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Various Artists, Robert Wyatt
Soupsongs: Music of Wyatt
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Sonia - Feza, Mongezi
2. A Sunday in Madrid - Benge
3. Sea Song - Wyatt, Robert
4. September the Ninth - Benge, Alfreda
5. The Duchess - Wyatt, Robert
6. P.L.A. - Wyatt, Robert
7. Alliance - Wyatt, Robert
8. Left on Man - Wyatt, Robert
9. Muddy Mouse [A][Version] - Frith, Fred
10. Solar Flares - Wyatt, Robert
11. Muddy Mouse [B][Mix] - Frith, Fred
12. 5 Black Notes and 1 White Note - Offenbach
13. Muddy Mouse [C][Edit] - Frith, Fred
Track Listings (10) - Disc #2
1. Free Will and Testament - Kramer
2. Team Spirit - MacCormick
3. Vandalusia - Wyatt, Robert
4. Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road - Wyatt, Robert
5. Alifib/Alife - Wyatt, Robert
6. Sight of the Wind - Benge
7. Gharbzadegi - Wyatt, Robert
8. Soup Song - Hopper
9. Dondestan - Wyatt, Robert
10. Heaps of Sleeps - Benge

Over two hours of Robert Wyatt's songs recorded at a celebratory concert in Nottingham with many of the musicians who have worked with him including Annie Whitehead, Julie Tippetts, Didier Malherbe, Phil Manzanera and more... more »

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All Artists: Various Artists, Robert Wyatt
Title: Soupsongs: Music of Wyatt
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Jazzprint UK
Release Date: 2/25/2005
Album Type: Import, Live
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Rock
Styles: Jazz Fusion, Modern Postbebop, Bebop, Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 604388475322, 766488728323, 766486456020

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CD Reviews

A moving tribute to Wyatt's music

Mortrude Sluurp | Poughkeepsie, NY | 03/14/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Soupsongs is an effective and very good - almost great - CD. Lead by Annie Whitehead and her trombone, the group traverses Wyatt's music from his groundbreaking 'Rock Bottom' through his newest 'Shleep' (missing only his middle period - i.e., 'Nothing Can Stop Us'). It is a revelation to hear how Whitehead's trombone is an effective substitute for many of Wyatt's unique vocalisms.Another tremendous aspect of the CD is Julie Tippets - especially on 'Alliance' and 'Gharbzadegi.' She digs into the bluesy aspects of these tunes and establishes them as her own. She makes the link between Wyatt's music and jazz/blues very obvious - pointing up how flexible his melodies are to different treatments.It is just these 2 cuts that illustrate one of the problems with some 'tribute' albums (this one suffers a bit from it, only due to expectations not met) - they are TOO faithful to the original versions of the songs. Wyatt's music easily admits to any number of re-orchestrations and arrangements, but this CD doesn't go as far as it might on this score. This is a VERY small quibble, given the exceptional results they have achieved here.The recording is LIVE and it makes one wish s/he had been there to hear this group's tribute to Wyatt (he was in the audience) in person. Wyatt remains a remarkable talent. Whitehead and her group convincingly show why."

Very nice!

Hugh Effow | North of 45 | 08/22/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I have always thought of Robert Wyatt as an ambient-minimalist kind of composer in the same vein as Philip Glass or Brian Eno. This CD vibrates in another direction: it sounds to me like jazz à la Tony Bennett or Diane Krall. No kidding! They have taken a moody ambient song like Sea Song and made it into what sounds like a jazz standard. Well done! Surprising! Equally as good as the original. Well recorded too! The ladies truly shine on this one."