Search - Andrea Centazzo; John Fisher; Teo Jorgesmann; Melvin Poore; Evan Parker; Eugenio Colombo; Martin Joseph; Lol Coxhill; Franz Koglmann; Alvin Curran; Giancarlo Schiaffini; Lester Bowie; Tony Oxley :: Rebels, Travelers and Improvisers

This is a compilation of music performed with some of the groups I was collaborating from the ICTUS beginning to the end. Actually here you'll hear the very first group, a quartet with Evan Parker, Eugenio Colombo and Marting Joseph, recorded in Pistoia in 1977 and the last one the combo with John Fisher, Theo Jorgesmann, Melvin Poore recorded at the Breghenz Jazz Festival in Austria. Pistoia has been my home for a couple of years while I was collaborating as sound designer with the gong and cymbals company UFIP: Evan Parker came for a workshop and some duo concerts and while there, Martin and Eugenio joined in for this one night performance. I met John Fisher in NY the 70s when he was the king of the loft music, usually performing at the Environment in Soho. Later John moved to Swiss and got in contact with Theo who was at the time performing extensively with my Mitteleuropa Orchestra. Jorgesmann was the one contacting me for a new quartet project that premiered at the Breghenz Jazz Festival in July 1983. This was one of the last of my improvised music performances under ICTUS label... until my comeback in April 2005. I had a long collaboration and friendship with Lol and Franz spanning some 4 years... duos, trios and orchestra were the common ground of work. The two tracks with Franz Koglmann and Lol Coxhill were recorded in Innsbruck, Austria at the Krinzinger Gallery, an Art Gallery devoted to the avant-garde concerts. The last track on this compilation is a very special one: the sextet that you can hear here was part of an orchestral project held in Modena in 1976 where many musicians were performing in different combination from duos to full big band. I casually found this cassette (yes, a cassette!!!) and after a careful digitally re-mastering I decided to include it in the compilation even if the sound is not the best possible. But considering that it was a cheap cassette full of beautiful music left untouched for 30 years, I thought that was worth of publication! (Andrea Centazzo)