Loren Mazzacane – Acoustic Guitar / Gifts [LP] (1978, Daggett Records)

The eclectic music of improvisational guitarist Loren Connors is difficult to describe neatly and concisely, but avant-garde is the best generalization. Experimental, jazz, and blues also fit, and even hints of Irish music are evident. Connors, who names abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko as his single biggest artistic influence, is incredibly prolific; he has released dozens of albums, EPs, and collaborations -many in extremely limited quantities- on countless labels under his own name and a handful of pseudonyms (including Loren Mattei and Guitar Roberts). His wife, Suzanne Langille, occasionally sings on his recordings, and the two perform as part of the group Haunted House. He also worked extensively with folk singer/songwriter Kath Bloom in the early 1980s. Connors' obscure albums, ranging from unaccompanied acoustic guitar improvisations to deconstructed blues, were met with indifference until the early '90s, when critics began to take notice and supporters such as Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, Gastr del Sol's Jim O'Rourke, and Alan Licht (who has recorded with Connors, Run On, Love Child, and Blue Humans) sang his praises. 

As a child, Connors studied violin (which he credits with shaping his vibrato technique on the guitar) and trombone; he also learned rock & roll bass guitar. He was heavily influenced by his mother Mary Mazzacane's singing as well. She often performed Johann Sebastian Bach pieces at funerals. This exposure to classical music led Connors to investigate the music of Giacomo Puccini and Frederic Chopin. Blues, particularly the works of Robert Pete Williams and Muddy Waters, also appealed to him. He studied art at Southern Connecticut University and the University of Cincinnati in the early '70s, but he decided his music was more original than his painting. By 1976, he'd moved back to Connecticut. Two years later, Connors began issuing albums (as Loren Mazzacane) on his own Daggett label. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

Label: Daggett Records – 47 

Format: Vinyl, LP 

Country: US 

Released: 1978 

Style: Avantgarde, Experimental, Acoustic Blues, Free Improvisation

 

Tracklist:

A Loren Mazzacane – Acoustic Guitar 

B Loren Mazzacane - Kath Bloom – Gifts 

 

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