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d i s s i d e n t
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a r t i s t : Derek Bailey-Han Bennink
t i t l e : Han
d a t e : 1988
l a b e l : Incus
g e n r e : Free Improvisation
r l s. d a t e : Mar-2003
t r a c k s : 02
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 77,7 MB
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The two-part "Melancholy Babes" presented here is an edited
series of duet concerts between Han Bennink and Derek Bailey
recorded over a week in March 1986. Over the week four concerts
were recorded, and from these Bailey edited together five
excerpts as a representation of what transpired. The first part
is compiled from a series of audience recordings, and the
second from a more conventional source. According to the liner
notes, no attempt was made to disguise the editing, though each
selection flows uninterrupted as the music would be presented
in a live setting. That admission aside, the hallmark of these
concerts was their stunning clarity of vision, their
razor-sharp wit and repartee, and the fluency of language
between the two musicians. Bailey is of his nut most of the
time here, digging deeper and deeper into Bennink's glorious
assault. The chord voicings and elongated single-string lines
he plays here are far from typical for Bailey, even in a live
setting; they surround the rhythms that are literally propelled
forth incessantly in varying dynamics and tempos. But Bailey
doesn't just hang in with Bennink's inexhaustible energy ù he
soars with it, coming to grips with a kind of power he knows he
possesses but doesn't always have access to. No one does. When
the music grows almost intolerably tense, Bennink will let
loose with a howl or a yelp to bring the level back to merely
superhuman. This is one of the finest recordings of free
improvisation to be released in the latter half of the 20th
century.
Derek Bailey - Guitar
Han Benning - Drums, Percussion
URL: http://www.incusrecords.force9.co.uk/
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01-Melancholy Babes Part 1 [26:10]
02-Melancholy Babes Part 2 [30:25]
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