The Stone: Issue Two

The Stone: Issue Two
Live album by Fred Frith and Chris Cutler
Released	February 2007
Recorded	15 December 2006
Venue	The Stone, New York City
Genre	Experimental music, free improvisation
Length	50:44
Label	Tzadik (US)
Producer	John Zorn
Fred Frith and Chris Cutler chronology
The Stone Benefit series chronology

The Stone: Issue Two is a 2007 live album of improvised experimental music by Fred Frith and Chris Cutler. It was recorded at The Stone in New York City on 15 December 2006 and was one of four CDs released between 2006 and 2010 by Tzadik Records to raise funds for The Stone.[1][2][3] It was Frith and Cutler's fourth collaborative album.

The Stone Benefit series

All titles released by Tzadik Records.[3]

The Stone: Issue One (2006) – John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Rob Burger, Bill Laswell, Mike Patton and Ben Perowsky
The Stone: Issue Two (2007) – Fred Frith and Chris Cutler
The Stone: Issue Three (2008) – John Zorn, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson
The Stone: Issue Four (2010) – Chris Wood, Billy Martin and John Medeski

Background

Frith and Cutler were members of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow (1968–1978), and their collaboration at The Stone on 15 December 2006 took place during the so-called "Henry Cow reunion" weekend[1][4] when they reunited with bandmate Tim Hodgkinson.[lower-alpha 1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	favorable[4]
AllMusic	[7]

In a review of The Stone: Issue Two at AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos described Cutler's performance as "intriguing" "electronic colorations", and Frith's as "challenging, commanding, and demonstrative". He said this is a recording that careful listening to will demonstrate "the sense of passion, wonder, and depth these two have displayed in their music since their days with Henry Cow, but digging deeper than ever".[7]

Marc Medwin wrote in a review in All About Jazz that compared to Frith and Cutler's earlier collaborations, this set is "rich and full" and makes it sound like there are more than just two of them. Medwin added that this album is a worthy addition to The Stone's benefit series.[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Live at the Stone"	Fred Frith, Chris Cutler	50:44

Sources: Liner notes,[2] Discogs,[8] Fred Frith discography.[9]

Personnel

Fred Frith – guitars
Chris Cutler – drums, detritus, electronics

Sources: Liner notes,[2] Discogs,[8] Fred Frith discography.[9]

Sound and artwork

Recorded by Robert O'Haire
Mastered by Scott Hull
Produced by John Zorn
Photography by Scott Friedlander
Designed by Heung-Heung Chin

Sources: Liner notes,[2] Discogs,[8] Fred Frith discography.[9]

Notes

During the trio's performance on 16 December 2006[5] Frith told the audience "This is not Henry Cow!" and dedicated the session to the other band members.[6]

gollark: Python has more library support for the various useful tasks I need.

gollark: > Why is it not written in Superior: tm: Rust?!ABRv1 was, this is not.

gollark: I did make a bunch of tweaks since I don't like how it did stuff.

gollark: It MIGHT be somewhat entirely derived from JSK.

gollark: ```pythonCORO_CODE = """async def repl_coroutine(): import asyncio import aiohttp import discord from discord.ext import commands"""async def async_exec(code, loc, glob): user_code = ast.parse(code, mode='exec') wrapper = ast.parse(CORO_CODE, mode='exec') funcdef = wrapper.body[-1] funcdef.body.extend(user_code.body) last_expr = funcdef.body[-1] if isinstance(last_expr, ast.Expr): funcdef.body.pop() funcdef.body.append(ast.Return(last_expr.value)) ast.fix_missing_locations(wrapper) exec(compile(wrapper, "<repl>", "exec"), loc, glob) return await (loc.get("repl_coroutine") or glob.get("repl_coroutine"))()```

References

"Fred Frith / Chris Cutler : The Stone: Issue Two". Tzadik Records. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
Tzadik Records (2006). The Stone: Issue Two (CD liner notes). Fred Frith and Chris Cutler.
"The Stone: Issues 1–4". Discogs. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
Medwin, Marc (15 March 2007). "Fred Frith/Chris Cutler: Issue Two". All About Jazz. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
"December 2006 at the Stone". The Stone. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
"PUNKCAST#1086: Fred Frith – Tim Hodgkinson – Chris Cutler, The Stone NYC, Dec 16 2006". punkcast.com. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
Nastos, Michael G. "The Stone: Issue Two". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
"Fred Frith / Chris Cutler – The Stone: Issue Two". Discogs. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
Ramond, Michel; Roussel, Patrice; Vuilleumier, Stephane. "Discography of Fred Frith". New York Downtown Scene and Other Miscellaneous Discographies. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

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[HenryCow-7] During the trio's performance on 16 December 2006[5] Frith told the audience "This is not Henry Cow!" and dedicated the session to the other band members.[6]

[Tzadik-1] "Fred Frith / Chris Cutler : The Stone: Issue Two". Tzadik Records. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[LinerNotes-2] Tzadik Records (2006). The Stone: Issue Two (CD liner notes). Fred Frith and Chris Cutler.

[Discogs-Stone-series-3] "The Stone: Issues 1–4". Discogs. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[Medwin-4] Medwin, Marc (15 March 2007). "Fred Frith/Chris Cutler: Issue Two". All About Jazz. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[TheStone-5] "December 2006 at the Stone". The Stone. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[punkcast-6] "PUNKCAST#1086: Fred Frith – Tim Hodgkinson – Chris Cutler, The Stone NYC, Dec 16 2006". punkcast.com. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[Nastos-8] Nastos, Michael G. "The Stone: Issue Two". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[Discogs-9] "Fred Frith / Chris Cutler – The Stone: Issue Two". Discogs. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[FF-discog-10] Ramond, Michel; Roussel, Patrice; Vuilleumier, Stephane. "Discography of Fred Frith". New York Downtown Scene and Other Miscellaneous Discographies. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2017.