DUETS George Lewis, trombone, Miya Masaoka, Koto. CD-1023(1)
DUETS George Lewis, trombone, Miya Masaoka, Koto. CD-1023(1)
The wildly adventurous music on this album is performed by two of the best California improvisers on the scene, and now their work can be experienced simply as a polished and imaginative performance. On the other hand, this music and its performers are situated in a particular political tradition of music-making, and this music will say more and, indeed, mean more if its social context is understood.
Miya Masaoka is a composer, performer, and performance artist at the center of the Asian American new music scene in San Francisco. Trained on the Japanese koto, she has extended the instrument's possibilities not only through her base in jazz and new music but also through the innovative application of computer electronics. George Lewis is a composer, renowned trombone player, computer music specialist, and professor of improvisation and critical studies at the University of California, San Diego. Their mutual interest in the interface of technology and improvisation has consistently opened up new musical possibilities.
CD-1023(1) DUETS with GEORGE LEWIS, TROMBONE, & MIYA MASAOKA,
KOTO The Usual Turmoil: 12 duets composed by the
performers, George Lewis, trombone, and Miya Masaoka, koto. Total
time: 65:56. (DDD) UPC # 017685-10232-5
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The Usual Turmoil
The Lion's Sin
The New Doctrine
The Price Of Survival
Mande (Oldest Language In The World)
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