Slay the Suitors, by Bobby Previte

Slay the Suitors

by Bobby Previte

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Robert Middleton I love the fact that Gramavison wouldn't release this because it was too far out for them! It IS far out (in all the right ways).

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Still owing Gramavison a recording, Previte joined forces again with his Empty Suits band and recorded a work that was so different from the previous Empty Suits record (big surprise) that Gramavision refused to release it. This prompted his departure from the label. Eventually coming out in 1994 on DIW/Japan, “Slay the Suitors,” (title courtesy of a chapter in Homer’s “Odyssey”) is in many ways his “underground” record, perhaps the most obscure of them all, if you don’t count “Pull To Open.” A hazy, sometimes quiet, very electronic outing (confirming Previte’s fascination with electronic music in earnest) this CD is imported and extremely rare. Downbeat said, “Previte introduces a brilliant device: a reverberating Hammond chord that backs the soloists for an entire five and a half minute segment. The tension produced by that act alone is a study in seduction.” Try, just try and find this record.

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	1.	Fantasy and Nocturne 16:19
	2.	Waltz 13:41
	3.	Canon 09:45
	4.	Prelude & Elegy 14:30

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SLAY THE SUITORS (title taken from the ODYSSEY) was supposed to be Previte's 5th Gramavision release of a 5 record deal but when presented with the music, only four long tunes for the entire record, Gramavision balked. Avant stepped up and released the record in 1994.

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"On the whole, Slay the Suitors is a shake-up, wake-up call to arms in which Bobby Previte faults classicism for not only stifling the artistic impulse, but also for running hand-in-hand with deeply entrenched, even violent forces of oppression. With this theme to guide him on Slay the Suitors, Previte is absolutely at his most uncompromising, and the resulting music -- like the CD cover -- is right on target" - All Music Guide

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released October 5, 2017

Bobby Previte – drums
Robin Eubanks - trombone, electronics
Wayne Horvitz - Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer
Steve Gaboury - piano, synthesizer, keyboard bass
Jerome Harris - acoustic bass guitar, electric guitar
Roger Squitero - percussion

Production by Previte and Mark Helias,

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