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An organization which attemptedto find common floor between your polar opposites of notated and improvised music, the brand new York-based quintet New & Used marked a convergence of players from intriguingly diverse backgrounds. Trumpeter Dave Douglas was the first choice from the Tiny Bell Trio and an associate of John …

Naked Town was something of the avant-rock/free of charge jazz NY supergroup in the past due ’80s and early ’90s, offering an all-star cast of NY jazz experimentalists and led with the most-famous downtown musician of these all, John Zorn. Made up of Zorn on alto sax, Wayne Horvitz on …

One of 3 daughters of jazz bassist Charlie Haden, Petra Haden was created in 1971 in Manhattan. Haden’s early existence was steeped in music, and not just because of her father’s impact. She and her two sisters regularly sang together, with an extremely early age group she demonstrated not merely …

Violinist, composer, improviser, bandleader, and (yes) singer Jenny Scheinman is a main drive in avant jazz and roots-oriented creative music in both coasts of America, building a particular influence within the Brooklyn creative jazz picture following her entrance within the borough in the West Coastline in 1999. She produced weekly …

New Jersey-born producer Roger Moutenot made his career as an anachronism: a Nashville-based producer/engineer who had zero fascination with recording nation music. You start with ten years of studio function in Manhattan studios with both mainstream and avant-garde works, Moutenot slowly constructed a customers of idiosyncratic rock and roll rings, …

An adventurous trumpeter, Ron Mls has made a solid impression along with his Gramavision produces. A citizen of Denver since he was 11, he started playing the trumpet significantly in junior senior high school and analyzed music in the University or college of Denver (1981-1985) as well as the Manhattan …

Drummer Jerry Granelli was created in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA and initial got noticed being a musician while drumming in Vince Guaraldi’s and Denny Zeitlin’s trios. By the first ’60s, he was playing free of charge jazz aswell. Motivated by Tibetan Buddhism, Granelli transferred to Boulder, CO, in 1976 to …

Sketching inspiration from her childhood in Georgia, her function among avant-garde music artists in NY, and her stints both in California and NY, Robin Holcomb progressed into a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter showcased from the non-esuch label. After going to the University or college of Santa Cruz, she relocated to NY …

Before he passed on at age 64 from pneumonia, drummer Denis Charles enjoyed a diverse and nomadic career. Blessed in St. Croix, Charles started his professional musical profession at age seven playing bongos with an area band. Charles transferred to NY in 1945. Enamored deeply with Artwork Blakey’s physical design, …

New York-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer, article writer, and self-described “texturalist/guitarist” David Torn lent his distinct style to varied movies and documentaries and collaborations. He caused composers Howard Shore, Carter Burwell, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, in addition to made an appearance on recordings from k.d. lang, David Bowie, Jim Carroll, Laurie …