Free Touching: Live in Beijing at Keep in Touch
| Free Touching: Live in Beijing at Keep In Touch | ||||
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| Live album by Wang Yong, Han Bennink, Andreas Schreiber, Dennis Rea, Steffen Schorn, Claudio Puntin & Lesli Dalaba | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1996-11-12 | |||
| Genre | Free Jazz Free Improvisation World Music | |||
| Length | 2:01:04 | |||
| Label | Noise Asia Records | |||
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Free Touching: Live at Keep in Touch is a live recording of improvisational performances by Chinese guzheng virtuoso Wang Yong and six international musicians: Dutch jazz drummer Han Bennink, Austrian violinist Andreas Schreiber, American guitarist Dennis Rea, American trumpeter Lesli Dalaba, and horn players Claudio Puntin and Steffen Schorn.[1] The jam session from which the album is drawn was recorded during the Beijing International Jazz Festival on November 12, 1996 at Keep In Touch, reportedly China's first internet cafe.[2]
The recorded performances are a mixture of American style free jazz and European influenced improvisation blended at times with traditional Chinese music.[3] On his website Dennis Rea states that Free Touching: Live in Beijing at Keep in Touch is "quite possibly the first recording of free improvisation to emerge from China."[4]
The album was released as a double CD in March, 2004 on the Hong Kong-based Noise Asia Records label. It is distributed in North America by Verge Music Distributing.[3][5]
Track listing
Red Disc - 58:51
- "Improvisation 1"
- "Improvisation 2"
- "Improvisation 3"
- "Improvisation 4"
- "Improvisation 5"
- "Improvisation 6"
Pink Disc - 62:13
- "Improvisation 7"
- "Improvisation 8"
- "Improvisation 9"
- "Improvisation 10"
- "Improvisation 11"
Personnel
- Wang Yong - guzheng
- Han Bennink - drums
- Andreas Schreiber - violin
- Dennis Rea - guitar
- Steffen Schorn - horns
- Claudio Puntin - horns
- Lesli Dalaba - trumpet
Notes
- ^ "Discogs: Free Touching - Live In Beijing At Keep In Touch". Discogs. 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- ^ Rea, Dennis (2006). Live at the Forbidden City. iUniverse. pp. 179–191. ISBN 0-595-39048-X.
- ^ a b "Free Touching: Live In Beijing". Verge Music Distribution. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- ^ Rea, Dennis. "Dennis Rea: Discography". Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- ^ "Noise Asia Records". Noise Asia Records. 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2008-07-06.