The California E.A.R. Unit (Mar 1981 - )

Group - United States

Releases (1)

Official

Album

1. The California EAR Unit 1989

Relationships (12)

Artistic Director

1. Dorothy Stone

Members

1. James D. Rohrig (1981) original, clarinet
2. Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick (1981 - 2008) original, cello
3. Daniel Kennedy (1981 - 1983) original, percussion
4. Dorothy Stone (1981) original, flute
5. Robin Lorentz (1981) original, violin
6. Amy Knoles (1981) original, percussion
7. Gaylord Mowrey (1981) original, piano
8. Arthur Jarvinen (1982) percussion
9. Lorna Eder (1983) piano
10. Eric KM Clark violin
11. Vicki Ray piano

Recordings by (34)

1. Egytian Two Step 5:43 (1989)
2. Quintessence 12:31 (1989)
3. The Yellow Pages 6:42 (1989)
4. Dr. K–sextet 3:31 (1989)
5. Enchanted Preludes 5:29 (1989)
6. Esprit Rude - Esprit Doux 4:40 (1989)
7. Canon for 4 - Homage to Willam 4:01 (1989)
8. Hoketus 23:49 (1989)
9. Why Patterns? 29:29 (1991)
10. The Vulture's Garden: I. The Vulture's Garden 3:03 (1996)
11. The Vulture's Garden: II. The War of Time 2:53 (1996)
12. The Vulture's Garden: III. The Dim Weird Battle of the West 3:22 (1996)
13. The Vulture's Garden: IV. Not with a Bang but a Whimper 4:13 (1996)
14. Count Your Change 1:10 (1996)
15. Clean Your Gun 5:23 (1996)
16. The Paces of Yu 19:27 (1996)
17. The Queen of Spain: Part One 5:26 (1996)
18. The Queen of Spain: Part Two 3:55 (1996)
19. The Queen of Spain: Part Three 3:13 (1996)
20. Zilver 15:06 (1997)
21. Workers' Union 19:03 (1997)
22. For Philip Guston 19:22 (1997)
23. Psychotropes 11:41 (1998)
24. Indigenous Music II: II Native Songs and Dances 7:16 (1998)
25. Indigenous Music II: III Het Wapen van Amsterdam 11:51 (1998)
26. Crippled Symmetry: Region 1 16:29 (1999)
27. Crippled Symmetry: Region 2 13:04 (1999)
28. Crippled Symmetry: Region 3 11:05 (1999)
29. Crippled Symmetry: Region 4 13:16 (1999)
30. Crippled Symmetry: Region 5 12:57 (1999)
31. Crippled Symmetry: Region 6 20:30 (1999)
32. For Christian Wolff: A 1:0:08 (08 Dec 2008)
33. For Christian Wolff: B 54:59 (08 Dec 2008)
34. For Christian Wolff: C 1:1:42 (08 Dec 2008)

On Recordings (17)

Performer

1. Return: A Triumph of Reason, Part II 20:25 Morton Subotnick (1986)
2. The Key to Songs 22:56 Morton Subotnick (1986)
3. Return: A Triumph of Reason, Part I 18:51 Morton Subotnick (1986)
4. Why Patterns? 29:29 The California E.A.R. Unit (1991)

Instruments

1. The Vulture's Garden: I. The Vulture's Garden 3:03 The California E.A.R. Unit (1996)
2. The Queen of Spain: Part Three 3:13 The California E.A.R. Unit (1996)
3. The Vulture's Garden: II. The War of Time 2:53 The California E.A.R. Unit (1996)
4. Edible Black Ink 1:15 The California E.A.R. Unit, Peter Zaferas (1996)
5. Murphy-Nights (a coda to "Johnny Sprays") 11:07 The California E.A.R. Unit, Vinny Golia (1996)
6. Clean Your Gun 5:23 The California E.A.R. Unit (1996)
7. Eye in the Wall of Meat 1:06 The California E.A.R. Unit, Peter Zaferas (1996)
8. The Queen of Spain: Part Two 3:55 The California E.A.R. Unit (1996)
9. The Vulture's Garden: III. The Dim Weird Battle of the West 3:22 The California E.A.R. Unit (1996)
10. The Queen of Spain: Part One 5:26 The California E.A.R. Unit (1996)
11. Count Your Change 1:10 The California E.A.R. Unit (1996)
12. The Vulture's Garden: IV. Not with a Bang but a Whimper 4:13 The California E.A.R. Unit (1996)
13. The Paces of Yu 19:27 The California E.A.R. Unit (1996)

Credited as (9)

1. Louis Andriessen; The California EAR Unit
2. The California E.A.R. Unit
3. Morton Feldman; The California E.A.R. Unit
4. Morton Feldman; California E.A.R. Unit
5. Arthur Jarvinen; The California EAR Unit
6. The California E.A.R. Unit, Vinny Golia
7. The California E.A.R. Unit, Peter Zaferas
8. Morton Feldman; UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Philip Brett, David Abel, Karen Rosenak, William Winant, The California EAR Unit
9. Stephen Lucky Mosko; The California E.A.R. Unit

Links (2)

Official Homepages

1. http://www.earunit.org/

Discogs

1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/246769