Elliott Carter In The 1960s
This is a portion of a larger piece, by Steve Hicken, that explores the responses to the social and political turmoil of the 1960s of three composers—Iannis Xenakis, Luciano Berio, and Elliott Carter,...
View ArticleInterview: Earl Maneein
Earl Maneein is the lead violinist for the metal band Resolution15, whose album Svaha is out now. Yes, lead violinist. Resolution15 has no guitarist; all the leads are courtesy of Maneein’s loud,...
View ArticleShostakovich With A Sequencer: Vijay Iyer’s Mutations
L-R: Kyle Armbrust, Michi Wiancko (back to camera), Kivie Cahn-Lipman, Miranda Cuckson (back to camera), Vijay Iyer Jazz (I hesitated using that adjective, but jazz is what he’s known for) pianist...
View ArticleSonny Rollins in the ’70s: Part 2
Sonny Rollins might be the greatest tenor saxophonist who ever lived. But in the 21st century, his reputation mostly rests on the albums he made in the 1950s and 1960s, on the Blue Note, Riverside,...
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