Kurt Vonnegut/Dave Soldier - Ice-9 Ballads [Slimline]

Kurt Vonnegut/Dave Soldier - Ice-9 Ballads [Slimline]

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Brief Description

Item#: 12033469
    Disc 1:
    • Annihilation Life
    • Dyot Meet Mat
    • Nice Very Nice
    • 119th Calypso
    • Duo For Clarinet & Meade Lux Lewis
    • 14th Calypso
    • Mona`s Funeral Music
    • Big Tyrant
    • Folly
    • Solider`s Story, A
    • East St. Louis, 196...
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Artist:
Soldier, Dave
UPC:
611357630354
See Also:
Various Artists - Da Hiphop Raskalz
Description:
Personnel includes: Kurt Vonnegut (spoken vocals); Dave Soldier (synthesizer); Jimmy Justice (vocals); Mark Deffenbaugh (guitar); Pattee Cohen (harp); Joyce Palint (mandolin); Karen Rostron (violin); Suzanne Gekker (clarinet); Markus Wolf (harmonica); Tom Christianson (saxophone); Chris Washburne (trombone); Howard Cass (keyboards); Mark McCormick (bass); Troy Files (drums). Recorded at Big House Recording Studio, New York, New York and Acme Recording Studios, Mamaroneck, New York. Audio Mixer: Rory Young. Another project from intrepid composer Dave Soldier, this album is a collection of songs adapted from Kurt Vonnegut`s Cat`s Cradle. Vonnegut narrates throughout the album, with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra playing the backing. The music switches tones throughout to match the tone of the novel at some level. The works vary, from vaguely Caribbean sounds to bluesy country to stride piano and back again. The interesting feature here isn`t so much either the music or the narration, but the interplay between the two. The backdrop of music provides a setting for the basic story, enveloping the listener in an environment of sorts. Admittedly, this is the presumable aim of Soldier in his compositions. The musicians show themselves to be more than capable as well, providing everything necessary from violins to West African balafons in the proper spots. Perhaps even more interesting than the feature piece, however, is "East St. Louis, 1968," a piece written to evoke a walk to St. Louis by an 11-year-old viola player in 1968. It`s written primarily for viola (played by conductor Richard Aulden Clark) and sound samples. This single piece effortlessly glides from hip-hop to Stevie Wonder-esque harmonica blues to a fiery sermon from a Baptist preacher, all with a careful lining of string quartet under the main lines. It`s an interesting album to say the least, getting the avant-garde label from the eclecticism in it, but providing decidedly non-avant-garde bits and pieces throughout that make the whole. Pick it up as a fan of Vonnegut, for an aural version of his work, or as a generally inquisitive listener. Don`t go in expecting something bland or predictable, however. ~ Adam Greenberg
Track Listing:
  • DISC 1
    1. Annihilation Life
    2. Dyot Meet Mat
    3. Nice Very Nice
    4. 119th Calypso
    5. Duo For Clarinet & Meade Lux Lewis
    6. 14th Calypso
    7. Mona`s Funeral Music
    8. Big Tyrant
    9. Folly
    10. Solider`s Story, A
    11. East St. Louis, 1968
  • Album Information

    Release Date:
    07/21/2009
    Type:
    Performer
    Genre:
    Jazz Instrument
    Subgenre:
    Avant-Garde/Downtown
    Label:
    Mulatta Records
    Producer:
    Rory Young; Dave Soldier
    Catalog Number:
    MTT18
    Original Release Year:
    2001
    # of Discs:
    1
    Studio/Live:
    Studio

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