So at the time this was an unusual thing for him to be doing. Although Paul is a massive Coltrane fan it is only recently in his duets with Tony Bianco that he has been concentrating on using his tunes. but for some reason Skid couldn't make it and Paul Dunmall agreed to stand in for him. This would have been a gig by the Alan Skidmore Qt. 'The Gordons are John Halvorsen: guitars, vocals. 'Recorded and mixed in 22 hrs at Harlequin Studios. Info below from Discogs- taken from the Sleeve,and insert This is from an original self released copy on their own label.Ī killer record in the aforementioned genre.forefathers to my ears of later feedback drenched ,more self consciously, arty,NZ bands like Dead-C, and Dora Maar No Cd reissue, or reissue of any kind since a 1984,Flying Nun Vinyl release If you' like somewhat harsh jagged ,primitive, minimal ,acerbic, guitar oriented,so called Post Punk. This though out of print, and never reissued may perhaps still be purchased from Jazz records here a label run by Carole Tristano, Lennie's drummer Daughter. The label also has a downloadable Video archive ,including much Crothers is one of the best live albums I've heard in a while, it and other great things can be found here at New Artists. Īnyone wishing to delve further should explore, the phenomenal 4 disc set of improvisations for two pianos with David Arner on the Rogue art label, which is simply stunning, in the stratospheric realm of Riley/Tippett, or Crispell/Grawe but of course, one is hard pressed to choose 1 thing to recommend, given that its all so good.ītw, Crothers also Administers the collective New Artists label, home to most of her recordings.īand of fire a quintet featuring R.Campbell, R.Tabnik,R.Mancuso and perennial fave Ken Filiano. This album is an intriguing mix of spontaneous renditions of standards and all out free improvisations, beautifully recorded by Label Mate, Saxophonist Lennie Popkin!Ī Student and friend of the late Lennie Tristano,Crothers is dipping even further out into free territory these days, all her records are pretty wonderful, this appears to be one of the few which hasn't been reissued. as Sublime and superbly modulated an album of solo piano as one could wish.

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