Results for "Free improvisation"

Enzo Rocco

Born: October 5, 1963

Guitarist, improviser, composer, conductor. Enzo Rocco has taken part in various groups since the early ‘90 also attendeding contemporary music, music for theatre and ballet, folk music, happenings and improvisations with poets and with painters. With his groups he has recorded a dozen of CDs (very well reviewed by the press all over the world) and he has played everywhere in Europe and often in Japan, Indonesia, Latin America, Northern Africa. Nowadays, after closing the eight-years experience of the Tubatrio - his own group with Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone/tuba/electronics) and Ettore Fioravanti (drums) - he leads his own amusing “bass-less” New Trio (bass clarinet, drums, guitar) as well as keeps travelling around the world with Carlo Actis Dato (the humoristic, crazy duo being born in 1997)

John Baylies

Born: 1992

John Baylies is an American tubist known for his experiments in electroacoustic improvisation. A native of North Andover, Massachusetts, John currently lives in New York City, where he leads his improvised dubstep band Sousastep, co-leads the free-jazz ensemble Sunnyside Electric, and performs in a wide variety of groups such as the Dingonek Street Band (Afrobeat, Ethio-jazz, Balkan), and NOTUS (NOLA, jazz-funk).

Michael A Levy

Born: July 2, 1948

My early musical influesnes were entirely classical. Primarily Chopin. Actually, my mom taught me my first stride bass tune, St.Louis  Blues. In my teens I started playing in bands and acquired copies of the then “illegal” fake books. The world of standards opened up and I learned lots of them, comping basic chords in  my left hand. 

Around 15 I became exposed to the jazz genre. Miles, Monk, Brubeck, MJQ. Those sounds became my jazz foundation. I tried to improvise but it was unguided and not very adventurous. Of course I listened to a lot of lesser luminaries, but still great… Horace Silver, Yusef Lateef, Ahmad Jamal, Ravi Shankar, etc. 

Anıl Bilgen

Born: July 20, 1989

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Gaya Feldheim Schorr

Born: October 6, 1993

Gaya Feldheim Schorr is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and photographer originally from Tel Aviv - Jaffa and currently based in Marseille, France, after spending almost a decade in New York City. 'I Have Considered The Lilies' is Gaya’s vibrant re-imagination of the music of Connie Converse, an enigmatic singer-songwriter who left behind a staggering archive of music and texts after her disappearance in 1974. Alongside a group of cult-favorite Brooklynite collaborators including Grey Mcmurray (guitar), Tal Yahalom (guitar), and Eva Lawitts (bass), Gaya invites the listener into the intimate world of Converse’s songs, poems, and ontological wrestlings with equal doses of warmth and melancholy

Carreras Tiri

Improvisation is a journey into the unknown through unmarked paths, where the music is our only guide and where the field of possibilities is limitless. This infinite space of freedom that it offers us is a source of creativity and intense joy. Sometimes the path can be full of pitfalls but there is always a way out and it is there that the improbable can happen! When we leave behind all preconceived notions and prejudices, and are sensitive to the present moment with attention and generosity, the encounter with the other and with ourselves becomes possible and reveals unsuspected spaces. We only find what we are not looking for and improvisation thus leads to surprise ourselves as much as the other. It is this journey towards the unheard of that fascinates me and to which I invite you in all simplicity.

Carol J Levin

Carol J Levin has established a unique niche as Seattle's improvising harpist. Returning to the harp after classical training in her youth, she has been embraced by jazz and free improvisation communities for her creative voice and for extending the capabilities of the harp beyond its expected style. Carol plays frequently in duos, trios and large ensembles including CHA, Levitation, The Likes Of, Christian Pincock's Scrambler, Beth Fleenor's Blindfold Ensemble, Rain City Jazz Orchestra, and Steve Treseler's Game Symphony Workshop.  She has guested with the Jazz Connection, Starbucks Chorus (Street Requiem at Benaroya Hall), the Phinney Neighborhood Chorus, Neil Welch's Coltrane Expressions, the Seth Alexander quintet, Women's Rockin' Jazz, at improvisation concerts in the Wayward Music series, the Racer Sessions and Gallery 1412

Roomet Jakapi

Born: April 18, 1973

Roomet Jakapi is an experimental vocalist and free improviser based in Estonia. He has performed with many talented improv musicians, including Rieko Okuda, Antti Virtaranta, Kris Kuldkepp, Guilherme Rodrigues, Emilio Gordoa, Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen, Tom Blancarte, Beat Keller, Chris Pitsiokos, Fred Frith, Jerzy Mazzoll, Sławek Janicki, Girilal Baars, Roman Stolyar, Dario Fariello, Elo Masing, Teemu Mustonen, Taavi Kerikmäe, Mart Soo, Niels Præstholm, Theodore Parker, Jukka Kääriäinen, Jonas Van den Bossche, Lauri Hyvärinen, and Ilia Belorukov

Karin Johansson

Swedish pianist, improviser and composer, based in Gothenburg. Educated at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg and active since many years in Sweden and internationally. Working with extended techniques and preparations. Playing in several groups and collaborations, among others:

Paul Jarret / Karin Johansson / Donovan von Martens ( https://pauljarret.bandcamp.com/album/h-misph-re-hemisf-r )

Rosanna Gunnarson / Karin Johansson ( https://outerdisk.myshopify.com/ )

ORD ( https://karinjohanssonord.bandcamp.com ),

Karin Johansson / Lisen Rylander Löve duo ( https://johanssonrylanderlove.bandcamp.com ),