TREVOR WATTS: FACE TO FACE * EMANEM * SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE * NM-

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TREVOR WATTS: FACE TO FACE * EMANEM * SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE * NM-

Product Description

LP Condition

NM-: clean original EMANEM press

Cover Condition

EX: light wear, very strong

Artists

John Stevens & Trevor Watts - please see scan.

Notes

Not much to be said - great LP!

ALLMUSIC 4.5:  This [LP] contains nine versions of one single piece, "Face to Face." It is a set-up composition, not written but devised: Drummer John Stevens and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts were placed face to face and they played at each other, with each musician attempting to become so focused on the other's playing that his own playing happened on a subconscious level. Now, even though all the music is credited to Stevens, who devised the piece, it should be understood that Watts brought just as many ideas. After all, this is free improvisation.

Face to Face captures the Spontaneous Music Ensemble in November and December 1973, a moment when the group was reduced to this duo, allowing Stevens to refine his approach to free playing. The music is stripped of any outside reference and emotional background. It may be austere, but it is not cerebral -- no calculations here, only musicians deeply listening to each other's input, understanding each other at a subatomic level. All tracks begin in a similar way: Stevens plays light cymbals, Watts utters quiet staccato notes in the high register -- with one exception, "Face to Face 5," where Stevens takes out his cornet. From this point on anything can (and does) happen.

The last recording, "Face to Face 7," remains one of the most brilliant examples of free improv duet playing in terms of absolute synergy ... This album is essential to understand the development of scaled-down free improv in England.

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These are actual scans of the LP for sale. The scanner tends to over-emphasize ring wear and cover blemishes that are unobtrusive in plain sight.

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EXCELLENT: LP may have light sleeve scuffs or marks that have little to no effect on playback; Cover may have slight wear but is still very nice.

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