NEW YORK ART QUARTET- Call It Art - Limited Edition Box Set - 5 LPs and more
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THIS IS A PROMOTIONAL BOX SET LABELED AS "PROMO/665"
- strictly limited to 665 hand-numbered copies
- 156-page clothbound book
- complete history of the Quartet and its members along with a full itinerary
- dozens of photos, manuscripts, and other memorabilia
- custom birch wood box
Triple Point Records TPR 161: five LPs of entirely uncirculated music plus 156-page clothbound book, extravagantly packaged in a custom white-birch wood box --- Roswell Rudd, John Tchicai, and Milford Graves with bassists Lewis Worrell, Don Moore, Eddie Gomez, Bob Cunningham, and Reggie Workman --- guest appearances by Amiri Baraka, J.C. Moses, and Alan Shorter --- strictly limited to 665 hand-numbered copies --- more than a decade of research has informed "call it art" --- the set more than doubles the recorded output of the band --- book features dozens of rare photos, music manuscripts and notes from the musicians' archives, the history of the NYAQ, bios, analysis, and more --- "Transcendental Joy! An amazing work of research and tape-archaeology brings us all the missing links in the life of the NYAQ - one of the key developments in the history of our music." - Evan Parker
record I side A
1. Banging on the White House Door 6:29 (Roswell Rudd) [alternate take]
Roswell Rudd (euphonium);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Reggie Workman (bass);
Milford Graves (drums)
Recorded July 16, 1965
Van Gelder Recording Studio,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
2. Rosmosis (Roswell Rudd) 16:39
Roswell Rudd (trombone);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Don Moore (bass);
Milford Graves (drums)
Recorded December 31, 1964
Judson Hall, New York City
Four Days in December concert series
record I side B
1. Uh-Oh (collective composition) 12:31
2. No. 6 (John Tchicai) 8:11
Roswell Rudd (trombone);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Don Moore (bass);
Milford Graves (drums)
Recorded December 31, 1964
Judson Hall, New York City
Four Days in December concert series
record II side A
1. Old Stuff (Roswell Rudd) 10:28
2. Asprokhaliko (Roswell Rudd) 4:24
Roswell Rudd (trombone);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Don Moore (bass);
Milford Graves (drums)
Recorded December 31, 1964
Judson Hall, New York City
Four Days in December concert series
3. Spoken introduction by Amiri Baraka 0:17
4. Ballad Theta (John Tchicai) 7:45
including the poem “Western Front” (Amiri Baraka)
Roswell Rudd (trombone);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Eddie Gomez (bass);
Milford Graves (drums);
Amiri Baraka (reading)
Recorded January 17, 1965
WBAI Studios, New York City
1. Now’s the Time (Charlie Parker) 7:31
2. Old Stuff (Roswell Rudd) 10:22
including the poems “Bad Mouth” (Amiri Baraka)
and “In One Battle” (Amiri Baraka)
3. No. 6 (John Tchicai) 6:38
4. Closing announcement [incomplete] 0:32
unknown WBAI broadcaster
Roswell Rudd (trombone);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Eddie Gomez (bass);
Milford Graves (drums);
Amiri Baraka (reading)
Recorded January 17, 1965
WBAI Studios, New York City
record III side A
Sweet V (Roswell Rudd)
1. [breakdown] 1:36
2. [complete take] 8:26
Nettus II (John Tchicai)
3. [warm-up/false start/breakdown/false start/incomplete] 1:16
4. [nearly complete take] 10:48
For Eric: Memento Mori (John Tchicai)
5. Warm-up/Take 1 [false start] 1:32
For Eric: Memento Mori (John Tchicai)
1. Take 2 [complete] 8:26
2. Take 3 [complete] 10:31
Eventuality (Roswell Rudd) 5:50
3. [incomplete]
Roswell Rudd (trombone);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Bob Cunningham (bass);
Milford Graves (drums and vocalizing)
Recorded probably early 1965
loft of Michael Snow, New York City
record IV side A
1. Quintus T. (John Tchicai) 2:39
2. Mohawk (Charlie Parker) 3:42
3. Sweet V (Roswell Rudd) 3:23
4. Banging on the White House Door (Roswell Rudd) 6:38
Roswell Rudd (trombone);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Reggie Workman (bass);
Milford Graves (drums)
On track 4 Rudd plays euphonium and not trombone
Recorded July 15, 1965
Museum of Modern Art sculpture garden, New York City
5. For Eric: Memento Mori (John Tchicai) 12:40
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Lewis Worrell (bass);
Milford Graves (drums)
Recorded October 31, 1964
loft of Marzette Watts, New York City
1. Uh-Oh (collective composition) 26:58
interpolating “Sound By-Yor” (Ornette Coleman)
Alan Shorter (trumpet);
Roswell Rudd (trombone);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Lewis Worrell (bass);
J.C. Moses (drums);
Milford Graves (conga)
Recorded October 31, 1964
loft of Marzette Watts, New York City
record V side A
1. O.C. (Ornette Coleman) 14:12
Roswell Rudd (trombone);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Lewis Worrell (bass);
J.C. Moses (drums);
Milford Graves (conga and vocalizing)
2. Ballad Theta (John Tchicai) 10:08
Roswell Rudd (trombone);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Lewis Worrell (bass);
Milford Graves (drums);
briefly add Alan Shorter (trumpet)
Recorded October 31, 1964
loft of Marzette Watts, New York City
1. No. 6 (John Tchicai) 22:17
Roswell Rudd (trombone);
John Tchicai (alto saxophone);
Lewis Worrell (bass);
Milford Graves (drums and vocalizing)
Recorded October 31, 1964
loft of Marzette Watts, New York City
