Articles by Glen Hall
Waddada Leo Smith
The Great Lakes Suites
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2014
Take four of the foremost jazz improvisers. Give them six panoramic pieces by a creative composer who was inspired by massive geographic si...
Christian Wolff
Pianist: Pieces
PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2014
Considered by John Cage to be the most "musical" of the experimental composers, Christian Wolff has increased his output markedly since 200...
Ulises Conti
Los Griegos creían que las estrellas eran pequeños agujeros por donde los dioses escuchaban a los hombres
PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2014
Argentinean composer/muli-instrumentalist Ulises Conti takes a interrogative approach to creating this 27-track "alphabet" album (2 Ns: n a...
Riverrun
Tomorrow Island
PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2014
One of Canada's most adventurous and challenging improvisation-based groups, Riverrun's sound is unique and hauntingly expressive. Composer...
Quorum
Gestation
PUBLISHED May 23, 2014
Happiness is a warm bass clarinet. And with the kaleidoscopic array of sounds that radiate from Ronda Rindone's instrument, the world is a...
Franz Rosati
Ruins
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2014
Roman Franz Rosati's ears are open, way open. Every sound is permitted in compositions that span the gamut from the next-to-nothing minimal...
Thee Majesty
Live at Pezner 1999
PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2014
Genesis P-Orridge is a traveler. He has always been "just passing through": through industrial music, which his group Throbbing Gristle fou...
Jean-Claude Risset
Music from Computer
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2014
A composer/researcher at the leading edge of computer music developments from the mid '60s, Jean-Claude Risset simultaneously embodies an a...