8/31/08 - Show Notes

“Connect the Dots” August 31, 2008; 5-6pm

WNUR 89.3 FM: www.wnur.org

Hosts: Laurie Herbert

Gavin Bryars Ensemble -

• PLAY: "Opening Part I" (1:49), "Titanic Hymn (Autumn) All Strings" (5:10), "Hymn II" (5:25), "Interlude" (4:35), "Hymn III" (7:47), "Hymn IV (Aughton)" (6:25), "Opening Part II" (6:10", "Titanic Lament" (5:24), "Woodblocks" (11:39), "Last Hymn" (2:07), and "Coda" (4:40) from The Sinking of the Titanic, Point Music, 1994

• MEMBERS: Alexander Balanescu - viola; Jonathan Carney - viola; Bill Hwakes - viola; Sophie Harris - cello; Caroline Dale - cello; Gavin Bryars - bass (occasionally with octave pedals); Roger Heaton - bass clarinet; Dave Smith - tenor horn, percussion (woodblocks, tam-tam), and keyboard; Martin Allen - percussion (bells, marimbas, cymbals, woodblocks, tam-tam, bass drum, water gongs), James Woodrow - guitar; Chris Ekers - sound designer; Children - strings: Camilla Thornton - viola; Ziella Bryars - cello; Orlanda Bryars - cello; Lucy Thornton - cello; Children - voices: The Wenhaston Boys' Choir, director - Christopher Barnett

• CONNECT: Gavin Bryars

• WEB: www.gavinbryars.com/Pages/titanic_point.html

Aphex Twin -

• PLAY: "Gavin Bryars – Raising the Titanic (Big Drum Mix)" (8:42) from 26 Mixes for Cash Warp Records, 2003

• MEMBERS: Richard D. James – remix; original song: Alexander Balanescu - viola; Jonathan Carney - viola; Bill Hwakes - viola; Sophie Harris - cello; Caroline Dale - cello; Gavin Bryars - bass (occasionally with octave pedals); Roger Heaton - bass clarinet; Dave Smith - tenor horn, percussion (woodblocks, tam-tam), and keyboard; Martin Allen - percussion (bells, marimbas, cymbals, woodblocks, tam-tam, bass drum, water gongs), James Woodrow - guitar; Chris Ekers - sound designer; Children - strings: Camilla Thornton - viola; Ziella Bryars - cello; Orlanda Bryars - cello; Lucy Thornton - cello; Children - voices: The Wenhaston Boys' Choir, director - Christopher Barnett

• CONNECT: Gavin Bryars

• WEB: www.warprecords.com/artists/index.php?artist=afx

Gavin Bryars with Tom Waits -

• PLAY: "Tramp with Orchestra I (string quartet)" (7:06), " Tramp with Orchestra II (low strings)" (15:17), " Tramp with Orchestra III (no strings)" (4:48), " Tramp with Orchestra IV (full strings)" (6:07), " Tramp and Tom Waits with Full Orchestra" (19:38), " Coda: Tom Waits with High Strings" (1:48) from Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet, Point Music, 1993

• MEMBERS: Sanford Allen - violin; Elena Barrere - violin; Max Ellen - violin; Mayuki Fukuhara – violin; Jean Ingraham – violin; Nancy McAlhany – violin; Jan Mullen – violin; David Nadien – violin; Matthew Raimondi – violin; Eriko Sato-Oei – violin; Laura Seaton – violin; Richard Sortomme – violin; Dale Stuckenbruck – violin; Donna Tecco – violin; Alfred Brown – viola; Juliet Haffner – viola; Olivia Koppel – viola; Paul Peabody – viola; Semyon Fridman - cello; Beverly Lauridsen - cello; Jeanne LeBlanc – cello; Jesse Levy – cello; Clay Ruede – cello; Mark Shuman – cello; John Beal - bass; Homer Mensch – bass; Barbara Wilson – bass; string quartet – Hampton String Quartet (Regis Iandiorio – 1^st violin; Richard Henrickson – 2^nd violin; Richard Maximoff – viola; John Reed – cello); Nina Kellman – harp; Karen Lindquist – harp; Brian Koonan – guitar; Tony Miranda – French horn; Sharon Moe – French horn; Ron Sell – French horn; Ann Yarborough – French horn; Neil Balm – trumpet; Wilmer Wise – trumpet; Keith O’Quinn – trombone; James Pugh – trombone; Alan Raph – tuba; Frank Cassara – percussion; Michael Parloff – flute; Allen Blustine – clarinet; Steven Hartman – clarinet; Dorothy Darlington – oboe; Kim Laskowski – bassoon; Jeffrey Marchand – contrabassoon; Michael Riesman – organ; Chorus – Marion Beckenstein – soprano; Lisa Bielawa – soprano; Michele Eaton – soprano; Kristin Norderval – soprano; Katie Geissinger – alto; Margo Grib – alto; Elsa Higby – alto; Jeffrey Johnson – tenor; John Koch – tenor; Eric Lamp – tenor; Jeffrey Kensmoe – baritone; Gregory Purnhagen – baritone; Peter Stewart – baritone; conductor – Michael Riesman

• CONNECT: Gavin Bryars

• WEB: www.gavinbryars.com/Pages/titanic_point.html

8/24/08 Show Notes

Peter Brötzmann Clarinet Project

PLAY: "What a Day (Part 2)" (23:13) from Berlin Djungle, Atavistic, 2004

· MEMBERS: Peter Brötzmann - tenor saxophone, clarinet, tarogato; Toshinori Kondo - trumpet; Hannes Bauer - trombone; Alan Tomlinson - trombone; Tony Coe - clarinet; J.D. Parran - clarinet; E.L. Petrowski - clarinet; Louis Sclavis - clarinet, bass clarinet; John Zorn - clarinet, mouthpieces; William Parker - double bass; Tony Oxley - drums.

· CONNECT: Peter Brötzmann

· WEB: www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mbrotzm.html

Derek Bailey & Tony Oxley

PLAY: "Medicine Men" (3:53) from The Advocate, Tzadik, 2007

· MEMBERS: Derek Bailey - guitar; Tony Oxley - drums

· CONNECT: Tony Oxley

The Joseph Holbrooke Trio -

PLAY: "Radio Bossa" (8:04) from The Moat Recordings, Tzadik, 2006

· MEMBERS: Derek Bailey - guitar; Gavin Bryars - bass; Tony Oxley - drums

· CONNECT: Tony Oxley

· WEB: www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7616-2

Derek Bailey & Tony Oxley

PLAY: "Opening Part I" (1:49), "Titanic Hymn (Autumn) All Strings" (5:10), "Hymn II" (5:25), "Interlude" (4:35), "Hymn III" (7:47), "Hymn IV (Aughton)" (6:25), "Opening Part II" (6:10", "Titanic Lament" (5:24), "Woodblocks" (11:39), "Last Hymn" (2:07), and "Coda" (4:40) from The Sinking of the Titanic, Point Music, 1994

· MEMBERS: Gavin Bryars Ensemble: Alexander Balanescu - viola; Jonathan Carney - viola; Bill Hwakes - viola; Sophie Harris - cello; Caroline Dale - cello; Gavin Bryars - bass (occasionally with octave pedals); Roger Heaton - bass clarinet; Dave Smith - tenor horn, percussion (woodblocks, tam-tam), and keyboard; Martin Allen - percussion (bells, marimbas, cymbals, woodblocks, tam-tam, bass drum, water gongs), James Woodrow - guitar; Chris Ekers - sound designer; Children - strings: Camilla Thornton - viola; Ziella Bryars - cello; Orlanda Bryars - cello; Lucy Thornton - cello; Children - voices: The Wenhaston Boys' Choir, director - Christopher Barnett

· CONNECT: Gavin Bryars

• WEB: www.gavinbryars.com/Pages/titanic_point.html
  

8/17/08 - Show Notes

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

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

Gregg Bendian, Peter Brotzmann, & William Parker

· PLAY: "Overture" (2:16) from Sacred Scrape, Rastascan, 1994

· MEMBERS: Peter Brotzmann - tarogato, clarinet, bass clarinet, & tenor saxophone; William Parker - bass; Gregg Bendian - percussion

· CONNECT: Peter Brotzmann & William Parker

· WEB: www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mbrotzm.html

Peter Brotzmann, Michael Wertmuller, & Marino Pliakas

PLAY: Track 1 (7:28) from Live at Tampere 2005 - personal recording of Marino Pliakas

· MEMBERS: Peter Brotzmann - reeds; Marino Pliakas - bass; Michael Wertmuller - drums

· CONNECT: Peter Brotzmann

· WEB: www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mbrotzm.html

The Peter Brotzmann Sextet

PLAY: "Tell a Green Man" (15:33) from Nipples, Atavistic, 2000

· MEMBERS: Peter Brotzmann - reeds; Evan Parker - tenor saxophone; Fred van Hove - piano; Derek Bailey - guitar; Buschi Niebergal - bass; Han Bennink - drums

· CONNECT: Peter Brotzmann

· WEB: www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mbrotzm.html

Peter Brotzmann Clarinet Project

PLAY: "What a Day (Part 2)" (23:13) from Berlin Djungle, Atavistic, 2004

· MEMBERS: Peter Brötzmann - tenor saxophone, clarinet, tarogato; Toshinori Kondo - trumpet; Hannes Bauer - trombone; Alan Tomlinson - trombone; Tony Coe - clarinet; J.D. Parran - clarinet; E.L. Petrowski - clarinet; Louis Sclavis - clarinet, bass clarinet; John Zorn - clarinet, mouthpieces; William Parker - double bass; Tony Oxley - drums.

· CONNECT: Peter Brotzmann

· WEB: www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mbrotzm.html

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

8/3/08 Show Notes

(intro) Sonic Youth/Jim O'Rourke–

· PLAY: "Hungara Vivo" (6:17) from SYR 3: Invito Al Cielo (or Musikaj Perpectivoj), Sonic Youth Recordings, 1998

· MEMBERS: Kim Gordon; Thurston Moore; Lee Ranaldo; Jim O'Rourke

· CONNECT: Sonic Youth

· WEB: http://smellslikerecords.com/sonicyouth/index.php?artist=Sonic%20Youth

Original Silence –

· PLAY: "Argument Left Hanging – Rubber Cement" (7:34) from The Second Original Silence, Smalltown Supersound, 2008

· MEMBERS: Paal Nilssen-Love – drums and percussion; Mats Gustafsson – saxophones and electronics; Jim O'Rourke – electronics; Massimo Pupillo – bass; Terrie Ex – guitar; Thurston Moore – guitar

· CONNECT: Sonic Youth & Jim O'Rourke

· WEB: www.myspace.com/thefirstoriginalsilence

The Ex –

· PLAY: "Dog Tree" (6:28) from Turn, Touch & Go Records, 2004

· MEMBERS: Terrie Ex – guitar; Katherina Ex – drums; Andy Moor – guitar; Rozemarie – acoustic bass; G.W. Sok – vocals

· CONNECT: Terrie Ex

· PERFORMING: August 18 at Millennium Park in Chicago

· WEB: www.theex.nl or www.myspace.com/theexnl

Han Bennink & Terrie Ex –

· PLAY: "Het Spook en de Kaas" (6:24) from Laughing Owl, Atavistic, 2001

· MEMBERS: Han Bennink – drums; Terrie Ex – guitar

· CONNECT: Terrie Ex

· WEB: www.hanbennink.com or www.theex.nl

Konono Nº1 –

· PLAY: "Ku Hollande (9:35) from Lubuaku, Terp Records, 2004

· MEMBERS: Mingiede Mawangu – likembe solo ; Makuntima Mawangu – likembe 2e solo/accompaniment, vocals, & percussion; Kabuika Nsekula – likembe bass & percussion; Menga Waku – vocals; Makananu Georges – vocals; Kuavita Nzimbu – bells & likembe accompaniment; Kungu Dodika – congas (ngoma); Arumba Lulendo – metal percussion; Nzuzi Mbuka – dance & vocals; Misamu Luti – dance; Ntumba Mankueno – dance; Buaku "Le President" Ngingulu – dance

· CONNECT: Terrie Ex of Terp Records

· WEB: www.terprecords.nl/catalog.html or www.crammed.be/konono

Ex Orkest –

· PLAY: "Kokend Asfalt" (5:34) from Een Rondje Holland, Ex Orkest 2008

· MEMBERS: Katherina Ex – drums and vocals; Terrie Ex – guitar; Andy Moor – guitar; G.W. Sok – vocals; Luc Ex – bass; Jaap Blonk – vocals; Han Buhrs – vocals; Jan Mulder – vocals; Roy Paci – trumpet; Felicity Provan – trumpet; Wilf Plum – drums; Michael Vatcher – drums & percussion; Ferry Heyne – valve trombone, trumpet & tuba; Wolter Wierbos – trombone; Joost Buis – trombone; Michael Moore – saxophone & clarinet; Wilbert de Joode – acoustic bass; Ernst Glerum – acoustic bass; Gert-Jan Blom – singing saw & groove-box; Hamish McKeich – director & electric bassoon

· CONNECT: Terrie Ex

· WEB: www.theex.nl/disco/rondje.htm

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

7/27/08 - Show Notes

Mats Gustafsson & Yoshimi –

• PLAY: “Soundless Cries With Their Arms in the Air” (3:07) from Words on the Floor, Smalltown Supersound, 2006

• MEMBERS: Mats Gustafsson – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, fluteophone, slide saxophone & electronics; Yoshimi P-We- vocals & electronics

• CONNECT: Mats Gustafsson

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

Boredoms –

• PLAY: “(arrow up)” (6:26) Vision Creation Newsun, Birdman Records, 2000

• MEMBERS: Yamantaka Eye; Muneomi Senju; Yojiro Tatekawa; Yoshimi P-We

• CONNECT: Yoshimi P-We

• WEB: www.boredoms.jp or www.myspace.com/boredoms

The Flaming Lips –

• PLAY: “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2” (2:57) from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Warner Bros. Records, 2002

• MEMBERS: - Wayne Coyne – vocals & guitar; Michael Ivins – guitar, bass, & backing vocals; Steve Drozd – guitar, drums, & backing vocals; Yoshimi P-We – drums & vocals

• CONNECT: Yoshimi P-We

• WEB: www.flaminglips.com

OOIOO –

• PLAY: “KMS” (9:00) from Taiga, Thrill Jockey, 2006

• MEMBERS: - Yoshimi P-We; Kayan – guitar; Aya – bass; Ai – drums

• CONNECT: Yoshimi P-We

• WEB: www.ooioo.jp

Free Kitten

• PLAY: “Erected Girl” (6:45) from Inherit, Ecstatic Peace, LLC, 2008

• MEMBERS: - Yoshimi P-We – drums; Kim Gordon – guitar & vocals; Julie Cafritz – guitar & vocals

• CONNECT: Yoshimi P-We

• WEB: www.ecstaticpeace.com/artist.php?id=22

Mats Gustafsson/Sonic Youth -

• PLAY: “Hidros 9 - Voice” (8:06) Hidros 3, Smalltown Supersound, 2004

• MEMBERS: Mats Gustafsson – reeds; Kim Gordon; Thurston Moore; Lee Ranaldo; Loren Mazzacane Connors; Lotta Melin; David Stackenäs; Lindha Kallerdahl

• CONNECT: Kim Gordon
  

• WEB: www.sts.musiconline.no/shop/displayArtist.asp?id=23603

Sonic Youth –

• PLAY: “Dirty Boots” (5:30) from Goo, Geffen, 1990

• MEMBERS: Kim Gordon – vocals & bass; Thurston Moore – vocals & guitar; Lee Ranaldo – vocals & guitar; Steve Shelley – drums

• CONNECT: Sonic Youth

• WEB: www.sonicyouth.com or www.myspace.com/sonicyouth

Sonic Youth/Jim O’Rourke–

• PLAY: “Hungara Vivo” (6:17) from SYR 3: Invito Al Cielo (or Musikaj Perpectivoj), Sonic Youth Recordings, 1998

• MEMBERS: Kim Gordon; Thurston Moore; Lee Ranaldo; Jim O’Rourke

• CONNECT: Sonic Youth

• WEB: http://smellslikerecords.com/sonicyouth/index.php?artist=Sonic%20Youth

7/20/08 - Show Notes

“Connect the Dots” July 20, 2008; 5-6pm
WNUR 89.3 FM: www.wnur.org
Hosts: Laurie Herbert

Fire Room –

• PLAY: “Hand Lettered” (9:04) from Broken Music, Okkadisk, 2008
• CONNECT: Ken Vandermark
• MEMBERS: Ken Vandermark - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, sequencer, Lasse Marhaug – electronics, Paal Nilssen-Love - drums, sequencer
• WEB: www.kenvandermark.com/discography.php?band_id=39

Michiyo Yagi –

• PLAY: “Monsoon Ai No Corrida” (14:48) from Live! at SuperDeluxe, Idiolect/Bomba, 2006
• MEMBERS: Michiyo Yagi – Koto; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - bass; Paal Nilssen-Love - drums
• CONNECT: Paal Nilssen-Love
• WEB: www.myspace.com/hyperkoto

The Thing –

• PLAY: “Aluminium” (4:11) from Garage, Smalltown Supersound, 2004
• MEMBERS: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Norway) – bass; Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway) – drums; Mats Gustafsson – reeds
• CONNECT: Paal Nilssen-Love & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
• WEB: www.smalltownsupersound.com/v1/superjazzz/artists.php

The Thing with Ken Vandermark –

• PLAY: “III” (9:42) from Immediate Sound, Smalltown Supersound, 2007
• MEMBERS: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Norway) – bass; Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway) – drums; Mats Gustafsson – reeds; Ken Vandermark; Mars Williams; Tim Daisy
• CONNECT: Paal Nilssen-Love & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
• WEB: www.smalltownsupersound.com/v1/superjazzz/artists.php

Paal Nilssen-Love & Mats Gustafsson –

• PLAY: “Snarcus Brutalis” (3:20) from I Love It When You Snore, Smalltown Supersound, 2002
• MEMBERS: Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway) – drums; Mats Gustafsson – reeds;
• CONNECT: Paal Nilssen-Love & Mats Gustafsson
• WEB: www.paalnilssen-love.com

Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love & Mats Gustafsson –

• PLAY: “Bullets Through Rain” (9:57) from The Fat is Gone, Smalltown Supersound, 2007
• MEMBERS: Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway) – drums; Mats Gustafsson – reeds; Peter Brötzmann -
• CONNECT: Paal Nilssen-Love & Mats Gustafsson
• WEB: www.paalnilssen-love.com

Mats Gustafsson & Yoshimi –

• PLAY: “Soundless Cries With Their Arms in the Air” (3:07) from Words on the Floor, Smalltown Supersound, 2006
• MEMBERS: Mats Gustafsson – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, fluteophone, slide saxophone & electronics; Yoshimi P-We- vocals & electronics
• CONNECT: Mats Gustafsson
• WEB: www.smalltownsupersound.com/v1/superjazzz/artists.php