Re: (idm) College(s)... ???

From Blag
Sent Tue, Aug 3rd 1999, 14:58

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Drusca wrote:

> George Lewis is one of the first and only jazz musicians to
> incorporate interactive electronics into live improvisation

Not to mention that he's just an all-around badass.  I'd kill my
grandmother to take that Jazz Improvisation class from him!  Aside from JJ
Johnson, George Lewis is the mightiest trombonist on the face of the earth
(and that's not even counting all of the electronic stuff that he does...
For those of you who don't know, he wrote software for the Atari ST that
reacts to his improvisations, and then he reacts to what it plays back at
him, and so on, it's pretty neato.) check out the records he did John Zorn
and Bill Frisell ('News for Lulu' and 'More News for Lulu') which are
absolutely mind blowing... that guy can get so much air through his horn
it's rediculous, and he plays faster than JJ.  Well, I didn't think I
wanted to go back to school, but now I think I might have to change my
mind :)


.Bil.

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