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After a long break from their last recording, the long-lasting (since 1977!) BassDrumBone trio of Mark Helias on bass, Gerry Hemingway on drum and Ray Anderson on trombone came together for a packed 2023 concert at Zurcher Gallery, the enthusiasm resonating into this studio session days later as the trio recorded a mix of collective improvisations and one composition from each.
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Mark Helias-bass
Gerry Hemingway-drum
Ray Anderson-trombone
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UPC: 795847295947
Label: Auricle
Catalog ID: AUR 24
Squidco Product Code: 35097
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2024
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at the Samurai Hotel, in Astoria, New York, on July 3rd, 2023, by David Stoller.
"A few days before recording this CD at Samurai Hotel recording studio in Astoria, NY in 2023, we had performed at the Zurcher Gallery in New York City. This followed a three day retreat in Long Island at the home of Ray Anderson and his wife Suzy. We spent time there practicing an entirely new repertoire of pieces as we had done throughout our many years as BassDrumBone; reconnecting after the passing of some time, each bringing compositions that marked our musical explorations since we had last convened. It is a process; negotiating our unique ways of writing music for each other, including plenty of banter and laughter as we navigate our way through these sometimes thorny themes. This time we had only one performance in NYC with no chance to explore the dimensions of the new pieces in the interactive domain of touring and performance. As usual the new compositions served as vehicles for "in the moment" creation, revisiting the chemistry that first clicked so naturally in 1977.
In this new chapter, we all felt inclined to lean into our collective invention, rather than our writing, and so the program for the Zurcher Gallery was left open, to see where our shared music would lead us.
Meanwhile we had rented the Gallery for this performance and sent out a mailing hoping that we would get a reasonable audience for the gig. In the world of self-produced concerts there are no guarantees and despite our history and remarkable longevity we had not been very active in recent times due to geographical separation and disparate career paths. Prior to the concert we really wondered if we would even break even on our rental fee.
On the evening of the performance something quite magical occurred; a line of people formed outside the venue. Among the three of us we knew a high percentage of those who walked through that door to hear this performance. Chairs had to be unearthed from storage so everyone could have a seat. It was crowded in the best way possible. When we finally arrived on stage to invent an hour of music, the applause was overwhelming, heartfelt and very emotional. It felt like a shared moment of celebration; an acknowledgement that we are all still here and life goes on despite the many challenges that come with time.
Days later, with the inspired concert experience resonating in each of us, we explored our process of open form group improvisation in the quite different atmosphere of the recording studio. In addition to the improvised pieces we recorded three of the new pieces; one from each of us. We set out to achieve a balance between improvised and composed tunes. Not long from now, in 2027, we will have our 50th anniversary and we hope to see you again when that time comes. Meanwhile, thank you for listening."-Auricle
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Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Mark Helias "Mark Helias is a renowned bassist, composer and producer who has performed throughout the world for more than four decades with some of the most important and innovative musicians in Jazz and Improvised Music including Don Cherry, Edward Blackwell, Anthony Davis, Dewey Redman, Anthony Braxton, Abbey Lincoln, Cecil Taylor, and Uri Caine among many others. A prolific composer, Helias has written music for two feature films as well as chamber pieces and works for large ensemble and big band. His orchestra piece "Stochasm" was premiered by the American Composers Orchestra in June of 2011. Twelve recordings of his music have been released since 1984, his latest being "The Signal Maker" on the Intakt label. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College, and SIM (School for Improvisational Music) in Brookyn, NY." ^ Hide Bio for Mark Helias • Show Bio for Gerry Hemingway "Gerry Hemingway has led a number of quartet and quintets since the mid 1980's. In addition he has been a member of a wide array of long standing collaborative groups including Brew with Reggie Workman and Miya Masaoka, the GRH trio with Georg Graewe and Ernst Reijseger, the WHO trio with Michel Wintsch and Bänz Oester, as well as numerous duo projects with Thomas Lehn, John Butcher, Ellery Eskelin, Marilyn Crispell, and others. Mr. Hemingway is a Guggenheim fellow and has received numerous commissions for chamber and orchestral works as well as being noted for his innovative and multifaceted work as a solo performer which began in 1974. He was a member of the Anthony Braxton Quartet between 1983 and 1994 and is also well known for his collaborations with some of the world's most outstanding improvisers and composers including Evan Parker, Cecil Taylor, Mark Dresser, Anthony Davis, Derek Bailey, Leo Smith and many others. He currently lives in Switzerland having joined the faculty of the Hochschule Luzern in 2009." ^ Hide Bio for Gerry Hemingway • Show Bio for Ray Anderson "Ray Anderson has been continually noted as a contributor to the legacy of the slide trombone since his emergence in the 1970's, having won numerous Down Beat Critics Polls. He has shown remarkable musical range on the slide trombone and as a result reawakened interest in the instrument's expressive possibilities and sonic scope. He has led or co-led and composed for a daunting assortment of projects including tradition-minded ensembles, experimental groups, big bands, blues and funk projects and even a trombone quartet. He has performed and recorded with Anthony Braxton, David Murray, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, Dr. John, the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Luther Allison, Bennie Wallace, Henry Threadgill, John Scofield, Roscoe Mitchell, the New York Composers Orchestra, Sam Rivers' Rivbea Orchestra and countless others. Anderson is a gifted teacher and has been the Director of Jazz Studies at Stony Brook University since 2003. Anderson has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals, the Oberon Foundation and Chamber Music America. In 2001 he became a John S. Guggenheim Fellow." ^ Hide Bio for Ray Anderson
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Track Listing:
1. Afternoon Begins 5:48
2. Ain't Nuttin Butta 4:01
3. Shone Eyes 5:07
4. Afternoon Continues 11:52
5. Bright Wabash 5:26
6. Afternoon Ends 12:03
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