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- Date Released: November 26, 1964
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Avant-garde
- Label: ESP'Disk
Free jazz with the brakes on — wonderfully woolly.
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We Say...
NYAQ — alto saxophonist John Tchicai, trombonist Roswell Rudd, drummer Milford Graves and bassist Lewis Worrell — was more thoughtful and less brash than some '60s free jazz supergroups, leaving space to breathe. Poet Amiri Baraka recites his "Black Dada Nihilismus."
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They Say...
This adventurous, short-lived quartet only made three albums in its two-year heyday. The best and most easily obtained (although that's relative) is the classic 1964 self-titled free jazz excursion on the ESP label. The unique front-line horn arrangement of trombonist Roswell Rudd and Danish alto saxophonist John Tchicai weaves rapid intricate lines around Lewis Worrell's bass and the frenzied drums of Milford Graves. Poet Leroi Jones (now Amiri Baraka) is added to the quartet for his revolutionary/militant spoken word diatribe "Black Dada Nihilismus." While it may sound like an intrusion to some listeners, it must be kept in mind that Jones was an active participant in the early avant-garde scene of New York, making his contribution to this disc vital in capturing the radical surroundings in which the music thrived. In 2000, the intensity and fervor was still thriving as the original New York Art Quartet (with Baraka, sans the late Worrell) reunited for their 35th Reunion concert, available on the DIW label.
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Short |
8:22 |
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Sweet / Black Dad Nihilismus |
11:59 |
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Rosmosis |
14:48 |
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No.6 |
8:07 |
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04 Total Tracks, 43:16 Total Length
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Credits
- Milford Graves - Percussion // Milford Graves - Drums // Roswell Rudd - Trombone // Art Crist - Engineer // LeRoi Jones - Vocals // LeRoi Jones - Recitation // John Tchicai - Sax (Alto) // Lewis Worrell - Bass // Art Christ - Engineer // Brian Morton - Liner Notes // Art Lange - Liner Notes // Bernard Stollman - Source Material // Hans Schreiber - Source Material // Tom "Tornado" Klatt - Source Material // Richie Unterberger - Source Material // Frans de Rond - Remastering // Paul Frick - Art Direction // New York Art Quartet - Ensemble // New York Art Quartet - Main Performer // New York Art Quartet - Performer // Jos Haijer - Art Direction // Ben Gieskes - Managing Director
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