Results for "Lou Harrison"

Lou Harrison

Where's The Beat? From Ancient Rhythms To Future Grooves For Gizmos, Gadgets And Thingamajigs

August 10, 2017

The classic “world beat bible" by Matthew Montfort is now bringing these ancient rhythms into the grooves of the future with content for digital audio workstations, sequencers, computers, tablets, smartphones, CD players, and other gizmos! Where's the Beat? A. West Africa, Bali, and India, birthplaces of polyrhythm, gamelan, and tala. B. Within every performer, ...

Karen Gottlieb: Music for Harp

by Alberto Bazzurro
July 8, 2016

Attraversando mezzo secolo di letteratura per arpa, Karen Gottlieb confeziona un album sufficientemente vario per uno strumento tendenzialmente piuttosto monolitico come quello che si è scelta. Del 1949 sono la pagina più attempata delle due a firma di Lou Harrison (1917-2003), che apre la raccolta, e quella di John Cage. La prima, in 5 movimenti, costeggia ...

Klas Nevrin Ensemble: Live At Lederman

by Eyal Hareuveni
July 26, 2014

Swedish pianist and composer Klas Nevrin, known for his ongoing collaborations with reed player Fredrik Ljungkvist in Ljungkvist's bands Yun Kan 5 and Yun Kan 10 and in the Norwegian- Swedish quartet Honeyleap, suggests a new arresting sonic aesthetic in his new solo album. His compositions forge a middle path between the rock-inspired lineage of free ...

Thollem McDonas: The Beauty of Never Going Back Home

by Dave Wayne
August 7, 2013

What is often forgotten about improvised music is that it can come from anywhere. Though its history is inextricably intertwined with jazz, improvisation is part and parcel of a myriad of musical cultures. Pianist and composer Thollem McDonas is not just aware of this fact, it is part of his daily existence. About 10 years ago, ...

Amy C. Beal: Carla Bley

by Chris May
December 4, 2011

Carla Bley Amy C. Beal Softcover, 114 pages University of Illinois Press ISBN: 9780252078187 2011 Remarkably, this is the first detailed, published study of the career and music of Carla Bley, the distinguished composer, keyboardist, band leader and activist. It is the seventh volume in the University of ...

Fred Frith: Mapping the Further Reaches

by Nic Jones
May 3, 2010

Multi-instrumentalist/composer Fred Frith occupies a unique niche. As a charter member of Henry Cow, a band for which improvisation was always an integral part of musical expression, he was partly responsible for some of the most radical music ever to have emerged from beneath the rock umbrella.So much so, in fact, that ...

The New Black: The White Album

by Clifford Allen
July 23, 2009

Percussionist Gino Robair's Rastascan label, based in the Bay Area, has long been a sort of outpost for non-idiomatic improvisation in the US, recording groups like the Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Paul Lytton Trio, German reedman Wolfgang Fuchs, saxophonist John Butcher and guitarist Derek Bailey. Robair studied with AMM percussionist Eddie Prevost in England, as well as composition ...