01	The Funky Chicken						03:17
	02	Remember						03:23
	03	Blues						03:42
	04	When						02:24
	05	Enantiodromia High						03:24
	06	Joan's Blue						03:33
	07	Wind On My Back						05:09
	08	The Junk Food Blues						02:32
	09	Dark Razz						03:38
	10	Whatever Happened To The Hoodoo Meat Bucket?						02:29

Selections recorded January and March, 1979. Released - December 17, 1993

Hank DUTT - viola
David HARRINGTON - violin
John SHERBA - violin
Joan JEANRENAUD - cello

A collection of works written especially for Kronos, finds the Quartet exactly where it likes most to be: in a lot of unexpected places. The album is a compilation of unique connections, bringing far-flung musical cousins of rock, jazz, country and folk into a network of exuberant style.


1. The Funky Chicken, for string quartet
Composed by David Kechley

2. Remember, for string quartet
Composed by Ken Benshoof

3. Blues, for string quartet
Composed by Derek Thunes

4. When, for string quartet
Composed by Ken Benshoof

5. Enantiodromia High, for string quartet
Composed by Hunt Beyer

6. Joan's Blues, for string quartet
Composed by Alan Dorsey

7. Wind on My Back, for string quartet
Composed by Derek Thunes

8. The Junk Food Blues, for string quartet
Composed by John Whitney

9. Dark Razz, for string quartet
Composed by John Geist

10. Whatever Happened to the Hoodoo Meat Bucket?, for string quartet
Composed by Alan Dorsey








KRONOS QUARTET
String quartet formed in Seattle '74 by violinist David Harrington (b 9 Sep. '49, Portland OR). Played at Mills College in Berkeley CA; Hank Dutt joined '77 on viola (b 4 Nov. '52, Muscatine IA), violinist John Sherba (b 10 Dec. '54, Milwaukee), cellist Joan Jeanrenaud (b 25 Jan. '56, Memphis) '78. They worked on or contributed to recordings by Warren Benson and Dane Rudhyar (on CRI), David Grisman (on WEA); first own recording was cassette-only Kronos Quartet on Sounds Wonderful incl. the Quartet no. 8 by Peter Sculthorpe (b 29 April '29, Launceton, Tasmania). In Formation '82 on Reference Recordings flaunted their unorthodox stance with titles such as Alan Dorsey's 'Whatever Happened To The Hoodoo Meat Bucket' and John Whitney's 'Junk Food Blues'. Monk Suite '85 with Ron Carter and Music Of Bill Evans '86 with Eddie Gomez and Jim Hall were prod. for Landmark by Orrin Keepnews; Cadenza On The Night Plain on Gramavision compiled the quartet music of Terry Riley incl. his 'G Song', expanded from his work on film Le Secret de la Vie '73. They signed to Elektra Nonesuch: Kronos Quartet '86 reprised the Sculthorpe quartet plus works by Philip Glass, Aulis Sallinen (b 9 April '35, Salmi, Finland); d 10 Aug. '97, Mexico City, Conlon Nancarrow (b 27 Oct. '12, Texarkana ARK) and Jimi Hendrix. White Man Sleeps '87 incl. two parts of that string quartet by Kevin Volans (see his entry) plus Bartok's String Quartet no. 3, Ornette Coleman's 'Lonely Woman', pieces by Charles Ives 'Scherzo: Holding Your Own', other pieces. Winter Was Hard '88 incl. title comp. by Sallinen, also Alfred Schnitke's third quartet, Samuel Barber's Adagio, Anton Webern's Six Bagatelles, Arvo Part's Fratres, plus Riley, John Zorn, John Lurie, Astor Piazzolla. Two-CD Salome Dances For Peace by Riley was nom. for a Grammy; Steve Reich's Different Trains won a Grammy; Black Angels '90 incl. George Crumb's title piece, Shostakovich's eighth quartet, pieces by Thomas Tallis (d 1585), Istvan Marta (b '52, Budapest) and Ives, the last two interpolated with archive voices; Pieces Of Africa '92 had eight pieces by African composers commissioned by the Kronos incl. the complete version of 'White Man Sleeps', augmented by voices and soloists incl. Foday Musa Suso on kora. Meanwhile three CD and cassette 'singles' '91 offered budget-priced pieces by Piazzolla (with the composer on bandoneon), Volans and Witold Lutoslawski (b 25 Jan. '13, Warsaw; d there 7 Feb. '94). More CDs: Short Stories '93 had nine pieces by Henry Cowell, John Zorn, Willie Dixon etc; At The Grave Of Richard Wagner '93 had Liszt, Webern, Berg; Night Prayers '94 incl. Sofia Gubaidulina's fourth string quartet, pieces by Osvaldo Golijov (b '60) etc; Howl USA '96 was followed by Golijov's The Dreams And Prayers Of Isaac The Blind '97. Released 1985--1995 was a compilation. They have widened the audience for the string quartet and opened audiences' ears, which is always risky: live concerts of new music may contain gems like John Adams's John's Book Of Alleged Dances, but also Tan Dun's overlong Ghost Opera, described by one critic as 'a theatrical jumble of surpassing silliness'. The risk is worth it and part of the fun. Early Music '97 was their first album not concentrating on contemporary music, spanning four centuries from Hildegarde to John Cage.