This disc documents improvised segments of shows from one of Wayne's long stands at the 55 Bar in Greenwich Village (with Keith Carlock and Tim Lefebvre or Will Lee). Essentially many highlights are sequenced into a near medley over an hour long. Some are fairly short (hence the 21+ tracks), a few are full length.
The leadoff track: "Infinity Split" is the bomb and in itself makes this disk essential.
As Wayne says in the notes:
It was the beginning years of the 2nd WK trio, w/ Tim Lefebvre and Keith Carlock.
Back then, every weekly gig at the 55 Bar was recorded by Dr. Marc Bobrowsky,
who sat motionless in the front row for the hour-long sets
with stereo mics attached to his glasses.
Occasionally, Will Lee would sub when Lefebvre couldn't make it.
GM is our best playing of that era, taken from 100 hours of live tapes.
It took a year to edit. Almost all of it was improvised.
When something resembling composition was needed for balance,
it was created, sliver by 16th-note sliver, from the live 2-track.
Once the record was finished,
the band learned the newly constructed songs for the first time
and worked them into the show.
There was some sacrifice, sonically.
It's not multi-track and it's not quite a studio quality recording.
But there's no other way this record could have been made
and we felt it deserved to exist as it was.
We liked the way it sounded.
Tracks
01. Infinity Split
02. Anemone
03. Harum-Scarum
04. Ultramarine
05. There’s Looting in Bombay
06. We Heat Sweat
07. Greenwich Mean
08. Cinecitta
09. Blue Period
10. The End of Wednesday
11. Casanova Club
12. Spektor
13. Deep Sleep Joke
14. Honey Loves Sugar
15. Black Ocean Endlessness
16. Clamor
17. Soul System
18. Elephant
19. Marble Maker
20. Escape from Oblivion
21. Outpost+
WAYNE KRANTZ guitar, music, design
KEITH CARLOCK drums
TIM LEFEBVRE bass
WILL LEE bass
This is a Wayne Krantz Self-released album