Ban and Maneri – Transylvanian Dance on ECM (CD Review)
Transylvanian Dance Lucian Ban, piano Mat Maneri, viola ECM Records “These folk songs teach us many things.” Transylvanian Dance is the second recording on ECM by pianist Lucian Ban and…
Kip Downes: Obsidian on ECM (Review)
Obsidian Kit Downes, organ and composer; Tom Challenger, tenor saxophone ECM Records Prior to this recording, Kit Downes was primarily known as a pianist in jazz settings, notably leading his…
David Toop: Into the Maelstrom (Book Review)
Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation, and the Dream of Freedom before 1970 By David Toop Bloomsbury, 330 pp. Even given the relative expanse of a projected two-volume history of improvised…
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The Imani Winds Bring Improvisation to Classical Chamber Music Performance
Imani Winds: Jeff Scott, Toyin Spellman-Diaz, Valerie Coleman, Monica Ellis, and Mariam Adam. (Photo by Matthew Murphy) (Houston, TX) Since the group’s inception in 1997, the Imani Winds have continued…
Punky Cagey Party
Shh! We’re improvising! The Lepers of Melancholy, Houston TX (photo by Jonathan Jindra) While reading Conversing With Cage at a bus stop today, I stumbled across this funny yet in…
Houston Mixtape #7: Skeleton At The Feast
Skeletons! Witches! Vampires! No, I’m not talking about candidates in Houston’s midterm elections. I’m talking about Halloween and the two days that follow known as Dia de los Muertos or…
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Houston Mixtape #5: Back To Imagined Spaces
Pyramid and Michelle Yom at Labotanica (Houston, TX) This Friday, October 1st at 7pm, Michelle Yom will present her sound performance installation Back To Imagined Spaces at Houston’s alternative arts…