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Terry Riley is an American composer and musician, born June 24, 1935, in Colfax, California. He’s a pioneer of minimalism in music, known for his innovative use of repetition, tape loops, and improvisation. His 1964 composition In C is a landmark minimalist work, featuring short musical fragments repeated by performers at their own pace, creating a shifting, hypnotic texture. Riley also explored electronic music and Indian classical music, studying with Pandit Pran Nath, which influenced works like A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969). He’s collaborated with artists like Kronos Quartet and continues to perform and compose, blending classical, jazz, and global music traditions.
Live From Tallinn: The Necks, Phlox & The Jimi Tenor Band
by Martin Longley
The Necks Paavli Kultuurivabrik Tallinn, Estonia April 25, 2026 The Necks revel in their improvisatory nature, but they do observe a handful of self-imposed parameters. Their free-form excursions customarily evolve over the span of around an hour, and their gigs usually involve a pair of sets, mostly navigating contrasting approaches. Here ...
Petr Studený: Listening as a Creative Act
by Nenad Georgievski
For Petr Studený, music has never been a passive background hum. Since 1979, he has operated under the self-assigned title of “active listener"--a designation that treats the intake of sound as a foundational creative act. Based in Prague, a city whose “magical" atmosphere he credits as a silent collaborator, Studený has spent decades navigating the intersections of ...
John Hadfield: An Open Concept
by Katchie Cartwright
John Hadfield's sound is instantly recognizable, due in part to his unique drum kit, which reflects the musics he has studied and with which he continues to engage. Hadfield's formal degrees are in jazz (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Western classical music (University of Missouri, Kansas City), but he also studied frame drumming and world ...
Meet trombonist, keyboardist, and composer William Carn
by Cheryl K.
In this hour, an interview with trombonist, keyboardist, and composer William Carn. He and his group Choices have self-released The Unburdening. Playlist [SINGLE] Bitter:Sweet “Dirty Laundry" (Quango) 4:01 Colin Hancock's Jazz Hounds feat. Catherine Russell “Telephoning the Blues" from Cat & The Hounds (Turtle Bay) 2:59 [excerpt] William Carn's Choices “No Peace" from The ...
Attentive listening suggested! Terry Riley, Ingrid Laubrock, Roscoe Mitchell and Kaze with Koichi Makigami
by Hobart Taylor
This week we explore the peripheries of jazz featuring composer Terry Riley who turns 90 this year, contemplate musical and literal koans from Ingrid Laubrock and friends, receive “Transmissions" from Roscoe Mitchell, join Wadada Leo Smith with Amina Claudine Myers on a “Central Park" ramble, and then there's Kaze with Koichio Makigami Playlist Host ...
Ches Smith: Clone Row
by Vic Albani
Giù il cappello ancora una volta. Ches Smith è davvero un meraviglioso esempio di intelligenza e--dopo il bellissimo capolavoro dedicato al Voodoo (Path of Seven Colors) pubblicato con Pyroclastic nel 2021, ma anche Laugh Ash del 2024--tira fuori dal cappello un'altra meraviglia affrontando un'autentica destrutturazione di un super quartetto con tanto di due chitarre (Mary Halvorson, ...
Sergio Armaroli, Andrea Centazzo: Bacchette Magiche
by Neri Pollastri
Bacchette Magiche Sergio Armaroli, Andrea Centazzo 190 Pagine ISBN: 978-88-3617-287-0 Manni Editori 2023 Due percussionisti, compositori, improvvisatori e creativi, esploratori della musica a trecentosessanta gradi, ma anche amici di vecchia data, due spiriti critici che non le mandano a dire, i quali, vivendo in due ben diversi e distanti ...
Ches Smith: Laugh Ash
by Vic Albani
Dopo lo straordinario lavoro dedicato al Vudù haitiano del 2021 (Path of Seven Colors) anch'esso uscito per la straordinaria Pyroclastic Records di Kris Davis, il batterista, percussionista e compositore Ches Smith, acclamato dal New York Times come “uno dei batteristi più dinamici della scena sperimentale del pianeta," colpisce ancora con un nuovo sorprendente lavoro immensamente variegato, ...
Gyan Riley: Mobettabutta Part 3
by Mike Jacobs
It might be a tad predictable that the guitar-playing scion of celebrated minimalist composer Terry Riley might be hard to pigeon-hole stylistically but this only adds to the mystique and adventure of Gyan Riley's music. A conservatory-trained classical guitarist, he nonetheless exhibits eclectic (and electric) tendencies that do well to encompass jazz, classical. avant-garde and fusion ...
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