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MARKUS EICHENBERGER "Domino Concept for Orchestra" (2001)
EMANEM 4084
Eichenberger directs the musicians to change what they are doing, but not what to.
The result is an hour-long performance with many changes, and surprises.
MARIANNE SCHUPPE & DOROTHEA SCHÜRCH (voices), CARLOS BAUMANN (trumpet), PAUL
HUBWEBER (trombone), CARL LUDWIG HÜBSCH (tuba), MARKUS EICHENBERGER (clarinets),
DIRK MARWEDEL (extended saxophones), HELMUT BIELER-WENDT (violin), CHARLOTTE HUG
(viola), PETER K FREY & DANIEL STUDER (double basses), FRANK RÜHL (electric
guitar) & IVANO TORRE (percussion).
59 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
CHARLOTTE HUG "Neuland" (2001-2) EMANEM
4085
For her second solo album, Hug (pronounced 'hoog') concentrates on solo viola
without any electronics in a series of pieces inspired by her recent visits to London.
Her strong musical personality and original extended techniques ensure that this
is a solo recital unlike any other. 61 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
LOL COXHILL "Out to Launch" (2001-2) EMANEM
4086
Two complete solo soprano saxophone concerts, from Chicago and London, show that
Coxhill was as inventive as ever some four decades after his first solo performances.
In between there is a 10-minute improvisation by an impromptu 13-piece orchestra.
77 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
FRODE GJERSTAD & DEREK BAILEY "Nearly a D" (2002)
EMANEM 4087
Ten years after their meeting on HELLO GOODBYE (Emanem
4065), Frode Gjerstad visited Derek Bailey's house and recorded some very different
duets - clarinet with acoustic guitar, and alto saxophone with electric guitar.
52 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
HOWARD RILEY / JOHN TILBURY / KEITH TIPPETT "Another Part of the
Story" (2002) EMANEM 4088
Another three grand pianists on three grand pianos. Howard Riley and Keith Tippett
have recorded several piano duos in the past, but the addition of John Tilbury coming
from another background gives these eight trio improvisations a unique flavour.
66 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
JOHN BUTCHER & JOHN EDWARDS "Optic" (2001-2) EMANEM
4089
Two of the most adventurous musicians around today, John Butcher and John Edwards
have been working as a very compatible duo for some years now. This CD contains
concert performances from Brussels and Barcelona. 59 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
LONDON IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA "freedom of the city 2002"
EMANEM 4090
35 musicians in concert at the festival performing:
A tribute to John Stevens by SIMON H FELL for orchestra & pre-recorded sounds.
A poem & conduction by TERRY DAY for voice & orchestra.
A concerto conduction by STEVE BERESFORD for PAUL RUTHERFORD & orchestra.
A percussion trio improvisation by TONY MARSH, LOUIS MOHOLO & MARK SANDERS.
A conduction by PAUL RUTHERFORD for orchestra & mobile phones.
A conduction by DAVE TUCKER for orchestra.
A conduction by PHILIPP WACHSMANN for orchestra & audience.
77 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
THE GATHERING "For John Stevens" (2002)
EMANEM 4091
The Gathering is an informal improvising session that has met in London once a week
since 1991. For the 2002 Freedom of the City festival, MAGGIE NICOLS assembled some
of the past and present participants. This studio recording from two months later
features a similar group of 25 musicians performing two extended improvisations
that are typical of the weekly sessions, with their distinctive mixture of voices
and instruments. Also included is a three-part tribute to John Stevens featuring
interpretations of his pieces, with poetry superimposed.
78 minutes.
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ALAN TOMLINSON / STEVE BERESFORD / ROGER TURNER "Trap Street" (2002)
EMANEM 4092
A studio session of trio improvisations, featuring a rare opportunity to hear trombonist
Tomlinson with Beresford using electronics & toys and Turner on percussion.
The music ranges from 'the quiet and subtle' to a section that 'sounds like the
Sabre Dance remixed by Xenakis'.
63 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
LARRY STABBINS "Monadic" (2002)
EMANEM 4093
A sequence of improvised soprano & tenor saxophone solos featuring a unique
fusion of high energy, austerity and sublime melody. This is Stabbins' first solo
album even though he first played solos in public more than 30 years ago.
75 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
JOHN EDWARDS & MARK SANDERS "Nisus Duets" (2002)
EMANEM 4094
Edwards & Sanders have worked together since 1990 in various groups such as
those led by Veryan Weston, Evan Parker, Tony Bevan, Alan Wilkinson, Peter Brötzmann
and Frode Gjerstad. In the process, they have become one of the most formidable
and flexible bass & percussion teams around. This is their first duo record.
54 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
VERYAN WESTON "Tessellations for Luthéal Piano" (2003)
EMANEM 4095
A concert performance using a very rare Luthéal piano. The composer/improviser writes:
"Visual interlocking symmetries and geometric shapes are transferred to the
audible world of rhythm and counterpoint, with the spirit and energy of jazz, improvisation
and folk music always at the heart of the performance. The piece contains a sequence
of 52 closely linked pentatonic scales. Each scale has two pre-established areas
in which ideas for improvisations can be explored and developed, and because the
piece is continuous, the player and listeners take part in a journey that lasts
about one hour." (Two later versions performed by another pianist and a nine-piece
a cappella choir can be heard on Emanem 5015.)
62 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
BOBBY BRADFORD "Love's Dream" (1973) EMANEM 4096
Hard-swinging Free Jazz recorded in a club in Paris, featuring original tunes by
the vastly under-rated BRADFORD (cornet) with TREVOR WATTS (alto sax), KENT CARTER
(bass) & JOHN STEVENS (drums). Reissue of Emanem 3302 with extra material. 77 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
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.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
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.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
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 cohort with Derek Bailey on electric guitar. They
first worked together twenty years earlier, but this was the first time they
performed as a duo. 58 minutes.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
"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.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
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.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
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.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
GAIL BRAND & MORGAN GUBERMAN "Ballgames & Crazy" (2002)
EMANEM 4103
Improvisations by the transatlantic duo of London-based trombonist Gail Brand and
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.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
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.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 4.00
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.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
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 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.
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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.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
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.
SPECIAL OFFER: GBP 7.00
Continued in Emanem CDs 2005-2006
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