Julius Eastman
Crazy Nigger (LP)
LabelBlumeGenreComposition
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condition (record/cover): NM / NM
Purple vinyl. Obi and color plastic bag included.
Julius Eastman wrote Crazy Nigger for an unspecified number of like instruments, here four pianos, and it unfolds over almost an hour in a single arc. Repeated notes and chords pile up, shift by small degrees and gradually thicken into a dense, ringing mass, a method Eastman called organic music, where each section contains the material of the one before it.
The performance comes from a concert at Northwestern University in January 1980, with Eastman joined by Frank Ferko, Janet Kattas and Patricia Martin. It first appeared on the Unjust Malaise CD set. This is its first vinyl issue, a 2018 edition of 300 on purple vinyl, with notes by Mary Jane Leach and Bradford Bailey.
1. Crazy Nigger (c. 1980) 55:00
Julius Eastman, Frank Ferko, Janet Kattas, Patricia Martin, pianos
Originally published on Julius Eastman "Unjust Malaise" 3CD, New World Records – 80638-2
Vinyl Mastering by Giuseppe Ielasi
Release notes
Edition of 300 1 LP, Purple Color Vinyl. 180gr Audiophile pressing. Including printed inner sleeve housing a Nagaoka anti-static record sleeve, plus an original insert that functions as Obi. Housed in a fold-out outer sleeve. Originally published on Julius Eastman "Unjust Malaise" 3CD, New World Records – 80638-2
| A | Crazy Nigger | 24:58 | |
| B | Crazy Nigger | 29:55 |
- Bradford Bailey
- Liner Notes
- Mary Jane Leach
- Liner Notes
- Giuseppe Ielasi
- Mastered By
- Christine Rusianak
- Photography By
- Frank Ferko
- Piano
- Janet Kattas
- Piano
- Julius Eastman
- Piano, Written By, Performer
- Patricia Martin
- Piano
