Source: Edgetone Records.
Nashville Electric – Orson’s Folly
Nashville Electric presents their silent-film scoring of “Orson’s Folly” This unique performance features Music City experimental-music group Nashville Electric scoring the live screening of Orson Welles’ “Four Men on a Raft” sequence from Welles’ aborted (but much-revered)1942 film documentary, It’s All True. After Welles had completed both Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons in early 1942, the great filmmaker went to Brazil as part of a United States Government-sponsored bit of cultural exchange. When neither the studio nor the government saw the feel-good footage they expected, RKO slashed Welles ‘budget–he was left with one silent black-and-white movie camera.
Tracy Silverman – electric 6 string violin and effects, Ryan Norris – keyboards and effects, Dylan Simon – EML 101 synthesizer and Echoplex, Ed Pettersen – guitars and effects
Noertker’s Moxie – Simultaneous Windows
Simultaneous Windows is the third suite in bassist/composer Bill Noertker’s Blue Rider series, a collection of compositions inspired by the art of Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Robert Delaunay, and Alexei Jawlensky. The Blue Rider group coalesced around the notion of the “inner necessity” of true art, which can be expressed in very different forms and styles. The rich sonic palette and inimitable avant-melodic chamber jazz stylings of Noertker’s Moxie create a diverse and vibrant array of aural paintings that evoke the playful chromaticism and ceaseless spiritual questing of this important group of painters.
Amber Lamprecht – oboe, Annelise Zamula – tenor saxophone and flute, Bill Noertker – contrabass, Brett Carson – piano, Dax Compise – drums, Eli Wallace – piano, Jason Levis – drums, Jim Peterson – alto saxophone/flute, John Vaughn – alto saxophone, John Arkin – drums, Jordan Glenn – drums, Joshua Marshall – tenor saxophone, Theo Padouvas – trumpet
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