Peter Brotzmann & Hamid Drake - Dried Rat-Dog

Title: Dried Rat-Dog Artist: Peter Brotzmann & Hamid Drake Release Date: 4/21/1998 Label: Okka Duration: 62:25 UPC: 796441200429 Genre: Jazz Styles: Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz Moods: Complex, Fierce, Provocative, Unsettling, Aggressive, Cathartic, Cerebral, Confrontational, Energetic, Exuberant, Fiery, Hostile, Intense, Passionate, Raucous, Rebellious, Rousing, Uncompromising, Urgent, Visceral, Volatile, Boisterous, Brash, Freewheeling Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. The Dried Rat Dog
2. It's an Angel on the Door
3. Open in to the Unknown
4. Trees Have Roots in the Earth
5. The Uninvited Entertainer
6. Dark Wings Carry off the Sky

Year Type Label Catalog # 1998 CD Okka 12004

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The Dried Rat-Dog is a free jazz energy wallop from the duo of multireedist Peter Brotzmann and percussionist Hamid Drake. It kicks off with the title track, a cavorting of saxophone and drums that tears off, speeding over the hills and through the woods with fierce intensity. Both musicians are in excellent form and incorporate all sorts of techniques from their vast respective vocabularies. The energy inverts for the next piece, "It's an Angel on the Door," as Brotzmann holds notes on the tarogato, wavering at the edge of a screech, accompanied by Drake's hand percussion which continues solo at times, only to have Brotzmann come fluttering and circling back in. "Open Into the Unknown" remains soft and quiet, as frame drum and clarinet move at a steady pace. The album continues to move through an array of moods and approaches, but never lets up on creativity and musicianship, making The Dried Rat-Dog a must-hear for all fans of either musician, although not the best place to start for the uninitiated. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bradley Parker Engineer Bruno Johnson Executive Producer Fred Burkhart Photography Hamid Drake Drums, Tabla, Producer, Frame Drum John Corbett Liner Notes Louise Molnar Graphic Design Peter Brötzmann Tarogato, Taragat, Sax (Alto), Clarinet, Sax (Tenor), Producer, E Flat Clarinet