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Performed by William Winant, the title track on Theme Park is a work for percussion quartet. The work had been played live before, with four percussionists sitting in the four corners of a stage, but this version is entirely played by Winant. Besides the technical difficulties of reducing a piece that was intended for four players to one, Alvin Curran threw in a few other oddities, including the purchase of a six-pack of turkey drumsticks to give the low end a completely unique sound. Winant does an excellent job in executing this piece, which at nearly 33 minutes is a trial of endurance for the listener and most certainly a trial of endurance for the performer, given its frantic pace. That piece is paired with a shorter one: "Charlie's Park," which is a tribute to Charlie Parker, and, as such, achieves an appropriate level of chaos, with saxophones blurring into a wall of noise. While not gaining much in listenability, both pieces show that Curran has made definite steps forward with this album, showing off increasing depth and maturity.
© Stacia Proefrock /TiVo
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Alvin Curran, Composer, MainArtist
1998 Tzadik 1998 Tzadik
Alvin Curran, Composer, MainArtist
1998 Tzadik 1998 Tzadik
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Performed by William Winant, the title track on Theme Park is a work for percussion quartet. The work had been played live before, with four percussionists sitting in the four corners of a stage, but this version is entirely played by Winant. Besides the technical difficulties of reducing a piece that was intended for four players to one, Alvin Curran threw in a few other oddities, including the purchase of a six-pack of turkey drumsticks to give the low end a completely unique sound. Winant does an excellent job in executing this piece, which at nearly 33 minutes is a trial of endurance for the listener and most certainly a trial of endurance for the performer, given its frantic pace. That piece is paired with a shorter one: "Charlie's Park," which is a tribute to Charlie Parker, and, as such, achieves an appropriate level of chaos, with saxophones blurring into a wall of noise. While not gaining much in listenability, both pieces show that Curran has made definite steps forward with this album, showing off increasing depth and maturity.
© Stacia Proefrock /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 2 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:15
- Main artists: Alvin Curran
- Composer: Alvin Curran
- Label: Tzadik
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative en Indie
1998 Tzadik 1998 Tzadik
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