Picnic w/ Tristan Honsinger (JAZZ)

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Picnic w/ Tristan Honsinger

Corbett vs. Dempsey

701017953999

CVD 162390

JAZZ

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CD 19,98 €

DIGIPACK EDITION

A little-known gem of Dutch free music, Picnic is the brainchild of cellist Tristan Honsinger, who composed all but one of its 12 compositions. Brilliant and whimsical, the tracks bring to mind Honsinger's work with ICP Orchestra, for whom he has also composed extensively. Here he's working in an incredible ensemble, with trumpeter Toshinori Kondo, saxophonist Sean Bergen, Jean Jacques Avenel on bass, Michael Vatcher on drums and percussion, and Tiziana Simona Vigni on voice. Deceptively vicious little songs with hilarious twists and the kind of intense improvising you'd expect from a band that incorporates players of this caliber, it's a unique LP, originally issued on the tiny Data label, never before reissued. And it's worth having alone for the beautiful recording by Data's Dick Lucas, which captures Vatcher's incredible high snare on "Restless," a minute of pure energy better than Red Bull, and Vigni's oblique vocals, which were sung mostly in English by the Italian singer, who didn't speak a word of the language. Remastered by Lucas from the original tapes, featuring the gorgeous cover, in another deluxe package.

PERSONNEL:

  • Tristan Honsinger - cello, voice
  • Jean Jacques Avenel - bass
  • Tiziana Simona Vigni - voice
  • Sean Bergin - saxophone
  • Michael Vatcher - percussion
  • Toshinori Kondo - trumpet

Recorded at Frascati, in Amsterdam, Holland on February 6th and 7th, 1985

TRACKS:

  • 01. Restless
  • 02. Quandro Era Estate
  • 03. Mr. Rossi
  • 04. Doctors + Nurses Meat
  • 05. After the Rain
  • 06. It's Likely You
  • 07. Picnic
  • 08. Violets
  • 09. Teeth
  • 10 Romy
  • 11. Laly
  • 12. Orient Express