#2649: New Music for Dance

Originally presented as a multimedia dance piece choreographed by Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, Ken Field's "Under the Skin" is an extended suite of pulsing studies for multiple saxophones, acoustic and electric bass, drums, and percussion. Composer and saxophonist Ken Field, in addition to his Sesame Street cred, has worked for nearly two decades with Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, and more recently, with the Mardi gras-riffic Revolutionary Snake Ensemble. For this score, he pre-recorded himself playing with the rhythm section of bassist Jesse Williams and drummer Phil Neighbors, often overdubbing several saxophone parts on top of each other for a resulting score that is part jazz, part funk, playful, driving, flip, and filled with life and humor. We'll hear some of that score on this New Sounds program, plus a lot more.

PROGRAM # 2649, New Music for Dance (First aired on 3/7/07)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
G. I. Gurdjieff & Thomas de Hartmann	Seekers of the Truth	#18, excerpt [1:30]	Celestial Harmonies #13020/21 www.harmonies.com
Robert Een	In The Field of God	Expanding Universe [8:30]	Private CD. But has been commercially released on a CD called "Expanding Universe" available at CDBaby
Ken Field	Under The Sin	Streaming [3:00] Five Saxophones in Search of Meaning [4:00] Slits in the Curtain [4:30]	Innova #208 www.innova.mu Or download from Emusic.com or iTunes.
Paul Dresher	Kalasam	Jaisalmer, excerpt [8:30]	www.dresherensemble.org
Steve Elson	Lips & Fingers	Eric's Trio [2:00]	Open Minds #2406 www.steveelson.com or try Amazon.com*
Guy Klucevsek	Transylvanian Softwear	Transylvanian Software [5:00]	Starkland #207 www.starkland.com
Peter Gordon	Leningrad XPress	Der Kindertotentanz [3:00] Leningrad Xpress [10:00]	New Tone #516702 www.felmay.it