Bob Ostertag: Verbatim
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Mark Dresser: contrabass
Gerry Hemingway: percussion
Phil Minton:voice
Bob Ostertag: sampling

Part 3 in the Say No More series, Verbatim is derived from three of human / virtual collaboration with three master improvisors. First, the players recorded solos which Ostertag assembled into a trio recording. Next, the group learned this "virtual trio" music and played it live. Finally, Verbatim was assembled on computer from fragments of live performances of Say No More in Person creating an astonishing stereo soundscape of rich and unique textures. Comes in a paper sleeve with an attractive paint-by-number motif by D-L Alvarez.

Check out Part 4 of the Say No More series, Verbatim: Flesh and Blood (BRD 035).

Reissues of these and other Bob Ostertag recordings are available here.

"...listeners will find this music disturbing, confrontational, and at times quite beautiful."
--Ed Hazell, Boston Phoenix
(The rest of this review is available here.)