Slay the Suitors
1994 studio album by Bobby Previte's Empty Suits
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Studio album by Bobby Previte's Empty Suits | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | June 7–9, 1993 | |||
Studio | Baby Monster Studio, New York City | |||
Genre | Avant-garde jazz | |||
Length | 54:15 | |||
Label | Avant 036 | |||
Producer | Mark Helias and Bobby Previte | |||
Bobby Previte chronology | ||||
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Slay the Suitors is an album by American drummer/composer Bobby Previte's group Empty Suits. The album was released on the Avant label in 1994.[1][2]
Reception
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "On the whole, Slay the Suitors is a shake-up, wake-up call to arms in which Bobby Previte faults classicism for not only stifling the artistic impulse, but also for running hand-in-hand with deeply entrenched, even violent forces of oppression. With this theme to guide him on Slay the Suitors, Previte is absolutely at his most uncompromising, and the resulting music -- like the CD cover -- is right on target".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Bobby Previte.
- "Fantasy and Nocturne" - 16:15
- "Waltz" - 13:39
- "Canon" - 9:41
- "Prelude and Elegy" - 14:32
Personnel
- Bobby Previte – drums
- Robin Eubanks - trombone, electronics
- Wayne Horvitz - Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer
- Steve Gaboury - piano, synthesizer, keyboard bass
- Jerome Harris - acoustic bass guitar, electric guitar
- Roger Squitero - percussion
- Production by Previte and Mark Helias, executive producer John Zorn
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Weather Clear, Track Fast (1991)
- Slay the Suitors (1993)
- Hue and Cry (1993)
- Too Close to the Pole (1996)
- Euclid's Nightmare (with John Zorn, 1997)
- Downtown Lullaby (with John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, and Wayne Horvitz, 1998)
- The Coalition of the Willing (2005)
- Set the Alarm for Monday (2007)
- Pan Atlantic (2009)
- We Two Kings: Charlie Hunter and Bobby Previte Play the Great Carols (with Charlie Hunter, 2015)
- Ponga