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Essential Music (1987 - 2002)

Group - United States experimental music ensemble

Releases (1)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Ten Years of Essential Music 1997

Relationships (2)

Founded By

  1. John Kennedy
  2. Charles Wood

Recordings by (2)

  1. In Memoriam... Kit Carson (Opera) (excerpt) ?:?? (1997)
  2. The Character of American Sunlight 14:01 (2013)

On Recordings (27)

Performer

  1. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Along the River (rehearsal #10) 3:36 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  2. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Mirthogram (rehearsal #17) 1:01 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  3. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Opening Stroll (rehearsal #1) 2:00 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  4. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Phone Call (rehearsal #11) 0:50 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  5. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Passersby (rehearsal #8) 1:40 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  6. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Introduction 0:32 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  7. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Street Poetry (rehearsal #18) 3:39 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  8. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Up in the Sky (rehearsal #14) 4:42 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  9. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Holdup (rehearsal #4) 2:04 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  10. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Off in the Ocean (rehearsal #20) 14:03 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  11. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Streetfight (rehearsal #12) 1:42 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  12. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Kidnapping (rehearsal #16) 0:47 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  13. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Woman in the Rain (rehearsal #15) 1:49 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)
  14. The City Wears a Slouch Hat: Nightclub (rehearsal #7) 1:05 John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music (1996)

Instruments

  1. Another Sunrise: III. "On entre O.K. - On sort K.O." (Rumba-Elegy) 4:50 Essential Music, Judith Gordon, Aki Takahashi (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  2. Another Sunrise: IV. Voy a hablar de esperanza (Bolero) 6:15 Essential Music, Judith Gordon, Aki Takahashi (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  3. Another Sunrise: V. Chupando la rosa (Coda) 3:27 Essential Music, Judith Gordon, Aki Takahashi (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  4. I Have Had to Learn the Simplest Things Last: Wind and Water 2:56 Essential Music, Aki Takahashi (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  5. I Have Had to Learn the Simplest Things Last: I Found Them Like Seashells on the Beach (J. Cage) 5:55 Essential Music, Aki Takahashi (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  6. Dreaming of Immortality in a Thatched Cottage: I. The Temple of the Forest Beneath the Clouds 5:42 Karen Burlingame, James Javore, Marion Najarian, Essential Music, Aki Takahashi, Charles Wood (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  7. I Have Had to Learn the Simplest Things Last: Undone Business 4:35 Essential Music, Aki Takahashi (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  8. Another Sunrise: VI. Another Sunrise (Gospel Medley) 5:12 Essential Music, Judith Gordon, Aki Takahashi (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  9. I Have Had to Learn the Simplest Things Last: I Have Had to Learn the Simplest Things Last 2:23 Essential Music, Aki Takahashi (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  10. Another Sunrise: I. Madrid (NM) Mambo - ¡Dos muertas! 3:45 Essential Music, Judith Gordon, Aki Takahashi (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  11. Dreaming of Immortality in a Thatched Cottage: II. Dreaming of Immortality in a Thatched Cottage 7:53 Karen Burlingame, James Javore, Marion Najarian, Essential Music, Aki Takahashi, Charles Wood (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  12. Another Sunrise: II. The Things I Wish I'd Said (Ballad) 5:19 Essential Music, Judith Gordon, Aki Takahashi (27 Aug 2012) percussion
  13. The Character of American Sunlight 14:01 Essential Music (2013)

Credited as (7)

  1. John Cage; Essential Music
  2. John Kennedy, Charles Wood, Essential Music
  3. Essential Music
  4. Peter Garland; Aki Takahashi, Essential Music
  5. Essential Music, Judith Gordon, Aki Takahashi
  6. Karen Burlingame, James Javore, Marion Najarian, Essential Music, Aki Takahashi, Charles Wood
  7. Essential Music, Aki Takahashi

Links (1)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/295440