Forgot to add this OT earlier:
Mary Halvorson's gear when I saw her was her big fat jazz box (1970 Guild Artist Award) and using a Rat distortion (pretty sure it was a Turbo Rat), a DL4 (left on one of the delay settings with an expression pedal), and a volume pedal. (A nice variation on the vintage Bill Frisell set-up!)
She got good use out of the volume pedal as her guitar has acoustic sound, she'd keep playing even when the pick-up volume was at zero.
Jessica Pavone had her viola was plugged into a Fender Blender pedal.
I can't recall amps, but wouldn't be surprised if they were borrowed for the gig.
ted h.
Enemies are good for self-definition. Werner Herzog
--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Dean, Hal <HDean@wcupa.edu> wrote:
From: Dean, Hal <HDean@wcupa.edu>
Subject: RE: OT: Free Jazz/Avant-Garde Guitar/Bass/Drum Trios
To: "Loopers Delight" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Received: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 7:24 AM
I have to echo the raving about Halvorson, though I was
surprised by NOT much liking “Dragon’s Headâ€. My
favorite work of hers so far is “Crackleknob†with Nate
Wooley, among others, and the Thirteenth Assembly record. I’m dying to
see her live, a small woman with a big woody guitar making this splendid sound.
Hal Dean
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Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:33 AM
To: Loopers Delight
Subject: Re: OT: Free Jazz/Avant-Garde Guitar/Bass/Drum Trios
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I haven't seen anybody mention Joe Morris - not the famed NY Giants running
back, but the Boston-based guitarist/bassist and faculty at the New England
Conservatory. I'd have to dig around to see all that I've got of his
but I know "Age of Everything" (which is great!) is
guitar/bass/drums recording. I'm sure he's been in more than that, esp
as he's done more than a few recordings with William Parker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Morris_(guitarist)
And also I'll chip in Mary Halvorson as a great NYC guitarist. She's
usually involved in Anthony Braxton's new ensembles but her MH Trio is g/b/d
and there's also her group People. Just saw her and Jessica Pavone play
in an attic in Guelph and it was good shit.
http://www.maryhalvorson.com/ Nice article on her and Jessica in Signal
to Noise a few issues back and I think another of her groups is mentioned in
a recent issue of The Wire.
I don't know how hard core free jazz/avant-garde these two are considered -
they're both pretty jazzy but do have an edge to their playing...
The problem is that for for this kind of music, anything goes. You
don't need a "classic" line-up. If all you've got is two
nose-flute players and a bagpiper, you're good to go!
Ted H.
Enemies are good for self-definition. Werner Herzog
--- On Sun, 3/28/10, Kris Hartung <khartung@q.com> wrote:
From: Kris Hartung <khartung@q.com>
Subject: OT: Free Jazz/Avant-Garde Guitar/Bass/Drum Trios
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Received: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 7:11 PM
I'm
doing music research for a new project I'm putting together. I need to
construct an audio study of free jazz and/or avant-garde
guitar/bass/drum trios...the more obscure the better.
This
is what I have so far, not all of which is that far out, but it's the best I
can do. Those with an * next to them are not really free jazz or
avant-garde, but a good representation of the instrumentation in modern jazz.
Joe
Morris - Antennae and Symbolic Gesture
John
Abercrombie - In the Moment, November, and self titled (with Marc Johnson and
Peter Erskine)
John
Scofield - Out Like a Light *
John
Stowell -Somewhere *
Lorne
Lofskey - Self Titled *
Pat
Metheny - Trio Live *
Any
others I can add? There must be more than this. Oddly, this is a difficult
subject to search for on Google and music sites. There needs to be a
music search engine that allows you to search by genre and exact
instrumentation.
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