slow/fast
my latest project -- a set of music for trumpet, alto sax/bass clarinet (me), guitar, bass, drums... trying to synthesize some of my more composed stuff with the influences of jazz and improvisation. long form, theatrical and often intense music. Album release Fall 2010 on Intuition Records!
gutbucket
10 years of this punk/jazz 4-piece which I co-lead;
touring 33 US states and 19 countries across the USA and Europe, 4 records released on Cantaloupe/NRW, Cuneiform, Enja, and Knitting Factory Records.
asphalt orchestra
a project of Bang on a Can which I co-lead -- bringing new music to the streets of nyc and beyond. avant-marching band plays bjork, meshuggah, commissions new music ....
signal
great new chamber orchestra conducted by brad lubman. steve reich, philip glass, helmut lachermann, and more, playing concert halls across the US.
world/inferno friendship society
somehow i've found myself mixed up in this situation... think 9-piece circus punk. what?
fire in july
cellist/vocalist jody redhage's wonderful compositions in an innovative band of her playing cello and singing along with myself playing clarinet/bass clarinet with alan ferber (trombone), fred kennedy (drums), and tim collins (vibes).
no net trio - with eyal maoz and lukas ligeti
3 bandleaders, composers, and incorrigible improvisors come together for in the No Net Trio. An all-improvised band in which shrieking woodwinds meet guitar fuzz and pounding drums; or, quiet melodies erupt amidst the soft clang of gongs; or, grooves insinuate themselves against complex pads.... no 2 performances are the same.
bang on a can summer festival
i'm on faculty here, and i love it. it's the place to go for emerging composers and performers who are interested in a life of boundary-free music. i run a composers' improvisation class and also get to perform with a ton of great instrumentalists from around the world.
dirty sock funtime band
songs for kids - our 4th video on nickelodean/noggin just debuted on "jack's big music show." want to see me dressed up as a doctor/mad scientist, jumping up and down, singing, and playing clarinet
alarm will sound
i'm there when they need me. i also wrote an arrangement for their aphex twin record which is out on cantaloupe music. also playing benedict mason on their nonesuch debut.
ethel
*the* string quartet that gutbucket plays with and writes for in our octet project; they are loud, amplified, and kickass.
GEAR:
conn-selmer and selmer paris
i endorse selmer clarinets and saxophones. i just took a trip to paris to get a new bass clarinet from them.
sibelius software
i endorse these guys; it's actually hard to imagine my life without this program. i'm using sibelius 6.1.
AMT microphones
after years of using sd systems mics, after they closed down, i've moved to an LS from AMT. having a clip-on mic is extremely useful - i use it for the bell of the bass clarinet (you gotta double-mic bass clarinets) and all the saxophones.
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