©Neography:
Roger Parry/ Friday, July 3 1998 Bluecoat/ Liverpool
‘We
are all members of a sort of sentimental touring club’
- Andre Breton.
With, (if you want to know, but what do these surnames
mean to you?)
Palmer, Stagner
(the Chattanooga pair); Blonk (Dutchman), Gustafsson (‘Gush’, the Swede, to his friends), Zerang, (friend of Vandermark); Dresser
(ubiquitous bassist), Hemingway(drums not bulls), Minton (once a trumpeter), Osterhag,
the chopper!; Koichi, a Japanese who keeps good Company; Minton (again), Butcher – ‘Acta’-man,
Hirt, the German; Patton, no General but
American; Ward, young and brilliant Englishman, Switch (electronician),
Denley, far-flung fluter; Butcher (again), Mackness,
a lady of charm; Achiary the Basque,
Carter, our man who came in from the cold
(turkey), Holmes without Watson; Newton, another lady of charm, Tuchmann, woman of Austria; J. Bauer
(Connie’s brother bonist), Nozati, a
formidable lady, Van Hove (Fred the WIMproviser of Antwerp); Kowald (the
Wuppertaler, Peter), Ludi (Werner),
Morris (Butch of conduction), Namtchylak,
two-voiced Tuvan; Leandre, Joelle,
a notable diabolique!; Taylor, (the poet, dancer, pianist) W. Parker (bass, rising), Bendian (precision percussion); Mengelberg, master musician, no
chicken!; Michihiro, a classical Nipponese, Tenko, an unclassical Nipponese; Moss, rolling with Minton (3rd time)/ Moss, sparring with Zorn, the ubiquitous; Han Bennink, a best friend!
These
performers are from America, Holland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany,
Australia, Pays Basques, France, Belgium and Tuva. What has nationality to do
with it?
All
tracks selected are free improvisations – but how do you know that? Is it
important to know?
1.The
popcorn gomer
Shaking Ray Levis (Dennis
Palmer/ Bob Stagner)
False
Prophets or Danged Good Guessers/ CD Incus 13/ 01:24
92,
USA
2.
krockenhaa
Improvisors/
CD Kontrans 143/ 03:32
960304
Stockholm, Sweden
3.
Lavender
Verbatim/
CD Rastascan BRD029/ c. 04:00
95/96?
USA
4.
mukuge
Kuchinoha/
CD Tzadik 7208/ 02:33
950721+22
NYC, USA
5.
Zugabe
Two
Concerts/ CD FMP OWN-90006/ 05:10
950625
Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
6.
Guinea Pig [1 – 4]
Adult
Themes for Voice/ CD Tzadik 7015 (tracks 12-15) total/ 03:59
Before
end 95, var.
7.
Prayers for Mallow
Giganti
Reptilicus Destructo Beam / CD Scatter 04/ c. 02:00
9?,
?
8.
turkiss indiene mauves
Respiritus/
CD Incus 21/ 02:50
941205
London, England
9.
Hot Pepper
Benat Achiary-Kent
Carter-David Holmes
(Eponymous)/
CD Vand’oeuvre 9611/03:17
940222
Vandoeuvre, France
10.
Schrrr
Timbre/
CD Leo LR 221/ 02:50
9303
or 9410, Austria
11.
Pars I
Johannes Bauer-Annick Nozati-
Fred Van Hove
Organo
Pleno/ CD FMP 56/ 02:26
920710-12
Berlin, Germany
12.
Overcome Babylon
When
The Sun Is Out You Don’t See The Stars/ CD FMP 38/ 05:06
901127+27,
Luzern, Switzerland
13.
Temoignage
Urban
Bass/ CD ADDA 581254/ 09:46
Before
9011(?), prob. France
14.
J.
Cecil Taylor-William
Parker-Gregg Bendian
In
Florescence/ CD A&M 2586/ 02:52
890608
NYC, USA
15.
Impromptu #6
Impromptus/
CD FMP 7/ 05:31
880604
Berlin, Germany
16.
Rodan (16)
Rodan/
CD hat ART 6015/ 02:53
880411-16
NYC, USA
17
and 18. Liquids of Choice and
Husk When Time
David Moss w. Phil Minton; and w. John Zorn
Full
House/ CD Moers Music 02088/ 01:06; 01:49
8310
or 8401 Brooklyn, NY, USA
19.
Body Claps & Hums
Han Bennink
Tempo
Comodo/ CD Data 823/ 00:58
820915+20 Loenen, Holland
No one wanted my popcorn gomer –
I’m just another false prophet,
a cookie crock, and ha, ha, ha…
No lavender pattern was recorded verbatim
by Mackey ‘Gammy-leg’, the muckoo-gay! 5
Exotic ‘Zoo Garbay’ was on the menu
with fresh mint on it, flavourful,
and the butcher didn’t hurt the guinea pig
but gave it a pat on the head.
Before eating, we said prayers for Mal O’Beam 10
in the civilised shades of Turkish Indian mauves.
Re-spirited, hot peppers brightened the repast, schrrr…
‘Law unto themselves; I wouldn’t touch it, man’, said the wee beast.
So here, we stopped…
(before the organo pleno could overcome Babylon 15
and the impromptu evidence of Jay Rodan delivered cocktails of choice:
‘Husk When Time’, on the rocks, or, a knockout ‘Body Collapse ‘n’ Hums’!)
These Bilbao Lines – as I subtitle them - were first penned midway between the Visitation of Mother Ubu and the Gidouille Festival commencing at 1855 hrs LMT (Saturday, 4 July 1998).
Lines 1/2: See ‘popcorn
gomer’ on CD Incus 13/ False
Prophets or Danged Good Guessers
Line 3: See ‘krockenhaa’ on CD Kontrans 143/ Improvisors
Line 4: See ‘Lavender’ on CD Rastascan BRD029/ Verbatim. There is also a reference to the wife of the last British Colonial Governor of Hong Kong, Patten.
Line 5: See ‘Mukuge’ on CD Tzadik 7208/ Kuchinoha
Lines 6-8: See ‘Zugabe’ on CD FMP OWN-90006/ Two Concerts
Lines 8/9: See ‘Guinea Pig’ on CD Tzadik 7015/ Adult Themes for Voice; there is also a homonymous connection between lines 4 and 9
Line 10: See ‘Prayers
for Mallow’ on CD Scatter 04/ Giganti
Reptilicus Destructo Beam
Lines 11/12: See ‘turkiss indiene mauves’ on CD Incus 21/ Respiritus
Line 12: See ‘Hot Peppers’ on CD Vand’oeuvre 9611/ Achiary-Carter-Holmes
Lines 12/13: See ‘Schrrr’ on CD Leo LR 221/ Timbre
Lines 15-17: Refer to CDs by J Bauer-Nozati-Van Hove; Kowald-Ludi-Morris-Namtchylak; Leandre; Cecil Taylor-Wm Parker-Bendian; Mengelberg; Michihiro; Moss-Minton-Zorn and Han Bennink
See
also, my ‘DIARY’ entry for 3 July
1998
Re-visited: 18 July 1998; 20 March 1999; 3 November 2000.