Results for "Free improvisation"

Eero Savela

Born: January 31, 1977

• Eero Savela is a Finnish trumpeter known for a versatile career in music and performing arts since around 2000. He often engages in interdisciplinary collaborations that blend sound with dance, circus, theater, and other creative expressions.

• His musical roots are in free improvisation, jazz, world music, and a wide array of rhythmic styles. He performs both as a soloist and a member of wind sections

Marco Vanoppen

Marco Vanoppen is a Belgian musician/deconstructivist.

His field of work includes avant-garde music, improvisation, industrial music, experimental music, ... . He is/was a (founding) member of multiple bands and/or music projects. 

Marco was born in Hasselt, Limburg and is also known as Spurck.

Glass Key Trio

The Glass Key Trio

Based in Santa Fe, NM and led by Jeremy Bleich’s eclectic guitar and compositional style,

The Glass Key Trio produces and explores compositions inspired by Americana, Balkan, Arabic

and contemporary classical music and film noir.  Each composition is a vehicle for spirited dialogue between the players ushering the listener into a narrative exploration of musical landscapes. 

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GKT has been nominated for two 2023 New Mexico Music Awards including Best Jazz Album and

Dori Levine

Camila Nebbia

Camila Nebbia from Buenos Aires, based in Berlin, is a saxophone player, composer, improviser, visual artist and curator. Described by Jazz PT magazine as “an essential saxophonist of our time”. The multidisciplinary artist layers her practice through the creation and destruction of archival memory, exploring the concepts of identity, migration, and memory. Her work includes improvised and composed music, film creation, and audiovisual performances, forming a constellation of interconnected practices.

Her most recent solo album –'una ofrenda a la ausencia' (an offering to absence) with Relative Pitch Records– was described by  the NYC Jazz Record as an 'innately human and personal album, surprising listeners with a passionate approach to jazz'.

Max Kutner

Max Kutner is a guitarist and composer originally from Las Vegas, NV. He began playing guitar at the age of 11 after becoming enamored with a cassette of Will Smith’s “Big Willie Style”. Shortly thereafter, he discovered and devoured myriad artists through voraciously watching MTV. Also he spent hours listening to his grandfather’s record collection. Max’s grandfather was a performing saxophonist, singer and bandleader in New York for nearly 40 years. Max also loitered in various record stores where he would often sample nearly half a dozen albums a day for the bulk of his adolescence. His tastes and interests were augmented further during his studies at University of Nevada, Reno and especially at the renowned California Institute of the Arts where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in 2009 and Master’s of Fine Art in 2011 respectively.

Luego un Rio

Active since: 2020

Luego un río ("Then a River"), a collective jazz trio based in Rosario, Argentina. The group, formed in 2020 consists of Mariano Súarez (cornet), Fermín Suárez (double bass) and Alex Javier Reiner (drums).
Through the compositions and the improvisations the group tries to create an interactive and dynamic environment, a soundscape where the influences —ranging from the jazz tradition and modern masters, passing through singer-songwriters, to European Jazz and noise; mix themselves without losing the introspective quality.

Matteo Ciminari

Matteo Ciminari is an Italian composer, guitarist, and theremin player renowned for his genre-defying musical approach. His compositions seamlessly blend elements from various styles, resulting in a unique and personal musical language.

Tom Teasley

Born: December 2

Tom Teasley, described in the Washington Post as “a multi-instrumental genius,” maintains a unique career as a solo percussionist, composer, and collaborator. He is a Drummie Award winner for “World Percussionist of the Year by Drum! Magazine. Tom is a multi Helen Hayes Theatre Award recipient for outstanding sound design (nominations in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2019). Tom tours frequently worldwide, performing and presenting clinics for the instrument companies he endorses, including Yamaha, Vic Firth, Sabian, Remo, and Gon Bops. His educational book /DVD, An American Approach to World Percussion, is published by Alfred Publishing.

Pulse - Anthony Fuoco, Dustin May, Aidan Plank, Brad Wagner

Active since: 2018

Pulse. The beat of the heart, a sense of vitality and continuity, often serving as a metaphor for the way music flows in time. When four musicians gathered to explore what might emerge from their collective artistic curiosities, a new Pulse was born. The Cleveland-based group, Pulse, features Anthony Fuoco on piano, Dustin May on drums, Aidan Plank on acoustic bass, and Brad Wagner on tenor and soprano saxophones. Established in early 2018, their approach celebrates melodic shape, harmonic subtlety, improvisation, and the wide-open soundscapes of the Midwest. Blending elements of jazz, classical, popular, and world music, Pulse invites the listener to explore the depths of emotion and imagination