Name: The Man In The Elevator
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The Man In The Elevator

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Album: The Man In The Elevator
#	Song Title		Time
1)	In Einem Alten Fahrstuhl/In An Old Elevator	More Info...	0:02
2)	Es Geht Um Einen Auftrag/It Concerns A Task	More Info...	0:02
3)	Funf Minuten Vor Der Zeit/Five Minutes Too Early	More Info...	0:01
4)	Drei Stufen Auf Einmal/Three Steps At A Time	More Info...	0:02
5)	No Taboleiro De Baiana	More Info...	0:01
6)	Ein Schneller Blick Auf Die Uhr/Quick Glanc At My Watch	More Info...	0:02
7)	Allein Im Fahrstuhl/Alone In The Elevator	More Info...	0:02
8)	Wilde Spekulationen/Wild Speculations	More Info...	0:04
9)	Der Chef/The Boss	More Info...
10)	Sein Selbstmord/His Suicide	More Info...	0:02
11)	Fita Nos Meus Olhos	More Info...	0:02
12)	Ich Verlasse Den Fahrstuhl/I Step From The Elevator	More Info...
13)	Ohne Auftrag/Without Any Task	More Info...	0:01
14)	Mitleid In Peru/Compassion In Peru	More Info...	0:05
15)	Trockener Schlamm Mit Fahrspuren/Caked Mud With Vehicle Tracks	More Info...	0:01
16)	Heimweh Nach Dem Fahrstuhl/Homesick For The Elevator	More Info...	0:01
17)	Kalter Schweib/Cold Sweat	More Info...	0:01
18)	Etwas Wie Heiterkeit/Something Like Serenity	More Info...	0:01
19)	Diese Frau Ist Die Frau Eines Mannes/This Woman Is The Wife Of A Man	More Info...
20)	Auf Einem Grasuberwachsenen Bahndamm/On A Railway Embankment	More Info...	0:01
21)	Worin Besteht Mein Verbrechen/What Is My Crime	More Info...	0:03

Album: The Man In The Elevator
#	Song Title		Time
1)	In Einem Alten Fahrstuhl/In An Old Elevator	More Info...	0:02
2)	Es Geht Um Einen Auftrag/It Concerns A Task	More Info...	0:02
3)	Funf Minuten Vor Der Zeit/Five Minutes Too Early	More Info...	0:01
4)	Drei Stufen Auf Einmal/Three Steps At A Time	More Info...	0:02
5)	No Taboleiro De Baiana	More Info...	0:01
6)	Ein Schneller Blick Auf Die Uhr/Quick Glanc At My Watch	More Info...	0:02
7)	Allein Im Fahrstuhl/Alone In The Elevator	More Info...	0:02
8)	Wilde Spekulationen/Wild Speculations	More Info...	0:04
9)	Der Chef/The Boss	More Info...
10)	Sein Selbstmord/His Suicide	More Info...	0:02
11)	Fita Nos Meus Olhos	More Info...	0:02
12)	Ich Verlasse Den Fahrstuhl/I Step From The Elevator	More Info...
13)	Ohne Auftrag/Without Any Task	More Info...	0:01
14)	Mitleid In Peru/Compassion In Peru	More Info...	0:05
15)	Trockener Schlamm Mit Fahrspuren/Caked Mud With Vehicle Tracks	More Info...	0:01
16)	Heimweh Nach Dem Fahrstuhl/Homesick For The Elevator	More Info...	0:01
17)	Kalter Schweib/Cold Sweat	More Info...	0:01
18)	Etwas Wie Heiterkeit/Something Like Serenity	More Info...	0:01
19)	Diese Frau Ist Die Frau Eines Mannes/This Woman Is The Wife Of A Man	More Info...
20)	Auf Einem Grasuberwachsenen Bahndamm/On A Railway Embankment	More Info...	0:01
21)	Worin Besteht Mein Verbrechen/What Is My Crime	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

The word portion of this "collage" is taken from a Muller play, with German and English text.
Personnel: Heiner Goebbels (piano, synthesizer, programming); Heiner Muller; Don Cherry (vocals, trumpet); Arto Lindsay (vocals, guitar); Ned Rothenberg (saxophone, bass clarinet); George Lewis (trombone); Fred Frith (guitar, bass); Charles Hayward (drums, metal).
Principally recorded at Sound On Sound Recording Inc., New York, New York in March 1988. Includes liner notes by Heiner Muller.
Personnel: Heiner Goebbels (piano, synthesizer, programming); Arto Lindsay (vocals, guitar); Don Cherry (vocals, trumpet); Ernst St”tzner (vocals); Fred Frith (guitar); Ned Rothenberg (bass clarinet, saxophone); George Lewis (trombone); Charles Hayward (drums).
Audio Mixers: Heiner Goebbels; Jan Erik Kongshaug; Manfred Eicher.
Recording information: Schaubhne, Berlin, Germany (03/1988); Sound On Sound Recording Inc., NY (03/1988); Sound On Sound Recording Inc.New York (03/1988); Sound On Sound Recording, Inc., New York, NY (03/1988).
Photographers: Anton M. Rey; Mike Krebs.
Translator: Henschelverlag Kunst.
Unknown Contributor Role: Charles Hayward .
Arranger: Heiner Goebbels.
Using the texts of playwright Heiner Muller and collecting a wide range of imaginative musicians, Heiner Goebbels constructed a fascinating music-theater piece that mixes languages and musical styles. The text, read and sung by Arto Lindsay, concerns the thoughts and fears of an employee summoned to his boss' office and has something of a Brazil-like aura about it. Perhaps coincidentally, Lindsay interjects some Brazilian songs into the proceedings. But the highlight is the performance by this stellar ensemble, ranging from free to punkishly tinged jazz-rock to quasi-African. There are outstanding contributions from guitarist Fred Frith, trombonist George Lewis, and the late Don Cherry on trumpet, voice, and the African hunter's guitar known as the doussn'gouni. Goebbels brews a rich stew of overlapping languages and styles in a dense matrix that creates an appropriate feeling of angst, but never loses a sly sense of humor. If anything, some of The Man in the Elevator is reminiscent of Carla Bley's better work and fans of hers as well as curious rock listeners should have no problem enjoying this one. ~ Brian Olewnick