Label: Family Vineyard FV38

現在来日中のご本人が持ち込んだ特別提供盤!!デレク・ベイリーやジョン・フェイヒィ、ローレン・コナーズといった大御所勢と時には並び称され、またFamily Vineyardからの諸作でも知られている、ニューヨークを拠点にマルチに活躍を続けているインプロヴィゼーション・ギタリストPhilip Gayle。本作が2005年にFamily Vineyardより発表されたソロアルバム[The Mommy Row]。プリペアドピアノ、ウクレレ、シンバル、ゴング等、ギターには留まらない大量の楽器を持ち込み、生々しくもユーモア溢れる即興を披露しています。

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The Mommy Row is guitarist Philip Gayle's monstrous, magma opus; the biggest, jaw-popping swallow one can now take in the upper/outer echelon of free-thinking acoustic voyagers. This gent's three previous solo records collected smitten global praise yet held no clues this would be next.

Recorded in pristine audiophile splendor, the NYC-via-Houston-based Gayle multi-tracked himself in duo, trio, hell -- sextet catacombs of 12-string guitar, aluminum egg bar, prepared toy piano, baritone ukulele, handheld cymbals, classical guitar, gongs plus an island more of stringed wood and tempered metals.

At its core, Gayle locks these spatial clusters, subtracting adding or multiplying the bent themes that pass between, into a cohesive oft melodic form that shows itself in genius flashes. Orbiting an overtly damaged sphere risen from Eugene Chadbourne, Sun City Girls, Thelonius Monk, Christopher Tree, Harry Bertoia, and years of bedroom perfection, these pieces owe most to the moment of recording. Gayle's style remains totally unique, crossing itself with Oriental motifs, classical, humor, flamenco, and free improv leanings.