Viper

Viper Artist: Derek Bailey , and Min Xiao-Fen
Label: Avant Japan
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 634164005023
EAN: 0634164005023
ASIN: B000007NOZ


Release Date: 1998-06-16

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Tracks:

  1. Viper
  2. Skullcap
  3. Various Species
  4. Woad
  5. The Jig Is Up
  6. Grains Of Paradise
  7. Gardens Of Paradise
  8. Cinnabar

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars It's still great!.......2000-01-13

Hi, it's me again. I just realized that Amazon doesn't have any of the track's even listed by title. This cd is great and that's an injustice so I've decided to list the titles here, just so you can get a bit more of a feel for this cd.

Bai Ha She

Huang Qin

Zhu Ye

Ba Qing Ye

Wan Er Wan

Xiang Qing Qing

Sha Fen

Zhu Shu

5 out of 5 stars This viper will strike!.......2000-01-13

Min Xiao-Fen is a Chinese master musician and she plays the pipa (Chinese lute). Derek Bailey (playing acoustic guitar here) is one of the fathers of free-improvisation. These two musicians are from different cultures, different genders, and different generations, but the improvisations contained on this cd are played by two minds that are always fully locked on to every nuance of what the other is playing.

This is one of the best free-improvisation cd's I have ever heard. Period. As much as I love Min in her other musical settings (and I do love her!) I keep hoping she will venture into the world of free-improvisation more often because she is such a force of nature in this wide open context. And as far as Derek's playing on this cd is concerned, I rank this cd up there with AIDA and WIREFORKS without hesitation!

Want a few favorite tracks? Well I'm not going to name any because this cd is consistently great, and to name my favorites would be too tough for me.

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  1. La Fiesta De La Posada (Festival of the Inn) ~ Dave Brubeck
  2. The Joy ~ Shelly Berg
  3. New York Swing: Rodgers & Hart ~ New York Swing
  4. "Live" on Tour in Europe ~ Billy Cobham
  5. Bluebird ~ Hank Jones
  6. No Problem ~ Ray Bryant
  7. Brasilian Soul ~ Laurindo Almeida, Charlie Byrd
  8. Jazz-Samba Ao Vivo ~ Irio De Paula
  9. Feets, Don't Fail Me Now ~ Herbie Hancock
  10. Early Bebop on Keynote ~ Red Rodney With Neal Hefti and Dave Lambert

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Critical Beatdown ~ Ultramagnetic MC's

Mcdonald & Giles ~ Mcdonald & Giles

A Box of Rain ~ Robert Hunter

Rhythms of Awakening

Paris L'Opera Comique #2 ~ Paris-L'opera Comique

Voyager/Time Is Slipping Away ~ Dexter Wansel

Choices ~ Wilson Meadows

Style ~ Supreme Nyborn

Hoo Bangin': Mix Tape ~ Mack 10

Thugged Out Pimps ~ Thugged Out Pimps