| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
010910 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
"This project takes its title from a pre-9/11 experience of the Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi in spring 2001, while traveling from a festival in Hong Kong to one in Buenos Aires. Transiting through JFK, he was detained by INS officials, shackled to a bench in a crowded cell for several hours, and ultimately sent back to Hong Kong in handcuffs. Panahi's description of this ordeal was widely circulated online. He wanted to explain his story to fellow passengers: 'I'm not a thief! I'm not a murderer!-- I am just an Iranian, a filmmaker. But how could I tell this, in what language?' ... This tale ... served as a point of departure for what this project became: a song cycle about people in airports, narratives of lives in transit."--Inside cover of container. |
| Performer |
Mike Ladd, voice, electronics; Vijay Iyer, piano, keyboards, electronics; Latasha N. Nevada Diggs, voice, electronics; Allison Easter, voice; Ajay Naidu, voice; Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet; Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto sax; Dana Leong, cello, trombone, flugelhorn; Liberty Ellman, guitar; Trevor Holder, drums. |
| Event |
Recorded Apr. 30, 2003, TME Studios, the Bronx; and May 2-3, 2003, Sorcerer Sound, New York City. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes and lyrics (17 p. : ill.) in container. |
| Contents |
The color of my circumference I (4:10) -- The density of the 19th century (5:15) -- Terminal city (1:55) -- Rentals (2:44) -- Security (3:39) -- DeGaulle (6:37) -- TLC (2:39) -- Three Lotto stories (4:49) -- The color of my circumference II (2:09) -- Iraqi businessman (2:42) -- Taking back the airplane (4:54) -- The color of my circumference III (2:29) -- Innana after Baghdad (2:32) -- In what language (4:05) -- Asylum (6:21) -- The color of my circumference IV (5:51) -- Plastic bag (6:07). |
| Subject |
Monologues with music (Voice with instrumental ensemble)
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Monologues with music (Voice with instrumental ensemble) |
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Jazz -- 2001-2010.
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Jazz. |
| Chronological Term |
2001-2010 |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Jazz.
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Jazz.
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| Added Author |
Iyer, Vijay, performer.
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Ladd, Mike, lyricist, performer.
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