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| Purple Gums (Asian Improv 64) Just in the door as this newsletter gets emailed to y'all! "The general idea behind Asian Improv Records is Asian musicians playing experimental jazz, most of it on the avant-garde side and most it with a definite AACM influence. But having a general idea and having firm, unbreakable rules are two different things. While Asian Improv is an Asian-run company, it doesn't exclude white, black or Latino improvisers-being Asian-friendly isn't the same as being Asian-only. On Purple Gums, only one of the three participants is Asian: tenor saxman/flutist Francis Wong. [Asian Improv Records co-founder]. The other two-veteran cornetist Bobby Bradford and tuba player/percussionist William Roper-are black. Together, the three jazzmen emphasize wind instruments; piano and bass are excluded, and the only percussion comes when Roper puts down his tuba. Purple Gums documents a live set at San Francisco State University in 2002, where the trio performs original material exclusively. And like a lot of Asian Improv releases, Purple Gums has an AACM mentality; in other words, Bradford, Wong and Roper provide avant-garde jazz that makes extensive use of space and is reflective rather than confrontational and pensive instead of harsh or in-your-face. By hard bop standards, these inside/outside performances are left of center; by avant-garde standards, they are relatively accessible. Most of the tunes are instrumental, although the trio also offers some spoken word items-most notably, "You a Square" and "A Boy Like You" (both of which feature Roper as a vocalist). While the latter addresses the more subtle forms of discrimination, "You a Square" is a humorous put-down of a painfully unsoulful, unhip musician. Purple Gums ...[is] a solid and respectable outing for the three risk-taking explorers. |
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Bobby Bradford (cornet, voice); Francis Wong (tenor sax, flute); William Roper (tuba, voice, percussion) |
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