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CD/DVD Releases: New Titles Available From Wayside Music

Posted on Saturday, October 15 @ 12:30:15 UTC by nightowl

In the October 3 news release, Wayside Music have the following new titles available from their shop:

Kris Davis - Aeriol Piano (Clean Feed, $17.00): Kris Davis. piano.

"Pianist Kris Davis is rapidly becoming one of the most sought out pianists in New York. Every recording we get our hands on, we find her. The trio Paradoxical Frog with Tyshawn Sorey and Ingrid Laubrock, her trio Good Citizen with John Hebert and Tom Rainey, Ingrid Laubrock's band Anti-House, with Tony Malaby and her arrangements of his music for Novela, on Kermit Driscolls CD Reville, with Stephen Gauci and Jon Irabagon, and with the Portuguese singer Sara Serpa, the list going on and on.

Now, it’s time for her first solo record. In Aeriol Piano we can focus our attention entirely on her exquisite piano playing, the music displaying her refreshing style and spirit of adventure. From a version on Jerome Kerns All The Things You Are, to a prepared piano composition, to completely improvised pieces, we hear Davis exploring and developing all the innovations of her instrument. She performs inside and outside of the box, in every moment surprising us with her ability to avoid cliches, forging a new path in jazz piano. If you haven't listened to the music of Kris Davis yet, Aeriol Piano will introduce you to a new and innovative voice in jazz today."

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Scott Fields/Multiple Joyce Orchestra - Moersbow/Ozzo (Clean Feed, $17.00): Scott Fields, conductor / Christina Fuchs, soprano saxophone, clarinet / Frank Gratkowski, alto saxophone / Michael Heupel, flute, bass flute / Carl Ludwig Hübsch, tuba / Thomas Lehn, analog electronics / Axel Lindner, violin / Tom Lorenz, vibraphone / Matthias Mainz, trumpet / Annette Maye, clarinet, bass clarinet / Udo Moll, trumpet / Matthias Muche, trombone / Melvyn Poore, tuba / Eva Pöpplein, computer / Norbert Roderkicher, wooden flute / Vincent Royer, viola / Matthias Schubert, tenor saxophone / Angelica Sheridan, flute, bass flute / Florian Standler, accordion / Radek Stawarz, violin / Achim Tang, contrabass / Christian Thomé, percussion / Georg Wissel, alto saxophone / Marion Wörle (aka Frau W), computer / Philip Zoubek, piano.

"Fields wrote Ozzo and Moersbow with the idea of having a book (which continues to grow) that could be performed by any ensemble stocked with at least sixteen traditionally trained musicians who play pitched instruments and who improvise. The piece can accommodate many more pitched or unpitched instruments as well. The musicians in this orchestra reflect Cologne's deep and wide musical pool. For decades the city has been a magnet for creative musicians of a particular ilk. Classical matter whetted, they are nonetheless zealous improvisers, boundary violators, genre ignorers, alliance formers, vagabonds. For decades they have been drawn to Cologne by Germany’s largest music conservatory, supportive venues such as the Loft, the presence of avant-garde pioneers such as Stockhausen, Kagel, Ligeti, and Koenig, and close proximity to other musical centers such as Amsterdam, Paris, and Berlin.

Ozzo, which takes up most of the bytes on this disc, is the most recent of Fields' modular compositions. The first was '48 Motives' and the second was '96 Gestures.' An improvising conductor, Fields on this recording selects material and indicates when, and sometimes how, the musicians are to improvise. The language that the conductor and musicians use to communicate is a set of physical gestures drawn from the American Manual Alphabet (the letter shapes that many deaf people use to spell words with their hands) and traditional conducting movements. In addition to playing their instruments, the musicians also can suggest, in the moment, modules they would like to play and with whom, whether they would like to improvise, solo, or even stop playing. This interaction makes the performances unusually organic and dynamic.

Moersbow is an homage to the Japanese electronics master Merzbow, who works the interactions of phased noise at extreme volume levels. In contrast to the music of its namesake, Moersbow is meant to be performed as quietly as possible. The ensemble is divided into groups that a conductor triggers to play a series of independent loops. The loops contain some combination of noises, pitch material, small melodies. Although Moersbow’s outcome is not as variable as Ozzo, the phasing and timing of the loops and choices the performers make do result inconsiderable differences between performances."

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Luis Lopes - Lisbon Berlin Trio (Clean Feed, $17.00): Luís Lopes, electric guitar / Robert Landfermann, double bass / Christian Lillinger, drums.

"The encounter of a Lisbon-born and two Berliners documented by this CD isn't, of course, the only focus of interest proposed by this music. There’s something more to add to the equation. Luís Lopes and the rhythm section provided by Robert Landfermann and Christian Lillinger are three good examples of a new generation of European musicians with a rather distinctive understanding of the musical language called 'jazz.' They don’t specially care to give a 21st century content to the jazz format; it just happens they enjoy, and play, different kinds of music, and usually do it crossing boundaries and mixing vocabularies. Lopes comes from blues and rock and, as such, loves to use riffs and has a special liking for feedback, distortion and electrical textures and noises. To Landfermann and Lillinger, there’s no real incompatibility between hard bop structures, free form improvisation and punk beats; they use everything possible if it fits and makes sense to them. The result is, truly saying, jazz of the 21st century, but without a program of intentions.

Lisbon / Berlin Trio is as intuitive and authentic as it can be, and that’s what really matters here. That, and the high quality achieved."

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Tony Malaby - Novela: Arrangements by Kris Davis (Clean Feed, $17.00): Tony Malaby, soprano and tenor saxophones / Michaël Attias, alto saxophone / Joachim Badenhorst, bass clarinet / Andrew Hadro, baritone saxophone / Ralph Alessi, trumpet / Ben Gerstein, trombone / Dan Peck, tuba / Kris Davis, piano / John Hollenbeck, drums and percussion.

Large scale band project from the always dependable Tony Malaby, who I've seen on a few occasions and he always delivers the goods! This features a mix of some better known and lesser known names, but all play well and a composed album of a project of this size is too rare in jazz today (although totally understandable, given the state of the market/world/public tastes). Fight back against stupidity and buy an excellent forward-looking avant-but-not-free jazz album!

"Tony Malaby. Saying this name alone is a guarantee in advance that you’re going to hear wonderful music. Either playing straight-ahead or avant-garde jazz, Malaby’s distinctive mark and seal of quality will be there. Wonderful and, we might say, different from everything done before by the saxophonist. In Novela, we have a first: this is a reed/metal nonet, with just the piano and the drumkit in contrast with the blowing line formed by soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone and tuba. For something completely new to him as this, Malaby opted to use new arrangements and new recordings of old compositions already on record. 'Floating Head,' 'Floral And Herbacious' and 'Mother's Love' were previously released on the album Tamarindo, 'Warblepeck' comes from the CD with the same title, 'Cosas' and 'Remolino' can be found in Sabino. Here, those pieces gain a new life and find other configurations, thanks to the arrangements by pianist Kris Davis, Malaby’s partner for 10 years now. The participants are some of the top musicians of the New York jazz scene, namely Michael Attias, Joachim Badenhorst, Andrew Hadro, Ralph Alessi, Ben Gerstein, Dan Peck, John Hollenbeck and, of course, Tony Malaby and Davis.

"If you already know that each Malaby recording is a new chapter in an on-going adventure, there’s an extra reason to not miss this one: without it, you’ll loose the sequence of the story."

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Side A - A New Margin (Clean Feed, $17.00): Ken Vandermark, tenor saxophone and clarinet / Håvard Wiik, piano / Chad Taylor, drums.

"A top figure in the unique musical melting pot of Chicago, Ken Vandermark is a man of a thousand projects and bands, and many of them are different combinations of the musicians with whom he usually plays. Very fascinated by the highly creative Scandinavian jazz scene, a number of his musical partners come from that part of the world. Pianist Håvard Wiik is one of them – he's part of the 'joint venture' Free Fall, a collective co-founded by Wiik, Vandermark and Håker Flaten, but he's also part of the swedish seminal group Atomic. Now, they join again, and in the company of another prodigal son of the Windy City, Chad Taylor. Besides Taylor's involvement in some of the most important formations of that jazz circuit - like the Chicago Underground Duo, Trio and Ensemble, Exploding Star Orchestra and Sticks and Stones - the drummer has also made himself internationally recognized through work with pop bands such as Sam Prekop's solo projects and Iron and Wine. The music composed by the trio, Side A, is anchored in the post-bop tradition and adopts the openness of free jazz with the energy coming from rock. The compositions are refined, but conceived only as frames for improvisation- this method gives it a fluid cutting edge. 'A New Margin' is a new surprise coming from the never-ending creativity of these three superb musicians, and surely you won't want to miss it."

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The Aristocrats - The Aristocrats (Boing!, $15.00): The Aristocrats is the fusion, chopszilla power-trio of guitarist Guthrie Govan (who I had never heard of, but was just amazingly great when I saw them very recently [reports Wayside, not PW, but we're sure they're right -ed.]), bassist Bryan Beller (Steve Vai, Mike Keneally) and "drummer extraordinaire Marco Minnemann," who really IS extraordinaire! Basically, if you want to hear three great musicians just show how great they are, then this is for you. I was really impressed with the show and this album. There's great, great playing, but they are also listening to each other and playing off each other. And there's some humor as well. Highly recommended to fusion fanatics.

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Ash Ra Tempel - Seven Up (MG Art, remastered, $25.00): The fairly insane third album where Timothy Leary, on the run from the Feds, ends up in Switzerland surrounded by happy hippies. Remastered by Manuel Göttsching himself!

Their third album was named after the LSD-laced soft drink that these guys were now ingesting by the caseload. A big psychedelic / spaceout jam type disc, with the side long live track being a real highlight. This does have some pretty great moments (the live side being pretty outstanding overall) (& if you are a fan of stoned hippie fuckery, this could be your favorite of their releases), but I would not personally recommended that you start with this one.

The cast: Timothy Leary, Brian Barritt, Liz Elliot, Bettina Hohls (voices), Michael Duwe (voice, flute), Portia Nkomo (voice dubbed during the mix), Manuel Göttsching (guitar, electronics), Hartmut Enke (bass, guitar, electronics), Steve Schroeder (organ, electronics), Dietmar Burmeister (drums), Tommy Engel (drums dubbed during the mix), Klaus D. Mueller (tambourine), Dieter Dierks (synthesizer dubbed during the mix).

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Ash Ra Tempel - Join Inn (MG Arts, remastered, $25.00): The very good, if somewhat overlooked fourth album by this legendary Krautrock ensemble, remastered by Manuel Göttsching himself!

The band's fourth album, this is the first time since their self-titled first that you have the trio of Manuel Göttsching (guitar), Harmut Enke (bass) and Klaus Schulze (drums + keyboards). Additionally, Rossi appears on vocals (sort of a proto 'space whisper' ala Gong). Not an intense album like their first, but still real nice.

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Ash Ra Tempel - Starring Rosi (MG Arts, remastered, $25.00): The fifth album by this legendary Krautrock ensemble, remastered by Manuel Göttsching himself!

"The dubious reputation Starring Rosi has incurred over the years is, to these set of ears, altogether undeserved. The tightening of focus and coherency within these tracks has led to the besmirching of what, taken on it's own terms is an entirely appealing, though admittedly more low key outing. Underpinned by the new rhythm section of Dieter Dierks and Harald Grosskopf and punctuated by Rosi's inimitable narration, the feel throughout is like a soma-soaked tradewind. Breezy warm and thoroughly inviting." -Alternative Press/Eric Lumbleau.

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Ash Ra Tempel - Inventions For Electric Guitar (MG Arts, remastered, $25.00): The incredible, classic, sixth and final album by this legendary Krautrock ensemble, remastered by Manuel Göttsching himself!

The sixth album by Ash Ra Tempel, this was actually Manuel Göttsching's first solo album. Recorded at home with a Teac 4 track, & released in 1974, it's an absolute classic of echo'd, multi-tracked guitar trance/space-out wizardry. Three long, appropriately named tracks ("Echo Waves," "Quasarsphere," "Pluralis"). This belongs in the collection of anyone interested in space or trance music.

"Manuel played his guitar and used a 4 track TEAC A3340, Revox A77 for echoes, WahWah pedal, volume pedal, Sola Sound Fuzz, Schaller Rotosound and Hawaiian steel bar."

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Chris Cochrane/Dennis Cooper/Ishmael Houston-Jones - Them (Tzadik, $13.00): "In 1985, when the whole world was seized by fear of AIDS, Them premiered in New York. Them was not literally about AIDS, but at the time it was impossible to see it separately from it. Created by director/choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones, Dennis Cooper (text) and Chris Cochrane (music) it was originally presented at the legendary East Village PS 122. Recently revived by the original team it has been performed in the US and Europe to great acclaim. Cochrane’s music is raw and edgy, the perfect sonic depiction of the improvised, entangled struggle of bodies in this historic performance piece. Death, decay, loss and innocence all take turns in this disturbing yet poetic musical masterpiece."

Chris Cochrane: Composer, Guitars, Percussion, Bass, Accordion, Keyboards, Tapes Dennis Cooper: Text, Reading
Ishmael Houston-Jones: Choreography, Concept
Kato Hideki: Bass, Percussion, Keyboards, Mandolin
Jeremy Pheiffer: Reading

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Sandy Denny - 19 Rupert Street (Witchwood, $14.00): "Previously unheard material recorded on a quarter track tape machine at Alex Campbell’s home on August 5th 1967, captured just one month after Sandy recorded All Our Own Work. Unknown to exist for decades until a cassette turned up recently, Strawbs’ Dave Cousins took it to have transferred to digital at Abbey Road, and was stunned to hear Sandy and Alex singing, laughing and joking as though they were in the room with him. Edited down and mastered, it’s a home recording, but what atmosphere!"

"This recording shows Sandy as she was when I first met her – bright and funny, with a voice that could pin your ears back or melt your heart. I’m so pleased to be able share this with you." -Dave Cousins

"...A haunting recording, capturing Sandy’s voice pre-fame as she relaxes in a flat in Glasgow with Alex and Patsy Campbell and friends....similar to the Nick Drake home recordings, its intimacy transports the listener through a window in time to a place where many possibilities had yet to be revealed."- Shindig

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Guru Guru - Live in Germany '71 (Cleopatra, CD box set with poster, button and balloon, $15.00): This is the famous and famously GREAT, excellently recorded (for the time period) Radio Bremen radio broadcast from Gymnasium Leibniizplatz on September 21, 1971. 1/3rd of this originally appeared on the United Dairies lp release by Uli Trepte and Guru Guru, Hot On Spot/Inbetween and then 2/3rds of this previously appeared on the Spalax CD, Live 1972 / Conny Plank Sessions 1974. But here, for the very, very first time is the entire show and from what sounds like a significantly better copy of the tapes. How do I know so much about the provenance of this? For the very same reason I am so enthusiastic about this - I wanted to release this; it's that great. This is three 20' long tracks: 'Der LSD Marsch,' 'Bo Diddley' and 'Spaceship.' Now it's presented here in a cute little box with a poster and button and balloon (and a picture of the wrong version of the group on the cover - hey, you can't have it all, can you?). Highly recommended; the best live representation of the mighty Guru during their prime period and one of their best performances ever - as great or greater than some of the studio work of the same period.

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The Magic Band - Performing The Music Of Captain Beefheart: Oxford UK June 6th, 2005 (Sundazed, $12.00): If you read John French's amazing book, Through The Eye Of Magic, you'll know how much these musicians suffered to bring you this music. Still, 40-45 years later, the joy and greatness of these pieces remains and if anyone can play this music nowadays, it's John.

"Famously forged in a cauldron of intense artistic pressure, the Magic Band emerged as a group unlike any other in popular music. Under the tenacious tutelage of Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart, this strikingly innovative unit took their music to unexplored places, creating a musical language all their own. Throughout the band's chaotic history with Beefheart, drummer John 'Drumbo' French served as the chief translator, deciphering the Captain's often cryptic instructions into a discernable direction for the band. His tireless efforts provided the essential conduit through which Beefheart's multi-hued compositional visions transformed into concrete audio sculptures. In simpler terms, he was the glue. In response to repeated fan requests, French assembled an all-star cast of Magic Band veterans--Denny 'Freebo Reelers' Walley/guitar, Gary 'Mantis' Lucas/guitar, Mark 'Rockette Morton' Boston/bass and Michael Traylor/drums -- and brought them to the U.K. for several concert tours between 2003 and 2006. Freed from the confines of his drum kit, French stepped into the front man role, singing and playing harmonica.

Exploring songs from the Magic Band's rich catalog, the group returned to these compositions with fervor, faithfully recreating them while simultaneously adding new sonic colors to the palette. Enraptured audiences across the empire reveled in the revived music, thrilled to hear the long-silent repertoire performed again. This recording captures an especially memorable performance at the intimate Zodiac club in Oxford, England from June 6th, 2005. Riding the momentum of two successful concerts in Portsmouth and Penzance, the group was careful to keep their focus and not become overconfident. That night, surrounded by an enthusiastic audience that included many friends and acquaintances, the band played a transcendent set. As French relates in the album's liner notes, "It was on this night when I was able to savor the words and music of Don Van Vliet and in a sense `re-discover' the greatness of the work. I could feel the power of the compositions as they rained down upon the crowd, and I found myself laughing all over again at many of the double-entendres, and euphemisms." How fortunate, then, that tape was rolling on this enchanted evening!

John French personally mixed these eighteen tracks for release, ensuring that the zeitgeist of this special show would be preserved for all time.

1. Gimme Dat Harp Boy
2. Dropout Boogie
3. Diddy Wah Diddy
4. Low Yo Yo Stuff
5. When It Blows Its Stacks
6. Kandy Korn
7. Hair Pie
8. On Tomorrow
9. China Pig
10. Steal Softly Thru Snow
11. Abba Zaba
12. My Human Gets Me Blues
13. Alice In Blunderland
14. Electricity
15. Evening Bell
16. The Floppy Boot Stomp
17. Big Eyed Beans From Venus
18. Mirror Man

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Mark McGuire - Get Lost (Editions Mego, $17.00): "And yet another killer album from the ever-productive Mark McGuire (of Emeralds). It just keeps getting better, as he delivers another fine set of tunes in his perfected style. A few more electronic elements than usual and even some voices, but still the unique blend of feel-good riffs, electric and acoustic loops and melodies that just stick in the head. This album is chockablock with short hits and one long jam of blissed-out McGuire ambience. Awesome."

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Merzbow - Dead Zone (Quasi Pop, limited edition of 500, $15.00): "The multi-billions transinternational concerns think we want more and more cars, computers and mobile phones. For offering all these crap to us for cheap, they need more and more cheap energy. They want nuclear power plants which are powerful and good in making money, but this technology is extremely dangerous for the people and for our planet. To get a cheap plastic junk today, we are agree to kill our child's future today. We have already had two colossal nuclear disasters in only last 25 years: Chernobyl (Ukraine) in 1986 and Fukushima (Japan) in 2011. There are lots of information everywhere about the sad consequences of both and do we really need more proofs?"

"Japanese noise master Masami Akita recorded CD "Dead Zone" in March 2011, the day after the first explosion of Fukushima Nuclear power plant. All pictures for the artwork were taken in Chernobyl and Prypiat in May 2011. This CD is dedicated to the worldwide anti-nuclear movement."

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Theresa Wong - The Unlearning (Tzadik, $13.00): "Theresa Wong is a cellist, composer, vocalist and improviser based in San Francisco. Her first CD release The Unlearning is a collection of miniature songs for violin, cello and two voices inspired by the Disasters of War etchings by Francisco Goya. Composed from 2009-2011 and recorded in duo with herself and violinist/vocalist extraordinaire Carla Kihlstedt, this is an intimate and unique work that brings all her remarkable skills as a vocalist, performer, composer and conceptualist together into this new and exciting project. Modern art songs in an experimental pop vein."

Carla Kihlstedt: Violin, Voice
Theresa Wong: Cello, Voice

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Wooden Shjips - West (Thrill Jockey, $16.00): The third album by this popular modern space-rock/stoner-rock. Lots of fun and their debut on Thrill Jockey, which should bring them even more fans!

"I became aware of San Fran's Wooden Shjips when a friend gave me a copy of Dos a year or so back. Since then, I've been pretty excited to see what these wooly space explorers would come up with next. West finds the Shjips treading the same droning echo-soaked path. If anything, West is a bit more upbeat than their previous work. That's about it. These guys realize that you don't fix something that isn't broken, and I for one am pleased as punch. The last track 'Rising' is backwards, which is something that you don't realize until about half way through. With this, the Shjips hammer home the importance they place on the groove of the tune. Lyrics, voice, even direction becomes secondary to the throbbing, driving steam engine of the Wooden Shjips. West is a grower of an album. At first listen, I thought to myself 'yeah, this is good... but as good as dos? Nah'... after a couple weeks, I've found West standing up to anything they've done yet."

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John Zorn - At The Gates Of Paradise (Tzadik, mini-lp sleeve, $13.00): "Channeling the work of Romantic visionary William Blake and ancient Gnostic writings from the Nag Hammadi archives, At The Gates Of Paradise is the newest installment in Zorn’s ever growing catalog of mystical works. The music is filled with bright light and a childlike innocence, and ranges from long form compositions with constantly shifting time signatures that unfold with a compelling inner logic to mysterious ballads and hypnotic moods. Featuring an all-star quartet of Zorn true believers, 20-year veterans who perform this music with a special passion and searing intensity, the performances are filled with exciting solos and brilliant group interaction."

Joey Baron: Drums
Trevor Dunn: Bass
John Medeski: Piano, Organ
Kenny Wollesen: Vibes

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