mike reed's people, places & things
Chicago-based drummer and composer Mike Reed has
From the liner notes of "About Us":
"The original focus of our quartet was to investigate and reinvent some of
the under-recorded, under-recognized aspects of the vibrant Chicago jazz scene
circa 1954-60. "
So it comes as no surprise that two of these albums include Sun Ra
compositions.
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mike reed's people, places & things:
proliferation
(2008, cd, usa, 482 music 482-1060) - incl. 'planet earth' and
'saturn' (sun ra) |
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mike reed's people, places & things: about us
(2009, cd, usa, 482 music 482-1068) |
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mike reed's people, places & things: stories
and negotiations
(2010, cd, usa, 482 music 482-1070) - feat. julian priester //
incl. 'el is a sound of joy' (sun ra) |
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living by
lanterns: new myth /
old science
(2012, cd, usa, cuneiform records rune 345) =
jason adasiewicz & mike reed // compositions based on
unpublished compositions and improvisations by sun ra |
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concerts / radio broadcasts
Mike Reed's People, Places & Things
- 2009/08/27 concert "AI CONFINI TRA SARDEGNA E JAZZ 2009", Sant'Anna Arresi,
, Piazza del Nuraghe, Cagliari-Italy
- line-up
- Greg Ward, alto saxophone * Tim Haldeman, tenor saxophone * Jason Roebke, bass
* Mike Reed, drums
- FM radio broadcast by "Il Cartellone - Radio 3 Suite Jazz", Radio 3 RAI [third channel of Italian national radio], on tuesday 09 March
2010
- tracklist
- radio introduction by Pino Saulo, Status Quo [John Neely],
Wilbur's Tune [Wilbur Campbell], Beware [John Jenkins],
introductions by Reed, It's Enough [Jason Roebke], V.S.#1 [Greg Ward],
About Us [Mike Reed], announcements by Reed, FA [Tommy "Madman" Jones],
closing announcements, Saturn [Sun Ra], Under The Influence Of Lunar Objects [Mike Reed],
radio outro
- 2010/04/27 concert "MusikTriennale Köln 2010", Stadtgarten Köln,
Cologne, Germany
- line-up
- Greg Ward – as • Tim Haldeman – ts • Jeb Bishop – tb • Jason Roebke – b
• Mike Reed – dr,r
special guests
Art Hoyle – tp • Ari Brown – ts • Julian Priester – tb
- Broadcast: WDR3 on 2010-04-29 (1->6) and on 2010-05-01 (7->10)
- tracklist
- Lost and Found (Clifford Jordan), announcement - Michael Rüsenberg,
El is the Sound of Joy (Sun Ra), Wilbur’s Tuned City (Wilbur Campbell),
talk Mike Reed, Big and Fine (David Boykin), talk Mike Reeds, Door No 1 (Ward/Reed),
Urnack (Julian Priester) > fade out > announcement - Michael Rüsenberg
