Yellow Power, Yellow Soul: The Radical Art of Fred Ho

Discography

discography Note: Year of release is first, followed by recording dates 1985 Tomorrow Is Now!, Fred Houn and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble, Soul Note Records, Milan, Italy, recorded and mixed at Nola Studios, New York City, on April 5, 8, and 9, 1985, featuring Fred Houn (leader and baritone sax); Sam Furnace (alto sax); Al Givens (tenor and soprano saxes); Richard Clements (piano); Kiyoto Fujiwara (bass); Taru Alexander (drums); Carleen Robinson (vocals); and special guests Jon Jang (piano) and Sayyd Abdul AlKhabyyr (tenor sax and flute). Liner notes by Amiri Baraka. Chicago Observer Best Album of the Year; Village Voice Choice Albums of the Decade. 1986 Bamboo That Snaps Back, Fred Houn and the Asian American Art Ensemble , Finnadar (Warner/Elecktra/Atlantic), recorded and mixed at the Music Annex, Menlo Park, Calif. on September 14 and 15, 1985, featuring Fred Wei-han Houn (baritone and soprano saxes, flute, leader, poetry, vocals); Taru Alexander (drums); Kiyoto Fujiwara (bass); Jon Jang (piano); Jodi Long (vocals); Allen Won (alto sax, flute, alto flute, background vocals ); Francis Wong (tenor sax, flute, background vocals). Cover art by Yong Soon Min, liner notes by Genny Lim. Coda Magazine Critics Choice Album of the Year. 1988 We Refuse to Be Used and Abused, Fred Houn and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble, Soul Note Records, Milan, Italy, recorded and mixed at Baragozzi Studio, Milan, on November 26 and 27, 1987, featuring Fred Wei-han Houn (baritone and soprano saxes, flute), Sam Furnace (alto and soprano saxes, flute); Hafez Modir (tenor sax and flute); Jon Jang (piano); Kiyoto Fujiwara (bass); royal hartigan (multiple percussion, Chinese opera percussion , African donno drum). Liner notes by Brian Auerbach. Village Voice Choice Albums of the Decade. 234 Appendixes 1988 A Song for Manong, Fred Houn and the Asian American Art Ensemble, AsianImprov Records, recorded at the Music Annex, Menlo Park, Calif., on February 28, 1988, at the Music Annex, Menlo Park, featuring Fred Houn (baritone and soprano saxes, flute, artistic director); Sam Furnace (alto and soprano saxes, flute); Doug Harris (tenor sax, flute and alto flute); royal hartigan (multiple percussion); Mark Izu (bass); Jon Jang (piano); Fe Bongolan (vocals) and Kulintang Arts: Danongan Kalanduyan (master traditional kulintang artist); Robert Henry; James “Frank” Holder; Joey Maliga; Dana Nunez. Liner notes by Fred Houn. 1994 The Underground Railroad to My Heart, Fred Ho and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble, multiple recording dates: February 7 and 8, 1990, and February 4 and 5, 1991, at the Music Annex, Menlo Park, Calif.; December 9, 1991, at the Platinum Factory, Brooklyn; February 11 and 12, 1993, at Baby Monster Studio, New York City; featuring Sam Furnace (alto and soprano saxes); Allen Won (tenor sax); David Bindman (tenor sax); Peter Madsen (piano); Kiyoto Fujiwara (bass); royal hartigan (drums and percussion); also features the Journey beyond the West Orchestra (later renamed the Monkey Orchestra): Pei Sheng Shen (sona and oboe); You Qun Fu (erhu); Pauline Hong (san shuen); James Norton (alto and soprano saxes); Francis Wong (tenor sax, flute, and piccolo); Martin Wehner (trombone); John Shifflett (bass); Fred Ho (baritone sax and flute); royal hartigan (Chinese percussion and drum kit); Hafez Modirzadeh (special tenor sax); Cindy Zuoxin Wang (Chinese soprano vocals). Liner notes by Fred Ho. Village Voice Best Albums of 1994. 1994 “Song of the Mountain Stream” and “On the Golden Mountain of Beijing” on the Chen Hongyu recording Contemporary Compositions Recital by Soprano Chen Hongyu, China Record Corp., Peoples Republic of China, recorded on the China Record label, featuring soprano Chen Hongyu, Allen Wong (tenor sax), royal hartigan (percussion), and Fred Ho. 1995 “Contradiction, Please! The Revenge of Charlie Chan,” Relâche Ensemble recording Outcome Inevitable, O.O. Discs 17, recorded at Acoustical Concepts Inc., Eddystone, Pa., 1994, featuring Relâche: Laurel Wyckoff (flute, piccolo); Lloyd Shorter (oboe, English horn); Ken Ulansey (alto sax); Chuck Holdeman (bassoon); Doublas Mapp (electric bass and contrabass); John Dulik (piano); Helen Carnevale (percussion); guest artist Fred Ho (baritone saxophone). 1996 Monkey: Part One, Fred Ho and the Monkey Orchestra, Koch Jazz, recorded at the Music Annex, Menlo Park, Calif., on February 7 and 8, 1990, featuring Pei Sheng Shen (sona and oboe); You Qun Fu (erhu); Pauline Hong (san shuen); James Norton (alto and soprano saxes); Francis Wong 235 Appendixes (tenor sax, flute and piccolo); Martin Wehner (trombone); John Shifflett (bass); Fred Ho (baritone sax and flute); royal hartigan (Chinese percussion and drum kit); Hafez Modirzadeh (special tenor sax...