Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, & Mike Reed, “Composition 23b,” Artifacts, 2015.
Summertime
Sonny Rollins (Quintet with Coleman Hawkins), “Summertime,” Sonny Meets Hawk!, 1963.
Inspiration: Happiness
Abdul Wadud, “Happiness,” By Myself: Solo Cello, 1977.
“I hear the ‘Cello’ as being percussive, chordal, linear, in a group improvisation context, and capable of many effects. In short I hear it as an ‘instrument,’ and not as the ‘accustomed sweet sounding instrument’ which tends to stifle a whole new world of music.”
Current Reading
Current Reading
Current Reading
Bordering Illumination
What I have lost and cannot find I remember.
What I cannot see I attempt to call.
Working on a string of impulses, bordering illumination.
Current Reading
Joey Baron at Roulette
The Commander Thinks Aloud
The Long Winters, “The Commander Thinks Aloud,” Ultimatum, 2005.
I heard this song on a podcast called Song Exploder, in which songwriters/composers discuss the genesis of a single piece of music. Both the song and the podcast were new to me, and though I still don’t know anything else about Mr. Roderick or The Long Winters, “The Commander Thinks Aloud” and its story have stayed with me.