This is a video of King Crimson improvising live in Bremen in 1973. King Crimson, in its original run, blended a diversity of musical styles in their playing. A wild variation of instruments are utilized here. In addition to guitar, bass and drums, flourishes of flute, violin, mellotron and percussion are injected. An interesting noise results. The players include Robert Fripp, John Wetton, David Cross, Bill Bruford and percussion whirlwind, Jamie Muir. It is nice that a lot of these performances were recorded as the band's personnel could shift quite quickly.
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Tuesday, November 04, 2014
KING CRIMSON JAM 1973
This is a video of King Crimson improvising live in Bremen in 1973. King Crimson, in its original run, blended a diversity of musical styles in their playing. A wild variation of instruments are utilized here. In addition to guitar, bass and drums, flourishes of flute, violin, mellotron and percussion are injected. An interesting noise results. The players include Robert Fripp, John Wetton, David Cross, Bill Bruford and percussion whirlwind, Jamie Muir. It is nice that a lot of these performances were recorded as the band's personnel could shift quite quickly.
Friday, May 03, 2013
Marxolin Oddity!
Here are some views of the musical instrument oddity, the Marxolin. This multi-stringed instrument was meant to be played with a bow, violin-like, which is conspicous in its absence in these pictures. I didn't get one when I bought this used! Just as well. If I had tried to tune the strings, I think they would have broken or otherwise damaged the hardware on this old thing. Look up the history of this ax yourself to get a better handle on how it was played. The whole thing perplexed me.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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