Eugene Chadbourne
Bach Sonata and Partitia #1 for Violin

By Eric Hill

On one of his early comedy albums Steve Martin had a bit about the expressive range of the banjo. He marvelled how, no matter the subject matter of a given song ("death and sorrow and grief and murder") the banjo would make it all sound cheery. Eugene Chadbourne consistently dismantles the technical limits of the banjo with a maestro's fervour. However, even he is confounded by the instrument's emotional playing field. He is superficially successful at adapting Bach's violin work to five-string banjo, but cannot translate the former instrument's emotional heft with the latter. By the end of the four tracks that make up Sonata #1 you want to cry out, "OK we know you can do it, now just play 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown.'” (Volatile)

All I See Is Red - Autoboot
Bone Structure - Bone Structure
Bozzio/Mastelotto - Bozzio/Mastelotto
Culper Ring - 355
Dalaba/Frith/Glick Rieman/Kihlstedt - Dalaba/Frith/Glick Rieman/Kihlstedt
Daniel Carter & Reuben Radding - Luminescence
David Toop - The Black Chamber
Erik Griswold/Clocked Out Duo - More Than My Old Piano/Water Pushes Sand
Erosonic - Mystery Theatre
Eugene Chadbourne/Rene Lussier - Eugene Chadbourne/Rene Lussier
Graham Flett - The Velocity of Texture
Jaga Jazzist - The Stix
Jaws Of The Flying Carpet - Blue-Eyed Sunburned Easter Island Babies
Matthew Herbert Big Band - Goodbye Swingtime
Pink Anvil - Halloween Party
Reveries - Blasé Kisses
Satoko Fujii & Tatsuya Yoshida - Toh Kichi
Saule - Saule
Set Fire To Flames - Telegraphs In Negative/Mouths Trapped In Static
Various Artists - Echo Location (Vol. 1)/Changing Locations (Vol. 2)
Zebradonk - ZD03
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