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BAND/ARTIST: Addiss & Crofut
- Title: Addiss & Crofut
- Year Of Release: 1967
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Folk
- Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC / 24-bit/192kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 00:26:19
- Total Size: 145; 934 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Steve Addiss and Bill Crofut are young folk musicians with something to say - about our own heritage and the family of man. As troubadours they have roamed the world, sometimes under the official auspices of the United States State Department sometimes on their own visiting twenty-nine countries in the past eight years. Wherever they have roamed, they have exchanger songs, taught, learned and lived with the people. In 1965 President Johnson presented Steve Addiss and Bill Crofut With a citation in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the United States Cultural Exchange Program.
Bill - tall, blond and expansive in the Midwest tradition - is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and is now our neighbor in Wilton, Connecticut. Steve - dark, intense and of nimble wit - is a native of New York City. Their friendship goes back to their secondary school years, when both were students in Putney, Vermont, As different in personality as in appearance, they share a passion for music (all kinds), travel (anywhere) and people (everybody). Bill is a family man - a doer, who loves to build houses, gardens, waterfalls and Oriental gafes. Steve a bachelor, is a serious student of Oriental culture and collects paintings and sculpture from the Far East. He has also been a lifelong collector of recording by turn-of-century opera singers.
Steve majored in music at Harvards and student composition under Walter Piston and John Cage. Bill was rtained as French-horn player and received a degree in music from Allegheny College. Their academic could mislead you into thinking of them as performing musicologists. Academicals they are not. They are performers (a fact which be attributable to the influence of their friend teacher, Pate Seeger) with the performer’s zealfor communication. Their trained ears and perception may bring to our attention the music in the world we otherwise would have overlooked, that is secondary to the direct, if poetic, statement which they seek.
Both Steve and Bill agree that Simple Gitts, the first song on Side One, sums up what they are striving for in their medium: “Tis the gift to be simple, tis the gift to be free.” The song is the old Shaker hymn that Aaron Copland used so effectively in “Appalachian Spring.” In their own arrangement for two voices, banjo, guitar and recorder, Addiss and Crofut create a hymn of stirring strength.
The Shaker hymn (composer unknown) is followed by an anonymous children’s poem, A Man of World. Bill set the poem to a sweeping melodic vocal line, with arpeggio-like accompaniment on banjo and guitar chords.
Innsbruck is a traditional fifteenth-century Austrian tune that tells of a sad farewell to the city of innsbruck. Stene and Bill have taken a four-part setting of the song as arranged by Heinrich Isaac, f sixteenth-century, and reduced it to two voices. Steve plays harpsichord on this track, and the horn solo is by willy Ruff.
Malaysian Flute is a medley of tho folk tunes from Malaya. The wooden flute is played by Steve, the banjo accompaniment by Bill.
Pete Seeger them Sita Ram. This hymn a favorite of Mahatma Gandhi, and popular in India’s Nationalist movement. It states that although there are many different religions, essentially we worship the same God. The song is traditional, but the arrangement is by Addiss and Crofut. They performed Sita Ram with great success in Africa, where there is a sizable indian minority group. The bongo drums are used here to create the atmosphere of Indian tabla drumming.
Blues on the Ceiling, sung by Steve, is an unusual city blues, attributed to Freddie Neal. It has an unsettling thirteen-bar structure in the instrumental interlude, while the vocal part varies the traditional twelve-bar blues form.
The Rain on the Leaver, the opening selection on Side Two, is a compelling song composed by Pham Duy, Vietnam’s foremost performer-composer. We had the rare opportunity of hearing the composer himself this song, with Bill and Steve, while in the United States. During the 1965 Buddhist crisis, The Rain on the Leaves had the distinction of being one thing that both sides of the controversy could agree upon. Each faction sang the song as its own - rightly so, because it has nothing to do with politics; it tells with beautiful simplicity of the human suffering that accompanies war. The strange instrument you hear is a Vietnamese classical instrument called a dan-tranh, which is related to the Japanese koto. Steve spent the summer of 1966 in Vietnam and continued his study of this stringed instrument of ancient lineage.
ISing of a maiden is a medieval hymn of praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Bill and Steve made their own arrangement, using a plainchant melody as the setting for the Middle English text. British composer Benjamin Britten used the hymn in the “Ceremony of Carols.” In concert performances I Sing of a Maiden is part of a grouping of old English songs. Bill simulates the sound of the ancient hunting horn on the French horn.
A sixteenth-century melody by English composer William Byrd, Non Nodis Domine is reverently treated with the simple blending of two voices and string-bass accompaniment (Willie Ruff is the bassist). The song states “Not to us Lord, but to your name glory.”
Moving up to the seventeenth century, Steve took the original, amusing words of the poem To Have a Wife and set them in the style of Robert Jones (c. 1609), a composer of the period.
Mail Myself to You is an abrupt and thoroughly delightful jump to twentieth-century Americana. In the recording studio, bassist Willie Ruff, caught by the infectious spirit of this Woody Guthrie song, began to “play the bones.” The improvised spirit of the song is evident. This is one of our favorites.
Two songs from the French Crusades follow. Arranged by Steve as close to the style of the period as an educated guess can calculate, the tunes feature Bill's excellent French-horn playing.
One of the enduring favorites in the Addiss and Croft repertoire is Joys of Love (Plaisir d'Amour), an eighteenth-century song by Giovanni Martini, which they have arranged with a song from Martinique at the suggestion of dancer-choreographer Geoffrey Holder. Bill and Steve are pleased that this particular performance was recorded.
When we think of the songs of Addiss and Crofut, the usual concept of folk music must be extended. Their ethnic roots are in the world at large, and they sing of human experience anytime, anywhere. Although folk music and jazz may appear to have little relationship, in reality we approach our work with the same philosophy - all music is basically one. We are musicians, therefore all music is ours to perform in our individual way. We are assimilators bringing music through the ages and from every part of the globe into the vernacular of today's music.
Thro the simple medium of song, Addiss and Crofut reveal to us a time in history, a place on earth, or a condition of the soul.
Tracklist:
01. Addiss & Crofut - Simple Gifts (02:22)
02. Addiss & Crofut - A Man of Words (02:50)
03. Addiss & Crofut - Innsbruck (02:03)
04. Addiss & Crofut - Malaysian Flute (01:40)
05. Addiss & Crofut - Sita Ram (02:54)
06. Addiss & Crofut - Blues on the Ceiling (02:59)
07. Addiss & Crofut - A Ballad from Vietnam - The Rain on the Leaves (02:43)
08. Addiss & Crofut - I Sing of a Maiden (02:15)
09. Addiss & Crofut - Non Nobis Domine (01:18)
10. Addiss & Crofut - To Have a Wife (01:34)
11. Addiss & Crofut - Mail Myself to You (00:54)
12. Addiss & Crofut - Crusaders Song (Part 1 & 2) (01:35)
13. Addiss & Crofut - Joys of Love (Plasir d'Amour) (01:06)
Bill - tall, blond and expansive in the Midwest tradition - is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and is now our neighbor in Wilton, Connecticut. Steve - dark, intense and of nimble wit - is a native of New York City. Their friendship goes back to their secondary school years, when both were students in Putney, Vermont, As different in personality as in appearance, they share a passion for music (all kinds), travel (anywhere) and people (everybody). Bill is a family man - a doer, who loves to build houses, gardens, waterfalls and Oriental gafes. Steve a bachelor, is a serious student of Oriental culture and collects paintings and sculpture from the Far East. He has also been a lifelong collector of recording by turn-of-century opera singers.
Steve majored in music at Harvards and student composition under Walter Piston and John Cage. Bill was rtained as French-horn player and received a degree in music from Allegheny College. Their academic could mislead you into thinking of them as performing musicologists. Academicals they are not. They are performers (a fact which be attributable to the influence of their friend teacher, Pate Seeger) with the performer’s zealfor communication. Their trained ears and perception may bring to our attention the music in the world we otherwise would have overlooked, that is secondary to the direct, if poetic, statement which they seek.
Both Steve and Bill agree that Simple Gitts, the first song on Side One, sums up what they are striving for in their medium: “Tis the gift to be simple, tis the gift to be free.” The song is the old Shaker hymn that Aaron Copland used so effectively in “Appalachian Spring.” In their own arrangement for two voices, banjo, guitar and recorder, Addiss and Crofut create a hymn of stirring strength.
The Shaker hymn (composer unknown) is followed by an anonymous children’s poem, A Man of World. Bill set the poem to a sweeping melodic vocal line, with arpeggio-like accompaniment on banjo and guitar chords.
Innsbruck is a traditional fifteenth-century Austrian tune that tells of a sad farewell to the city of innsbruck. Stene and Bill have taken a four-part setting of the song as arranged by Heinrich Isaac, f sixteenth-century, and reduced it to two voices. Steve plays harpsichord on this track, and the horn solo is by willy Ruff.
Malaysian Flute is a medley of tho folk tunes from Malaya. The wooden flute is played by Steve, the banjo accompaniment by Bill.
Pete Seeger them Sita Ram. This hymn a favorite of Mahatma Gandhi, and popular in India’s Nationalist movement. It states that although there are many different religions, essentially we worship the same God. The song is traditional, but the arrangement is by Addiss and Crofut. They performed Sita Ram with great success in Africa, where there is a sizable indian minority group. The bongo drums are used here to create the atmosphere of Indian tabla drumming.
Blues on the Ceiling, sung by Steve, is an unusual city blues, attributed to Freddie Neal. It has an unsettling thirteen-bar structure in the instrumental interlude, while the vocal part varies the traditional twelve-bar blues form.
The Rain on the Leaver, the opening selection on Side Two, is a compelling song composed by Pham Duy, Vietnam’s foremost performer-composer. We had the rare opportunity of hearing the composer himself this song, with Bill and Steve, while in the United States. During the 1965 Buddhist crisis, The Rain on the Leaves had the distinction of being one thing that both sides of the controversy could agree upon. Each faction sang the song as its own - rightly so, because it has nothing to do with politics; it tells with beautiful simplicity of the human suffering that accompanies war. The strange instrument you hear is a Vietnamese classical instrument called a dan-tranh, which is related to the Japanese koto. Steve spent the summer of 1966 in Vietnam and continued his study of this stringed instrument of ancient lineage.
ISing of a maiden is a medieval hymn of praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Bill and Steve made their own arrangement, using a plainchant melody as the setting for the Middle English text. British composer Benjamin Britten used the hymn in the “Ceremony of Carols.” In concert performances I Sing of a Maiden is part of a grouping of old English songs. Bill simulates the sound of the ancient hunting horn on the French horn.
A sixteenth-century melody by English composer William Byrd, Non Nodis Domine is reverently treated with the simple blending of two voices and string-bass accompaniment (Willie Ruff is the bassist). The song states “Not to us Lord, but to your name glory.”
Moving up to the seventeenth century, Steve took the original, amusing words of the poem To Have a Wife and set them in the style of Robert Jones (c. 1609), a composer of the period.
Mail Myself to You is an abrupt and thoroughly delightful jump to twentieth-century Americana. In the recording studio, bassist Willie Ruff, caught by the infectious spirit of this Woody Guthrie song, began to “play the bones.” The improvised spirit of the song is evident. This is one of our favorites.
Two songs from the French Crusades follow. Arranged by Steve as close to the style of the period as an educated guess can calculate, the tunes feature Bill's excellent French-horn playing.
One of the enduring favorites in the Addiss and Croft repertoire is Joys of Love (Plaisir d'Amour), an eighteenth-century song by Giovanni Martini, which they have arranged with a song from Martinique at the suggestion of dancer-choreographer Geoffrey Holder. Bill and Steve are pleased that this particular performance was recorded.
When we think of the songs of Addiss and Crofut, the usual concept of folk music must be extended. Their ethnic roots are in the world at large, and they sing of human experience anytime, anywhere. Although folk music and jazz may appear to have little relationship, in reality we approach our work with the same philosophy - all music is basically one. We are musicians, therefore all music is ours to perform in our individual way. We are assimilators bringing music through the ages and from every part of the globe into the vernacular of today's music.
Thro the simple medium of song, Addiss and Crofut reveal to us a time in history, a place on earth, or a condition of the soul.
Tracklist:
01. Addiss & Crofut - Simple Gifts (02:22)
02. Addiss & Crofut - A Man of Words (02:50)
03. Addiss & Crofut - Innsbruck (02:03)
04. Addiss & Crofut - Malaysian Flute (01:40)
05. Addiss & Crofut - Sita Ram (02:54)
06. Addiss & Crofut - Blues on the Ceiling (02:59)
07. Addiss & Crofut - A Ballad from Vietnam - The Rain on the Leaves (02:43)
08. Addiss & Crofut - I Sing of a Maiden (02:15)
09. Addiss & Crofut - Non Nobis Domine (01:18)
10. Addiss & Crofut - To Have a Wife (01:34)
11. Addiss & Crofut - Mail Myself to You (00:54)
12. Addiss & Crofut - Crusaders Song (Part 1 & 2) (01:35)
13. Addiss & Crofut - Joys of Love (Plasir d'Amour) (01:06)
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