Heiner Goebbels & Alfred 23 Harth - Live à Victoriaville (1988)

Double Avenue, an old enemy of the Ewings, was kind enough to provide fine rips of some old LPs from the Dallas vinyl collection. He started off with 3 fine LPs, randomly chosen, which we will be posting in the following days. Hopefully, he will be ripping other LPs, just for the love of mankind.

To kick off, we selected this very emotional recording of Goebbels and Harth live in Victoriaville. This is a sort of "best of" by the duo, with tunes from several previous outfits and records. Fans of Cassiber and the duo will recognize most of the songs, although their music is here presented in a very stark and stripped down form. The audience is very excited and obviously knowledgeable of the night's repertoire. A very emotional and exciting performance.

A1. Los Campesinos
A2. The Ballad Of The Durable Grey Goose
A3. The Laughing And The Crying Man
A4. Lightning Over Moscow
A5. Imagine You're A Dolphin
B1. On Suicide
B2. Le Rappel Des Oiseaux
B3. The Peking Opera
B4. At Last I Am Free

Alfred 23 Harth: saxs, clarinets, trombone, voice

Heiner Goebbels: piano, synthesizer, clarinet, sax, voice, chinese violin, percussion

Recorded live in Victoriaville in 2-10-1987

Released by Victo Records in 1988

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New Winds - Digging it Harder from Afar (1994)

Digging It Harder From Afar is New Winds' third album, their first for the Disques Victo label. The avant-garde wind trio of Robert Dick (flutes), Ned Rothenberg (saxophones, bass clarinet), and J.D. Parran (clarinets, bass saxophone) recorded this CD one piece at a time from 1989 to 1994. Each member contributed at least one composition (two in the case of Rothenberg); two group improvisations were added.

This album highlights the mastery of each musician and the group's ability to navigate through complex compositions and pockets of improvisation. "Dovetail" stands out because of the then-not-so-common use of samples of the musicians' playing, prepared by Rothenberg and triggered/treated by guest percussionist Gerry Hemingway. The title track, penned by R.Dick and featuring his beautiful Roland Kirk-inspired flute style, opens the program with a kick. The last number also packs a surprise: "St. Louis Thank You Notes" is a spirited and joyfully twisted blues. Following a path similar to Rova, New Winds eschewed the saxophone quartet's more academic tendencies. Digging It Harder From Afar is not as uplifting as its follow-up, Potion, but it still features beautiful and inventive playing. François Couture

1. Digging it Harder from Afar
2- Dovetail
3. The Rising and the Swell
4. Angst in the Rangst
5. Balcascalad
6. St. Louis Thank You Notes

Robert Dick - prepared flute, bass flute in F, alto flute.
JD Parran - clarinet, clarinet in A, alto clarinet, bass saxophone
Ned Rothenberg - alto & soprano sax, bass clarinet
Guest Musician on #3:
Gerry Hemingway - digital sampler [S1000 controlled by a Drumkat using samples created by Rothenberg]

All tracks recorded in 1994 except #6 (1989) & # 5 (1992).
Released by Disques Victo in 1994.

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Ben Goldberg - Eight Phrases for Jefferson Rubin (1998)

"In the last few years Ben Goldberg has become the most consistently splendid of all clarinetists. Each of his half dozen plus releases are superb & distinct in their own way. So far he has done two avant/klez cds the New Klezmer Trio, a duo cd with Kenny Wollesen, a live gig with Zorn as the West Coast Masada, an avant/bebop Junk Genius quintet cd, a double clarinet quintet cd with Marty Ehrlich, a trio improv cd with John Schott & Michael Sarin and another new cd on Music & Arts. This new effort was originally commissioned by John Zorn and features a double unit of two reeds-Larry Ochs (Rova) & Ben, the two acoustic basses of Trevor Dunn, John Schott on electric guitar without effects and Michael Sarin ( or Thomas Chapin & Dave Douglas) on drums. This cd is dedicated to a childhood friend of Ben's who died too young in a truck accident. The pieces range from delicate, melancholy, shadows moving through fields of dreams to restrained explosions of well written ensemble passages. A well selected sextet that shines throughout. Often beautiful" DMG

"Dedicated to a boyhood friend who died at age 35, this music is neither an elegy nor a celebration, but a journey into the mysteries of human ---and musical---interaction. The six instrumentalists make scattered appearances. like characters in a play, in order to feed off of another person's energy and compassion, or contribute their ideas into a continually shifting mosaic of thematic and emotional details. Often the mood is of quiet introspection--epitomized by Goldberg's understated clarinet and supported by the strength of bassists Trevor Dunn and L.S. Ellis---which is momentarily shattered by the brittle polyphony of "Brace and Bit" or the eruption of Larry Ochs' tenor in "Lost Touch." This piece and guitarist John Schott's solo epilogue, "Snow" swell and recede like a painful but fulfilling memory." Art Lange

1. Problem
2. Plain of Jars
3. Visited
4. Eight Phrases
5. Brace and Bit
6. Elements
7. Lost Touch
8. Snow

Trevor Dunn - bass
L. S. Ellis - bass
Larry Ochs - saxophone
Michael Sarin - drums
John Schott - guitar
Ben Goldberg - clarinet

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Anthony Braxton & Derek Bailey - Moment Précieux (1993)

"This one is a real treat: two giants of improvisation in pursuit of that enigmatic 'something' on a Canadian stage in 1986. Braxton, clearly derived from the jazz tradition; Bailey, restless occupant of a self-constructed world of non-idiomatic guitar. "Moment Precieux" was an instant improv classic upon its release twelve years ago and is a welcome reissue to CD format. Two long improvisations provide an illuminating view of these mercurial musicians. Bailey's spiky tones, chordal shards and strange harmonics are a source of constant wonder as Braxton's acidulous horn careers forth, spinning wildly into liquid motion and timbral extremes. "Spontaneity, attention, urgency", to quote Art Lange's accompanying notes, are the treasures available to us. Emotion and tranquility are also here. Emptying one's mind of preconceived notions of what true creativity should sound like is the key to experiencing the many delights of this great concert in full". Matt Krieg

Recorded live at the IV Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (October 4, 1986) for the radio program "Jazz Sur le Vif."

Anthony Braxton: alto and sopranino saxophones

Derek Bailey: electric guitar

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