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Stefan Smulovitz: Painting Music, Making Light

Read "Stefan Smulovitz: Painting Music, Making Light" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Stefan Smulovitz sits in his Roberts Creek studio, studying a delicate watercolor painting of circles and mountain forms. A gong rests nearby, ready to echo the round shapes that dance across the page. This is how “The Pier," the opening track of his album Bow & Brush (RedShift, 2024), came to life, finding musical gestures within visual ones.“I look for structural elements first," Smulovitz explains. “In 'The Pier,' those little round things connect directly to gong hits. When ...

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Radio & Podcasts

Stefan Smulovitz, Marina Albero, Nubya Garcia, Wolfgang Muthspiel

Read "Stefan Smulovitz, Marina Albero, Nubya Garcia, Wolfgang Muthspiel" reviewed by Cheryl K.


During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, cuts from new releases by multi-instrumentalist Stefan Smulovitz, pianist Marina Albero, saxophonist Nubya Garcia, the Brazilian trio Caixa Cubo, a never-before-issued album co-led by pianist McCoy Tyner and saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Jon Batiste, and guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel. Playlist Jimmie Noone “Forevermore" from Apex Blues (GRP) 2:54 Jason Kao Hwang “Silhouettes Lean Forward" from Soliloquies: Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations (Sounds True Recordings) 3:17 Stefan Smulovitz “Owl Watching" from ...


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