Bring Yr Camera Explained

Bring Yr Camera
Type:	Album
Artist:	Wayne Horvitz
Cover:	Bring Yr Camera.jpg
Released:	1989
Recorded:	February 1988
Genre:	Jazz, blues
Length:	48:26
Label:	Elektra/Musician
Producer:	Arthur Moorhead, Wayne Horvitz
Chronology:	Wayne Horvitz
Prev Title:	Nine Below Zero
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Miracle Mile
Next Year:	1992

Bring Yr Camera is an album by American keyboardist and composer Wayne Horvitz's band the President.^{[1] [2]} It was recorded in 1988 and released on the Elektra/Musician label.^{[3] [4]} Horvitz considered the President to be his attempt at a blues group.^[5]

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that "Horvitz's pieces dip into blues and slide-guitar rock a la Little Feat, along with mock-minimalist repetition, tinges of gamelan or Latin or Japanese music, and whatever else pops into mind."^[6]

The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick stated: "Bring Yr Camera is an enjoyable disc and very much of its time, but one can't help but think of some degree of wasted potential".^[7]

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Horvitz

1. "Hearts Are Broken" - 5:07
2. "Philip" - 6:00
3. "Ride the Wide Streets" - 3:18
4. "Our Hands of Water" - 3:44
5. "Clear the Bridge" - 6:05
6. "Andre's Mood" - 5:20
7. "3 Crows" - 5:14
8. "A Bad Dream" - 9:59
9. "Wish the Children Would Come on Home" - 3:39

• Recorded at Power Station in New York City in February 1988

Personnel

• Wayne Horvitz - keyboards, drum programming, harmonica
• Elliott Sharp - guitar
• Doug Wieselman - tenor saxophone
• Dave Tronzo - guitar
• Bobby Previte - drums
• Dave Hofstra - electric bass, tuba

Notes and References

1. Santoro . Gene . Record Reviews: Wayne Horvitz . DownBeat . May 1989 . 56 . 5 . 31.
2. News: McCracken . David . Meet the President . Chicago Tribune . 28 Apr 1989 . Tempo . 3.
3. http://home.arcor.de/nyds-exp-discogs/index0.htm Wayne Horvitz discography
4. News: Harrison . Tom . The President Bring Yr Camera . The Province . 2 July 1989 . Living . 61.
5. News: Miller . Mark . Bring Yr Camera The President . The Globe and Mail . 31 Aug 1989 . C6.
6. News: Pareles . Jon . Recent Releases . The New York Times . 2 Apr 1989 . A30.
7. Olewnick, B. AllMusic Review accessed January 3, 2012