After a strong second concert in Sofia, Bulgaria at Club Singles on Thursday night, which pulled the new material into sharper focus, the group set up and recorded […]
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Category: Notes from the field
Svetlost w/Nilssen-Love & Vandermark pt. 2
Following a second rehearsal with Deni Omeragić, Nino Spirovski, and Kiko Novkovski on Monday afternoon, Paal Nilssen-Love joined the project on Tuesday after flying from Chicago […]
Read moreAlbum coverage: “Broadcast Transformer” and “This Is Not A Holiday”
The process of creating new work and documenting it has been essential to me for decades, driven by periods early on when both were difficult and the knowledge that Herbie […]
Read moreSvetlost w/Nilssen-Love & Vandermark pt. 1
Rehearsals with Deni Omeragić, Kiko Novkovski (pictured above), and Nino Spirovski of Svetlost began in Skopje on April 13th. We were able to work through four out of […]
Read moreEdition XL: next steps
Very happy to be working with (left to right) Erez Dessel, Nick Macri, Lily Finnegan; and Beth McDonald, Josh Berman on the ensemble project, Edition XL. I began composing for […]
Read moreRecording “October Flowers for Joe McPhee”
On the evening of March 17th one of the most significant recording sessions of my career took place. It was held at the Corbett vs. Dempsey gallery in front of […]
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