Art Brooks: The Night Caller
Posted on February 9, 2006 by hcrink
Private press Free Jazz lp from Bennington University in Vermont by Trumpeter Art Brooks. What originally got my attention when I dug this up in a local antique shop was that the liner notes were written by Bill Dixon, and that Brooks dedicates the lp to his teachers - Dixon, Cecil Taylor, and Milford Graves. How could I possibly go wrong?
And sure enough, it is quite good! It's a rather large group (9 players) and consists of one 30 minute piece that spans the length of both sides. Though recorded in 1977, the sound is somewhat of a throwback to the heyday of his teachers, and it is quite easy to imagine it having been some lost session from a label like ESP-disk in the late 60's or early 70's. Which is just fine by me. Great Franz Klein-esque cover painting too!
Seems to be quite obscure, as I've mentioned it to a few few jazz heads in Vermont and even they were unfamiliar with it. If anyone has any extra info to add on Brooks, please fell free to share…
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3 Comments to “Art Brooks: The Night Caller”
yeah, you’re right. I love Intents and Purposes!
Arthur Brooks has done a number of performances in Vermont, Massachusetts, and NYC (the 1999 Vision Festival, for one) over the past few years. He’s playing with dancer Penny Campbell on April 1 at this year’s Improvised And Otherwise festival in Brooklyn
(http://www.improvisedandotherwise.com/)
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Brooks was a student of Dixon’s. Musically I find Nightcaller to be very similar in structure and mood to Dixon’s - Intents and Purposes and RCA.