The Northern BC Free Jazz Ensemble: Over the Edge (2005)
This captures a local performance here in PG BC at a place I've been to many times, but ignorantly missed this show!!
Idiotique!!
The first 2 minutes captures the tension before the first chord. At first I was wondering if there was something wrong with the cd, but there is nothing wrong with the cd!
It's part of the fucking performance!
The name of the band captures what the music is about. I love the feeling out process of the musicians. Tentative, then confident, then withdrawn until ready to enter the "conversation" once again. Free jazz is a lot like a conversation...and the best is when there is an empathy and listening between the players...this is definitely present in this recording!
Give your locals a listen!
The lineup:
Peter Stevenson: Composition and Keyboards
Justin Arding: Drums
Jeremy Stewart: Guitar
Chris Batting: Guitar
Erin Arding: Vocals
Justin Frey: saxophone
Chantelle Gouliquer: Saxophone
Ken Goudswaard: Bass
Recorded live in Prince George, British Columbia at Art Space on June 1st, 2005
Thanks Jeremy! Jeremy's web site.
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Gong: Chateau Neuf [aside: I think] (1974) My friend Steve supplied a large amount of Gong which I regularly devour. This is definitely live around the 74 era...it's a strong show. The playing is always superlative and Daevid Allen adds enough quirkiness and originality to make Gong into something wild and special.
Here's Gong's wild web site.
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C.A. Quintet: Trip Thru Hell (1968)
At times, these guys sound so far ahead of their time...amazing! Then other times...they give themselves away. I love it. I had never heard of these guys until Randy's last batch of musical goodness. Thanks Randy!! Another
amazing
fantastic
fascinating
obscurity I finally got around too
as the demons dance upon the ashes /
piles of bone drink from the
skeleton mug /
engrossed and entangled
in the hellish liquid /
let it consume
your bones
until it becomes
one with your
consciousness.
C.A. Quintet's Home Page.
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Tom Waits' "Orphans" (2006) arrived on my doorstep yesterday, and I've only had a chance to listen to the first cd...and it's amazing. 3 cds of Tom obscurities! Nice package, even though I wish they would include the dates for each recording...if possible. Still, it's always a treat to get a multi-disc set!
And Tom covers The Ramones!!
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