Social/Science Set, the / Social/Science Set, the
Album: Social/Science Set, the   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Social/Science Set, the   Added:Apr 2003
Label:The Beak Doctor  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-04-28 Pull Date: 2003-06-30 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Jun 29 Jun 22 Jun 15
Airplays: 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 20, 2007: Memory Select
Lexeme
3. Jun 20, 2003: Memory Select
Lexeme
2. Jun 27, 2003: Memory Select
Social Set 1
4. Jun 13, 2003: Memory Select
Realgar

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-05-15
Reissue of 1980 Bay Area sessions that included Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, ROVA, Henry Kaiser and others. It's mostly small-group pieces, with only #1 and 4 featuring most of the players.

Abstract improvisation, in the vein of what Bailey and Parker generally do. Mostly fast-paced, wild stuff, like an avant-garde party.

1- Large ensemble piece. Starts with saxes (ROVA) fairly calmly, gets wild. Massive blur courtesy of Henry Kaiser at -14:00.
2*- Sedate abstraction; duet of sax and acoustic guitar (Bailey)
3- Sax (Evan Parker) and trumpet duet ... fast and skittish
4- Large-group improvising, loud and patiently paced. First 8 minutes loud. The rest is sparser but still fairly fierce.
5- Evan Parker solo of continuous cascading notes -- his usual thing.
6*- Calm start, then fierce. Features piano.
7*- Fast and bright: trumpet/sax/ac.guitar

Track Listing
1. Social Set 1   4. Social Set 2
2. Realgar   5. Basalt
3. Xenon   6. Lexeme
  7. Gabbro Scoops