Rova Saxophone Quartet
The Works (Volume 2)
FormatCDLabelBlack SaintGenreJazz & Improvisation
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2024 Stock. Minor signs of wear from long-time storage. ** "Many listeners may think of ROVA (comprised of Bruce Ackley on soprano and tenor, Jon Raskin on baritone and alto, Steve Adams on alto and sopranino and Larry Ochs on tenor and sopranino), the most advanced of the saxophone quartets, as playing free jazz, but much of their music on this CD is actually written out, tonal and occasionally rhythmic. The term "avant-garde" does fit as long as one keeps in mind that these very lengthy explorations of an original apiece by Tim Berne, Fred Ho and Jon Raskin ("Beyond" is the briefest at 16:56 while "Appearances" is one second shy of 31 minutes!) are to an extent planned in advance. The episodic music, which has intense individual statements, is at its most dynamic when all of the saxophonists are interpreting their parts; some of the highly expressive passages border on the miraculous, and in the case of "Appearances," are quite ferocious. Well worth several listens by more open-eared jazz listeners."
Format
Recorded at Bay Studios, Berkeley, California, in August 1995
Total time: 1:06:25
© 1996
℗ 1996
Made in Italy
Release notes
Recorded at Bay Studios, Berkeley, California, in August 1995 Total time: 1:06:25 © 1996 ℗ 1996 Made in Italy
| 1 | The Visible Man | 18:20 | |
| Beyond Columbus And Capitalism (Movements I - IV) | |||
| 2 | My God My Gold: The European Invasion {I} | ||
| 3 | Civilization Or Syphillisation? {II} | ||
| 4 | The New World Odor! (The Huge Farts Of Red Meat Eating Imperialists Foul The Earth) {III} / Ghost Dance On The Grave Of Colombus And Capitalism (Read: Red Red) {IV} | ||
| Appearances Aren't Always What They Seem | |||
| 5 | But For A Few Choice Phrases / Six To One Will Get You There Anywhere | ||
| 6 | In A Daze For Weeks / A Box On The Rocks Saves Nine / Broken Rules Were Never Meant To Be | ||
| 7 | Because Because Because Is Is Is / Meaning In Search Of Nonsense: / For Whom The Tones Toll Anywhere (Coda) | ||
- Steve Adams
- Alto Saxophone, Sopranino Saxophone
- Jon Raskin
- Baritone Saxophone, Alto Saxophone
- Mary Frank
- Cover
- Giovanni Bonandrini
- Executive-Producer
- Lucija Kordić
- Layout
- Art Lange
- Liner Notes
- Carla Harryman
- Lyrics By [Poetry, Verbal Scores]
- Aldo Borrelli
- Mastered By
- Rova Saxophone Quartet
- Producer
- Robert Shumaker
- Recorded By, Mastered By [Pre-mastered By]
- Bruce Ackley
- Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
- Larry Ochs
- Tenor Saxophone, Sopranino Saxophone
