The New York Art Quartet 1964-65 Call It Art Numbered Limited Edition 150g 5LP Box Set (Vinyl)

Individually Hand-Numbered, Limited Edition Heavy Weight Vinyl 5LP Collectable Box Set! Strictly Limited to Only 665 Copies! Pressed by Quality Record Pressings! Previously Uncirculated Music!

The New York Art Quartet was a free jazz ensemble made up of saxophonist John Tchicai, trombonist Roswell Rudd, drummer Milford Graves and bassists Lewis Worrell and Reggie Workman, formed in 1964.

Approaching jazz from a wide scope, Afro-Danish American John Tchicai was a composer/saxophonist whose music is internationally known for its compelling sense of rhythm, drama and humor, its freedom, spirituality, healing qualities and ultimate freshness. He recorded with both John Coltrane ("Ascension") and John Lennon ("Life with Lions"), and he founded the ensemble "New York Art Quartet". John Tchicai was the first recipient of a lifetime grant for Jazz performance from the State of Denmark.

Roswell Rudd is a Grammy Award-nominated American jazz trombonist and composer. Although skilled in a variety of genres of jazz and other genres of music, he is known primarily for his work in free and avant-garde jazz.

Milford Graves is an American jazz drummer and percussionist, most noteworthy for his early avant-garde contributions in the early 1960s with Paul Bley and the New York Art Quartet. He is considered to be a free jazz pioneer, liberating the percussion from its timekeeping role. Graves has worked as a sideman and session musician with a variety of established jazz musicians throughout his career, including Don Pullen, Eddie Gomez, Andrew Cyrille, Rashied Ali, Kenny Clarke, Don Moye, Philly Joe Jones, John Zorn and Albert Ayler. He has invested his time in research within the field of healing through music.

"Their music was fairly free, emotional, and quite notable for the trombone-alto frontline. The group was formed after Tchicai departed from The New York Contemporary Five, and the New York Art Quartet lasted until Rudd joined Archie Shepp's Quartet." - Scott Yanow, allmusic.com

Triple Point Records preserves timeless improvised creations in definitive physical editions--for the benefit of artists, listeners, and collectors.

Recordings take place: LP1 Side A 1 - July 16, 1965, Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; LP1 Side A 2, Side B 1-2, LP2 Side C. 1-2 - December 31, 1964, Judson Hall, New York City; LP2 Side C. 3-4, LP2 Side D. 1-4 - January 17, 1965 WBAI Studios, New York City; LP3 Side E 1-5, LP3 Side F 1-3 - early 1965, loft of Michael Snow New York City; LP4 Side G 1-4 - July 15, 1965, Museum of Modern Art sculpture garden, New York City; LP4 Side G 5, LP4 Side H 1, LP5 Side I 1-2, LP5 Side J 1 - October 31, 1964, loft of Marzette Watts, New York City;

Features:
• Hand-Numbered, Limited Edition
• Strictly Limited to Only 665 Copies
• 5LP Box Set
• 150g Vinyl
• 4 Hours of Music from 6 Sessions
• Pressed by Quality Record Pressings
• Includes Hardcover Clothbound 156-Page Book in a Wooden Box containing the Compete History of the Quartet and its members
• Housed in Custom Birchwood Box with dozens of Photos, Manuscripts & other Memorabilia
• Previously Uncirculated Music from 1964-1965

Musicians:
John Tchicai, saxophone, alto saxophone
Roswell Rudd, trombone, euphonium
Milford Graves, drums, conga, vocals
Lewis Worrell, bass
Reggie Workman, bass
JC Moses, drums
Alan Shorter, trumpet
Eddie Gomez, bass
Amiri Baraka, reading
Don Moore, bass

Selections:
LP1 - Side A:
1. Banging On The White House Door (alternate take)
2. Rosmosis
LP1 - Side B:
1. Uh-Oh (collective composition)
2. No. 6

LP2 - Side C:
1. Old Stuff
2. Asprokhaliko
3. Spoken introduction by Amiri Baraka
4. Ballad Theta
LP2 - Side D:
1. Now's The Time
2. Old Stuff (including the poems "Bad Mouth" and "In One Battle" - Amiri Baraka)
3. No. 6
4. Closing announcement (incomplete - unknown WBAI broadcaster)

LP3 - Side E:
Sweet V
1. (breakdown)
2. (complete take)
Nettus II
3. (warm-up/false start/breakdown/false start/incomplete)
4. (nearly complete take)
For Eric: Memento Mori
5. Warm-up/Take 1 (false start)
LP3 - Side F:
For Eric: memento Mori
1. Take 2 (complete)
2. Take 3 (complete)
Eventuality
3. (incomplete)

LP4 - Side G:
1. Quintus T.
2. Mohawk
3. Sweet V
4. Banging On The White House Door
5. For Eric: Memento Mori
LP4 - Side H:
1. Uh-Oh (collective composition)

LP5 - Side I:
1. O.C.
2. Ballad Theta
LP5 - Side J:
1. No. 6