ProjeKct One
Jazz Cafe Suite
December 1 - 4, 1997
A lot of fun for me, not knowing where things would go. Biggest surprises:
Robert playing a fretless bass (sound) solo on his midi guitar, Bill
brought a xylophone and took us into parade land with that.
Big challenge for the audience a whole night all improvised they seemed
to like it, at least nobody called out requests.
Tony Levin
1. Suite One
2. Suite Two
3. Suite Three
Robert Fripp - guitar
Trey Gunn - Warr guitar
Tony Levin - bass guitar, Stick, synth
Bill Bruford - drums and percussion
Produced by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy on behalf of
King Crimson & the King Crimson Collectors' Club
Recorded December 1-4, 1997
at The Jazz Cafe, Camden, London
FOH & Recording Engineer: David Singleton
Mixed by R. Chris Murphy (1); David Singleton and Bill Bruford (2,3)
Digital editing: Alex R Mundy
Photography: Tony Levin
Design: Hugh O'Donnell
Audio source: mixing desk
Audio rating: 10
Average Rating: (From 3 Reviews):
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The Alternate-world P1 album
From Joe Prisco of Snohomish, Washington on .
Wow! I like this even more than the P1 album in the Thrush set. Definitely got me thinking of P1 as equal to (though different from) the rest. Bearing in mind that all the material here was candidate for that Thrush release, just regard this as the alternate-world P1 release. Definitely recommended -- even if you didn't really like the P1 Thrush CD.
Something a litte different
From Arturs Kalnins of Ithaca, New York on .
Great stuff. The most atmospheric of the Projekcts and, right now, my favorite.
Jam-Based Improvisation, Highly Enjoyable
From Joseph McFarland of Manassas, Virginia on .
I've always enjoyed music made in this way. A bunch of highly skilled and progressive-minded musicians of top form get together and jam. Later, an editor (Teo Macero on "Bitches Brew", Holger Czukay on the Can records) shapes the best moments into LP/CD pieces.
Bill Bruford may be tired of rock forms, but his distinctive style (to include that tightly pitched snare drum) is in evidence and he drives these jams in a style not unlike his style of 1972. The other players all have fun and have plenty of space to show their wares and their latest tricks in. Someone - presumably either Fripp or Gunn - plays a half-time solo in the first track here, reminiscent of a stringed instrument being slowly tortured, that is especially exquisite to those of us who enjoy a little distortion and atonality in our daily dose of music. I love the legit ProjeKct One release ("Live at the Jazz Cafe" - which contains shorter pieces and focuses more on groove) and I love this one also, which probably focuses on the guitar playing a bit more.
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