10619 - ELLIOTT SHARP'S TERRAPLANE - BLUES FOR NEXT, DISC TWO (2000)
ELLIOTT SHARP'S TERRAPLANE
''BLUES FOR NEXT, DISC TWO''
SEPTEMBER 12 2000
106:54
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DISC ONE (52:55)
1 Rollin' & Tumblin' 03:23 (Traditional)
2 Long Dark Sky 07:45 (Eric Mingus, Elliott Sharp)
3 As It Falls 05:10 (Dean Bowman, Elliott Sharp)
4 Baptism of Concrete 03:51 (Eric Mingus, Elliott Sharp)
5 S-Boogie 06:24 (Elliott Sharp, Humbert Sumlin)
6 Slow Drag 06:59 (Eric Mingus, Elliott Sharp)
7 Train 04:16 (Dean Bowman, Elliott Sharp)
8 Chemically 08:23 (Eric Mingus, Elliott Sharp)
9 Feel Each Day 06:38 (Dean Bowman, Elliott Sharp)
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DISC TWO (53:59)
1 Work or Leave 05:10
2 Twistin 09:36
3 Rails 10:46
4 Like Showers of Rain 06:19
5 Diallo Blues 08:41
6 Othar 04:36
7 Clank 08:48
All Tracks By Elliott Sharp)
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Dean Bowman/Vocals
Sim Cain/Drums, Drums (Electric), Electronic Percussion
Sam Furnace/Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Dave Hofstra/Bass Acoustic & Electric
Eric Mingus/Guest Artist, Vocals
Elliott Sharp/Arranger, Guitar, Sax (Tenor)
Hubert Sumlin/Arranger, Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Chris Kelsey
Elliott Sharp began playing the piano at six. According to Sharp, he was performing concerts by age eight. Sharp claims that his parents wanted him to be both a concert pianist and a scientist. He gave up piano, first in favor of the clarinet and then the guitar. His interest in science led him to build his own effects boxes for the instrument. He became intrigued with all types of experimental music, from contemporary classical to free jazz and sophisticated rock. Sharp studied anthropology at Cornell, where he played in a band and took an electronics class with synthesizer inventor Robert Moog. At Bard College he studied with free jazz pioneer Roswell Rudd (future Lounge Lizards John and Evan Lurie were classmates). He went to graduate school in Buffalo, where his academic advisor was Morton Feldman. He moved permanently to New York City in 1979, where he played gigs at various underground performance spaces, including the notorious Mudd Club. In the '80s Sharp became a major figure on the downtown New York experimental music scene, collaborating with many of it's most prominent players, including John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte, and Butch Morris. Over the years, Sharp has led his own bands more often than not. His music draws upon the wide range of his influences, from Coltrane to Zappa to Xennakis and beyond. An improviser at heart, Sharp's compositions tend to be quite loose, allowing plenty of room for the musicians to roam. Among his recent projects is the blues/hardcore/free jazz hybrid Terraplane, with bassist Dave Hofstra, saxophonist Sam Furnace, and drummer Sim.
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''BLUES FOR NEXT, DISC TWO''
SEPTEMBER 12 2000
106:54
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DISC ONE (52:55)
1 Rollin' & Tumblin' 03:23 (Traditional)
2 Long Dark Sky 07:45 (Eric Mingus, Elliott Sharp)
3 As It Falls 05:10 (Dean Bowman, Elliott Sharp)
4 Baptism of Concrete 03:51 (Eric Mingus, Elliott Sharp)
5 S-Boogie 06:24 (Elliott Sharp, Humbert Sumlin)
6 Slow Drag 06:59 (Eric Mingus, Elliott Sharp)
7 Train 04:16 (Dean Bowman, Elliott Sharp)
8 Chemically 08:23 (Eric Mingus, Elliott Sharp)
9 Feel Each Day 06:38 (Dean Bowman, Elliott Sharp)
*****
DISC TWO (53:59)
1 Work or Leave 05:10
2 Twistin 09:36
3 Rails 10:46
4 Like Showers of Rain 06:19
5 Diallo Blues 08:41
6 Othar 04:36
7 Clank 08:48
All Tracks By Elliott Sharp)
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Dean Bowman/Vocals
Sim Cain/Drums, Drums (Electric), Electronic Percussion
Sam Furnace/Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Dave Hofstra/Bass Acoustic & Electric
Eric Mingus/Guest Artist, Vocals
Elliott Sharp/Arranger, Guitar, Sax (Tenor)
Hubert Sumlin/Arranger, Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Chris Kelsey
Elliott Sharp began playing the piano at six. According to Sharp, he was performing concerts by age eight. Sharp claims that his parents wanted him to be both a concert pianist and a scientist. He gave up piano, first in favor of the clarinet and then the guitar. His interest in science led him to build his own effects boxes for the instrument. He became intrigued with all types of experimental music, from contemporary classical to free jazz and sophisticated rock. Sharp studied anthropology at Cornell, where he played in a band and took an electronics class with synthesizer inventor Robert Moog. At Bard College he studied with free jazz pioneer Roswell Rudd (future Lounge Lizards John and Evan Lurie were classmates). He went to graduate school in Buffalo, where his academic advisor was Morton Feldman. He moved permanently to New York City in 1979, where he played gigs at various underground performance spaces, including the notorious Mudd Club. In the '80s Sharp became a major figure on the downtown New York experimental music scene, collaborating with many of it's most prominent players, including John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte, and Butch Morris. Over the years, Sharp has led his own bands more often than not. His music draws upon the wide range of his influences, from Coltrane to Zappa to Xennakis and beyond. An improviser at heart, Sharp's compositions tend to be quite loose, allowing plenty of room for the musicians to roam. Among his recent projects is the blues/hardcore/free jazz hybrid Terraplane, with bassist Dave Hofstra, saxophonist Sam Furnace, and drummer Sim.
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