You might know Arthur Doyle from his CLASSIC 1978 joint Alabama Feeling but if not, prepare for some of the wildest blowin' of any sax abuser this side of Peter Brotzmann as once he starts squealing only God himself has the power to stop him. So he's turned up with his Trio on this split LP and they're firing out a seriously unhinged barrage of brasspocalypse all over our office. Phil looks like he's trying to stave off a breakdown by doing some air jazz drumming, a good sign surely? Eventually the chaos subsides to be replaced by, erm.. A slightly less intense chaos. Oh yeah. The other side is taken up by The Orkustra, lead by Bobby Beausoleil who's rapidly becoming a regular in the old release schedules, who do a jam that's quite different to the other stuff of theirs that I've heard, having quite a strong folky gypsy jazz quality to it. You should see the mental Bobby Beausoleil artwork on the picture disc too, his Arthur Doyle drawing is fully amazing.
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What their label says...
THE ORKUSTRA/ARTHUR DOYLE TRIO (QBICO 100) 200gr. split picture disk, exclusive artworks by Bobby BeauSoleil (three versions: gold, grey and green border)
Arthur Doyle Trio- Nature boy
Arthur Doyle- tenor sax, bass clarinet, flute Charles Stephens- trombone Rashied Sinan- drums
rec. live @ Studio RivBea, NYC, August 26, 1972
The Orkustra
Bobby BeauSoleil- electric guitar David LaFlamme- electrified violin Jaime Leopold- electrified bass Henry Rasof- electrified oboe Terry Wilson- drums, percussion
rec. October 27, 1966, San Francisco
"Bobby sent me 10 Orkustra CDs to choose the right music for the qbico #100 and i finally choose a single track, the most heart breaking for me... Arthur's totally poignant version of Nature Boy cover a period which had not been documented before, where he was at the apex of his wildness... exclusive artworks by Bobby BeauSoleil... the top of the pyramid is reached... " (QBICO 100) 200gr. split picture disk, exclusive artworks by Bobby BeauSoleil (three versions: gold, grey and green border)
