Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

AngelicA '95

(Caicai, CAICAI007) (Italy) (CD)

  1. Before My Time - The Red Flag (1:15)
    Lol Coxhill: vocal, walkman
    walkman: Steve Beresford (piano) and Lol Coxhill (soprano sax)
    Arranged by Coxhill and Beresford

  2. Die Befreiung des Prometheus - Die Befreiung des Prometheus (excerpt) (Goebbels / Moss) (1:23)
    Heiner Goebbels: piano, keyboards, samples, percussion
    Ernst Stötzner: acting
    David Moss: drums, vocal

  3. Budget Shopping - Ping Pong, King Kong (Rose, Otomo) (1:33)
    Jon Rose: violin, electronics, vocal
    Otomo Yoshihide: records, CDs, sampler

  4. Songs & Colours - America Is Waiting (Brian Eno, David Byrne) (3:33)
    Maarten Altena: double bass
    Michael Barkers: flute
    Erik van Deuren: clarinet
    Wiek Hijmans: guitar
    Alison Isadora: violin
    Jannie Pranger: vocal
    Michiel Scheen: piano
    Hans van der Meer: percussion
    Wolter Wierbos: trombone
    Arranged by Alison Isadora

  5. Steve Beresford, Jon Raskin and Otomo Yoshihide - Release the Bats (Beresford, Raskin, Otomo) (3:24)
    Steve Beresford: piano
    Jon Raskin: baritone sax
    Otomo Yoshihide: records, CDs, sampler

  6. Ways Past - And Who's Next? (Jacques Brel) (3:01)
    Phil Minton: vocal
    Veryan Weston: piano, vocal
    Arranged by Minton and Weston

  7. Steve Adams and Pat Thomas - SAT (Adams, Thomas) (4:02)
    Steve Adams: alto sax
    Pat Thomas: piano

  8. Rova - Freedom in Fragments (excerpt) (Fred Frith) (1:52)
    Bruce Ackley: soprano sax
    Steve Adams: alto sax
    Larry Ochs: tenor sax
    Jon Raskin: baritone sax

  9. Specchio Ensemble - Appendice alla Suite no. 1 (Remix) (Caliri) (5:50)
    Domenico Caliri: director
    Guglielmo Pagnozzi: alto sax, soprano sax
    Edoardo Marraffa: tenor sax, soprano sax
    Fabrizio Puglisi: piano
    Stefano De Bonis: piano
    Alberto Capelli: electric guitar
    Luigi Mosso: double bass
    Lelio Giannetto: double bass
    Francesco Cusa: drums
    Mirko Sabatini: drums

  10. Oban Sax Quartet - Mubak (Semprini) (6:10)
    Massimo Semprini: alto sax
    Emiliano Rodriguez: soprano sax
    Enrico Benvenuti: tenor sax
    Gianni Perinelli: baritone sax

  11. Ways Past - Elephant (Minton, Weston, Adrian Mitchell) (1:16)
    Phil Minton: vocal
    Veryan Weston: piano, vocal
    Arranged by Minton and Weston

  12. Rova - Freedom in Fragments (excerpt) (Fred Frith) (1:01)
    Bruce Ackley: soprano sax
    Steve Adams: alto sax
    Larry Ochs: tenor sax
    Jon Raskin: baritone sax

  13. Specchio Ensemble - Collettivo diretto #5 (Caliri, Specchio Ensemble) (3:15)
    Domenico Caliri: director
    Guglielmo Pagnozzi: alto sax, soprano sax
    Edoardo Marraffa: tenor sax, soprano sax
    Fabrizio Puglisi: piano
    Stefano De Bonis: piano
    Alberto Capelli: electric guitar
    Luigi Mosso: double bass
    Lelio Giannetto: double bass
    Francesco Cusa: drums
    Mirko Sabatini: drums

  14. N.O.R.M.A., Chris Cutler and Phil Minton - Trains Tango (Casadei, Coatti, Semprini, Simonini, Popoli, Vasi, Cutler, Minton) (6:36)
    Giorgio Fabbri Casadei: electric guitar
    Gerard Antonio Coatti: trombone
    Massimo Semprini: tenor sax
    Massimo Simonini: records, CDs, Casio SK1 sampling, percussion
    Tiziano Popoli: keyboards, samples
    Vincenzo Vasi: electric bass, vocal
    Stefano Zorzanello: flute
    Chris Cutler: drums, percussion
    Phil Minton: vocal

  15. Die Befreiung des Prometheus - Die Befreiung des Prometheus (excerpt) (Goebbels, Heiner Muller) (4:46)
    Heiner Goebbels: piano, keyboards, samples, percussion
    Ernst Stötzner: acting
    David Moss: drums, vocal

  16. Mike Cooper, Lol Coxhill, Chris Cutler, Edoardo Marraffa, Luigi Mosso, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, and Pat Thomas - It Slipped My Mind (Cooper, Coxhill, Cutler, Marraffa, Mosso, Ochs, Raskin, Thomas) (3:50)
    Mike Cooper: electric guitar, electronics, effects
    Lol Coxhill: soprano sax
    Chris Cutler: drums, electronics
    Edoardo Marraffa: tenor sax
    Luigi Mosso: double bass
    Larry Ochs: tenor sax
    Jon Raskin: baritone sax
    Pat Thomas: piano, electronics

  17. Before My Time - Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside (Fred Heartherton) (0:49)
    Lol Coxhill: soprano sax, vocal
    Steve Beresford: tenor horn, melodica
    Mike Cooper: electric guitar, electronics, effects, ukulele
    Pat Thomas: piano
    Roger Turner: drums, percussion
    Arranged by Coxhill, Beresford, Cooper, Thomas, and Turner

  18. Before My Time - BMT Pot Pourri (Coxhill, Beresford, Cooper, Thomas, Turner) (2:51)
    Lol Coxhill: soprano sax, vocal
    Steve Beresford: tenor horn, melodica
    Mike Cooper: electric guitar, electronics, effects, ukulele
    Pat Thomas: piano
    Roger Turner: drums, percussion

  19. Ways Past - Copswebs (Minton, Weston) (3:19)
    Phil Minton: vocal
    Veryan Weston: piano, vocal

  20. Rova - Freedom in Fragments (excerpt) (Fred Frith) (1:50)
    Bruce Ackley: soprano sax
    Steve Adams: alto sax
    Larry Ochs: tenor sax
    Jon Raskin: baritone sax

  21. Budget Shopping - TV Shopping (Rose, Otomo) (3:59)
    Jon Rose: violin, electronics, vocal
    Otomo Yoshihide: records, CDs, sampler

  22. Ways Past - Rain or Hail (Minton, Weston, E.E. Cummings) (1:45)
    Phil Minton: vocal
    Veryan Weston: piano, vocal
    Arranged by Minton and Weston

  23. Before My Time - BMT Retreat (Coxhill, Beresford, Cooper, Thomas, Turner) (0:27)
    Lol Coxhill: soprano sax, vocal
    Steve Beresford: tenor horn, melodica
    Mike Cooper: electric guitar, electronics, effects, ukulele
    Pat Thomas: piano
    Roger Turner: drums, percussion

  24. Bonus
    Index 1: N.O.R.M.A., Banda Roncati, and audience (0:22)
    Index 2: Otomo Yoshihide and Jon Rose (0:06)

Recorded at AngelicA '95, the fifth international music festival in Bologna, Italy on March 2-7, 1995

Released in 1996