in the leg by a bullet", and "I Want it to be Over" as a "miniature drama" with improvisation that is "top class". Van Ryssen said the pieces are deceptively simple, but repeated listening reveals that the relationship between the samples and instruments is "subtle and never obvious", and they leave one "[in] awe at what a master improviser can do in real time". Track listing All tracks composed by Fred Frith excepted where noted. Track notes From Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach (1997, Tzadik) Recorded at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen, Germany, 1996 Recorded at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen, Germany, January 1997 Text: International Herald Tribune, 27/01/97, "Palestinian independence celebrations in Hebron" Sample: "Ligueyou Ndeye" by Doudou N'Diaye Rose Recorded at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen, Germany, January 1997 From Place of General Happiness (1993, Modern Variety Music) Recorded at Triple Helix, Denver, Colorado, 1990 (engineer: Bob Drake) From Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainsbourg (1997, Tzadik) Recorded at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen, Germany, 1997 Recorded at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen, Germany, January 1997 Text: International Herald Tribune, 28/01/97, "Enslavement of women in Ghana" Sample: "Where Do You Want to Go" by Kahil El'Zabar Recorded at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen, Germany, 2001 Text: The Guardian, July 2001, "Afghan woman returns home after ten years of exile" Recorded at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen, Germany, January 1997 Sample: "Kattajait" from Inuit Games and Songs (UNESCO Collection) Sample: applause for Helmut Kohl speech, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin From The 20th Anniversary of the Summer of Love (1987, Shimmy Disc) Recorded at Noise, New York City, 1987 (engineer: Mark Kramer) Recorded at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen, Germany, January 1997 Text: International Herald Tribune, 27/01/97, "Bill Clinton interviewed about Monica Lewinsky" Samples: Escher-loop, broken glass Recorded at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen, Germany, July 2001 Recorded at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen, Germany, January 1997 Personnel Fred Frith – all instruments (except those listed below), voice Bernd "Lönsch" Lehmann (2,3) – clarinet, tenor saxophone Mike Johnson (4) – principal voice Dave Kerman (4) – backup voice Sebastian Gramms (6) – acoustic bass Alexandra Schulz (7) – additional voice Sheena Dupuis (9) – backing vocal Sound and artwork Re-mixed, re-constructed and compiled at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen, Germany, by Peter Hardt and Fred Frith, July 2001 CD cover design by Polaroid photograph by Heike Liss References 2002 albums Fred Frith albums Fred Records albums Albums produced by Fred Frith