• 5-CD BOX SET
This superb box set collects all the albums recorded by the legendary American trombonist / composer George Lewis between mid 1970s and late 1990s were the world's most important home to avant-garde / Improvised Music / Free Jazz musicians, both form the US and Europe. The set includes five albums he recorded as a leader, heading a range of ensembles between a duo and a sextet and including American and European avant-garde musicians.
PERSONNEL, TRACKS & DATES:
- CD 1: SHADOWGRAPH
- GEORGE LEWIS, electronic
- DOUGLAS EWART, bass clarinet
- ROSCOE MITCHELL, alto & baritone sax
- ANTHOMY DAVIS, piano
- LEROY JENKINS, violin
- ABDUL WADUD, cello
- New York, 1977
- 01. Monads
- 02. Triple SLow Mix
- 03. Cycle
- 04. Shadowgraph
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- CD 2: THE IMAGINARY SUITE
- GEORGE LEWIS, trombone
- DOUGLAS EWART, bass clarinet
- Milan, Italy, October, 1978
- 01. Jila
- 02. Save! Mon
- 03. The Imaginary Suite: Charon
- 04. The Imaginary Suite: The Phoenix
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- CD3: HOMAGE TO CHARLES PARKER
- GEORGE LEWIS, trombone
- DOUGLAS EWART, bass clarinet
- ANTHOMY DAVIS, piano
- RICHARD TEITELBAUM, synthetizer
- Milan, Italy, early 1979
- 01. Blues
- 02. Homage to Charles Parker
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- CD 4: CHANGE OF SEASON
- GEORGE LEWIS, trombone
- STEVE LACY, soprano sax
- MISHA MENGELBERG, piano
- ARJEN GORTER, bass
- HAN BENNINK, drums
- Milan, Italy, July 2 & 3, 1984
- 01. House Party Starting
- 02. The Happenings
- 03. Step Tempest
- 04. Hangover Triangle
- 05. Change Of Season
- 06. Spinning Song
- 07. Terpsichore
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- CD 5: DUTCH MASTERS
- GEORGE LEWIS, trombone
- STEVE LACY, soprano sax
- MISHA MENGELBERG, piano
- ERNST REYSEGER, cello
- HAN BENNINK, drums
- Milan, Italy, March 25, 1987
- 01. Dutch Master
- 02. Off Minor
- 03. Reef
- 04. Kneebus
- 05. Hornin'
- 06. Hornin'