Album · 1992
Tracklist
1. Canon, Part 1 (3:20)
2. Meditations on Integration (3:45)
3. Canon, Part 2 (3:16)
4. Jump Monk (3:57)
5. Weird Nightmare (3:02)
6. Work Song (6:53)
7. Self-Portrait in 3 Colors (3:28)
8. Purple Heart (2:38)
9. Tonight at Noon (5:36)
10. Gunslinging Bird (1:42)
11. Weird Nightmare (interlude) (0:57)
12. Reincarnation of a Lovebird/Haitian Fight Song Montage (4:48)
13. Open Letter to Duke (4:52)
14. The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers (2:37)
15. Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me (6:47)
16. Eclipse (7:15)
17. Pithecanthropus Erectus (5:43)
18. Freedom (2:51)
19. Weird Nightmare (reprise) (0:39)
Total Time: 74:14
Line-up/Musicians
track 1:
Didgeridoo, Trombone, Flute [Wood Flute] – Art Baron
Electric Guitar [Slide] – Gary Lucas
Gong [Cone Gongs], Marimba [Bass], Arranged By – Michael Blair
Guitar – Bill Frisell
Percussion – Don Alias
Performer [Chromelodeon Ii] – Francis Thumm
Performer [Cloud Chamber Bowls] – Greg Cohen
track 2:
Banjo – Marc Ribot
Bass – Greg Cohen
Flute, Arranged By – Henry Threadgill
Guitar – Bill Frisell
Marimba [Eroica], Drums, Percussion [Flapper] – Michael Blair
Percussion, Cymbal – Don Alias
Performer [Harmonic Canon] – Francis Thumm
Tuba – Art Baron
track 3:
Didgeridoo, Trombone, Flute [Wood Flute] – Art Baron
Electric Guitar [Slide] – Gary Lucas
Gong [Cone Gongs], Marimba [Bass], Arranged By – Michael Blair
Guitar – Bill Frisell
Percussion – Don Alias
Performer [Chromelodeon Ii] – Francis Thumm
Performer [Cloud Chamber Bowls] – Greg Cohen
Vocals – Robbie Robertson
track 4:
Bass, Arranged By – Greg Cohen
Drums, Percussion [Chinese Drum] – Michael Blair
Electric Guitar [Weirdness] – Gary Lucas
Guitar – Bill Frisell
Percussion, Timbales, Cowbell – Don Alias
Trombone – Art Baron
track 5:
Bass – Greg Cohen
Flute – Henry Threadgill
Guitar – Bill Frisell
Marimba [Bass] – Don Alias
Marimba [Eroica] – Marc Ribot
Performer [Chromelodeon Ii] – Francis Thumm
Performer [Cloud Chamber Bowls] – Michael Blair
Recorder [Great Bass], Trombone – Art Baron
Vocals, Performer [Harmonic Canon] – Elvis Costello
track 6:
Gong [Cone Gong], Bass – Greg Cohen
Guitar [Adapted Guitar], Guitar – Bill Frisell
Marimba [Eroica], Clarinet – Don Byron
Performer [Chromelodeon Ii], Piano – Geri Allen
Performer [Cloud Chamber Bowls], Marimba [Eroica] – Francis Thumm
Performer [Crychord], Drums – Michael Blair
Performer [Diamond Marimba], Drums [Hand Drums] – Don Alias
Performer [Harmonic Canon], Tuba – Art Baron
Performer [Surrogate Kithara], Guitar, Arranged By – Vernon Reid
track 7:
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Don Byron
Congas – Michael Blair
Guitar [Adapted Guitar] – Greg Cohen
Guitar, Performer [Surrogate Kithara], Arranged By – Bill Frisell
Marimba [Bass] – Don Alias
Marimba [Eroica] – Francis Thumm
Trombone – Art Baron
track 8:
Bass, Arranged By – Greg Cohen
Clarinet – Don Byron
Congas – Don Alias
Guitar – Bill Frisell
Percussion [Brushes], Performer [Harmonic Canon, Cloud Chamber Bowls] – Michael Blair
Performer [Chromelodeon Ii] – Francis Thumm
Recorder [Great Bass] – Art Baron
Vocals – Henry Rollins
track 9:
Arranged By – Uptown Horns
Bass – Greg Cohen
Drums – Charlie Watts
Saxophone [Alto] – Crispin Cioe
Saxophone [Tenor] – Arno Hecht
Trombone – Bob Funk
Trumpet – Hollywood Paul Litteral*
track 10:
Bass – Greg Cohen
Bata, Percussion – Don Alias
Drums, Performer [Chromelodeon Ii], Arranged By – Michael Blair
Guitar, Performer [Surrogate Kithara] – Bill Frisell
Trombone – Art Baron
Vocals – Chuck D
track 11:
Guitar – Bill Frisell
track 12:
Bass – Greg Cohen
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Don Byron
Congas, Goblet Drum [Dumbek], Percussion [Clappers] – Don Alias
Drums, Performer [Whirley Tube, Chromelodeon Ii], Finger Cymbals, Percussion [Clappers] – Michael Blair
Effects [Sound Effects, Samples] – Hal Willner
Guitar [National Steel Bottleneck] – Gary Lucas
Guitar, Performer [Surrogate Kithara] – Bill Frisell
track 13:
Banjo – Tony Trischka
Harmonica – Howard Levy
Kazoo, Castanets, Spoons, Arranged By, Conductor – Bobby Previte
Mandolin, Guitar – Barry Mitterhoff
Percussion, Washboard, Spoons – Susan Evans*
Tuba – Bob Stewart
Violin – Kenny Kosek
track 14:
Bass – Greg Cohen
Bass Clarinet – Don Byron
Guitar, Arranged By – Bill Frisell
Recorder [Great Bass] – Art Baron
Vocals – Hubert Selby Jr.
track 15:
Arranged By – Uptown Horns
Bass – Greg Cohen
Drums – Charlie Watts
Guitar, Vocals – Keith Richards
Piano – Chuck Leavell
Saxophone [Alto, Baritone] – Crispin Cioe
Saxophone [Tenor] – Arno Hecht, Bobby Keyes*
Trombone – Bob Funk
Trumpet – Hollywood Paul Litteral*
Vocals – Bernard Fowler
track 16:
Bass Clarinet – Don Byron
Flute [Wood], Didgeridoo, Recorder [Great Bass], Trombone, Percussion, Performer [Cloud Chamber Bowls], Arranged By – Art Baron
Gong [Cone Gong], Performer [Crychord], Bass, Percussion – Greg Cohen
Guitar, Percussion – Bill Frisell
Marimba [Bass], Goblet Drum [Dumbetik], Percussion, Percussion [Clappers] – Don Alias
Percussion – Francis Thumm
Percussion, Vocals [G-bastard Calls] – Hal Willner
Performer [Whirley Tube], Cymbal [Tibetan], Bass Drum, Percussion – Michael Blair
Vocals – Diamanda Galás
Vocals [Spoken] – Leonard Cohen
track 17:
Bass – Greg Cohen
Drums, Percussion [Metals] – Michael Blair
Effects [Sound Effects, Samples] – Hal Willner
Guitar – Bill Frisell
Guitar, Keyboards [Sample] – Robert Quine
Marimba [Eroica] – Francis Thumm
Performer [Chair] – Don Alias
Trombone [Muted] – Art Baron
track 18:
Bass – Greg Cohen
Electric Guitar, Performer [Effects] – Bill Frisell
Guitar [National Steel Bottleneck] – Gary Lucas
Lead Vocals, Voice [Spoken Words] – Dr. John
Vocals [Humming] – Ray Davies
Vocals [Humming], Drums [Hand Drums], Timbales, Percussion – Don Alias
Vocals [Humming], Drums, Drums [Chinese], Timbales, Percussion, Marimba [Bass], Performer [A Two By Four], Arranged By – Michael Blair
Vocals [Humming], Percussion [Metal Slab], Trombone – Art Baron
Vocals [Humming], Performer [Chromelodeon Ii] – Francis Thumm
track 19:
Bass – Greg Cohen
Flute – Henry Threadgill
Guitar – Bill Frisell
Marimba [Bass] – Don Alias
Marimba [Eroica] – Marc Ribot
Performer [Chromelodeon Ii] – Francis Thumm
Performer [Cloud Chamber Bowls] – Michael Blair
Recorder [Great Bass], Trombone – Art Baron
Vocals, Performer [Harmonic Canon] – Elvis Costello
About this release
Columbia – CK 52739 (US)
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