Joe Giardullo, Lori Freedman, Gordon Allen, Joe McPhee, Michael Snow, David Prentice, Rosie Hertlein, Martha Colby, Daniel Levin, Steve Lantner, Rich Rosenthal, Dom Minasi, David Arner, Brian Melick.
Joe Giardullo: altoflute, bass clarinet, sopranino saxophone Gordon Allen: trumpet Lori Freedman: bass clarinet, clarinet Joe McPhee: pocket trumpet, valve trombone Michael Snow: violin David Prentice: violin Rosie Hertlein: violin Martha Colby: cello Daniel Levin: cello Steve Lantner: piano Rich Rosenthal: guitar Dom Minasi: guitar David Arner: xylophone Brian Melick : percussions
All compositions by Joe Giardullo
Someday someone will write a history of modern music that will free us of the false dichotomies such as high vs. low, improviser vs. composer, classical vs. everything else… …The written materials Joe passed out to the musicians for Red Morocco was minimal, sometimes more visual than musical, but always modest. Everyone was seated in the same room, in a circle. The music heard on this recording occurred late in the day, when Joe felt a certain clarity was occurring… …The results are an elegant, shimmering, ringing music, like colors spiking across the plane of a Monet canvas, or spinning like a piece of Calder’s kinetic art; a constantly evolving, deeply sonic performance, collectively improvised, and decentered; a self-organizing musical system, with minimal input or constraints from outside. Giardullo is willing into existence a music that occurs beyond his control. This means he has to surround himself with musicians who are accomplished, but also open, free to take chances, and willing to be themselves, no matter what. John Szwed, excerpt from the liner notes.
Recorded on April 5th 2005 by Tom Mark at Make Believe Ballroom Studio (Shokan, Ny, Etats Unis) and on February 5th 2006 by Michael Snow at Wakamba (Marbletown, Ny, Etats Unis) Mastering: Ted Orr Liner notes: John Szwed Photographs: Bartosz Winiarski, Fionn Reilly Producer: Joe Giardullo
