PRE-NEWSLETTER 30

NEW RELEASES FOR FEBRUARY 1999:

1.FRED FRITH GUITAR QUARTET-Up Beat (Amb. Mag. 063) Amazing live performances from their 1997 Euro tour! With Rene Lussier, Nick Didkovsky & Mark Stewart. Their third superb release. $14.  

2.ZEENA PARKINS-The Opium War (Einstein 010) Brilliant radio play. With Ikue Mori, David Shea, Chris Cochrane, Margaret Parkins, DJ Olive, Joe Trump & more. Fascinating story & packaging. $13.  

3.ANDREA PARKINS-slippage (KFW 229) More spellbinding textures & compositions from Andrea's swell trio with Briggan Krause on saxes, Kenny Wollesen on drums & Andrea's accordion & keys. $13.  

4.ERIK FRIEDLANDER-Topaz (Siam 50003) Superb third effort from Masada String Trio cellist extra- ordinaire Erik's new unit w/ Andy Laster on alto sax, Stomu & Satoshi Takeishi on bass & percussion.$14.  

5.JIM STALEY with BORAH BERGMAN & PHOEBE LEGERE-Blind Pursuits (Einstein 011) Ten great duos from trombone hero- Jim Staley w/ Borah's throttling piano & Phoebe's wacky vox/accordion. $13.  

6.URI CAINE TRIO-Blue Wail (W&W 034) Fine jazz piano trio w/ James Genus & Ralph Peterson. $14.  

7.JOHN LURIE-African Swim/Manny & Lo-OST (SBM 17) Another great soundtrack from Lounge Lizard leader &many current Lizards, with Marc Ribot and Medeski, Martin & Wood. $14.  

8.CECIL TAYLOR QUARTET-Qu'a Yuba/Live at Iridium Vol. Two (Cadence 1098) Second strong live set from piano god w/ Harri Sjostom on soprano, Dominic Duval on bass & Jackson Krall on drums. $14.  

9.DORGON & WILLIAM PARKER-Broken Circle (Jumbo 3) Third cd from saxist Gordon Knauer of Dim Sum Clip Job & contrabass tornado-W. Parker. Hilarious liner notes & in a jewel case this time! $12.  

10.DAGMAR KRAUSE & MARIE GOYETTE-A Scientific Dream & A French Kiss (Resurgence 139) Completely enchanting voices & sampler duo. Dagmar is from Slapp Happy & Henry Cow! A gem. $14. 

FIVE NEW TZADIK RELEASES FOR FEBRUARY!: 

10.MELT BANANA-MxBx 1998/13000 at Light Velocity (Tzadik 7219) 26 trax from this mind blowing Jap hardcore punk quartet. Recorded live in the studio by Bob Musso. Pretty fucking intense!! $14.  

11.MARYANNE AMACHER-Sound Characters (Tzadik 7043) Spectacular electronic soundscapes from legendary NY composer - reclusive, elusive and recently seen collaborating with Glenn Branca. $14.  

12.PSAMIM-Abi Gezint! (Tzadik 7132) Delightful klezmer ensemble from Belgium known to back vocalist - Zahava Seewald. Here they play mostly instrumental, seductive tapestry of Jewish song. $14.  

13.SATOKO FUJI-Kitsune-bi (Tzadik 7220) Fine new Jap. pianist who combines jazz, modern classical and Jap folk music into a unique brew. Trio w/ Mark Dresser & Jim Black, duo w/ Sachi Hayaska. $14.  

14.DION MCGREGOR-Dreams Again (Tzadik 7404) The completely twisted sleeptalking dreams of this bizarre individual were actually released in 1964 on a large label. Only Zorn would put out a sequel! $14. FOUR NEW RELEASES FROM THE WILD WORLD OF EUGENE CHADBOURNE:  

15.HENRY KAISER & EUGENE CHADBOURNE-The Guitar Lesson (Victo 064) First improv release from our pals Henry & Eugene in over 20 years. A rare treat & dedication to Derek Bailey. $14.  

16.EUGENE CHADBOURNE-Wild Partner (HoCP 006) Outstanding avant duos w/ great fellow guitarists-Davey Williams, Duck Baker, Loren Mazzacane & banjo hero-Tony Trischka!! $14.  

17.EUGENE CHADBOURNE-Worms With Strings (Leo 264) A tribute to fecal & human worms w/ Barry Mitterhof, Ted Reichman, Tony Trischka, Brian Ritchie, Rik Rue, Leslie Ross & Carrie Shull. $14.  

18.EUGENE CHADBOURNE-Horror Part One (HoCP 004) More musical insanity from Dr. Chad, a tribute to Hitchcock, Godzilla, The Thing, vampires... and a cover of Ayler's "Witches & Devils." $14.  

19.GUNTER HAMPEL QUINTET-"Heartplants" (Birth 045) Gunter reunites his 60's freejazz unit for a legendary concert. With Alex Von Schlippenbach, Manfred Schoof, Arjen Gorter & Pierre Courbois! $15.  

20.JEAN DEROME & DANGEREUX ZHOMS-Torticolis/Live (Am. Mag. 061) Montreal's finest progressive-jazz-rock-avant unit w/Rene Lussier, Tom Walsh, Pierre Cartier & Pierre Tanguay. $14.  

21.CANTERBURIED SOUNDS-Volume One (Voiceprint 201) Impossibly rare early demos from the Wilde Flowers & various pre-Soft Machine & Caravan members. 75 minutes long, not well recorded, but obviously historic for Canterbury fanatics & dedicated to Robert Wyatt's & Hugh Hopper's moms. $14.  

22.THE "NOT FOR SALE" TRIO-My Heart is in the East & I'm Far West (no label) Impressive Israeli jazz trio led by fine alto saxist Danny Zamir & covering Ornette Coleman, Sam Rivers and originals. Live in Tel Aviv & somewhat Masada like! Danny nows lives in NY, so check him out. $12.  

23.THE LOUNGE LIZARDS-Voice of Chunk (SBM) Finally!! Their finest studio effort features Marc Ribot & members of the future Jazz Passengers. This was available mail order only & has been long out of print. If you don't think that the Lizards are amazing, you haven't heard this!!! $14. 

The Victoriaville schedule for May 20th to 24th is finally out!!  

We should be getting brochures for the fest in the mail in about a week or so. If you would like a copy, they will be on the counter or you can request one when you do a mail order with us. You can also call them & get one sent to you at 819-752-7912. This is an incredible annual festival of challenging new music from around the world that runs for five days & has about 25 concerts altogether. This will be my 11th year in a row of attending. A festival pass for all sets runs about $175. in US dollars. The list of performers for this year follows below. Special thanks to Michel Levasseur who runs Victo for taking my advice & booking Keith Tippett's Mujician Qt.!! Next year hopefully we can twist his arm & get an Elton Dean/Hugh Hopper band. That's it bubbies.  

Good karma from Bruce Lee Gallanter 

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