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Jon Raskin

Born: 1954

Highlights of Rova founding member Jon Raskin's early career include his '70s participation in new music ensembles directed by John Adams (San Francisco Conservatory of Music) and Dr. Barney Childs (University of Redlands). Before Rova, Raskin served as music director of the Tumbleweed Dance Company (1974-77), was a founding member of the Blue Dolphin Alternative Music Space and participated in the creation of the Farm- an art project that included a city farm, a community garden, Ecology Center, Dance and Theater companies and organized the creation of a city park. Highlights as a member of Rova include composing a collaborative work for SF Taiko Dojo/Rova, working with Howard Martin on the installation work “Occupancy”, composing music for Mr

Bafus - Raskin - Shiurba: Fair Shanks Suburbia

by Glenn Astarita
March 14, 2024

Fair Shanks Suburbia emerges as a noteworthy exploration into the avant-garde, where Jon Bafus (Unsilent Majority), Jon Raskin (ROVA), and John Shiurba (Anthony Braxton) orchestrate a sonic journey that transcends conventional musical boundaries. It is a cohesive narrative that delves into the complexities of suburban life through an experimental lens. From the outset, the ...

Fair Shanks Suburbia

By Jon Raskin

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Rubber Band Rattle Can; Square Wheel; Rubicon Jog; Plinko Test; Lithe Wires; Square Wheel 2; Frantic Cleaning; Slug Lessons; Swarm; Tippy; Crackle Send-off; Cold Scutter.

2 + 2 with Jen Baker & Liz Allbee

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Tableaux; Geomorphs; Light Bending; Night Town; 2 + 2.

Jon Raskin / Phillip Greenlief: 2 + 2 with Jen Baker & Liz Allbee

by Hrayr Attarian
May 31, 2023

Innovative saxophonists Jon Raskin and Phillip Greenlief use graphic scores for a series of recordings, each with a similar pair of instruments. These collaborations are called 2 + 2. The first of these is the provocative 2 + 2 with Jen Baker & Liz Allbee. As the title indicates Raskin and Greenlief join two brass players, ...

Rova Saxophone Quartet at Bop Stop

by John Chacona
October 12, 2022

Rova Saxophone Quartet Bop Stop at the Music Settlement Cleveland, OHOctober 4, 2022 One of the inescapable trends in music over the last decade has been the convergence of two traditions in improvised music, one that was created in the African diaspora and another that evolved in European art music. Classifications ...

Up & Down, Sideways

By Jon Raskin

Label: Temescal
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1. (Plot Line) Allow For Tenderness; (Plot Line) So Many Questions; Agitating Bubbles; (Plot Line) Some Answers; Mexican Sage; All Is Not Right; Unizi l’Arresto; (Plot Line) All Kinds Of Troubles; Virtual Pond; 2 + 2 (1); Postcard Series Two pg2; 2 + 2 (2).

Synergy Signals

By Jon Raskin

Label: Artifact Recordings
Released: 2021
Track listing: Gateway; Foldover; Inch by Inch; Magnetic Fields; Open Passage; Emergent.

Goodheart Raskin Tarasov Trio

Label: Temescal
Released: 2021
Track listing: Under the Ice; Sound Shock; Starlight on Snow; Light on Limestone at Dusk; Midnight Sun; Acoustic Discourse.

Songs From The Urban Forest

Label: Gold Lion Arts
Released: 2021
Track listing: Joe Hill's Last And Final Will; Cries From The Central Valley; Light And Sound On The River; The Aural Dialogues; The King Of Boulevard Park; Valley Clouds In Winter.