Frenzy.2018

Roscoe Mitchell Orchestra - Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, March 19-20, 2018 (2019) {Wide Hive Records WH345CD}
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Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Modern Creative

Each of the four pieces on the album is a product of the Roscoe's tireless efforts to devise systems to articulate and capitalize on the tensions between composition and improvisation in both his own work and music as a practice at-large. Three of the four works ('Rub', 'Wha-Wha', and 'Frenzy House') are part of the 'Conversations for Orchestra' series, the history of which is described in detail in the liner notes for Mitchell's 2017 album Discussions (Wide Hive Records WH-0339). In brief, the 'Conversations' series consists of compositions which trace their genesis back to a suite of improvisations recorded by Mitchell, pianist Craig Taborn, and drummer Kikanju Baku in 2014 (which can be heard on the Wide Hive releases Conversations I and Conversations II).

“Spellbound” is the new album of Progressive Death Metal veterans SADIST. Produced and mixed by Tommy Talamanca at Nadir Music Studios in Genova, Italy, “Spellbound” is centered around the life and work of influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Each of the 11 songs included in the album traces the plot of a Hitchcock movie, including masterpieces such as “Frenzy”, “Notorius”, “The Birds” and of course “Psycho”, all with a very distinctive Sadist twist that make them stand out. Musically, “Spellbound” is one the band’s heaviest and darkest albums to date, but the Progressive and Death Metal influences that fans of the band have learned to love are still intact.

Inspired by The Looking Series collections on RPM of UK 60s Nuggets, we now look in the world mirror at New Zealand. The country furthest from the UK and in this context the country most like the UK. For the latest in the RPM /Frenzy Music collaborations, following sets from Larry’s Rebels , The Fourmyula , Ray Columbus, The Dave Miller Set , and the Girl Group Sound down-under on “Come and See Me”, we explore the mid 60’s club scene and the various classic singles tailored for that scene.