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Harras

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Released
  
January 30, 1996

Length
  
57:34

Label
  
Recorded
  
1993

Release date
  
30 January 1996

Genre
  
Avant-garde

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Producer
  
Harras(1995)
  
John Zorn's Cobra Tokyo Operations '94(1995)

Artists
  
Similar
  
John Zorn albums, Avant-garde albums, Other albums

Derek bailey john zorn william parker morning harras 1995


Harras is an album of improvised music by Derek Bailey, John Zorn & William Parker. The album was released on the Japanese Avant label in 1996. Towards the end of the track "Evening Harras" there is 10 minutes of silence followed by a Bailey solo. "According to Derek Bailey, the abrupt cutoff was planned. Derek wanted to end it "on a high". The Bailey solo material appended after the silence was apparently Zorn's idea."

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Dean McFarlane awarded the album 3 stars stating "Evidently the candid session that took place on a night in New York resulted in a chaotic collision of ideas. With the performers being such strong voices individually, the abundant ideas fly in and out of the picture with no apparent regard to form; the session evolves from tepid beginnings into a no-holds-barred, rapid-fire assault on the senses. Fans of ultra-high-energy free improvisation will find it a delight to hear these three masters sparring on this one-off collaboration, making Harras a vital historical document which requires the gumption of a hardened avant-garde music fan to take the whole recording in one listen".

Track listing

  1. "Morning Harras" - 12:35
  2. "Noon Harras" - 8:59
  3. "Evening Harras" - 36:00
All compositions by Bailey/Parker/ZornRecorded by James McLean live at the Knitting Factory, New York City

Personnel

  • Derek Bailey – guitar
  • John Zorn – alto
  • William Parker – bass
  • Songs

    1Morning Harras10:19
    2Noon Harras8:59
    3Evening Harras36:01

    References

    Harras Wikipedia