Volume 2 of a six volume
series (7-CDs) tracing the
emergence and development
of Collective Autonomy,
1976 ~ 2003
Feeling to Thought : FT-009
TOTAL TIME = 43:54
RECORDINGS: Tracks 1 ~ 4: April, 1979 – Studio
RELEASED : December 7, 2011
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Of Other Narratives
tracings in the ground of
Collective Autonomy / Volume 2
Australian Art Ensemble — Trio '79
Gebert - Simmonds - Treloar |
Price
Aus.$ 23.00 Jpn.¥ 2,300 { shipping
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Volume 2 is a studio recording from 1979 of original music never before available on CD by the A.A.E., offering a program of extraordinary improvisational journeys based on two compositions by Bobby Gebert, Nexus and Chugginf, a group composition, Dream Time, and finally, C.O.D., an Ornette Coleman original.
The highly spontaneous, interactive music played here by Bobby Gebert, piano; Mark Simmonds, tenor saxophone; and Phil Treloar, drum-set and electronics, is testimony to the fecund creative environment characteristic at the time of Morganfs Feedwell, a small restaurant run by Craig Morgan in Glebe, Sydney, Australia, that gave uncompromising support to contemporary jazz.
Though having floated round the eundergroundf since the time of its recording, this remarkable music is published here for the first time ever; a historically unique gem at the very forefront of an emerging, genuine and uncompromising Australian voice in improvised music.
"COUNT this among the momentous albums of Australian jazz. "c this music is partly about staring at oblivion; about daring to shout that the triumph of life is to exalt in the face of death, rather than be cowed by it. "It is torrential and utterly gripping."
½ John SHAND, The Sydney Morning Herald, THE AGE, The Brisbane Times, FEATURE REVIEW – January 7, 2012
"Given the open, exploratory nature of this music, they may seem like strange bedfellows c But this recording shows that, at that time, they were perfectly attuned to each other. Their interactions are thematic rather than simply 'free'."
½ Adrian JACKSON, Limelight, April Edition, 2012.
“There is precious little of Simmonds' playing currently available on record, and this is the only recorded example I know of Gebert playing in this vein. Likewise, not enough of Treloar's work is readily accessible for today's listeners, so this one is well worth looking for.”
Adrian JACKSON, RHYTHMS, March, 2012
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