Article: Improvising Technology, Constructing Virtuosity

Author:Jeff Kaiser Title:Improvising Technology, Constructing Virtuosity Abstract:In this paper, I explore how contemporary musicians using electronic technologies in improvised music conceptualize skill and virtuosity in their musical practices. This includes ideas about the role and agency …

pfMENTUM Selected Reviews

Links: About pfMENTUM/Artists pfMENTUM Recordings: CDs, LPs, DVDs archival information pfMENTUM Cover Art Archive pfMENTUM Selected ReviewspfMENTUM Selected Reviews Here is a partial list of pfMENTUM selected reviews. We are still adding to it, please help …

pfMENTUM Recordings Archive

Links: About pfMENTUM/Artists pfMENTUM Recordings: CDs, LPs, DVDs archival information pfMENTUM Cover Art Archive pfMENTUM Selected ReviewspfMENTUM Recordings: CDs, LPs, DVDs archival information Archive for information about the recordings documented on pfMENTUM, including CDs, DVDs, vinyl …

Eugene Chadbourne penned artist biography…

I was recently reminded of this…my bio on allmusic.com. It is not up-to-date…but I love Chadbourne, thanks, Eugene! http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeff-kaiser-mn0000227053/biography **************** Artist Biography by Eugene Chadbourne Jeff Kaiser is a composer, trumpet player, conductor, and private music instructor …

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Jeff Kaiser’s solo performance was “a manic, hallucinogenic joyride through time, space and tonal distortions. He took some of the extended techniques of Lester Bowie and Bill Dixon, and stretched them past the breaking point. He would bend …

SoCal and The Desert…

I had an excellent driving day throughout SoCal on Friday with Leah Bowden. We performed and presented at CalArts for Wadada Leo Smith’s composer/performer colloquium…after having coffee/breakfast with Andrew Pask. We then proceeded to Ventura, Santa …

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Links: About pfMENTUM/Artists pfMENTUM Recordings: CDs, LPs, DVDs archival information pfMENTUM Cover Art Archive pfMENTUM Selected ReviewspfMENTUM: Dedicated to creative music—and the musicians that make it. pfMENTUM (pronounced, pee-eff-mehn-tuhm) began in 1995 as a newsletter associated …

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Douglas Detrick: Interview with Jeff Kaiser

From Douglas Detrick I had a gig in the summer of 2010 with Jeff Kaiser at the Jazz Station, a gem of a venue in Eugene, Oregon’s music scene. I played the first set, Jeff played …