Definitely of the Borbetomagus mold, the duo of tenor saxophonist Don Dietrich and cellist Camille Dietrich, his daughter who grew up under the influence of that band's relentlessly aggressive free jazz, here in a live performance at Tubby's in Kingston, New York for four burning improvisations that take apart a tree, leaving the audience to catch the fragments; terrifyingly intense!
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Camille Dietrich-cello
Don Dietrich-tenor saxophone
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UPC: 5904224871628
Label: Relative Pitch
Catalog ID: RPR1175
Squidco Product Code: 33269
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2023
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at Tubby's, in Kingston, New York, on June 25th, 2022.
"For more than 40 years Don Dietrich has been one of the three musicians in Borbetomagus, whose music has been described as an unrelenting, take-no-prisoners wall of sound. Camille Dietrich grew up in the crucible of her father's free playing. As a cellist she shares his passionate intensity and brings a playful freshness which Don feeds off. This is the stunning follow-up to their 2017 Pica Disc release."-Relatice Pitch
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• Show Bio for Camille Dietrich "Having grown up exposed to her father's playing since birth Camille Dietrich has been in a unique position as a musician, being subjected to a method of free playing that takes most artists years of exploration to locate. Yet as a cellist Camille has not grown up a copy of her father, and while she shares his unforgiving intensity in her playing, there is an individual confidence and playfulness to how she approaches her instrument [...]" ^ Hide Bio for Camille Dietrich • Show Bio for Don Dietrich "Don Dietrich is a saxophonist and founding member of New York City based improvisational group, Borbetomagus. Recently, he has become involved with the noise/free jazz "supergroup" The New Monuments (with C. Spencer Yeh and Ben Hall)." ^ Hide Bio for Don Dietrich
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Track Listing:
1. That Leaf 12:41
2. That Branch 8:43
3. That Tree 12:38
4. That Stump 5:48
Improvised Music
Free Improvisation
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NY Downtown & Metropolitan Jazz/Improv
Duo Recordings
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