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Jon Raskin
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Highlights of Rova founding member Jon Raskin's early career include his '70s participation in new music ensembles directed by John Adams (San Francisco Conservatory of Music) and Dr. Barney Childs (University of Redlands). Before Rova, Raskin served as music director of the Tumbleweed Dance Company (1974-77), was a founding member of the Blue Dolphin Alternative Music Space and participated in the creation of the Farm- an art project that included a city farm, a community garden, Ecology Center, Dance and Theater companies and organized the creation of a city park. Highlights as a member of Rova include composing a collaborative work for SF Taiko Dojo/Rova, working with Howard Martin on the installation work “Occupancy”, composing music for Mr
2 + 2 with Shoko Hikage and Kanoko Nishi
By Jon Raskin
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Night Town; 2 + 2; Terrestrial part one: Cardboard, part two: Bottles; Succulents; The Bucket; Matchstick
Army.
Phillip Greenlief and Jon Raskin: 2 + 2 with Shoko Hikage and Kanoko Nishi
by Hrayr Attarian
In the third decade of the 21st century saxophonists Jon Raskin and Phillip Greenlief have been slowly releasing albums from their 2+2 series. These are sessions, both improvised and using Raskin's graphic scores, which match Raskin and Greenlief with two other musicians who play the same instrument.. The second installment, the captivating 2+2 with Shoko Hikage ...
Bafus - Raskin - Shiurba: Fair Shanks Suburbia
by Glenn Astarita
Fair Shanks Suburbia emerges as a noteworthy exploration into the avant-garde, where Jon Bafus (Unsilent Majority), Jon Raskin (ROVA), and John Shiurba (Anthony Braxton) orchestrate a sonic journey that transcends conventional musical boundaries. It is a cohesive narrative that delves into the complexities of suburban life through an experimental lens. From the outset, the ...
2 + 2 with Jen Baker & Liz Allbee
By Jon Raskin
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Tableaux; Geomorphs; Light Bending; Night Town; 2 + 2.
Fair Shanks Suburbia
By Jon Raskin
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Rubber Band Rattle Can; Square Wheel; Rubicon Jog; Plinko Test; Lithe Wires; Square Wheel 2; Frantic
Cleaning; Slug Lessons; Swarm; Tippy; Crackle Send-off; Cold Scutter.
Jon Raskin / Phillip Greenlief: 2 + 2 with Jen Baker & Liz Allbee
by Hrayr Attarian
Innovative saxophonists Jon Raskin and Phillip Greenlief use graphic scores for a series of recordings, each with a similar pair of instruments. These collaborations are called 2 + 2. The first of these is the provocative 2 + 2 with Jen Baker & Liz Allbee. As the title indicates Raskin and Greenlief join two brass players, ...
Rova Saxophone Quartet at Bop Stop
by John Chacona
Rova Saxophone Quartet Bop Stop at the Music Settlement Cleveland, OHOctober 4, 2022 One of the inescapable trends in music over the last decade has been the convergence of two traditions in improvised music, one that was created in the African diaspora and another that evolved in European art music. Classifications ...
Live at NIR Studios
By Jon Raskin
Label: Temescal Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: a great harness for a horse; a door with a skeleton as its knocker; a dressing gown inside a locker; a city
full of talking faces; the words creating noisy books.
Book 'P' of Practitioners
By Jon Raskin
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Peacock—To Bud Freeman; Pelican—To Buck Clayton; Penguin—To Vladimir Horowitz;
Platypus—To Elvin
Jones; Porcupine—To Serge Diaghilev; Pterodactyl—To Cat Anderson.
