British-American Blue (2000)

About this title: While scoring a horror film in England in 1978, Roger Kellaway took time out to record a way-out, free-form duo session with the British clarinetist Tony Coe; the album was not released until 2000 on a small German label. This is Kellaway unchained, letting fly with no preconceptions or restrictions whatsoever (except in the final blues track "The Burgundy Bruise"), creating music closer to style and spirit to that of avant-garde 20th century classical territory than his usual jazz stomping grounds. All you need to know about Coe's work is that his two main influences at the time were Paul ... read more

Tracks:

1. Carona Glass and Lady Maggie [Coe/Kellaway]
2. Friend in the Mirror [Coe/Kellaway]
3. The Caverns of Volere [Coe/Kellaway]
4. Conversations With Sparza [Coe/Kellaway]
5. Dance of the 3-Legged Elves [Coe/Kellaway]
6. Off We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder [Coe/Kellaway]
7. Ballad for the Russian Princess [Coe/Kellaway]
8. Monday's Child [Coe/Kellaway]
9. Me and Tony [Coe/Kellaway]
10. British-American Blue [Coe/Kellaway]
11. The Burgundy Bruise [Coe/Kellaway]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.