Sergio Armaroli, Sergio Armaroli QuintetFeaturing: Elliott Sharp
Introducing A Very Heavy Person, First Visit
FormatCDLabelHat Hut RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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"Time-traveling Sergio Armaroli takes advantage of this openness. He has previously worked with Downtown legend Elliott Sharp and Steve Piccolo of Lounge Lizards fame. This session also adds two giants of the UK free improvisation scene, bassist John Edwards and drummer Mark Sanders... Like Patchen’s script for “The Voice” in The City Wears a Slouch Hat, Piccolo’s utterances describe people, objects, places, and actions such as “iron scaffolding shaking in the wind,” “chewing on crackers,” and “scraping frosted windshield.” Piccolo’s verses which are the counterpart to Armaroli’s Figure(s), could just as easily have been uttered in Chicago 1942. Both cue the assembled musicians to illustrate the pages of this phantasmagorical graphic novel for the listener." - Mark Corroto
Format
Sergio Armaroli - vibraphone
Elliott Sharp - guitar, soprano saxophone
Steve Piccolo - speech and electronic devices
John Edwards - double bass
Mark Sanders - drums
Release notes
Release title on front and back cover: Introducing A Very Heavy Person First Visit Release title on spine: Introducing A Very Heavy Person • First Visit Release title on disc: Introducing A Very Heavy Person | First Visit Total Time 68:56 Recorded at Blackstar Recording Studio. Milan, Italy, on September 15-16, 2023 by [...]; Mixing and PRE-mastering by [...]; Final mastering by [...], Hardstudios AG Liner notes: November 2024 2025, 1st Edition P + C 2025 Hat Hut Records Ltd. [on back…
| 1 | Intro | 7:19 | |
| 2 | Pigs Grunting | 8:53 | |
| 3 | The Train | 7:38 | |
| 4 | Chewing On Crackers | 5:35 | |
| 5 | BluBottle Fly | 6:11 | |
| 6 | Rubber Boots | 4:04 | |
| 7 | Iron Scaffolding | 5:06 | |
| 8 | 20 Scratchin Pencils | 5:22 | |
| 9 | Scraping Frost Windshield | 4:32 | |
| 10 | Wheezing Lungs | 6:10 | |
| 11 | Small Scissors | 2:48 | |
| 12 | Low Groan | 5:11 |
- Hans Hagen Stockhausen
- Cover [Cover Photo By], Photography By [Cover Photo By]
- John Edwards
- Double Bass
- Mark Sanders
- Drums
- Werner X. Uehlinger
- Executive-Producer
- fuhrer vienna
- Graphics [Graphic Concept By]
- Elliott Sharp
- Guitar, Soprano Saxophone, Mixed By [Mixing By], Mastered By [Pre-mastering By]
- Mark Corroto
- Liner Notes [English]
- Michael Brändli
- Mastered By [Final Mastering By]
- Christian C. Dalucas
- Producer [Associate Producer]
- Bernhard "Benne" Vischer
- Producer [Honorary Producer]
- Raffaele Stefani
- Recorded By
- Steve Piccolo
- Speech, Electronics [Electronic Devices]
- Sergio Armaroli
- Vibraphone
