"This wonderful DVD of Phillips performing live, February 2005, at Porgy & Bess in Vienna gives new meaning to "space age bachelor pad music." Phillips takes the bow and plucks at his bass with percussive slaps that sound like an ultrasound machine in search of the lost tracks from the 'Planet of the Apes' score. The timing of his explorations keeps it musical while his mind goes into some meditative swim through the possibilities of a stringed instrument as an extension of a man's mind. With Phillips' left hand on the strings, his right hand works over the body of the instrument in addition to strumming and plucking. It's music as performance art. Add the keys and percussive musings of John Hollenbeck and you have an improvisational delight. This is truly magical engagement. Bonus features are nice, too, including material on the Thomastik-Infeld handmade string company of Vienna, a biography, a discography, and a fascinating interview with Phillips. A real treasure for the ages." (Joe Viglione, Allmusic)
"The Trans Européennes series is dedicated to artists working on a music influenced by every kind there is in this world that could be labeled as traditional (versus pop music). This album, 25th in the collection, is conducted by an interesting, eclectic threesome: Hakim Hamadouche on vocals and mandolute, Ahmed Compaoré on drums, and Edmond Hosdikian on saxophone. Three musicians, three instruments, and three influences. Surrounded by Tom Cora, Barre Phillips, Guillaume Orti, and Fred Giuliani, these three comrades deconstructed all the cliché of (commercial) world music and centered their efforts on energy, improvisation, and experimentations. It is not jazz, traditional, nor world -- it is just there, as good and hot as the Mediterranean sun." (Allmusic)
Album uit 1999. Avant-garde freejazz voor gevorderden. Geimproviseerde dialogen, waarin aan chromatische toonladders gewende oortjes danig op de proef worden gesteld, van vader Joe (as, ts, clt, p), zoon Mat (violen) en Barre Phillips (b).
Opname: 1996
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