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CD:  Rüdiger Carl — Book - Virtual Cowws
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Archiv-Objekte
CD-09744
Label: Free Music Productions
Label-Nummer / Spuren: OWN-90007-9
Tonträger: 3 CD
Aufnahmedatum: 1996
Land: CH
Aufnahmeort: Bern Studio DRS
Helvetica: Hat Bezug zur Schweiz
Genre   
Contemporary Jazz → Avantgarde
 
Musiker:
NameLandInstr.
Rüdiger CarlDEacc,
Arjen GorterNLb,
Philipp "Phil" WachsmannGBelectr, vio,
Stephan WittwerCHel-g,
Irène SchweizerCHperc, p,
 
Tracks / Sessions:
1-1Rüdiger Carl — VC 1
1-2Rüdiger Carl — VC 2 M
1-3Rüdiger Carl — VC 3
1-4Rüdiger Carl — VC 4 S
1-5Rüdiger Carl — VC 5
1-6Rüdiger Carl — VC 6 L
1-7Rüdiger Carl — VC 7
2-1Rüdiger Carl — Little Runover Rabbit
2-2Rüdiger Carl — Ruhe III
2-3Rüdiger Carl — Stall-Twist
2-4Rüdiger Carl — Irene's Hot Four I
2-5Rüdiger Carl — Schwarzes Loch - pur
2-6Rüdiger Carl — Misterioso
2-7Rüdiger Carl — Bern Blues
2-8Rüdiger Carl — Aljechin
2-9Rüdiger Carl — ein einfaches Lied
2-10Rüdiger Carl — Mü I (for .H.)
2-11Rüdiger Carl — Funny Green Birds
2-12Rüdiger Carl — Senza Esperanza
2-13Rüdiger Carl — Kipper Kids
2-14Rüdiger Carl — Prelude to a Kiss
2-15Rüdiger Carl — Paris Check
2-16Rüdiger Carl — Netter alter Mann
2-17Rüdiger Carl — Lapide I
2-18Rüdiger Carl — Der Nidder
2-19Rüdiger Carl — Saints
2-20Rüdiger Carl — Der Erica
2-21Rüdiger Carl — Tuned Boots
2-22Rüdiger Carl — Haut nicht
2-23Rüdiger Carl — Schwarzes Loch
2-24Rüdiger Carl — Sweet Mammoth Waltz
3-1Rüdiger Carl — Wiener Buben
3-2Rüdiger Carl — Anflüge
3-3Rüdiger Carl — Dieter für Günther
3-4Rüdiger Carl — Cleopatra's Nose
3-5Rüdiger Carl — My Favorite Things
3-6Rüdiger Carl — Im Tempel
3-7Rüdiger Carl — Irene's Hot Four II
3-8Rüdiger Carl — Lapide II
3-9Rüdiger Carl — Some Tasty Truth
3-10Rüdiger Carl — Nudeln aus Gold und Silber
3-11Rüdiger Carl — From Hill to Hill
3-12Rüdiger Carl — W.C. Fields and I
3-13Rüdiger Carl — Upper and Lower Egypt
3-14Rüdiger Carl — Ituri Forest
3-15Rüdiger Carl — Land der dunklen Wälder
3-16Rüdiger Carl — Senzo titolo
3-17Rüdiger Carl — Moonlight becomes you
3-18Rüdiger Carl — The Bridge Cha-Cha
3-19Rüdiger Carl — Spieluhrlied für Lilofe
3-20Rüdiger Carl — Beginners Live
3-21Rüdiger Carl — September Blues
3-22Rüdiger Carl — Kaskade
 
One of the most wily and most inventive figures on the German free music scene has to be Rüdiger Carl. His principal instruments are accordion and clarinet; he is, to say the least, a curious bandleader. On first glance, even his appearance suggests he would be the guy directing a wedding band rather than the terminally unruly and humorous Virtual Cowws. But that's his job: composer, improviser, iconoclast, multi-instrumentalist, and gadfly in the ointment of that thing we call "music." This three-CD retrospective of Carl's projects both inside and outside the Virtual Cowws -- most of the pieces on CDs one and two are extended versions of the Cowws quintet -- reveals an almost unbelievable range of musical adventure, and perhaps even genius. The first two discs (Book) are comprised of 46 selective moments in time, many of them collaborations with artists all over the globe both physically and musically. They include Mayo Thompson, Shelley Hirsch, Han Bennink, the Kipper Kids, Johnny Dyani, Hans Reichel (a sometimes member of the band), Lol Coxhill, Lupa Herrs, and others. And some of these are outrageous: Listen to Thelonious Monk's classic "Misterioso" with a vocal added by the terminally wonderful weirdo Mayo Thompson, and you'll hear something very different. The rest of the material on discs one and two is by an earlier edition of the Cowws called the September Band, the Cowws themselves, and various members in either solo or other smaller-than-quintet settings, recorded live, in rehearsal, and in private. All tracks were recorded between 1977 and 1996. In other words, when taken with disc three -- which is only the Virtual Cowws (Carl, accordion and clarinet; Arjen Gorter, double bass; Phil Wachsmann, violin and electronics; Stephan Wittwer, electric guitar; Irène Schweizer, piano and percussion) on one date playing one extended composition -- these provide a kind of secret retrospective, a map to a territory in the musical minds of Carl and his collaborators that is very private. That this has been released at all is a small miracle (thank you, FMP). None of the pieces on discs one and two is over six-and-a-half minutes in length, and the recording is thus easy to digest in small bites or large ones. The tunes range from the aforementioned Monk and Duke Ellington to Richard Rodgers and Henry Mancini, and the improvisations come from concerts, earlier issued recordings, and basement tapes -- except for disc three which is a previously unissued studio recording. This set, while not bargain-priced, is arguably the finest introduction to group improvisation or "free" music. If you are a Cowws fan, then this is essential; if you are looking for an emotional way in to a musical place you can't wrap your head around, this is definitely it. A truly inspiring collection.