" The pairing of vocalist Phil Minton and pianist Veryan Weston is not so unusual. That their performance took place in a German restaurant and is constructed of a selection of songs by Ives, Schubert, Leiber & Stoller, and the principals themselves are, perhaps. Opening with a satirical song by Ives, Weston plays a shimmering set of harmonic changes based on the original awaiting Minton's entrance; he groans before entering the song with relish and verve. It sounds like a war march, but its lyrics are irreverent and humorous; they are interspersed with various improvisations between the verses. " (AllMusic)
"Vladimir Estragon were an avant-rock group founded in West Germany in 1988 by German composer and reed player Alfred Harth with FM Einheit (drums en percussie), Ulrike Haage (piano en toetsen), and Phil Minton (zang en trompet). Vladimir Estragon were using electronic arrangements whose preset-derived poetry was poisoned by oblique complexities and sudden animations entering the picture when less expected. Vladimir Estragon performed their postmodern program during the years 19881989 as well as on the Berlin Jazz Festival and the Jazzfestival Münster. The groups name referred to the characters in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. The group's album title was taken from a phrase in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. Both names were chosen by Harth who had favored Samuel Beckett as a writer from around 1968 on. Harth interpreted the two characters Wladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot as West Germany and East Germany during the Cold War who are waiting for unification." (Wikipedia)
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