Archival Sessions

NewK: An Introspective (1986 – 2014)
NewK w / Matrix: On the Job Training
NewK w/ This Side Closed: Open Ended Vol. 1
NewK w/ Brian and the Boys: Its Open

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

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)

www.newk1.bandcamp.com

NewK w/Matrix: On the Job Training

Cover Artwork is up on Bandcamp – the photo here is the image

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

Artwork on Bandcamp – let’s change to that image

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

Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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

Artwork is up on Bandcamp – let’s change image to that

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

Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.`