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Earl Howard: 5 Saxophone Solos
by Ty Cumbie
Saxophonist Earl Howard's solo CD, released on Tom Buckner's wonderful Mutable Music, reveals a quirky command of the instrument and ideas that defy easy analysis. For five fearless intervals, Howard publicly probes a private realm of sound. The results are almost always far from unlovely. Throughout there's an undertone of antipathy--and, paradoxically, a seeming affinity--for comfortable intervals in melody. There is no obvious interpolation of rhythm whatsoever, giving the recording a stark, abstract feel. Yet this is ...
read moreEarl Howard: Strong Force
by Clifford Allen
There are those who decried the attempted merger in the early ‘60s of jazz and classical music, the Third Stream movement spearheaded by Gunther Schuller, John Lewis and others, as a disservice to both realms. True, these early attempted syntheses often left too many seams showing and too many loose ends to qualify as successful.
Nevertheless, the improvised chamber music" aesthetic has met with better results in more qualified hands, ostensibly from the jazz realm (Anthony Davis, ...
read moreEarl Howard / Denman MAroney: Fire Song
by Glenn Astarita
Fire Song represents yet another intriguing effort brought to us by “Erstwhile Records” as hyperpiano specialist Denman Maroney and alto saxophonist, synth performer Earl Howard match wits in a series of ambitious duets that might spark a glowing light within the listener’s subliminal self. Here, the duo challenges our imaginative powers as Maroney works the innards of his piano in concert with Howard’s delicate utilization of synths and highly charged performances on sax, most notably on the final track and ...
read more2011 Guggenheim Fellow Earl Howard Premieres His Composition Project Superstring At Roulette May 12
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Heidi Howard
Earl Howard Ensemble Tom Chiu and Conrad Harris Saturday, May 12, 2012 8PM at Roulette Brooklyn 509 Atlantic Ave (corner of Atlantic and 3rd Ave) An evening of dynamic new music from live electroacoustic pioneer Earl Howard and FLUX Quartet violinists Tom Chiu and Conrad Harris. 2011 Guggenheim Fellow Earl Howard, a pioneer in the development of live electronic processing and extended instrumental techniques, presents the premiere of his Guggenheim project Superstring, with Wu ...
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