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October 28, 2023: Robert Pepper and Alex Lozupone discuss the legacy and impact left behind by David Tamura, who passed earlier this year on June 23, and listen to a wide breadth of his musical recordings.
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Approx. start time |
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| 80 Pound Pug |
Spectrum track
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| Nattahnam |
Studio Rehearsal
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2009 | 0:08:23 (Pop-up) | |||
| The Jazzfakers |
Here Is Now
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Weise Horn | Alrealon Musique | https://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com/album/here-is-now-alrn043 | 0:12:28 (Pop-up) | |
| Marc Edwards & Slipstream Time Travel |
Untitled
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unreleased | 0:20:47 (Pop-up) | |||
| The Jazzfakers |
Open Head Exercise
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The Jazzfakers | https://thejazzfakers.bandcamp.com/album/the-jazzfakers-2 | 0:30:20 (Pop-up) | ||
| Von Lmo |
Flying Saucer 88
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Red Resistor | 0:40:57 (Pop-up) | |||
| Joe Chonto |
Love Kills
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Thoughts About David Tamura by Joseph Chonto I met David when he showed up to check out Robin Brown, a guitarist who was looking for people to play free improv in a workshop type setting to start. Robin was a great player in a Derek Bailey kind of mode. He always went for the unpredictable, eschewed all clichés, inventing new weird chords, etc. He, David and I clicked immediately. Our first attempt at playing lasted 40 minutes — just a constantly inspired level of musical conversation, argument, and joy. Unfortunately, the demands of Robin’s studies in psychology at Columbia meant he had to drop out. There are hours of rehearsal recordings, which David was especially proud of, thought that was one of the best things he had done, and wanted release some of the music on CD, which he was willing to undertake himself. Unfortunately, he passed too suddenly for that — but I plan to make that happen in 2024. David and I continued together, eventually forming the Sonic Insurgency, which worked on a telepathic level. I only needed to give basic descriptions of what a piece should be about and our hive mind took care of the rest. Kidd Jordan and Sabir Mateen, who guested on our recordings, totally dug the music and said they were ready to do another whenever. We also did a recording session with Deniz Tek, the rocker who founded the highly influential band Radio Birdman, Tamura and Tek got along well and David seemed to know exactly what to do. The session is unreleased for now, but will possibly come out next year. We did a recording and some gigs with Dave Burrell which we all thought were excellent (Burrell saying it was his personal favorite of his trio recordings). On the way to the studio we spoke with Cecil Taylor on the phone, who gave us his best wishes. By the end of the day, we had a CDs worth of material recorded, all first takes, just an immediate connection among us, because we had never played together before. Burrell just had faith that we’d be able to “bring it,” and we did. Unfortunately, short-lived as Burrell’s “advisers” thought he should focus more on his Civil War project, Windward Passages opera and cultivate the image of a distinguished, elder statesman of the music, rather than as one who’d play “until there was blood on the floor.” (Burrell’s words) Personally and musically David and I clicked like brothers. We were able to intuit each other’s thoughts, starting, stopping in an instant, rising, decrescendo, whatever, etc. He was always a pleasure to hang out with, though that didn’t happen too often as he seemed to be almost always working — if not in a musical setting, then as a martial arts teacher or security guard. He was a man of total integrity, intent on having his own sound and conception. He’d tell it like he thought it, straight-no-chaser. And he hated the bullshit of the scene — musicians who might talk one way when you’re in the room and another when you’re not; the difficulty getting gigs because we were either too rock for one set of venues or too jazz for another set. But every gig we played was rapturously received, people telling us we should be on the Vision Fest, be here, there and everywhere, etc. He was a passionate, driven person. And effusive with his good wishes for everyone — whenever saying goodbyes he would say tell this person such and such, that person this & that and etc., etc. His death was devastating to me, like a family member lost. I will always miss him. | 0:47:37 (Pop-up) | |||
| Gene Janas Matt Luczak Gene Moore David Tamura |
Untitled song
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Music On Monroe Street | 0:52:26 (Pop-up) | |||
| Band of Sailors |
Snowman
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live at someplace | When I heard Dave Tamura had died- I suddenly felt like a part of New York might have died with him. Thinking about Dave, sent me back to the moment I first met him. A sight. He really was a sight. He’d be one of those people you’d see on a subway and just want to stare at, but wouldn’t because you’d think he’d kick your ass- but you’d be wrong. He could- but he wouldn’t. Well, maybe if the wrong person stared at him he would. But he was one of the nicest people I came across- possibly ever. He just had a true genuine quality of kindness- despite the appearance of being some kind of underground-street-gangster. This sight of him was a character out of Quinten Tarantino movie. Exuding cool. Arms filled with tattoos, and a jet black hair almost looking like fire folding around his face. Arms that were Crazy guns- and then the saxophone. He busted it out and he was just a full fledged experimental jazz machine. He really was A Comic book action hero. He taught me how to disarm someone holding a knife. Or was it a gun? Whatever it was- I remember thinking- there is no way I could be this calm, cool and collected. And Dave said that’s what it was all about was just drilling, practicing it relentlessly until it just was a reflex. Because really you don’t have a choice if someone is holding a gun or a knife at you- I still haven’t practiced it. Yet Dave was able to make everything look easy. He told me that he trained the NYPD with this move. Trained the NYPD? Wow, that’s really badass. And that saxophone. When I first met him- now I really don’t know how- but he was just like that guy that everyone invited into their band for a cameo- on stage- and I played lots of little shows which is where Alex Luzophone and I met- we just were in this ragtag scene on the outside of New York’s outer edges- even in the music world- I felt like a fringe part of the fringe. And that was actually great. It was freedom. That’s what Dave’s playing sounded like. A kind of free wheeling, free spirited playful romp into a song. He’d come and go-make his presence known- and then leave the song with a mysterious air that really was exactly like he was a person. Kind, extremely kind and gentle. His unique presence blended stoic Art-of-War military commander authority, with an avant garde truly punk rock energy. It was something that was unique. And I really think there was absolutely no one even slightly like Dave Tamura. Rock on Dave. | 1:01:31 (Pop-up) | ||
| ron anderson / robert l. pepper / david tamura / phillipe petit |
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Closed Encounters of the 4 Minds (live @ BC Studio) | Public Eyesore | 1:08:22 (Pop-up) | ||
| Big Brother On Acid | Big Brother On Acid | Alrealon Musique | https://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com/album/big-brother-on-acid-alrn055 | 1:18:43 (Pop-up) | ||
| Pas Musique |
PAS Musique (Feat. Black Saturn and Dave Tamura) - Sound of Thought in Motion
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Reconstruction | Alrealon Musique | 1:22:17 (Pop-up) | ||
| 80 Pound Pug with Steve Dalachinksy |
Excerpts from B
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1:29:48 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Toadal Package |
Bullshitters
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Final Entrance | https://davidtamuratoadalpackage.bandcamp.com/album/final-entrance | 1:34:01 (Pop-up) | ||
| 80 Pound Pug |
No Sympathy For Truth
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unreleased | I found David to be a great accompanist of sorts. He shared great emotion. When I sang, he would often “comp” rhythmically in the manner of a pianist except with singular tones. I found that to be grounding and more meaning to what I had to say particularly in the abstract setting of Eighty-pound Pug. I think he was outside the box in that sense and I will miss him for that as well as his thoughts on our social environment. | 1:38:57 (Pop-up) | ||
| ZILMRAH |
Remote Viewing
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Looming | https://zilmrah.bandcamp.com/album/looming | 1:53:07 (Pop-up) | ||
| Dave Burrell |
Mutiny
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Conception | some real music | 1:58:09 (Pop-up) | ||
| The Jazzfakers |
Attention Three Finals
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Little Water Radio Recordings | Alrealon Musique | https://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com/album/little-water-radio-recordings-alrn096 | 2:08:10 (Pop-up) | |
| 80 Pound Pug |
When the Flowers Bloom In Baltimore
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When the Flowers Bloom In Baltimore | 2:14:54 (Pop-up) | |||
| 80 Pound Pug |
Elliot Levin Poem
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unreleased | 2:21:44 (Pop-up) | |||
| 80 Pound Pug |
fatpug
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unreleased | 2:26:40 (Pop-up) | |||
| The Jazzfakers with Roy Carroll |
unreleased track
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The Jazzfakers with Roy Carroll at Spectrum | umreleased | 2:38:35 (Pop-up) | ||
| Pas Musique |
'Venomous', A Study in Movement and Sound
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Venemous Movie | https://youtu.be/LpoaK6VTkpc?si=Ya1mBaf-rXjzMoOw | 2:42:43 (Pop-up) | ||
| Pas Musique |
Pas Musique (Feat. FluiD and Dave Tamura) - Sea of Illusion
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Reconstruction | https://pasmusique.bandcamp.com/album/reconstruction | 2:47:14 (Pop-up) | ||
| 80 Pound Pug |
Kumbaya
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First Meetings | 2:57:35 (Pop-up) |
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