Fist of Kong
by Fist Of Kong
In 2003, saxophonist Charlie Naked, bassist Danny McMahon, and drummer Vaughan Boone joined forces to become Fist of Kong, a free jazz trio playing spontaneously improvised music: free of preconceptions, premeditation, and overall any thought given to creating what would become very "heavy stuff". Unfortunately, Boone left after about a year & a 1/2 with the group, Naked and McMahon continued to "Fist" alternately as a duo as often as possible, while at the same time playing with other members of Houston's vibrant free improv scene, including trombonist Mike Switzer, guitarist Jim Otterson, keyboardist Robert Pearson, saxophonist John Atlas, violist Rose Lange, percussionist Tom Zermeno, cellist Melisa Rose, and many others. The group has self-released millions of albums of their own music... which are all available through www.cafepress.com/charlienaked/ Also some other miscellaneous recordings - i.e. compilations, lo-fi, limited-run tapes/cd-r's - are available through Burntrecords
Episodes
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Quartet at Pearson's (7/5/2008)
So we had a nice post-4th jam session/pool party at Pearson's, and recorded an afternoon's worth of music. This time it was Charlie, Danny and Robert as before, along with John Atlas on tenor sax and some wind instruments he brought along.
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Trio at Pearson's (6/26/2008)
This is the inaugural session for a new home base for our expanded group, at keyboardist Robert Pearson's place. This time around we're just testing the waters, so it's just Pearson on keyboard, Danny on standup bass, and me on MicroKorg synth and tenor sax.
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Quartet Action! (2/28/2008)
So this time Danny McMahon and Charlie Naked hooked up with Pete Sullivan (bari and alto sax) and Kyle Carnes (drums) and had a good old time at Pete's place. Check it out! Some fairly swinging FOK, and an actual drummer for the first time in a long time. Good times were had by all, and we even...
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Duets! (1/31/2008)
Here we are, rockin' out and whatnot.
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Atlas Sessions (1/9/2008)
First Fisting of the year! Here we are with Danny on his new standup bass, me on tenor instead of alto sax, John Atlas on tenor and some interesting cane and wood wind instruments, and our first encounter with (and I hope I have his name right) Eric B on percussion.
About this show
In 2003, saxophonist Charlie Naked, bassist Danny McMahon, and drummer Vaughan Boone joined forces to become Fist of Kong, a free jazz trio playing spontaneously improvised music: free of preconceptions, premeditation, and overall any thought given to creating what would become very "heavy stuff". Unfortunately, Boone left after about a year & a 1/2 with the group, Naked and McMahon continued to "Fist" alternately as a duo as often as possible, while at the same time playing with other members of Houston's vibrant free improv scene, including trombonist Mike Switzer, guitarist Jim Otterson, keyboardist Robert Pearson, saxophonist John Atlas, violist Rose Lange, percussionist Tom Zermeno, cellist Melisa Rose, and many others. The group has self-released millions of albums of their own music... which are all available through www.cafepress.com/charlienaked/ Also some other miscellaneous recordings - i.e. compilations, lo-fi, limited-run tapes/cd-r's - are available through Burntrecords
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