Vijay Iyer was interviewed on the Charlie Rose show.
Two contributions to the Downbeat Reader’s poll can be found here and here.
“The Seasons of Being” is a new project from pianist/composer Andy Milne. The 60-minute suite, composed for 10 musicians, is set around Milne’s genre-bending quintet, Dapp Theory, which occupies the crossroads between lyrical jazz piano, funkified polyrhythmic exploration, and spoken word poeticism. This project is a significant new direction for the band, representing their first large-scale collaboration with multiple improvisers. Dapp Theory is augmented with five diverse, top-notch improvisers from the New York creative music scene. Joining the band as special guests are:
Ralph Alessi – trumpet (Fred Hersch, Uri Caine)
Ben Monder – guitar (Maria Schnider, Lee Konitz)
La Tanya Hall – vocals & narration (Steely Dan, Bobby McFerrin)
Michael Attias – baritone saxophone (Anthony Braxton, Paul Motian, Oliver Lake)
Christopher Hoffman – cello (Henry Threadgill, Marc Ribot)
Cuneiform Records has announced the creation of a new, sister company, called The Music Outpost, devoted to licensing cutting-edge music to various media including film/movies, dance, theatre, advertising, fashion, technology, and more. The new company launches on August 17, 2015, when the website themusicoutpost.com goes live. Numerous licensing companies already exist, but all focus on mainstream music; licensing avant-garde music is not a priority for them. In contrast, The Music Outpost “licensing music on the Sonic Frontier” focuses on ‘outside’ music and aims to ultimately be THE go-to place for creative media professionals to find music as adventurous as their projects. Its continually-expanding archive of music-available-for-licensing will not only feature music released by Cuneiform, but also music by other experimental, boundary-defying artists.
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