8/10/08 - Show Notes

OffOnOff –

· PLAY: "Clash" (8:34) from Clash, Smalltown Supersound, 2008

· MEMBERS: Paal Nilssen-Love – drums, Terrie Ex – guitar; Massimo Pupillo – bass

· CONNECT: Terrie Ex

· WEB: http://paalnilssen-love.com/band_offonoff.html or www.myspace.com/offonoff

Zu–

· PLAY: "Solar Anus" (3:51) from Igneo, Frenetic, 2006

· MEMBERS: Luca Mai – saxophones; Massimo Pupillo – bass; Jacopo Battaglia – drums

· CONNECT: Massimo Pupillo

· WEB: www.zuism.com

Zu vs. Mats Gustafsson -

• PLAY: "How to Raise an Ox" (6:56) from How to Raise an Ox, Atavistic, 2005
• MEMBERS: Luca Mai – saxophones; Massimo Pupillo – bass; Jacopo Battaglia – drums; Mats Gustafsson – saxophones

• CONNECT: Zu

• WEB: www.zuism.com
  

Gregorio, Gustafsson, & Nordeson

· PLAY: "Cannots" (4:55) from Background Music, Hatology, 1998

· MEMBERS: Guillermo Gregorio - alto &tenor saxophones, Mats Gustafsson – tenor saxophone & fluteophone; Kjell Nordeson – drums & percussion

· CONNECT: Mats Gustafsson

Cato Salsa Experience & The Thing with Joe McPhee-

• PLAY: "Whole Lotta Love" (5:34) from Sounds Like a Sandwich, Smalltown Superjazz, 2005

• MEMBERS: Cato Thomassen - vocals & guitar; Christian Engfelt - bass; Jon Magne Riise - drums; Bard Enerstad - guitar, organ, theremin & vocals; Mats Gustafsson – baritone & tenor saxophones; Paal Nilssen-Love – drums; Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten – bass; Joe McPhee - tenor saxophone & pocket trumpet

• CONNECT: Mats Gustafsson

• WEB: www.smalltownsupersound.com/v1/superjazzz/artists.php
  

The Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet + Roy Campbell & William Parker -

· PLAY: "Lightbox" (15:21) from Short Visit to Nowhere, Okka Disk, 2002

· MEMBERS: Peter Brotzmann - tenor saxophone, tarogato, & alto clarinet; Joe McPhee - trumpet & valve trombone; Jeb Bishop - trombone; Ken Vandermark - tebor saxophone & clarinet; Mats Gustafsson - tenor & baritone saxophones; Mars Williams - alto & tenor saxophones; Kent Kessler - bass; Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello & violin; ; Hamid Drake - drums, frame-drum, & voice; Michael Zerang - drums; Roy Campbell - trumpet & flugelhorn; William Parker - bass & log-drum

· CONNECT: Mats Gustafsson & Joe McPhee

· WEB: http://tentet.umbrellamusic.org/about.html

Die Like a Dog Quartet -

· PLAY: "3'52"" (3:52) from Aoyama Crows, FMP, 2002

· MEMBERS: Peter Brotzmann - tarogato, alto clarinet & tenor saxophone; William Parker - bass; Toshinori Kondo - trumpet & electronics; Hamid Drake - drums

· CONNECT: Peter Brotzmann, William Parker, & Hamid Drake

· WEB: http://tentet.umbrellamusic.org/about.html