Yankees is an album of improvised music by Derek Bailey, John Zorn & George Lewis. The album was originally released as an LP on the Celluloid label in 1983 and has been subsequently reissued on CD by Celluloid (from a vinyl source) and on the Charly label (from the original master tape). It is the first recorded meeting of John Zorn and Derek Bailey.[1] The pair would later release the album, Harras, with William Parker in 1993. Zorn and Lewis would collaborate further on News for Lulu (1988)and More News for Lulu (1993) with Bill Frisell.
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The Allmusic review by "Blue" Gene Tyranny awarded the album 4 stars stating "A collective improvisation by Derek Bailey on acoustic and electric guitars, George Lewis on trombone, and John Zorn on alto and soprano saxes, clarinets, and game calls. Subtle, droll, hilarious takes on the trivia of baseball sounds: Lewis speaks through the trombone "ball one, ball one...." There are snippets of a slipping and sliding version of "Take Me out to the Ball Game" and so on. Sections are titled "City City City," "The Legend of Enos Slaughter," "Who's on First," followed by "On Golden Pond," a tongue-in-cheek tone poem of the flora and fauna and mosquitoes. "The Warning Track" is about a very tiny railroad system.".[2]
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- "City, City, City" - 8:29
- "The Legend of Enos Slaughter" - 9:27
- "Who's on First?" - 3:15
- "On Golden Pond" - 17:49
- "The Warning Track" - 5:47
- All compositions by Bailey/Lewis/Zorn
- Recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn
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