Environment for sextet LP was made possible by a generous loan from the unforgettable Tom Cora, without which I would not have been able to release it. Tom had the foresight. In fact, for years this was considered one of the best combos to emerge from the nascent New York scene.

Tracks:
1. FIRST ENVIRONMENT FOR SEXTET 13.23
2. NY DUO #1 3.38
3. SECOND ENVIRONMENT FOR SEXTET 24.55
4 NY DUO # 2 5.32
5. NY SEXTET IMPROVISATION 4.04
6. NY TRIO 6.57

All improvisations by Sextet, all compositions by Andrea Centazzo

Performed by:
Polly Bradfield - violin
Eugene Chadbourne - guitars
Tom Cora - cello
Toshinori Kondo - trumpet
John Zorn - reeds
Andrea Centazzo - percussion

Recorded:
Live at WKCR Radio Station New York City November 7, 1978, engineer Taylor Storer. Partly originally released as ENVIRONMENT FOR SEXTET- ICTUS LP 0017 and as CD on Ictus Reissue Series #1. All Tracks Digitally Re-Mastered and Edited By Andrea Centazzo 2005

About:
In 1978, thanks to Eugene Chadbourne, Davey Williams and John Zorn I was able to organize a memorable US tour. On this CD you'll find the original New York recording session with a sextet of great musicians. The tape has been released in the past on ICTUS LP in a reduced version and on CD in an unfortunate cut full of wrong edit. Now you can finally enjoy the music as it was conceived and performed.

In that tour I had the opportunity to perform with some of the most interesting musicians of the 1978 improvised music scene. During that time I did a lot of recording and Environment for sextet was one of the four LP's that I released after that long tour. It was an experience I will never forget. The enthusiasm of the musicians, the multiple performance situations, the fantastic quality of the music we produced, made it possible for us to write some decisive pages for improvised music of that decade. I met musicians then who later would become strongholds of the new languages in music. Now this CD, faithfully brings back the magic of that evening of live broadcast which sent the surreal atmosphere of this sextet over radio waves to the New York audience.

The music was organized in small rhythmic fragments and melodies in between of which the improvisers could sail free. We were coming ever closer to the concept of accomplished musical structure.

Environment for sextet LP was made possible by a generous loan from the unforgettable Tom Cora, without which I would not have been able to release it. Tom had the foresight. In fact, for years this was considered one of the best combos to emerge from the nascent New York scene.

This CD is dedicated to the memory of our beloved friend Tom Cora.

Review:
...an exemplar of radical free improvisation, with lots of tiny sounds that, as a whole, weather the years well, sounding fresh and exciting when reissued in 2006, nearly three decades after the recording was made... more at all music guide

Manufacturer: N/A
SKU:	ICTUS127