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== Background ==
== Background ==
The members of the band were Nancy Jeffries on vocals,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/nancyjeffries.html|title=The Insect Trust- Tribute/Interview- Perfect Sound Forever|website=Furious.com|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}</ref> [[Bill Barth]] on [[guitar]], [[Luke Faust]], formerly of the [[Holy Modal Rounders]], on guitar, banjo, fiddle, and harmonica, [[Trevor Koehler]] on [[saxophone]], and [[Robert Palmer (author/producer)|Robert Palmer]] (1945–1997) on [[clarinet]] and [[saxophone|alto saxophone]]. [[Elvin Jones]] and [[Bernard Purdie]] both drummed with the group at times. Bill Folwell on bass and trumpet and Warren Gardner on trumpet and clarinet were part of the band by the time they recorded their second album.
The members of the band were Nancy Jeffries on vocals,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/nancyjeffries.html|title=The Insect Trust- Tribute/Interview- Perfect Sound Forever|website=Furious.com|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}</ref> [[Bill Barth]] on [[guitar]], [[Luke Faust]], formerly of the [[Holy Modal Rounders]], on guitar, banjo, fiddle, and harmonica, [[Trevor Koehler]] on [[saxophone]], and [[Robert Palmer (author/producer)|Robert Palmer]] (1945–1997) on [[clarinet]] and [[saxophone|alto saxophone]]. [[Elvin Jones]] and [[Bernard Purdie]] both drummed with the group at times. Bill Folwell, who had played with Albert Ayler (and later an original member of [[The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo]]) on bass and trumpet and Warren Gardner on trumpet and clarinet were part of the band by the time they recorded their second album.


According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', the band took its name from [[William S. Burroughs]]'s novel ''[[Naked Lunch]]'', detailing a race of giant insects bent on world domination.<ref>{{cite news | first=Tammy | last=La Gorce | title=Throwing Rock Snobs a Bone | page=14 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | location=New York | date=December 18, 2005}}</ref> However, according to Bill Barth, the name came from the poetry journal ''[[Insect Trust Gazette]]'', published by [[William Levy (author)|William Levy]]. Levy took the name from Burroughs, Warren Gardner then gave it to the band.
According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', the band took its name from [[William S. Burroughs]]'s novel ''[[Naked Lunch]]'', detailing a race of giant insects bent on world domination.<ref>{{cite news | first=Tammy | last=La Gorce | title=Throwing Rock Snobs a Bone | page=14 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | location=New York | date=December 18, 2005}}</ref> However, according to Bill Barth, the name came from the poetry journal ''[[Insect Trust Gazette]]'', published by [[William Levy (author)|William Levy]]. Levy took the name from Burroughs, Warren Gardner then gave it to the band.

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The Insect Trust was an American jazz-based[1] rock band that formed in New York, United States, in 1967.

Background

The members of the band were Nancy Jeffries on vocals,[2] Bill Barth on guitar, Luke Faust, formerly of the Holy Modal Rounders, on guitar, banjo, fiddle, and harmonica, Trevor Koehler on saxophone, and Robert Palmer (1945–1997) on clarinet and alto saxophone. Elvin Jones and Bernard Purdie both drummed with the group at times. Bill Folwell, who had played with Albert Ayler (and later an original member of The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo) on bass and trumpet and Warren Gardner on trumpet and clarinet were part of the band by the time they recorded their second album.

According to The New York Times, the band took its name from William S. Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch, detailing a race of giant insects bent on world domination.[3] However, according to Bill Barth, the name came from the poetry journal Insect Trust Gazette, published by William Levy. Levy took the name from Burroughs, Warren Gardner then gave it to the band.

Musical style

Reviewing their 1970 album Hoboken Saturday Night, Robert Christgau wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies: "The blues scholars in the group have been listening to a lot of Arabic and Eastern European music lately, but this doesn't stop Elvin Jones from sounding just like Elvin Jones. In short, these passionate humanists also sound friendly and have come up with a charming, joyous, irrepressibly experimental record."[4]

Legacy

Robert Palmer later became a well-respected and widely published rock critic and blues/jazz historian and served as the popular music editor of The New York Times in the 1980s. Nancy Jeffries became an executive at A&M, Virgin, and Elektra.

Death

  • Former member, Bill Folwell, died on October 2, 2019, at the age of 80.[5]

Discography

  • 1969: The Insect Trust
  • 1970: Hoboken Saturday Night

References

  1. ^ Robert Christgau, Going Into the City (2015), Dey St., ISBN 0062238795, p. 223.
  2. ^ "The Insect Trust- Tribute/Interview- Perfect Sound Forever". Furious.com. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  3. ^ La Gorce, Tammy (December 18, 2005). "Throwing Rock Snobs a Bone". The New York Times. New York. p. 14.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: I". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ "Obituaries : Bill Folwell" (PDF). Nycjazzrecord.com. p. 12. Retrieved December 23, 2019.

Further reading

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