In January, Bang On A Can and harmonia mundi usa announced a partnership for the exclusive distribution of Bang On A Can’s new recording project, Cantaloupe Music. Cantaloupe Music represents the culmination of 13 years …
David S. WarePhoto by David Katenstein, courtesy AUM Fidelity
My solos are just about completely spontaneous, but I may have a pure conception in mind for a particular solo. It may or may not be …
Music Director Daniel Barenboim announced at a press conference on February 20, 2001, that composer Augusta Read Thomas has renewed her contract as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra‘s Composer-in-Residence through the 2005-2006 concert season. Ms. Thomas …
Tony TrischkaPhoto by Don Fisher, courtesy Rounder Records
My improvisations take a number of forms. If I’m soloing on a traditional bluegrass tune, I’ll try to stick to the melody as closely as possible. Sometimes …
Immersion DVD
[Author’s note: When I first got my hands on Immersion, the new DVD-Audio from the Colorado-based Starkland, I was disappointed to find that there was no accompanying movie. After I missed the …
David KrakauerPhoto by Bogdan Krezel, courtesy Aleba Gartner
Improvising in Klezmer Music falls basically into two categories. One is the ornamenting of set (traditional or original) melodies. The other is improvising in an open, rhapsodic …
Russell Peck
What’s the only thing better than a performance of a new piece by an American composer? Two performances. And even better – two performances by two different ensembles.
How about up to three …
Regina Carter Photo courtesy Verve Music Group
The point of improvisation is for it to come off the top of your head. None of my solos are worked out. Even though we play a lot …
Photo by Lourdes Delgado
February 8, 2001 at The Jazz Standard, NYC
Members:
Ben Allison Frank Kimbrough Ted Nash Michael Blake Ron Horton
with Frank J. Oteri
Conversation transcribed by Karyn Joaquino
Precedents for the Collective
Mutual …
Regina Carter“…If you try to do the same thing again, you wind up sounding forced and then it’s not improvisation anymore…”
David Krakauer“…each improvisation develops a certain "worked out" quality that comes from the effort to …
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- Jake Runestad
- Tison Street
- Ludmila Ulehla
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