Abstract Rhythm in Time DigitalART With eremite records <.H.CON.RES.57, Volume II by Alan Silva & The Celestrial Communication Orchestra

in days gone by, a star-crossed european concert organizer who attributed their successful recovery in a psychiatric hospital to listening to the 1970 alan silva celestrial communication orchestra recording -seasons- (BYG 42/43/44) made a personal appeal to alan silva to form a new orchestra. subsequently a new & presumably final silva CCO performed two concerts at the 2001 uncool festival in poschiavo, switzerland, whence these direful omens were procured. this was likely the last time an orchestra comprised entirely of musicians from the OG 1960s & ‘70s jazz avant-garde ever assembled. ensuing generations of the avant-garde, needless to say, are valid, too, but nothing resembling the 2001 CCO will happen again in this world. H.Con.Res.57 refers to a 1987 congressional resolution introduced by the late michigan congressman john conyers “respecting the designation of jazz as a rare and valuable national American treasure.” (but is the music on these 4 volumes the kind of jazz congressman conyers had in mind?) a slightly smaller but no less imposing version of the orchestra performed twice in america, 2003, at helen hills hills chapel in northampton & emmanuel church (newbury st) in boston. the x4CD set, still available via eremite, contains... more credits released July 27, 2023 Silva: conduction & synthesizer Marshall Allen: alto saxophone, flute, E.V.I. Johannes Bauer: trombone Joseph Bowie: trombone Karen Borca: bassoon Roy Campbell, Jr: trumpet & flugelhorn Baikida Carroll: trumpet & flugelhorn Daniel Carter: alto & tenor saxophone, b-flat clarinet, flute, trumpet Joseph Daley: tuba & tenor horn Bobby Few: piano Edward "Kidd" Jordan: tenor saxophone Jackson Krall: drums & percussion Bill Lowe: bass trombone and tuba Sabir Mateen: tenor & alto saxophone, clarinets, flute Wilber Morris: bass Itaru Oki: trumpet, oki trumpet William Parker: bass J.D. Parran: baritone saxophone, clarinets, wooden flute Warren Smith: drums & percussion Steve Swell: trombone Ijeoma Thomas: vocals Oluyemi Thomas: bass clarinet, c-melody saxophone, wooden flute Francis Wong: tenor saxophone & flute 2001-05-24, The Uncool Festival, Le Prese, Poschiavo, CH producers: Michael Ehlers & Silva engineers: Gabriele Kamm & Paolo De Martini/Radio Svizzera photography: Jacques Bisceglia liner notes: Byron Coley, Matthew Goodheart, Ed Hazell license

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