"BLUE" GENE TYRANNY
Degrees of Freedom Found
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Recorded between 1963-2019, Degrees Of Freedom Found is a six CD set “Blue” Gene Tyranny hand selected from archival, live recordings, and brand new first recordings before his passing in 2020. Part new album, part retrospective, this box offers a fresh perspective on “Blue” Gene Tyranny’s musical legacy. Blue’s career defining moment, composing the music for Robert Ashley’s magnum opus, Perfect Lives, typifies the Buddha-like self-effacement of his musical life. Often lending a substantial supporting role to his friends’ more visible projects, Blue’s music under his own name blossomed in a more esoteric and highly personal manner outside of the spotlight. Across its many previously unreleased recordings, Degrees Of Freedom Found showcases a surprising, extroverted side of Blue’s music, alongside the virtuoso works of sensitive spirit for which New Music devotees have long revered him.
Tracklisting
- A Letter from Home, the basic chords, improvisation for one pianist (Live at Roulette, New York, December 1, 2004)
- Spirit, for piano, natural and artificial harmonics (Live at Roulette, New York, December 1, 2004)
- The 36 Chords from The Driver’s Son, improvisation for one pianist (Live at Roulette, New York, December 1, 2004)
- The Invention of Memory, piano introduction (Live at Roulette, New York, December 1, 2004)
- Time Transposing Pianist (A Letter from Home, vertical version) [Live at Roulette, New York, March 27, 1992]
- Leroy Jenkins - On the Road to Blountstown, a true story (Live at Roulette, New York, May 3, 2001)
- Dreamtime: In the Past (1980)
- Dreamtime: In the Outback (1980)
- Dreamtime: Blue Moon Rye (1986)
- Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra - Tango for Band (1985)
- Any Fine Afternoon (1983)
- Meditation, for trio and chamber orchestra, two performances mixed together (1963, 1993)
- Sleeping Beauty in Camouflage (1992)
- The Driver’s Son, Intro (Live at Roulette, New York, May 7, 1999)
- The Driver’s Son, Scene I: Tim Disappears, John Follows the Clues (Live at Roulette, New York, May 7, 1999)
- The Driver’s Son, Scene II: The Happy Landing (Live at Roulette, New York, May 7, 1999)
- The Driver’s Son, Scene III: Trooper Ralph (Live at Roulette, New York, May 7, 1999)
- The Driver’s Son, Scene IV: The Center of My Universe (Live at Roulette, New York, May 7, 1999)
- The Driver’s Son, Scene V: The Desert (Live at Roulette, New York, May 7, 1999)
- The Driver’s Son, Interlude (Live in Philadelphia, November 15, 1990)
- The Driver’s Son, Scene V (Live in Philadelphia, November 15, 1990)
- He Was Here (1998)
- The De-Certified Highway of Dreams (Live in Missoula, MT, October 10, 1992)
- The Great Seal (Live in New York, April 30, 1990)
- Barn Fever (Live at Jacob’s Pillow, July 14, 1984)
- Tango for Two (1984)
- We All Watch the Sun and the Moon (for a Moment of Insight) [Live at Cooper Union, New York, May 8, 1992]
- Daylight Savings (1980s)
- Driving Music (1991)
- The Ned Sublette Band - Leading A Double Life (1986)
- Confession (Live at Roulette, New York, April 15, 2010)
- Excerpts from Archaeocoustics #1 (The Shining Net) [1977]
- Wooden Nickels (Live at the Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 1968)
- How To Swing A Dog (Live at Dance Theater Workshop, New York, Oct 3, 1984)
- Recollections, Songs from Aphasia: The Word (Live at Roulette, Brooklyn, April 13, 2016)
- Recollections, Songs from Aphasia: Speech (Live at Roulette, Brooklyn, April 13, 2016)
- Recollections, Songs from Aphasia: The Road Trip (Live at Roulette, Brooklyn, April 13, 2016)
- Recollections, Songs from Aphasia: Orpheus (Live at Roulette, Brooklyn, April 13, 2016)
- Harvey Milk (Portrait) [1979] 09:30
- That Then, Now This (Live at Merkin Hall, New York, April 1, 1991)
- The Forecaster Hopes (2019)
