• Source: Bobby Previte

Bobby Previte (born July 16, 1951 in Niagara Falls, New York) is a drummer, composer, and bandleader. He earned a degree in economics from the University at Buffalo, where he also studied percussion. He moved to New York City in 1979 and began professional relationships with John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, and Elliott Sharp.




Composer


Previte has received critical acclaim for his "exceptional abilities as a composer and orchestrator." A review of his 1988 album Claude's Late Morning reports that "Perhaps most striking is Previte's skill in composing music that fully integrates these disparate instruments — including drums and drum machine, electric guitar and keyboards, trombone, harp, accordion, banjo, pedal steel guitar, tuba, and harmonica — while emphasizing each instrument's unique, individual sound." Another critic notes Previte's "driving and propulsive compositions, featuring both fiery jazz expressionism and layered counterpoint that suggested elements of contemporary minimalism.
In 1991, he wrote the score for "Cirk Valentin" (Moscow Circus on Stage), a stage show consisting of circus acts created by Valentin Gneushev that performed at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway.
Recent large-scale compositional works as of Spring 2007 include:

"The Constellations Ensemble," a chamber group touring the multi-media show, The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró.
"The Separation", a collaboration with writer/director Andrea Kleine "dealing with the role of religion in society. Based on the 15th-century composer Guilliaume Dufay's Missa Sancti Jacobi and written for early music pioneers the Rose Ensemble with electric band."




Performer


Previte has received excellent reviews and full articles in major newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Guardian for playing a wide range of genres and venues and for qualities as diverse as his intellectual aesthetic to his ability "to groove." Recent and current projects as of Spring 2007 include :

"Dialed In," a solo electronic drum show collaboration with video artist Benton C Bainbridge.
The Coalition of the Willing, a guitar quartet featuring Charlie Hunter, Steven Bernstein and Jamie Saft.
"Strike", a new quartet with organist Marco Benevento and two saxophones.
"Groundtruther", a duo with Hunter.
"The Beta Popes", a power trio with Skerik and Saft.
"Swami LatePlate," a duo with Jamie Saft.
Much of Previte's work is also improvisational. One of Previte's own favorite recorded improvisational collaborations was with John Zorn, "Euclid's Nightmare" (Depth of Field 1997).
In the 1990s, he performed with the Seattle-based 100% improvisational musical collective Ponga with Wayne Horvitz, Skerik, and Dave Palmer. Previte has collaborated with Jamie Saft as "Swami Late Plate". Previte appeared in the movie Short Cuts, directed by Robert Altman.
In 1997, he founded the record company and label Depth of Field.




Discography






= As leader/co-leader

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1980: Pull to Open (Zoar)
1985: Bump the Renaissance (Sound Aspects)
1987: Pushing the Envelope (Gramavision)
1987: Dull Bang, Gushing Sound, Human Shriek (Dossier)
1988: Claude's Late Morning (Gramavision)
1990: Empty Suits (Gramavision)
1991: Weather Clear, Track Fast (Enja)
1991: Music of the Moscow Circus (Gramavision)
1993: Slay the Suitors (Avant) with Empty Suits
1993: Hue and Cry (Enja) with Weather Clear, Track Fast
1996: Too Close to the Pole (Enja) with Weather Clear, Track Fast
1997: Euclid's Nightmare (Depth of Vision) with John Zorn
1997: My Man in Sydney (Enja) with Latin for Travelers
1998: In the Grass (Enja) with Marc Ducret
1998: Downtown Lullaby (Depth of Vision) with John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz and Elliott Sharp
1998: Dangerous Rip (Enja) with Latin for Travelers
2002: The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró (Tzadik)
2002: Just Add Water (Palmetto) with Bump
2002: The Prisoner's Dilemma (Church of Grob) with Elliott Sharp
2003: Counterclockwise (Palmetto) with Bump
2003: Come in Red Dog, This Is Tango Leader (Ropeadope) with Charlie Hunter
2004: Latitude (Thirsty Ear) as Groundtruther with Charlie Hunter and special guest Greg Osby
2005: Longitude (Thirsty Ear) as Groundtruther with Charlie Hunter and special guest DJ Logic
2006: The Coalition of the Willing (Ropeadope)
2007: Altitude (Thirsty Ear) as Groundtruther with Charlie Hunter and special guest John Medeski
2007: Doom Jazz (Veal) as Swami Lateplate with Jamie Saft
2008: Set the Alarm for Monday (Palmetto) with The New Bump
2008: White Hate (Veal) as Beta Popes with Jamie Saft and Skerik
2008: Live Hate (Veal) as Beta Popes with Jamie Saft and Skerik
2008: Big Guns (Auand) with Gianluca Petrella and Antonello Salis
2009: Pan Atlantic (Auand)
2012: Plutino (Spacebone)
2014: Terminals (Cantaloupe) with Sō Percussion, Zeena Parkins, Greg Osby, Nels Cline and John Medeski
2015: We Two Kings: Charlie Hunter and Bobby Previte Play the Great Carols (Rank Hypocrisy) with Charlie Hunter
2016: Mass (RareNoise) with The Rose Ensemble, Stephen O'Malley, Marco Benevento, Jamie Saft, and Reed Mathis
DVD

2006: Live in Japan 2003 (Word Public) with Jamie Saft and Skerik
2007: April in New York with Skerik, Zeena Parkins, Benton C Bainbridge, Elliott Sharp, and Marco Benvento
2007: The Separation (Rank Hypocrisy) with Andrea Kleine




= As sideman

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With Terry Adams

Terrible (New World, 1995)
With Ray Anderson

Where Home Is (Enja, 1999)
Sweet Chicago Suite (Intuition, 2012)
With The Bang

Omonimo (Nuevo, 1991)
With Bob Belden

Black Dahlia (Blue Note, 2001)
With Marco Benevento

Live at Tonic (Ropeadope, 2006)
With Tim Berne

Pace Yourself (JMT, 1991)
Nice View (JMT, 1994)
With Jane Ira Bloom

The Nearness (Arabesque, 1996)
The Red Quartets (Arabesque, 1999)
Sometimes the Magic (Arabesque, 2001)
Chasing Paint (Arabesque, 2003)
Like Silver, Like Song (Arabesque, 2004)
Wingwalker (Outline, 2011)
Early Americans (Outline, 2016)
Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickenson (Outline, 2017)
With William S. Burroughs

Dead City Radio (Island, 1990)
With Corporate Art

Corporate Art (JMT, 1991)
With Paul Dresher and Ned Rothenberg

Opposites Attract (New World/CounterCurrents, 1991)
With Marty Ehrlich

Pliant Plaint (Enja, 1988)
The Traveller's Tale (Enja, 1990)
Can You Hear a Motion? (Enja, 1994)
Malinke's Dance (OmniTone, 1999)
The Long View (Enja, 2002)
With Carol Emanuel

Tops of Trees (Evva, 1995)
With David Fulton

Marcos & Harry (Dossier, 1988)
With David Garland

Togetherness: Control Songs, Vol. 2 (Ergodic, 1999)
With Jerome Harris

Hidden in Plain View (New World)
With Robin Holcomb

Larks, They Crazy (Sound Aspects, 1988)
With Lindsey Horner

Don't Count On Glory (Cadence Jazz, 2005)
With Bill Horvitz

Solo Electric Guitar Compositions for an 11-Solo Guitar & Ensemble Piece Ensemble (Ear-Rational, 1991)
With Wayne Horvitz

Nine Below Zero (Sound Aspects, 1986)
The President (Dossier, 1987)
Todos Santos (Sound Aspects, 1988)
Bring Yr Camera (Elektra/Musician, 1988)
Miracle Mile (Elektra/Musician, 1992)
Mylab (Terminus, 2004) with Tucker Martine
With Charlie Hunter

Let the Bells Ring On (There, 2015)
Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth (GroundUP, 2016)
With Yoko Kanno

Cowboy Bebop Vitaminless (Victor [Japan], 1998)
Cowboy Bebop No Disc (Victor [Japan], 1998)
Cowboy Bebop Blue (Victor [Japan], 1999)
With Guy Klucevsek

Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse (Experimental Intermedia Foundation, 1991)
Polka Dots & Laser Beams (Eva, 1991)
?Who Stole the Polka? (Eva, 1991)
With Makigami Koichi

Koroshi No Blues (Toshiba EMI, 1992)
With The New York Composers Orchestra

The New York Composers Orchestra (New World, 1990)
First Program in Standard Time (New World/CounterCurrents, 1992)
With Kirk Nurock

Remembering Tree Friends (Koch, 1998)
With Seigen Ono

NekonoTopia NekonoMania (Saidera, 1990)
Bar Del Mattatoio (Saidera, 1994)
Montreux 93/94 (Saidera, 1990)
With the Peggy Stern/Thomas Chapin Quintet

The Fuchsia (Koch, 1997)
With Ponga

Ponga (Loosegroove, 1999)
The Ponga Remixes (Loosegroove, 1999)
Psychological (P-Vine, 2000)
With Mike Pride

Drummer's Corpse (AUM Fidelity, 2013)
With Bobby Radcliff

Early in the Morning (A-Okay, 1985)
With Jamie Saft

Black Shabbis (Tzadik, 2009)
A Bag of Shells (Tzadik, 2010)
The New Standard (RareNoise, 2014) with Steve Swallow
Loneliness Road (RareNoise, 2017) with Steve Swallow and Iggy Pop
With Jeffrey Schanzer

Vistas (Music Vistas, 1987)
With Elliott Sharp

Virtual Stance (Dossier, 1985)
Fractal (Dossier, 1986)
Larynx (SST, 1987)
Sili/Contemp/Tation (Ear-Rational, 1990)
Arc 1: I/S/M 1980-1983 (Atavistic, 1996)
Arc 2: The Seventies 1972-79 (Atavistic, 1997)
With The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet

Voodoo (Black Saint, 1986)
With Various Artists

Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill (A&M, 1985)
Island of Sanity: New Music From New York City (No Man's Land, 1987)
Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus (Columbia, 1992)
Music from and Inspired by the Film Short Cuts (Imago, 1992)
With Tom Varner

Covert Action (New Note, 1989)
With Tom Waits

Rain Dogs (Island, 1985)
With Victoria Williams

Happy Come Home (Geffen, 1987)
With Andreas Willers

Cityscapes (Sound Aspects, 1993)
With John Zorn

The Big Gundown (Nonesuch/Icon, 1985)
Cobra (Hat ART, 1987)
Spillane (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1987)
The Bribe (Tzadik, 1986 [1998])
Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour (CBS/Sony (Japan), 1989)
Filmworks 1986–1990 (Eva, 1990)
Filmworks III: 1990–1995 (Evva, 1995)




References






External links


BobbyPrevite.com
Discography by Patrice Roussel

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