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improvised and jazz-related music

Developing a cerebral interactive program three European musicians augment sonics with extended techniques, while incorporating unique percussion into the program. French alto/tenor saxophonist Sakina Abdou and Polish pianist Marta Warelis both comfortable in large and small ensembles, add sophisticated expressions of unusual acoustic mechanics to the nine improvisation. Yet the standout interactions involve responses to and projections from Gaul Toma Gouband’s idiosyncratic idiophones which encompass stones and leaves as well as a drum kit. Gouband… Read More