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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Hans Koch-Martin Schutz-Fredy Studer
t i t l e : Approximations
d a t e : 1990
l a b e l : Intakt
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Sep-2004
t r a c k s : 14
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 110,1 MB
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Butch Morris: Cornet
Shelley Hirsch: Voice
Jason Hwang:Violin
Andrew Cyrille: Drums
Tom Cora: Cello
Pippin Barnett: Drums
Martin Schutz: El. 5-String Cello
Hans Koch: Tenor- & Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
Intakt CD 018 / 1990
This collaboration between cellist Martin Schⁿtz and reedman
Hans Koch is actually a signature date that features a handful
of collaborators from New York, where it was recorded. Also in
attendance are Butch Morris, the late Tom Cora, vocalist
Shelley Hirsch, violinist Jason Hwang, and drummers Andrew
Cyrille and Pippin Barnet. Also, Schⁿtz plays a five-string
electrified cello. The 14 selections here were culled from
three day-long sessions. Completely free music, the
participants went by rules established from the country of no
rules. Smaller groups of this ensemble participated on all
tracks; there isn't a large ensemble piece on the record. Most
successful are the Koch/Schⁿtz/Cyrille pieces, since the two
collaborators have worked together far more often. But the
pieces that feature both Butch Morris and Andrew Cyrille are
very fine in that they are more texturally complex and
architecturally spacious in tonal considerations and timbral
variation studies; there is a break from the cacophony. But
that doesn't mean that the rest of the tracks here are without
merit. In fact, none of them are throwaways; all of them are
not only listenable, but also compelling and often funny,
especially on the four contributions by Hirsch, who is a
scream. For those seasoned free improv listeners, this is a
record that holds many surprises, and listeners will follow
their own dictates of what is more or less to their liking. For
those uninitiated, this is a fairly accessible place to start,
and the liner notes provide you with other essential examples.
Great fun.
~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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01-Yes You Are [01:50]
02-Cardboardhouses [05:32]
03-Both Poles [04:59]
04-They Alays Drank Their Tea With Dignity [05:02]
05-Suburbia Mad Song [04:13]
06-Freefall [07:28]
07-Unnecessary Noise Prohibited [05:57]
08-Pippin' Radiator Exprress [06:09]
09-Remember Coney Island [05:46]
10-Feasability [01:37]
11-Last Turn [05:49]
12-In Honor of Brog Shence [02:22]
13-Amplified Insects I [02:16]
14-Amplified Insects II [03:28]
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62:28 min
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