In 2002 and 2003 Glass hosted the cream of Canterbury Rock for two festivals at the Moore Theatre, Seattle, Washington. Friendships were made, bonds were formed, Glass paid tribute to the legends that inspire them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progman_Cometh
therealglass.bandcamp.com/album/canterburied-in-seattle-2002
therealglass.bandcamp.com/album/progman-2003-complete
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEgEyAFzGJI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay1uidpFZkw
Live At Progman Cometh presents three Glass performances from the 2002 concerts, one from the 2003 concert (all recorded at Seattle's Moore Theater), plus a bonus track ("No Stranger To The Skies") recorded at BajaProg in 2002.
therealglass.bandcamp.com/album/bajaprog-2004
There are five instrumental compositions for more than 70 minutes of music. Sounds promising, doesn't it? This is an opportunity to hear Glass playing on stage with such luminaries as Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Richard Sinclair, and the brothers Bill & Paul Kopecky. Mostly unreleased, the titles mix the legacy of Progressive rock, symphonic music, and Canterbury School in a unique blend of raw live energy and inspired performance. A timeless masterpiece!
In addition to Glass's recordings, the performance by Hamster Theatre at Progman Cometh was released on their "The Public Execution of Mister Personality / Quasi Day Room: Live at the Moore Theatre" (2006).
cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-public-execution-of-mister-personality-quasi-day-room-live-at-the-moore-theatre
Two tracks from Pip Pyle's Bash performance were released on his "Belle Illusion" (2004).
cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/belle-illusion
"This disc is an excellent musical document of the fascinating story of Glass, the little prog band that could, and did become a force to reckon with."
- Jeff Fitzgerald, Aural Innovations
www.aural-innovations.com/issues/issue39/glasslive.htm
"Live At Progman Cometh is a truly stunning display of intelligent, well crafted music. This is Glass in their natural element, onstage interacting and feeding off of each other, carving out new sonic landscapes as they go along. This is a true delight from beginning to end."
- Sea of Tranquility
"A worthy addition to the band’s discography, this release is equally a worthy addition to my personal collection of discs, and comes recommended to all those who appreciate both symphonic Art-Rock and Jazz-Fusion."
- Progressor
"Oh, and you don't have to take my word as to the quality of the music on this disc. Ask the ex-members of Soft Machine or Hatfield and the North if you should take a moment to listen to the music of Glass."
- Progressive World
"I’ll stop with the superlatives now and simply say that this is an excellent instrumental progressive-rock album. I won’t even add the adjective “live,” although it adds to the fun of the disc to realize that these performances were captured in front of an audience, because the tightness of the band makes the setting largely irrelevant to the listener."
- Dutch Progressive Rock Page
"Geneza formacji Glass bierze się jeszcze z lat 70-tych, kiedy to bracia Greg i Jeff Shermanowie w rodzimej Ameryce założyli formację, która miała specjalizować się w fuzji jazzu i rocka. Ze swoimi pomysłami nie przebili się jednak w swojej ojczyźnie i wyemigrowali do kolebki jazz rocka, do Wielkiej Brytanii. Koncertowali w klubach, odbyli kilka tras koncertowych, a także, w trakcie kilku sesji nagraniowych, dokonali rejestracji swojej muzyki."
-Artur Chachlowski, Mały Leksynfon Wielkich Zespołów
mlwz.pl/recenzje/plyty/1888-glass-live-at-the-progman-cometh
"STG" is the Seattle Theatre Group, which owns The Moore, in case you were wondering.
released August 3, 2003
Tracks 1-3 recorded August 16, 2002 at the inaugural Progman Cometh concert at the Moore Theatre, Seattle.
Track 4 recorded August 2, 2003 at the second Progman Cometh concert, same venue.
Track 5 recorded March 6, 2002 at BajaProg, at the Araiza Hotel, Mexicali, Mexico.
Personnel:
Jeff Sherman: Bass Guitar, Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Moog Taurus Bass Pedals, Samplers, Sound Samples, Effects
Jerry Cook: Drums, Timpani, Gong, Percussion, E-Drums, Effects
Greg Sherman: Roland A-90 Keyboard Controller, Synthesizer, Korg 01/W Sampler, Mellotron
And Friends:
Pete Pendras: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar (track 1)
Elton Dean: Saxello, Alto Saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 3)
Bill Kopecky: Fretless Bass Guitar (track 3)
Paul Kopecky: Snare Drum (track 3)
Hugh Hopper: Bass Guitar, Effects (track 4)
Paul Black: Drums (track 4)
Jim Smiley: Korg 01/W Sampler (track 4)
Richard Sinclair: Voice, Effects (track 4)
Recorded by David Taylor (tracks 1-3), Bob Carlberg (track 4) and Erik Poulsen (track 5). Mixed by Jerry Cook, mastered by Billy Cobb at Billy Cobb Music.
Cover photo: Erik Poulsen
www.facebook.com/erik.brinch
All titles published by Relentless Pursuit Music, BMI. © 2003 All Rights Reserved.
