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Text Box: TRANSMUTATING                                                                       (cd) TQ0012  Davey Williams and LaDonna Smith, live improvisations Weaving their musical drama in the psychic automatism that is the true nature of their music, this CD will take you to other realms of the imagination, 1993.        $15  Transmutating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: BirminghamImprov96                                                       (cd)  TQ20096 Compilation of the BirminghamImprov Festival 96. Includes work by Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Yuri Zmorovitch, Boris Rayskin, Craig Hultgren, Johannes Bergmark, Arkady Kirochenko, Contra Contra Bass, The Gold Sparkle Band, Atlanta Comprovisors and others…       $10   Birmingham Improv 96  

 

 

Text Box:         EYE OF THE STORM     LaDonna Smith                 (cd) TQ0011  Solo violin, viola & voice improvisations. Recorded live from solo concerts in Europe and USA,    "LaDonna truly transforms the violin into a spectrum of colors beyond the context of the instrument and purifies your mind with the raw energy of multiple violinistic soundings." 1992     $15  Eye of the Storm
Text Box: YOKEL YEN LaDonna Smith  & Misha Feigin                          (cd)  TQ0014  Text Box:     Balalaika, guitar violin, viola, harmonica, accordian  & voice improvisations with Russian poet, author, and improv-minstrel Misha Feigin Free musings from start to finish, let your mind wander with the combined sensitivities of these two  musical collaborators, 2006.   jewel case, audio cd, 4page booklet  $14     
Text Box: AMBIENT VISAGE (cd)                         (cd)  TQ20071 SUSAN ALCORN,   LADONNA SMITH  ambient moments, inner voices, pedal steel guitar and various string things in the sanctuary of the Sequana studio. what better moments than reflections and sensations, a deep listening, manner of playing.    slim line package, audio cd   $12                                                         $12        
Text Box: Floating Bridges                                    (cd) TQ20081 Misha Feigin & LaDonna Smith                   2008 Release       Marvelous high energy performance, LaDonna & Misha   at the "Solvey" 2007  "Meeting of Improvisers".   live in Krakow, Poland  -recorded live by Rafal Drewniany,   audio cd, jewel case, insert     $16                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 

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Text Box: WATERS ASHORE                                                           (cd) TQ20072 DAVE LIEBMAN,  LADONNA SMITH,  MISHA FEIGIN                                                                         with Jason Foureman.    With multi-master Dave Liebman on soprano and tenor saxophones and ancient calls from flutes, from Misha Feigin inspired poetry of JAZZ , to the  LaDonna Smith's string serenades and Fouremans growls and howls, this is a beautiful collaborative piece in the spirit of community improvisation. Recorded June 2006, the session inspired from the IASJ International Conference, hosted in Louisville,Ky, June 2006.             slim line package, audio cd   $12   

 

Text Box: Dix Improvisations-                                               (CD)  TQ20074 Original compact discs from Victo/Victoriaville Festival 1989, includes improvisations of Trans Duo-LaDonna Smith and Davey Williams, also works by Hans Reichel, Paul Plimley-Lisle Ellis, New Winds, J.D. Parran, Ned Rothenberg, Maggie Nichols-Lindsay Cooper-Irene Schweizer, pour les emissions "MUSIQUE ACTUELLE"         $15 Dix Improvisations                             

 

Text Box: Erogenous Soundscapes     LaDonna Smith and Serguei Letov,                                  (cd) TQ20075 Soprano & bari sax recorded at Moscow Radio, December 19, and live at 888 Club, Novosibirsk, Siberia December 16, 1995, a rare Pentagramma facsimile release.   $15 Erogenous Soundscapes

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Yttrbium:   LaDonna Smith, solo viola                 (LP)  TQ20076                                  Table of the Elements   #toe 070         “rare earth” long playing record         dreaming allotropy, dance of the elements, lanthaneis (to lie hidden),  radiant energy conversions.  extended techniques, tri-processed, thrice modulated, 1996           Long Play Stereo  33 1/3                $20   Yttrbium  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                     Selected Archive LP's available

 

TQ010   Travellers (cassette) Davey Williams & LaDonna Smith live and electronic,
             "Destroy All Music"  Atlanta, Georgia, 1990.    original series now out-of-print, 

TQ 009   Locales for Ecstacy (LP)   AVAILABLE!
   LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams, Cinnie Cole-banjo,
              Fabled "front-porch" style Southern flavor.  
              (original edition - very limited quantity available) 

 Locales for Ecstacy Original Limited Edition LP $45                           

TQ 008   Criminal Pursuits (LP)  Davey Williams, solo electric guitar
             Original Covers, disc repress coming soon!   out-of-print

TQ 007  White Earth Streak (LP)  Quartet - Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Gunter Christman, and Torsten Muller  Recorded in Hannover, Germany, 1983.  Energetic textural "gator play & static slide kisses,the ecstacy of real time improvisation, guitar, viola, double bass, trombone".  (original edition -limited quantity available)

     White Earth Streak Original Limited Edition LP $45
 

TQ 006  Alchemical Rowdies (CD) LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams with Danny Finney-saxes, Paul Watson-trumpet, Pippin Barnett-drums, studio recording, Richmond, Virginia 1981.  (original edition-limited quantity available)

 Alchemical Rowdies:  Original Limited Edition  LP  $30
 

TQ 005  Direct Waves (CD) Trans Duo - LaDonna Smith & Davey Williams  Recordings from Trans duo tours, 1979 Grand Rapids, 1980 Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussells, Belgium (original edition- limited quantity available) 

 DIRECT WAVES:   Original Limited Edition   LP  $30

TQ 004  Velocities -  LaDonna Smith & Davey Williams with Andrea Centazzo,
             percussion, Recorded live at La Sala Bossi, Bologna, Italy 1979.  Side Two
             recorded at Ictus Studio, Pistoia, Italy, 1979.  (limited quantity available) 
 VELOCITIES:   Original Limited Edition   LP   $30

TQ 003 Jewels (LP) Anne LeBaron-harp, with Davey Williams & LaDonna Smith Recorded in Trans Studio, Birmingham Alabama, 1979.  out of print

TQ 002  TRANS II, Folk Music (LP) Trio:  LaDonna Smith & Davey Williams, with Theodore Bowen, double bass. Recorded at Trans Studio in Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1976.  (out-of-print)  

TQ 001 TRANSCENDPROVISATION (LP) the original group, Davey Williams,  LaDonna Smith, Theodore Bowen, T.R. Reed, Anne LeBaron, Jim Hearon. Recorded at Trans Studio in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. out-of-print

Special order reproductions of out of print, obscure and limited edition cassette & tape releases may be obtained by special inquiry from the TRANSMUSEQ Archives.   

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