FE Home
New Releases
Browse Catalog
Info
Email Us
Order Basket
Search:
Index of Artists
Browse by Artist: NEW YORK ART QUARTET
Artist:
NEW YORK ART QUARTET
Title:
Old Stuff
Label:
CUNEIFORM
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
RUNE 300CD
"Formed in the summer of 1964, although the New York Art Quartet existed for barely a year and a half, great interest remains in their work. They consisted of co-leaders John Tchicai (alto sax), who participated in John Coltrane's ground-breaking
Ascension
album and Roswell Rudd (trombone), considered to be the first free-jazz trombonist, along with bassist Don Moore and drummer Milford Graves. The band participated in the legendary 'October Revolution in Jazz', which journalist Bill Shoemaker called,
'Arguably the most seminal jazz concert series ever held...it was a comprehensive four-day survey of jazz's cutting edge.... It marked the beginning of the Golden Era of do-it-yourself jazz culture in the U.S.'
They recorded their self-titled first album for ESPand Tchicai went back to his homeland of Denmark to scout out work for the group. Only Rudd was able to join him, so the pair enlisted Copenhagen bassist Finn von Eyben and South African drummer Louis Moholo (of the Blue Notes and Brotherhood of Breath) for a pair of concerts in October, 1965, which are released here. This release features all previously unheard recordings from 1965 with very high-quality sonics. In the 8 page booklet are never-before seen photos and a short, informative essay by writer Jason Weiss, who produced this album. Released on the 45th anniversary of the 'October Revolution in Jazz' and of these recordings, there will be major coverage of this CD in the jazz world. There has never been more interest in historic free-jazz than now and Rudd, Tchicai and Moholo are all leading figures in the music."
Artist:
NEW YORK ART QUARTET
Title:
New York Art Quartet
Label:
ESP-DISK
Format:
CD
Price:
$12.00
Catalog #:
ESPDISK 1004CD
New 2008 versions on ESP-Disk! Featured artists: Milford Graves (percussion); Leroi Jones: (vocals); Roswell Rudd (trombone); John Tchicai (alto saxophone); Lewis Worrell (bass). "Original recording digitally remastered from the original ESP tapes! Manufactured in the USA by the original label."
"The unique front-line horn arrangement of trombonist Roswell Rudd and Danish alto saxophonist John Tchicai weave rapid intricate lines around Lewis Worell'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 'Sweet-Black Dada Nihilismus.'"
--Al Campbell, All Music Guide
Artist:
NEW YORK ART QUARTET
Title:
Label:
ESP/CALIBRE (NETHERLANDS)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
ESPCD 1004
"Their first album, originally recorded in 1964. Features Roswell Rudd (trombone), John Tchicai (alto sax), Lewis Worrell (bass), and Milford Graves (percussion). And don't forget the appearance by black radical poet and New Thing propagandist Lee Roi Jones." Limited stock of this deleted version.
Previous Page
Index of Artists
Next Page
