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- Date Released: January 24, 1994
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: American Clavé / IODA
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Paul Haines is the poet best known for his lyric contributions to two of Carla Bley's most successful recordings, Escalator Over the Hill and Tropic Appetites, in which his surreal but earthy language, elaborate puns, and trenchant aphorisms were a vital element. Darn It! is an extremely wide-ranging celebration of his work, recorded over six years, corralling dozens of musicians from disparate genres, each of whom pays idiosyncratic homage to this unique wordsmith. Sometimes the words aren't even used, but the musician(s) improvise around a poem (as do John Tchicai and Andrew Cyrille) or only on a title (as in Paul Bley's gorgeous solo ruminations). The musical styles range from Derek Bailey's wiry, cranky strumming to funk bands led by Melvin Gibbs or Greg Tate to the music-box overlays of plunderphonicist John Oswald. There are the inevitable clunkers in any project of this size, but the highlights make this a must-have for all fans of Haines' work. When Roswell Rudd growls out "C'Etait Dans la Nuit," one is quick to forgive the occasional weak track. Where else but Haines' world does one come across lines like "Just when I thought/Bicycles no longer/Existed/I saw a woman on one"?
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Threats That Matter
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3:04 |  |
| 02. | |
Curtsy
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5:06 | |
| 03. | |
What This Was Going To Suppose To Mean
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1:51 | |
| 04. | |
Funnybird Song
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1:44 | |
| 05. | |
Outside The City
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2:22 | |
| 06. | |
Art In Heaven
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2:34 | |
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Rawalpindi Blues
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5:10 | |
| 08. | |
Sticks In The Mud
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5:31 | |
| 09. | |
There Aren't These Things
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4:10 | |
| 10. | |
Les Paramedicaux Erotiques
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4:17 | |
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Jubilee
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5:15 | |
| 12. | |
On The Way To Elsewhere And Here
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3:32 | |
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Inexplicably
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1:26 | |
| 14. | |
Poem For Gretchen Ruth
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0:46 | |
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14 Total Tracks, 46:48 Total Length
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Just When I Thougt
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0:08 | |
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| 02. | |
This Dedication
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0:49 | |
| 03. | |
Threats That Count
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4:00 | |
| 04. | |
What This Was Going To Suppose To Mean
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2:16 | |
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Breakfast
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3:35 | |
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Snow Variations On Darn It!
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4:06 | |
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Darn It!
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0:58 | |
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Route Doubt
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1:07 | |
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Ask Me If You Know
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4:14 | |
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Those Sweet Blue Olives Of Bombay
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4:14 | |
| 11. | |
Hello
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2:17 | |
| 12. | |
Mrs. Dressup
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2:25 | |
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Third World Two Medley: She Was Showing me/Boint Liver
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2:32 | |
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Breakfast (Late) (Late)
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1:05 | |
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The Please Fasten Your Seatbelt Sign
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2:30 | |
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Testing Testing
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3:01 | |
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Darn It! Reprise (Down In Back!)
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1:08 | |
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Threats That Can T Read
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4:51 | |
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C'etait Dans La Nuit
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4:55 | |
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19 Total Tracks, 50:11 Total Length
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Credits
- Jack Bruce - Bass // Jack Bruce - Bass // Jack Bruce - Vocals // Jack Bruce - Vocals // Jack Bruce - Voices // Jack Bruce - Voices // Alex Chilton - Guitar // Alex Chilton - Vocals // Alex Chilton - Voices // Robert Wyatt - Percussion // Robert Wyatt - Keyboards // Robert Wyatt - Vocals // Robert Wyatt - Voices // John Oswald - Arranger // John Oswald - Arranger // John Oswald - Sax (Alto) // John Oswald - Sax (Alto) // John Oswald - Producer // John Oswald - Producer // John Oswald - Engineer // John Oswald - Engineer // John Oswald - ? // John Oswald - ? // John Oswald - Music Box // John Oswald - Music Box // John Oswald - Construction // John Oswald - Construction // John Oswald - Music Box Arrangement // John Oswald - Music Box Arrangement // Derek Bailey - Guitar // Derek Bailey - Guitar // Derek Bailey - Guitar // Derek Bailey - Guitar // Derek Bailey - Vocals // Derek Bailey - Vocals // Derek Bailey - Vocals // Derek Bailey - Vocals // Derek Bailey - Voices // Derek Bailey - Voices // Derek Bailey - Voices // Derek Bailey - Voices // Paul Bley - Piano // Paul Bley - Piano // Paul Bley - Piano // Andrew Cyrille - Drums // Kip Hanrahan - Project Director // Kip Hanrahan - Project Coordinator // Kip Hanrahan - Recording Technician // Kip Hanrahan - Engineering Director // Evan Parker - Sax (Soprano) // Evan Parker - Sax (Soprano) // Evan Parker - Sax (Soprano) // Evan Parker - Sax (Soprano) // Evan Parker - Sax (Soprano) // Evan Parker - Sax (Soprano) // Evan Parker - Sax (Soprano) // Evan Parker - Sax (Soprano) // Evan Parker - Sax (Soprano) // Evan Parker - Sax (Soprano) // Don Pullen - Piano // Roswell Rudd - Bass // Roswell Rudd - Trombone // Roswell Rudd - Voices // Marvin "Smitty" Smith - Drums // Steve Swallow - Organ // Steve Swallow - Bass // Steve Swallow - Piano // Carlos Ward - Sax (Alto) // Carmen Lundy - Vocals // Carmen Lundy - Voices // Gary Lucas - Dobro // Gary Lucas - Dobro // Gary Lucas - Guitar // Gary Lucas - Guitar // Robert Ameen - Drums // John Azelvandre - Assistant Engineer // Lewis Barnes - Trumpet // Derek Baynes - Piano // Xavier Berbudeau - Engineer // Ignacio Berroa - Drums // Borneo Drummers - ? // Greg Calbi - Mastering // George Cartwright - Sax (Tenor) // Michel Contat - Vocals // Michel Contat - Voices // Michel Contat - Engineer // Silvana Deluigi - Vocals // Silvana Deluigi - Voices // Paul Dutton - Vocals // Paul Dutton - Voices // Suzanne Dyer - Assistant Engineer // Yale Evelev - Engineer // Jon Fausty - Engineer // Daniel Freiberg - Piano // Melvin Gibbs - Bass // Melvin Gibbs - Producer // Marque Gilmore - Drums // Andy Gonzalez - Bass // Avery Haines - Vocals // Avery Haines - Voices // Paul Haines - Vocals // Paul Haines - Voices // Paul Haines - Poetry // Paul Haines - Lyricist // Paul Haines - Engineer // Paul Haines - Main Performer // Tim Haines - Vocals // Tim Haines - Voices // Richard Harrington - Drums // Richard Harrington - Sampling // Jesse Henry - Guitar // Paul Hodge - Engineer // Dave Hofstra - Bass // Wayne Horvitz - Piano // Wayne Horvitz - Piano // Wayne Horvitz - Piano // D.D. Jackson - Piano // John Kamevaar - Keyboards // John Kamevaar - Sampling // Mike Krowiak - Engineer // J.T. Lewis - Drums // Mary Anne Lifchek - Accordion // Mary Anne Lifchek - Drums // Jeff Lippay - Assistant Engineer // Al Mattes - Bass // Leo Nocentelli - Guitar // Bobby Previte - Drums // Bobby Previte - Drums // Bobby Previte - Drums // Alva Rogers - Vocals // Alva Rogers - Voices // David Sanchez - Sax (Tenor) // Fernando Saunders - Bass // Fernando Saunders - Bass (Electric) // Fernando Saunders - Voices // Peter Scherer - Synthesizer // Peter Scherer - Piano // Peter Scherer - Keyboards // Peter Scherer - DX-7 // Michael Snow - Piano // Michael Snow - Engineer // Michael Snow - Design // Michael Snow - Photography // Michael Snow - Packaging // David Stone - Engineer // Jay Stringer - Bass // John Tchicai - Saxophone // John Tchicai - Sax (Soprano) // John Tchicai - Sax (Tenor) // John Tchicai - Vocals // Henry Threadgill - Sax (Alto) // Henry Threadgill - Sax (Alto) // Henry Threadgill - Sax (Alto) // Mike Veal - Saxophone // Jack Vorvis - Drums // Pierre-Antoine Watteau - Engineer // Tim Wright - Bass // Tim Wright - Guitar // Mary Margaret O'Hara - Vocals // Mary Margaret O'Hara - Voices // D.K. Dyson - Vocals // D.K. Dyson - Voices // Julie Ebel - Layout Design // Julie Ebel - Typesetting // Shawna Stobie - Assistant Engineer // Greg Tate - Producer // Ben Nitza - Percussion
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Performers
Gary Lucas // Marvin 'Smitty' Smith // Alex Chilton // Paul Bley // Robert Wyatt // Derek Bailey // John Oswald // Evan Parker // John Tchicai // Roswell Rudd // Peter Scherer // Silvana Deluigi // Don Pullen // Fernando Saunders // Kip Hanrahan // Jack Bruce // Robby Ameen // Steve Swallow // George Cartwright // Tim Wright // Andrew Cyrille // D.D. Jackson // JT Lewis // David Sanchez // Henry Threadgill // Bobby Previtte // Melvin Gibbs // Greg "Iron Man" Tate // Michel Contat // Mary Margaret O'Hara // Mike Snow // Daniel Frieberg // Wayne Hurwitz // DK Dyson // Alva Rogers
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