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01. PAM & GARY WINDO - Were On Our Way/Primal Stream (Duet)
02. PAM & GARY WINDO - Roarin' (Trio)
03. PAM & GARY WINDO - Shepp Heard (Trio)
04. PAM & GARY WINDO - Bass Space
05. PAM & GARY WINDO - Frank 'n Myrrh/Incensed (Trio)
06. PAM & GARY WINDO - Maiden Stone (Quartet)
ARTIST
TITLE
Avant Gardeners
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
REELR 001CD REELR 001CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/16/2008

Pam and Gary Windo were coupled in spirit with a private passion for the musical road less traveled. During their marriage, Gary taught Pam how to approach the piano as an "expressive extension of life," the aesthetic which informed his mastery of the tenor saxophone. Their mutual support flowered into numerous compositions for various recording projects, while journeys into the realm of free improvisation remained private. In 1976, an opportunity to perform at the Maidstone College of Art as a duo allowed them to bring along the rhythm section from the Brotherhood of Breath, bassist Harry Miller and drummer Louis Moholo for a set. Gary captured this concert by placing on stage a consumer reel-to-reel tape recorder and stereo microphone. In addition, an extraordinary private home session with the magnificent percussionist from Ovary Lodge, Frank Perry, was recorded. Reel Recordings has meticulously remastered and edited 40 minutes of explosive and exploratory episodes of moments frozen in time. With friends in tow, the extant recordings of Gary and Pam Windo soaring in improvisational flight, with gale force winds in their slipstream, can now be experienced. Avant Gardeners is a vital, visceral listen, rooted in love and passion.