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All tracks recorded live at the Knitting Factory

Compiled By - John Zorn

The late cellist Tom Cora was a key voice with the avant-garde jazz group Curlew and on a variety of sessions held at New York's Knitting Factory. This posthumous collection has eight previously unreleased numbers featuring Cora with several different combos during 1989-1996. The music is mostly quite free but purposeful, sometimes rhythmic and influenced by Middle Eastern music. The haunting wordless vocalist Catherine Jauniaux is on two numbers and there are appearances by trumpeter Dave Douglas, clarinetist Don Byron (who wails on "Andy's Fault"), altoist George Cartwright, and guitarist Fred Frith, among others. The music is quite crazy, always adventurous, and sometimes rather violent, occasionally utilizes electronics, and is never too predictable. This is certainly not easy listening! Although one wishes that there was more Tom Cora on this set (much of the music is ensemble-oriented), it does serve as an intriguing tribute to the late cellist and the final short piece features him playing unaccompanied.

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