''Lust Corner'' is an album by guitarist

Noël Akchoté Noël Akchoté (born 7 December 1968) is a French guitarist in free improvisation, classical, experimental, and free jazz. Career Starting on guitar at when he was eight years old,Philippe Carles, André Clergeat et Jean-Louis Comolli, ''Dictio ...

featuring duets with

Marc Ribot Marc Ribot (; born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer. His work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, Rock music, rock, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notab ...

and

Eugene Chadbourne Eugene Chadbourne (born January 4, 1954) is an American banjoist, guitarist and music critic. Life and career Chadbourne was born in Mount Vernon, New York, Mount Vernon, New York, but grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He started playing guitar wh ...

recorded in 1996 and released on the

Winter & Winter Winter & Winter is a record label in Munich, Germany that specializes in jazz, classical and improvised music. It was founded by Stefan Winter following the demise of his JMT Records label. Since 1997 Winter & Winter has released records by Da ...

label.Noël Akchoté discography
, accessed November 27, 2014

Reception

In his review for

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, Scott Yanow said "This is nothing if not a rather weird record... The two guitarists (whether it be Ribot or Chadbourne) constantly echo each other, often out of time and sometimes in different keys. There are dull stretches, but no performance lacks intensity and passion, along with a taste of the absurd. For selective tastes". Richard Cook and Brian Morton's

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describes the album as "impressive and confidently understated".

Track listing

''All compositions by Noël Akchoté except as indicated'' # "New York" (

Ornette Coleman Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Ja ...

) – 4:48 # "Street Woman" (Coleman) – 3:23 # "Chadology" – 4:21 # " Body and Soul" (

Johnny Green John Waldo Green (October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his ear ...

) – 2:50 # "Extensions" – 2:57 # "Free #1" (Marc Ribot, Noël Akchoté) – 0:55 # "Interlude #2" – 2:59 # "Chesire Hôtel" – 3:26 # "Peace Warriors" (Coleman) – 5:06 # "Broken Shadows" (Coleman) – 4:18 # "Pas-vous?" (Eugene Chadbourne, Noël Akchoté) – 6:40 # "Dirt" (Eugene Chadbourne) – 5:38

Personnel

– electric guitar *

– electric guitar (tracks 1, 2 & 5–8) *

– electric guitar,

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

, vocals (tracks 3, 4 & 9–12)

References

{{Authority control Winter & Winter Records albums Noël Akchoté albums 1997 albums