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Again, I would really appreciate any comments, corrections and extra information which could improve the quality of this discography. Specially, if people could send me information and/or corrections on:
--------------------------------- | DISCOGRAPHY OF NED ROTHENBERG | | December 1999 | |-------------------------------| | by Patrice Roussel | | (ergodic@sprintmail.com) | | 2034 NE 37th Ave. | | Portland, OR 97212 (USA) | ---------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------With special thanks to:
Sean Terwilliger sean.terwilliger@swcbbs.com Frederick M. Veith fveith1@swarthmore.edu Yoshioka Toshiya ytoshiya@sag.bekkoame.or.jp Herb Levy herb@eskimo.com Suzuki Naoko RHH06989@pcvan.or.jp Philip Lampe lampe@zedat.fu-berlin.de Ned Rothenberg Patrick J. Frisco ag621@detroit.freenet.org James Douglas Knox jknox@minyos.its.rmit.EDU.AU Emanuele Pinotti qbic@planet.it Matt Weiner mcwst5+@pitt.edu Stefano Zenni szenni@webzone.it Stephane Vuilleumier svuilleu@micro.biol.ethz.ch Brad Winter Jason DuMars jdumars@saxophone.org Michel Ramond ramond.michel@wanadoo.frfor sending me extra material and giving prompt answers to my questions.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------Records and tapes have been listed by chronological order for edition (and not recording). The following records and tapes are listed:
Album Full album release, in one or more of the formats below:
LP 12" vinyl long-player (33 1/3 RPM)
CD Compact (digital) disc
CT Cassette tape
DAT DAT, digital audio tape
DCC Digital compact cassette tape
MD MiniDisc, CD-like optical disc
Single Single release, usually from an album, in one or more of
the formats below:
7" 7" 45 RPM vinyl
10" 10" 45 RPM vinyl
12" 12" 45 RPM vinyl
EP Extended play single or mini-album, usually 33 1/3 RPM
CD-3 CD-3, 3" (7 cm) CD single
CD-5 5" (12 cm) CD single
CS Cassette single
Flexi Flexi-disc, usually included with a magazine
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| DISCOGRAPHY |
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001 - EARLY FALL: Fall Mountain
1/ Ultima Thule (Fall Mountain) 9:21
2/ Duet (Fall Mountain) 3:10
3/ Luna Tuna (Fall Mountain) 4:00
4/ Shoot Winnebagos (Fall Mountain) 2:49
5/ Small Life (Fall Mountain) 11:08
5a/ Neurotic Spots
5b/ Paramecium Parade
5c/ Calim
6/ Harkness (Fall Mountain) 7:09
Recorded in November-December 1978
(6) recorded at Harkness Co-op, Oberlin (Ohio) in May 1978
Ned Rothenberg: reeds; Bob Ostertag: electronics; Jim Katzin: violin;
Richard Rogers (3,6): piano; David Wiles (6): percussion.
1979 - Parachute (USA), P009 (LP)
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002 - TRIALS OF THE ARGO: Ned Rothenberg
1/ Trials Of The Argo
2/ Continuo After The Inuit
(1) recorded from March 1980 to September 1980
(2) recorded on March 11, 1981
Ned Rothenberg: alto, flutes, bass clarinets, shakuhachi, ocarina.
1981 - Lumina Records (USA), L-001 (LP)
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003 - PORTAL: Ned Rothenberg
1/ Caeneus (Rothenberg) 6:34
2/ Portal (Rothenberg) 16:18
3/ Caenis (Rothenberg) 7:08
4/ Polysemy (Rothenberg) 13:40
(1-3) recorded on November 21, 1982
(4) recorded on April 2, 1983
Ned Rothenberg: alto, bass clarinet, soprano double ocarina; Gerry Hemingway
(4): trap set with tenor steel drum.
1982 - Lumina Records (USA), L-006 (LP)
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004 - DESIRE DEVELOPS AN EDGE: Kip Hanrahan
1/ Desire Develops An Edge (Hanrahan) 6:15
2/ What Is This Dance, Anyway? (JN-Baptiste, KH, Haines,
Augustin) 3:41
3/ Meaning A Visa (Haines, Hanrahan, Bruce)3:40
4/ Nocturnal Heart (Edu Lobo, Cacaso) 4:54
5/ Her Boyfriend Assesses His Value And Pleads His Case 4:33
6/ Jack And The Golden Palominos (Hanrahan) 3:49
7/ Two (Still In Half-Light) (Hanrahan) 5:36
8/ Early Fall (Hanrahan) 2:09
9/ Velasquez (Hanrahan) 5:04
10/ (Don't Complicate) The Life (La Vie) (T'PRF,KH,PH,THS,JCD) 6:44
11/ The Edge You Always Loved In Me (Hanrahan) 2:22
12/ Sara Wade 2:54
13/ Far From Freetown (KH,SS,EP) 1:31
14/ All Us Working Class Boys (Hanrahan, Swallow) 3:58
15/ Child Song (Bruce, Pete Brown) 2:35
16/ Trust Me Yet? (Hanrahan, Swallow) 4:53
17/ Nancy (The Silence Focuses On You ...) (SS, KH, Lindsay) 4:28
Recorded during July, August and September 1982 and June 1983, New York
City
Produced by Kip Hanrahan
Puntilla Orlando Rios (1-3,5,7-16): quinto, congas, percussion, checkere,
vocals; Milton Cardona (1,2,5,10,14,15): congas, checkere; Tico Harry
Sylvain (1,10,14): trap drums; Jerry Gonzalez (1,2,4,7,8,10,11-14,16): con-
gas, trumpet, percussion, clave; Jack Bruce (2-11,14-17): vocals, electric
bass; Frisner Augustin (2,5,15): tambou, congas; Elysee Pyronneau (2,3,5,
8-11,13,15): electric guitar, vocals; Jean Claude Jean (2,15): electric
guitar; Ricky Ford (2,4,7,8,11,14,16): tenor; Molly Farley (2,10,13):
vocals; Teo Macero (2): alto; Gene Golden (2,5): congas; Mario Rivera (2):
baritone saxophone; John Stubblefield (2,6,7,14): tenor; Hannibal Peterson
(2): trumpet; Ignacio Berroa (3-5,7,9,13,16): trap drums; Olufemi Claudette
Mitchell (3,5,10,12,15): percussion, checkere, vocals; Steve Swallow (3,7,9,
10,13,14,16,17): electric bass, piano; Jody Harris (3,6,9): electric guitar;
Arto Lindsay (3-11,13-16): electric guitar, vocals; Alberto Bengolea (3-5,8,
11,15): electric guitar; Sergio Brandao (4,8,11): electric bass; Anton Fier
(4,6,8,9,11,13): trap drums; Daniel Frieberg (4): strings conductor; John
Scofield (5,17): electric guitar; Kip Hanrahan (5,7,10,16): percussion,
vocals; David Moss (6): percussion; Jamaaladeen Tacuma (6,7,10): electric
bass; John Zorn (6): alto; Ti'Plume Ricardo Franck (10): vocals, electric
guitar; Ned Rothenberg (14): tenor.
1983 - American Clave (USA), AMCL 1009LP/1008EP (2xLP)
1986 - American Clave/VeraBra, AMCL CD 1008/9 (CD)
1994 - American Clave (USA), AMCL 1009/1008 (CD)
Note: (6) is not available on the 1994 CD reissue.
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005 - VERTICAL'S CURRENCY: Kip Hanrahan
1/ A Small Map Of Heaven (Swallow, Hanrahan)
2/ Shadow Song (Mario's In) (Hernandez, Hanrahan)
3/ Smiles And Grins (Bruce, Brown)
4/ Two Heartedly, To The Other Side (Hanrahan, Swallow)
5/ Chances Are Good (Baden's Distance) (Powell, Hanrahan)
6/ Make Love 2 (Bruce, Brown)
7/ One Casual Song (After Another) (Hanrahan, Bruce)
8/ Intimate Distances (Jack's Margrit's Natasha)
(Haranhan)
9/ Describing It To Yourself As Convex (Hanrahan, Scherer)
10/ What Do You Think? That This Mountain Was Once Fire?
(Hanrahan, Swallow)
11/ Dark (Kip's Tune) (Hanrahan, Lindsay)
Recorded February 1984
Ignacio Berroa: trap drums; Jack Bruce: voice, electric bass, piano; Milton
Cardona: congas, bongos; Kip Hanrahan: percussion; Arto Lindsay: electric
guitar; David Murray: tenor; Puntilla Orlando Rios: quinto, congas; Peter
Scherer: Synclavier, organ; Steve Swallow: electric bass; Anton Fier (3,6):
trap drums; Frisner Augustin (7,8): tambou, quinto; Elysee Pyronneau (7):
electric guitar; Olufemi Claudette Mitchell (1): checkere; Mario Rivera (2):
baritone sax; Ned Rothenberg (2): tenor; Andrieau Jeremie (2): tenor; Richie
Vitale (2): trumpet; Lew Soloff (2): trumpet; Nancy Weiss: voice (at the
end).
1985 - American Clave (USA), AMCL 1010 (LP)
1986 - American Clave/VeraBra, AMCL 1010-2 (CD)
1998 - Justin Time (Canada), JTAC 1010-2 (CD)
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006 - NOISE NEW YORK IV: various artists
This "black mask tape" features live recordings by John Lurie, Arto Lindsay/
David Moss/Mark Miller, Ned Rothenberg, Elliott Sharp.
1/ I Am Afraid To Leave My Apartment (Lurie) 2:18
2/ ??? (Lurie) 3:38
3/ no title (Lurie) 1:04
John Lurie: alto.
4/ no title (AL, DM, MM) 4:10
5/ "Cross My Legs And Hope To Die ..." (AL, DM, MM) 3:15
6/ no title (AL, DM, MM) 8:16
7/ no title (AL, DM, MM) 1:15
8/ no title (AL, DM, MM) 2:55
9/ no title (AL, DM, MM) 2:18
Arto Lindsay: guitar, vocals; David Moss: vocals; Mark Miller: drums.
10/ no title (Rothenberg) 14:20
Ned Rothenberg: alto (mainly using circular breathing).
11/ no title (Sharp) 4:50
12/ no title (Sharp) 15:00
Elliott Sharp: electric bass clarinet on (10), guitar bass on (11), vocals
on (11), soprano (?) on (11).
1985 - First Edition 85 (CT)
Note: this tape is very scarce on information about the music and musi-
cians; most of the details are mine and should be taken with caution (for
example, I cannot tell on what tracks Mark Miller is playing, the drums
could be him or David Moss).
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007 - SEMANTICS: Rothenberg/Sharp/Bennett
1/ Terra Firma (Rothenberg) 7:42
2/ Small Business (Rothenberg) 3:13
3/ Direct Dial Dirge (Rothenberg) 2:59
4/ Split Shift (ES, NR, SB) 2:59
5/ Vliet's Van (Sharp) 4:36
6/ Big Business (Rothenberg) 6:20
7/ Funnel Beaker B (ES, NR, SB) 1:57
8/ The Midst Of Other Solitaries (ES, NR, SB) 3:37
9/ Didi! It's The Other Foot (ES, NR, SB) 3:34
10/ Hole In The Pocket (ES, NR, SB) 5:34
Recorded at Radio City Studio, New York City on July 23 & 25, 1985
Samm Bennett: drums, percussion, electronic percussion; Elliott Sharp:
double-neck guitar/bass, vocal, violinoid; Ned Rothenberg: alto, tenor, bass
clarinet, prepared bamboo flute.
1985 - Rift Records, Rift 9 (LP)
1985 - Review Records, rere 84 (LP)
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008 - BAD ALCHEMY MAGAZINE + TAPE: various artists
This magazine/tape features music Rick Potts/Joseph Hammer, Motor Totemist
Guild, S.B.O.T.H.I./P16.D4, Biota, Proof of Utah, Deep Freeze Mice, Guenter
Mueller, Marina LaPalma, Rimarimba, Lars Rudolph/Guy De Bievre, Mixed Band
Philanthropist, Semantics.
Ned Rothenberg plays on one track with the Semantics:
12/ Encore (Semantics) 6:48
Recorded live at Batschkapp, Frankfurt in 1986
Sam Bennett: drums; Ned Rothenberg: bass clarinet; Elliott Sharp: guitar.
1986 - Bad Alchemy (Germany), No. 5 (magazine+CT)
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009 - TRESSPASS: Ned Rothenberg
1/ Strata (Rothenberg) 5:50
2/ Trespass (Rothenberg) 4:20
3/ Filigree (Rothenberg) 4:32
4/ Slapstick (Rothenberg) 3:19
5/ Taps (Rothenberg) 3:20
6/ Kakeai (A suite in three parts) (Rothenberg) 10:00
7/ Caeneus (Rothenberg) 8:27
Recorded at Radio City Studios, New York City on July 30 and August 19,
1985
Ned Rothenberg: bass clarinet, alto; John Zorn (6): alto.
1986 - Lumina Records (USA), L011 (LP)
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010 - THE BIG GUNDOWN: John Zorn plays the music of Ennio Morricone
1/ The Big Gundown (Ennio Morricone) 7:17
2/ Peur Sur La Ville (Ennio Morricone) 4:08
3/ Poverty (Once Upon a Time in America (Ennio Morricone) 3:42
4/ Milano Odea (Ennio Morricone) 2:57
5/ Erotico (The Burglars) (Ennio Morricone) 4:17
6/ Battle of Algiers (Ennio Morricone) 3:43
7/ Giu La Testa (Duck, You Sucker!) (Ennio Morricone) 5:59
8/ Metamorfosi (La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso)
(Ennio Morricone) 4:25
9/ Tre Nel 5000 (John Zorn) 4:32
10/ Once Upon A Time In The West (Ennio Morricone) 8:27
Recorded at Radio City Music Hall Studio, September 1984-September 1985
Luli Shioi (1): vocals; Jim Staley (1,9): trombone, bass trombone; Bill
Frisell (1,5): guitar; Anthony Coleman (1): piano, harpsichord, organ, vo-
cals; David Weinstein (1,9): Mirage, microcomputer; Bobby Previte (1,2,5,9):
percussion, tympani, vocals, drums; Jorge Silva (1): surdo; Claudio Silva
(1): pandeiro; Ciro Batista (1): cuica; Duduca Fonseca (1): caixa; Reinaldo
Fernades (1): repique; Arto Lindsay (1,2,4,7): batucada contractor, guitar,
vocals; John Zorn (1,2,4,7,8,9): alto, saw, vocals, harpsichord, game calls,
piano; Orvin Aquart (2,10): harmonicas; Tim Berne (2): alto; Wayne Horvitz
(2,6,7,8,9): piano, organ, celeste, electronic keyboards; Bob James (2,7,8,
9): tapes; Anton Fier (2,4,6): drums; Toots Thielmans (3): whistling, harmo-
nica; Guy Klucevsek (3): accordion; Carol Emanuel (3): harp; Fred Frith (4,
7,9): guitar, acoustic guitar; Jody Harris (4,10): guitar; Melvin Gibbs (4,
10): bass; Big John Patton (5): organ; Shelley Hirsch (5): vocals; Laura
Biscotto (5): sexy Italian vocals; Vicki Bodner (6,7): oboe, English horn;
Christian Marclay (6,9): turntables; Ned Rothenberg (7): shakuhachi, ocari-
na, Jew's harp; Michihiro Sato (7): Tsugaru shamisen; Diamanda Galas (8):
vocals; Vernon Reid (8): guitar; Polly Bradfield (8): violin; Mark Miller
(8): drums, tympani; Robert Quine (10): guitar.
1986 - Icon (USA), 5504 (LP)
1986 - Icon (USA), 5504CD (CD)
1986 - Icon (USA), 5504C (CT)
1986 - Nonesuch/Icon (USA), 9 79139-1 F (LP)
1986 - Nonesuch/Icon (USA), 9 79139-2 (CD)
1986 - Nonesuch/Icon (USA), 9 79139-4 (CT)
1986 - Nonesuch Digital (Germany), 9 79139-1 (LP)
1986 - Nonesuch Digital (Germany), 9 79139-2 (CD)
Note: this record was supposed to be called A FIST FULL OF JOHN ZORN.
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011 - SLOPE - GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE: Tenko
This record features Tenko in different combinations with Fred Frith, Arto
Lindsay, Christian Marclay, David Moss, Kamura, Ned Rothenberg, Tom Cora,
Wayne Horvitz, Zeena Parkins, David Licht, Kramer, Moko.
1/ Passing By The Night 4:18
2/ Somewhere, Far Away 3:37
3/ Guitars I 1:34
4/ I've Eaten Nuts With Different Shapes 2:12
5/ In The Strawberry Preserves 3:38
6/ Sleep Walker 3:15
7/ ANTAGATA-DOKO-SA 1:43
8/ In Horto Infinito (In The Infinite Garden) 2:36
9/ The Time Drawers 2:50
10/ Gradual Disappearance 2:27
11/ Nightrope Dancing 2:30
12/ Guitars II 2:49
13/ Opinion 3:03
14/ A Watchdog Of The Labyrinth 3:20
Recorded at Noise New York
Tenko: vocal, guitar; Ned Rothenberg (1,14): flute, alto; Zeena Parkins (1,
4,5): electric harp, accordion, vocal; Fred Frith (1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,
13): guitar, bass, piano, bass drum, vocal; David Licht (1): snare drum;
Wayne Horvitz (2,8,11): piano, DX7, DX100; Arto Lindsay (3,7,10,12): guitar,
vocal; David Moss (4,7,10,11,13): vocal; Kamura (4,7,10,13): vocal; Moko (4,
7): vocal; Tom Cora (4,9,10,11): vocal, cello; Christian Marclay (4,6):
turntables; C. Batty (8): hand claps; Kramer (9): Indian banjo.
1987 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), RecRec 16 (LP)
1987 - Kinniko Bijo Records (Japan), KBR301 (LP)
Note: a CD reissue was planned and announced but never released.
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012 - BONE OF CONTENTION: Semantics
1/ R-Byte Mock Fry (Sharp) 2:06
2/ Trumped Up Charges (Rothenberg) 3:53
3/ Addressee Unknown (Sharp) 3:39
4/ Subsequential (Bennett) 5:40
5/ Shredded (Sharp) 3:41
6/ Revolver (Rothenberg) 6:53
7/ Animal Farm (Semantics) 3:00
8/ Pay For Their Crimes (Bennett) 2:26
9/ Code Ring (Sharp) 2:35
10/ The Big Sleep (Semantics) 5:19
Recorded at Radio City Studio, September 1987
Samm Bennett: drums, acoustic & electronic percussion, voice, FZ-1; Ned
Rothenberg: alto, tenor, bass clarinet, ocarina, panpipe, FZ-1 programming;
Elliott Sharp: doubleneck guitarbass, guitar, 6-string bass, lap steel,
guitar-controlled Mirage.
1987 - SST Records (USA), SST 167 (LP)
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013 - THE GREEN CHINESE TABLE: Seigen Ono
4/ La Tete Dans Ma Tete (Ono, Jaffe)
Seigen Ono: charango; Jill Jaffe: viola; Ned Rothenberg: bass clarinet;
Hank Roberts: cello; Michael Blair: percussion; Arto Lindsay: guitar.
1988 - Virgin/Venture Records, VE10 (LP)
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014 - DER MANN IM FAHRSTUHL/THE MAN IN THE ELEVATOR: Heiner Goebbels, Heiner
Muller
1/ In Einem Alten Fahrstuhl/In An Old Elevator 2:08
2/ Es Geht Um Einen Auftrag/It Concerns A Task 2:31
3/ Funf Minuten Vor Der Zeit/Five Minutes Too Early 1:49
4/ Drei Stufen Auf Einmal/Three Steps At The Time 1:58
5/ No Taboleiro De Baiana (Barroso, Green) 0:56
6/ Ein Schneller Blick Auf Die Uhr/Quick Glance At My Watch 1:56
7/ Allein Im Fahrstuhl/Alone In The Elevator 2:14
8/ Wilde Spekulationen/Wild Speculations 4:32
9/ Der Chef/The Boss 0:40
10/ Sein Selbstmord/His Suicide 2:32
11/ Fita Nos Meus Olhos (Cartola) 2:38
12/ Ich Verlasse Den Fahrstuhl/I Step From The Elevator 0:24
13/ Ohne Auftrag/Without Any Task 1:36
14/ Mitleid In Peru/Compassion In Peru 4:58
14b/ Power Is Lonely (Don Cherry)
15/ Trockener Schlamm Mit Fahrspuren/Caked Mud With Vehicle Tracks 1:36
16/ Heimweh Nach Dem Fahrstuhl/Homesick For The Elevator 1:24
17/ Kalter Schweiss/Cold Sweat 1:32
18/ Etwas Wie Heiterkeit/Something Like Serenity 1:14
19/ Diese Frau Ist Die Frau Eines Mannes/This Woman Is The Wife Of A Man
0:47
20/ Auf Einem Grasuberwachsenen Bahndamm/On A Railway Embankment 1:36
21/ Worin Besteht Mein Verbrechen/What Is My Crime 3:33
All music/lyrics by Heiner Goebbels/Heiner Muller, unless indicated
Recorded at Sound on Sound Recording Inc., New York in March 1988
German vocals recorded at Schaubuhne, Berlin and Sinus Tonstudio, Berlin
Arto Lindsay: voice, guitar; Ernst Stotzner: voice; Don Cherry: voice, trum-
pet, doussn'gouni; Fred Frith: guitar, bass; Charles Hayward: drums, metal;
George Lewis: trombone; Ned Rothenberg: saxophones, bass clarinet; Heiner
Goebbels: piano, synthesizer, programming; Heiner Muller: the author.
1988 - ECM Records (Germany), ECM 1369 - 837-110-1 (LP)
1988 - ECM Records (Germany), ECM 1369 - 837-110-2 (CD)
1988 (?) - ECM Records, ECM 837 110-4 (CT)
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015 - THE MAN IN THE ELEVATOR: Heiner Goebbels
Promotional LP excerpted for radio.
1/ It Concerns A Task (version 1) (Muller, Goebbels) 4:27
Five minutes Too Early
2/ It Concerns A Task (version 2) (Muller, Goebbels) 6:26
Five Minutes Too Early
Three Steps At A Time
3/ No Taboleiro De Baiana (Muller, Goebbels) 3:02
Quick Glance At My Watch
4/ Alone In The Elevator (Muller, Goebbels) 6:47
Wild Speculations
5/ Wild speculations (Muller, Goebbels) 4:32
6/ His Suicide (Muller, Goebbels) 5:40
Fita Nos Meus Olhos
I Step From The Elevator
7/ Compassion In Peru (Muller, Goebbels) 4:58
8/ Caked Mud With Vehicle Tracks (Muller, Goebbels) 3:02
Homesick For The Elevator
9/ Something Like Serenity (Muller, Goebbels) 2:06
This Woman Is The Wife Of A Man
10/ What Is My Crime (Muller, Goebbels) 3:31
1988 - ECM (Germany), 837 110-1 (LP)
See THE MAN IN THE ELEVATOR (1988) for further references.
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016 - THE CLIFF: New Winds
1/ The Cliff 8:27
2/ Beauty Is A Rare Thing 4:27
3/ Seeing The Double 10:10
4/ Categorical Imperatives 6:08
5/ Business 3:36
6/ Chroma 4:07
7/ Mood Indigo 3:59
Recorded in New York City on September 19 and 20, 1986
Robert Dick: flute, bass flute, Ab piccolo, C piccolo; J.D. Parran: A cla-
rinet, Eb clarinet, Eb alto clarinet, Eb contrabass clarinet, soprano, flu-
te, bamboo flute; Ned Rothenberg: alto, bass clarinet, flute, ocarina.
1989 - Sound Aspects (Germany), sas 025 (LP)
1989 - Sound Aspects (Germany), sas 025 (CD)
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017 - LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY, VOLUME TWO: various artists
This record features Chunk, Gary Lucas, Shelley Hirsch, Ikue Mori, Fred
Frith, Mark Dresser, Myra Melford, Sonny Sharrock, Christian Marclay, Joey
Baron, Glen Velez.
Ned Rothenberg plays on two tracks with Odd Job:
3/ Foxy Lady 4:45
8/ Love Buds 4:44
Samm Bennett: drums, electronic percussion; Ned Rothenberg: alto; David
Weinstein: keyboards; Shelley Hirsch: vocals.
1989 - A&M Records (USA), SP 5276 (LP)
1989 - A&M Records (USA), CD 5276 (CD)
1991 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-98 (CD)
1991 (?) - Enemy (Germany), EFA 03512-08 EMY 112 (LP)
1991 (?) - Enemy (Germany), EFA 03512-26 EMCD 112-2 (CD)
1991 (?) - Enemy (Germany), EMCD 120 KFW B1234 (4xCD)
1993 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-12345 (5xCD)
Note: track (8) is only available on the CD pressings.
Note: the 5xCD box contains the five volumes LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY.
Note: the 4xCD box contains the first four volumes LIVE AT THE KNITTING
FACTORY.
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018 - NEXTWAVENEWMUSICAMERICA10THANNIVERSARY: various artists
This record (to celebrate the 10th anniversary of New Music America) fea-
tures music by Bobby Previte, Caetano Veloso, Philip Glass, Heiner Goebbels,
Henry Threadgill, Ray Lema, John Cale, Neville Brothers and Freres Parent,
Astor Piazzolla, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Laurie Anderson, Ron Kuivila, Wally
Badarou, Chunk, Annea Lockwood.
Ned Rothenberg plays on one track by Muller and Goebbels:
4/ Five Minutes Too Early (Muller, Goebbels) 4:27
1989 - nma 001 (CD)
See THE MAN IN THE ELEVATOR (1988) for further references.
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019 - BANDS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN OH HEE-HAW: various artists
This "for promotional use only" record features ???
17/ It Concerns A Task/Five Minutes Too Early
(Muller, Goebbels)
1989 - Polygram Records, CDP 88 (CD)
See THE MAN IN THE ELEVATOR (1988) for further references.
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020 - 100 OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES: Nicolas Collins
Nicolas Collins in duos with Pippin Barnett, Anthony Coleman, Tom Cora,
Peter Cusak, Shelley Hirsch, George Lewis, Christian Marclay, Ben Neill,
Zeena Parkins, Robert Poss, Ned Rothenberg, Elliott Sharp, Davey Williams,
John Zorn, Peter Zummo.
12/ no title 0:40
13/ no title 0:46
15/ no title 0:28
16/ no title 0:39
17/ no title 0:29
27/ no title 0:53
Nicolas Collins: trombone propelled electronics, radio, tapes; John Zorn:
alto.
1989 - Trace Elements (USA), TE-1018 (CD)
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021 - COMME DES GARCONS, VOLUME ONE: Seigen Ono
1/ Something To Hold On To (Ono, Lindsay) 5:15
2/ Have You Seen It Yet? (Ono) 0:45
3/ All Men Are Heels (Ono, Lindsay) 5:52
4/ Round The Globe (Ono, Scherer) 6:15
5/ Hunting For Lions (Ono, Lurie, Ehrlich) 5:16
6/ Look For An Afternoon (Ono, Emanuel, Jaffe) 3:16
7/ Pessoa Quase Certa (Ono, Lindsay) 7:06
8/ After You... (Ono) 3:16
9/ 5.40 am View Of Empire (Ono, Zorn) 5:22
(1,3,4,6) recorded at D & D and Media Sound, New York City in August 1987
(2,7) recorded at Media Sound, New York City in August 1987
(4) saxophone recorded at Platinum Island, New York City in January 1989
(5) recorded at DAMES, Paris in September 1987
(8) recorded at V.F.V. Studio, Tokyo in December 1987
(9) recorded at CBS/Sony Roppongi, Tokyo in December 1987
Produced by Seigen Ono
Seigen Ono: SP 12, keyboard, charango; Arto Lindsay (1,2,4,6,7): guitar,
voice, SP 12; Bill Frisell (1,4): guitar; John Zorn (1,3,9): alto; Michael
Blair (1,3): box marimba, percussion; Hank Roberts (1,2,3,6): cello; Carol
Emanuel (1,2,6,7): keyboard, harp, voice; Ned Rothenberg (1,2,3,6): bass
clarinet; Peter Scherer (1,2,4): key-bass, piano, keyboard, SP 12; Jill
Jaffe (1,2,3,4,6,7): viola, violin, voice; Mac Quayle (1,3,4,6): program-
ming; Sussan Deihim (3): voice, walking steps; Roy Nathanson (4): saxophone;
John Lurie (5): saxophone; Loy Ehrlich (5): bolong, gimbri, keyboard; Abdou
M'Boup (5): talking drum, African percussion; Curtis Fowlkes (6): trombone;
Tatsuji Kim (8): programming; Fusanosuke Kondo (9): guitar; Hideo Yamaki
(9): drums; Tatsuo Kondoh (9): piano, keyboard.
1989 - Venture/Virgin (UK), VE 51 (LP)
1989 - Venture/Virgin, CDVE 51 (CD)
1989 - Tokuma (Japan), 407 (CD)
1990 - Caroline, 1656 (CD)
1995 - Saidera Records (Japan) SD-1001-2 (2xCD)
Note: the 2xCD pressing also contains COMME DES GARCONS, VOLUME TWO.
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022 - RODAN: Sato Michihiro
This record features Sato Michihiro in different combinations with Bill
Frisell, Fred Frith, Tenko, Mark Miller, Nicolas Collins, Christian Marclay,
Steve Coleman, Toh Ban Djan (Ikue Mori, Luli Shioi), Semantics (Elliott
Sharp, Samm Bennett, Ned Rothenberg), Tom Cora, Joey Baron, Mark Dresser,
Gerry Hemingway.
1/ SM/BF/FF 4:21
2/ SM/T/MM 1:27
3/ SM/NC/CM 3:33
4/ SM/SC 3:17
5/ SM/TOH BAN DJAN 3:43
6/ SM/NC/CM 2:58
7/ SM/T/MM 1:17
8/ SM/SB/ES 1:44
9/ SM/NC/CM 1:42
10/ SM/TC 1:48
11/ SM/SEMANTICS 3:54
12/ SM/ES 2:02
13/ SM/BF/FF 4:20
14/ SM/ES/SB 2:00
15/ SM/MD/BF/FF 2:32
16/ SM/T 2:53
17/ SM/BF/FF 3:50
18/ SM/SB 2:19
19/ SM/NC/CM 1:08
20/ SM/SC/JB 4:20
21/ SM/FF 2:57
22/ SM/MD/GH/BF 2:11
23/ SM/BF/FF 5:30
Recorded April 11-16, 1988 at Baby Monster Studio N.Y.C.
Produced by John Zorn
Sato Michihiro: tsugaru shamisen; Bill Frisell (1,13,15,17,22,23): electric
guitar; Fred Frith (1,13,15,17,21,23): electric guitar; Tenko (2,7,16): voi-
ce; Mark Miller (2,7): bass; Nicolas Collins (3,6,9,19): electronics;
Christian Marclay (3,6,9,19): turntables; Steve Coleman (4,20): alto; Toh
Ban Djan (5): Ikue Mori (drums, drum machine), Luli Shioi (bass, voice);
Semantics (11): Elliott Sharp (double neck guitar/bass), Samm Bennett
(drums), Ned Rothenberg (alto); Elliott Sharp (8,12,14): double neck gui-
tar/bass; Samm Bennett (8,14,18): drums; Tom Cora (10): cello; Joey Baron
(20): drums; Mark Dresser (15,22): bass; Gerry Hemingway (22): drums.
1989 - Hat Hut (Switzerland), hat Art CD 6015 (CD)
Note: the tracks have no titles, only abbreviated codes indicating the
musicians involved.
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023 - YOU'LL NEVER BREAK MY HEART OF STONE, LIVE AT PIT INN: Fusanosuke Kondou
1/ No Man Is An Island
2/ When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
3/ No No Boy
4/ Heart Of Stone
5/ Jealous Guy
6/ Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
7/ A Whiter Shade Of Pale
8/ Come See About Me
9/ Sweet Little Angel
10/ Don't Let Me Down
11/ Drown In My Own Tears
12/ Cigarettes & Coffee
13/ Let Me Love You
14/ Cisco Kid
Recorded live at Pit Inn on January 21, 1990
No lineup available.
1990 - BMG (Japan), B29D-14102 (CD)
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024 - DIX IMPROVISATIONS - VICTORIAVILLE 1989: various artists
This record features Ladonna Smith, Davey Williams, Hans Reichel, Paul
Plimley, Lisle Ellis, New Winds (Robert Dick, J.D. Parran, Ned Rothenberg),
Maggie Nicols, Lindsay Cooper, Irene Schweizer.
Ned Rothenberg plays on three tracks, one with New Winds:
7/ Power Lines 5:05
one in duo with J.D. Parran:
8/ Mookie 4:54
and one in solo:
9/ Crunchtime 7:08
Recorded live at the 7ieme Festival International de Musique Actuelle de
Victoriaville, October 6-9, 1989
1990 - Victo (Canada), cd 09 (CD)
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025 - LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY, VOLUME 4: various artists
This record features Ned Rothenberg Double Band, Universal Congress Of,
Last Exit, Iva Bittova and Pavel Fajt, Framework, Spanish Fly, Miniature,
X-Legged Sally, Bob Holman, New & Used.
Ned Rothenberg plays on one track with his Double Band:
1/ Rai-Hop (Rothenberg)
Recorded live at The Knitting Factory, New York City on July 28, 1990
Jerome Harris: electric bass; Gregory Jones: electric bass; Pheeroan akLaff:
drums, percussion; Samm Bennett: drums, percussion; Thomas Chapin: alto; Ned
Rothenberg: alto.
1990 - A&M Records (USA), 75021 5332 2 (CD)
1990 - Enemy (Germany), EMCD 118 (CD)
1991 (?) - Enemy (Germany), EMCD 120 KFW B1234 (4xCD)
1991 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-100 (CD)
1993 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-12345 (5xCD)
Note: the 5xCD box contains the five volumes LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY.
Note: the 4xCD box contains the first four volumes LIVE AT THE KNITTING
FACTORY.
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026 - UNFOLDING STONE: Jason Hwang
1/ Mizu (Water) (Hwang) 5:26
2/ Edge of Elysium (Hwang) 9:14
3/ Tsuzuriori (Tapestry) (Hwang) 5:07
4/ Cloud Call (Hwang) 5:21
5/ Solitude (Hwang) 6:47
6/ Unfolding Stone (Hwang) 10:10
Recorded by Steve Vaviakis at Inner Ear Recording, New York
Produced by Jason Hwang and Gennevieve Lam
Jason Hwang: violin; Geoffrey Gordon: drums, percussion; Mark Dresser:
string bass; J.D.Parran (6): flute; Ned Rothenberg (6): flute; Wilson
Moorman (6): vibes, marimba.
1990 - Sound Aspects (Germany), SAS 41 (CD)
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027 - KNITTING FACTORY KNOTES JANUARY & FEBRUARY '91 ARTIST SAMPLER
This tape features music by Paul Motian Trio (1), Jazz Passengers (2), Mark
Berger & The Headcleaners (3), Dave Tronzo (4), The Reggie Workman Ensemble
(5), Bob Ostertag & Fred Frith (6), Ned Rothenberg Double Band (7), Oren
Bloedow (8,9), Fracas (10,11), Marion Brandis & Myra Melford (12).
Ned Ned Rothenberg plays on one track with his Double Band:
7/ Rai Hop (Rothenberg)
Ned Rothenberg: sax; Thomas Chapin: sax; Kermit Driscoll: bass; Jerome
Harris: bass; Billy Martin: drums; Adam Rudolph: drums.
1991 - Knitting Factory Works (CT)
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028 - FILM WORKS, 1986-1990: John Zorn
White And Lazy (Zorn)
1/ Main Title 0:55
2/ Homecoming 1:15
3/ The Heist 3:20
4/ Meat Dream 1:15
5/ Phone Call 0:50
6/ End Title 1:59
Recorded and mixed June 1986 at Radio City Studios, NYC
Robert Quine: guitar; Arto Lindsay: guitar, vocals; Melvin Gibbs: bass;
Anton Fier: drums; Carol Emanuel: harp; David Weinstein: keyboards; Ned
Rothenberg: bass clarinet.
The Golden Boat (Zorn)
7/ Fanfare 0:30
8/ Theme 2:59
9/ Jazz I 2:51
10/ Horror Organ 1:06
11/ Mexico 1:56
12/ Mood 3:17
13/ Rockabilly 2:01
14/ Slow 2:47
15/ Jazz Oboes 2:33
16/ The Golden Boat (Turntable Mix) 2:58
17/ End Titles 2:53
Recorded May 1990 at Platinum Island Studio, NY
Vicki Bodner: oboe; John Zorn: alto; Robert Quine: guitar; Anthony Coleman:
keyboards; Carol Emanuel: harp; David Shea: turntable, vocals; Mark Dresser:
bass; Ciro Baptista: brazilian percussion; Robert Previte: drums, marimba.
18/ The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Ennio Morricone) 1:04
Recorded and mixed April 1987 at Radio City Studios, NYC
Robert Quine: guitar; Bill Frisell: guitar; Fred Frith: bass; Wayne Horvitz:
Hammond organ; David Weinstein: keyboards; Carol Emanuel: harp; Robert
Previte: drums, percussion, vocal.
She Must Be Seeing Things (Zorn)
19/ Main Title 1:04
20/ Swirling Shot 1:20
21/ Homecoming 3:22
22/ Catalina Flash 0:28
23/ Seduction 4:54
24/ Sex Shop Boogaloo 2:47
25/ Catalina Escapes 1:11
26/ Worms 1:04
27/ Death Waltz Fantasy 1:24
28/ Following Sequence 3:03
29/ Movie Set 1:20
30/ Climax 2:55
31/ Going To Dinner 2:38
32/ End Titles 3:27
Recorded and mixed December 1986 at Radio City Studios, NYC
Shelley Hirsch: voice; John Zorn: alto; Marty Ehrlich: tenor, clarinet; Tom
Varner: french horn; Jim Staley: trombone; Bill Frisell: guitar; Carol
Emanuel: harp; Anthony Coleman: piano, organ, celeste, harpsichord; Wayne
Horvitz: Hammond organ, piano, DX7; David Weinstein: mirage, CZ101 key-
boards; David Hofstra: bass; Nana Vasconcelos: brazilian percussion; Robert
Previte: drums, percussion, vibes, timpani, orchestra bells.
1991 - Wave Records (Japan), Eva 2024 (CD)
1992 - Elektra Nonesuch (USA), 9 79270-2 (CD)
1997 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7314 (CD)
Note: the Wave pressing has a color sleeve; the Elektra pressing has a
sleeve with the front in black and white and the back in color.
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029 - WHAT IS JAZZ? various artists
This record features the Semantics, Thomas Chapin Trio, the Jazz Passengers.
Ned Rothenberg appears on three tracks with the Semantics:
3/ Lurch (Semantics) 3:28
4/ Squall (Semantics) 2:37
6/ Klaw (Semantics) 2:42
8/ Tetrapyloctomy (Semantics) 4:12
Samm Bennett: electronic & acoustic percussion, samples; Ned Rothenberg:
alto; Elliott Sharp: doubleneck guitar bass.
1991 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-109 (CD)
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030 - VISTAS: Jeffrey Schanzer Ensemble
1/ Movement (Schanzer) 11:50
2/ No Pasaran (Schanzer) 9:20
3/ Vistas (Schanzer) 9:40
4/ Bounce (Schanzer) 9:07
Recorded at Radio City Studio, New York City on July 31, 1987
Produced by Jeffrey Schanzer
Jeffrey Schanzer: prepared guitar, claves, guitar; Leroy Jenkins: violin;
Ned Rothenberg: bass clarinet, flute, alto; Lindsey Horner: bass; Bobby
Previte: drums, marimba, glockenspiel; Bernadette Speach (3): conductor.
???? - MusicVistas (USA), MusicVistas 001 (LP)
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031 - VENTURI SHADOWS: Robert Dick
1/ A Black Lake With A Blue Boat On It (Dick) 9:43
2/ Further Down (Dick) 3:39
3/ Heart Of Light (Dick) 5:02
4/ Bassbamboo (Dick, Gorn) 4:21
5/ Recombinant Landscapes (Dick) 10:30
6/ Venturi Shadows (Dick) 3:37
7/ Daytime (Dick) 5:16
8/ Times (Dick) 8:42
Robert Dick: flute, Ab piccolo, bass flute, Mexican double ocarinas, prepa-
red flute; Neil B. Rolnick (1): sampling, processing; Steve Gorn (4): ban-
suri; Mary K. Fink (5): flute; Ned Rothenberg (7): shakuhachi.
1991 - O.O. Discs (USA), 0007 (CD)
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032 - TRACTION: New Winds
1/ Traction 9:01
2/ 3-2-1 14:46
3/ Caterpillar Fish Sign 6:37
4/ Liplock 2:17
5/ Pluma Euphonia 4:16
6/ Propriocentricity 10:43
7/ Hat And Beard 10:22
8/ Birds Of A Feather 3:00
Ned Rothenberg: alto, bass clarinet, shakuhachi, ocarina; J.D. Parran: cla-
rinet, alto clarinet, soprano, contra-alto clarinet, alto flute; Robert
Dick: flute, bass flute, Ab piccolo, piccolo.
1991 - Sound Aspects (Germany), sas 044 (CD)
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033 - OPPOSITES ATTRACT: Paul Dresher & Ned Rothenberg
1/ Orient And Tropic (Dresher, Rothenberg) 11:04
2/ The Long Seven (Dresher, Rothenberg) 3:17
3/ Yuuniik (Dresher, Rothenberg) 2:30
The Untold Story
4/ Sidi Infi/Bolero In Straight Jabs (Dresher, Rothenberg) 4:13
5/ The Edge Of Sleep (Dresher, Rothenberg) 3:57
6/ Shriek (Dresher, Rothenberg) 4:10
7/ The Paddling Floes (Dresher, Rothenberg) 7:02
8/ This Endup (Dresher, Rothenberg) 4:15
9/ Opposites Attack (Dresher, Rothenberg) 5:13
10/ Skronk (Dresher, Rothenberg) 4:16
11/ Straight Jabs Redux/Finale (Dresher, Rothenberg) 6:07
Recorded and mixed at Home Base Studios, NYC, July & December 1990
Ned Rothenberg: shakuhachi, bass clarinet, sequencing, alto, tenor, samp-
ling; Paul Dresher: guitar, sampling, tape loop system, sequencing; Anthony
Jackson (all but (9,10)): electric bass guitar; Mark Dresser (all but (9,10,
11)): acoustic bass, Arco bass; Bobby Previte (1,2,3): drums; Gene Reffkin
(1): high hat, electronic percussion; Samm Bennett (all but (9,10)): octo-
ban, cymbals, acoustic and electronic drums, shakers.
1991 - New World/CounterCurrents (USA), 80411-2 (CD)
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034 - COUNTERCURRENTS: various artists
This sampler features Kamikaze Ground Crew, The Jazz Passengers, Paul
Dresher and Ned Rothenberg, The New York Composers Orchestra, Tom Varner,
Butch Morris, Marty Ehrlich and The Dark Woods Ensemble.
3/ Sidi Infi/Bolero In Straight Jabs (Dresher, Rothenberg) 8:01
4/ The Edge Of Sleep (Dresher, Rothenberg)
1991 - New World Records (USA), Counter Currents 80421-2 (CD)
See OPPOSITES ATTRACTS (1991) for further references.
Note: for promotional use only.
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035 - HOT THUMB IN A FUNKY GROOVE: John King
1/ Hot Thumb In A Funky Groove (King) 1:55
2/ Big Black Shoes (King) 5:14
3/ Oil Greed War I (King) 1:24
4/ Down On It (King) 4:20
5/ Free Time For Nelson (King) 6:07
6/ Waiting For Tanya (King) 6:06
7/ Panama (King) 3:30
8/ What Funk You Got (King) 3:37
9/ Jammin` The Jitterbug (King) 3:04
10/ Sky Blues (King) 2:18
11/ Purple Brain (King) 1:10
12/ Firefly (King) 1:50
13/ Hole With A Soul (King) 4:49
14/ Sugarless Mints (King) 0:57
15/ Shut Up (King) 3:41
16/ My Only Food (Is Attitude) (King) 4:26
17/ Swing Low (traditional) 3:14
Recorded and mixed by David Sardy at Harold Dessau Studios, New York City
John King: electric guitars, dobro, vocals; Jean Chaine: bass guitar; David
Moss (1,2,5,6,7,9,13,15,16): voice, drums; Abe Speller (4,8): drums;
Jonathan Kane (1,10): drums; Zeena Parkins (8,11,12,13,14): electric harp,
keyboards; Ned Rothenberg (2,11,12,13,14): alto; Al E. Sis (3): drums.
1992 - Enemy (Germany), EMY 129-2 (CD)
Note: this record was never distributed in the USA.
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036 - OVERLAYS: Ned Rothenberg Double Band
1/ Polly Molly (Rothenberg) 7:34
2/ Overlays
Part I (Rothenberg) 6:20
Part II (Rothenberg) 6:13
Part III (Rothenberg) 4:04
3/ Together (Rothenberg) 5:42
4/ SuoDolo in Breakneck (Rothenberg) 8:00
5/ Scuffle Shuffle (Rothenberg) 8:36
6/ 19/13 Blue (Rothenberg) 5:38
Recorded at Fairland Studio, Bochum on May 21-25, 1991
Produced by Ned Rothenberg
Ned Rothenberg: alto; Thomas Chapin: alto; Jerome Harris: E-bass, guitar;
Kermit Driscoll: E-bass; Billy Martin: drums; Adam Rudolph: congas, el.
percussion.
1992 - Moers Music (Germany), 02074 (CD)
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037 - THE CRUX - SELECTED SOLO WIND WORKS (1989-1992): Ned Rothenberg
1/ Intimations (Rothenberg) 11:38
2/ The Crux (Rothenberg) 8:49
3/ Epistrophical Notions (To T. Monk) (Rothenberg) 5:00
4/ Do Omoi (To Katsuya Yokoyama) (Rothenberg) 7:40
5/ In The Thick (Rothenberg) 7:16
6/ Maceo (To Maceo Parker) (Rothenberg) 3:21
7/ Sokaku Reibo (The Cranes in their Nests) (To Goro Yamaguchi)
(trad. Kinko Kurosawa) 11:01
Recorded at Acoustic Recording and Park Place Studios on December 19,
1991, June 18 and August 9, 1992
Produced by Ned Rothenberg and Marty Ehrlich
Ned Rothenberg: alto (1,2,6,7), bass clarinet (3,5), shakuhachi (4).
1993 - Leo Records (England), CD LR 187 (CD)
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038 - HOCUS-OPUS: First Avenue (The Electro-Acoustic Trio)
This record features First Avenue in different combinations with Samm
Bennett, Robert Dick, Steven Mackey, Pauline Oliveros, Ned Rothenberg,
Elliott Sharp.
1/ Hocus Pocus 0:51
2/ Take 60 5:34
3/ Take 3 4:51
4/ Take 53 3:58
5/ Take 29b 2:40
6/ Take 24 1:28
7/ Take 9 1:45
8/ Take 69 5:05
9/ Take 37 1:43
10/ Take 65 10:10
11/ Take 57b 3:55
12/ Slate 0:08
13/ Take 2 5:38
14/ Take 70 3:38
15/ Take 19b 7:58
16/ Clean Clothes 2:14
17/ Take 14 5:20
William Kannar: doublebass, computer; C. Bryan Rulon: synthesizers, piano-
forte; Matt Sullivan: oboe, English horn, Yamaha WX-7 wind controller; Steve
Mackey (1,6,9,12,16): electric guitar; Elliott Sharp (3,13): soprano; Robert
Dick (4,11): flutes; Samm Bennett (5,6,15): percussion; Ned Rothenberg (8,
14): bass clarinet, sax; Pauline Oliveros (10): accordion.
1993 - O.O. Discs (USA), 0013 (CD)
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039 - THE BIG OFF: Samm Bennett
1/ Rich Man's Dog 3:33
2/ Buckets and Big Ideas 3:48
3/ Blue Jay Way 3:35
4/ Desert Story 4:20
5/ Little Money Creek 3:50
6/ Hey You 4:53
7/ Empty Song 2:55
8/ Nervous Laughter 4:42
9/ Billions and Billions of Hamburgers Sold 3:16
10/ Sacred Cow Killer 4:16
11/ No Go Between 4:59
12/ Interrogation 5:44
13/ Motherless Child 4:01
14/ Morning Incident 2:40
15/ Hail The Hero 4:25
16/ No Friend of Mine 3:06
17/ I Could See Your Dream 2:57
Recorded at Tomandandy, New York City
Produced by Samm Bennett
Samm Bennett: vocals, samples, drums, percussion, electric percussion, key-
boards, mistakes; The Dog (1,2,3,5,8,10,11,12,14,15): guitar, harmonica,
slide guitar, backing vocal; Roger Kleier (1,6): guitar; Kato Hideki (1,5,
6,9): bass; Sebastian Steinberg (2,8,11): wah-wah bass, bass; Dickie Dworkin
(2,11): drums; Remi Sammy (2): vocal; Peter Beckerman (3): hand claps; Hahn
Rowe (4,12): guitar, electric violin; Annie Gosfield (4,10,12): keyboard;
Ned Rothenberg (6): saxophone; Frank London (6): trumpet; Curtis Fowlkes
(6): trombone; Kazutoki Umezu (6): saxophone; John Medeski (8): Hammond B3
organ; Billy Martin (8,11): drums; David Soldier (10): violin; Oren Bloedow
(14): bass; Andy Milburn (15): programming; Gary Lucas (15): guitar.
1993 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD 126 (CD)
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040 - ???: Fusanosuke Kondo
1/ You Can Get The Woman You Want (Kondo)
2/ Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (James Taylor)
Ned Rothenberg; etc.
???? - Yeah Records (Japan), 12YE-003 (45RPM EP)
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041 - YEAH, THE BLUES: Fusanosuke Kondo
?/ You Can Get The Woman You Want (Kondo)
?/ Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (James Taylor)
Ned Rothenberg; etc.
???? - Yeah Records (Japan), Bounce 0001 (CD)
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042 - COMPROVISATIONS I-X: Qui.T
1/ Comprovisation I
2/ Comprovisation II
3/ Comprovisation III
4/ Comprovisation IV
5/ Comprovisation V
6/ Comprovisation VI
7/ Comprovisation VII
8/ Comprovisation VIII
9/ Comprovisation IX
10/ Comprovisation X
Recorded on July 22, 1991
Burkhard Stangl: guitar; Max Nagl: alto, soprano; Ned Rothenberg: alto, bass
clarinet; Tom Varner: French horn; Werner Dafeldecker: bass, guitar.
1994 - Extraplatte, EX 166 CD (CD)
Note: limited edition of 444.
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043 - ESTABLISHED MODE OF SPEECH: Antonyms 1
1/ Passacaglia (Sleichim) 12:10
2/ New Babylonians (Nathanson) 9:06
3/ The Precipitation Suite (Lacy) 13:42
4/ Suite For Saxophone Quartet 1 (Rothenberg) 13:34
Steve Lacy: soprano; Ned Rothenberg: alto; Roy Nathanson: tenor; Eric
Sleichim: baritone saxophone.
1994 - Sub Rosa (Belgium), SR 74 (CD)
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044 - BLUE IN THE EAST: Sola
The Broken Zither
1/ Introduction 2:01
2/ Boya's Adventures 3:50
3/ Meeting With The Woodcutter Ziqi 6:35
4/ A Discourse On The Zither 7:24
5/ The Appointment With Ziqi 10:52
6/ Boya's Lament 6:54
7/ Breaking The Zither 6:18
Married To Exile
8/ Beyond The Great Wall 4:09
9/ The Goose 4:31
10/ Looking Back 3:56
11/ The Nation's Boundaries 3:56
12/ Oh Mother 3:37
Recorded at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn
Produced by Bill Laswell
Liu Sola: vocals; Amina Claudine Myers: Hammond B-3 organ, piano, vocals;
Wu Man: pipa; Umar Bin Hassan: storyteller; James Blood Ulmer: guitar; Jason
Hwang: violin; Henry Threadgill: saxophone; Ralph Samuelson: shakuhachi;
Ned Rothenberg: shakuhachi, woodwinds; Fernando Saunders: bass; Jerome
Brailey: drums; Yukio Tsuji: Japanese percussion; Aiyb Dieng: African per-
cussion.
1994 - Axiom, 314-524 003-2 (CD)
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045 - ROSE AND CHARCOAL: Marisa Monte
1/ Maria De Verdade (Carlinhos Brown) 3:47
2/ Na Estrada (Monte, Reis, Brown) 3:25
3/ Ao Meu Redor (Nando Reis) 3:48
4/ Segue O Seco (Carlinhos Brown) 4:53
5/ Pale Blue Eyes (Lou Reed) 5:02
6/ Danca Da Solidao (Paulinho Da Viola) 3:31
7/ De Mais Ninguem (Monte, Arnaldo Antunes) 3:24
8/ Alta Noite (Arnaldo Antunes) 3:49
9/ O Ceu (Nando Reis, Monte) 3:27
10/ Bem Leve (Monte, Arnaldo Antunes) 2:28
11/ Balanca Pema (Jorge Benjor) 3:02
12/ Enquanto Isso (Monte, Nando Reis) 4:18
13/ Esta Melodia (Da Portela, Jamelao) 6:34
Recorded March-May 1994
Produced by Arto Lindsay
Marisa Monte: vocals; Nando Reis (1,2,3,4,9,12): acoustic guitar, bass,
craviola; Arthur Maia (1,2,3,4,6,9,10,11,12): bass, vocals; Jorginho Gomes
(1,2,3,4,6,9,10,11,12): drums, surdo virado, vocals; Marcos Suzano (1,2,3,
4,6,9,10,11,12): surdo virado, tostex, trash can, snare, pandeiro, berimbau;
Carlinhos Brown (1,2,3,4,12): miscellaneous instruments, vocals; Chico Neves
(1,12): sampler; Greg Cohen (1,8): brass and strings arrangements; Fred
Griffin (1): French horn; Robert Carlyle (1): French horn; David Nadian (1,
3,8): violin; Susan Orenstein (1,8): violin; Matt Raimondi (1,3,8): violin;
Lamar Alsop (1,3,8): viola; Al Brown (1,8): viola; Rich Lockar (1,3,8):
cello; Fred Vlotkin (1,8): cello; Bernie Worrell (2,9,11): Hammond organ,
Mini Moog, clavinet; Philip Glass (3): brass and strings arrangements;
Marvin Stamm (3,12): fluegelhorn, piccolo trumpet; Arto Lindsay (4): vocals;
Valdonis (4): accordion; Romero Lubambo (5,8): acoustic guitar; Nana
Vasconcelos (5): percussion; Gilberto Gil (6,9,10,11): acoustic guitar, vo-
cals; Celso Fonseca (6,11): electric guitar; Ned Rothenberg (6): bass cla-
rinet; Dino 7 cordas (7): 7 strings acoustic guitar; Cezar Faria (7): acous-
tic guitar; Toni (7): 7 strings acoustic guitar; Dininho (7): bass acoustic
guitar; Ronaldo Bandolim (7): mandolin; Jorginho Filho (7): cavaquinho;
Jorginho Do Pandeiro (7): pandeiro; Celcinho Do Pandeiro (7): ganza; Prince
Vasconcellos Du Bois (8): percussion; Laurie Anderson (12): vocals; Paulinho
Da Viola (13): acoustic guitar; Guaracy (13): 7 strings acoustic guitar;
Osmar Do Cavaco (13): cavaquinho; Casquinha (13): reco-reco; Monarco (13):
tambor; Manacea (13): tambourine; Argemiro (13): pandeiro; Casemiro (13):
cuica; David Do Pandeiro (13): pandeiro; Cabelinho (13): surdo; D. Doca
(13): vocals; D. Surica (13): vocals; D. Eunice (13): vocals.
1994 - EMI - Odeon (Brazil), 7243 8 30080 2 5 (CD)
1994 - Metro Blue, CDP 7243 8 30080 2 5 (CD)
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046 - DIGGING IT HARDER FROM AFAR: New Winds
1/ Digging It Harder From Afar (Dick) 10:21
2/ Dovetail (Rothenberg) 11:03
3/ The Rising And The Swell (Rothenberg) 10:44
4/ Angst In The Rangst (New Winds) 10:58
5/ Balcascalad (Parran) 8:35
6/ St. Louis Thank You Notes (New Winds) 5:06
(1,2,4) recorded at Acoustic Recording, Brooklyn on March 30-31, 1994
(3) recorded at Park Place Studio, Brooklyn on June 17, 1994
(5) recorded at Park Place Studio, Brooklyn on June 12, 1992
(6) recorded at Park Place Studio, Brooklyn on April 8, 1989
Produced by Ned Rothenberg
Robert Dick: flute, prepared flute, bass flute, alto flute; J.D. Parran:
clarinet, A clarinet, alto clarinet, contralto clarinet, bass saxophone;
Ned Rothenberg: alto, soprano, bass clarinet; Gerry Hemingway (3): digital
sampler.
1994 - Victo (Canada), cd028 (CD)
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*** - LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY, VOLUME 6: various artists
This record features Anthony Coleman's Self-haters, Fantods, Ned Rothenberg
and Glen Velez, Chris Cunningham, Estabmatique, Tom Varner Trio, No Safety,
Tom Cora Project, Kuru, Babe the Blue Ox, Knitting Factory noises and Jimi
Monk.
Ned Rothenberg plays on one track in duo with Glen Velez:
?/ ???
1995 - Knitting Factory Works, KFWCD-163 (CD)
Note: this record was never released because the first choices did not work
out; there is still a possibility that it might be released in 1996.
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047 - MOSAIC: Altered States
Produced by Hoppy Kamiyama
Uchihashi: guitar; Yoshigaki: drums; Nasuno: bass; Ned Rothenberg.
1995 - God Mountain Records (Japan), No 15 (CD)
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048 - PARRAMGGOD: Ned Rothenberg and Ton Klami
Ned Rothenberg; Ton Klami; Masahiko Sato: piano; Midori Takada: percussion;
Kang Tae Hwan: sax.
???? - Nippon Crown, CRCJ-9125 (CD)
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049 - KANG TAE HWAN: Kang Tae Hwan
Solo and duos with Ned Rothenberg and Otomo Yoshihide.
1/ Solo I (Kang Tae Hwan) 14:01
2/ Duo I (Kang, Rothenberg) 8:03
3/ Duo II (Kang, Yoshihide) 15:11
4/ Solo II (Kang Tae Hwan) 14:11
5/ Trio (KTH, NR, OY) 19:22
(1,2,4) recorded at cafe Amores (Hofu) on September 1, 1994
(3,5) recorded at Pepperland (Okayama) on August 30, 1994
Kang Tae Hwan: alto; Ned Rothenberg: alto, bass clarinet; Otomo Yoshihide:
turntables.
1995 - Chap Chap, CPCD-001 (CD)
Note: this CD also features liner notes by Ned Rothenberg.
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050 - REAL AND IMAGINED TIME: Ned Rothenberg Double Band
1/ Raibread (Rothenberg) 6:26
2/ Goon Squad (Rothenberg) 7:19
3/ Real and Imagined Time (Rothenberg) 13:30
The Medley of Unbroken Lines
4/ Once and Future (Rothenberg) 6:56
5/ Freeka Seven (Rothenberg) 7:15
6/ Open Jaw (Rothenberg) 3:58
7/ Waltz Fracture (Rothenberg) 5:34
8/ Fits and Start (Rothenberg) 8:10
Ned Rothenberg: alto, flute; Thomas Chapin: alto, soprano, flute; Jerome
Harris: electric bass, electric guitar; Chris Wood: electric bass; Jim
Black: drums; Billy Martin: drums.
1995 - Moers Music (Germany), 03006 (CD)
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051 - POWER LINES: Ned Rothenberg
1/ Hidalgo (Rothenberg) 11:13
2/ Strange Saraba nde (Rothenberg) 10:33
3/ Bellhop Vontz (Rothenberg) 9:22
4/ Crosshatch (Rothenberg) 12:15
5/ In The Rotation (Rothenberg) 21:26
Recorded at Sound on Sound, New York City on August 24-25, 1995
Produced by Marty Ehrlich
Mark Feldman: violin; Ruth Siegler: viola, violin; Erik Friedlander: cello;
Mark Dresser: bass; Mike Sarin: drums; Dave Douglas: trumpet; Josh Roseman:
trombone; Kenny Berger: baritone saxophone, bass clarinet; Ned Rothenberg:
alto, bass clarinet; Glen Velez: frame drums.
1995 - New World/CounterCurrents (USA), 80476-2 (CD)
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052 - CREATIVE ORCHESTRA (KOLN) 1978: Anthony Braxton
1/ Language Improvisation (Braxton) 14:34
2/ Comp. 55 (Braxton) 12:27
3/ Comp. 45 (Braxton) 25:21
4/ Comp. 59 (Braxton) 21:45
5/ Comp. 51 (Braxton) 17:19
6/ Comp. 58 (Braxton) 12:56
Recorded at Grosser Sendesaal WDR, Koln (Germany) on May 12, 1978
Anthony Braxton: conductor; Dwight Andrews: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet,
soprano, tenor; Marty Ehrlich: flute, clarinet, sopranino, alto, baritone
saxophone; Vinny Golia: piccolo, bass clarinet, tenor, baritone saxophone;
J.D. Parran: flute, clarinet, nagaswaram, tenor; Ned Rothenberg: flute,
ocarina, bass clarinet, alto; Rob Howard: trumpet; Michael Mossman: trumpet;
Leo Smith: trumpet; Kenny Wheeler: trumpet, flugelhorn; Ray Anderson: trom-
bone, tuba; George Lewis: trombone; James King Roosa: trombone; Marilyn
Crispell: piano; Birgit Taubhorn: accordion; Bobby Naughton: vibraphone;
James Emery: electric guitar; John Lindberg: bass; Brian Smith: bass;
Thurman Barker: percussion, marimba; Robert Ostertag: synthesizer.
1995 - Hat Hut (Switzerland), hat Art CD 2-6171 (2xCD)
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053 - WORLDS OF IF: Robert Dick
Robert Dick; Ned Rothenberg.
1995 - Leo Records (UK), CD LR224 (CD)
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054 - AMULET - SELECTED DUO RECORDINGS (1992-95): Sainkho and Ned Rothenberg
1/ 1st Dance 4:27
2/ Tovarischi II - Toronto 3:33
3/ Urzup Kherge/Wee Hours (Tuvan traditional) 5:01
4/ What Shakes 5:30
5/ Lake Song (Saami traditional) 5:10
6/ Ancient Garden 5:23
7/ Vision (solo voice) 5:14
8/ At Altitude (solo sax) 6:46
9/ 2nd Dance 2:50
10/ Slow Rain 4:22
11/ Call & Response/Dance Reprise 9:42
12/ Low & Away 7:14
13/ Tavarischi II - Tallin 3:34
(1,9) recorded at Wielandstrasse, Berlin on December 10, 1994
(2,4,11) recorded live at Music Gallery, Toronto on May 16, 1995
(3,6,7) recorded live at Washington Square Church, New York City on
November 12, 1993
(5,10) recorded at Silent Sound, Montreal on September 12, 1995
(8) recorded live at the Centre for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe (NM) on
November 6, 1993
(12,13) recorded live at Tallin International Festival, Tallin (Estonia)
on October 9, 1992
Produced by Ned Rothenberg
Sainkho Namchylak: voice; Ned Rothenberg: alto, bass clarinet, shakuhachi.
1996 - Leo Records (UK), CD LR 231 (CD)
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055 - STARFISH: Pauline Oliveros
1996 - Mode (USA), ??? (CD)
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056 - CAFE 9.15.: Ned Rothenberg, Altered States
Recorded live at Mandala 2, Tokyo on September 15, 1995
1996 (1997?) - Phenotype (Japan), PP001 (CD)
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057 - TEARING DOWN BORDERS: various artists
This audio companion of the Canadian magazine MUSICWORKS features John
Beckwidth, Maria de Alvear, Serge Garant, David Demnitz, Sainkho Namtchylak
and Ned Rothenberg.
2/ Ancient Garden (Namtchylak, Rothenberg) 4:58
Recorded at the Music Gallery, Toronto on May 16, 1995
Namtchylak; Rothenberg.
1997 - Musicworks (Canada), #68 - Summer 97 (CD)
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058 - MONKEY PUZZLE: Evan Parker, Ned Rothenberg
1/ For Ximenes 15:06
2/ For Araucaria 5:04
3/ For Bynthorne 7:06
4/ For Afrit 2:52
5/ For Dinmut 15:22
6/ For Custos 3:34
7/ For Rufus 4:08
8/ For Chifonie 6:13
Recorded at Gateway Studio on May 17, 1997
Produced by Evan Parker, Ned Rothenberg, and Leo Feigin
Evan Parker: soprano, tenor; Ned Rothenberg: bass clarinet, alto.
1997 - Leo Records (UK), CD LR 247 (CD)
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059 - POTION: New Winds
Recorded in July 1997
Robert Dick: flute, prepared flute, piccolo, contrabass flute; Herb
Robertson: trumpet, flugelhorn, mouth music; Ned Rothenberg: alto, clarinet,
bass clarinet.
1997 - Victo (Canada), cd053 (CD)
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060 - LEO RECORDS SAMPLER CD: various artists
This audio companion to the issue No 7 of AVANT (Summer 98) features
Ganelin/Tarasov/Chekasin, Collective 4tet, Joe Manery Quartet, Anthony
Braxton, Reggie Workman Ensemble, Lauren Newton/Joelle Leandre, Sainkho/
Rothenberg, Tibor Szemzo, Marylin Cryspell, Parker/Guy/Lytton & Crispell,
Evan Parker, John Wolf Brennan Hextet, Ivo Perelman, Natsuki Tamura/Satoko
Fuji, P. Karayorgis/M. Maneri/J. Maneri, Moscow Composers Orchestra, Satoko
Fuji Orchestra, Not Missing Drums Project.
Ned Rothenberg plays on one track in duo with Sainkho Namchylak:
7/ 1st Dance (Sainkho, Rothenberg) 4:25
1998 - Avant Magazine (UK), #7 (magazine + CD)
See AMULET - SELECTED DUO RECORDINGS (1992-95) (1996) for further references
on (7).
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061 - THE DUO RECORDINGS: Luc Houtkamp
1/ Rendang Heat Wave (Houtkamp, Lewis) 9:04
2/ De Pijp (Houtkamp, Prins) 7:37
3/ Bubble & Squeak (Houtkamp, Russell) 11:25
4/ Kickin' The Gong Around (Houtkamp, Blume) 4:52
5/ Appel & Ei (Houtkamp, Hijmans) 6:18
6/ Beertje (Houtkamp, Freedman) 5:54
7/ Tickle Toe (Houtkamp, Rothenberg) 8:30
8/ Duo for Man Alone (Houtkamp) 8:27
9/ Tokoloshes Paradise (Houtkamp, Christmann) 2:38
(1) recorded at STEIM concert space, Amsterdam on December 18, 1993
(2) recorded at Gert-Jan's rehearsal space, Amsterdam on June 25, 1998
(3) recorded at Red Rose, London on July 19, 1998
(4) recorded at the Museum Bochum, Bochum on May 18, 1996
(5) recorded at Luc's Bedroom Studio, Den Haag on August 17, 1998
(6) recorded at Luc's Bedroom Studio, Den Haag on March 31, 1998
(7) recorded at Open Space Gallery, Allentown (PA) on November 22, 1992
(8) recorded at Conservatorium, Enschede on June 24, 1998
(9) recorded at Korzo Theatre, Den Haag on March 17, 1995
Luc Houtkamp: alto, tenor, disklavier; George Lewis (1): trombone; Gert-Jan
Prins (2): tympani; John Russell (3): acoustic plectrum guitar; Martin Blume
(4): percussion; Wiek Hijmans (5): electric guitar; Lori Freedman (6): bass
clarinet; Ned Rothenberg (7): alto; Gunther Christmann (9): trombone.
1998 - X-OR Recordings (Netherlands), FR 7 (CD)
Note: limited edition of 500 numbered copies.
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062 - SYNC - PORT OF ENTRY: Ned Rothenberg, Jerome Harris, Samir Chatterjee
1/ Gamalong (Rothenberg) 9:45
2/ Dad Can Dig (Rothenberg) 6:26
3/ Lost In A Blue Forest (Rothenberg) 7:38
4/ FoFela/Mysterioso (Rothenberg, Monk) 9:22
5/ The Hotel Lazard Cafe (Rothenberg) 8:54
6/ Trip To The Bar (Rothenberg) 5:30
7/ Port Of Entry (Rothenberg) 11:45
8/ Rad-At (Rothenberg) 5:19
Ned Rothenberg: alto, bass clarinet, clarinet, shakuhachi; Jerome Harris:
acoustic guitar, acoustic bass guitar; Samir Chatterjee: tabla, dumbek,
percussion.
1998 - Intuition (Germany), INT 3249-2 (CT)
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063 - S/T: Jason DuMars
Jason DuMars; Ned Rothenberg; Chris Cutler; etc.
1998 - no label (USA), no catalog number (CD-R)
Note: self-produced release.
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*** - ???: Ned Rothenberg's Double Band
1997 - Moers Music (Germany), ??? (CD)
Note: not released yet.
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*** - ???: Ned Rothenberg
???? - Tzadik (USA), TZ ???? (CD)
Note: not released yet.
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* Option, Jan/Feb 1994, No. 54: "At Home Alone," an article/interview by John
Corbett (pp. 38-41)