Bobby Previte (born July 16, 1951 in
Niagara Falls
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, New York) is a drummer,
composer, and
bandleader
A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or pop band or jazz quartet. The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues o ...
. He earned a degree in economics from the
University at Buffalo
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, where he also studied percussion. He moved to New York City in 1979 and began professional relationships with
John Zorn
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jazz ...
,
Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz (born 1955) is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer. He came to prominence in the Downtown scene of 1980s and '90s New York City, where he met his future wife, the singer, songwriter and pianist Robin Holcomb. He ...
, and
Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp (born March 1, 1951) is an American contemporary classical composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer.
A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City since the late 1970s, Sharp has released ...
.
Composer
While Previte is a talented drummer he has also received critical acclaim for his "exceptional abilities as a composer and orchestrator." A review of his 1988 album ''Claude's Late Morning'' reports that "Perhaps most striking is Previte's skill in composing music that fully integrates these disparate
instruments
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— including
drums
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and
drum machine,
electric guitar
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and
keyboards,
trombone
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,
harp,
accordion,
banjo
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,
pedal steel guitar
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,
tuba
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, and
harmonica
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— while emphasizing each instrument's unique, individual sound." Another critic notes Previte's "driving and propulsive compositions, featuring both fiery jazz expressionism and layered
counterpoint that suggested elements of contemporary
minimalism
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.
Previte's compositions are often tightly arranged, although they leave room for significant amounts of improvisation. Additionally, Previte often uses unusual instrumentation and also draws on many non-jazz musics for his compositions.
In 1991, he wrote the score for "Cirk Valentin" (Moscow Circus on Stage), a stage show consisting of circus acts created by
Valentin Gneushev that performed at the
Gershwin Theatre
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on
Broadway
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* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
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** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
.
Recent large-scale compositional works as of Spring 2007 include:
*"The Constellations Ensemble," a chamber group touring the multi-media show, ''The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró''.
*"The Separation," a collaboration with writer/director Andrea Kleine "dealing with the role of religion in society. Based on the 15th-century composer Guilliaume Dufay's Missa Sancti Jacobi and written for early music pioneers the Rose Ensemble with electric band."
Previte is currently working on a series of percussion concertos featuring
So Percussion ensemble and solo improvisers scheduled to premiere in 2011.
Performer
Previte has received excellent reviews and full articles in major newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Guardian for playing a wide range of genres and venues and for qualities as diverse as his intellectual aesthetic to his ability "to groove." Recent and current projects as of Spring 2007 include :
*"Dialed In," a solo electronic drum show collaboration with video artist
Benton C Bainbridge.
*
The Coalition of the Willing, a guitar quartet featuring
Charlie Hunter,
Steven Bernstein and
Jamie Saft
Jamie Saft is an American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist and composer. He was born in New York City, and studied at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music.
Saft moved from Brooklyn to the Hudson Valley around 2007, and ...
.
*"Strike," a new quartet with organist
Marco Benevento
Marco Benevento (born July 22, 1977) is an American pianist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, who has been a fixture of the New York experimental music rock and jazz scene since 1999. He is the founder and recording e ...
and two saxophones.
*"Groundtruther," a duo with Hunter.
*"The Beta Popes," a power trio with
Skerik
Skerik is an American saxophonist from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone, often with electronics and loops, he is a pioneer in a playing style that has been called saxophonics.
He is a founding member of Critte ...
and Saft.
*"Swami LatePlate," a duo with Jamie Saft.
Much of Previte's work is also improvisational. One of Previte's own favorite recorded improvisational collaborations was with
John Zorn
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jazz ...
, "
Euclid's Nightmare
''Euclid's Nightmare'' is an album of improvised music by Bobby Previte and John Zorn. The album was released on the Depth of Field label in 1997. The album comprises 27 untitled tracks of which several are intentionally identical - tracks (7) an ...
" (Depth of Field 1997). In the 1990s, he performed with the Seattle-based 100% improvisational musical collective
Ponga with
Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz (born 1955) is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer. He came to prominence in the Downtown scene of 1980s and '90s New York City, where he met his future wife, the singer, songwriter and pianist Robin Holcomb. He ...
,
Skerik
Skerik is an American saxophonist from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone, often with electronics and loops, he is a pioneer in a playing style that has been called saxophonics.
He is a founding member of Critte ...
, and
Dave Palmer. Previte has collaborated with
Jamie Saft
Jamie Saft is an American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist and composer. He was born in New York City, and studied at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music.
Saft moved from Brooklyn to the Hudson Valley around 2007, and ...
as "Swami Late Plate." Also the improvisational ''Bobby Previte, Jamie Saft, Skerik: Live in 2003'' (DVD - Word Public) was released in 2006. ''April In New York'', is a 5-DVD set released 2007 of improvisational duets.
Previte appeared in the movie
Short Cuts
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directed by
Robert Altman
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.
In 1997 he founded the record company and label Depth of Field.
Discography
As leader/co-leader
* 1980: ''Pull to Open'' (Zoar)
* 1985: ''Bump the Renaissance'' (Sound Aspects)
* 1987: ''Pushing the Envelope'' (
Gramavision)
* 1987: ''Dull Bang, Gushing Sound, Human Shriek'' (Dossier)
* 1988: ''Claude's Late Morning'' (Gramavision)
* 1990: ''
Empty Suits'' (Gramavision)
* 1991: ''
Weather Clear, Track Fast'' (
Enja
Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971.
The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and early releases included European and ...
)
* 1991: ''
Music of the Moscow Circus'' (Gramavision)
* 1993: ''
Slay the Suitors'' (
Avant) with Empty Suits
* 1993: ''
Hue and Cry
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History
By the Statute of Winchester of 1285, 13 Edw. I statute 2. ...
'' (Enja) with Weather Clear, Track Fast
* 1996: ''
Too Close to the Pole'' (Enja) with Weather Clear, Track Fast
* 1997: ''
Euclid's Nightmare
''Euclid's Nightmare'' is an album of improvised music by Bobby Previte and John Zorn. The album was released on the Depth of Field label in 1997. The album comprises 27 untitled tracks of which several are intentionally identical - tracks (7) an ...
'' (Depth of Vision) with
John Zorn
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jazz ...
* 1997: ''
My Man in Sydney
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Arts and entertainment
* My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station
* Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe
* ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak
* ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon
Business
* Marke ...
'' (Enja) with Latin for Travelers
* 1998: ''In the Grass'' (Enja) with
Marc Ducret
* 1998: ''
Downtown Lullaby'' (Depth of Vision) with John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz and Elliott Sharp
* 1998: ''Dangerous Rip'' (Enja) with Latin for Travelers
* 2002: ''The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró'' (
Tzadik
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)
* 2002: ''Just Add Water'' (
Palmetto
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**Bermuda palmetto, ''Sabal bermudana''
**Birmingham palmetto, ''Sabal'' 'Birmingham'
**Dwarf, or bush palm ...
) with Bump
* 2002: ''The Prisoner's Dilemma'' (Church of Grob) with Elliott Sharp
* 2003: ''Counterclockwise'' (Palmetto) with Bump
* 2003: ''Come in Red Dog, This Is Tango Leader'' (
Ropeadope
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) with
Charlie Hunter
* 2004: ''Latitude'' (
Thirsty Ear) as Groundtruther with Charlie Hunter and special guest
Greg Osby
Greg Osby (born August 3, 1960) is an American saxophonist and composer.
Biography
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Osby studied at Howard University, then at the Berklee College of Music. He moved to New York City in 1982, where he played with Jaki ...
* 2005: ''Longitude'' (Thirsty Ear) as Groundtruther with Charlie Hunter and special guest
DJ Logic
* 2006: ''
The Coalition of the Willing'' (Ropeadope)
* 2007: ''Altitude'' (Thirsty Ear) as Groundtruther with Charlie Hunter and special guest
John Medeski
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* 2007: ''Doom Jazz'' (Veal) as Swami Lateplate with Jamie Saft
* 2008: ''
Set the Alarm for Monday
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'' (Palmetto) with The New Bump
* 2008: ''White Hate'' (Veal) as Beta Popes with Jamie Saft and Skerik
* 2008: ''Live Hate'' (Veal) as Beta Popes with Jamie Saft and Skerik
* 2008: ''Big Guns'' (Auand) with
Gianluca Petrella and Antonello Salis
* 2009: ''
Pan Atlantic'' (Auand)
* 2012: ''Plutino'' (Spacebone)
* 2014: ''Terminals'' (
Cantaloupe
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) with
Sō Percussion, Zeena Parkins, Greg Osby,
Nels Cline
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In the 1980s he played jazz, often in collaboration with his twin brother Alex, a percussionist. He has w ...
and John Medeski
* 2015: ''
We Two Kings: Charlie Hunter and Bobby Previte Play the Great Carols'' (Rank Hypocrisy) with Charlie Hunter
* 2016: ''Mass'' (RareNoise) with
The Rose Ensemble
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The Rose Ensemble has appeared on American Public Media and the European Broadcasting Union (most notably with annual ...
,
Stephen O'Malley
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,
Marco Benevento
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,
Don McGreevy,
Mike Gamble,
Jamie Saft
Jamie Saft is an American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist and composer. He was born in New York City, and studied at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music.
Saft moved from Brooklyn to the Hudson Valley around 2007, and ...
,
Reed Mathis
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* R ...
Bobby Previte discography
, accessed August 12, 2016
DVD
* 2006: ''Live in Japan 2003'' (Word Public) with Jamie Saft and Skerik
Skerik is an American saxophonist from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone, often with electronics and loops, he is a pioneer in a playing style that has been called saxophonics.
He is a founding member of Critte ...
* 2007: ''April in New York'' with Skerik, Zeena Parkins
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, Benton C Bainbridge, Elliott Sharp, and Marco Benvento
* 2007: ''The Separation'' (Rank Hypocrisy) with Andrea Kleine
As sideman
With Terry Adams
*''Terrible'' (New World, 1995)
With Ray Anderson
*''Where Home Is'' (Enja, 1999)
*''Sweet Chicago Suite'' (Intuition, 2012)
With The Bang
*''Omonimo'' (Nuevo, 1991)
With Bob Belden
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*'' Black Dahlia'' (Blue Note, 2001)
With Marco Benevento
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*'' Live at Tonic'' (Ropeadope, 2006)
With Tim Berne
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Biography
Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States. He has said t ...
*'' Pace Yourself'' (JMT, 1991)
*'' Nice View'' (JMT, 1994)
With Jane Ira Bloom
Jane Ira Bloom (born January 12, 1955) is an American jazz soprano saxophonist and composer.
Early years
Bloom was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joel and Evelyn Bloom. She began as a pianist and drummer, later switching to the alto saxoph ...
*''The Nearness
''The Nearness'' is an album by saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom which was recorded in 1995 and released on the Arabesque label the following year. '' (Arabesque, 1996)
*''The Red Quartets
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Reception
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos said " Jane Ira Bloom hits a career high point with this ...
'' (Arabesque, 1999)
*''Sometimes the Magic
''Sometimes the Magic'' is an album by saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom which was recorded in 2000 and released on the Arabesque label the following year.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Glenn Astarita said "Jane Ira Bloom looms as one of the most im ...
'' (Arabesque, 2001)
*''Chasing Paint
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Reception
The AllMusic review by David Dupont s ...
'' (Arabesque, 2003)
*''Like Silver, Like Song
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Reception
Ken Dryden of AllMusic wrote, "Jane Ira Bloom has been one of th ...
'' (Arabesque, 2004)
*'' Wingwalker'' (Outline, 2011)
*'' Early Americans'' (Outline, 2016)
*'' Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickenson'' (Outline, 2017)
With William S. Burroughs
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*''Dead City Radio
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The CD is a collection of readings by Burroughs set to a broad range of musica ...
'' (Island, 1990)
With Corporate Art
*''Corporate Art'' (JMT, 1991)
With Paul Dresher
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and Ned Rothenberg
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*''Opposites Attract'' (New World/CounterCurrents, 1991)
With Marty Ehrlich
Marty Ehrlich (born May 31, 1955) is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinets, flutes) and is considered one of the leading figures in avant-garde jazz.
Biography
Though born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the portion of Ehrlich's youth spent i ...
*''Pliant Plaint'' (Enja, 1988)
*''The Traveller's Tale'' (Enja, 1990)
*''Can You Hear a Motion?'' (Enja, 1994)
*''Malinke's Dance'' (OmniTone, 1999)
*''The Long View'' (Enja, 2002)
With Carol Emanuel
*''Tops of Trees'' (Evva, 1995)
With David Fulton
*''Marcos & Harry'' (Dossier, 1988)
With David Garland
*''Togetherness: Control Songs, Vol. 2'' (Ergodic, 1999)
With Jerome Harris
*''Hidden in Plain View'' (New World)
With Robin Holcomb
Robin Lynn Holcomb is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist who combines avant-garde jazz, classical music, and folk music.
The ''New York Times'' described her music as "a new American regionalism, spun from many threads – country rock, ...
*'' Larks, They Crazy'' (Sound Aspects, 1988)
With Lindsey Horner
*''Don't Count On Glory'' (Cadence Jazz, 2005)
With Bill Horvitz
*''Solo Electric Guitar Compositions for an 11-Solo Guitar & Ensemble Piece Ensemble'' (Ear-Rational, 1991)
With Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz (born 1955) is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer. He came to prominence in the Downtown scene of 1980s and '90s New York City, where he met his future wife, the singer, songwriter and pianist Robin Holcomb. He ...
*''Nine Below Zero'' (Sound Aspects, 1986)
*'' The President'' (Dossier, 1987)
*''Todos Santos'' (Sound Aspects, 1988)
*'' Bring Yr Camera'' (Elektra/Musician, 1988)
*'' Miracle Mile'' (Elektra/Musician, 1992)
*''Mylab'' (Terminus, 2004) with Tucker Martine
With Charlie Hunter
*'' Let the Bells Ring On'' (There, 2015)
*''Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth
''Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth'' is a 2016 album by jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter. It is his first record for GroundUP Music.
The album, whose songs are all written by Hunter, features regular collaborators Bobby ...
'' (GroundUP, 2016)
With Yoko Kanno
is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime series, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements. She was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. She ha ...
*'' Cowboy Bebop Vitaminless'' (Victor apan
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Overview
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 39,247.
It was an important site in the ...
1998)
*''Cowboy Bebop No Disc
The '' Cowboy Bebop'' anime series was accompanied by a number of soundtrack albums composed by Yoko Kanno and Seatbelts, a diverse band Kanno formed to create the music for the series, with a principal focus in jazz. The soundtrack was releas ...
'' (Victor apan
Apan is a city and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 346.9 km².
Overview
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 39,247.
It was an important site in the ...
1998)
*''Cowboy Bebop Blue
The '' Cowboy Bebop'' anime series was accompanied by a number of soundtrack albums composed by Yoko Kanno and Seatbelts, a diverse band Kanno formed to create the music for the series, with a principal focus in jazz. The soundtrack was releas ...
'' (Victor apan
Apan is a city and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 346.9 km².
Overview
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 39,247.
It was an important site in the ...
1999)
With Guy Klucevsek
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Klucevsek was born in New York City, and raised outside ...
*''Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse'' (Experimental Intermedia Foundation, 1991)
*''Polka Dots & Laser Beams'' (Eva, 1991)
*''?Who Stole the Polka?'' (Eva, 1991)
With Makigami Koichi
*''Koroshi No Blues'' (Toshiba EMI, 1992)
With The New York Composers Orchestra
*''The New York Composers Orchestra'' (New World, 1990)
*''First Program in Standard Time'' (New World/CounterCurrents, 1992)
With Kirk Nurock
*''Remembering Tree Friends'' (Koch, 1998)
With Seigen Ono
*''NekonoTopia NekonoMania'' (Saidera, 1990)
*''Bar Del Mattatoio'' (Saidera, 1994)
*''Montreux 93/94'' (Saidera, 1990)
With the Peggy Stern/Thomas Chapin
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Quintet
*''The Fuchsia'' (Koch, 1997)
With Ponga
*'' Ponga'' (Loosegroove, 1999)
*''The Ponga Remixes'' (Loosegroove, 1999)
*''Psychological'' (P-Vine, 2000)
With Mike Pride
*''Drummer's Corpse'' (AUM Fidelity, 2013)
With Bobby Radcliff
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*''Early in the Morning'' (A-Okay, 1985)
With Jamie Saft
Jamie Saft is an American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist and composer. He was born in New York City, and studied at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music.
Saft moved from Brooklyn to the Hudson Valley around 2007, and ...
*'' Black Shabbis'' (Tzadik, 2009)
*'' A Bag of Shells'' (Tzadik, 2010)
*'' The New Standard'' (RareNoise, 2014) with Steve Swallow
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*'' Loneliness Road'' (RareNoise, 2017) with Steve Swallow and Iggy Pop
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With Jeffrey Schanzer
*''Vistas'' (Music Vistas, 1987)
With Elliott Sharp
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A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City since the late 1970s, Sharp has released ...
*''Virtual Stance'' (Dossier, 1985)
*''Fractal'' (Dossier, 1986)
*''Larynx'' (SST, 1987)
*''Sili/Contemp/Tation'' (Ear-Rational, 1990)
*''Arc 1: I/S/M 1980-1983'' (Atavistic, 1996)
*''Arc 2: The Seventies 1972-79'' (Atavistic, 1997)
With The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet
*'' Voodoo'' (Black Saint, 1986)
With Various Artists
*'' Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill'' (A&M, 1985)
*''Island of Sanity: New Music From New York City'' (No Man's Land, 1987)
*''Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus'' (Columbia, 1992)
*'' Music from and Inspired by the Film Short Cuts'' (Imago, 1992)
With Tom Varner
Tom Varner (born June 17, 1957 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States) is an American jazz horn (French horn) player and composer.
Varner grew up in Millburn, New Jersey, and studied piano in his youth with Capitola Dickerson of Summit, ...
*''Covert Action'' (New Note, 1989)
With Tom Waits
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...
*'' Rain Dogs'' (Island, 1985)
With Victoria Williams
Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with mul ...
*''Happy Come Home'' (Geffen, 1987)
With Andreas Willers
*''Cityscapes'' (Sound Aspects, 1993)
With John Zorn
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jazz ...
*''The Big Gundown
''The Big Gundown'' ( it, La resa dei conti, lit=The Settling of Scores) is a 1966 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Sollima, and starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian.
Plot
Possessing a reputation for bringing criminals to justice, r ...
'' (Nonesuch/Icon, 1985)
*'' Cobra'' (Hat ART, 1987)
*'' Spillane'' (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1987)
*'' The Bribe'' (Tzadik, 1986 998
*'' Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour'' (CBS/Sony (Japan), 1989)
*''Filmworks 1986–1990
''Filmworks 1986–1990'' features the first released film scores of John Zorn. The album was originally released on the Japanese labels Wave and Eva in 1990, on the Nonesuch Records label in 1992, and subsequently re-released on Zorn's own label, ...
'' (Eva, 1990)
*'' Filmworks III: 1990–1995'' (Evva, 1995)
References
External links
BobbyPrevite.com
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American jazz bandleaders
American jazz composers
American male jazz composers
American jazz drummers
University at Buffalo alumni
1951 births
Living people
Musicians from Niagara Falls, New York
Palmetto Records artists
Tzadik Records artists
Ropeadope Records artists
Musicians from New York (state)
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
Jazz musicians from New York (state)
20th-century American male musicians
The Coalition of the Willing (band) members
Ponga (band) members
Thirsty Ear Recordings artists
Enja Records artists
Gramavision Records artists
RareNoiseRecords artists