Spinning some ROVA Saxophone Quartet today, to presage their April 22 show at The Black Box in Oakland (for details, see rova.org or the excellent calendar at http://www.bayimproviser.com. They've also got a new album coming, apparently.
Format:
ARTIST: ALBUM TITLE (LABEL, YEAR) ... TRACKS
* Dave Douglas -- "Eastern Parkway" -- Freak In (Bluebird, 2003)
* Stefan Harris -- "The Grand Unification Theory" -- The Grand Unification Theory (Blue Note, 2003)
* Roland Ramanan -- "Of a Handshake" -- Shaken (Emanem, 2002)
ROVA Saxophone Quartet -- "Escape from Zero Village" -- Saxophone Diplomacy (Hat Art, 1991; recorded 1983)
*! Brokeback -- "The Suspension Bridge at Iguazu Falls" -- Looks at the Bird (Thrill Jockey, 2002)
* Chris Lightcap Quartet -- "Neptune 66" -- Big Mouth (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2002)
* Nathan Hubbard -- "Turn the Tide of the Tale" -- Born on Tuesday (Circumvention, 2002)
* Lunge w/Gail Brand and Phil Durrant -- ""No Filters" -- Strong Language (Emanem, 2002)
* Damon Short -- "Old School" -- Go Figure (9 Winds, 2002)
* Peter Brotzmann, William Parker, Hamid Drake -- "Never Run but Go" part 4 -- Never Too Late but Always Too Early (Eremite, 2003)
* Tom Djll and Tim Perkis -- "A Visit from the Dissomaster" -- Electro-Ecstatic (Artsar, 2002)
* Anthony Braxton and Taylor Ho Bynum -- "Scrabble" -- Duets (Wesleyan) 2002 (Innova, 2002)
* Anthony Braxton -- "Composition 245" [excerpt] -- Four Compositions (GTM) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers -- "Little Man" -- Album of the Year (Timeless, 1981)
ROVA Saxophone Quartet -- "Swapmeet! Swapmeet!!" -- From the Bureau of Both (Black Saint, 1993)
* Gregg Bendian, Jeff Gauthier, Steuart Liebig, G.E. Stinson -- "Steel Hair" -- Bone Structure (Cryptogramophone, 2003)
! The Polyphonic Spree -- "It's the Sun" -- This Is a Choral Symphonic Pop Band (Good, 2002)
* George Schuller and Schulldogs -- "The Thaw" -- Hellbent (Playscape, 2002)
Gianni Gebbia, Damon Smith, Garth Powell [aka People in Motion] -- "All across the Nation" -- People in Motion (Rastascan, 1999)
ROVA Saxophone Quartet -- "Wig On" -- Ptow! (Victo, 1994)
* Brad Shepik Trio -- "A Boogie" -- Drip (Knitting Factory, 2003)
* = Item in KZSU rotation
! = Pop anomaly
? = Item not in KZSU library
-- Go back to Memory Select playlists.
-- Bay Area free/improv music calendar: http://www.bayimproviser.com.