the beach sloth on non-places
August 25, 2017
Great thanks to the Beach Sloth for a thoughtful review of Non-places.
Month: August 2017
cmw players in the dark
August 23, 2017
Two quasi-impressionist pictures from last night’s Creative Music Workshop improvisation at Rhizome. We played through sunset and into the dark. Top photo: Nik Francis in the foreground. Middle photo: Layne Garrett, foreground; Jim Ryan, background. Bottom photo: Phong Tran, foreground, Layne Garrett, background. Photos by Phong Tran and Nik Francis.
heightened senses
August 18, 2017
An excerpt from Lunge, my collaboration with Ken Moore, serves as the soundtrack for this fine video from Canvas + Huck. The featured artist is object-maker Anousha Payne.
international collaboration in one’s own house
August 14, 2017
It was my great pleasure to have Cristiano Bocci over for an exhilarating afternoon of music this past Saturday. Cris was in the US to work with a mathematician colleague at Auburn, and decided to stop by the Washington DC area on his way back to Italy. I’m delighted that he did. (And it was … More international collaboration in one’s own house
first (pre-release) review of non-places
August 9, 2017
Great thanks to Mike Borella of Avant Music News for a nice, pre-release review of Non-Places. It’ll be out on 30 September, so stay tuned…
last gasp/fast grasp
August 7, 2017
I’m happy to be included on three tracks of Gary Rouzer‘s new Bandcamp collection of recent solo and small ensemble work. It’s a nice snapshot of some of the ideas Gary’s been exploring these past few years, and includes fine performances from both local and international artists.
lunge an avant music news pick of the week
August 2, 2017
Many thanks to Avant Music News for selecting Lunge as a pick of the week.
a conversation with michael heller about creative music in nyc
August 1, 2017
Michael C. Heller, the author of the recent Loft Jazz: Improvising New York in the 1970s, joins me for a conversation in the current issue of Perfect Sound Forever. (My review of the book for Avant Music News is here.)
