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WILLIAM PARKER, SOUND JOURNAL

 

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OFF THE ROAD

Peter Kowald/Laurence Petit-Jouvet

Peter Kowald - Laurence Petit-Jouvet

Off the Road

DVD 1

Off the Road
A film by Laurence Petit-Jouvet
The German bassist Peter Kowald (1944-2002) was one of the major figures of Free Improvised Music. The film OFF THE ROAD was made on and around his extended tour of the USA in 2000. A journey around America in an old Chevrolet Caprice, the film is a "free improvised road movie" featuring encounters with many of the great names of Free Music, set against the background of "Off The Road" America.

72 min, color, in English, French subtittles
Compatible worldwide with any device manufactured later than 1995

DVD 2

Chicago Improvisations


A film by Laurence Petit-Jouvet
Peter Kowald live at the 2000 Empty Bottle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music (in trios with Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake, and with Floros Floridis & Günter "Baby" Sommer), and in the studio (Kowald solo and in a duo with Ken Vandermark), plus interviews with all the musicians.

83 min, color, in English, French subtittles
Compatible worldwide with any device manufactured later than 1995

CD

Off the Road

William Parker/Peter Kowald duo
Kidd Jordan/Peter Kowald/Alvin Fielder trio
Peter Kowald solo
George Lewis/Peter Kowald duo
Anna Homler/Peter Kowald duo
Marco Eneidi/Eddie Gale/Peter Kowald/Donald Robinson quartet
Fred Anderson/Peter Kowald/Hamid Drake trio


Liner Notes: William Parker and Laurence Petit-Jouvet
Photographies: Laurence Petit-Jouvet and Martin Wheeler