condition (record/cover): NM / NM

An unusual and carefully considered programme on Gramavision, the American independent label that through the 1980s occupied a productive position between jazz, new music, and experimental work. At The Tomb Of Charles Ives pairs John Cage's tribute to Ives with music by Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Virgil Thomson, and Leo Smit. The Ives connection threads through all of it: Cowell was Ives's most important early champion and editor; Harrison studied with Cowell; Ussachevsky studied with both Cowell and Rogers; and Cage acknowledged Ives as a crucial American precursor. A programme that maps a lineage rather than simply gathering names.