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01. Duck Baker - Imp Romp 2
02. Duck Baker - Shenandoah
03. Duck Baker - Indie Pen Dance
04. Duck Baker - East River Delta Blues
05. Duck Baker - Ode to Jo
06. Duck Baker - Duo for 225 strings
07. Duck Baker - The Missing Chandler
08. Duck Baker - Tourbillion Air
09. Duck Baker - Pope Slark
10. Duck Baker - Signing Off
ARTIST
TITLE
Confabulations
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
ESPDISK 5065CD ESPDISK 5065CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/25/2021

In his five-decade career, finger-style acoustic guitarist Duck Baker has played in lots of styles, from folk (real folk, such as Scottish and Irish fiddle tunes) to blues to jazz, in the latter genre particularly focusing on bebop greats, with whole albums devoted to the music of Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols. But he has flashed an avant-garde side as well, and of course ESP-Disk' was interested in exposing more of the latter work. This album of duos and trios with an all-star roster of players, mostly British, collects recordings ranging from 1994 through 2017.

Personnel: Duck Baker - guitar; Derek Bailey - guitar on "Indie Pen Dance" (2002); Steve Beresford - piano on "Duo for 225 strings" (2009)' John Butcher - tenor saxophone on "The Missing Chandler" (2009); Mark Dresser bass on "Shenandoah" and "Pope Slark" (1994); Michael Moore - alto saxophone on "Imp Romp 2" (2008); Roswell Rudd - trombone on "East River Delta Blues" and "Signing Off" (2002); Alex Ward - clarinet and Joe Williamson - bass on "Ode to Jo" (2010); John Edwards - bass and Steve Noble - drums "Tourbillion Air" (2017).