Title: John Somebody [Nonesuch] Artist: Scott Johnson Release Date: 1986 Label: Elektra/Nonesuch Duration: 39:20 UPC: 075597913323 Genre: Avant-Garde Styles: Minimalism, Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Experimental Rock Moods: Ambitious, Amiable/Good-Natured, Playful, Cerebral, Eccentric, Provocative, Quirky, Uncompromising, Whimsical, Fun Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Part I
2. Part 2
3. Part 3-Involuntary Songs
4. Reprise
5. No Memory

Year Type Label Catalog # 1986 CD Elektra/Nonesuch 79133

John Somebody [Tzadik]

"Remember that guy...John Somebody?...He was a...sort of a b'..." asks the repeating master tape loop of a woman's voice, as other smaller loops join in, and then pop jazz instrumental figures imitate the rhythm and add funky melodies and cross-rhythms (built on the smaller samples of the loop) in accumulating levels which suddenly break and start again with interpretations of the loops. We find ourselves tapping our feet and wanting to dance. An original and appealing album where Johnson clearly demonstrates for his listeners the relation between ordinary speech and musical rhythms. Speech in this case also includes the laughter of "Involuntary Songs." "No Memory" is also built on this speech sampling idea but is more complex in its modulation of both the loop sounds and the layering of the more chromatic instrumental phrases. ~ "Blue" Gene Tyranny, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bill Ruyle Percussion Don Hunerberg Producer, Engineer George Chinsee Photography Gregory Sandow Liner Notes Jim Shelton Mastering, Digital Mastering Jon Rosenberg Assistant Engineer Lenny Pickett Woodwind Scott Johnson Main Performer, Bass, Electronics, Percussion, Tape, Liner Notes, Guitar, Electronic Sounds Steve Jenkins Design Tom Gartland Engineer Yale Evelev Producer