Barry Guy & Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra
Release Date: 26 November 2012
Label: Maya
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7640120198701
Genres: Jazz Avant-garde
Description
The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra directed by bassist Barry Guy perform a composition he wrote inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky and a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky, translated into Scots by the poet Edwin Morgan. The 47 minute work combines written and improvised sections and as a bonus the CD also includes Edwin Morgan reading the poem and discussing Vladimir Mayakovsky.
'Schweben - Ay, But Can Ye?' was recorded live at 'Stringfest' double bass festival, at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2009. This particular line-up of the orchestra contains 22 members, including Barry Guy on double bass, Maya Homburger on baroque violin, Raymond MacDonald on soprano and tenor saxophone and Catriona McKay on harp.
Tracklisting
Evan Parker & Barry Guy
Barry Guy, Mats Gustafsson & Raymond Strid
Barry Guy & Agusti Fernandez
Evan Parker & Barry Guy
Agusti Fernandez, Barry Guy & Ramon Lopez
Paul Rutherford, Phillip Wachsmann & Buddy Guy
Ken Vandermark, Barry Guy & Mark Sanders
Evan Parker, Barry Guy & Paul Lytton
Various Artists
The Residents
The Residents
Sun Ra
Elton Dean
Soft Head
Mike Osborne Trio
Lol Coxhill
