Ned Rothenberg

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Crossings – points of convergence, loci for decision-making, determination and daring resolve. For more than four decades, New York multi-instrumentalist and composer Ned Rothenberg has operated at the stimulating nexus of no-return, working with challenging artists such as Evan Parker, Fred Frith, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, Julian Sartorius and Sainkho Namtchylak in his bold pursuance of a unique and intimate musical voice liberated from all idiomatic fetters.

His latest quartet finds him accompanied by three other like-minded musicians – Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara and regular Rothenberg associate, Sylvie Courvoisier – close friends whose equally boundary-busting careers have seen them ferment vital connections between the hook-laden audacities of New York’s downtown jazz scene, the detailed intricacies of European chamber music and the chaotic ruckus of experimental rock alongside musicians including Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Ikue Mori, Bill Frisell, Ingrid Laubrock and Tomeka Reid. Such pedigrees make them obvious allies for a set of audacious explorations where daring composition and fearlessly inventive improvisation tandem together as complementary conceptual agents.

PERSONNEL:

• Ned Rothenberg - (bass clarinet, alto saxophone, clarinet)
• Sylvie Courvoisier - (piano)
• Mary Halvorson - (guitar, effects)
• Tomas Fujiwara - (drums)

Recorded at Octaven audiO, Mount Vernon, NY, on August 23rd 2022

TRACKS:

• 01. Seersucker
• 02. Sheets to the Wind
• 03. Quarantina
• 04. Tangled Tangos
• 05. Breather
• 06. Bob and Weave