Shane Parish - Repertoire - LP

The album begins with Shane Parish's take on Ornette Coleman’s deathless “Lonely Woman",  locating the delicate beauty of Ornette’s tune. Parish then expertly tackles tunes by Kraftwerk, Alice Coltrane, Aphex Twin, Charles Mingus, the Minutemen and more!

Shane happens to be an internationally renowned virtuoso of the guitar. Specifically, he’s the kind of virtuoso who is as deep on style as he is on technique. His technical prowess is almost maddeningly complete; aiming paradoxically for the yards-long target called “breadth” he’s somehow hit all of it, 500 arrows piercing every pore of the landscape. He has that much technique not for the sake of guitar worship but to best bring the music forth clearly and in his own hand, like a pearl formed in a specific sea. I know this because I’ve sat next to him in multiple countries and American states and seen him deliver transmissions of that extreme honesty, with that extreme capability. Like Derek Bailey’s 'Ballads,' this record brings you into the room and the breath of a true musician whose mastery does not overshadow his appreciation of the music that inspired it. 

The title, 'Repertoire,' underscores the beautiful songs he chose to perform, all standards of 20th century musical excellence. The in-time persistence of his blues-walked 'Lonely Woman.' The grand registral descent he performs on 'Pithecanthropus Erectus,' like a rare document of the trip down from Everest. Dig how 'Better Get Hit in Your Soul,' emphasizes the folk blues water coursing through Mingus’s Ellingtonia, how Aphex Twin’s 'Avril 14' and the Minutemen’s 'Cohesion' sound so much older than Cage’s 'Totem Ancestors.' 'Repertoire' puts forth the idea that time is arrangement: time and arrangement are each only as successful as they are faithful to their origins and expansive in their style. Again, lest you fear the alien smoothness some associate with the concept 'virtuoso,' remember here we’re dealing with a time- traveler. His virtuosity is home grown, born of human work rather than some abstract or divine touch; the aim is not to go beyond the realm of human technical possibility but to expand it in the direction of human, meaning, timely. This guy can play anything, and for you, for this record, which sounds intimate and as present as a transmission from a time-traveler, he chooses to."—Wendy Eisenberg

BBC 6 MUSIC'S DEB GRANT GIVING HER REVIEW OF THE ALBUM:

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Tracklist: 1. Lonely Woman 2. Serenade To A Cuckoo 3. Avril 14th 4. Cohesion 5. Pithecanthropus Erectus 6. It's You I Like 7. Totem Ancestor 8. Europe Endless 9. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird 10. Out To Lunch 11. Better Get Hit In Your Soul 12. One Red Rose That I Mean 13. Journey In Satchidananda 14. Lights On A Satellite