[powerpress] In recent recordings, I tried to play in response to the call of the rhythm and shape of Mira’s reading of the “bismilleh kaddish” text. In this recording, I tried instead to play in anticipation of her pre-recorded text, trying to do call to her response. It was difficult; as familiar as I am…
Month: March 2011
daily kaddish: text jazz
[powerpress] Here I tried to improvise music in a jazzy style to the sound of Mira’s text.
counting cards with my grumpy grampa
I never gave my grampa his due, but I’m starting to appreciate him.
rudolf steiner in seven-part harmony
It’s your seven-year cycle,” she said. “You’re coming up on the next seven, so that’s why you feel that something’s about to change.” And I thought, well what a load of crap. And then I thought about it. And then I started reading. And then I thought about it some more. I always liked Rudolf…
daily kaddish: flügelhorn blues
[powerpress] A recording on flügelhorn in a bluesy style.
daily kaddish: horn accompaniment
[powerpress] This time I foregrounded Mira’s voice and let the improvised horn music be a background accompaniment.
daily kaddish: f*@$ing taxes
[powerpress] In which your intrepid hornist was fried after a long day of working on her tax return.
daily kaddish: lisa’s dad
[powerpress] For my friends Lisa and Marc’s dad.
daily kaddish: bumpers
[powerpress] For Victoria’s and Mira’s cars’ bumpers, destroyed in car accidents.
daily kaddish: the first magnes museums
[powerpress] Mira’s Dad (the Tzaddik) was founder of the Magnes Museum. This afternoon I represented Beit Malkhut at the opening ceremony for the Magnes Museum’s rebirth as part of UC-Berkeley’s Bancroft Library, and when I got home, I recorded a Kaddish for the earlier incarnations of the Magnes. Mira was appalled.