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improvisation

Duet with Peter Bloom

Here is a recent improvised duet I did with Peter Bloom – recorded by Matt Samolis in Boston. I think this track turned out really well…
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Two recent improvisations

Here are two recent free improvisations for solo shakuhachi. They both use traditional honkyoku techniques.
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ISIM Conference

The International Society of Improvised Music has a conference each year at which free improvisers from all around the country get together to share ideas and to play together. Last year’s conference in Denver was great, and I am looking forward to this year’s in Santa Cruz. I will be presenting a short lecture/performance that’s [...]

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Five Video Dances

Originally this five-part video included electronic music. In fact, the visual material was edited to fit the music. I have decided to eliminate the sound. It is now a silent movie for which I can provide a live improvised sound track that varies from performance to performance.

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Metal and Glass

A few nights ago I played in Boston with the Metal and Glass Ensemble, a group whose main instruments are just-intonation water glasses and bowed sheets of metal. Excellent musicians! I was sitting in on shakuhachi, and there were also a viola, bass clarinet, and western flute.
The sound was beautiful — a rich ever-changing complex [...]

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