Editorial Reviews i wanted to start with myself and what i was actually hearing/feeling/seeing in the moment. expressive possibilities, not only of the drumset and the cello but of the various modes of interplay between them. drums are music. it can be good or bad like any other form, but it's always music. music is not just melody and harmony. as a matter of fact melody is an extension of speech, as is drumming. they have the same roots: there is no automatic heirarchy. an informal... With marvellous fluidity, Kavee explores a breathtaking variety of rhythms and textures, creating a consistently interesting narrative . You forget you're listening to 'a solo performance' and just get caught up in the story. There is a non-verbal yet constantly compelling storyline with its own subtexts and cast of characters peopling the stage. The characters are the different events: melodic and rhythmic motifs, scenes featuring conversations between the cello and the drums, the listener and the muse. The challenge of creating a coherent, meaningful, entertaining improvisation while dealing with the technical problem of playing two instruments at the same time is a stimulating experience to witness. The cello becomes a character actor that plays a variety of roles (mbira, hammer dulcimer, cajon, guimbre, upright bass, tambura) but ultimately casts off the masks to reveal its essence. Kavee creates a stream of analogies between the cello and the drums, revealing the nature of each by mirroring them against one other (treating the cello as a percussion instrument, playing the drums, cymbal, gongs and cowbell with an acute sensitivity to their pitch, etc.) An interesting harmonic/melodic practice emerges. Since the harmony is conditioned by the complex pitch clusters of the percussion (the overtones are less consonant, creating complex, dissonant "chords"), the cello can work its way in and out of both just intonation and even temperment while remaining in tune. The cello can play music in "percussion temperment". An unusual find. ©1997 Eliasound
Elliot Humberto Kavee
Elliot Humberto Kavee, Music, Elliot Humberto Kavee
Larry Nai, Cadence, June 2001
"I consistently marvel at how enjoyable this "demanding" disc is on every listening --recommended."
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Elliot Humberto Kavee plays drums and cello simultaneously on this groundbreaking solo recording.
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Scrambledisc (Guitarspeak Vol. 2)
Myles Boisen , Scott Amendola , Klaus Floride , Elliot Humberto Kavee , Gino Robair , Mark Schifferli , and John Shiurba Manufacturer: Wiggle Biscuit ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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Experimental Music
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ASIN: B000MQAC5U |
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Modern recording improvisations. Scrambledisc: 1. Raindrops in that birch 2. Innumerable diamonds 3. Vanish overnight Accidental dialects: 4. Metal wood plastic 5. Painting suit 6. Not always 7. Passing back inversions 8. Cursing the bouquet Don C. 10. Scott's song
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Elliot Humberto Kavee
Manufacturer: Eliasound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00015NFAG Release Date: 1997-03-04 |
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Elliot Humberto Kavee plays drums and cello simultaneously on this groundbreaking solo recording.With marvellous fluidity, Kavee explores a breathtaking variety of rhythms and textures, creating a consistently interesting narrative . You forget you're listening to 'a solo performance' and just get caught up in the story. There is a non-verbal yet constantly compelling storyline with its own subtexts and cast of characters peopling the stage. The characters are the different events: melodic and rhythmic motifs, scenes featuring conversations between the cello and the drums, the listener and the muse.
The challenge of creating a coherent, meaningful, entertaining improvisation while dealing with the technical problem of playing two instruments at the same time is a stimulating experience to witness. The cello becomes a character actor that plays a variety of roles (mbira, hammer dulcimer, cajon, guimbre, upright bass, tambura) but ultimately casts off the masks to reveal its essence. Kavee creates a stream of analogies between the cello and the drums, revealing the nature of each by mirroring them against one other (treating the cello as a percussion instrument, playing the drums, cymbal, gongs and cowbell with an acute sensitivity to their pitch, etc.) An interesting harmonic/melodic practice emerges. Since the harmony is conditioned by the complex pitch clusters of the percussion (the overtones are less consonant, creating complex, dissonant "chords"), the cello can work its way in and out of both just intonation and even temperment while remaining in tune. The cello can play music in "percussion temperment".
An unusual find.
©1997 Eliasound
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Gathering of Ancestors
Manufacturer: Asian Improv Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000641DMO |
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