British free improvising guitar master John Russell's 60th birthday gig at London's Cafe Oto is celebrated in a duo with Phil Minton, a trio with Henry Lowther & Satoko Fakuda, in a trio with Evan Parker and John Edwards, and in a duo with Thurston Moore.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2015 Country: Great Britain Packaging: Cardboard foldover with book Recorded live at Cafe Oto in London, England, on December 19th, 2014 by Matt Saunders.
All of the music from guitarist John Russell's 60th Birthday Gig - a packed out event at the Cafe Oto in London. (1) A trio with Henry Lowther (trumpet) and Satoko Fukuda (violin). (2) A duo with vocalist Phil Minton. (3) A trio with EVAN PARKER (tenor saxophone) and John Edwards (double bass). (4) An electric guitar duet with Thurston Moore.
"My reasoning was that as a kid, and my birthday being close to Christmas, I would always get one 'larger' present instead of two smaller ones and everything would run together. I was thinking about doing something for my sixtieth at the Mopomoso a couple of days later and then thought, 'No I'm sixty and I'm going to have one distinct birthday celebration at least once in my life.' I approached Oto and checked the availability of the musicians and then just hoped that I would be out of the hospital for it. I had told the surgeon that come what may I would really like to do this concert and fortunately the date wasn't double booked for a different sort of performance!"-John Russell, from the liner notes.
Full color sleeve with pictures of each artist. 8 page booklet with