Jazz Articles about Ensemble InterContemporain

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Ensemble InterContemporain: Luciano Berio: Sequenzas

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2000

Mr. Astarita:

Avant-Garde jazz may be considered in the same vein as much 20th Century postmodern classical music, a la Maurice Kagel and Luciano Berio. Both genres (if, indeed, they are different) boast a deliberate composition and/or improvisation providing a product of almost stream-of-consciousness sound. Knowing your interest in the avant-garde in jazz, I thought you might interested in what is happening on the other side of the fence.

The Italian composer Luciano Berio has been composing a series of ...

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Ensemble InterContemporain: Luciano Berio: Sequenzas

by C. Michael Bailey
April 1, 2000

A Memo to Glenn Astarita, Modern/Avant-Garde Editor, All About Jazz:

Mr. Astarita:

Avant-Garde jazz may be considered in the same vein as much 20th Century postmodern classical music, a la Maurice Kagel and Luciano Berio. Both genres (if, indeed, they are different) boast a deliberate composition and/or improvisation providing a product of almost stream-of-consciousness sound. Knowing your interest in the avant-garde in jazz, I thought you might interested in what is happening on the other side of the fence.

The ...