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TEST with Roy Campbell: Live at The Hinton House

By Mike Jurkovic
September 1, 2020
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TEST with Roy Campbell: Live at The Hinton House

More exquisite madness from Brooklyn's barn burning free jazz label 577 Records, home to the free and the brave.

This time it's a hard core NY borough blowout recorded live in April 1999 that cantankerously and vividly chronicles the only known performance of the late, free/avant, Harlem/NoBro legend, trumpeter

Roy Campbell

trumpet
1952 - 2014

" data-original-title="" title="">Roy Campbell. Unrestrained, Campbell raises the roof with a loosely defined autonomous collective of downtown alchemists, namely drummer

Tom Bruno

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Tom Bruno, bassist

Matt Heyner

" data-original-title="" title="">Matt Heyner and the rioting reeds of

Sabir Mateen

saxophone, tenor
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Sabir Mateen and

Daniel Carter

saxophone
b.1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Daniel Carter.

Test, as they were known at that moment, hue tight to the grand tradition of tumultuous cacophony, making cathartic release the guiding star. The true merit. Performing at a lower Manhattan benefit gig, Campbell, who counted among his many mentors

Lee Morgan

trumpet
1938 - 1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Lee Morgan,

Yusef Lateef

woodwinds
1920 - 2013

" data-original-title="" title="">Yusef Lateef, and

Kenny Dorham

trumpet
1924 - 1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Dorham, and who had played alongside a host of names including

Matthew Shipp

piano
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Matthew Shipp,

Cecil Taylor

piano
1929 - 2018

" data-original-title="" title="">Cecil Taylor,

Kenny Kirkland

piano
1955 - 1998

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Kirkland and

Rashied Ali

drums
1935 - 2009

" data-original-title="" title="">Rashied Ali, flies full force gale: frantic, frenetic, formless. Darting and dodging with Carter and Mateen who, even on that rare off day for either of them, can cry longing Heaven. For their hugely active parts, Bruno and Heyner meet half way then agree to charge off and ecstatically pursue the margins.

Live at The Hinton House testifies in its own language. Its own rightful glory of communication. Of listening, probing. Reacting to every frequency with an open, vibrant heart and responding in kind. In gratitude that forty-four minutes like these actually exist to break down the senses, leaving spellbound listeners exhausted but oddly exhilarated and anointed.

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TEST and Roy Campbell.

Personnel

Roy Campbell

trumpet

Daniel Carter

saxophone

Sabir Mateen

saxophone, tenor

Tony Bruno

drums

Mark Heyner

bass

Album information

Title: Live at The Hinton House | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: 577 Records

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