a classical chamber
trio, a jazz group, and a European folk band simultaneously. Their unique niche
features magnificent improvisations framed by Carter's strong compositions. There
are also two short duo improvisations, and two short pieces by a later trio with
ALBRECHT MAURER on violin and EMMANUELLE ROCH on viola. Edited reissue of ITM
970077 with extra material. 58 minutes.
JOHN RUSSELL / UTE VÖLKER / MATHIEU WERCHOWSKI "Three Planets" (2003)
EMANEM 4106
A very fine acoustic (guitar, accordion and violin) improvising trio, made up of
three musicians of three different ages from three different countries. Put together
by a promoter for a French festival in 2001, they related so well, that they have
continued to get together, whenever possible, to continue to make great music.
79 minutes.
PAUL RUTHERFORD TRIO "GHEIM - live at Bracknell 1983"
EMANEM 4107
A short-lived improvising trio featuring the trombonist with PAUL ROGERS (double
bass) and NIGEL MORRIS (drums), that the leader put together to explore more free
jazz-like areas than usual. Rutherford and Rogers play to their expected very high
standards (even though it was one of the bassist's earliest recordings), while
Morris shows why he is missed so much since he quit this music. The whole of their
Bracknell Jazz Festival set is included along with some previously unissued studio
recordings. Reissue of Ogun cassette OGC531 with extra material. 77 minutes.
MASASHI HARADA CONDANCTION ENSEMBLE "Enterprising Mass of Cilia"
(2001) EMANEM 4108
Following the critical success of Enter the Continent EMANEM 4041,
Harada dance-conducts a somewhat larger group of (mainly) Boston-based musicians:
GREG KELLEY (trumpet), BHOB RAINEY (soprano saxophone), ALETA COLE (violin), FREDERIC
VIGER (viola), GLYNIS LOMON (cello), VIC RAWLINGS (cello & electronics), MIKE
BULLOCK (double bass), JONATHAN VINCENT (accordion), JAMES COLEMAN (theremin) &
TATSUYA NAKATANI (percussion). 66 minutes.
FRED LONBERG-HOLM "Dialogs"
(2002) EMANEM 4109
For his second solo CD, the Chicago-based musician adds small speakers, test amps,
piezos and motors to his cello to make some remarkable improvised music. As
Michael Zerang says in his notes: 'This is a solo recording, yet I hear an entire
ensemble.' 55 minutes.
LONDON IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA "Responses, Reproduction & Reality"
(2003-4) EMANEM 4110
From two freedom of the city festivals, with around 30 musicians performing:
- conceptions by SIMON H FELL, CAROLINE KRAABEL (featuring guest Jaap Blonk), DAVID
LEAHY, and PHILIPP WACHSMANN;
- conductions by PAT THOMAS (featuring John Butcher, Lol Coxhill, Harrison Smith,
Ian Smith, Alan Tomlinson and others) and DAVE TUCKER (featuring Steve Beresford,
Adam Bohman, Tom Chant, B J Cole, Roland Ramanan, Orphy Robinson, Paul Rutherford,
Alan Tomlinson, Veryan Weston and others);
- and a free improvisation. 66 minutes.
PAUL DUNMALL "In Your Shell Like" (2002) EMANEM 4111
This Brussels concert starts with a drone-based duo featuring Dunmall's border pipes
& soprano saxophone and STEVIE WISHART's hurdy-gurdy. The second agitated duo
features Dunmall's tenor saxophone with PAUL LYTTON's percussion. Then, unbelievably,
all three play together and make this unlikely combination of instruments work. 58 minutes.
CLIVE BELL & SYLVIA HALLETT "The Geographers" (2004)
EMANEM 4112
Following their 2004 FREEDOM OF THE CITY festival performance (heard on
EMANEM 4215), Clive Bell and Sylvia Hallett went into the
studio to record some more improvisations. Bell used Cretan pipes, harmonica, khene,
pi saw, shakuhaci, stereo goathorns and a whirling bat drum, while Hallett used
anklung, bicycle wheel, electronics, mbira, sarangi, saw, viola, violin and voice.
Between them they created a very exotic sound world. 65 minutes.
Continued in Part 8
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