Baikida
Carroll: Marionettes on a High Wire
(OmniTone
12101)
In his first release as
leader in six years, trumpeter/composer Baikida Carroll masterfully
focuses his multi-disciplinary bent into this striking, melodically and
harmonically rich pastiche of the creative artist teetering on the high
wire of reality. Carroll, considered the quintessential creative
musical artist, intersperses freshly painted compositions
as well as small group conceptions drawn from his compositions for major
theater works, dance and film.
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- "Ebullient
Secrets" (5:00)
- "Griot's
Last Dance" (for Don Cherry) (7:29)
- "Marionettes
on a High Wire" (8:08)
- "Miss
Julie" (9:06) [Baikida's
comments]
(from the play Miss Julie by August Strindberg)
- "Our
Say" (5:32)
(from the Broadway play Having Our Say by Emily Mann)
- "A
Thrill a Minute" (6:36)
- "Velma"
(for Velma Porter) (7:21)
- "Flamboye"
(for Julius Hemphill) (5:44)
- "Down
Under" (5:04)
- "Cab"
(1:54) [Baikida's
comments]
(from Having Our Say)
All compositions by
Baikida Carroll, One Long Song Publishing/BMI.
Musicians
Baikida Carroll, trumpet · Erica Lindsay, tenor saxophone
Adegoke Steve Colson, piano · Michael Formanek, bass ·
Pheeroan akLaff, drums
Recorded
14-15 September 2000 at Systems Two, Brooklyn NY
Recording engineer: Jon Rosenberg
Produced
by Baikida Carroll and Frank Tafuri
Executive Producer: Frank Tafuri
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