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Museo Dei Viaggiatori Di Sicilia, Pt. 1 05:18
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Palazzo Branciforte, Pt. 2 05:15
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Museo Dei Viaggiatori Di Sicilia, Pt. 3 05:30
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Museo dei Viaggiatori Di Sicilia, Pt. 2 08:03
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Orto Botanico 13:37
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Mark Dresser/Davide Barbarino | Duets

A series of duets in Sicily (2016) with the gifted multi reed player and visual artist Davide Barbarino, exploring different acoustical spaces- reverberant rooms, outdoors in a botanical garden and in concert. This is the first documentation of McLagan tines among other bass adaptations.
- Mark Dresser

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This new fascinating CD of Mark Dresser with the multi-talented Davide Barbarino was recorded in Sicily in 2016 and 2017 in a series of different acoustics (exploring at opposite ends of the island: the Palazzo Branciforte and Orto Botanico in Palermo, and Museo dei Viaggiatori in Palazzolo Acreide).

Barbarino is a multi-reed player, producer and visual artist; in each capacity he works in a number of different mediums. Musically he works in electro-acoustic composition, improvisation and ethnomusicology, and has collaborated with an impressive number of musicians like Dresser, Barre Phillips, Tim Hodgkinson, Frank Gratkowski, Michel Doneda, and John Tilbury.

Dresser needs little introduction; he is one of the monsters of contemporary bass - a consummate musician whose career trajectory is as impressive as it is diverse. A prolific recording artist and composer, he has also been the go-to collaborator for people like Dave Douglas, Misha Mengelberg, Evan Parker, Tim Berne, Henry Thradgill and John Zorn. From the Anthony Braxton Quartet to Arcado String Trio, his silent film soundtracks, his CD’s on Tzadik, Knitting Factory Records and Cryptogramophone (and Deutscher Grammophon) and host of other labels, from Los Angeles to New York and back again to UCSD, he has been a pathfinder and relentless experimenter.

Dresser can be found on over 80 recordings, including an impressive catalogue of duo CD’s with artists like Simon Nabatov, Vinny Golia, Remi Alvarez, Denman Maroney, Roswell Rudd, Susie Ibarra, Ray Anderson, Frances Marie Uitti, Mark Helias.

These recordings are the first documents of the ‘ McLagan tines’ adaption to Dresser’s bass: a series of tuned metal tines (like on an Mbira or Kalimba) attached to the bridge by luthier Kent McLagan (who also custom-made the neck pickups in Dresser’s bass). You can see Dresser using these very clearly in the 2017 video of the concert in the Orto Botanico (which also features Barre Phillips) on Barbarino’s websites. It was filmed by Keja Ho Kramer who also took the photos of the cover artwork.

All the tracks on this CD seem to end before you want them to; the two musicians get into some fueled and energized extemporizations, layering sound almost like overdubs and finding some unique and fluid structures that seem to fill and use very effectively the differing acoustics of the venues. They are masters of the art and seem to revel in each others’ sounds.

Highly recommended.

Review by Rob Nairn for Bass World - International Society of Bassists Vol. 42, #3 | June 2020

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Meeetings, plots, grafts at:
Museo dei Viaggiatori di Sicilia, Palazzolo Acreide, 15th august 2016
Palazzo Branciforte, Palermo 3th september, 2016
Orto Botanico, Palermo, 27th may, 2017

Recorded and Mixed by Davide Barbarino

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released September 29, 2019

Mark Dresser - bass with McLagan 8 tines array
Davide Barbarino - alto & soprano saxophones

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Davide Barbarino Palermo, Italy

Davide Barbarino plays saxophones, clarinet, guitar & electronics. His musical activity focuses on ethnomusicology research, improvisation practices and electro-acoustic composition inspired by the Soundscape Studies. He recently worked and performed among others with Mark Dresser, Barre Phillips, Frank Gratkowski, Michel Doneda, Francois Wong, Tim Hodgkinson, Mike Cooper, John Tilbury ... more

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