''Secret Curve'' is a 2011 album by
Ron Anderson's
PAK
Pak or PAK may refer to:
Places
* Pakistan (country code PAK)
* Pak, Afghanistan
* Pak Island, in the Admiralty Islands group of Papua New Guinea
* Pak Tea House, a café in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Arts and entertainment
* PAK (band), an Amer ...
. It was released on
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 jaz ...
's
Tzadik label as part of the composer series.
Track listing
#"Overture"
#"Let Me Tell You Something"
#"Caffeine Static Rendezvous"
#"No Future"
#"
Caro-Kann"
#"Secret Curve"
#"Mama’s Little Anarchist"
#"E4 or D4?"
#"Trebuchet"
#"Blinding Light"
#"
Kempelen
Johann Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen de Pázmánd ( hu, Kempelen Farkas; 23 January 1734 – 26 March 1804) was a Hungarian author and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine.
Personal lif ...
's Automaton"
Personnel
*Ron Anderson: Bass Guitar
*
Keith Abrams: Drums, Percussion
*Tim Byrnes: Trumpet, French Horn, Keyboards
*
Anthony Coleman: Piano
*
Jérôme Noetinger
Jérôme Noetinger (born 1966 in Marseille) is an improviser and composer of electroacoustic music based in Rives, Isère, France.Pieces of Sound: German Experimental Radio Daniel Gilfillan - 2009 p202 Gregory Whitehead, “Radio Play Is No Place: ...
: Electronics, Tape Manipulation
*
Eve Risser
Eve Risser (born 1982) is a French jazz and improvised music performer, composer and arranger. She mostly plays piano and prepared piano, but also plays harpsichord and other instruments.
Life and career
Risser was born in 1982 in Colmar, France ...
: Piano, Prepared Piano
*
Tom Swafford: Violin
*
Stefan Zeniuk
Stefan Zeniuk is a New York City based musician and filmmaker.
Often seen performing on the saxophones, clarinet, and bass clarinet he is noted for his stage presence. He currently heads up Gato Loco, and is also a member of Maxim Bass with Ro ...
: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, English Horn
The Ashfield Sessions
Anderson released an earlier version of the compositions on Secret Curve as a limited edition live CDR called The Ashfield Sessions in 2008. 150 hand numbered copies were made.
[ ] Alex Lozupone said about the material "''The new Pak has a tendency to fall into grooves more easily than the old (Ron is a bassist now!), which makes for a different sound - not a bad thing at all.''".
References
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2011 albums