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 …
Made Audible in Tijuana, August 22, 2015
XNOR and Borderland Noise Made Audible (Jeff Kaiser and Trevor Henthorn) will be the third band of the evening, performing statistical and probabilistic madness on the magical Push, using Ableton and custom software. It will be …
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 …
Concert: Thursday, June 26, 2014, Berkeley
Jeff Kaiser, trumpet and electronics. Maxine, improvising software agent with: Kyle Bruckmann, oboe; Aram Shelton, saxophone; Theresa Wong, cello; Teddy Rankin-Parker, cello; Tom Djill, hacked keytar; Darren Johnson, trumpet; Louis Lopez, trumpet; Ritwik Banerji, saxophone.
Archived Events: Dec. 1, 2005 – June 7, 2014
Selected archived events from 2005-2014.
Discography
Jeff Kaiser DiscographyAs Leader/Co-Leader Corpseboy I (Upcoming, 2024) Jeff Kaiser and Eric P. Mandat (Technophony 2024) Jeff Kaiser and Paul Botelho – Dome (Technophony, 2024) Jeff Kaiser and Andrew Pask: The Choir Boys – Surveilled (Technophony, …
Gear
Kaiser’s music is fierce and uncompromising, often taking listeners on a sonic adventure they might not be prepared for…NBC San DiegoKaiser is a stupendously industrious trickster…plasticsax.comACB Mouthpiece, Royer 121 Ribbon MicrophoneHome StudioHome StudioBuilding synths…Building synths…Old rig, …
About
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 …
Alpine to Bakersfield to Berkeley…a beautiful drive…
I’m guest lecturing at The Jazzschool in Berkeley, California this coming week…and decided to make a bit of a Spring Break trip out of it. Spent time with Nicholas Deyoe, Tom McNalley and Frannie Garretson at …