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A portrait of Bermondsey born percussionist and improviser Eddie Prevost

 

Pianist Connie Crothers offers insight on why she plays improvised music, her teaching philosophy, and more for Arts for Art’s interview series, Artist Talks.

This is a documentary film about a pioneering jazz group from the early 1960's, the New York Art Quartet.

`Why would three musicians squeeze through a manhole sized opening with their instruments to climb down a 14 foot ladder into a dark underground cistern .`

Duration 11` 37`` - plus advert, Speaker: Pauline Oliveros

Terry Riley discussed the genius of John Coltrane, his solo all-night concerts with the Phantom Band and the process of plunderphonics in this public lecture as part of Red Bull Music Festival Paris 2018.

Colours & Shapes: Portraits of Free Improvisers (Trailer)

`A wonderful short documentary made by the Dutch film team of Seeltje van Boeckel and Elsie Vermeer. Centered around the festival, The Present is Present, which took place in 2017, it gives a glimpse into the current scene in Amsterdam. Featuring interviews and performances by John Dikeman, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Nicolás Chientaroli, Ada Rave and many more.`

Recommended by Mark Sanders via Facebook

 

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  • #941: 2025.07.27 [julian weaver]
    this edition of framework:afield, entitled mean sea level, has been produced in the uk by julian weaver. producer's notes: Combining field recordings with live and found sounds, scientific experiment and more, Mean Sea Level elaborates on literal, imaginary, and complex foreshores emerging around the mainland of the UK. […]
  • #940: 2025.07.20
    in this edition recent sounds from a perpetual favorite of recent years, manja ristić's sargassun aeterna is composed from field and hydrophone recordings from portugal, scotland, croatia and serbia, along with violin, synths, and shells. from here we await dawn, with 3 dawn recordings from various wildlife sanctuaries and forests […]
  • #939: 2025.07.13 [isto rahkila]
    this edition of framework:afield has been produced in finland by isto rahkila. producer's notes: I have long been interested in what is found between sounds or shapes and I think it has at least as much influence on what can be perceived by seeing or hearing. So to speak, it [...]
  • #938: 2025.07.06
    a dig into 2 of the 3 recent anthologies of location recordings by post-orientalism music, based in washington dc and curated by iranian-born composer and theorist ehsan saboohi. also the latest batch of soundwalkscapes by viv corringham, who describes the process thusly: take a walk each month, make recordings en route […]
  • #937: 2025.06.29 [das]
    this edition of framework:afield has been produced in the united states by dAs, purveyor of fine sounds via UBUIBI and big city orchestra for over 30 years. this piece is entitled alameda ether walk. producer's notes: A lot of my source material comes from chance or transitory events. - piezo's & hydrophones […]