Friday, March 11, 2011

Fred Frith & Henry Kaiser With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends (1987)


01 The Trace
02 Three Languages
03 Love In Hell
04 Twisted Memories Give Way To The Angry Pleasant
05 One Of Nature's Mistakes
06 Roy Rogers
07 It Sings
08 Drowsy Maggie
09 The Kirghiz Light
10 The Golden Eighties
11 Objects Everyday
12 The Changing Of Names
13 It Moves...
14 One-Eyed Theater
15 Dog Puppet Born Out Of A Sock
16 Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues

This maximum-length CD-only release consists of selections from an unreleased live album by Frith and Kaiser (1984) combined with "greatest hits" from their two out-of-print duo albums: "With Friends Like These" (1979) and "Who Needs Enemies?" (1983).
Most all of this music was improvised by one method or another. Tracks 3,4,5,7,8,12,14,15,16 were recorded without overdubbing.

Released:
1987
Genre:
Jazz, Rock
Style:
Avantgarde, Free Improvisation

Rova Saxophone Quartet

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The Rova Saxophone Quartet is a San Francisco-based saxophone quartet formed in October 1977 at the same time as their "less adventurous" but better known colleagues the World Saxophone Quartet. The name "Rova" is an acronym formed from the last initials of the founding members: Jon Raskin, Larry Ochs, Andrew Voigt and Bruce Ackley

01 Track 01
02 Track 02
03 Track 03
04 Track 04
05 Track 05