Experimenting With Household Chemicals

Track Listings

1. Fresh Batteries

2. Includes Free Information

3. Sung, Played, Heard

4. Rocket Scientist

5. In Three movements

6. Peaceful Transportation

Editorial Reviews
Jon Pareles, New York Times
His music evokes Minimalism just waking; the hard, rational edges and crisp patterns haven’t yet come into focus.

Album Description
Experimenting with Household Chemicals explores a trombone-specific method for generating melodic movement, as well as a collection of related, “spinoff” melodic material for ensemble. This method is a new way of seeing and combining slide and lip movements, so that performance can precisely follow well-defined mental diagrams while generating unexpected melodic material not conditioned by other, more common musical habits. Musicians include: Mustafa Ahmed, Jon Gibson, Joseph Kubera, Dennis Masuzzo, Arthur Russell, Bill Ruyle, and Peter Zummo.

Tracks:

Fresh Batteries
Includes Free Information
Sung, Played, Heard
Rocket Scientist
In Three movements
Peaceful Transportation

Album Description

Experimenting with Household Chemicals explores a trombone-specific method for generating melodic movement, as well as a collection of related, “spinoff” melodic material for ensemble. This method is a new way of seeing and combining slide and lip movements, so that performance can precisely follow well-defined mental diagrams while generating unexpected melodic material not conditioned by other, more common musical habits. Musicians include: Mustafa Ahmed, Jon Gibson, Joseph Kubera, Dennis Masuzzo, Arthur Russell, Bill Ruyle, and Peter Zummo.

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