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News: Recording

AB Baars - Time to Do My Lions (Stichting Wig, 2010) ****

March 29, 2011

By Paul Acquaro I must admit I was afraid to listen to this album at first. I thought that I might not know how to hear, compare, or enjoy a solo saxophone recording. I like space and I like the edges of improvisation and music, but I was concerned that this would be to far off ...

News: Performance / Tour

Instant Composers Pool Orchestra to Play 3-Day Concert Series April 1-3 in Philadelphia on US Spring Tour

March 27, 2011

From April 1st through the 3rd, Ars Nova Workshop will present Three Days in Philadelphia, a multi-night concert series showcasing the work of acclaimed Dutch ensemble Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), in a rare US appearance. The internationally celebrated tentet has engaged audiences with their unique blend of tradition and experimentation for over 40 years. Instant ...

News: Education

Ars Nova Workshop Hosts Two Series with Fieldwork & ICP Orchestra

February 3, 2011

Ars Nova Workshop Hosts Two Special Creative Music Series Composer Portrait: Fieldwork, March 11 -13 featuring Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey and Steven Lehman; Instant Composers Pool Orchestra, April 1ש Ars Nova Workshop, Philadelphia's leading nonprofit jazz and experimental music presenter, announces two special weekend concert series in Spring 2011. Featuring the work of Fieldwork and Instant ...

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Windfall

By Ab Baars

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Released: 2010
Track listing: 1. The Staircase Incident - 04:19; 2. Ant Logics - 02:45; 3. Windfall - 01:53; 4. Wood-wind - 04:55; 5. Long Way Home - 04:30; 6. Bird Talk - 05:01; 7. Insinuated Instability - 03:54; 8. The Pledge - 06:41; 9. Eastern Rudiment - 03:13; 10. Into Philosophy - 04:05; 11. Target Practice - 04:50.

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Time To Do My Lions

By Ab Baars

Label: Wig
Released: 2010

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Article: Year in Review

Eyal Hareuveni's Best Releases of 2010 and More

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 19, 2010

Best new releases (in no particular order): Eple Trio, In The Clearing/In The Cavern (NORCD)Harris Eisenstadt, Woodblock Prints (No Business)Savina Yannatou/Barry Guy, <em>Attikos</em> (Maya)<br /><br />{{Agustí Fernández/Barry Guy/Ramón López, Morning Glory (Maya)Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and& Kim Myhr, Stems And Cages (MNJ)Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Eirik Hegdal ...

Article: Album Review

Ab Baars: Time to Do My Lions

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 5, 2010

La Stichting Wig è stata fondata nel 1993 in Olanda dal sassofonista Ab Baars e dalla violista Ig Henneman con la precisa intenzione di promuovere “nuova musica". Se dovessimo tradurne il nome interamente dall'olandese bisognerebbe optare per “Fondazione Wig," ma Wig in olandese significa anche “cuneo" e il gioco, forse, sta proprio nel dolce gioco di ...

Article: Album Review

Ab Baars - Meinrad Kneer: Windfall

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 14, 2010

L'etichetta gestita dal pianista olandese Albert van Veenendaal pubblica questo CD, che è stato registrato in due diverse sedute nel gennaio e dicembre 2008. Tutte le composizioni sono attribuite congiuntamente a Baars e a Kneer; il che fa supporre che si tratti di libere improvvisazioni. All'ascolto però molti brani sembrano basarsi su tracce concordate, su semplici ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Globe Unity: Holland

by A. Henkin
February 28, 2010

Ab Baars/Ig Henneman/Misha MengelbergSliptongWig2009 Wolter WierbosDeiningDolFijn2009 Michiel BraamNon-Functionals!BBB2009 Dutch jazz has been around since the 1920s and changed radically in the aftermath ...

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