ORIENTATIONS by LLOYD MILLER

SKU132792
ArtistLLOYD MILLER
TitleORIENTATIONS
LabelFOUNTAINAVM
Catalog #FAVM 023
Tag
ReleaseW 19 - 2024
FormatVinyl - US2LP
Import
 € 46,50 incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

  1. Camels To Cairo
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/a1.camelstocairo.mp3
  2. Segah Leaves
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/a2.segahleaves.mp3
  3. Orientation (Kheneccordian)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/a3.orientation1kheneccordion.mp3
  4. Carnatic Clarinet
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/a4.carnaticclarinet.mp3
  5. Intercollegiate Jazz Festival Introduction
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/a5.intercollegiatejazzfest68_introduction.mp3
  6. Takseem It Seems "Beautiful Eyes"
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/a6.takseemitseemsbeautifuleyes.mp3
  7. Orientation The Telling Of Thai'me
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/a7.orientation2thetellingthaime.mp3
  8. Mellow Cello (Mid 1970's Television In Tehran, Iran)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/b1.mellowcello.mp3
  9. Shahin
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/b2.shahin.mp3
  10. Pentakarnatica (Rehearsal)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/b3.pentakarnatica7_8.mp3
  11. Orientation (Poetically Past The Present) (#3)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/b4.orientation3poeticallypastthepresent.mp3
  12. Piano, Santur & Drum (interlude)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/b5.painosanturanddruminterlude.mp3
  13. Persuasian
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/b6.persuasion.mp3
  14. Orientation (Of Mandarin Myth)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/c1.orientation4ofmandarinmyth.mp3
  15. Pacific Breeze
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/c2.pacificbreeze.mp3
  16. Humalayan (Edited version)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/c3.humalayan.mp3
  17. Summer Thyme In Tehran
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/c4.summerthymeintehran.mp3
  18. Ketch Me If You Can (Improvisation)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/c5.catchmeifyoucan.mp3
  19. Orientation (Central Asian Occasion)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/c7.centralasianoccasion.mp3
  20. Improv In Isfahan (extended - Full version)
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/d1.mp3
  21. Camels From Cairo
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/f/favm_023_orientations/d2.camelsfromcairo1.mp3

Description

A raid on the values of oriental jazz master and pioneering ethnomusicologist Lloyd Miller.

As we’ve said before on the rare encounters we’ve had with Miller’s work, he’s quite a unique figure within the worlds of jazz, traditional Middle-Eastern folk and musicology.  Few in history seem to be so heavily embedded within local music scenes and have been capable of absorbing so much from their surroundings.  His original works (almost all self-released) are extremely hard to find and are pretty much out of reach for most.

This double LP ‘Orientations’ is really what we’ve been longing for though.  With unrestricted access to Dr Miller’s archives, local Utah label FOUNTAINavm have combed through previously unreleased recordings from the early 60’s to the early 00’s, capturing the breadth and scale of this unique artist.  The cultural clash between east and west underpins each piece, where Miller’s astonishing dexterity on at least 15 different non-western instruments is infused with European Jazz standards.  Like listening back in time, the fragrant humid air of the old orient hangs heavy in the atmosphere, capturing a time of great change in the area where the osmosis of culture between East and West would really take off, not without its problems.  But these are recordings we keep coming back to, like the lilting romance of piano piece ‘Shahin’ recorded in early 70’s Tehran, or the hypnotic South Indian inspired Carnatic Clarinet from 1960’s.  Miller’s work exists at an interesting historical intersection where jazz, folk, spiritual and documentary aspects of music all overlap.  (Mint / New - heavy 2LP gatefold).

This double LP album is sourced from Lloyd Miller’s personal archives of masters and personal recordings.

Archival, Curation, and Tape Transfers by Adam Michael Terry.

Limited pressing of 300 copies.

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