Curlew (album)

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Curlew
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Studio album by
Released1981 (1981)
RecordedFebruary 29 - March 2, 1980 at The Creative Music Studio, NY
February 1980 (1980-02) at CBGB's, NYC
Genre Avant-garde jazz, Fusion
Length39:15
Label Landslide
Producer Curlew
Curlew chronology
Curlew
(1981)
North America
(1985)
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Curlew is the eponymously titled debut studio album by Curlew, released in 1981 by Landslide Records. [2]

Eponym Someone or something after which something is named

An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named. The adjectives derived from eponym include eponymous and eponymic. For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era, and "the eponymous founder of the Ford Motor Company" refers to Henry Ford. Recently, especially in the recorded-music industry, eponymous has been used to mean "named after its central character or creator".

Curlew is an American experimental free jazz group founded by saxophone player George Cartwright in 1979. Members of the band have included cellist Tom Cora, drummer Pippin Barnett, guitarists Davey Williams and Fred Frith, and bassist Bill Laswell.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Panther Burn" George Cartwright 6:30
2."The Bear"Bill Bacon, George Cartwright, Tom Cora, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis 1:45
3."Bitter Thumbs"George Cartwright6:00
4."The Victim"George Cartwright2:33
5."The Hardwood"George Cartwright5:13
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sports"George Cartwright, Tom Cora1:30
2."Bruno"Bill Bacon, George Cartwright, Tom Cora, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis1:00
3."But Get It"Bill Bacon, George Cartwright, Tom Cora, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis2:33
4."Rudders"Tom Cora3:11
5."Binoculars"Bill Bacon, George Cartwright, Tom Cora, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis1:00
6."The Ole Miss Exercise Song"George Cartwright8:00

Personnel

Curlew
Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

Gamelan Indonesian traditional ensemble

Gamelan is the traditional ensemble music of Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese in Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments. The most common instruments used are metallophones played by mallets and a set of hand-played drums called kendhang which register the beat. Also the kemanak, a banana shaped idiophone and gangsa, another metallaphone are amongst the commonly used gamelan instruments. Other instruments include xylophones, bamboo flutes, a bowed instrument called a rebab, and even vocalists named sindhen.

George Cartwright is an American musician, best known as the founder of the band Curlew in 1979 in New York City. Besides playing soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones, he has composed music for Curlew, his own solo recordings and other music ensembles such as Zeitgeist. He attended the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York, and currently resides in Minnesota.

Technical personnel
Martin Bisi American musician

Martin Bisi is an American producer and songwriter. He is known for recording important records by Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Material, Bill Laswell, Helmet, Unsane, The Dresden Dolls, Cop Shoot Cop, White Zombie, Boredoms, Angels of Light, J.G. Thirlwell, and Herbie Hancock's Grammy-winning song "Rockit".

Sound recording and reproduction recording of sound and playing it back

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording.

Audio mixing (recorded music) audio mixing to yield recorded sound

In sound recording and reproduction, audio mixing is the process of combining multitrack recordings into a final mono, stereo or surround sound product. In the process of combining the separate tracks, their relative levels are adjusted and balanced and various processes such as equalization and compression are commonly applied to individual tracks, groups of tracks, and the overall mix. In stereo and surround sound mixing, the placement of the tracks within the stereo field are adjusted and balanced. Audio mixing techniques and approaches vary widely and have a significant influence on the final product.

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1981Landslide LP LD 1004

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