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MOOSES AVANT GUITAR CD's
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List of guitarists/links for the Yahoo Club: Avant Guitar
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/avantguitar
LAST UPDATED (OR AT LEAST TWEAKED) 9/9/01
Please report bad links directly to Moose
 
Some guitarists and/or albums are fairly mainstream, others are very out there.
Other guitarists belong on this list also, and there are probably some gutarists on this list that don't belong.
 
The attempt is to list the best(?) avant-garde album (could be very challenging listening (or even wretched sludge?).
A main attempt may be to focus in on solo albums (in the pure sense of that term) to get the bare essence of the artist.
Other worthy, more mainstream albums by artist may also exist.
A work in progress - Feel free to send additions/information/comments at the club site, or you can e-mail them to Moose.
 
Warning: If you are unfamiliar with an artist or album, it's recommended that
you also consult with others before laying out your money on a purchase.
Please come to "Avant Guitar" to discuss things guitar avant.
 
 
Guitarist
> < = Most significant?
Recommended Album starting Point (label, oop=out of print) --- (s)=solo guitar - (s,od)=solo guitar w/ overdubbing) - (d)=guitar duo - (g)=group - (hsas)=heavy scratch and sniff --- Recommended By --- (#__) - in message postings
AMG=All Music Guide ESD=East Side Digital 
Anderson, Bruce At AMG Brutality (Atavistic) (s,od?) - Re: Moose; 
BA & Dale Sophiea: Strict (Quadruped - Family Vineyard) - Re: H. Kaiser
     MX-80 (Anderson et all)  At AMG  
>Bailey, Derek< At AMG 
Henry Kaiser's page on Derek Bailey 
Another good DB info site 
Hard to say, maybe - Solo Guitar Volume 1 (Incus) (s) (hsas) - Re: Moose; 
DB & Han Benninck (dr): Air Mail Special / When We're Smilin' (Incus) 
- Re: H. Kaiser
Aida (Dexter's Cigar) (s) - Re: H. Kaiser 
Bailey, Derek and Henry Kaiser Wireforks (Shanachie, oop) (d) - Re: Moose  At AMG At Tower
Bjorkenheim, Raoul (Krakatau)  At AMG Ritual (Cuneiform) - Re: H. Kaiser (In Nels Cline review)  At AMG
Boni, Raymond  At AMG On several Joe McPhee albums - Re: Moose
Bourelly, Jean-Paul  At AMG  
Branca, Glenn  At AMG Warning: Not all his compositions are for guitar 
Brotzman, Casper  At AMG  
Brotzman, Casper and Page Hamilton Zulutime (Atavistic) (d) - Re: Jot, Moose  At Tower
Bryant, Alan  At AMG  Space Guitars (CRI) (s,od?) - Re: Moose
Buckethead  At AMG  
>Chadbourne, Eugene<  At AMG 
E. Chadbourne Official Site
Hard to say, maybe - Strings (Intact) (s); or maybe Solo Acoustic Guitar Vol. 2 (Rastascan) (s) (hsas) - Both re: Moose
Cline, Nels and Gregg Bendian (drums) At AMG Interstellar Space Revisited: Music Of John Coltrane (Atavistic) - Re: Moose 
Cline, Nels (trio)  At AMG  Sad (Little Brother) - Re: H. Kaiser
Chest (Little Brother) - Re: H. Kaiser
Connors, Loren Mazzacane  At AMG  On Various Artists: New York Guitars (CRI) (s) - Re: Moose 
Didkovsky, Nick  At AMG  On Various Artists: New York Guitars (CRI) (s) - Re: Moose 
     Doctor Nerve (Didkovsky et all)  At AMG Every Screaming Ear (Cuneiform) (g) - Re: AMG
Doran, Christy  At AMG What A Band (Hat Art, oop) (s) - Re: Moose
Dorge, Pierre  At AMG  
Dreyblatt, Arnold   
Dunaway, Judy At AMG  On Various Artists: New York Guitars (CRI) (s) - Re: Moose 
First, David  At AMG  On Various Artists: New York Guitars (CRI) (s) - Re: Moose 
Frisell, Bill  At AMG Quartet (g) (Nonesuch) - Re: Moose
Frisell, Bill  (as guitarist in "Naked City") John Zorn: Naked City (Nonesuch) - Re: Moose 
Naked City: Heretic (Avant) (g) - Re: Jot, Moose
Fripp, Robert  At AMG   
     King Crimson  At AMG   
>Frith, Fred<  At AMG  At Tower 
(See page bottom for more FF links)
Gravity (ESD, oop) - except, it can be found at Clamazon.com - Re: Eyesbleed 
Naked City: Heretic (Avant) (electric bass,g) - Re: Jot, Moose
     Art Bears (Frith, Chris Cutler, Dagmar Krause) 
     At AMG
The World As It Is Today (Recommended) (g) - Re: Eyesbleed's desert island recording list, re: Moose  At AMG 
     Death Ambient (Frith, Kato Hideki, Ikue Mori) 
     At AMG
Death Ambient (self titled) (Tzadik) (g) - Re: Eyesbleed's desert island recording list, re: Moose; Also re: AMG  At AMG
     Denseband   
     Henry Cow (Frith, Tim Hodgkinson, et all) 
     At AMG
 
     Massacre (Frith, Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, 
     Charles Hayward)  At AMG
Killing Time (Charly) (g) - Re: Eyesbleed (At F. Frith club, message #58) At AMG
     Skeleton Crew (Frith, Tom Cora, Zeena 
     Parkins)  At AMG
 
Frith, Fred and Henry Kaiser Friends And Enemies (2cd's) (Cuneiform) (d) - Re: Moose  At AMG 
More on Cuneiform 
With Enemes Like These, Who Needs Friends? (1 cd of material from above) (SST) (d) - Re: Moose  At AMG 
Ginn, Greg  At AMG 
(Ex-Black Flag, owner: SST records)
Probably doesn't belong on this list, but the SST label has done some good guitar projects - Moose
Hamilton, Page  At AMG (Helmet etc.)  
Hendrix, Jimi  
Hooker, William (drums) w/ Thurston Moore or Elliot Sharp (duets) Shamballa (Knitting Factory)  At AMG
Howell, Mark  At AMG  On Various Artists: New York Guitars (CRI) (s) - Re: Moose 
Jenkins, Billy  At AMG  Mayfest (Babel) (g) - Re: Bob Rusch (Editors Choice - 2000 Cadence record poll) via Moose
>Kaiser, Henry< (Outstanding site!)  At AMG Lemon Fish Tweezer (Cuneiform) (s) - Re: Moose  At AMG 
More on Cuneiform 
Those Who Know History Are Doomed To Repeat It (SST) (g)  At AMG 
Re-Marrying For Money (SST) (g)  At AMG
Kaiser, Henry and Jim O'Rourke Tomorrow Knows Where You Are (Victo) (d) - Re: Moose 
King, John  At AMG  On Various Artists: New York Guitars (CRI) (s) - Re: Moose 
Kline, Phil  At AMG  On Various Artists: New York Guitars (CRI) (s) - Re: Moose 
Krantz, Wayne  Greenwich Mean (waynekrantz.com) - Re: H. Kaiser
>Lindsay, Arto<  At AMG Aggregates 1-26 (Knitting Factory) (g) - Re: Moose (only Arto I have)
     DNA (Lindsay, Ikue Mori et all)  At AMG  
>Lucas, Gary<  At AMG Skeleton At The Feast (Enemy) (s) - Re: Moose
Lussier, Rene  At AMG   
Master, Carolyn  At AMG  On Various Artists: New York Guitars (CRI) (s) - Re: Moose 
McLaughlin, John Extrapolation (Polydor) (g) - Re: Moose
Metheny, Pat Zero Tolerance For Silence (DGC) (s,od) - Re: Moose
Miller, Roger  At AMG  (was/is in Mission of Burma, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic) Elemental Guitar (s,od?) (SST) - Re: Moose (Also has stuff at Tzadik)
Moore, Thurston 
(in Sonic Youth, also other projects)
(See Hooker, William (above)) 
Morris, Joe No Vertigo (Leo) (s?) - Re: H. Kaiser (in Davey Williams review) 
Muñoz, Tisziji  TM w/ Pharoah Sanders: Spirit World (Anami) - Re: H. Kaiser
Death Is a Friend of Mine (Anami) - Re: H. Kaiser
Nelson, Bill (was in group Be Bop Deluxe) Probably doesn't belong here - Moose 
Nix, Bern (was in Ornette Colemans Prime Time)  
O'Rourke, Jim  At AMG  Discography See also with Henry Kaiser (above) 
Parkins, Zeena  At AMG (Electric harp etc.)  No Way Back (Atavistic) (s) - Re: AMG  At AMG
     No Safety  At AMG   
Reichel, Hans <<< New discovery 9/15/00 
- A really significant guitarist?  At AMG 
The Death Of The Rare Bird Ymir / Bonobo Beach (FMP) (s) - Re: Penguin Guide To Jazz (via Moose)
Reed, Vernon (Living Colour, etc.)  At AMG  
Renaldo, Lee (in Sonic Youth, also other projects)   
Ribot, Marc At AMG Don't Blame Me (DIW) (s); Rootless Cosmopolitans (Antilles, oop?) (g) and/or Shrek (Avant, oop?) (g) - All re: Moose 
Ross, Brandon  At AMG  On "New York Guitars" CRI 698 
>Sharp, Elliott<  At AMG Datacide (Enemy) (g) - Re: Moose  (See also Hooker, William (above))
Sharrock, Sonny  At AMG  Guitar (Enemy) (s,od) - Re: Moose 
Skopelitis, Nicky  At AMG   
Smith, Roger  At AMG  Unexpected Turns (EMANEM) (s?) - Re: H. Kaiser (in Davey Williams review)  At AMG 
Snakefinger (Philip Lithman) At AMG 
(Residents cohort)
The Collection (ESD) (g) - Re: Moose  At AMG 
Sonic Youth  At AMG  
Spencer, Jon and Judah Bauer (Blues Explosion) Probably doesn't belong here - Moose 
Tibbetts, Steve At AMG  
Tiers, Wharton (drummer, composer) At AMG  Twilight of the Computer Age (Atavistic) - Re: Jot  At AMG 
Brighter Than Life (Atavistic) - Re: AMG At AMG
Ulmer, James Blood  At AMG  
Valitsky, Ken  At AMG  On Various Artists: New York Guitars (CRI) (s) - Re: Moose 
Various Artists  New York Guitars (CRI) (s) - Re: Moose
Watkins, Ellen  At AMG   
Williams, Davey  Discography  At AMG Charmed, I'm Sure (Ecstatic Peace!) (s,od) - Re: Jot's desert island recording list, re: Moose; Also H. Kaiser
Zappa, Frank  At AMG Shut Up And Play Your Guitar (3cd) (Rykodisc) (g) - Re: Moose  At AMG
 
 
Links stolen from Yahoo Club: Fred Frith (current as of 9/18/00)
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/fredfrith
http://www.fredfrith.com/ --- the official F.F. site 
http://www.acns.nwu.edu/jazz/artists/frith.fred/discog.html --- Discography 
http://www.recrec.ch/label/artist/fred.html --- Discography, pics..Macromedia Shockwave 
http://www.ejn.it/mus/frith.htm --- Biography 
http://astron.berkeley.edu/plonsey/beanbenders/FredFrith.html --- Complete discography & pics. 
http://motion.state51.co.uk/reviews/456.html --- Friends & Enemies review+ 
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/ --- Cuneiform Records site 
http://www.macgraphic.co.jp/ich/henry_cow/ --- Henry Cow/Slapp Happy 
http://www.mozg.art.pl/ARCHIWUM/MUSIC/frith.htm --- F.F.& Guitar Quartet 
http://www.clamazon.com --- Buy the older OOP Frith cd's here