Bass Duets

by Peter Kowald, Barre Phillips, Barry Guy & Maarten Altena

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: FMP
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 1:18:52
  • Community rating: 3.37/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Bass Duets' brings together four masters of the double bass, Peter Kowald, Barre Phillips, Barry Guy and Maarten Altena, in improvised duet combinations. The recording documents the European free improvisation scene's exploration of the instrument's full sonic range.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, dissonant, improvisation, noisy, live

Tracklist

  1. Die Jungen: Random Generators (5:24)
  2. Two Fingers Please (8:29)
  3. Ein St眉ck Ins Blaue-Chops (10:40)
  4. The Boys (2:23)
  5. Das Schweigen Von Marcel Duchamp Wird 脺berbewertet (7:01)
  6. Paintings (19:12)
  7. A+B>C (6:59)
  8. B>C (3:41)
  9. (A+B)虏 >C (4:14)
  10. C>A+B (10:49)

Credits

  • Barre Phillips - primary artist, double bass
  • Barry Guy - primary artist, double bass
  • Maarten Altena - primary artist, double bass

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