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Discography for Davey Williams

 

 

RAUDELUNAS PATAPHYSICAL REVUE (Say Day Bew LP 1976) Large group project, big band, electric appliance orchestra, etc.

ARMED FORCES DAY (Say Day Bew 1978) Large group improvisations, anarchy music, "Armistice", The Blue Denim Deals without the "Arms", "Armegeddon", etc.

FROM THE ONE THAT CUT YOU (Say Day Bew LP 1978),
Big band theater project with Fred Lane & the Debonairs

TRANS (Trans Museq 1, LP 1977) First TransMuseq Release. Solos, duos, trios, quartets, and quintet with Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Theodore Bowen, Timothy Reed, and Jim Hearon.

FOLK MUSIC (Trans Museq2, LP 1978) Trio with LaDonna Smith-piano and viola, and Ted Bowen-string bass.

JEWELS (Trans Museq3, LP 1979) Trio with Anne LeBaron and LaDonna Smith.

VELOCITIES (Trans Museq4, LP 1979) Trio with Andrea Centazzo and LaDonna Smith, recorded in Italy.

DIRECT WAVES (Trans Museq LP5, 1980)
Live duos (rec'd Belgium/U.S.) with LaDonna Smith

SCHOOL (Parachute LP 1980, re-released 1997 on Tzadik CD box set 'The Parachute Years') With John Zorn, Eugene Chadbourne, LaDonna Smith & others.

GUITAR SOLOS III (Virgin LP 1980)
Solo on British anthology, produced by Fred Frith.

USA TOUR (Ictus LP 1980)
With Andrea Centazzo and LaDonna Smith

THE ENGLISH CHANNEL (Parachute LP 1981)
With Chadbourne, Zorn, Frith, Smith, Tom Cora and others.

HAM DAYS (FMC LP 1982)
Quintet with L.S., Gunter Christmann and others, recorded in Germany.

ALCHEMICAL ROWDIES (Trans Museq6, LP 1982)
Quintet with LaDonna Smith-viola, Pippin Barnett-drums, Danny Finney-saxophones, and Paul Watson-trumpet. Recorded in Richmond, Virginia.

WHITE EARTH STREAK (Trans Museq7, LP 1983)
Quartet with LaDonna Smith, Christmann and Torsten Muller

CRIMINAL PURSUITS (Trans Museq8, LP 1985)
Solo electric guitar

LOCALES FOR ECSTASY (Trans Museq9, LP 1987)
Trio with LaDonna Smith-violin/viola/voice, and Cinnie Cole-banjo.

SONG OF AN AEROPTERYX (Trans Museq/Black Swan 1984)
Comic book by Hal Rammel with 7" EP by L.S. and D.W.

 

BREAKING NO NEW GROUND (Shimmy Disc LP 1987)
Guest soloist on Bongwater/Kramer/Ann Magnusson band

 

CAR RADIO JEROME (Shimmy Disc LP/CD 1988)
With Fred Lane & His Hittite Hotshots

 

CURLEW LIVE IN BERLIN (Cuneiform LP, later reissued as CD 1987)
With George Cartwright, Tom Cora, P. Barnett and Wayne Horvitz

 

DIX IMPROVISATIONS (Actuel/Victo CD Canada 1989)
With LaDonna Smith, recorded at the Actual Music Festival, Quebec.

AERIAL #2 (Non-sequitur Foundation CD 1990)
Duo with LaDonna Smith on compilation.

 

101 OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES (Trace Elements CD 1989) Guest soloist on Nicholas Collins' electronic music project

LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY VOL. I (Knitting Factory CD 1990) With Curlew on compilation

PHANTOM ORCHESTRA (Ear-Rational CD 1991)
With the Anne LeBaron Quintet

SAY WHAT! (VOTP England 1992)
Trio with Steve Noble and Oren Marshall

JIM STALEY'S DON GIOVANNI (Einstein CD 1992)
With Jim Staley, Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins and Tenko, produced by Fred Frith

BEE (Cuneiform CD 1992) with Curlew

THE HARDWOOD (Cuneiform video 1992)
Curlew concert video recorded in New York City

SLIDE CRAZY (Sky Ranch CD France 1993, reissued Rhino Records 1996), With OK Nurse quintet on slide guitar compilation.

TRANSMUTATING (Trans Museq/Shaking Ray Levis CD 1993)
Live duos with LaDonna Smith. Recorded in St. Louis, Mo.

A BEAUTIFUL WESTERN SADDLE (Cuneiform CD 1993),
With Curlew and Amy Denio; lyrics by Paul Haines

REQUIEM FOR BOSNIA/FIRING UP THE OLD SIKORSKY (Table of the Elements 7" EP 1993)  Solo electric guitar

A CONFEDERACY OF DANCES VOL. II (Einstein CD 1994)
Duo with LaDonna Smith on compilation

THE MUSICAL RAILISM OF ANNE LeBARON (Mode/Tellus CD 1995) Operatic ensemble with Anne LeBaron, Fred Hopkins, Thurman Barker and others.

PARADISE (Cuneiform CD 1996)  With Curlew

NORTHERN DANCER (Einstein CD 1996)
With Jim Staley and Ikue Mori

CHARMED, I'M SURE (Ecstatic Peace CD 1997)
Solo and overdubbed guitars

STILL SOUNDS LIKE BROMLEY (BVM CD England 1997)
With Billy Jenkins big band

BirminghamIMPROV 96 (CD 1997)
With Randall Shurbet & Kelly Burnette, also with LaDonna Smith, Boris Rayskin & Gino Robai; Yuri Zmorovitch, Arkady Kirichenko on compilation.

FLATHEAD REUNION (Ping Pong CD, England 1997)
With the Say What! trio (Steve Noble & Oren Marshall)

FABULOUS DROP (Cuneiform CD 1997) With Curlew

F.U.B.A.R. AMERICA With Ned Mudd (CD 1997)

CRAYON (Book with CD 1997) With Jim Staley & Ikue Mori on compilation CD

WILD PARTNERS (CD 1998) With Eugene Chadbourne

HALLELUJAH ANYWAY Remembering Tom Cora   (Tzadic Box CD, 1999)With Curlew on memorial compilation)

THE BALLISTICS OF YIN & YANG  (Abray CD, 1999) 
Duets with Abbey Rader

Millennium Mind Capsule (CD ROM 1999) With   Glenn Engstrand, LaDonna Smith, Doug Carroll, Wyman Brantley, and others on interactive program