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The Alt.Coffee Tapes

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The Alt.Coffee Tapes --- 1998

Field recordings of improvisations and compositions 1996-7 Recorded live at alt.coffee in New York City: Sept. 29, 1997 (Tracks 1 & 3); Sept. 1996 (Tracks 2 & 4); Feb. 1996 (Track 5); Oct. 27, 1997 (Track 6). From Ted Reichman's website: “This place makes the Knitting Factory look like Carnegie Hall” – Mark Dresser The gigs that started it all… alt.coffee was the laboratory where John Hollenbeck, Matt Moran, Reuben Radding, Ted Reichman and many others developed a new style of New York creative music. This limited edition CD, only available here at tedreichman.com, features a rare early track by the Claudia Quintet and the only commercially available recordings of Ted & John’s pre-Claudia band, Refuseniks, plus stunning improvisations by some of New York’s greatest musicians.