Torturing the Saxophone, by Mats Gustafsson

Torturing the Saxophone

by Mats Gustafsson

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$12 USD or more

1.	In a Sentimental Mood 04:18	buy track
2.	I Never Felt This Way Before 04:08	buy track
3.	Come Sunday 02:13	buy track
4.	Blue Goose 04:15	buy track
5.	Sophisticated Lady 05:23	buy track
6.	Our Prayer 07:06	buy track
7.	Angels: Spirits 13:25	buy track
8.	Ghosts 04:18	buy track
9.	Danny's Dream 22:30	buy track

about

One of the most celebrated folks in improvised music, Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson made three ultra-limited edition vinyl LPs, each featuring a different dedication to a favorite musician from the past. Released in batches of 99, these records found Gustafsson playing compositions by Duke Ellington, Albert (and his brother Donald) Ayler, and the important post-bop baritone player Lars Gullin. Long out-of-print, these priceless slabs of free music have quickly become sought after collector’s items. Torturing the Saxophone compiles all three LPs, plus some extra material, featuring Gustafsson at both his most experimental and his most lyrical. He purrs his way through Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood,” then demolishes “Come Sunday.” He draws out Gullin’s “Danny’s Dream,” rendering it truly dreamlike, perhaps nightmarish. Gustafsson shared the LPs with his new friend R. Crumb, the famous comics artist and shellac enthusiast. Crumb’s stunned response provides liner notes for the CD (“…I was kind of shocked at what a negative, unpleasant experience it was…”) and the perfect title. Only one way to hear what rubbed Crumb so hard the wrong way – listen in to hear what pain and possible injury Mats Gustafsson inflicts upon his horns.

credits

released May 20, 2019

Design by Sonnenzimmer.

license

about

Mats Gustafsson Vienna, Austria

contact / help

Contact Mats Gustafsson

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Mats Gustafsson, you may also like:

Farewell Tonic
by FULL BLAST

supported by 5 fans who also own “Torturing the Saxophone”
go to album
Nights on Saturn (communication)
by أحمد [Ahmed]

supported by 5 fans who also own “Torturing the Saxophone”

We love [Ahmed]!!!!!! wejazzrecords
go to album
Collider
by The DKV Thing Trio

supported by 5 fans who also own “Torturing the Saxophone”

Double trio collaboration/confrontation (some of both...as it should be; and as 'collider' suggests) from two of the planet's outstanding improvising units, in my book. Think of them as a matching pair of gloves... John Cratchley
go to album
Prompted Assent
by Cubby Phillips

A riveting record of free jazz from this Brooklyn musician that pairs tangles of guitar with sax and drums. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 19, 2023
go to album
Through Osmosis and Other Means
by TOaOM Trio

TOaOAM Trio prove there's still plenty of groovy life left in the classic free jazz alto sax-bass-drums combo. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 26, 2023
go to album
Octava
by Phi-Psonics

featured on Bandcamp Radio May 9, 2023
go to album
Exultations
by Brandon Seabrook

supported by 5 fans who also own “Torturing the Saxophone”

The energy contained within each of these tracks was just what I was looking for although I couldn’t possibly have known that until I found it! Exhilarating, exciting and enthralling! Jimmy Wunts
go to album