New Music America: 1982: Program No. 6, 3 of 3
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
WFMTIdentifier
NMA.1982.07.11.CProgram Series
New Music AmericaProgram Length
149 minPart
3 of 3Dates
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 musicJazz
Musical Selections
Man Dance (4:30) / Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society -- Iola (7:43) / Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding SocietyPerformers
Ronald Shannon Jackson, drumsHenry Scott, trumpet
Zane Massey, saxophone
Melvin Gibbs, bass
Rev. Bruce Johnson, bass
Vernon Reid, guitar and banjo
Subjects
New musicJazz
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.Related places
Chicago (Ill.) (was recorded at)Chicago (Ill.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
New Music America (Festival)Amirkhanian, Charles
La Barbara, Joan, 1947-
Jackson, Ronald Shannon, 1940-
Scott, Henry, trumpeter
Massey, Zane
Gibbs, Melvin
Johnson, Reverend Bruce
Reid, Vernon
Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016