Presented by Earshot Jazz Festival.The “fierce and fascinating composer and pianist” (Jazz Times) Sumi Tonooka performs solo. Born in Philadelphia, Tonooka started piano and music instruction at the age of seven and cites a teenage experience seeing [...]
Monday, October 29, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Earshot: Jaap Blonk
Presented by Earshot Jazz Festival.Dutch vocal improviser Jaap Blonk uses synthesized sounds, including samples of his own voice, in powerful, joyful performances structured by the mathematical algorithms that are his other expertise. As a vocalist, [...]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Lubomyr Melnyk
Canadian composer and pianist Lubomyr Melnyk is the pioneer of Continuous Music — a piano technique he has developed since the 1970s that uses extremely rapid notes and note-series to create a rich, pulsating tapestry of sound. Inspired by the phase [...]
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Keith Eisenbrey: Preludes in Seattle, Part 4
Seattle composer/pianist Keith Eisenbrey continues his tour through the Prelude cycles of Seattle composers Ken Benshoof, Greg Short, and Lockrem Johnson. In addition he will perform the entirety of his own cycle of 24 Preludes for Piano (2009 - 201 [...]
Friday, October 19, 2012
Earshot: Phil Dadson & friends
Presented by Earshot Jazz Festival.New Zealand home-made-instrument innovator Phil Dadson performs with three inventive Seattle soundscapers: Bill Horist, Paul Kikuchi and Steve Barsot [...]
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Earshot: Evan Flory-Barnes, 2 + 2
Presented by Earshot Jazz Festival.The featured artist of this year’s festival is one of Puget Sound’s most expansive creators. Bassist/composer Evan Flory-Barnes explores new musical possibilities with stellar Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame bassist Jeff [...]
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
Earshot: Tatsuya Nakatani
Presented by Earshot Jazz Festival.Tatsuya Nakatani is a creative percussionist originally from Osaka, Japan, currently based in Easton, PA. He uses drums, gongs, cymbals, singing bowls and much else to create organic, intense music. Tonight he plays [...]
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Earshot: Ab Baars & Ig Henneman
Presented by Earshot Jazz Festival. Support provided by the Consulate General of The Netherlands.Reeds man Ab Baars and violist Ig Henneman, both long-established members of the theatrically avant-garde New Dutch Swing pantheon, bring an unmistakable [...]
Friday, October 12, 2012
Percussion and Movement
Percussion by Dean Moore in collaboration with butoh artist Alan Sutherland and Acrobalance performers Jason Williams and Evelyn Bittner (aka Dr. Calamari & Acrophelia of Circus Contraption). With special guest percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani performing [...]
Friday, October 5, 2012
Tempered Steel + Lube Fondue
The long-awaited CD release from Tempered Steel, featuring Ffej, Frank Junk, and Dennis Rea playing amplified, electronically processed thumb pianos. The trio's seamless improvisations conjure everything from phantom harpsichords and subaquatic percussion [...]
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