ROVA:Arts ➔ Improv:21: Improvisation and the ROVA Saxophone Quartet

Digital Moving Image

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

ROVA

Identifier

IMP.2005.06.05

Program Series

Improv:21

Program Length

90 min

Dates

| broadcast
| 2005-06-05 | created

Description

Derk Richardson interviews the members of the ROVA Saxophone Quartet, at San Francisco’s Mission Cultural Center on June 5, 2005. They discuss the relationships of imagery to sound, including the use of graphic notation in spontaneous compositions, as well as using film imagery to guide an improvisation. In addition, Conrad Steiner talks about the experimental films of Stan Brakhage, which have been used by members of ROVA as inspiration for some of their works. This program also includes a number of live improvisations by ROVA, based on some of the graphic scores which brought to show to the audience.

Genres

Free improvisation
Jazz

Musical Selections

[improvisation based on Steve Adam’s graphic score “No. 1”] -- [improvisation based on graphic score “The Fly”] -- [improvisation based on Bruce Ackley’s graphic score “Fault Line”] -- The Mirror World [excerpt] / Larry Ochs

Performers

ROVA Saxophone Quartet:
Larry Ochs
Bruce Ackley
Jon Raskin
Steve Adams

Subjects

Improvisation (Music)
Jazz
Graphic notation (Music)
Motion picture music
Mixed media (Music)
Woodwind quartets (Saxophones (4))
Saxophone music

Related place

San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

ROVA:Arts
ROVA Saxophone Quartet
Richardson, Derk
Ochs, Larry
Ackley, Bruce
Raskin, Jon
Adams, Steve, 1952-
Steiner, Conrad