Walter Zuber Armstrong

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Born
9 September 1936
Died
1 March 1998 (aged 61)
A West Coast reed player with a haunting tone and an armload of self-published albums, Walter Zuber Armstrong was highly influenced by free jazz legends Eric Dolphy and Anthony Braxton. Like them, he was drawn to the idea of multi-instrumental textural dexterity. Zuber Armstrong chose the bass clarinet and flute to cover opposite extremes, a pair of instruments Eric Dolphy had used as an exotic sideline to his alto sax. Then Zuber Armstrong pretty much set aside the entire jazz content of Dolphy's music to concentrate on more spaced-out ideas. From Braxton he adopted the idea o… read more
A West Coast reed player with a haunting tone and an armload of self-published albums, Walter Zuber Armstrong was highly influenced by free jazz legends Eric Dolphy and Anthony Braxton. Like them, he was drawn to the idea of multi-instrumental textural dexterity. Zuber Armstrong chose the bas… read more
A West Coast reed player with a haunting tone and an armload of self-published albums, Walter Zuber Armstrong was highly influenced by free jazz legends Eric Dolphy and Anthony Braxton. Like them, he was drawn to the idea of multi-instrumental textural dexterity. Zuber Armstrong chose the bass clarinet and flute to cover opposite extremes, a pair of instruments E… read more

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1 Alpha And Omega Alpha & Omega
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2 Play track Alpha And Omega Meditation - Gaku
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3 side A side A
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4 Hitana Hitana
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5 Side B Side B
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6 Meditation-Gaku (Excerpt) Meditation-Gaku (Excerpt)
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7 Hitana Song for Sheila
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8 Alpha And Omega Amchitka
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9 High Places Side B High Places Side B
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10 High Places Side A High Places Side A
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  1. 28 listeners

    1973 · 3 tracks

    Alpha And Omega
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  2. 17 listeners

    1975 · 2 tracks

    Hitana
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    High Places
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    1982 · 1 track

    Live At Walker Art Center
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