From a Window - Wayne Horvitz

Note : 5 Un des nombreux albums de Wayne Horvitz

par dju21 (Voir ses avis) le 06/04/2022

In the late spring of 1996 my wife Robin, my daughter Nica, our infant son Lowell and I spent 2 months in the village of Villa Latina in central Italy. One morning I awoke around 3 a.m. with no hope of returning to sleep. I couldn't play the piano, as it was in our small bedroom, but our upstairs neighbor had lent me a little keyboard, and with headphones on I wrote most of the compositions which made up the original 4 plus 1 repertoire. By breakfast I had come up with the idea of forming an ensemble with Reggie, Julian, Eyvind and most importantly using my friend and production cohort Tucker Martine in a live context. By noon I was ready to go back to bed.
Soon thereafter we recorded a CD for a small German label. Without having played a single live concert we made what I thought was the most interesting record I had made in a while. More than a year passed before we got around to doing a short European tour. Sadly, Julian Priester had to cancel at the last minute so he could undergo surgery for a liver transplant. In his place we brought along our friend and collaborator Skerik on baritone saxophone. The promise of our initial efforts seemed to increase 3-fold, after a week of concerts Tucker really started playing like another instrument, and something I'd been searching for finally came to life.