Founding member of the Rova Sax Quartet, Larry Ochs has worked with many of the greatest musicians in Creative Music—Steve Lacy, Fred Frith, Wadada Leo Smith, Terry Riley, Marilyn Crispell, John Zorn, Nels Cline, Anthony Braxton and countless others. His newest ensemble is an update on the classic New York Contemporary Five and features Larry’s Shepp-tinged tenor sax along with some of the best young players out of New York’s Downtown scene. Ochs is particularly excited by both the ensemble sound and the music here, a set of pieces he considers to be among his strongest and most successful blendings of composition and improvisation. Fabulous and soulful, The Fictive Five is a tremendous achievement by this West Coast master of surprise!
For better notes on the CD’c content and intentions:
ochs.cc/discography/the-fictive-five.html
credits
released November 1, 2015
1 SIMILITUDE (for Wim Wenders) 24:48
2 A MARKED REFRACTION 4:23
3 BY ANY OTHER NAME (for William Kentridge) 22:36
4 TRANSLUCENT (for Kelly Reichardt) 16:13
The Fictive Five:
Larry Ochs tenor and sopranino saxophones
Nate Wooley trumpet
Ken Filiano bass, effects
Pascal Niggenkemper bass, prepared bass
Harris Eisenstadt drums
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all compositions by LARRY OCHS, Trobar, ASCAP admin. by BMG-Chrysalis producer LARRY OCHS executive producer John Zorn
associate producer KAZUNORI SUGIYAMA — recorded December 5, 2014 by Marc Urselli at EastSide Sound, NYC / pre-mastered 2015 by Myles Boisen at Headless Buddha Lab, Oakland, CA – mastered by Scott Hull sss cover, back cover and disc art by Lyn Hejinian. Ochs photo by Matthew Campbell / obi photo by Ken Filianosss design by Heung-Heung Chin
Special thanks: Lyn Hejinian, Lisle Ellis, Lisa Mezzacappa, Jason Hoopes Sam Ospovat, Jacki Ochs, Jan Kroeze, Sandra Sprecher, Rova members Jon Raskin, Steve Adams and Bruce Ackley, Center for New Music San Francisco, and to the band for their open-minds and fearless enthusiasm
