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UNCIV MUSICAbout“Unciv.” — short for “Uncivilized” — is a syndication entity aimed at spreading the word about the music, concepts and action behind “Uncivilized”. What is beyond? [email protected] Single "BrokenTreasure STOMP" Releases June 5MUSIC@UncivMusicSocial#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:300px;}/* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ Uncivilized :: Placebo - World OUT NOW1 年前Uncivilized -“ROWLINGS” (Feat. LUTHER WONG x JAIMIE BRANCH)UNCIV MUSIC · Uncivilized - “ROWLINGS” (FT. LUTHER WONG x JAIMIE BRANCH)2 年前New Single “BrokenTreasure STOMP” Out June 5thUNCIV MUSIC · Uncivilized - “BrokenTreasure STOMP”“BrokenTreasure STOMP”, the first single from a new full-length Uncivilized album entitled “Garden”, is out everywhere this Friday, June 5th. The album is made of five long tracks, the first of which you may have heard back in March: “Reign STOMP”. It was all recorded live at a Pioneer Works Community Happy Hour event here in Brooklyn, NY, but — thanks to their staff, some great multi-tracking gear, and the mixing work of Stephe Cooper (Cloud Becomes Your Hand) — the album has been edited and cropped to sound like it was made in a studio… I think! At the very least, it offers a pretty crazy ride. Local trumpeter and friend Jaime Branch guests on tracks 3, 4, & 5, but you’ll have to wait for those! Preorder the single here. xoxo “Uncivilized Tom” P.S. I recently spoke with Imran Mizra for a podcast on Blue In Green Radio about what a “Stomp” is; how the name Uncivilized came to be (it has nothing to do with the music), and where “The Bernie Sanders Jazz Band” epithet comes from. (Also included is a 25-minute new opus from the ambient jazz drummer RJ Miller which leaves you wanting more.) P.P.S. — RIP Jimmy Cobb! Uncivilized - “BrokenTreasure STOMP” (UNCIV MUSIC, 6/1/2020)Tristan Cooley — fluteLevon Henry — a.saxCasey Berman — b.clarinetLuther Wong — trumpetTom Csatari — e.guitar, slideJulian Cubillos — e.guitarDominic Mekky — organ & effectsNick Jozwiak — double bassRachel Housle — drums2 年前Folky Jazz ≠ Folk-Jazz: Think Piece & Spotify PlaylistFolky Jazz ≠ Folk-Jazz: Think Piece & Spotify PlaylistSwiss-born photographer Sabine Weiss’ photo, “Petite gitane et Manitas de Plata, Saintes-Maries-de-la-mer”, from 1960. (Click the image for a playlist we’ve created to share the beautifully ragged and rewilded sounds of “Folk-Jazz”.)——The beauty of music is uncertain, moist, ageless, ungendered, untouchable. Folk is the we—us—which connects itself with music in strange ways. Connotations vary, but music usually springs forth at the mention of “Folk”. It has something to do with culture, but not in a high-brow way, rather, its essence has something to do with people, in general—the things we do; things we love; the ancient in us all. What we are.In music, Folk often references the place where a given music is created. It also connotes a peaceful tradition of oral history through music. Eventually, after field songs and hymns, folks began writing their own music, and a modern era of Folk was ushered by the likes of Bob Dylan, Woody Gutherie, Elizabeth Cotten, (& others)— folk wrote their own songs in the spirit of this original, place-based genre. The word doesn’t really matter (nor does this think piece you’re reading, if you even made it this far), but we’re getting somewhere. . . Jazz music developed alongside this atmosphere of song-making, oral histories, and place-based music at the turn of the century in New Orleans, Louisiana. It morphed into the big band swing era of the roaring twenties, during which jazz and dance bands were the popular music on the radio. Swing was king for a while until some revolutionary musicians started a new music which flipped everything on its head and added in elements of contemporary art, and impressionistic classical music, alongside break-neck rhythm and syncopations—enter bebop. The counterculture movement of the 60s was a back-to-the-land ethos whose music began to reference the ancient music of America, recreating it in a new, hyper-political lens of singer-songwriting. (The genre-ification of this music form has roots in Mississippi delta blues singer-songwriters, who played and sang with their guitars, and a case could be made for an outright theft of this form by the 60s folk revivalists.) Sonic pioneers—Martin Carthy, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchel, David Crosby, James Taylor, Joan Baez, and many more—added adventurous and slightly dissonant elements to their “folk” sound. Martin Carthy’s arrangement of “Scarborough Fair”—a traditional folk song—was probably the first example of “jazzier folk”, with some beautifully jazzy chords. Enter “Folk-Jazz” the genre, made up mostly of music with words, derived from roots music. On the instrumental, non-vocal side of this new movement was a set of experimentalists who delved further into Jazz and its liberated, mysterious sentiments: John Fahey. Sandy Bull. Leo Kotke. (Man of these were known as “American Primitivist” folk artists.) Pat Metheny. Jimmy Guiffre. Many tracks on Joni Mitchell’s “The Hissing of Summer Lawns”. There were also a number of musicians who came from the Jazz tradition and began incorporating more “folky” jazz sounds, and folk-inspired traditional music alongside the swinging, pagan jazz moods. This sounds lame, but it was a natural trajectory in some way, especially with the birth of the Environmental movement. Bill Smith. Carla Bley. Ornette Coleman. Paul Bley. Lee Konitz. Herbie Hancock. Charles Lloyd. Grant Green. Keith Jarrett. Paul Motian. Ornette Coleman. Ralph Towner. Ornette Coleman. Gabor Szabo. Chico Hamilton. Frank Zappa. Don Cherry. Sonny Rollins. Ornette Coleman, & Ornette Coleman. A strong case could be made to add the beboppers—especially with the rawness and grit of someone like Charlie Parker—into this list of “folk-jazzers” but I’ll spare you our opinions on that… Stay Safe,@UncivilizedTomElizabeth Cotten - Freight trainMartin Carthy - Scarborough Fair (feat. Dave Swarbrick)Joni Mitchell - The Jungle LineJoni Mitchell - I Don’t Know Where I StandBob Dylan - She Belongs to MeJames Taylor - Secret Of Life - LiveBob Dylan - With God on Our SideJoni Mitchell - Roses BlueJoan Baez - Diamonds And RustCrosby, Stills & Nash - Guinnevere - 2005 RemasterSandy Bull - Electric BlendOrnette Coleman - Ramblin’Charles Mingus - Better Git It in Your SoulOrnette Coleman, Jerry Garcia, Prime Time - 3 WishesOrnette Coleman - PeaceJohn Fahey - The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party - InstrumentalOrnette Coleman, Pat Metheny - Song XPaul Motian - Sod HouseKeith Jarrett - Eyes Of The Heart - Pt. 1 / Live At Theater am Kornmarkt, Bregenz / 1976John Fahey - St. Louis Blues - Original RecordingPaul Motian - American Indian: Song Of Sitting BullCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja VuJohn Fahey - March! For Martin Luther KingDavid Crosby - Music Is LoveKeith Jarrett - Eyes Of The Heart - Pt. 2 / Live At Theater am Kornmarkt, Bregenz / 1976Keith Jarrett - Encore (A-B-C) - Live At Theater am Kornmarkt, Bregenz / 1976Keith Jarrett - Roads Travelled, Roads Veiled - Live At The Village Vanguard, New York / 1973Keith Jarrett - The Rich (And The Poor)Keith Jarrett - (If The) Misfits (Wear It) - Live At Village Vanguard, New York / 1973John Fahey - When The Springtime Comes AgainRobbie Basho - A North American Raga (The Plumstar) - VocalSandy Bull - BlendGeorge Winston - Theme for a Futuristic MovieBill Evans - Peace PieceMiles Davis - Flamenco SketchesMiles Davis - Freedom Jazz Dance (Evolution of the Groove)Miles Davis - FallJimmy Giuffre - The Train and the RiverJimmy Giuffre - Two Kinds of BluesJimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow - In The Mornings Out TherePaul Bley Trio - Ida LupinoCharlie Haden, Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Sharon Freeman, Mick Goodrick, Jack Jeffers, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Jim Pepper, Dewey Redman, Steve Slagle, Gary Valente - The Ballad Of The Fallen (Folk Song From El Salvador)Lee Konitz - Blues For Our ChildrenJohn Coltrane - Alabama - Live At Birdland Jazzclub, New York City, NY, 10/18/1963John Coltrane - LovePat Metheny - Unity VillagePat Metheny - Question and AnswerPat Metheny Group - Above the TreetopsPat Metheny Group - (Cross The) HeartlandCharles Lloyd, Billy Higgins - Oh, KarimCharles Lloyd, Billy Higgins - The ForestChico Hamilton - Forest FlowerChico Hamilton - El ChicoSonny Rollins - I’m An Old CowhandChico Hamilton - ThoughtsSonny Rollins - John S. - RemasteredYusef Lateef - That Lucky Old SunPaul Motian, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano - Osmosis Part IIIDan Tepfer, Lee Konitz - TreesLee Konitz & Dan Tepfer - 9/11 Suite - Pt. ILee Konitz & Dan Tepfer - Body & SoulHerbie Hancock - Oliloqui Valley - Remastered 1999 / Rudy Van Gelder EditionHerbie Hancock - Goodbye To Childhood - Remastered 2004Frank Zappa - Zoot AlluresUncivilized - Reign STOMPCharlie Parker - Just FriendsCharlie Parker - Red CrossCharlie Parker - The GypsyElvin Jones, Richard Davis - Elvin’s Guitar BluesAaron Parks - BranchingsUncivilized, Levon Henry - Sherwood (Live)Sam Wilkes - TodaySam Amidon, Milford Graves - April (feat. Milford Graves)Sam Amidon - Sugar BabyCharlie Parker - Yardbird SuiteOrnette Coleman - Lonely Woman2 年前Monday Missive 03/2020 -“radical folk-jazz”“Uncivilized’s radical folk-jazz suggests a top down realignment is more than just possible, but necessary.” — Aquarium DrunkardWelcome to UNICV MUSIC’s weekly news email—a semi-anarcho-syndicalist, weekly roundup of all things Uncivilized.This week, we look at a recent feature of Uncivilized’s latest single “Reign STOMP” inAquarium Drunkard’s monthly Bandcamping column:“The latest from Tom Csatari’s Uncivilized collective was released on Super Tuesday, which feels, conservatively, like seven years ago. But there’s nothing dated about this one, stuffed to the brim with swooning reeds and flutes, prickly electric guitar, and organ, shifting from comforting lulls to droning menace. With everyone confined to their quarters, it’s an optimal time to wonder what kind of future we’re going to have together. It either gets much better or much worse from here—Uncivilized’s radical folk-jazz suggests a top down realignment is more than just possible, but necessary.” ~ Jason P. Woodbury & Justin GageIf you visitaquariumdrunkard.com, it’s the third article on the right when you scroll down to the main content (CLICK THE HAND):In addition, we’ve added several “merch” items to ourbandcamp page, which is the best place to support the musicians of Uncivilizedduring this health crisis— the bandleader has two small children andis battling cancerand at least two Uncivilized performances have already been cancelled.A new Uncivilized recording session is scheduled for June 2020 with Jaimie Branch (Fly or Die), Buz Donald (L'Rain), and Levon Henry (Joe Henry)—god willing: Here’s hoping recorded music and albums will provide some respite from these current times.Sincerely,the UNCIV MUSIC Family(we/they/us):unciv.org$5 Uncivilized s/tDownload Cardhttps://uncivmusic.bandcamp.com/album/uncivilized-s-t-wooden-download-cardCherry wood, letter-pressed download card for Uncivilized’s self-titled, debut record on Tiny Montgomery Records (originally released under the bandleader’s name on the now defunct label). Includes download of the full album as one track, like an old record.“Its gigs are a bit raw, from general to specific, but raw on purpose. (Its recent album, also called “Uncivilized,” on the Tiny Montgomery label, is much the same way.)” — Ben Ratliff, The New York Times$10 Uncivilized Deadstock New-Old Socks(White)https://uncivmusic.bandcamp.com/album/hanes-deadstock-new-old-uncivilized-socks50s HANES Rockabilly-style New Old white socks with handstamped Uncivilized stencil logo. Purchase includes download of Uncivilized’s “Reign STOMP” single.$12 Uncivilized 60s CottonHandkerchiefhttps://uncivmusic.bandcamp.com/album/new-york-ep-deadstock-new-old-handkerchief1960’s “HAV A HANK” Deadstock (New Old) Handkerchief with Uncivilized New York EP stamp. Purchase includes a download of New York EP as a single track, like an old LP. (14"x14" 100% cotton).$15 - Melted Candy Clear Vinylhttps://uncivmusic.bandcamp.com/album/melted-candy-ep-clear-7-vinylLathe-cut, 7” (33 RPM) clear poly-carbonite vinyl record. Purchase includes a hi-fidelity download of the album.“Uncivilized is a demonstration of the ever-shifting vision of guitarist Tom Csatari, who creates an intoxicating mix of psych-jazz, folk, and indie rock. He can attack a Lee Morgan comp as easily as an Elliott Smith tune, but it’s his original works where his most dramatic realizations occur. This four-song EP compiles four different versions of his ensemble, and while the abiding Csatari sound holds in each instance, the ascendant personality traits range from a rustic folk-jazz to the harmonic warmth of chamber jazz to indie-rock edge. None of this could ever be described as “catchy,” and yet there’s a memorable quality to the music that makes it irresistible.” — Dave Sumner, Best New Jazz on Bandcamp December 2016$30 - New York EP 10” Black Vinylhttps://uncivmusic.bandcamp.com/album/new-york-ep-10-vinylLimited-edition, test-pressing, 10" (78 RPM) black vinyl; there are only 5 of these left! Includes liner notes by Chad DePasquale and track-by-track poetry by flutist Tristan Cooley, as well as a hi-fidelity download of the album.“Uncivilized is a little too raw to be called atmospheric, a little too pub-band to be called jazz, and a little too antivirtuoso to be called orchestral. This revolving group of horns, strings and percussion makes loosefitting music that seems to align with an alternative strain of New York City folklore — the genealogy of William S. Burroughs, Diane Arbus and John Zorn. Out next week, the collective’s latest EP, “New York,” consists of four tunes, each recorded live at a different since-closed watering hole in Brooklyn or Lower Manhattan. On Wednesday, Uncivilized celebrates the release by beginning a run of monthly shows at Barbès. For this performance the band will feature 12 musicians — including two guitarists, two bassists, two drummers and two bass clarinetists.” Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU12tbVmYl0PS: We’re up onInstagram,Facebook&Spotifyif you flow in those realms…2 年前Reign STOMP ReduxSo here’s the thing… We wrote this soon after our first child was brought onto this earth—right after Donald Trump became president of the USA—and we remember, starkly, having to verbally acknowledge that out loud at some point during the first few weeks of little Nina’s life. The composition was created while the child slept in a bassinet. It began raining softly in the mildish New York-spring air—blowing through the window polluted and smoggy in our home office. A small kernel of an idea on the guitar led to a little melody with a frill in it—almost bebop, or maybe hard-bop, but who knows. Somehow it wants to land with a big major chord on the off beat (on four) like a tune by The Band, or something. Then it goes into a theme—romantic? laconic? lilting?—that fit right against the frilly intro. The theme was built on two American staples: the minor four chord (“Starman”, Bowie), and the two major (“That’ll Be The Day”, Buddy Holly). It expands from there, settling into a newer, semi-jam-band progression more likely to be heard in something like Robert Glasper’s projects or maybe Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor, than in heady jammers like Phish. (Moving from C major to A major back and forth is probably the antithesis of jam-band harmony, if there is such a thing.) Amidst the democratic swirl through the group solo section—swaying between two key centers as Dominic Mekky’s organ sounds are warped through a tape delay pedal, shaking the bedrock—each element shimmers within a tug-of-war of peace. There’s slide guitar; there’s stretching; there’s squawking; there are slippery melodies which come and evaporate in a millisecond. At some point, the organism coalesces, agreeing upon a drone. (It’s in the sheet music—”reach group consensus on A chord, then move to Bb major”—a moment of collectivism rooted in virtuosic group listening and underplaying.) Then we’re back into the swelling swales of the intro, with Tristan Cooley’s flute trills calling like a bird over stacks of pastoral ambiance, including Nick Jozwiak’s bowed double bass. Theme remerges—pop on beat 4—dénouement to E major, we all slip away into vapours…— Uncivilized (we/they/us)www.unciv.orgPostscript:Julian Cubillos takes a production credit here, as he is always the one making sure the levels and filters are working well and we remember consulting him about positioning when we were setting up. This was one of the rare occasions where we and Julian could hear both of our guitars (eachother) well, thanks to the crew at Pioneer Works, and to a relatively soft group volume. That’s the same pot you hear clanking about insouciantly that Rachel’s used in the band for many years now. Levon is on alto sax here—his work on “Climb”, his father’s song, is still my favorite “solo” out there; it’s all vibe—an amalgam of deep song and visceral realism (See: “Savage Detectives”; Bolaño, 1998.) There are some core moments when Casey Berman is hitting the Stomp-march-rhythm spot on, seeping through the detritus with that wooden-pillar, dry-bone clarinet I love so much (the sound of a loon?). This is our Stompiest to date, as we added trumpet for the occasion. It is Luther Wong’s debut on an Unciv. Recording, but he’s been playing with us since at least 2013, on at least a few Barbès hits. If you’re at all interested, the rest of this performance was recorded in similar hi-fidelity and features my neighbor Jaimie Branch sitting in for over half an hour, joining us on Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock” and a reading of the Twin Peaks theme. Her dog was wandering on stage with us all throughout the evening.a l l i n q u i r i e s : [email protected] 年前Uncivilized to Release New Single, “Reign STOMP” All Proceeds Going to Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight Action OrganizationDONATE TODAY:https://uncivmusic.bandcamp.com/album/reign-stomp-single:: Press Release ::“Like human civilization itself, Uncivilized’s chaotic spontaneity blossoms into a rollicking beauty that’s greater than the sum of its parts.” — David, Community Manager: SoundropUncivilized, the folk-jazz collective referred to by Impose Magazine as “The Bernie Sanders Jazz Band,” offers a new digital single entitled “Reign STOMP” March 3, 2020, Super Tuesday voting day. Recorded at Pioneer Works and mixed by Stephe Cooper (Cloud Becomes Your Hand), the release is an endorsement of Bernie Sanders’ campaign to be the Democratic Nominee for President of the United States.All proceeds from the single, available via Bandcamp, will be donated to Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight Action Organization, which is building voter protection teams with Democratic State Parties and local allies across the country to protect the right to vote.“Voting is the bedrock on which our community’s future and your ambitions are built,” says Abrams. To that point, Uncivilized’s “Reign STOMP” is a fitting tribute to the challenge against mismanagement of elections that discourage and disenfranchise voters; the fight to expose corruption that puts special interests before voters; and the mission to build and engage a robust network of grassroots activists.“Reign STOMP” starts with a blast from the nine-piece ensemble that is strong and unified, then morphs into the work of threading the voices of the various instruments together, resolving with another blast that says YES, we can make a difference.Uncivilized (we/they/us):[email protected] Abrams Fair Fight Action:[email protected] Cooley — fluteLevon Henry — alto saxCasey Berman — bass clarinetLuther Wong — trumpetTom Csatari — electric guitar, slideJulian Cubillos — electric guitar, productionDominic Mekky - transistor organ & effectsNick Jozwiak — double bassRachel Housle — trap-set & percussionRecorded at Pioneer Works, August 23, 2018 in Brooklyln, NY.:www.pioneerworks.org.Mixed by Stephe Cooper (Cloud Becomes Your Hand):roto-asteriskrecords.bandcamp.com/album/home-of-breadArtwork: 2018 selfies by each member of the band. Grid by UNCIV MUSIC. Photo touch-up by Joe Labate (joelabate.net).2 年前Uncivilized Releases Debut Solo Guitar Album 31 Dec 2019Uncivilized - “Placebo - Ish”A nine-track, digital-only album of instrumental guitar tracks (the debut solo album from the freak-folk-jazz entity Uncivilized) featuring all new original material except for a rumble into the traditional carol “Good King Wenceslas”. Releasing on New Year’s Eve 2019, the collection further captures Uncivilized’s lo-fi, raw-jazz ethos in rare, pared down, guitar soli arrangements—melodies, harmonies, and rhythms in tact, coming alive through the artist’s unamplified hollowbody archtop guitar. They’ve been relatively dormant this year, but Uncivilized surprises us again with a last-minute catalog of new material from 2019. (Are all the year end lists closed? Is this Jazz? Who needs lyrics anyways?)Purchase: https://uncivmusic.bandcamp.com/album/placebo-ish PROCESSRecorded, mixed and mastered on 21 December 2019 with Soundation, a free direct-to-cloud, browser recording interface on Google Chrome with a 1955 Kay/Silvertone Aristocrat Archtop Hollowbody guitar—without plectrum.ARTWORKA public domain image of Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill’s house (a formerly abandoned cement factory).2 年前Uncivilized Releases Halloween Single: “Melted Candy STOMP”Released on Halloween 2018, “Melted Candy STOMP” is an outtake from Uncivilized’s 17-track digital compendium *Uncivilized Plays Peaks* (www.uncivilizedplayspeaks.com) — recorded live at the album’s release show, featuring the freak-jazz 10-piece playing one of their own “STOMP” songscapes — stylized in all caps and referential to the New Orleans Stomp song form, as well as to the group’s 2016 debut EP “Melted Candy”, available on limited edition clear 7" vinyl (http://ignoreheroes.bandcamp.com/album/melted-candy).Stream:Video: Download:https://uncivmusic.bandcamp.com/album/melted-candy-stomp 3 年前Uncivilized @ Pioneer WorksCheck this video of the band “songscaping” in the garden of Red Hook’s Pioneer Works arts center during a community happy hour performance on Aug. 23 w/ Luther Wong (trumpet), Levon Henry (alto sax), Casey Berman (bass clarinet), Tristan Cooley (flute), Julian Cubillos (guitar), Tom Csatari (guitar), Dom Mekky (organ), Nick Jozwiak (double bass) & Rachel Housle (trap drums) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sheetal Prajapati (@sdp80) on Aug 24, 2018 at 6:54am PDT 4 年前