Inspiration: Frank Lowe
Sometimes I think it’s a known fact that we are not paid enough money because certain forces know that we’re gonna play this music whether we get money for it or not, you understand? And to some extent, we’re taken complete advantage of, you dig? And to another extent, it’s our gift to the world, so it don’t matter.
Inspiration: Terre Haute
Tim Berne, “Terre Haute,” Sanctified Dreams, 1988.
Inspiration: Sátántangó
Béla Tarr, Sátántangó, 1994.
Inspiration: Composition 23b
Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, & Mike Reed, “Composition 23b,” Artifacts, 2015.
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.”
Inspiration: Djougal Nangho
Alkibar Gignon, “Djougal Nangho,” La Paix, 2012.
Inspiration: Love Call (R.I.P. Ornette Coleman)
Ornette Coleman, “Love Call,” Love Call, 1971.
Inspiration: Who I Was
Wildbirds & Peacedrums, “Who I Was,” Rhythm, 2014.
Inspiration: Back To Bokhara
John Zorn, “Back To Bokhara,” The Concealed: Esoteric Secret And Hidden Traditions Out Of The East, 2012.