Format: CD, Album (Live)
Released: 1999
Label: ViperHouse (Independent / Self-Released)
Country: USA / Canada (CD manufactured in Canada)
Genre: Jazz, Funk, Avant-Garde, Groove
Style: Jazz Fusion, Acid Jazz, Experimental, Jam Scene
Recorded: Live in Brattleboro, Vermont — August 27–28, 1999
Tracklist
Blue Pepper (Duke Ellington) – 3:40
The Last Light (R. Morse, H. Williams) – 6:24
Scrod Scrapples (Michael Chorney) – 5:29
Meat Locker (R. Morse, H. Williams) – 4:15
Good Thing (H. Williams) – 6:37
Pugsley System (Ray Paczkowski) – 10:28
Something in Between (R. Paczkowski) – 5:23
Lover’s Desire / I’ll Wait for You (Trad. / Sun Ra) – 9:03
Virgin Jungle / Hattie Wall (Duke Ellington / Hamiet Bluiett) – 8:46
A vibrant snapshot of Vermont’s celebrated jazz-fusion underground, Lap Hen captures ViperHouse live and unfiltered during a pair of 1999 Brattleboro performances. The band stretches deep into funk, avant-jazz, and improvisational grooves while reimagining Ellington, Sun Ra, and Hamiet Bluiett alongside standout originals by Paczkowski and Chorney. This independently released album is a cornerstone piece for collectors of Vermont jazz history, regional fusion, and rare live recordings from one of the scene’s most inventive ensembles.
Format: CD, Album (Live)
Released: 1999
Label: ViperHouse (Independent / Self-Released)
Country: USA / Canada (CD manufactured in Canada)
Genre: Jazz, Funk, Avant-Garde, Groove
Style: Jazz Fusion, Acid Jazz, Experimental, Jam Scene
Recorded: Live in Brattleboro, Vermont — August 27–28, 1999
Tracklist
Blue Pepper (Duke Ellington) – 3:40
The Last Light (R. Morse, H. Williams) – 6:24
Scrod Scrapples (Michael Chorney) – 5:29
Meat Locker (R. Morse, H. Williams) – 4:15
Good Thing (H. Williams) – 6:37
Pugsley System (Ray Paczkowski) – 10:28
Something in Between (R. Paczkowski) – 5:23
Lover’s Desire / I’ll Wait for You (Trad. / Sun Ra) – 9:03
Virgin Jungle / Hattie Wall (Duke Ellington / Hamiet Bluiett) – 8:46
A vibrant snapshot of Vermont’s celebrated jazz-fusion underground, Lap Hen captures ViperHouse live and unfiltered during a pair of 1999 Brattleboro performances. The band stretches deep into funk, avant-jazz, and improvisational grooves while reimagining Ellington, Sun Ra, and Hamiet Bluiett alongside standout originals by Paczkowski and Chorney. This independently released album is a cornerstone piece for collectors of Vermont jazz history, regional fusion, and rare live recordings from one of the scene’s most inventive ensembles.
