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Article: Album Review

Alchemy Sound Project: Further Explorations

Read "Further Explorations" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


The collective, Alchemy Sound Project, is a core quintet of composers and musicians whose compositions, on their debut album, Further Explorations cross over a foundation of chamber music with traditional jazz. The central players had united under the banner of the Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute prior to this project. With diverse interests in global influences as ...

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Some Places Are Forever Afternoon (11 Places For Richard Hugo)

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2015
Track listing: Money Or A Story; Those Who Remain Are The Worst; You Drink Until You Are Mayor; Nothing Dies As Slowly As A Scene; All Weather Is Yours No Matter How Vulgar?; The Beautiful Wives; For Jim And Lois Welch; In Some Other Home; The Car That Brought You Here Still Runs; Last Place There; You Must Have Stayed Hours; Some Places Are Forever Afternoon.

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Wayne Horvitz: Some Places Are Forever Afternoon

Read "Some Places Are Forever Afternoon" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Poet and essayist Richard Hugo, a celebrated son of Seattle, was best known in his short life for his straight-forward but moving portrayals of the stark realities of the Pacific Northwest, both people and places. His works have previously been documented in print and on film and now by pianist/composer Wayne Horvitz who pays tribute to ...

Article: Album Review

Wayne Horvitz: Some Places Are Forever Afternoon

Read "Some Places Are Forever Afternoon" reviewed by Stefano Merighi


La musica di Wayne Horvitz ha sempre comunicato un'identità ben definita, pur nella varietà delle sue declinazioni, affermate dai diversi gruppi che ne incarnano le sembianze. E uno dei principi tangibili di questa identità (nelle formazioni cameristiche o in quelle elettriche degli anni '80; nelle musiche più groovy o in quelle riflessive degli ultimi anni) è ...

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Wayne Horvitz: Some Places Are Forever Afternoon (11 Places For Richard Hugo)

Read "Some Places Are Forever Afternoon (11 Places For Richard Hugo)" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Nature's gifts, depressive streaks, undiluted tastes of reality, and everyday slices of twentieth century northwestern American life all strongly inform the work of poet Richard Hugo (1923-1982); all of those elements, not surprisingly, also find there way into pianist Wayne Horvitz's Some Places Are Forever Afternoon (11 Places For Richard Hugo)--an absorbing collection of music that ...

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Composer/Musician Wayne Horvitz Releases New Album Inspired By Poet Richard Hugo

Composer/Musician Wayne Horvitz Releases New Album Inspired By Poet Richard Hugo

Composer/Musician Wayne Horvitz Releases Some Places Are Forever Afternoon (Songlines), Paying Tribute to Poet Richard Hugo SEATTLE, WA — Known for his multifaceted musical personality, composer/musician Wayne Horvitz ventures into progressively-inclined acoustic jazz and ultra-modern classicism in his latest album, Some Places Are Forever Afternoon. Written in honor of the iconic Northwest poet Richard Hugo (1923-82), ...

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Wayne Horwitz: The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble

Read "The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Ascoltare un CD di Wayne Horvitz è sempre un'esperienza sorprendente, grazie al suo eclettismo assai raro nel mondo del jazz. Dedicata a Butch Morris con cui il leader aveva collaborato negli anni '80, l'opera in esame ne esplora la direzione improvvisata meglio conosciuta come “conduction." Prende così forma un percorso estemporaneo fatto di ...

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The Westerlies: Wish the Children Would Come on Home

Read "Wish the Children Would Come on Home" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Due trombe, due tromboni quattro fiati che soffiano le note della musica di Wayne Horvitz, presente con le sue tastiere in qualche brano, ma in maniera discreta, in punta di piedi, ad assicurare un contatto fisico con la sua musica da dietro le quinte, per non disturbare e lasciare massima libertà ai giovani interpreti. È questo ...

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55: Music and Dance In Concrete

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Track listing: 55 (1); 55 (15); 55 (29); 55 (10); 55 (16); 55 (26); 55 (3); 55 (5); 55 (21); 55 (18); 55 (12); 55 (9); 55 (20).

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At The Reception

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2014
Track listing: A Walk in the Rain; Forgiveness; Daylight; Trish; Barber Shop; Ironbound; Redux #2 (Daylight); Prepaid Funeral; First Light; Sweeter Than The Day; Disingenuous Firefight; At the Reception; Redux #4 (Sweeter Than the Day).


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