Derek Bailey & Company
Roulette
New York City
December 16,17 1982

Aud>Sony TCS-310>cass>Peak>Xact>shn>flac

total time 110:22

Here are a few sets(All I have) from 1982's Company week in NYC. These were recorded by me on a Sony TCS-310 about 12 feet from the musicians, so the sound is clear, if not exactly hi-fi.

This was my first exposure to most of these players, and I was totally blown away. The fire-breathing duo of Brotzmann and Maslak is a performance I will NEVER forget. I only wish I had video so you could all see Maslak rolling around on the floor still maniaclly blowing his horn, while off to the side, John Zorn was crouched, grinning from ear to ear.


Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Bill Laswell, Joelle Leandre, Peter Brotzmann, Keshavan Maslak, John Zorn, and Cyro Baptiste were the participants during this Company week, and during the nights I was there, Bailey called mostly smaller groupings. I did these personnel line-ups partly from listening to the recordings, and partly from memory, They may not be totally accurate

Disc 1 Track 1 recorded on 12/16, the rest were recorded on 12/17

Disc 1 Track 1
Bill Laswell Electric Bass
John Zorn Reeds, Game Calls
Derek Bailey Guitar

Disc 1 Track 2
Joelle Leandre Contrabass, Vocals
Fred Frith Homemade Instruments

Disc 1 Track 3
Keshaven Maslak Reeds
Peter Brotzmann Reeds

Disc 1 Track 4
Derek Bailey Guitar
Bill Laswell Electric Bass
John Zorn Reeds, Game Calls

Disc 2 Track 1 (A few seconds missing at begining)
Joelle Leandre Contrabass
Derek Bailey Guitar
Keshavan Maslak Reeds
Cyro Baptiste Percussion
John Zorn Reeds Game Calls

Disc 2 Track 2 (cut at the end where tape ran out)
Derek Bailey Guitar
Bill Laswell Electric Bass
John Zorn Reeds, Game Calls
Peter Brotzmann Reeds
Fred Frith Homemade Instruments