Is there sheet music for these albums?
Tania Chen plays piano, while Jon Leidecter does “mobiles and mixer,” Thurston Moore provides electric guitar and David Toop brings in “resonance, secondary amplification, swallowed instruments and feedback” to this interpretation of John Cage’s score of Electronic Music for Piano. For almost 70 minutes, there is an avalanche of distorted feedback, eerie piano, electronic blasts and sounds akin to Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music that makes for a sonic assault. Blisters on fingers, indeed!
Bernie Koenig plays vibes and drums, MJ Idzerda is on electric keyboards and Glen Hall rotates between tenor sax, soprano sax, flute and bass flute on fifteen pieces that range between duets and trios. Hall’s tenor tone is big and Rollins-strong, and is freely wheeled with Koenig’s drums on “Long Time No See” or with impressionistic vibes during “I Still Have More To Say.” Hall’s soprano plays cat and mouse with Idzerda on the slay “Think I’ve Got It” and is laconic for “You Can Always Count On Me.” The three scramble like eggs on “My First Taste of Jack” and with Hall’s flute gets mystical for “The Light of Dawn.” Spontaneous without combusting
Composer Michael Moss brings along his Bb clarinet to join with his 22 piece orchestra that is filled with strings and woodwinds, horns and a rhythm team. The 5 pieces “The Old One” is a freewheeling affair with cacophonous swirls, atonal horns and eerie moods supplemented with percussion that veers towards an avalanche. A one part “See Sharp or Be Flat” has twenty minutes of loose orchestrations, giving way to some swinging guitar by Billy Stein that veers through the traffic like a Toyota Tacoma.
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