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Ken Field (Katie Lyman)New Music for Dance
Originally presented as a multimedia dance piece choreographed by Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, Ken Field's "Under the Skin" is an extended suite of pulsing studies for multiple saxophones, acoustic and electric bass, drums, and percussion. Composer and saxophonist Ken Field, in addition to his Sesame Street cred, has worked for nearly two decades with Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, and more recently, with the Mardi gras-riffic Revolutionary Snake Ensemble. For this score, he pre-recorded himself playing with the rhythm section of bassist Jesse Williams and drummer Phil Neighbors, often overdubbing several saxophone parts on top of each other for a resulting score that is part jazz, part funk, playful, driving, flip, and filled with life and humor. We'll hear some of that score on this New Sounds program, plus a lot more.
PROGRAM # 2649, New Music for Dance (First aired on 3/7/07)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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G. I. Gurdjieff & Thomas de Hartmann |
Seekers of the Truth |
#18, excerpt [1:30] |
Celestial Harmonies #13020/21 www.harmonies.com |
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Robert Een |
In The Field of God |
Expanding Universe [8:30] |
Private CD. But has been commercially released on a CD called "Expanding Universe" available at CDBaby |
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Ken Field |
Under The Sin |
Streaming [3:00] Five Saxophones in Search of Meaning [4:00] Slits in the Curtain [4:30] |
Innova #208
www.innova.mu |
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Paul Dresher |
Kalasam |
Jaisalmer, excerpt [8:30] |
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Steve Elson |
Lips & Fingers |
Eric's Trio [2:00] |
Open Minds #2406 www.steveelson.com or try Amazon.com* |
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Guy Klucevsek |
Transylvanian Softwear |
Transylvanian Software [5:00] |
Starkland #207 www.starkland.com |
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Peter Gordon |
Leningrad XPress |
Der Kindertotentanz [3:00] Leningrad Xpress [10:00] |
New Tone #516702 www.felmay.it |
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