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WILLIAM PARKER, SOUND JOURNAL

 

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OFF THE ROAD

PETER KOWALD/LAURENCE PETIT-JOUVET

PETER KOWALD - LAURENCE PETIT-JOUVET
OFF THE ROAD
DVD 1
OFF THE ROAD
A movie directed by Laurence Petit-Jouvet
The German bassist Peter Kowald (1944-2002) was one of the major figures of Free Improvised Music. The film OFF THE ROAD was made on and around his extended tour of the USA in 2000. A journey around America in an old Chevrolet Caprice, the film is a "free improvised road movie" featuring encounters with many of the great names of Free Music, set against the background of "Off The Road" America.

72 min, color, in English, French subtittles
Compatible worldwide with any device manufactured later than 1995

DVD 2
CHICAGO IMPROVISATIONS
A movie directed by Laurence Petit-Jouvet

Peter Kowald live at the 2000 Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music (in trios with Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake, and with Floros Floridis & Günter "Baby" Sommer), and in the studio (Kowald solo and in a duo with Ken Vandermark), plus interviews with all the musicians.

83 min, color, in English, French subtittles
Compatible worldwide with any device manufactured later than 1995

CD
OFF THE ROAD
William Parker/Peter Kowald duo
Kidd Jordan/Peter Kowald/Alvin Fielder trio
Peter Kowald solo
George Lewis/Peter Kowald duo
Anna Homler/Peter Kowald duo
Marco Eneidi/Eddie Gale/Peter Kowald/Donald Robinson quartet
Fred Anderson/Peter Kowald/Hamid Drake trio

Liner Notes: William Parker, Laurence Petit-Jouvet
Photographs: Laurence Petit-Jouvet, Martin Wheeler