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Something People Can Use

by The Matt Pavolka Band

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Lemmy 10:34
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The Garden Of Forking Paths 09:55
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Chasing Cats With Vacuums 05:13
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Damning With Faint Praise 07:03
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...And Your Wellness 08:49
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Peanut Boy's Lucky Day 06:23
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So Much As Happy Lives Lovely As For Us 05:53
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Nowhere, Nobody, Nothing 07:16
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Vheissu 05:18
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about

This is my first album as a leader and, thus far, the only album I've done with this band despite the fact that it's been a working band for like fifteen years now. We were finally going to do another one this past April but, you know, Cövid. Anyway I originally released this album on the wonderful Tone Of A Pitch Records, which sadly doesn't exist anymore. We did a tour of Portugal to promote it which involved heroic amounts of Absinthe and Ben dancing on a table with some Scandinavian ladies in Porto. It seems like some people are fond of this recording and I ran out of physical copies long ago so here you go. The title is something my dad used to say when frustrated by interactions with inanimate objects.

credits

released April 9, 2008

Matt Pavolka: Basses
Ben Monder: Guitars
Pete Rende: Keyboards
Ted Poor: Drums
Special Guest Akiko Pavolka: Narration (on Vheissu)

All Compositions by Matt Pavolka (Aklovap Music, BMI)

Produced by Matt Pavolka
Executive Producers: André Fernandes and Alexandre S. Fernandes for TOAP

Recorded March 12, 2007 by Aaron Nevezie (assisted by John Davis) at
The Bunker Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Mixed by Pete Rende at Hanging Drawers Studios in Borough Park, Brooklyn

Mastered by Michael Perez-Cisneros (assisted by Mr. Pickles)

Paintings by Akiko Pavolka
Graphic design and photos by Marie Hiraga

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For over twenty years bassist/composer Matt Pavolka has been a vital force in the New York Jazz and Creative Music scenes. In addition to his extensive work as a sideman he leads three ensembles of his own: The Matt Pavolka Band with Ben Monder, Pete Rende and Ted Poor, The Horns Band with Kirk Knuffke, Loren Stillman, Jacob Garchik and Mark Ferber and Pavogüchi, his duo with Masa Kamaguchi. ... more

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