Karen Borca Trio, Quartet, Quintet: Good News Blues - Live at The Vision Festival 1998 & 2005

Avant Jazz / Free Improvisation / Avant-Garde
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Bez bohaterów drugiego planu wiele historii by się nie zadziało, wiele dzieł by się nie narodziło… Tak właśnie skonstruowana jest kultura masowa, tworząca zniekształcony i uproszczony obraz świata. Medialnie rządzą liderzy i proste szyldy, wszystko inne spychane jest w otchłań nicości.
Do takiego określenia - bohaterka drugiego planu - doskonale pasuje fagocistka Karen Borca (rocznik 1948), wieloletnia partnerka Cecila Taylora (w latach 1970-89), Jimmy'ego Lyonsa (12 lat współpracy), Billa Dixona, Andrew Cyrille'a czy Williama Parkera.
Chapeau bas przed organizatorami nowojorskiego Vision Festival, którzy dwukrotnie oddali festiwalową scenę Karen Borca i NoBusiness Records, które opublikowało te nagrania.
Płytę "Good News Blues" otwiera utwór tytułowy, wykonany w trio w 1998 roku. Słyszymy Williama Parkera na kontrabasie i Paula Murphy'ego za perkusją, dwóch muzyków, z którymi Karen Borca grała w zespole Jimmy'ego Lyonsa - Wee Sneezawee.
W drugim w stawce "Something" do zespołu dołącza alcista Rob Brown.
18-minutowy "Cambiar" przynosi wzmocnienie sekcji perkusyjnej, do kwartetu dołącza Susie Ibarra.
Kończący płytę "45 Hours / New Piece”, jako jedyny na płycie nagrany został podczas 10 edycji Vision Festival w 2005 roku. Poza liderką słyszymy Roba Browna, a także kontrabasistów Reggie'go Workmana i Todda Nicholsona oraz Taylora Bakera za perkusją.
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Karen Borca is something as rare as a bassoonists who has chosen free jazz as her field of expression. In case you are unfamiliar with Borca, who turns 76 this September, she is perhaps best known for her work with her husband, alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, appearing prominently on several recordings with Lyons as leader, such as Wee Sneezawee, a personal favorite.
Although Borca’s career dates back to the late 1970’s, and also includes sessions and live performances with Cecil Taylor and Bill Dixon, she has never released a recording under her own name. That is, until now. The Lithuanian label NoBusiness Records have collected four recorded pieces from two of her appearances leading different star studded groups at the Vision Festival, one in 1998 and one in 2005, and are releasing them together as Good News Blues.
The album kicks off with the title piece, a trio performance from the 1998 concert with William Parker on bass and Paul Murphy on drums, two other veterans of Lyons’ Wee Sneezawee-group. The piece kicks off at full throttle and thrillingly keeps things cooking for 8 or so minutes, William Parker’s unmistakable bass playing making sure the trio never goes below the boiling point, while Borca’s plays red hot.
The second piece, “Something”, adds Rob Brown on alto saxophone, and is markedly slower paced. It has a bluesy feel, if still loose and with plenty of heat. On “Cambiar”, the groups explores a middle ground between the fire of the opener and the richness of the second track.
by Chris Monsen

Track 1-3 recorded May 25, 1998 at the 3rd annual Vision Festival, Angel Orensanz Centre, NYC
Track 4 recorded June 19, 2005 at Vision Festival X, Angel Orensanz Centre, NYC
Tracks 1-3 recorded and mixed by Alen Hadži-Stefanov
Track 4 remastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios, Vilnius, Lithuania
Photos by Peter Gannushkin / DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET and Chris Green
Cover art.. And design by Jeff DiPerna
Liner notes by Ed Hazell

muzycy:
Karen Borca - bassoon
Rob Brown - alto saxophone
William Parker - bass
Reggie Workman - bass
Todd Nicholson - bass
Paul Murphy - drums
Susie Ibarra - drums
Newman Taylor-Baker - drums

utwory:
1. Good News Blues 8:34
2. Something 9:17
3. Cambiar 17:51
4. 45 Hours/New Piece 24:30

wydano: 2024-06
more info: www.nobusinessrecords.com