New Music America: 1982: Program No. 6, 3 of 3

Analog Audio


Event Type
Interview and Music
Origin
WFMT
Identifier
NMA.1982.07.11.C
Program Series
New Music America
Program Length
149 min
Part
3 of 3
Dates
1982-07-11 | broadcast
| 1982-07-11 | created
Description
Radio station WFMT in Chicago presents the last of six broadcasts from Navy Pier, as part of the fourth New Music America Festival. Charles Amirkhanian hosts, assisted by composer and vocalist, Joan La Barbara, with additional commentary by Neil Tesser and Pauline Oliveros. Included in this concert is Jon Gibson’s “Extensions” a work for solo saxophone and tape which was originally composed as part of dance score for the Lucinda Childs. Followed by a work for voice and tape by Joan La Barbara, that takes as its inspiration a painting by Paul Klee. Also heard is a selection of art rock songs by Jill Kroesen, and three jazz works performed by Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society, among others. Intermission features includes a segment on the differences between electronic music and musique concrète, how to record a live concert, and an historical flashback on composer Colin McPhee.
Genres
New music
Jazz
Musical Selections
Man Dance (4:30) / Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society -- Iola (7:43) / Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society
Performers
Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums
Henry Scott, trumpet
Zane Massey, saxophone
Melvin Gibbs, bass
Rev. Bruce Johnson, bass
Vernon Reid, guitar and banjo
Subjects
New music
Jazz
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.