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ESPDISK 1074CD
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2013 reissue; originally released in 1968. First ever American CD edition of this lost classic, recorded "live" during ESP's 1966 New York State College Tour. 50th Anniversary Remaster from the original tape. The "piano harp" credit is Burton Greene's way of noting that he plays inside the piano, directly on the strings -- the first jazz pianist to do so on record, taking a page from avant-gardist Henry Cowell's book. In his notes to the original LP, included complete in this reissue, Greene writes, "The tour found people largely unexposed to this music. They were often shaken up. Some were deeply moved. Those who came for a total body and soul experience were rewarded with the vibrations. The people who constantly needed the theoretical approach or 'road maps' were not... Like the time a boat load of people left the hall at a lecture following a performance at Fredonia State Teacher's College. We had the audacity to tell people that not only was our approach to music valid but that often the results were as musically complex and often more so than, let's say Beethoven. Throughout the tour we continued to denigrate the idea of the 'sacred cow' and tried to encourage people to learn to do their own thing rather than to follow us blindly and mimic our techniques etc." Burton Greene, piano, piano harp; Steve Tintweiss, bass; Shelly Rusten, percussion. RIYL: Matthew Shipp, Paul Bley, Lowell Davidson, Cecil Taylor, Henry Cowell.
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ESPCD 1074
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"The Chicago-born pianist Burton Greene first made his way to NY in 1962, just as the New Music movement was beginning to gain momentum. The following year he and bassist Alan Silva formed the Free Form Improvisation Ensemble (considered to be the first spontaneous composition group). This historic live recording was originally released on ESP-Disk in 1967." From the original liner notes: 'This music is from the first new music tour sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts... Appearing on the tour were Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra, Giuseppi Logan Quartet, Patty Waters, Ran Blake, and my trio consisting of Steve Tintweiss (bass), Shelly Rusten (percussion), and myself on piano and piano harp. The tour found people largely unexposed to this music. They were often shaken up. Some were deeply moved. Those who came for a total body and soul experience were rewarded with the vibrations. The people who constantly needed the theoretical approach or 'road maps' were not ... We had the audacity to tell people that not only was our approach to music valid but that often the results were as musically complex and often more so than, let's say Beethoven. The music here is from the best performances of the trio at Syracuse University, Buffalo, and Ithaca-Cornell.' --Burton Greene. Limited stock of this deleted version.
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