COMPANY 1983 2xLP/Incus/Free Improv./Derek Bailey/Peter Brotzmann/Evan Parker/ao
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COMPANY '1983' Double LP (UK, Honest Jons Records, Catalogue #HJRLP215) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2020 Honest Jons Records label special Double LP edition/presentation of previously unreleased Company session, recorded in 1983 at the BBC, featuring Derek Bailey, Joelle Leandre, J.D. Parran, Ernst Rejiseger, Jamie Muir, Vinko Globokar, Peter Brotzmann, John Corbett, Hugh Davies and Evan Parker.
(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)
Wonderful, previously unreleased recordings by Derek Bailey and his guests at Company Week in 1983. What's remarkable throughout this album is the respect and affection the musicians show for each other, exemplifying the dictionary definition of "company" as "the fact or condition of being with another or others, especially in a way that provides friendship and enjoyment." It starts with "Landslide", a brilliant, spiky, spluttering, twanging reunion of Music Improvisation Company members Evan Parker (tenor sax), Hugh Davies (electronics), and Jamie Muir (percussion). Next up, "Seconde Choix", with Joëlle Léandre's close-miked prepared bass and Bailey's acoustic guitar seemingly heading in different directions before coming together miraculously in just four minutes. The opening of "First Choice", a duet between Bailey and Muir, is a revelation for those who moan that the guitarist plays too many notes. His patient and truly exquisite exploration of harmonics is beautifully counterpointed by Muir's metallic percussion. On "Pile Ou Face" (Heads Or Tails) Davies concentrates on his high register oscillators, carefully shadowed by Parker's soprano until Léandre's deft, springy pizzicato lures them into the playground. "JD In Paradise" is a surprisingly delicate wind quartet, with John Corbett's trumpet, fragile and Don Cherry-like, punctuating the sinuous interplay between Peter Brötzmann and J.D. Parran (on sopranos, flutes and clarinet), while trombonist Vinko Globokar growls approvingly in the background. Igor Stravinsky's magnificent definition of music as the jeu de notes comes to mind listening to Bailey's duet with cellist Ernst Reijseger (executing fiendish double-stopped harmonics with staggering ease). Technical virtuosity has never sounded so effortless -- it is, as its title "Een Plezierig Stukje" simply states, a fun piece. On the closing "La Horda", Bailey and Reijseger team up with the horns for what on paper looks like it could be rough and rowdy sextet but which turns out once more to be a thoughtful, spacious exchange of ideas, shapes, and colors.
- Wonderful, previously unreleased recordings by Derek Bailey and his guests at Company Week in 1983.
- Throughout the album, the musicians' respect and affection for each other exemplifies the dictionary definition of "company".
- Features Derek Bailey (guitar), Evan Parker (tenor sax), Hugh Davies (electronics), Jamie Muir (percussion), Joëlle Léandre (bass), John Corbett (trumpet), Vinko Globokar (trombone), J.D. Parran (sopranos, flutes, clarinet), and Ernst Reijseger (cello).
Tracks on this Double LP are as follows:
A1 Landslide A2 Seconde Choix B1 First Choice B2 Pile Ou Face C1 JD In Paradise C2 Een Plezierig Stukje D1 La HordaShipping in US is $4.98./CANADA AIRMAIL is $20.98./MEXICO AIRMAIL is $23.98./OVERSEAS AIRMAIL is $24.98. (Shipping totals will be consolidated for multiple winning bids.)
Record shipped in professional, superior rectangular shaped, corner-protecting corrugated cardboard record mailer with filler pads. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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