Phil Morton (Musician) - Revision history

Phil Morton: /* Discography */

2022-10-30T12:16:23Z

‎Discography

Phil Morton: /* Discography */

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‎Discography

Phil Morton at 12:07, 30 October 2022

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Phil Morton: /* Project management and funding */

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‎Project management and funding

Phil Morton: /* Early interest in `free improvisation` */

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‎Early interest in `free improvisation`

Phil Morton: /* Early interest in `free improvisation` */

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‎Early interest in `free improvisation`

Phil Morton: /* Early interest in `free improvisation` */

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‎Early interest in `free improvisation`

Phil Morton: /* Workshop styles */

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‎Workshop styles

Phil Morton: /* Workshop styles */

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‎Workshop styles

Phil Morton at 09:39, 4 January 2020

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 *Frakture Big Band, live at the Cornerstone
 *Frakture Big Band, double CD - `Angel of the Ressurection` and `Birds of America`
 == Groups ==

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 == Discography ==
-*Click - Bonehouse, with Phil Hargreaves
+*Click - Bonehouse, with Phil Hargreaves - [https://philhargreaves.bandcamp.com/album/click Bandcamp link]
 *Cracked - Bonehouse with Phil Lucking - [https://nervetech.bandcamp.com/album/cracked Bandcamp link]
 *Swung Dash - by Swung Dash

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 *Click - Bonehouse, with Phil Hargreaves
-*Cracked - Bonehouse with Phil Lucking
+*Cracked - Bonehouse with Phil Lucking - [https://nervetech.bandcamp.com/album/cracked Bandcamp link]
 *Swung Dash - by Swung Dash
 *Frakture Big Band, live at the Cornerstone

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 * 13 Frakass events
 * 55 Concerts in `a festival format`
-* 22 Jigsaw workshops (Preston & Bangor)
+* 22 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra Jigsaw workshops (Preston)]
 * 38 `Splash gigs`
 * 124 workshops.

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 Phil Morton's first contact with what is known as `free improvisation` was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fox_(jazz_critic) Charles Fox] `jazz today` programme [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_3 BBC Radio 3]. On hearing the sounds and music of, Barry Guy, Paul Rutherford and Derek Bailey his response at the age of 13 was: they are doing that deliberately to annoy me. It was not a pleasurable sound, but interesting. He is still interested. He would buy the magazine `Musics` at the radical bookshop `News from nowhere`. He speculates his first `improv gig` was Alterations featuring Steve Beresford, Peter Cusack, David Toop and Terry Day and attended the workshop too.
-In the mid-sixties, in the low `teens` years PM attended a Sun Ra Arkestra concert at Liverpool University. The Arkestra went through their complete repertoire, PM speculates this was a tight band, well rehearsed and at the height of its power. It was an epiphany. Forty years later this specific gig was given a whole page in the Wire magazine. During this period he also witnessed The Scratch orchestra, John Tilbury playing John Cage, Cornelious Cardew ( false memory?)
+In the mid-sixties, in the low `teens` years PM attended a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra Sun Ra Arkestra] concert at Liverpool University. The Arkestra went through their complete repertoire, PM speculates this was a tight band, well rehearsed and at the height of its power. It was an epiphany. Forty years later this specific gig was given a whole page in the Wire magazine. During this period he also witnessed The Scratch orchestra, John Tilbury playing John Cage, Cornelious Cardew ( false memory?)
 In the late seventies, he formed and rehearsed a quartet that played only five notes from the twelve-note scale or list. Originally a steal from `the gamelan system` the notes for each piece were in fact picked by single (rotating) member of the band using the following criteria; guesswork, random, prior knowledge. This is an early example of his habit of applying `constriction` to open up the music. PM played double bass in this group.

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 In the late seventies, he formed and rehearsed a quartet that played only five notes from the twelve-note scale or list. Originally a steal from `the gamelan system` the notes for each piece were in fact picked by single (rotating) member of the band using the following criteria; guesswork, random, prior knowledge. This is an early example of his habit of applying `constriction` to open up the music. PM played double bass in this group.
-In the 1980's in Liverpool PM contributed to the management and delivery of `Liberty Hall` a social club for non-aligned socialists, anarchists, and feminists initiated by Bob Dent of `News From Nowhere`. Liberty hall presented: talks, films, theatre groups, live music, washed down with beer and a disco. PM assissted in all areas of activity. He presented: Lol Coxhill, The Feminist Improvisation Group, Mike Westbrook Brass Band. This was a viable and profitable project.
+In the 1980's in Liverpool PM contributed to the management and delivery of `Liberty Hall` a social club for non-aligned socialists, anarchists, and feminists initiated by Bob Dent of `News From Nowhere`. Liberty hall presented: talks, films, theatre groups, live music, washed down with beer and a disco. PM assissted in all areas of activity. He presented: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lol_Coxhill Lol Coxhill], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_Improvising_Group The Feminist Improvisation Group], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Westbrook Mike Westbrook Brass Band]. This was a viable and profitable project.
 - citation required - met Phil Hargreaves and suggested they work on an opera called `Australia has no dead heart`, opera was a fashionable idea at the time. There was no opera, but PM/PH rehearsed for FIVE YEARS (citation required) then recorded click, launched Frakture, and the rest is history

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 == Early interest in `free improvisation` ==
-Phil Morton's first contact with what is known as `free improvisation` was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fox_(jazz_critic) Charles Fox] `jazz today` programme [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_3 BBC Radio 3]. On hearing the sounds and music of, Barry Guy, Paul Rutherford and Derek Bailey his response at the age of 13 was: they are doing that deliberately to annoy me. It was not a pleasurable sound, but interesting. He is still interested. He would buy the magazine `Musics` at the radical bookshop `News from nowhere`. He speculates his first `improv gig` was Alterations featuring Steve Beresford, Peter Cusack and Terry Day and attended the workshop too.
+Phil Morton's first contact with what is known as `free improvisation` was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fox_(jazz_critic) Charles Fox] `jazz today` programme [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_3 BBC Radio 3]. On hearing the sounds and music of, Barry Guy, Paul Rutherford and Derek Bailey his response at the age of 13 was: they are doing that deliberately to annoy me. It was not a pleasurable sound, but interesting. He is still interested. He would buy the magazine `Musics` at the radical bookshop `News from nowhere`. He speculates his first `improv gig` was Alterations featuring Steve Beresford, Peter Cusack, David Toop and Terry Day and attended the workshop too.
 In the mid-sixties, in the low `teens` years PM attended a Sun Ra Arkestra concert at Liverpool University. The Arkestra went through their complete repertoire, PM speculates this was a tight band, well rehearsed and at the height of its power. It was an epiphany. Forty years later this specific gig was given a whole page in the Wire magazine. During this period he also witnessed The Scratch orchestra, John Tilbury playing John Cage, Cornelious Cardew ( false memory?)

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 * Click: Talk and play - simply play for 6 minutes then talk about what happened, influenced by Eddie Prevost session's and the Centrifuge, developing an aesthetic project
 * Acoustic ecology; sessions designed to explore the act of listening.
 == Workshop exercises ==

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 * Snap out of it - breaking habits, influenced by John Steven's Search and reflect
 * System 50:50 - [https://www.improvisersnetworks.online/resources/music-systems/system-50-50 Link-introduction to system 50:50]
-* Talk and play - simply play for 6 minutes then talk about what happened, influenced by Eddie Prevost session's and the Centrifuge, developing an aesthetic project
+* Click: Talk and play - simply play for 6 minutes then talk about what happened, influenced by Eddie Prevost session's and the Centrifuge, developing an aesthetic project
 * Acoustic ecology; sessions designed to explore the act of listening.

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 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicon_JamMan Lexicon Jamman sampler ]. is employed and deployed via the mixer. The only jamman processor to be used and used. Phil Morton does not use `guitar effects` or have a guitar effects board.
 * Current amplifier (2019) : [https://www.roland.com/uk/products/ac-60/ Roland AC-60 acoustic guitar amplifyer].
 == Workshop & activity ==