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I'll Tell What I Saw

by Trey Gunn

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Hymn (free) 04:29
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Val el Diablo (free) 04:35
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Morning Dream (free) 06:49
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Real Life 05:12
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Maslenitsa 09:31
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Gallina 01:05
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Dziban 06:15
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Pole 00:44
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Down Spin 01:13
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Fandango 04:05
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Well 05:56
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Jacaranda 03:57
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Contact 03:50
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Drunk (free) 06:26
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Kuma 04:29
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Cheeky 03:33
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Spectra 01:57
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Hard Winds 03:05
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Arrakis 06:54
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Flood 03:17
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Vals 03:18
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about

This retrospective, two-disc set includes over 2 hours of music drawn from Gunn’s catalog. Known for his work with King Crimson and as a pioneer of the touch guitar, Gunn has produced 14 solo recordings. For this dynamic mix of material, Gunn, a much sought after collaborator, has brought in additional tracks from artists he has worked with over the years. Tracks from Russia, Mexico, Italy, Finland and the USA are melded with his solo work in this fascinating collection.

Gunn says “I am often surprised at the fresh kind of playing I do on other people’s records. Somehow they pull things out of me that I can’t always get myself.” He is joined by Russian vocalist Inna Zhelannaya, Bill Frissell drummer Matt Chamberlain, Mexican bass player Alonso Arreola, the Italian progression group N.Y.X., Finland's Kimmo Pohjonen and many others.

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Review by Geoff Feakes

Trey Gunn is probably better known for his nine year tenure (from 1994 to 2003) with King Crimson although his long and varied career has included eight studio recordings released under his own name and as The Trey Gunn Band as well as playing with artists like David Sylvian, Brian Eno, Tool and Led Zep’s John Paul Jones. A double CD retrospective I’ll Tell What I Saw covering the years 1993 to 2010 recently appeared and brings together selections from his solo work plus various collaborative efforts. His association with fellow Crimsonite Pat Mastelotto for example as one half of TU is particularly well represented even though they recorded just the one album in 2006. Also heavily featured (unsurprisingly) is Gunn’s latest album Modulator (see review below).

Gunn’s music could be described as experimental, avant-garde and sometimes jazzy although not in the traditional sense. It’s perhaps at its most accessible (and arguably most appealing) when it hits a solid groove as in The Trey Gunn Band’s The Joy Of Molybdenum which features a powerful, discordant riff that could easily be the handiwork of King Crimson themselves. There is also a world music feel to some of the collaborations particularly where vocals are involved as in the tribal Va El Diablo and the rhythmic Maslenitsa credited to Alonsa Arreola and The Farlanders respectively. Sergey Klevensky’s Morning Dream on the other hand has a haunting, dreamlike quality thanks to the prominence of the clarinet.

Elsewhere, the music is often challenging and thought provoking and occasionally uncompromising with TU’s aptly titled Misery, Misery, Die, Die, Die... and Quodia’s razor edge Thick And Thorny both being prime examples. For me CD 1’s best track comes at the close with Inna Zhelannaya’s hypnotic Well featuring a heavenly female chant.

Disc 2 kicks off in fine style with the pulsating, powerful and syncopated Jacaranda from KTU, blessed with some truly stunning drum work. Dirge like and relentless, Drunk is compelling nonetheless thanks to Zhelannaya’s customary rhythmic female voices which act like an instrument in their own right. Gunn’s own Kuma on the other hand reaches almost jazz-funk heights with some particularly sharp guitar lines that curiously reminded me of Mike Oldfield. Guitar (both acoustic and electric) are also prominent features of the edgy Single Cell Shark and Cheeky, two tracks from Matt Chamberlain which again border on Crimson territory.

Hard Winds demonstrates Gunn’s Warr guitar at its best with some particular dexterous finger work from the man himself whilst the live recorded Arrakis features an impressive ensemble performance from The Trey Gunn Band. The bizarrely titled Untamed Chicken is another abstract affair (part ambient, part thrash) by TU in contrast with the Crimsonesque Down In Shadows [Part 1] from N.Y.X. Following Sergey Klevensky’s welcome and pastoral Vals, Disc 2 concludes with Sara Cosentina’s sublime 9:47 P.M. Eastern Time which took me back to Tangerine Dream in their mid-seventies prime.

Given the ambiguity of Gunn’s music, it’s appropriate that it’s often difficult to distinguish between the distorted sounds he creates using Chapman Stick, Warr guitar (his trademark instrument), conventional guitar, bass and keys. This works to his advantage and as a result of these unique (and often bizarre) sounds plus his refusal to follow any particular musical style or trend this collection has a timeless quality. Although it spans 17 years, there’s nothing here that sounds dated or out of sync.

If you feel like dipping a toe into the musical world of Trey Gunn, I’ll Tell What I Saw is clearly an ideal place to start.

credits

released November 16, 2010

Trey Gunn – Touch Guitars, Fretless Guitars,
Basses, Keyboards
Inna Zhelannaya – voice
Alonso Arreola – bass
Sergey Klevensky – clarinet
Kimmo Pohjonen – accordion
Matte Henderson - guitar
Michael Connolly – Uilleann Pipes, Fiddle
Saro Cosentino - keyboard
Bob Muller - drums
Pat Mastelotto – drums
Marco Minnemann – drums
Matt Chamberlain - drums

A 7d Media recording.

Track info:

- Disc one

1. Hymn - Trey Gunn, Modulator

2. The Joy of Molybdenum - The Trey Gunn Band, The Joy of Molybdenum

3. The Fifth Spin of the Sun - Trey Gunn, Music for Pictures

4. Va el Diablo - Alonso Arreola, LabA Música Horizontal

5. Morning Dream - Sergey Klevensky, Blood with Milk

6. Real Life - Trey Gunn, One Thousand Years

7. Maslenitsa - The Farlanders, The Farlanders

8. Gallina - Trey Gunn, The Third Star (bonus track)

9. Dziban - The Trey Gunn Band, Live Encounter

10. Misery, Misery, Die, Die, Die... - TU, TU
(Trey Gunn, Pat Mastelotto)

11. Pole - Trey Gunn, Modulator

12. Thick and Thorny - Quodia, The Arrow

13. Down Spin - Trey Gunn, Modulator

14. Absinthe & A Cracker - TU, TU

15. The Shimmering - Trey Gunn, Raw Power

16. Fandango - TU, TU (Gunn, Mastelotto)

17. Well - Inna Zhelennaya, Cocoon

- Disc Two

18. Jacaranda - KTU, Quiver (Gunn, Pohjonen, Mastelotto)

19. The Magnificent Jinn - Trey Gunn, Music for Pictures

20. Contact - Trey Gunn, Modulator

21. Drunk - Inna Zhelennaya, Cocoon

22. Killing for London - Trey Gunn, One Thousand Years

23. Kuma - Trey Gunn, The Third Star

24. Single Cell Shark - Matte Henderson, The Veneer of Logic

25. Cheeky - Matt Chamberlain, Matt Chamberlain

26. Make my Grave in the Shape of a Heart - TU, TU
(Gunn, Mastelotto)

27. Spectra - Trey Gunn, Modulator

28. Capturing the Beam - Trey Gunn, Music for Pictures

29. Hard Winds - Trey Gunn, Raw Power

30. Arrakis - The Trey Gunn Band, Live Encounter

31. Flood - Trey Gunn, Modulator

32. Untamed Chicken - TU, TU (Gunn, Mastelotto)

33. Down In Shadows (Part I) - N.Y.X., Down in Shadows

34. Californ-a-tron - Trey Gunn, Modulator

35. Vals - Sergey Klevensky, Blood with Milk

36. 9:47 P.M. Eastern Time - Saro Cosentino, Ones and Zeros

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Trey Gunn Santa Fe, New Mexico

In addition to his 14 solo recordings, ten-string touch-guitarist, Trey Gunn has toured and/or recorded with King Crimson, David Sylvian, Vernon Reid, Brian Eno, Azam Ali, Puscifer, John Paul Jones, Robert Fripp & David Hykes. He is currently working with the groups TU, KTU, his multi-dimensional performance group Quodia, and continues to score for film and coach musicians in the creative process ... more

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