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Legibly Speaking by 3 Leg Torso / David Greenberger
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fave it World Fusion | With Music
12 tracks | 47 minutes
Released Feb 2005
on meester records / Pell Recordings
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A collaboration between spoken word artist and National Public Radio commentator David Greenberger, whose work centers on the stories of the elderly, and 3 Leg Torso, an innovative acoustic ensemble who writes music of the future.
Editorial review
As the publisher of The Duplex Planet, David Greenberger has collected stories from the elderly since the late '70s. On the unusual release Legibly Speaking, Greenberger sets about a dozen of these tales to music, sort of. Greenberger himself voices the stories -- drawn from elderly residents of Portland, OR -- as spoken word monologues, backed by music from the impossible to categorize six-person musical ensemble 3 Leg Torso. The stories are funny, sad, and moving, in an earthy and unpretentious way that's much more straightforward and plain-spoken, and less sentimental, than the usual such skits and anecdotes you'll hear dramatized on radio specials. Often they deal with the pain, physical illnesses, and loneliness of aging, without playing it for pathos, even when the circumstances are fairly grim (as in "Two Strokes," in which strokes of both husband and wife are depicted in detail). Yet there are also light moments mixed in, and occasional striking lines that professional writers would envy, like "Anybody who thinks they can get away without having bad times is not reading the fine print." 3 Leg Torso's musical backing combines jazz, European chamber music, and touches of gypsy, lounge, and Latin without intruding on the stories. The arrangements are both whimsical and melancholy, at times obviously specifically tailored to complement the stories, as on "How Whivet Got Her Name," where the tempo accelerates dizzily in tandem with the shaggy-dog tale. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Legibly Speaking is a collaboration between David Greenberger and the musical ensemble 3 Leg Torso. It features eleven new stories derived from conversations with elderly Portland,Oregon residents. Greenberger has made a career out of talking with old people, writing down the conversations and presenting them as both performance and literature.
The music composed by 3 Leg Torso provides shadings of mood and passion. Formed in 1996 as a violin, cello and accordion trio, 3 Leg Torso creates original modern chamber music for their unique instrumentation. Over the ensuing years the band has expanded both its musical mission and its size to become a quintet that now performs its eclectic synthesis of chamber music, tango, klezmer, Latin and world music.
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