Description
Two intense, challenging pieces each from these three recently departed masters, each pair taken from a single recording, so not intended to be representative in any way. (A Voxbox w/ 6 Penderecki works, Teitelbaum's "Cyberband", and Willner's Mingus Meditation)
1) MISERERE (Penderecki) - Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, Clytus Gottwald
2) SUNRISE ON THE SPRAWL - Tom Cora, Fred Frith, George Lewis, Richard Teitelbaum, Carlos Zingaro - composers and performers
3) WORK SONG (Mingus) - Produced by Hal Willner, arranged by Vernon Reid (Greg Cohen, Vernon Reid, Geri Allen, Don Byron, Don Alias, Michael Blair, Francis Thumm, Bill Frisell, Art Baron)
4) WHIRLED BANDS - Fred Frith, Otomo Yoshihide, Richard Teitelbaum - composers and performers
5) PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS (Mingus) - Produced by Hal Willner (Robert Quine, Greg Cohen, Art Baron, Don Alias, Michael Blair, Francis Thumm, Bill Frisell, Hal Willner)
6) STRING QUARTET NO. 1 (Penderecki) - The Kohon String Quartet