Results for "Free improvisation"

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 Estonian experimental vocalist, known for exploring the possibilities of the human voice through extended techniques and free improvisation. He has collaborated with numerous distinguished improvising musicians, including Chris Pitsiokos, Fred Frith, Rieko Okuda, Antti Virtaranta, Guilherme Rodrigues, Emilio Gordoa, Taavi Kerikmäe, Mart Soo, and many others. He is a member of the bands Punkt Nihu, Impromachine4000, Kreatiivmootor, and Rooluulend. Outside of music, he is an Associate Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Tartu.

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:

Christer Bothén, Nina de Heney, Karin Johansson and Henrik Wartel ( https://relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/r-rane )

Sonic Waves with Nils Wohlrabe, Karin Johansson and Hasse Westling ( https://sonicwavesgbg.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-waves )

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

Jukka-Pekka Kervinen

Born: May 24, 1961

Jukka-Pekka Kervinen is a Finnish composer, writer and musician. Studies in University in Helsinki (musicology, programming), OU (computing), composing privately. Mainly focused on free improvisations with electric guitar (and other instruments), avantgarde, human-computer systems in realtime improvising, extended guitar techniques.

Yasmin Tal

Composer, pianist, music director, and music educator Yasmin Tal explores community through music.

Her projects include performances of orchestral, chamber, choral, and solo music along with compositions for film, dance, electro-acoustic, and sound installations; in recent years she has developed a unique style of performing based on unusual notation, audience participation and energetic, risk-taking sound.

Yasmin earned her B.Mus and M.mus in Composition from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, while also completing a B.A. in Linguistics and East Asian studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Pat Moonchy

Pat Moonchy is a unique singer/musician whose work is well worth exploring for any listener seriously interested in experimental music as well as underground music. In 1994 she opened The Moonshine Pub, an alternative-artsy place run until 2015. There she tried to help find visuality for underground creativity: Moonchy s interest in art is an integral part of her persona and a necessary corollary of her commitment to unconventional music culture promotion.Operating as dj resident was mixing with a style of her own 60- 70 psych, UK IDM, and kraut-rock becoming a kind of lighthouse for the enthusiastic listener. Since 2010 Pat Moonchy is performing solo live sets with electronic equipment, some designed or modified at her request

Noel Taylor

Born: December 31, 1949

Noel Taylor is an active musician, now living in Lisbon, Portugal. Whilst living in London he was a part of the free improv scene, frequently playing at venues such as the Vortex, Battersea Arts Centre, Cafe Oto, Iklectic. He has released CD's via the label, citystream; with 'Bay's Leap', 'Splatter', a duo with Niko Meinhold, a duo with Alberto Popolla, 'Uncle Rabbit', the 'Improvising Clarinet Ensemble' , a project named 'Stones of Contention' recorded in Sicily with a sextet, 'Quartet Exquis' (in Portugal during the Covid lockdown) ,and solo and group releases on net labels - Headphonica and Clinical Archives

Max Johnson

Born: June 13, 1990

Described as “an intrepid composer, architect of sound and beast of the bass...” (Brad Cohan, NYC Jazz Record) composer-bassist Max Johnson creates complex worlds of sound, challenging his listeners to engage deeply and be rewarded with an experience always crafted with love, care, and clarity. With seventeen albums as a leader and more than two thousand concerts internationally with artists like Anthony Braxton, Mary Halvorson, Tyshawn Sorey, John Zorn, and Mivos Quartet, Johnson brings a wild energy and excitement. Johnson currently teaches music theory at Brooklyn College and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania.