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Dec 10, 2011
12/11
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John Alkins; Harlan Mark Vale; Dick Metcalf; Mr. Painful
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âStages Of Alternate Realityâ, or S.O.A.R., continued their wild jam sessions late into the Puget Sound night on this second session. Neighbors were disturbed at great length, but we had an absolute blast twisting sounds âround until they could not (possibly) be bent in any other directions. Everyone was âtogetherâ, and by the early morning hours, there was no question that we were able to fly like the birds scattered all around the edge of the magnificent Puget Sound that we were playing...
Topics: jazz, improvised
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Dec 10, 2011
12/11
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John Alkins; Harlan Mark Vale; Dick Metcalf; Mr. Painful
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âStages Of Alternate Realityâ, or S.O.A.R., is one of the wildest jam-bands you have ever heard. Formed on a whim by the waters of the Puget Sound, they invaded the night with sounds never before heard after the first return of Rotcod Zzaj from Morning Calm. One kra-zee ride to oblivion, without doubt! If you'd like to look at some of our other musical efforts, please visit our magazine, at Improvijazzation Nation All of our music is free to download, but we'd be very grateful if you could...
Topics: jazz, improvised
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Dec 8, 2011
12/11
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Davey Williams; LaDonna Smith; Wally Shoup; John Thompson; Dick Metcalf
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Davey Williams, Wally Shoup, & LaDonna Smith invited Zzaj to visit/play with them in a seedy lil' punk joint named "The Cavern". This CD is the result! If you'd like to look at some of our other musical efforts, please visit our magazine, at Improvijazzation Nation All of our music is free to download, but we'd be very grateful if you could make a small donation (via Paypal) to help with the costs of maintaining a netlabel (there's a button on the page linked in above, or use the...
Topics: jazz, improvised
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Dec 9, 2011
12/11
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John Alkins; Harlan Mark Vale; Andy Woodruff; Bob Cerelli; Dick Metcalf
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The Mad Metcalf Ensemble was formed as an âoffshootâ of the âTrilliumâ grouping that included Mark Vale, John Alkins, Dick Metcalf & Bob Cerelli.This group did some HIGH-end art performances, & a few of these tunes, from the CD âResurrection â Reservations Onlyâ are captured here for you to listen to! If you'd like to look at some of our other musical efforts, please visit our magazine, at Improvijazzation Nation All of our music is free to download, but we'd be very grateful if...
Topics: jazz, spoken word
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Dec 4, 2011
12/11
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Mark Kissinger, Dick Metcalf
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Pennsylvania-based rock/freeform guitarist extraordinaire Mark Kissinger first joined Rotcod Zzaj in the late 1980's. They produced several very interesting tapes during the 1990's; what you will hear on this outing is the "best of", in digital form.
Topics: jazz, improv
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Dec 4, 2011
12/11
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Ernesto Diaz-Infante; Dick Metcalf
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TRIPLE DOSE was one of the earliest collaborations between San Francisco multi-instrumentalist/poet Ernesto Diaz-Infante and âodd-istâ Rotcod Zzaj (aka Dick Metcalf). It got rave reviews from SPLENDID E-zine, & started a long trek of collabs between these two.
Topics: jazz, improv
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Jul 25, 2011
07/11
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Bret H. Hart/Dick Metcalf
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(excerpted from 'Free-Improv Case Studies: Bret Hart's Duets Series' by Jerry Kranitz) Bret Hart Rotcod Zzaj (Dick Metcalf) Vol I I sent Dick some percussion and drum solos. He added his keyboards. It's interesting for me to listen to what we sound like now (almost 2002) doing almost precisely what we did when we met (1988), but with infinitely better gear. Dick and I go way back and it's so refreshing that we're still pushing each other. Some of his bits on this release sound like they were...
Topics: improvised duets, bret h hart, dick metcalf, Dick Metcalf, Rotcod Zzaj, InstrumenTales Improvised...
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Nov 24, 2011
11/11
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Dick Metcalf (aka Rotcod Zzajj) and Dave Fuglewicz
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In 1996 Dick Metcalf and I collaborated on a release titled "Journey To Reality". I really enjoyed working on this project. Dick played synthesizers and I used my ARP 2600, Odyssey & Sequencer. It was recorded on four track cassette decks. Analog heaven. Dick Metcalf's website and home of Zzaj Productions: http://zzaj.freehostia.com/wordpress/ . Dave Fuglewicz's website: http://www.davefuglewicz.com. Click on SEE ALL FILES in the bottom, right section for the CD and/or cassette...
Topics: David Fuglewicz, Dave Fuglewicz, Dick Metcalf, Rotcod Zzaj, anaog synthesizers. improvisation
