Fifteen Saxophones Richard "Dickie" Landry

• 1 Fifteen Saxophones 10:34
• 2 Alto Flute Quad Delay 06:45
• 3 Kitchen Solos 21:55
• Total Runtime 39:14

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Anybody that’s investigated the prime ‘70s work of Philip Glass has heard the saxophone playing of Richard “Dickie” Landry. He also worked with Laurie Anderson and appears on the Talking Heads’ Speaking in Tongues LP. But the man also cut his own slice of killer experimental drift titled Fifteen Saxophones, a record that unlike so many impossibly rare and frustratingly high priced obscurities is easy and affordable to hear in the nonce. For folks known to frequent the less-travelled alleyways of unconventional sound, it’s highly recommended.

First ever HighResAudio reissue of this little known classic from founding Philip Glass Ensemble member Richard “Dickie” Landry. Following two jazz LPs issued on the Chatham Square label (which he co-ran), Dickie Landry released Fifteen Saxophones, a set of 1974 recordings done with engineer Kurt Munkacsi, on the Northern Lights and Wergo labels in 1977.

„Fifteen Saxophones“ simultaneously demonstrates Landry’s boundary-pushing saxophone and his understanding of the minimalists’ long-form treatises on sound. Using intricate Revox tape delays on “Fifteen Saxophones”, “Alto Flute Quad Delay” and the side-long live document “Kitchen Solos”, Landry’s strong personality as a player shines through a brilliant wall of sound. It is unsurprising Landry was a fixture in the same New York scene that spawned artists like Richard Serra – something equally monumental exists in the pieces found on this album.

This reissue includes new liner notes by Clifford Allen and period photos by Gianfranco Gorgoni.

“…stunningly psychedelic, recalling Terry Riley’s All-Night Flights … it’s the perfect combination of hazy, fluttering psychedelia and tough, tactile reed work.” (Volcanic Tongue)

Richard "Dickie" Landry, alto flute, saxophone

Engineered and produced by Kurt Munkacsi

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