Anthony Braxton 2010-01-31
Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver, BC
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Personnel:
Anthony Braxton - sopranino
Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet or flugelhorn (conducted no. 134)
Nicole Mitchell- flute
Andrew Raffo Dewar - tenor saxophone
James Fei - alto saxophone
Steve Lehman - alto saxophone
Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon
Jessica Pavone - violin/alto viola
Mary Halvorson - electric guitar
Reut Regev - trombone (led marching band)
Jay Rozen - tuba
Carl Testa - double bass
Aaron Siegel - drums/percussion/vibes
Also present Francois Houle - clainet, Paul Plimley - guitar, Coat Cooke- tenor sax, that trombone player from Vancouver and dozens of others I don't know.
Excerpted from http://www.coastaljazz.ca/concert/anthony_braxtons_sonic_genome_project
"Anthony Braxton's Sonic Genome Project
The Sonic Genome is one of the most thrillingly ambitious experiments by musical visionary/saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton: less a concert than the creation of an interactive musical environment. For eight continuous hours, 50+ performers use the compositions and improvisational languages developed by Braxton through his 40 years of artistic investigation to create a living sound world. Ensembles form and split apart like cells dividing and reforming into new organisms; likewise, the members of the audience are invited to be active participants, choosing who and what to listen to as they move about the space.
Braxton enlists the band members of the 12 + 1 tet as his musical lieutenants in the endeavor, with each given the responsibility of leading sub ensembles of the larger group. The rest of the performers are drawn from the surrounding community, ranging from local professionals to college and high school students.
In addition to being a massive statement by a master artist, the Sonic Genome also serves as a powerful tool for creating bonds in the local community. No listener or performer emerges unmoved by the experience; participants describe the event as “life-changing,†resulting in new friendships, and lasting artistic inspiration. And while Braxton conducted a Sonic Genome as a recording project in 2003 (to be released as an interactive DVD in the next year), the Vancouver performance will be the world premiere of the project as a public performance."
Anthony Braxton - sopranino
Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet or flugelhorn (conducted no. 134)
Nicole Mitchell- flute
Andrew Raffo Dewar - tenor saxophone
James Fei - alto saxophone
Steve Lehman - alto saxophone
Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon
Jessica Pavone - violin/alto viola
Mary Halvorson - electric guitar
Reut Regev - trombone (led marching band)
Jay Rozen - tuba
Carl Testa - double bass
Aaron Siegel - drums/percussion/vibes
Also present Francois Houle - clainet, Paul Plimley - guitar, Coat Cooke- tenor sax, that trombone player from Vancouver and dozens of others I don't know.
Excerpted from http://www.coastaljazz.ca/concert/anthony_braxtons_sonic_genome_project
"Anthony Braxton's Sonic Genome Project
The Sonic Genome is one of the most thrillingly ambitious experiments by musical visionary/saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton: less a concert than the creation of an interactive musical environment. For eight continuous hours, 50+ performers use the compositions and improvisational languages developed by Braxton through his 40 years of artistic investigation to create a living sound world. Ensembles form and split apart like cells dividing and reforming into new organisms; likewise, the members of the audience are invited to be active participants, choosing who and what to listen to as they move about the space.
Braxton enlists the band members of the 12 + 1 tet as his musical lieutenants in the endeavor, with each given the responsibility of leading sub ensembles of the larger group. The rest of the performers are drawn from the surrounding community, ranging from local professionals to college and high school students.
In addition to being a massive statement by a master artist, the Sonic Genome also serves as a powerful tool for creating bonds in the local community. No listener or performer emerges unmoved by the experience; participants describe the event as “life-changing,†resulting in new friendships, and lasting artistic inspiration. And while Braxton conducted a Sonic Genome as a recording project in 2003 (to be released as an interactive DVD in the next year), the Vancouver performance will be the world premiere of the project as a public performance."
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