Vicky Chow Bio: Canadian pianist Vicky Chow has been described as “brilliant” (New York Times), “a monster pianist” (Time Out New York) and “new star of new music” (Los Angeles Times). She is the pianist for the Bang on a Can All- Stars and is now also a part of Grand Band, New Music […]
permutations030816: Vicky Chow
Vicky Chow Bio: Canadian pianist Vicky Chow has been described as “brilliant” (New York Times), “a monster pianist” (Time Out New York) and “new star of new music” (Los Angeles Times). She is the pianist for the Bang on a Can All- Stars and is now also a part of Grand Band, New Music […]
Play or Die 2016 #1: Larry Ochs – Jordan Glenn and Bristle
“Play or Die”: a call to action by Anthony Braxton in the seventies. We’re still in agreement. Improvised music has to be heard live to be best appreciated! AND musicians practicing this rugged discipline must perform to a live audience as often as possible in order to evolve, in order to feed the mind. […]
Play or Die 2016 #1: Larry Ochs – Jordan Glenn and Bristle
“Play or Die”: a call to action by Anthony Braxton in the seventies. We’re still in agreement. Improvised music has to be heard live to be best appreciated! AND musicians practicing this rugged discipline must perform to a live audience as often as possible in order to evolve, in order to feed the mind. […]
Fred Frith / Shelley Hirsch Duo
indescribably good interactive sometimes changing at break neck speed sometimes deliciously slow and melodic and sometimes pure noise– not forgetting levity and not shying from intensity… Fred Frith is a songwriter, composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist best known for the reinvention of the electric guitar that began with Guitar Solos in 1974. He learned his craft […]
Fred Frith / Shelley Hirsch Duo
indescribably good interactive sometimes changing at break neck speed sometimes deliciously slow and melodic and sometimes pure noise– not forgetting levity and not shying from intensity… Fred Frith is a songwriter, composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist best known for the reinvention of the electric guitar that began with Guitar Solos in 1974. He learned his craft […]
line upon line percussion
A sampling of the most recent developments in percussion music over the last half-decade. Australian-born, but Berlin-based Thomas Meadowcroft relays the migratory flight patterns of the great knot, while Matthew Shlomowitz investigates everyday and pop culture in Popular Contexts #6. Steve Snowden’s A Man with a Gun Lives Here takes its cues from Depression-era […]
line upon line percussion
A sampling of the most recent developments in percussion music over the last half-decade. Australian-born, but Berlin-based Thomas Meadowcroft relays the migratory flight patterns of the great knot, while Matthew Shlomowitz investigates everyday and pop culture in Popular Contexts #6. Steve Snowden’s A Man with a Gun Lives Here takes its cues from Depression-era […]
Super Healings! – Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
“SUPER HEALINGS!” The Legendary Ethnic Heritage Ensemble All Star 2016 Tour begins in February during Black History Month. Internationally acclaimed percussionist, composer, and band leader Kahil El’Zabar will premier a brand new Ethnic Heritage Ensemble featuring two masterful icons of the modern jazz idiom: Baritone sax giant, Hamiet Bluiett, and trombone titan, Craig Harris! While these three giants […]
Super Healings! – Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
“SUPER HEALINGS!” The Legendary Ethnic Heritage Ensemble All Star 2016 Tour begins in February during Black History Month. Internationally acclaimed percussionist, composer, and band leader Kahil El’Zabar will premier a brand new Ethnic Heritage Ensemble featuring two masterful icons of the modern jazz idiom: Baritone sax giant, Hamiet Bluiett, and trombone titan, Craig Harris! While these three giants […]