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Michael Dessen
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Michael Dessen is a composer-improviser who performs on the slide trombone and computer. Active in a variety of ensembles as leader or collaborator, he creates music for improvisers and engages new technologies of telepresence and digital networking. His music has been praised by critics in numerous jazz and contemporary music publications, and recorded on labels such as Clean Feed, Cuneiform, and Circumvention. Dessen's teachers include Yusef Lateef, George Lewis, and Anthony Davis, and he has also been schooled through extensive freelance experiences ranging from salsa bands to avant-garde new music ensembles
Ancestral Numbers
Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ancestral Numbers I: Second House; Malachi; Potenziality; Remembering Water; Roots and Routes; Wattensaw; Vestibule; Ancestral Numbers.
Ancestral Numbers II: Sweet Tooth; The Return; Ruby; Enos; Deployment; Arrival; Grayscale; Ancestral Numbers.
Blue Salience: For Yusef Lateef
Label: Circumvention Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Curved Path; Soul Keepers; Blue Salience; Fathom
(Remembering Water); Equipoise; Bright Spirits; The Cabin;
Horizon; Manifold Oneness; Fifth Saga; The Heron; Gates of
Truth; The Golden Hue
Ancestral Numbers I
Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Second House; Malachi; Potentiality; Remembering Water; Roots and Routes; Wattensaw; Vestibule;
Ancestral Numbers (alt).
Ancestral Numbers II
Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Sweet Tooth; The Return; Ruby; Enos; Deployment; Arrival; Grayscale; Ancestral Numbers.
Jason Robinson: Ancestral Numbers II
by Pat Youngspiel
Jason Robinson's Ancestral Numbers is “a sound meditation on genealogy and family history" and will comprise an “ongoing series of compositions for varying instrumentation." “I" and “II" are merely the starting point for an intimate investigation into the depths of the saxophonist's family tree, set in motion shortly after the passing of Robinson's grandmother. Accompanying the ...
Sweet Tooth
Album: Ancestral Numbers II
By Jason Robinson
Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2024
Duration: 6:53
Jason Robinson: Ancestral Numbers II
by Terence Collie
Ancestral Numbers II is saxophonist, flautist and composer Jason Robinson's second album of music reflecting on his ancestry, following the May 2024 release of Ancestral Numbers I. The album launches with “Sweet Tooth," a simple but compelling composition that starts with a vamp. Opening melodic statements--with saxophone and trombone playing together over infectious piano ...
Second House
Album: Ancestral Numbers I
By Jason Robinson
Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2024
Duration: 6:25
Jason Robinson: Ancestral Numbers I
by Glenn Astarita
Ancestral Numbers I by Jason Robinson is a jazz album that feels like a deep, reflective conversation with history itself. With his saxophone, Robinson pays homage to the jazz tradition and his family heritage, crafting a sound that's both personal and expansive. The journey begins with “Second House," where the all-star ensemble, featuring pianist ...
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