Archival Sessions

NewK: An Introspective (1986 – 2014)

1.) Sighing in Stereo 4:02 

2.) Pals 4:20 

3.) Madonna & Child 4:30 

4.) Blood & Trust 5:51 

5.) FZ 2:55 

6.) Interiors 5:51 

7.) What Folk Are Sayin’ 3:55 

8.) Shot from the Heart 6:20 

All music and lyrics by NewK (aka John Newcott) p & © 2023 Sean Francis

NewK: vocals; acoustic guitars; piano; drums (3) percussion (7) 

James Gruft: vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 8); keyboards (1, 3, 5)

Mike Chiavaro: electric bass guitar (1)

Ted Framhein: electric bass guitar (2)

Rob Perl: electric bass guitar (3) Paul Amorese: drums (1)

Dedications: 

“Sighing in Stereo” (for Jonatha Brooke) 

Pals” (for Anita Cvitanovich Smith)

“FZ” (for Francis Vincent Zappa)  

Track 1 from the Gruft & NewK CD The End of 2

Tracks 5 & 7 from the Gruft & NewK CD No One Wants to Forget 

Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 – Previously Unreleased  

Compilation Produced by NewK

Graphic Design: Blake Reynolds (Photo credit, date and location unknown) 

P & © 2021 NewK All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. 

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NewK w/Matrix: On the Job Training

1.) My Favorite Things (Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II)               

2.) Egyptian Funk (Lindy Pollard / Derrick Lewis / NewK)                        

3.) Nowhere / Right Now (NewK)                

4.) Sort of Like Miss Vicki (Lindy Pollard / Derrick Lewis / NewK)  

5.) Lindy’s Tune (Lindy Pollard)                

6.) Mister Softie Machine (Pollard / Lewis / Greene / McCleod / James / NewK)  

7.) In the Moment  (English / Pollard / Lewis / NewK)   

Matrix is:  

Lindy Pollard     saxophones & flute, piano (1 & 5) 

Derrick Lewis     electric bass

NewK drums & percussion, piano (3 & 7)  

with:

Teresa James        flute & vocals (3, 5 & 6)                                     

Teri Greene            electric guitar (6)

Dan McCleod         keyboards (6) 

Paul English piano (7) 

In Memory of our dearly departed brother, Derrick Lewis 

This Compilation P & C 2022 NewK w/Matrix

NewK w/This Side Closed: Open Ended Vol. 1

1.) The Henry Cow Memorial Barbeque              25:47 

2.) A Little Birdy Told Us                                    17:08    

3.) Almost a Ballad                                                 4:17     

4.) Cubist Chinese                                                  4:25    

5.) Solo After Solo, After Solo, After . . .              9:32         

All selections spontaneously composed by This Side Closed 

This Side Closed is:

Joseph Cohen: guitar & vocals 

David Moreno: guitar & vocals 

NewK: piano, keyboards, drums & vocals 

Robert Reigle: tenor sax, flute & vocals 

Recorded at Hotel Bretton Hall in NY, NY – sometime in 1986?  

All sessions documented “in the moment” on a cheap-o cassette player

Digitized & Re-Mastered by Gabe Pressman (no, not that GP) 

Compilation Produced by NewK   

P & © 2022 This Side Closed. All rights reserved. 

Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

NewK w / Brian and “The Boys”: It’s Open 

1.) Crash & Berne 10:30 

2.) It’s Open                           14:09   

3.) Melancholy On Speed     21:53  

All poetry written and performed by Brian Mecca                                            

All music spontaneously composed by “The Boys”

Brian Mecca poetics 

Tim Berne alto saxophone

Robert Reigle        tenor saxophone, flute  

Joseph Cohen       guitar 

NewK              piano, drums & percussion

Recorded at Hotel Bretton Hall in NY, NY – sometime in 1986?  

All sessions documented “in the moment” on a cheap-o cassette player

Digitized & Re-Mastered by Gabe Pressman (no, not that GP) 

Produced by NewK 

Graphic Design: Blake Reynolds  

In Loving Memory of Brian Michael Mecca 

10/26/1956 – 10/26/2020

P & © 2022 NewK w/Brian and The Boys. All rights reserved. 

Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.