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Ridgewood Radio features concert recordings by adventurous bands and experimental musicians and restored archival tapes from private and institutional collections captured at venues large and small across the five boroughs of New York. It is produced by David Weinstein and Outpost Artists Resources operating out of the Ridgewood section of Queens, NY, where you'll find more yellow bricks than on the road to Oz and the cemetery of your choice is never more than a few blocks from home.

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Favoriting December 16, 2020: Fade to "Blue"

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Rare and unreleased tracks and live performances by “Blue” Gene Tyranny,
the minimalist pianist whose fascination with gospel and electronics underscored
dreams and mythologies.

Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
“Blue” Gene Tyranny  A Dream Without Images   Favoriting Country Boy Country Dog  Lovely Music  1994  A piece from "The Transforms”, first built in 1972 and revised over two decades.   
 
“Blue” Gene Tyranny  A Letter From Home (concert recording)   Favoriting Roulette Concert Series  RouletteTV (unreleased)  4 Nov 2007  Time-Transposing Pianist was Blue's title for this session for a broadcast. This excerpt is from one of his signature pieces, introduced by the composer.  0:09:42 (Pop-up)
“Blue” Gene Tyranny  x,y,z harmonic studies (concert recording)   Favoriting Roulette Concert Series  Roulette Archive  27 March 1992  Piano with processed vibes and xylophone.  0:33:56 (Pop-up)
 
“Blue” Gene Tyranny & Leroy Jenkins  The Tallahassee Incident (concert recording)   Favoriting Roulette Concert Series  Roulette Archive  3 May 2001  Introduced and composed by Jenkins, violin and vocals, with Blue on piano, a true story of the racist South in the 50s, testified through Mary Griffin’s lyrics for their operetta, Coincidents..  0:47:40 (Pop-up)
“Blue” Gene Tyranny  Take Your Time (concert recording)   Favoriting Roulette Concert Series  Roulette Archive  1 Dec 2004  As the composer/pianist's solo appearances became increasingly rare, Blue stepped out to perform pieces from the Lovely Music album “Take Your Time”.  0:58:02 (Pop-up)
“Blue” Gene Tyranny  X Marks The Spot (Daydream)   Favoriting Country Boy Country Dog  Lovely Music  1994  A piece from "The Transforms" (1972-1992).  1:13:41 (Pop-up)
 
“Blue” Gene Tyranny & Mary Griffin  Recollections: Songs from Aphasia (concert recording)   Favoriting Roulette Concert Series  Roulette Archive  13 April 2016  Excerpts from a multi-media oratorio, written by Tyranny and librettist Griffin, about people who lost their ability to speak as a result of strokes, traumatic brain injuries, or other kinds of brain damage, and who are reclaiming their memories and their language. With string ensemble — Conrad Harris, James Ilgenfritz, Pauline Kim, Alexander Waterman, and Lev Zhurbin — and four singers — Eric Barsness, Magda Gartner, Diana Solomon Glover, and Peter Stewart. The Music Director is composer Chris Berg.  1:26:57 (Pop-up)
“Blue” Gene Tyranny  If Only (concert recording)   Favoriting Roulette Concert Series  RouletteTV (unreleased)  4 Nov 2007  For piano and vocal quartet.  1:31:53 (Pop-up)
“Blue” Gene Tyranny & Phil Harmonic  Timing   Favoriting Just for the Record  Lovely Music  2008  Tyranny, Polymoog, with composer Phil Harmonic speaking. Recorded at The Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College, 1978.  1:35:23 (Pop-up)
“Blue” Gene Tyranny  Confession (concert recording)   Favoriting Interpretations Concert Series  Roulette Archive  15 April 2010  Composer Tyranny and Conrad Harris perform a work for piano and violin.  1:44:29 (Pop-up)
“Blue” Gene Tyranny  The CBCD Intro   Favoriting Country Boy Country Dog  Lovely Music  1994  Composed 1984, from "The Electro-Acoustic Pieces" (1980-1989).  1:52:01 (Pop-up)

 
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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
david w:

“Blue” Gene Tyranny (1945-2020, raised Robert Sheff in Texas, taught at Mills, moved to NYC in 1983) composed over fifty works for electronic, instrumental and vocal ensembles, over thirty film and video soundtracks, and fifty scores for dance and theatre productions. Emerging as a member of the early multimedia avant-garde ONCE group of the 60s, “Blue” went on to provide music and improvisations for the Robert Ashley’s opera-for-television “Perfect Lives”, and influence a music/media generation. “Blue” received Obie and Bessie Awards, was nominated for a Grammy, and worked with Laurie Anderson, Carla Bley, John Cage, Leroy Jenkins, Iggy Pop, and many others. He published articles and reviews including the in 20th Century Avant-Garde section of the All-Music Guide. And that’s the easy-to-explain part!
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listener james from westwood:

Afternoon, David, Ruth, all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:01pm
david w:

Afternoon to you too, james! And all!
  5:02pm
Jon in New Bedford:

Hello! Thanks so much for taking some time to honor Blue.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:02pm
david w:

My pleasure and honor, Jon.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
WR:

Hi David Ruth James and others.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:05pm
david w:

WR! Hi!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:06pm
WR:

Interview with Gene by Ned Sublette a year or so ago.
unseenworlds.com...
  5:06pm
TomH:

The very first CD I worked on with Blue. I think we used the studio at Harvestworks.
Avatar 🥁 5:07pm
ranjit:

happy snow day, David!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:10pm
northguineahills:

This storm is massive, spanning MA to FL (pouring rain here).
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:10pm
doctorjazz:

Hello Ridgewoodians!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:11pm
david w:

Special hello and thanks to TomH.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:11pm
northguineahills:

Thanks, david, for your service to the musical archival world!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:12pm
david w:

ranjt! djazz! ngh! Good to have pals around today, thanks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:14pm
northguineahills:

and thanks, TomW!
  5:16pm
Jon in New Bedford:

I only happened upon Out of the Blue a few months back and it led me to look into the rest of BGT's work (as well as Robert Ashley et al by extension). Helped me more than a little to get through this very tough year.
  5:16pm
ruth:

Just lovely.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:21pm
david w:

hiya, ruth! If you like to hear delicious chord progressions branch out, as Blue says in his intro, this coupla hours will please.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:22pm
david w:

@Jon, I'm sure Blue would have been pleased to hear that.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:30pm
doctorjazz:

This is wonderful!
Avatar 5:32pm
Schell:

Hi all. No surprise of subject matter this week.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:35pm
northguineahills:

I'm thinking of selling a Bob Ashley vinyl box set. please convince me otherwise (also a Laurie Anderson box set, but since I had a glass of wine w/ her randomly, I doubt I can part w/ that/)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:36pm
david w:

Hi, Schell. Lots of great remembrances out there. I found some rare stuff.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:38pm
Sem:

Hello, David, ruth, and Ridgewoodians everywhere. Been listening from the start and only just now discovered what it is I am listening to.
Again being educated in music I missed first time around. Thank you for that, Ridgewood Radio.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:40pm
david w:

Sem, you are too kind. There's always more for us all to discover!
  5:41pm
catverde:

Hola David.
  5:41pm
catverde:

Hola Ruth.
  5:42pm
catverde:

The dust is hitting the pavement.
  5:42pm
ruth:

Gee thanks Sem . Hola Cat.v
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:42pm
david w:

Cat! Hola!
  5:42pm
catverde:

!! Nice to 'ear you.
  5:44pm
TomH:

This must be Jeff Berman, vibes and Bill Ruyle, xylophone.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:44pm
WR:

NGH, will message you about that Ashley set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:51pm
northguineahills:

After I eat, I'll post the link for my friend doing the sale. I'll put it in my profile
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:51pm
chresti:

Hi David and ruth and Ridgewoodians!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:52pm
david w:

Welcome, chresti from snowy New York!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:57pm
chresti:

Very dry here today, in San Gabriel.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:58pm
northguineahills:

I've heard this before. Nothing good happens in Tally (I might be biased). However, the best brunch place I've had there was across the street from FL A&M. I once got pulled over in college w/ friends while doing psychedelics on our way to camp (ironically near blountsville), but, since, I'm a dorky white kid, they let me go....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59pm
northguineahills:

(1997)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59pm
david w:

Six degrees of Leroy Jenkins.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
coelacanth∅:

greetings david, ruth and ridgies
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
david w:

greeting, coelacanth∅ and welcome!
  6:06pm
JS:

Sherman here, sounds so good, great show, thanks David
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:08pm
david w:

Sherman! Delighted!
  6:09pm
Tom and Ellen:

This is so lovely, smooth and fine to hear on a snowy evening.
Thanks to J Dearing and Carlotta Schoolman for telling us of this presentation
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
david w:

Wow, Tom ad Ellen, thanks. Carlotta gives the best hugs, please send one back.
  6:17pm
Carlota:

Just looked at comments to send message and there were Tom and Ellen! —-David, thanks to you and Jim Staley for making the archive alive.
  6:18pm
Che Chen:

hi everyone. jumping in late...anyone know how these sounds are being generated?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:19pm
david w:

Carlota! Hugs! (too many Ts?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
northguineahills:

well, I met Leroy Jenkins once, so, would that make it one degree of separation? (I'm always that guy that would pick the ear off of musicians after a show [I only mention the ones that were receptive and friendly])
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
david w:

Hello Che. It was 1972 and Blue was at Mills Electronic Music Center so... Buchla?
  6:21pm
TomH:

Che Chen: My recollection in the Country Boy Country Dog CD is that Blue had produced the source tracks years before and we imposed various studio techniques to enhance the resonances and create layering. (1993 - seems like NOT yesterday!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
coelacanth∅:

this sounds like ondes martenot to me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24pm
coelacanth∅:

...(that sounded like)
  6:24pm
Che Chen:

ah, thank you DW and TomH. i can hear synth and tape in there...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26pm
Ike:

I thought I didn't like "Blue" Gene Tyranny but that last one was excellent.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:29pm
david w:

Hey, Ike. As TomH pointed out, he approached electronics with considerable imagination.
  6:30pm
Jeff g. via app:

Thanks so much, David.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30pm
northguineahills:

ah, the kitchen, the best performance I saw there, was Luc Ferrari w/ Dj Olive. I got to hang out w/ him (as Olive was my turntablist sensei). I actually have a never released recording of that performance.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30pm
coelacanth∅:

this is great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
coelacanth∅:

(and it's in a style and "genre": that i usually can't stand!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
david w:

Jeff g., comrade in Drummer world! Thanks to you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
northguineahills:

Ferrari passed 2 years later, I, still cherish chilling w/ him. He was generous and not as haughty as many post-war composers of his generation.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
david w:

coel, I understand and I see you understand.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:35pm
david w:

ngh! Archives need you! The Kitchen stuff is locked up at Getty Museum.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:36pm
doctorjazz:

Great car listening...(driving now it's not great. Not driving was I post)
  6:36pm
Jeff g. via app:

David, have you heard any recordings of his playing with the Stooges?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:36pm
coelacanth∅:

haha, Thanks david...
but, generally speaking at least, if there's one thing i understand it's that i don't understand!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:37pm
david w:

Jeff, I looked into this but the credits are soo confused I gave up.
  6:38pm
Che Chen:

i like what is happening right now!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
northguineahills:

@david: if you have some device that can record a cdr, I'll ship it to you (it only plays in my car cd player, and I have many cd players)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
david w:

Yes, this is very "Che Chen".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
david w:

ngh, let's talk.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
northguineahills:

@david: hit me (my friend has it in storage, so, it might take me to take a trip to fish it out). (Toshio Kajiwara was the producer).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
northguineahills:

errr, engineer...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
northguineahills:

Now this sounds like Bob Ashley (if I didn't know better)
  6:43pm
Che Chen:

haha. something in the water at mills for sure.
  6:43pm
Dean:

https://www.discogs.com/The-Stooges-Morgan-Sound-Studios-Ypsilanti-Michigan-March-1973/release/759717

https://www.discogs.com/The-Stooges-Detroit-Rehearsals-Spring-1973/release/759721
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:44pm
david w:

Dean! Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
david w:

After Blue, this:
7-10pm EST: Bodega Pop Live with Gary Sullivan: Space: Cosmic emanations from Estonia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar, Russia ... and beyond
10-midnite: If You Lose Your Horse with Sam Segal
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:47pm
northguineahills:

I was waiting for some Stooges as well,,,,
  6:50pm
Dean:

The Morgan Sound record to which I link above has videos on the Discogs page.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
david w:

Thanks, all. Lots of good ideas and someday we can all gather and have another round!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
northguineahills:

Happy thanks, David and ruth!
  6:54pm
Dean:

Tyranny appears, too, on Thomas Buckner's records.
  6:54pm
Mary:

Kyle Gann said in the Village Voice some years ago: "God plays the piano through this man."

Thanks David for the best way to celebrate Blue -- through his music.
  6:54pm
hank:

Just gettin to the party. Howdy DW
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
david w:

howdy, hank!
Avatar 6:55pm
Schell:

Thanks for the memories all. Must sign out now, cheers! Re sounding like Ashley, there's a snippet from Agamemnon the Opera where Tyranny improvises a vocal passage that does seem to be modeled after Ashley's exaggerated drawl.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
david w:

Ohhhh, Mary....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
Rich in Washington:

That was lovely, david w!
  6:56pm
TomH:

Thank you so much David W. Wonderful sounds, wonderful memories.
  6:57pm
Che Chen:

thanks for the deep dive, David!
  6:57pm
ruth:

Been in and out shoveling snow during the broadcast today trying not to let it get too far ahead of me. Afraid I'm doomed though. Hope I'll be able to open my front door in the morning! Each time I came back in this has been a gorgeous respite. As always thanks SOSOSO much DW!
  6:57pm
?:

beautiful show david
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
chresti:

Thank you David! Lovely!
  6:58pm
Dean:

(chresti made a pun!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
coelacanth∅:

g'bye evrybuddy

Thanks David!
take care
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
WR:

Thank you David!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Gary:

I know what I'll be listening to tomorrow morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
david w:

Too many to thank, here and in the making of this show. Hooray Blue!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Ike:

Cool. Thanks!
  6:59pm
Dean:

(And so did Rich in WA!)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
listener james from westwood:

Muchas gracias, Ridgewoodians!
Avatar 🥁 6:59pm
ranjit:

thanks david!
  6:59pm
hank:

Ciao. Thanks
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