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Davey Williams
LaDonna Smith
Trans History
the improvisor
TransMuseq Catalog

TransMuseq Catalog…..
"the improvisor store"

Recordings

NEW! Yokel Yen (CD) LaDonna Smith & Misha Feigin,
violin, viola, harmonica & voice improvisations with Russian poet, author, and improv-minstrel Misha Feigin, guitar & balalakai. Free musings from start to finish, let your mind wander with the combined sensitivities of these two upbeat musical collaborators, 2006. $15

Eye of the Storm (CD) LaDonna Smith, Solo violin, viola & voice improvisations. Recorded live from solo concerts in Europe and USA, 1992.
"LaDonna truly transforms the violin into a spectrum of colors beyond the context of the instrument and purifies your mind with the raw energy of multiple violinistic soundings."
Click to hear mp3 selection Atmospheric Debris $15

Transmutating (CD) Improvisations by Davey Williams and LaDonna Smith.
Weaving their musical drama in the psychic automatism that is the true nature of their music, this CD will take you to other realms of the imagination, 1993. $15

White Earth Streak - (CD) Quartet - Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Gunter Christman, and Torsten Muller. Recorded in Hannover, Germany, 1983. Energetic textural "gator play & static slide kisses". Re-released on UnHeard Music Series. $15

Dice II (CD) Compilation of women composers & performance works, all featuring vocalists, includes cut by LaDonna Smith with Serguei Letov and Valentina Ponomareva. Produced by Mishinnah Productions. 1996. $20

BirminghamImprov96 (CD) compilation of the BirminghamImprov Festival 96. Includes work by Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Yuri Zmorovitch, Boris Rayskin, Craig Hultgren, Johannes Bergmark, Arkady Kirochenko, Contra Contra Bass, The Gold Sparkle Band, Atlanta Comprovisors and others… $10

Older TransMuseq Releases

LP's & tapes

TQ 010 Travellers (cassette) Davey Williams & LaDonna Smith live and electronic,
Atlanta, Georgia, 1990. (original series now out-of-print).

TQ 009 Locales for Ecstacy (LP) Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Cinnie Cole-banjo.
Old fashioned "front-porch" style Southern improv. (limited $30)

TQ 008 Criminal Pursuits (LP) Davey Williams, solo electric guitar
(Sorry, currently out-of-print) Let us know if you'd like to see it re-released!

TQ 007 White Earth Streak (LP) Quartet - Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Gunter Christman, and Torsten Muller Recorded in Hannover, Germany, 1983. Energetic textural "gator play & static slide kisses,the ecstacy of real time improvisation, guitar, viola, double bass, trombone". (limited $30)

TQ 006 Alchemical Rowdies (CD) LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams with Danny Finney-saxes, Paul Watson-trumpet, Pippin Barnett-drums, studio recording, Richmond, Virginia 1981. (limited edition $24)

TQ 005 Direct Waves (CD) Trans Duo - LaDonna Smith & Davey Williams
Recordings from Trans duo tours, 1979 Grand Rapids, 1980 Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussells, Belgium. (limited edition $24 )

TQ 004 Velocities - LaDonna Smith & Davey Williams with Andrea Centazzo,
percussion,Recorded live at La Sala Bossi, Bologna, Italy 1979. Side Two recorded
at Ictus Studio, Pistoia, Italy, 1979. (limited edition $24 )

TQ 003 Jewels (LP) Anne LeBaron-harp, with Davey Williams & LaDonna Smith
Recorded in Trans Studio, Birmingham Alabama, 1979. (currently out of print)

TQ 002 TRANS II, Folk Music (LP) Trio: LaDonna Smith & Davey Williams,
with Theodore Bowen, double bass. Recorded at Trans Studio in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama 1976. (out-of-print)

TQ 001 TRANSCENDPROVISATION (LP) the original group, Davey Williams,
LaDonna Smith, Theodore Bowen, T.R. Reed, Anne LeBaron, Jim Hearon.
Recorded at Trans Studio in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (out-of-print)

Special order reproductions of out of print, obscure and limited edition cassette & tape releases may be obtained by special inquiry from the TRANSMUSEQ Archives.

Order from:

TRANSMUSEQ RECORDS
2608 Millbrook Lane
Birmingham, AL 35243
205-967-0392
(Please make checks by mail payable to LaDonna Smith)

or use PAYPAL

LIMITED BACK ISSUES AVAILABLE:

the improvisor
the international journal of free improvisation

The purpose of the improvisor is to foster community among improvising musicians on a national and international level. It is important for aquaintance with others of similar interests, philosophies and attitudes, to network, listen to each other’s music, exchange and inform, encouraging music making communities and a global network.
~Printed editions recommended for Library Collections ~

the improvisor -Volume 11, the international journal of free improvisation,
102 pages of essays, writings, reviews, philosophies, theories, and more on the topic of free improvisation around the world. Final issue in hard-copy print, 1995. Edited by LaDonna Smith. ($12)

the improvisor - Volume 10 "Sun Ra edition" (limited number of printed copies still available) Edited by LaDonna Smith & Glenn Engstrand. 1993. ($15)

the improvisor - Volumes 1-10 "Back issue Set" (available in photocopied & limited printed editions) Volumes. 1-9 Edited by Davey Williams. ($120)

the improvisor "Complete Collection" Volumes I-XI (photocopied back issues plus original printed edition of Vol. XI book format) ($125 )

0038            ILLUSTRATED BOOK by DAVEY WILLIAMS
          Which Came First? The Fried Chicken or The Fried Egg?
Now the story can be told. 70 pages cartoons and illustrations.  Great entertainment, be it your kitchen table, your pocket book, or your out house, a surreal life perspective of the fried egg. ($14)

PAYPAL

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LaDonna Smith
dba/ TransMuseq records
2608 Millbrook Lane
Birmingham, AL 35243

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