Patty Waters: Live Format:DigitalPatty Waters is a visionary avant garde vocalist and composer, best known for her groundbreaking 1960s recordings for the legendary free jazz label ESP Disk. Captivated by the music of Billie Holiday, she sang with Bill Evans, Charlie Mingus, Chick Corea, and Herbie Hancock before coming to the attention of Albert Ayler, who introduced her to ESP Disks Bernard Stollman. The rest is history. Recorded with pianist Burton Greene, Waters haunting 1966
Rushford’s work subtly exaggerates seemingly liminal aspects such as atmosphere and the bodily presence of the performer until these take on a weight equal to musical elements such as pitch
left behind a mighty run of eight LPs
conservatory-addled lapses into idiomatic citation of Stockhausen’s 1969 recording
employs a tape delay system not unlike that used famously by Terry Riley
150 oscillators from an electric accordion
his first major solo outing since Community (Kye
surreal pranks
and the thick ambience of domestic field recordings
transforming a wealth of melodies
and several works of poetry
binding two or more frequency universes into proximity where their modal properties interact and blend
offers illuminating depictions of Hunt’s important installations and performances across North America and Europe
