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Description: 137 notated bowed solos for the double bass by the most amazing bassist of the swing era. Recorded from 1938 to 1952 with Slim Gaillard, Lester Young, Art Tatum, Red Norvo, Don Byas, Cozy Cole, Johnny Guarnieri, Coleman Hawkins, Errol Garner, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Lionel Hampton as well as his own trio, quartet, and quintet.

 

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High quality White on black t-shirts designed by Montreal's brilliant and singular Rick Trembles

 

 

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In the Sea, Honsinger/Caloia/Zubot,
Forks and Spoons,2019

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TRACKS:
1. Trip Fall and Window Stare
2. Mary / Be Good / A Bad One
3. Fred
4. Shine
5. La Giraffe
6. Luce Nel Scuro
7. Again / Potter
8. A Piece of the Fork
9. Six of Wasps
10.Yet Sure
11.Warmth

Tristan Honsinger – cello / voice
Nicolas Caloia - double bass
Joshua Zubot - violin

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RATCHET ORCHESTRA, coco swirl, 2019

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TRACKS:
1. tub
2. lapse
3. extraterrestrial skies
4. streak
5. coco swirl
6. advice
7. raise static backstage
8. blood
9. a letter
10.before is after

Nicolas Caloia - Bass, tunes
Lori Freedman - Clarinets
Jean Derome - Flutes, Baritone Sax
Yves Charuest - Alto Sax
Aaron Leaney- Tenor sax
Jason Sharp - Bass sax
Ellwood Epps - Trumpet
Craig Pedersen - Trumpet
Scott Thomson - Trombone
Jacques Gravel - Contrebass Trombone
Julie Richard - Tuba
Joshua Zubot - Violin
Jean René - Viola
James Annett - Viola
Sam Shalabi - Guitar
Guillaume Dostaler - Piano
Ken Doolittle - Percussion
Isaiah Ceccarelli - Drums
Kim Zombik - voice

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Honsinger/Caloia/Zubot ,In the Sea, 2017, SOLD OUT

TRACKS:
1. Satagay Ku
2. Catnip Chopped
3. Nine of Wasps
4. Black Hills in Dakotas, Hawai
5. Slow Swarm
6. Night, Bright, Light / Fresh Fish
7. Alaska Rabids

Tristan Honsinger – cello
Nicolas Caloia - double bass
Joshua Zubot - violin

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Malcolm Goldstein & Ratchet Orchestra, Soweto Stomp, 2016

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TRACKS:
1. but one bird sang not
2. Scuttling a space of time, slowly
3. In Search of Tone Roads #2 (For Charles Ives)
4. Broken Canons
5. Two Silences
6. Soweto Stomp

Malcolm Goldstein – violin, direction
Nicolas Caloia – double bass
Joshua Zubot – violin
Guido Del Fabbro - violin
Jean René – viola
Lori Freedman – clarinets
Jean Derome - flute, alto saxophone
Yves Charuest - alto saxophone
Damian Nisenson - tenor saxophone
Jason Sharp - baritone saxophone
Ellwood Epps – trumpet
Scott Thomson - trombone
Chris Burns - guitar
Guillaume Dostaler - piano
Isaiah Ceccarelli - drums
Ken Doolittle – percussion

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Nicolas Caloia, Les Bonnes Histoires, 2015

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TRACKS:
1. Prologue
2. Et ses paroles vaudront de l'or
3. Le petit pont
4. l'horizon
5. Fragment de ciel
6. Restent les absents
7. L’allumeuse
8. Se répand au soleil
9. robe de chambre
10.Condensation
11.remonte à la surface
12.Soir bleu

Nicolas Caloia, contrebasse, percussions, boîte à rythmes, composition
Jean Derome, piccolo et flûte basse, saxophone ténor
Gabriel Dharmoo, voix
Lori Freedman, clarinettes contrebasse, basse et soprano, grelots
Geneviève Letarte, voix, textes

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In the Sea, Henry Crabapple Disappear, 2014

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TRACKS:
1. Perpendicular
2. Chickens and Peas
3. Pot
4. Time Lost
5. Rattle Snake Den
6. 335 BLW
7. Back stab
8. Breadcrumbs

Tristan Honsinger – cello
Nicolas Caloia – double bass
Joshua Zubot – violin
Isaiah Ceccarelli – drums

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TILTING, Holy Seven, 2014

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TRACKS:
1.WREN
2.STARE
3.FLOX
4.HOLY SEVEN FIELDS
5.APART
6.LOCKED
7.NOVICE

Jean Derome - Bass Flute, Alto and Baritone Saxophones.
Isaiah Ceccarelli - Drums
Guillaume Dostaler - Piano
Nicolas Caloia - Double bass, tunes
Lori Freedman - Bass Clarinet (3)
Yves Charuest - Alto Saxophone (6)

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Matana Roberts Sam Shalabi Nicolas Caloia - feldspar
2014 - SOLD OUT

TRACKS:
1.Orpiment
2.Spinel
3.Galena
4.Anatase
5.Opal
6.Cinnabar
7.Feldspar

Matana Roberts - Alto Saxophone
Sam Shalabi - Guitar
Nicolas Caloia - Double bass

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RATCHET ORCHESTRA, Hemlock, 2012

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TRACKS:
1. Winnow
2. Dusty
3. Yield
4. Wish - part 1
5. Wish - part 2
6. Kick
7. Safety
8. Hemlock - part 1
9. Hemlock - part 2

Jean Derome - Bass Flute, Piccolo and Flute
Craig Dionne - Flute
Lori Freedman - Clarinet
Gordon Krieger - Bass clarinet
Christopher Cauley - Soprano Sax
Yves Charuest - Alto Sax
Louisa Sage - Alto Sax
Damian Nisenson - Tenor sax
Jason Sharp - Bass sax
Ellwood Epps - Trumpet
Philippe Battikha -Trumpet
Tom Walsh - Trombone
Scott Thomson - Trombone
Jacques Gravel - Trombone
Thea Pratt - Eb horn
Eric Lewis - Euphonium
Noah Countability - Sousaphone
Gabriel Rivest - Tuba
Joshua Zubot - Violin
Guido Del Fabbro - Violin
Brigitte Dajczer - Violin
Jean René - Viola
Gen Heistek -Viola
Norsola Johnson - Cello
Nicolas Caloia - Bass, tunes
Chris Burns - Guitar
Sam Shalabi - Guitar
Guillaume Dostaler - Piano
Ken Doolittle - Percussion, Vox
Michel Bonneau - Conga
Isaiah Ceccarelli - Drums
John Heward - Drums

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RATCHET ORCHESTRA, LIVE AT SALA ROSA, 2008

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TRACKS:
1. September - N. Caloia
2. Love on a Faraway Planet - Sun Ra
3. Jungle Drums - C. Lombardo
4. T(h)rust - N.Caloia
5. Tiny Pyramids - Sun Ra
6 Unconditional - Sun Ra

Jean Derome - flute
Gordon Krieger - bass clarinet
Damian Nisenson - sopranino sax
Bryan Highbloom - sop sax
Phillipe Lauzier - alto sax
Pierre Labbé - tenor sax
Gordon Allen - trpt
Brian Lipson - trpt
Eric Lewis - trpt
Thea Pratt Eb - horn
Jacques Gravel - trombone
Noah Countability - sousaphone
Joshua Zubot - violin
Kate Lawrence - violin
Jean René - viola
Gen Heistek- viola
Annie Lawrence - cello
Norsola Johnson - cello
Nicolas Caloia - bass
Sam Shalabi - guit
Chris Burns - guit
Alexandre Grogg - piano
Ken Doolittle - perc
Bruce Cawdron - perc
Michel Bonneau - perc
Robert Kraft - drums
John Heward - drums

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RATCHET ORCHESTRA, 1994

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TRACKS:

1. Black Tennis - N. Caloia
2. Demi-Poulet - N. Caloia
3. Excercises #6 - Christian Wolff
4. Burdocks V, VI, VIII - Christian Wolff
5. Excercise #7,#8 - Christian Wolff
6. VPR - N.Caloia
7. T(h)rust - N. Caloia

Nicolas Caloia - Double Bass
Peter Buddle - Wind Synth, Tenor Sax
Marlowe Bork - Trumpet
Charles Gagnon - Guitar

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