JJ Worthen | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
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JJ Worthen | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle – Apr 30, 2008
“I felt like that’s more of where my strengths would lie where I could incorporate some of the classical stuff and even some of the jazz” Worthen says. “It was more just the availability of options. “Writing good classical music and even good jazz music at my age and making it so to speak is pretty hard. And plus I didn’t want to do opera. I think I can do a lot more than just opera. Indeed Worthen’s six-song EP Devotee is a journey through rock riffs that sometimes echo Coldplay and U2 and dreamy pop that sounds like the adventurous output of American Idol singer Blake Lewis. In other words not your average radio tunes.
Henry Brant Avant-Garde Composer Dies at 94
New York Times – Apr 30, 2008
Brant was already an established composer of sometimes experimental sometimes conventional music when he began to consider space an important compositional element. In the early 1950s he began to find that as his music became more texturally complex the details of the individual lines within a work became more difficult to hear. Inspired partly by the music of Charles Ives who sometimes juxtaposed multiple ensembles playing different music and partly by a work for five jazz orchestras by Teo Macero one of his composition students who later became an important jazz producer and arranger Mr. Brant began using space as a compositional element. He sometimes called it the fourth dimension along with pitch timbre and duration. His own first spatial work “Antiphony I” (1952-3) was composed for five widely spaced orchestras each with its own conductor. Simply distributing the musicians around a concert space was not the end of Mr.
International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Announces 2007 Jazz Winner…
eJazzNews – Apr 30, 2008
Luluk Purwanto and Rene van Helsdingen are part of the internationally recognized jazz ensemble Luluk Purwanto and the Helsdingen Trio. The group has toured worldwide and recently released their latest album Luluk Aysha. The album is comprised of more than two hours of original jazz music and is meant for listeners who like long solos and are interested in the compositional aspects of jazz. In addition to these winners 12 other Jazz songs garnered an Honorable Mention in the category:?Blow To The Head (Parts I and II)? ? Abram Wilson (Abram Wilson & The Delta Blues Project) ? London England?Breath? ? Ben Wendel (Kneebody) ? New York NY USA?Der Turm? ? Anke Helfrich ? Weinheim Germany?Jazzin’ Around? ? David Herzhaft ? Burcin France?Louise? ? Felicia Carter ? Baltimore MD USA?Memories Of Istanbul? ? Egri János ? Budapest Hungary?Nothing To Kill Or Die For? ? Antonio Apuzzo (Ibrido Hot Five) ? Liveri Napoli Italy?Quidnunc Mo? ? John William Gordon ? Oakland CA USA?Rubber Band ?? Cory Combs ? Mill Valley CA USA?The Flipside? ? Jaleel Shaw ? Philadelphia PA USA?The Mad Hatter Rides Again? ? Jeff Coffin ? Nashville TN USA?The Struggle? ? Jeff Busch and the Jeff Busch Quintet ? Seattle WA USAAlong with the Jazz category winners in all 19 categories are represented by songwriters from all over the world. The 2007 Grand Prize is awarded to Eduard Glumov (Aktobe Kazakhstan) and Z. Mulls (Swarthmore PA USA) for their song ?I?m Not Your Friend. ? The song entered in the Rock category was written by Glumov with lyrics provided by Z.
Thursday ‘” May 1
NEWS.com.au – Apr 30, 2008
10 Continuum (modern classics). 11 Ear to the Gournd (local and new fine music). Noon Jazz on the Terrace. 3 Beats Working! 3. 30 Aboriginal Message.