The Jeff Kaiser Ockodektet

The Jeff Kaiser OckodektetThis is exciting music ranging from almost silence to tutti passages, from intricate suspenseful passages formed by repeated sixteenth notes to forming a tapestry on which the soprano sax can solo. It’s a …

The Choir Boys: Jeff Kaiser and Andrew Pask

The Choir Boys: Jeff Kaiser Andrew Pask

The Choir Boys! Jeff Kaiser and Andrew PaskEveryone’s plugged into something and the result is an urgent, witty and often moving collage of acoustic and electronic sound which doesn’t draw attention to itself, but lets some …

Recordings

Select recordings featuring Jeff Kaiser Select recordings featuring Jeff Kaiser. Duos, trios, large ensembles—acoustic to electric—choirs, big bands, modular synths, theremins, custom electronics. Includes downloads and CDs. Artists on recordings include Vinny Golia, David Borgo, Emily …

Selected Press: 1996-2006

Zugzwang (with Tom McNalley) Sinister, strident and glacial sounds emanating from sunny Ventura, California. Kaiser uses quartertone trumpet, McNalley electric guitar. Both add electronics to distort, extend and transmute their instruments. Zugzwang communicates a taste for …

Discography

Jeff Kaiser DiscographyAs Leader/Co-Leader Corpseboy I (Upcoming, 2024) Jeff Kaiser and Paul Botelho – Dome (Technophony, 2024) Jeff Kaiser and Andrew Pask: The Choir Boys – Surveilled (Technophony, 2023) Larval: Jeff Kaiser, Seth Davis, Kevin Cheli …

Ockodektet Rehearsal photos….

RehearsalWoodwinds:David BorgoVinny GoliaEmily HayAndrew PaskTracy McMullen Trumpets:Dan ClucasJohn FumoBrad HenkelDaniel RosenboomKris Tiner Trombones:Michael DessenMichael Vlatkovich Tuba and more:Jonathan PiperWilliam Roper Piano, Keyboards, Theremin:Wayne Peet Acoustic Guitars:Tom McNalley Electric Contrabass Guitar;Steuart Liebig Contrabasses:Jim Connolly (also: musical saw)Mark …

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Vacation, August 2011…

Currently I’m in Cottage Grove, Oregon trying to write some new music for my Ockodektet concert in November and working on some Max/MSP/Jitter projects. On the way out of town, I participated in a concert at …