Album · 2000
Tracklist
Part I - (Rah)ndom Thoughts
1-1 De-Tuning # 1 0:59
1-2 Amazing Grace 4:09
1-3 Open Strings 3:06
1-4 We Free Kings 2:47
1-5 A Handful Of Fives 3:08
1-6 Duality 2:37
1-7 A Laugh For Rory 4:24
Ins - Echoes Of Ellington
1-8 The Creole Love Call 9:47
1-9 The Mooche 12:07
Part II - (Rah)ther Black And Blue
1-10 Happy, Sad, Like Everybody Else 3:47
1-11 The Black & Crazy Blues 9:27
1-12 Juxtaposition: Against/With 1:53
1-13 Geo(metrics) 3:03
1-14 The Inflated Tear 6:30
Theme For The Eulipions (10:10)
1-15.1 a) Recitation
1-15.2 b) Instrumental
1-15.3 c) Vocal
Part III - Ar(rah)iving Soong
2-1 Isn't That Crazy? 1:16
2-2 Variable Density 5:46
2-3 Pedal Up 3:50
2-4 Chamber Music... 0:43
2-5 ...Getting Groovy 0:58
2-6 Clickety Clack 2:28
2-7 Serenade To A Cuckoo 6:24
Ins - Fats & Bechet
2-8 The Jitterbug Waltz 4:35
2-9 Petite Fleur 4:44
Part IV - (Rah)'N'Roll
2-10 The Sacred Metal Forest 5:20
2-11 Blacknuss 1:34
2-12 15 Miles / Electric 4:15
2-13 The 3 Tenors 2:14
2-14 Spirits Up Above 4:16
2-15 Olù-Batá 1:57
2-16 Volunteered Slavery 7:25
Ins - If You're Not Part Of The Solution, You're Part Of The Problem: The Mingus / Shepp Medley
2-17 Ecclusiastics 5:17
2-18 Goodbye, Pork-Pie Hat 7:19
2-19 Remember Rockefeller At Attica 3:30
2-20 Attica Blues 4:48
Part V - (Rah)zzle-Dazzle
3-1 Orchestral De-Tuning # 2 In Gb 0:39
3-2 Gongs, 5's & 7's 3:46
3-3 Rip, Rig & Panic 4:41
3-4 Mistical Movement 1:43
3-5 Slippery, Hippery, Flippery 2:45
3-6 White Noise, No Noise 2:53
3-7 Narrow Bolero (The Jungle Version) 3:11
3-8 No Tonic Press 5:09
Ins - Monk & Trane
3-9 Misterioso 3:01
3-10 After The Rain 6:02
Part VI - (Rah)mble In The Jungle
3-11 Ebrauqs 10:37
3-12 The Multiphonics Tuba Trio 2:07
3-13 Slippery, Hippery, Flippery 7:33
3-14 Juarez 11:05
Ins - Ode To Black Music: Wonder Hendrix Marley
3-15 Master Blaster 4:12
3-16 Hear My Train 'A Comin' 4:31
3-17 Redemption Song 4:07
Line-up/Musicians
Acoustic Bass – Piero Leveratto (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-17, 2-19), Tito Mangialajo (tracks: 1-1 to 2-16, 2-20 to 3-8, 3-10 to 3-17)
Acoustic Guitar – Roberto Cecchetto (tracks: 2-18)
Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Achille Succi (tracks: 1-8 to 2-7, 3-1 to 3-8, 3-15), Gianluigi Trovesi (tracks: 2-17 to 2-19), Renato Geremia (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-20)
Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Daniele Cavallanti (tracks: 1-8,1-9, 2-1 to 2-7, 2-20, 3-11 to 3-14)
Bass Clarinet – Achille Succi (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 3-1 to 3-8, 3-10, 3-14)
Bata [Iya & Okonkolo], Balafon, Shekere – Tiziano Tononi (tracks: 2-10 to 2-16)
Clarinet [Bb Clarinet] – Achille Succi (tracks: 2-1 to 2-8), Renato Geremia (tracks: 1-11, 3-1 to 3-3)
Clarinet [Piccolo Clarinet] – Gianluigi Trovesi (tracks: 3-3)
Conch [Shell] – Beppe Caruso (tracks: 3-11 to 3-14)
Congas – Tiziano Tononi (tracks: 2-20, 3-15)
Congas [Tumbadoras] – Tiziano Tononi (tracks: 2-10 to 2-16, 3-11 to 3-14)
Drums – Tiziano Tononi
Electric Guitar – Roberto Cecchetto (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-1 to 2-7, 2-10 to 2-16, 2-20 to 3-9, 3-15, 3-16)
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Alberto Tacchini (tracks: 2-10 to 2-16, 2-20, 3-15)
Electronics – Andrea Rainoldi (tracks: 3-1 to 3-7)
Electronics [Electronic Devices] – Andrea Rainoldi (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7, 2-10 to 2-16)
Euphonium – Beppe Caruso (tracks: 1-15, 2-1 to 2-7)
Flute – Renato Geremia (tracks: 3-1 to 3-3), Riccardo Luppi (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-7, 2-9, 3-1 to 3-8, 3-10 to 3-14)
Gong [Gongs] – Tiziano Tononi (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7, 1-10 to 2-7, 2-10 to 2-16, 3-1 to 3-8, 3-11 to 3-14)
Handclaps [Claps] – Alberto Tacchini (tracks: 2-10 to 2-16), Roberto Cecchetto (tracks: 2-10 to 2-16), Tito Mangialajo (tracks: 2-10 to 2-16)
Melodica – Alberto Tacchini (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15)
Organ [Hammond Organ] – Alberto Tacchini (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15, 3-16)
Percussion – Tiziano Tononi (tracks: 1-1 to 2-7, 3-1 to 3-9, 3-11 to 3-14)
Piano – Alberto Tacchini (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7, 1-10 to 2-17, 2-18, 3-10 to 3-14, 3-17)
Piccolo Flute [Piccolo] – Riccardo Luppi (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15, 2-20, 3-15)
Sampler [Samplers] – Andrea Rainoldi (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7, 2-1 to 2-7, 2-10 to 2-16, 3-1 to 3-8)
Scratches [Scratch Solo] – Andrea Rainoldi (tracks: 2-10 to 2-16)
Siren – Tiziano Tononi (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7)
Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Sax] – Renato Geremia (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7), Riccardo Luppi (tracks: 3-11 to 3-14)
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Daniele Cavallanti (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-9 to 2-19, 3-1 to 3-9, 3-15), Renato Geremia (tracks: 2-13), Riccardo Luppi (tracks: 2-13)
Trombone – Beppe Caruso (tracks: 1-1 to 2-8, 2-10 to 2-17, 2-19. 2-20, 3-11 to 3-16)
Trumpet – Herb Robertson (tracks: 1-7 to 1-15, 2-10 to 2-17, 2-19 to 3-8, 3-11 to 3-14)
Tuba – Beppe Caruso (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-18, 2-20, 3-1 to 3-3), Michel Godard (tracks: 1-7 to 1-15, 3-1 to 3-8, 3-11 to 3-14)
Turntables, Electronics [Electronic Wizardry] – Andrea Rainoldi (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Violin – Renato Geremia (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7, 2-9, 2-18, 3-11)
Vocals – Roberta Parsi (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15, 2-18)
Voice [Rahsaantalk] – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Voice [Recitation] – Roberta Parsi (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15), Victor Beard (tracks: 1-10 to 1-15, 2-20, 3-17)
About this release
Splasc(H) Records – CDH 811.2/812.2/813.2 (Italy)
Recorded & mixed at Studio L'Isola, Milan, December 11-17 & 20-23, 1999
Thanks to snobb for the addition and js for the updates