Deadly She-Wolf Assassin Armageddon / Mommas Song
Before “the old Fred Ho” died on August 4, 2006 of advanced colo-rectal cancer and “the new Fred Ho” emerged, he had created an amazing body of radical, popular avant garde operas and music/theater works, which he interchangeably called manga music/theater or opera or martial arts opera or living comic books. Innova Records and Autonomedia are proud and honored to release the first-ever jazz and new music manga-CD project of two of these works joined as one. Deadly She-Wolf: Assassination at Armageddon was the last completed full-stage production of a Fred Ho manga-opera, written by Ho and Ruth Margraff in homage to the 1970s yellow exploitation manga-movie series, Lone Wolf and Cub. This soundtrack recording to the show features Ho’s foray into the use of the twenty-string bass koto (performed by Yumi Kurosawa) and Japanese shakuhachi and fue flutes (by Masaru Koga). Performers: Performers: Art Hirahara, David Bindman, Fred Ho, Masaru Koga, Yumi Kurosawa, Wes Brown, royal hartigan
Arranged By – Fred Ho (tracks: 15 to 16)
Illustration – Mac McGill (2)
Music By – Archie Shepp (tracks: 15 to 16)
Music By, Concept By, Written-By – Fred Ho (tracks: 1 to 14, 17)
Words By – Christine Stark (tracks: 15 to 16)
Written-By – Ruth Margraff (tracks: 1 to 14)