Name: Live
Brand: Patty Waters

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BF 009CD

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-09-27

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Supplier US

Forced Exposure

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Sales:8.875

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769791974555

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2019-10-11

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Artist

Patty Waters

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

Blank Forms

Patty Waters is a jazz and free jazz/avant-garde vocalist, born on March 11, 1946 in Iowa. She discovered her passion for singing during high school and later gained recognition for her two albums recorded in the mid-1960s under the ESP Disk label. Taking a break from music to raise her son, she made a triumphant return with the release of "Love Songs" in 1996.

With a unique vocal style that pushes boundaries, Patty Waters has captivated audiences with her emotive performances. Her artistry resonates with fans of artists such as *Albert Ayler*, *Sonny Sharrock*, and *Anthony Braxton*. Known for pushing the limits of traditional jazz, she shares similarities with avant-garde groups like *Art Ensemble Of Chicago* and *The Peter Brötzmann Octet*. Her expressive approach draws inspiration from renowned musicians including *Cecil Taylor*, *Don Cherry*, and *Ornette Coleman*.

Through her musical journey, Patty Waters has become an influential figure within the avant-garde jazz scene. Fans of experimental sounds will appreciate her innovative spirit alongside performers like *Matana Roberts*, *Roscoe Mitchell*, and *Archie Shepp*. With a discography that showcases her artistic evolution over time, she continues to inspire listeners worldwide.

Patty Waters is a visionary avant-garde vocalist and composer, best known for her groundbreaking 1960s recordings for the legendary free jazz label ESP-Disk. Captivated by the music of Billie Holiday, she sang with Bill Evans, Charlie Mingus, Chick Corea, and Herbie Hancock before coming to the attention of Albert Ayler, who introduced her to ESP-Disk's Bernard Stollman. The rest is history. Recorded with pianist Burton Greene, Waters' haunting 1966 debut Sings (ESPDISK 1025CD) juxtaposes a side of hushed self-composed jazz ballad miniatures with an iconoclastic take on the standard "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair". Sharing Ayler's affinity for the deconstruction of folk idioms, Waters dismantles the tune through a series of anguished wails, moans, whispers, and screams that cemented her reputation as a vocal innovator, predating the extended techniques of Yoko Ono, Joan La Barbara, and Linda Sharrock, and cited as a direct influence to Diamanda Galas and Patti Smith's own freeform vocal excursions. The mythic side-long exposition stands as one of the 20th century's most harrowing expressions of madness and grief, its incantatory mutilation of the word "black" into a full-spectrum monochrome resounding with a particular potency at a time when battles for civil rights were erupting across the country. After recording a second ESP-Disk album in 1996 (ESPDISK 1055CD/LP), Waters disappeared from the music scene, moving from New York to California to raise her son. Her Blank Forms concert on April 5th, 2018 -- with original pianist Burton Greene as well as bassist Mario Pavone and percussionist Barry Altschul, both veterans of Paul Bley's ensembles -- was Waters' first New York appearance since 2003. Dedicated to Cecil Taylor, who had passed away moments before she took the stage, Live preserves the mournful tension that was in the air that night. Her first new release on vinyl since 1966's College Tour, the record divides the session in the spirit of her debut. Side A features a set of desolate ballads, including Waters' own classic "Moon, Don't Come Up Tonight", while the B-side puts into stark relief the fact that the fight for civil rights that Waters invoked over 50 years ago is far from over. Beginning with her rendition of "Strange Fruit", a 1937 song written in protest of black lynching and American racism, the suite's form-bending contortions also features the second-ever recording of Waters' original, exceptional lyrical take on Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman."

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