Da Qi [CD]

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What You May Call It - Da Qi [CD]Featuring Chris Kelsey (soprano sax, stritch, tenor sax), Rose Tang (electric guitar, vocals, small percussion, acoustic piano), Steve Holtje (elec tric keyboard, trombone and trombone vocals, acoustic piano), and Charles Downs (drums). Recorded by Jim Clouse at Parkwest Studios, Brooklyn NY on October 19, 2024. Mixed by Rose Tang, Steve Holtje, Jim Clouse. Produced by Steve Holtje for MechaBenzaiten Records. Chris Kelsey began playing professionally in 1979 and, after moving to New York City in 1984, recorded prolifically, mostly as a leader but also as a member of the Lou Grassi Sextet and collaborations with Steve Swell, Dom Minasi, Lewis Porter, and Jack DeSalvo. His music has been documented by the Unseen Rain and C.I.M.P. labels as well as his own Saxofonis and Tzazz Krytyk imprints. Rose Tang's albums with Roses & Roaches, And Yet We Ain't Alone and with ATTITUDE!, Pause & Effect, came out in 2021, followed in 2024 by a duo with drummer Patrick Golden, A White Horse Is Not a Horse. Mentored by free jazz legend Daniel Carter, Tang plays in about 30 bands and ensembles in New York and Seattle. Tang calls her music genre "weird shit." Charles Downs became known in the 1970s while performing as Rashid Bakr in various Cecil Taylor ensembles, with Jemeel Moondoc's Ensemble Muntu, and as a member of Other Dimensions in Music, to name just a few. He reverted to his birth name in the 21st century and as Charles Downs has recorded with Flow Trio (two albums on ESP), in trio with Larry Ochs and Joe Morris (also on ESP). Steve Holtje moves through multiple musical worlds: classical, soundtrack, noise, electronica, and free improvisation in the duo ThirtyThree Chords and The Truth with Rose Tang.01. Phil's Instant Dystopia (9:06) 02. Reverie (14:47) 03. Itch My Scratch (15:24) 04. Da Qi (21:37) Show more