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…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…
…pet and videography). [Details…] [KM program…] [Facebook event…] November 12, 2023 Venue TBC Newcastle England TBC Han-earl Park (guitar), Lara Jones (saxophone and electronics) and Pat Thomas (electronics) presented by Jazz North East. Details to follow… November 13, 2023 Cafe OTO 18–22 Ashwin Street Dalston London E8 3DL England 8:00pm Han-earl Park (guitar), Lara Jones (saxophone and electronics) and Pat Thomas (electronics) perform as part of…
…Beyer (daxophone) and Han-earl Park (guitar). [Facebook event…] November 12, 2023 The Globe 11 Railway Street Newcastle NE4 7AD England 8.00pm (doors: 7.30pm) Han-earl Park (guitar), Lara Jones (saxophone and electronics) and Pat Thomas (electronics) presented by Jazz North East. £11. [Facebook event…] [Get tickets…] November 13, 2023 Cafe OTO 18–22 Ashwin Street Dalston London E8 3DL England 8:00pm Han-earl Park (guitar), Lara Jones (saxophone a…
…dkovsky (guitar), and Josh Sinton (baritone saxophone and bass clarinet). © 2015 Han-earl Park. ℗ 2015 SLAM Productions. selected discography Gargantius Effect +1 +2 +3 (Nor Cal, 08-2011) [details…] Performers: Murray Campbell (violins, oboe and cor anglais), Randy McKean (saxophone, clarinets and flutes) with Han-earl Park (guitar), plus Gino Robair (energized surfaces, voltage made audible) and Scott R. Looney (hyperpiano). (cc) 2012 Murray Camp…
…es Han-earl Park, Dominic Lash and Mark Sanders Fizzle, Birmingham, October 28, 2014. Music by Han-earl Park, Dominic Lash and Mark Sanders. © + ℗ 2015 Park/Lash/Sanders. Caroline Pugh and Han-earl Park with Arif Ayab The Guesthouse, Cork, May 15, 2015. Music by Caroline Pugh, Han-earl Park and Arif Ayab. © + ℗ 2015 Pugh/Park/Ayab. about the performers Improviser, guitarist and constructor Han-earl Park has been crossing borders and performing fuz…
…hones) and Franziska Schroeder (soprano saxophone). [About this project…] © 2011 Han-earl Park. ℗ 2011 SLAM Productions. Mathilde 253 (SLAMCD 528) [details…] Performers: Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn) plus Lol Coxhill (saxophone). [About this ensemble…] © 2010 Han-earl Park. ℗ 2010 SLAM Productions. Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Threads Reddit Wh…
Han-earl Park (Harvestworks, NYC, October 29, 2013). Original photo © 2013 Emilio Vavarella. For Miguel Copón, Prepared Guitar is a “metaphor about metamorphosis” and a “place to support independent artists”. Prepared Guitar recently published my response to Copón’s 13 Questions, so you can now read, among other things, about my first guitar, my musical roots (as contradictory as they may be), and what I’m currently working on: A CD with Catherin…
…—audio, video and photographic—and a hat tip to Don Mount for helping Eris come up with a title for our first improvisation. Last but not least, thanks to all who came to listen and witness the noise, complexity and play. Next up: performance in July with Swim This (Nick Didkovsky: guitar; Gerry Hemingway: drums; and Michael Lytle: bass clarinet). See the performance diary for up-to-date info. Facebook Twitter Bluesky Mastodon Email More Tumblr Th…
…the Music and the Gender & Women’s Studies departments at UC Berkeley from 2009 to 2011. Her articles have appeared or are forthcoming in Current Musicology; Critical Studies in Improvisation; Big Ears: Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies; People Get Ready: The Future of Jazz is Now; Sounding the Body: Improvisation, Representation and Subjectivity; The Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies; The Dictionary of African American Music;…
…ally unaffiliated, part-time geek (and amateur anthropologist), I find the Computer Music tribes’ behavior fascinating. This is an unedited transcript of my observations from ImproTech Paris-New York 2012 : Improvisation & Technology series of events. My original observations came in the form of live tweets via @hanearlpark that spanned the performances on May 16, 2012 at the Roulette, and the ‘workshops’ (which I would describe as paper presentat…
…above and pack the day full of music. We’ve also invited Gina Southgate to come and capture the day on canvas, and Alex Fiennes to record the performances! [Read the rest…] In addition to being an incomparably energetic space for new jazz and improvised music, LUME has previously supported my work, not least by hosting the first London performance by the trio with Dominic Lash and Mark Sanders (an ensemble that would eventually morph into Sirene 1…
