| PRE-NEWSLETTER 40 NEW RELEASES & NEW REISSUES FOR THE END OF THE
CENTURY!!
There are no new Tzadik or Avant releases for December, but lots of
surprises in store for next year!!
1.THE SCIENCE GROUP-A Mere Coincidence (ReR Science 1) w/ Fred Frith, Chris
Cutler, Amy Denio, Bob Drake & Stevan Tickmayer. Excellent & challenging
new avant/prog/pop unit in Henry Cow… $14.
2.CHRIS CUTLER & THOMAS DIMUZIO-Quake (ReR CCTD1) Cosmic duo of percussion,
electronics & samples recorded at two live gigs in New England from
earlier this year! $14.
3.DEREK BAILEY & HAN BENNINK-Air Mail Special (Incus 35) Fabulous guitar
& drums improv duos recorded through the mail from two masters of European
style free/jazz. This & all Incus cds are $16.
4.HAN BENNINK & DEREK BAILEY-Post Improvisation (Incus 34) More wacky
drums & guitar free-jazz improv with a twisted sense of humor thrown
in to break things up! $16.
5.JOSEPH HOLBROOKE TRIO-Rehearsal Extract ’65 (Incus 01 single) w/ Derek
Bailey, Gavin Bryars on bass & Tony Oxley. Only existing recording
by this trio doing of Trane’s “Miles Mode” 10 min. for $10.
6.JOHN ZORN-STEVE BERESFORD-DAVID TOOP-Deadly Weapons (Nato) Humorous jazz/pop
reissue finally back in print, along with a dozen other odd Nato titles
all these French imports cost $15.
7.BILL LASWELL-Permutation (Ion 2010) w/ Nicky Skopelitis & Lance Carter.
Mixing drum n’ bass, ambient, Indian samples & hard rockin’ funk! Recorded
about the same time as ‘Broken Vessels’ - $13.
8.DEATH CUBE K-tunnel (tdrsmusic 1025) Buckethead solo guitar/bass/noise
project of dark, haunting and very weird sounds -$14.
9.ANTHONY BRAXTON-Four Compositions [Washington DC] 1998 (Braxton House
009) w/ Rob Brown, Kevin Norton, Chris Jonas, JD Parran & Brandon Evans.
Four superb chamber compositions for three large ensembles and a violin
& piano duo. Brilliant, live & well produced!! Two cd set for $28.
10.SONIC YOUTH-Goodbye 20th Century (SYR 4) w/ Jim O’Rourke, Christian
Marclay, William Winant… A tribute to & covering important avant/classical
composers John Cage, Cornelius Cardew, James Tenney, Pauline Oliveros,
Yoko Ono & Christian Wolff!! Two cd set for $18.
11.EARL HOWARD & DENMAN MARONEY-Fire Song (Erstwhile 003) Our fave
new local label continues to put out fascinating sounds from this outstanding
alto sax & synth/piano innards duo!! $13.
12.DOUG HENDERSON-an ear for a leg (Zoar 18) w/ Zeena Parkins band, David
Linton, Leslie Ross & Guy Yarden. Interesting music made for dance
performances recorded over a decade. Two cd set for $14.
13.ORI KAPLAN TRIO PLUS-Realms (CIMP 190) Fine new alto saxist from Israel
& his great trio. $14.
14.JOE MORRIS-Racket Club (About Time 1010) Finally! This is ace avant
el. guitar god Joe Morris’ dense & throttling double band of two saxes,
two drummers & el. bass, recorded in ’93. Like wow!! $14.
15.JOE MORRIS & DKV TRIO-Deep Telling (Okkadisc) w/ Ken Vandermark
& probably great! $14.
16.JIM O’ROURKE-Halfway to a Threeway (Drag City 178) Another delightful
pop gem, 4 song ep - $10.
17.MISHA MENGELBERG-Two Days in Chicago (Hatology 535) w/ Fred Anderson,
Ken Vandermark, Hamid Drake wonderful Chicago octet back Misha for Monk
covers & strong improv. 2 cd set for $24.
18.PETER KOWALD-Bass Duets (FMP 102) w/ Barry Guy, Barre Phillips, Maarten
Altena-amazing! $17.
19.ALEXANDER SCHLIPPENBACH-EVAN PARKER-PAUL LOVENS TRIO-Complete Combustion
(FMP 106) yet another outstandering offering from this incredible trio
of European giants!! $17.
20.EVAN PARKER + GHOST IN THE MACHINE-New Excursions (9th World 019) 2nd
weird cd by Evan’s unusual quintet live in Denmark w/ keyboards, toys &
tapes, el. bass & drums!?! $15.
21.PETER BROTZMANN/MATS GUSTAFSSON QT.-3 Rocks & a Pine (9th World
) Wailin’!! $15.
22.GINO ROBAIR-Buddy Systems (Meniscus 003) great duos & trios from
the swell drummer and percussionist of the Splatter Trio & Braxton
pal; w/ Otomo, John Butcher, LaDonna Smith & more! $14.
23.CORNELIUS CARDEW-Treatise (Hat Now 122) Pulse journalist Art Lange conducts
this Chicago quintet w/ Jim O’Rourke, Guillermo Gregorio & Jim Baker.
Graphic score from AMMer. 2cds for $18.
24.PETER CUSACK-Where is the Green Parrot? (ReR PC1) Once a member of Fred
Frith’s solo guitar collective, this solo effort mixes natural ambient
soundscapes w/ guitars & bazouki! Very cool. $14.
25.BOB DRAKE-Animal Medallion Carpet (ReR CTA7) 3rd solo effort from this
fine bassist & multi-instrumentalist from Thinking Plague, EC Nudes,
5UU’s & Hail. Pop-prog-noise coolness. $14.
26.PATRICE DESBIENS-Les Moyens du Bord (Amb. Mag. 065) w/ Jean Derome,
Rene Lussier & Pierre Tanguay Patrice is an important French Canadian
poet, here reciting his poems w/ great improv…$15.
27.NORMAN GUILBEAULT-Reil Musical Plea (Amb. Mag. 073) Great bassist Guilbeault
leads an amazing 14 piece ensemble in an epic tribute to the controversial
political figure Louis Reil. 2cds for $20.
28.HORACE TAPSCOTT-SONNY SIMMONS QT.-Among Friends (JFP) Grand final effort
from outstanding pianist Tapscott & masterful blowing from sax great
Simmons. $14.
29.SLAPP HAPPY-Sort Of (ReR) Wonderful reissue of this long out-of-print
first effort from the trio of Dagmar Krause, Peter Blegved & Anthony
Moore. $14.
30.LOL COXHILL & PAT THOMAS-Halim (Nato 112 114) Wacky duo effort from
the inimitable soprano sax wonder Lol and the strange/goofy el. keyboardist
& Derek Bailey pal Pat. Reissue for $15.
Just spoke to my good pal Michel from the Victoriaville New Music
Festival in Quebec. This is an incredible annual new music fest in the
countryside of Quebec in May of each year. This year’s fest will include
sets from:
1.FRED FRITH & CHRIS CUTLER (first gig in North America in 15 years)
2.FRED FRITH - LOUIS SCLAVIS JEAN-PIERRE DROUET
3.TIM HODGKINSON THOMAS LIEN ROGER TURNER (Tim’s 1st time at Victo)
4.DAVID THOMAS’ MIRROR MAN ENSEMBLE w/ Linda Thompson & Chris Cutler
5.WILLEM BREUKER KOLLEKTIEF performs music with films
6.JEAN DEROME & RENE LUSSIER new projects
7.MARI KIMURA & ROBERTO MORALES incredible violinist & multi-instrumentalist
from Mexico
This fest runs five days and has about 24 sets altogether, but does overlap
with the Vision Festival a bit!?!
That’s all for now bubbies happy Hanukah, merry Christmas & groovy
Kwanza to all. Love & peace from Bruce Lee Gallanter and the folks
here at Downtown Music Gallery.
Spamming The Globe,
Downtown Music Gallery
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New York, NY
10002-7351
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