Bass virtuoso Clint Bahr just released a new solo album \u201cPUZZLEBOX\u201d on Moonjune Records. The album features members of King Crimson, YES, Van Der Graaf Generator, Sun Ra and others!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clint Bahr\u2019s new band, also named PUZZLEBOX, is a multidimensional \u201cTabula Rasa\u201d in both compositional and improvisational formats. PUZZLEBOX is a genre-defying global collaboration of artists, a cross-pollination of diverse instruments and talents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delightfully blurring both stylistic and structural approaches, the tight-knit unit Bahr has assembled proves as unpredictable as they are adept, articulate and gifted. \u201cPUZZLEBOX\u201d recalls prog in its heyday when albums as uninhibited and off script as King Crimson\u2019s \u201cLizard\u201d and Captain Beefheart\u2019s \u201cTrout Mask Replica\u201d were celebrated, and the Canterbury renaissance was in full swing. It harkens back to the same \u201creaching beyond\u201d mentality which defined his seminal NYC-based power trio, TriPod. Brilliantly arranged and produced, Clint Bahr has delivered a multi-faceted, timeless epic … at such a time as this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Says Bahr, \u201cI decided to do a \u2018solo\u2019 album with friends from the UK and USA. They include former members of King Crimson, Anthony Braxton, Television, Van der Graaf Generator, Sun Ra, Flash, TriPod, Gloria Gaynor, YES, Andromeda, etc. The album is a 50\/50 compilation of composed and improvisational pieces. More so, PUZZLEBOX is a recording & touring band with interchanging players from around the world with a core bass and drums section.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clint Bahr – Composer\/Lyricist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Vocals, 12\/8\/4 String Basses, Chapman Stick, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Harmonium, Mellotron, Theremin, Percussion, etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Formerly of TriPod, Andromeda, Flash, 40 Familys, Menage a Trois, as well as the bass player for Eartha Kitt. He has toured nationally and internationally. Progressive Edge Magazine listed him in their \u201cTOP BASS PLAYER of 2002\u201d list. He has recorded for Columbia Records, MoonJune Records, and various independent labels, and was a recipient of the 2021 NYC Artists Corps Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPUZZLEBOX\u201d Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Tabula Rasa 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. New Design<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Plate (Improv)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Shelter<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. As Tympani Melt In The Greek Heat (Improv)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Fall From Grace<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Belt & Braces<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Triangles, Circles & Squares (Improv)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Oslo<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Kicking The Wasp\u2019s Nest<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Lifeguard In The Rain<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. Tabula Rasa 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n Featuring:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Clint Bahr – basses & vocals (TriPod)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Peter Banks – guitar (Yes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Colin Carter – vocals (Flash)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marilyn Crispell – piano (Anthony Braxton)<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Cross- violins (King Crimson)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stephanie Feyne – dialogue (The Dotes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Billy Ficca – drums (Television)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dick Griffin – trombone (Sun Ra)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mike Hough – drums (Flash)<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Jackson – woodwinds (Van der Graaf Generator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dan Parkington – sitar & violin (Andromeda)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeff Schiller – woodwinds (The Roots)<\/p>\n\n\n\n To purchase:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n BANDCAMP: https:\/\/clint-bahr-moonjune.bandcamp.com\/album\/puzzlebox?fbclid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n AND also from Website: https:\/\/www.puzzlebox.band\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n