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I'll tell you once I have heard it if he's indeed all over the guitar on that disc. I am not sure. He is technically very very good (as can be heard on his first solo disc, "World of Strings" - try and get it from the Intakt folks, tell me if its OOP, I can help in that case). As far as his electronic stuff goes, he is mentioned and appearing/collaborating with all those folks like Fennesz, Steinbrüchel, Erik M etc (I don't know that scene all that much, just have some stray broadcasts). ubu

Here you can see some photos of Wittwer, taken at a duo concert with Elliott Sharp in NYC. ubu

Listening to some of swiss guitarist/composer/programmer/whatever electronics etc player Stephan Wittwer. (I will do an interview with him next week for that radio programme I produce with some friend). His Intakt solo album from 1991, World of Strings (Intakt CD 017) has him all over the guitar (D.D., I think you'd like it!). He studied (classical) guitar, got into the free improv scene in the seventies. In 1977 he recorded a duo album Und? with Radu Malfatti (trombone) on FMP - does anyone have this? I have only heard short excerpts so far (we'll get a burn or a partial burn from him). I'd be very interested in hearing any opinions on this. Also for FMP, he recorded with the COWWS quartet, Rüdiger Carl, Phil Wachsman, Irene Schweizer and Jay Oliver being the other members of that group (Grooves And Loops, FMP 59, recorded 1993, and Virtual COWWS, Rüdiger Carl & COWWS Ensemble, 3CD, FMP CD OWN-90007/9). Does anybody know these recordings? Wittwer also can be heard on disc in a group including Peter Brötzmann - the name of which is Sprawl (Trost TR 070). The group consist of Brötzmann, Alex Buess (reeds/electr), Wittwer, William Parker and Michael Wertmüller and was recorded in Switzerland in 1996. Wittwer's duo collaboration with Michael Wertmüller (I think he got very positive mentions in the rat, some time ago - by D.D.? Not sure) can be heard on Werther/Wittwer, Grob204 (>Grob<). He seems to be very fond of this disc, too. I don't have it yet, but I intend to get it someday. Wittwer produced a second solo record, also for Grob (Grob320), Streams, a disc where he is functioning more as a sound-mixer and creater of soundscapes rather than a guitarist. Comparing this disc with World of Strings shows how far he has come in the past 15 years. But then on other projects, he returns to his guitar, and also when I saw him live (with another swiss electronics guy, Bernd Schurer), he did play some guitar, too. The latest release of Wittwer is on Bernd Schurer's label domizil, and titled sicht.04, and includes mostly electronic music. We will get that from him, too. I this one could be a bit boring (2CDs might just be too much good for this kind of music), yet I'll wait and listen first. Then, the Steamboat guys have recorded at least one of his compositions, he wrote several film scores, works with artists Fischli/Weiss (they do installations, video, photography etc - they've got their own room in the Tate Modern in London). ubu

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (born "Sophie-Henriette Taeuber") (French, born Switzerland, 1889-1943), Head, c. 1918 - 1919, painted wood, 34 x 20 x 20 cm, Georges Pompidou Center, Paris

Anyone else heard this CD - Owner of the Riverbank? I did see a middling review on line. It has turned up used at a secret shop near me, and I am going to snag it tomorrow. If I am not crazy about it, I'll be willing to trade in a week or so. You got to give it more than a week, I think. Three listens might not be enough - it really grows, just as brownie said! I'd say if you don't like it after two or three listens, keep it, listen again a couple of times two or three weeks later. It needs time (as does all CT music). ubu

Nice one! It's all about perspective, you know... yeah, but I'm not talking to you any longer since you sold all your Kirk. There! You guys (Hans & David) are crazy! John, stay assured that I LOVE Rah! But then we are crazy enough for that ubu

Why not? If it indeed is, it might be one of the very few good investments... ubu

The "Wire Tapper 11" attached to the latest issue of "The Wire" (June 04) includes an "Untitled Blues" taken from: "Holy Ghost (Rare & Unissued Recordings)", Revenant Records, 9CDs. That's a good sign I hope! Bring it on! ubu

Mixed a few things up regarding the "Art in Wroclaw" disc: first: Oles was to be on bass but Swartz actually plays. The drummer is Adam Czerwinski. Get it if you can find it, it's OOP for some time now, it seems. ubu

Just wanted to give our resident cow a big, no, a huge for sharing the GREAT Körössy stuff! Those two tracks from the Jazz Jamboree are something else, really! **** Austrian radio broadcasted a concert from 2002 by the (czech) pianist/keyboarder Gabriel Jonas - pretty good stuff! Anyone knows him? He's got some records out, the latest being a trio disc. The quartet included an able tenor saxophone player, electric bass and drums. Most of the music was with piano, though the electric bass brought in some funky stuff (slapping/popping etc), which was sometimes a bit of a drag, but sometimes pretty interesting, too. Here's a link to the new album. I don't have it, however. Never heard Jonas before. **** How about Art Farmer? He lived in Vienna for a long time, and in the nineties, he made a beutiful disc with polish musicians, called "Art in Wroclaw" (on Universal/Verve etc). Piotr Baron is on tenor (he gets a ballad feature with Farmer out), Kuba Stankiewicz is on piano, Darek Oleszkiewicz (of Brad Mehldau fame) on bass (it seem Harvie Swartz should have been there, originally). Can't find info on the drummer. Don't have the disc here. Some beautiful ballad playing by Famer, Baron and Stankiewicz, and some swinging hard bop. All good tunes, of course. Very tasteful. Here's the cover: ubu

So, you´re for "kitchen-sink" approach? I really don't get that kitchen sink stuff - is there a connection to Robert Gober? ROBERT GOBER (American, born 1954) Inverted Sink, 1985. Plaster, wood, wire lath, steel, and paint 61 1/4 x 102 1/4 x 24" (168.3 x 259.7 x 61 cm.) Sarah Norton Goodyear Fund, 2003 Robert Gober Broom Sink and Urinal 1984 Robert Gober: Split-Up Conflicted Sink, 1985 Plaster, wood, steel, wire mesh, satin enamel lacquer 206 x 207 x 64 cm (read more here) Now you make me confused!

Uhm, have I already mentioned that I love them?

I LOVE (but then who wonders, I AM strange... ) Glad to have a thread dedicated to their music! "Skies of Europe" (ECM) is a very good album, in my opinion. Then, on Leo, there's a 2CD set "Instabile Festival" or something, featuring the Instabile musicians in various small groups (tb-duo, tp-duo, trios, brass-quintet, anything), as well as the full band. Recorded live at a festival dedicated to them. The disc with Taylor, well, similar experience here as brownie - it grows and grows and grows and grows... But then, I guess to really hear them, you got to check them out live. ubu PS: and let me add a warning: ATTENTION: INSTABILE is ECLECTIC (IN THE BEST SENSE, IF YOU ASK ME) - PURISTS BEWARE!!

He-he, Tony has Nailed. I had a girlfriend last year who after heaving heard a brief fragment of Nailed told me absolutely serioulsy she had to reasses here relationships with me, since "normal" people can't enjoy music like this. Nothing really changed of course, since she had had some suspicions before and Nailed was just a further confirmation of her findings. glad mine has never been THAT tough on me! (My sister has, but then she can't stop being my sister, can she? ) ubu

The one you pictured is the one I meant. The liner notes of the Rhino/Avenue reissue (latest nineties) refer to the alias and state that it's actually Al Cohn. ubu

Some good calls, already, and not much to add. Scott's indeed very good on that Milt Hinton disc, Garth! It is actually the Tony Scott quartet performing under the name of Hinton, only, if I remember right. Carney can be heard on bcl on one tune of his with strings date (which was reissued on Ben Webster's "Music for Loving", a 2CD set compiling Webster's with strings dates and some). Quite a fan of Portal and Sclavis, too. Both together is even better! Then, I think Dolphy is da man on bass clarinet, for me. His solo recordings of "God Bless the Child" are really something else! On the "East Coast Jazz Series / 6", a date by Urbie Green, Al Cohn (as "Ike Horowitz") can be heard playing some good bass clarinet. How about Coltrane? There's some on that rare "Cosmic Music" date. Donald Garrett, the bassist and bass clarinetist playing in the later Coltrane bands (on the Seattle concert, for instance), has somehow never really gotten much love from me, he almost seems pedestrian, at times. ubu

And HELLYEAH again!

HELLYEAH! And there's a Koch reissue of some Atlantic album featuring the same band (minus Booker), that's very good, too.

Brad Mehldau once stopped during his solo (Rossy & Grenadier played on), and made gestures of hitting the photographer... (that was at a concert around 2001, I think). ubu

And do you mean you have not "rat" at all? While I don't have the funny one, I at least have the dried doggy one! You should change that, my friend! ubu

Gary, in the light of Tony's and my observations, if you are interested in Brötzmann-drummer duets, you will probably be better off starting elsewhere - with Dried Rat Dog (Okka) with Hamid Drake, for example (even though I haven't heard it, I suspect it is not bad ). Are there any other Brötzmann-drummer duos on CD, btw? What not bad! Great it is! ubu

I don't have too many FMP discs, either, but here are a few that are most highly recommended (of course I have mentioned them here already): A stunning solo performance of the grand old man, playing tenor, soprano, flute and piano in various sections. A great post-Coltrane free trio date. Smokin'! Read the Penguin for a rather enthusiast review. - this one's to blame for one of the most moving and extreme musical experiences that happened to me, lately. Others I have: - Schlippenbach/Murray, Smoke - Lacy, Five Facings, - CT, In East-Berlin and some more. ubu

Ask Claude for the why, but no, it's not possible. You got to hit the "B" button, then type the text you want to be bold, then hit the "*B" button (or click "Close all Tags"). Or you just type the stuff yourself, or you do these things at then end, copying the (B) and (/B) things to where you need them. ubu

Reviving this old thread - I recently got Lewis' "Private Concert" and I'm deeply impressed! The more I hear of his music and playing the better I think he was. A complete musician. ubu