American drummer
Musical artist
Bobby Previte (born July 16, 1951 in
Niagara Falls , New York) is a drummer,
composer , and
bandleader . He earned a degree in economics from the
University at Buffalo , where he also studied percussion. He moved to New York City in 1979 and began professional relationships with
John Zorn ,
Wayne Horvitz , and
Elliott Sharp .
Composer
Previte has received critical acclaim for his "exceptional abilities as a composer and orchestrator."
[1] A review of his 1988 album Claude's Late Morning reports that "Perhaps most striking is Previte's skill in composing music that fully integrates these disparate
instruments — including
drums and
drum machine ,
electric guitar and
keyboards ,
trombone ,
harp ,
accordion ,
banjo ,
pedal steel guitar ,
tuba , and
harmonica — while emphasizing each instrument's unique, individual sound."
[2] Another critic notes Previte's "driving and propulsive compositions, featuring both fiery jazz expressionism and layered
counterpoint that suggested elements of contemporary
minimalism .
[3]
In 1991, he wrote the score for "Cirk Valentin" (Moscow Circus on Stage), a stage show consisting of circus acts created by
Valentin Gneushev that performed at the
Gershwin Theatre on
Broadway .[
citation needed ]
Recent large-scale compositional works as of Spring 2007 include:
"The Constellations Ensemble," a chamber group touring the multi-media show, The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró .
"The Separation", a collaboration with writer/director Andrea Kleine "dealing with the role of religion in society. Based on the 15th-century composer Guilliaume Dufay's Missa Sancti Jacobi and written for early music pioneers the Rose Ensemble with electric band."
[4]
Bobby Previte live at Saalfelden 2009
Performer
Previte has received excellent reviews and full articles in major newspapers such as
The New York Times ,
[5]
The Washington Post , and
The Guardian
[6] for playing a wide range of genres and venues
[7] and for qualities as diverse as his intellectual aesthetic to his ability "to groove." Recent and current projects as of Spring 2007 include :
Much of Previte's work is also improvisational. One of Previte's own favorite recorded improvisational collaborations was with
John Zorn , "
Euclid's Nightmare " (Depth of Field 1997).
[8]
In the 1990s, he performed with the Seattle-based 100% improvisational musical collective
Ponga with
Wayne Horvitz ,
Skerik , and
Dave Palmer . Previte has collaborated with
Jamie Saft as "Swami Late Plate". Previte appeared in the movie
Short Cuts , directed by
Robert Altman .
[9]
In 1997, he founded the record company and label Depth of Field.[
citation needed ]
Discography
As leader/co-leader
1980: Pull to Open (Zoar)
1985: Bump the Renaissance (Sound Aspects)
1987: Pushing the Envelope (
Gramavision )
1987: Dull Bang, Gushing Sound, Human Shriek (Dossier)
1988: Claude's Late Morning (Gramavision)
1990: Empty Suits (Gramavision)
1991:
Weather Clear, Track Fast (
Enja )
1991: Music of the Moscow Circus (Gramavision)
1993:
Slay the Suitors (
Avant ) with Empty Suits
1993:
Hue and Cry (Enja) with Weather Clear, Track Fast
1996:
Too Close to the Pole (Enja) with Weather Clear, Track Fast
1997:
Euclid's Nightmare (Depth of Vision) with
John Zorn
1997: My Man in Sydney (Enja) with Latin for Travelers
1998: In the Grass (Enja) with
Marc Ducret
1998:
Downtown Lullaby (Depth of Vision) with John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz and Elliott Sharp
1998: Dangerous Rip (Enja) with Latin for Travelers
2002: The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró (
Tzadik )
2002: Just Add Water (
Palmetto ) with Bump
2002: The Prisoner's Dilemma (Church of Grob) with Elliott Sharp
2003: Counterclockwise (Palmetto) with Bump
2003: Come in Red Dog, This Is Tango Leader (
Ropeadope ) with
Charlie Hunter
2004: Latitude (
Thirsty Ear ) as Groundtruther with Charlie Hunter and special guest
Greg Osby
2005: Longitude (Thirsty Ear) as Groundtruther with Charlie Hunter and special guest
DJ Logic
2006:
The Coalition of the Willing (Ropeadope)
2007: Altitude (Thirsty Ear) as Groundtruther with Charlie Hunter and special guest
John Medeski
2007: Doom Jazz (Veal) as Swami Lateplate with Jamie Saft
2008:
Set the Alarm for Monday (Palmetto) with The New Bump
2008: White Hate (Veal) as Beta Popes with Jamie Saft and Skerik
2008: Live Hate (Veal) as Beta Popes with Jamie Saft and Skerik
2008: Big Guns (Auand) with
Gianluca Petrella and Antonello Salis
2009:
Pan Atlantic (Auand)
2012: Plutino (Spacebone)
2014: Terminals (
Cantaloupe ) with
Sō Percussion , Zeena Parkins, Greg Osby,
Nels Cline and John Medeski
2015:
We Two Kings: Charlie Hunter and Bobby Previte Play the Great Carols (Rank Hypocrisy) with Charlie Hunter
2016: Mass (RareNoise) with
The Rose Ensemble ,
Stephen O'Malley ,
Marco Benevento ,
Jamie Saft , and
Reed Mathis
[10]
[11]
DVD
As sideman
With
Terry Adams
Terrible (New World, 1995)
With
Ray Anderson
Where Home Is (Enja, 1999)
Sweet Chicago Suite (Intuition, 2012)
With The Bang
With
Bob Belden
Black Dahlia (Blue Note, 2001)
With
Marco Benevento
With
Tim Berne
With
Jane Ira Bloom
With
William S. Burroughs
With Corporate Art
Corporate Art (JMT, 1991)
With
Paul Dresher and
Ned Rothenberg
Opposites Attract (New World/CounterCurrents, 1991)
With
Marty Ehrlich
Pliant Plaint (Enja, 1988)
The Traveller's Tale (Enja, 1990)
Can You Hear a Motion? (Enja, 1994)
Malinke's Dance (OmniTone, 1999)
The Long View (Enja, 2002)
With Carol Emanuel
Tops of Trees (Evva, 1995)
With David Fulton
Marcos & Harry (Dossier, 1988)
With
David Garland
Togetherness: Control Songs, Vol. 2 (Ergodic, 1999)
With
Jerome Harris
Hidden in Plain View (New World)
With
Robin Holcomb
With Lindsey Horner
Don't Count On Glory (Cadence Jazz, 2005)
With Bill Horvitz
Solo Electric Guitar Compositions for an 11-Solo Guitar & Ensemble Piece Ensemble (Ear-Rational, 1991)
With
Wayne Horvitz
With
Charlie Hunter
With
Yoko Kanno
With
Guy Klucevsek
Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse (Experimental Intermedia Foundation, 1991)
Polka Dots & Laser Beams (Eva, 1991)
?Who Stole the Polka? (Eva, 1991)
With Makigami Koichi
Koroshi No Blues (Toshiba EMI, 1992)
With The New York Composers Orchestra
The New York Composers Orchestra (New World, 1990)
First Program in Standard Time (New World/CounterCurrents, 1992)
With Kirk Nurock
Remembering Tree Friends (Koch, 1998)
With Seigen Ono
NekonoTopia NekonoMania (Saidera, 1990)
Bar Del Mattatoio (Saidera, 1994)
Montreux 93/94 (Saidera, 1990)
With the
Peggy Stern /
Thomas Chapin Quintet
With
Ponga
Ponga (Loosegroove, 1999)
The Ponga Remixes (Loosegroove, 1999)
Psychological (P-Vine, 2000)
With
Mike Pride
Drummer's Corpse (AUM Fidelity, 2013)
With
Bobby Radcliff
Early in the Morning (A-Okay, 1985)
With
Jamie Saft
With Jeffrey Schanzer
Vistas (Music Vistas, 1987)
With
Elliott Sharp
Virtual Stance (Dossier, 1985)
Fractal (Dossier, 1986)
Larynx (SST, 1987)
Sili/Contemp/Tation (Ear-Rational, 1990)
Arc 1: I/S/M 1980-1983 (Atavistic, 1996)
Arc 2: The Seventies 1972-79 (Atavistic, 1997)
With The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet
With Various Artists
With
Tom Varner
Covert Action (New Note, 1989)
With
Tom Waits
With
Victoria Williams
Happy Come Home (Geffen, 1987)
With Andreas Willers
Cityscapes (Sound Aspects, 1993)
With
John Zorn
References
^ "Bobby Previte, Brandishing Pen And Drumsticks", The Washington Post , March 24, 2002. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
^
Claude's Late Morning Review Dave Lynch, AllMusic.com Retrieved October 24, 2007.
^
Empty Suits Review AllMusic.com. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
^
Biography
Archived March 1, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine , bobbyprevite.com. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
^ "A Drummer, Different And Yet In the Groove", The New York Times , October 1, 1998. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
^
Bobby Previte , The Guardian , February 5, 2004. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
^
Biography
Archived November 26, 2006, at the
Wayback Machine AllAboutJazz.com Retrieved October 24, 2007
^
Note by artist
Archived 2007-08-21 at the
Wayback Machine bobbyprevite.com, Retrieved October 24, 2007.
^
Short Cuts (1993) , imdb.com, Retrieved May 15, 2010.
^ Roussel, P.
Discography of Bobby Previte . Accessed August 12, 2016.
^
Bobby Previte discography
Archived 2016-07-14 at the
Wayback Machine , Accessed August 12, 2016.
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