Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra – Galactic Parables: Volume 1 Label: Cuneiform Records – Rune 409/410 Format: 2 × CD, Album Country: US Released: 2015 Genre: Jazz Style: Dixieland, Avant-garde Jazz
Tracklist 1 Free Agents of Sound [Sardegna, Italy] 2 Make Way To The City / The Arc Of Slavery #72 [Sardegna, Italy] 3 The Arc Of Slavery #72 (Part 2) [Sardegna, Italy] 4 Helmets of Our Poisonous Thoughts #16 / Awaken the World [Sardegna, Italy] 5 Collections of Time [Sardegna, Italy] 6 Free Agents Of Sound [Chicago, Illinois] 7 Collections Of Time [Chicago, Illinois] 8 Make Way To The City [Chicago, Illinois] 9 The Arc Of Slavery #72 [Chicago, Illinois] 10 Helmets Of Our Poisonous Thoughts #16 [Chicago, Illinois] 11 Awaken The World #41 [Chicago, Illinois] Notes CD One [Tracks #1-5] Sardegna, Italy performance Rob Mazurek - composition, direction, cornet, electronics Damon Locks - text, voice, electronics Angelica Sanchez - piano Jeff Parker - guitar John Herndon - drums Chad Taylor - drums Matthew Bauder - tenor saxophone, clarinet Matthew Lux - bass guitar Guilherme Granado - keyboard, samplers, synth, voice Mauricio Takara - cavaquinho, electronics, percussion
Recorded live at the Sant’Anna Arresi Jazz Festival 2013 “Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz” on August 28, 2013. Broadcast live from Piazza del Nuraghe by Rai Radio3. Executive and Artistic Producer: Associazione Culturale Punta Giara Special thanks to Basilio Sulis and all members of Associazione Culturale Punta Giara, Paolo Zucca, Achille Silipo and La Peschiera.
All compositions by Rob Mazurek (OLHO, ASCAP). Produced by Rob Mazurek. Recorded by Paolo Zucca and Live Studio. Mastered by Casey Rice at Classix.
CD Two [Tracks #6-11] Chicago, Illinois performance
Rob Mazurek - composition, direction, cornet, electronics Damon Locks - text, voice, electronics Nicole Mitchell - flutes, voice Angelica Sanchez - piano Jeff Parker - guitar John Herndon - drums Matthew Bauder - tenor saxophone, clarinet Matthew Lux - bass guitar
Recorded live at the Chicago Cultural Center on October 18, 2013 by Ken Christianson, assisted by Deundeun Cho.