performances: Hayward-Park-Smith

…harles Hayward: www.charleshayward.org Han-earl Park: www.busterandfriends.com Ian Smith: www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/musician/msmithi.html event summary Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010. Time: 8:00 pm. Venue: Cafe OTO, 18–22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL, England. Performers: Charles Hayward (drums), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn) plus special guest Lol Coxhill (saxophone). Tickets: £5 advance / £6 on the door. the…

Han-earl Park

…activity that ruminates on its material, it is as if it provides a glimpse into the improvising process, whose hushed reality of painstaking practice might often be misinterpreted as something closer to strokes of inspiration out of the ether. In between chaos and composure, it is something closer to the complexity of life.” — Keith Prosk (harmonic series) “Ein glorioser Bastard aus Noise und süßer Träumerei.” — Rigobert Dittmann (Bad Alchemy) [M…

teaser: Anomic Aphasia

…, and as download from iTunes, eMusic, etc. More info to follow… For the latest, check back at: www.busterandfriends.com/aphasia [SLAM catalog page…] recording details Music by Eris 136199 (Nick Didkovsky, Han-earl Park and Catherine Sikora), and by Han-earl Park, Catherine Sikora and Josh Sinton. Tactical macros (‘Metis 9’) devised and specified by Han-earl Park. Recorded live at Douglass Street Music Collective, Brooklyn on June 5, 2013. Recordi…

Broken Families: Collectivism, Violence, Imagined Utopias and Improvisation (article in The Sampler)

…tically, both the utopian promises of the practices, processes, tribes and communities surrounding improvisation, and their destructive and violent potentials. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the above stories of improvisation-in-crisis are from events with self-professed lofty goals…. I think, in both cases, those of us involved took community, solidarity, resilience, trust and empathy for granted. It’s not just that the groundwork of trust…

Downtown Music Gallery: Numbers: Richard Barrett + Han-earl Park

…ce I can pull out of my own listening encounters. Otherwise this is duo is completely unique, exciting and engaging. [Original newsletter…] [DMG catalog page…] You can get the CD from DMG for a limited time price of $14 (normally $16)! btw, I have yet to perform with Mr. Braxton (I assume Bruce meant Wadada), and I’m from California, but otherwise the description, especially “fractured phrases that erupt throughout this disc often sound like just…

out now! Sirene 1009 (BAF000)

…’) plus shipping.*† Download: €8 minimum (‘name your price’).† * Limited edition glass-mastered CD. CD includes additional material (artwork, etc.) not included in the download version of the album. † Both digital and physical purchases give you streaming via the free Bandcamp app, and option to download the recording in multiple formats including lossless. London performance presented with funding from Culture Ireland, and support from SLAM Produ…

flyer: Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (Cork and Dublin, 2011)

…ative Music’ as part of the UCC Music Research Seminar Series. The talk is free, open to the public, and takes place at the UCC Music Building (Sundays Well, Cork) at 2:00 pm on 30 March. Presented with funding from the Music Network Performance and Touring Award, and support from UCC School of Music, Note Productions, the National Concert Hall and the Cork Opera House. Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Te…

Han-earl Park on YouTube

…ce, iLike and All About Jazz, here’s yet more waste of bandwidth: www.youtube.com/hanearlpark Currently, the videos are duplicates of those found on Google Video, but more should be forthcoming. As before, however, www.busterandfriends.com is likely to remain the most up-to-date source of info on yours truly. Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit WhatsApp Telegram Pinterest Pocket Print…

site update: Han-earl Park bio

…o Leo Smith, Barrett, Lyall and Trayle, he has studied with the improviser-composers Joel Ryan and David Rosenboom, composers Clarence Barlow and Marina Adamia, and the installation artist Sara Roberts. Park is a recipient of grants from the Arts Council of Ireland and Music Network, and a recipient the Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship and the Calarts Scholarship. He has appeared at festival including Sonic Acts (Amsterdam), the Center for Experime…

in preparation: Paul Dunmall, Han-earl Park and Mark Sanders (Birmingham, 02–15–11)

…to download the recording in multiple formats including lossless. [Listen, download and more…] Next download release will be the recording of the February 15, 2011 performance by Paul Dunmall (saxophones and bagpipes), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Mark Sanders (drums). Beautifully recorded by Chris Trent, the performance was presented by Mike Hurley/Fizzle and Improvisation Birmingham. This’ll be the final release in the current series, after which…