8/5/08
brainkiller trio in mexico!
after that, I'll have a busy fall coming with many concerts, most of them solo, on the east coast and the south throughout september and october and into next year. keep an eye on braintone.com toward the end of this month for some neat things regarding these solo concerts.
in case you missed the allen/hecht duos at brazosport college, just click here for five clips from the concert.
4/8/08
Hernan is coming to Texas again next week for some duo concerts
with me. Check the events page for details and performance
times and locations.
Jacob, Hernan and I just laid down some pretty rocking tracks
in Phoenix for a future Brainkiller Trio release. As always,
stay tuned for that and the upcoming activities.
Reviews for "Synapse," my trio CD with Tony Malaby and Tom
Rainey are still coming in! Check out the press page for a new
one from the Greek Jazz Magazine "Jazz and Tazz" or go here.
1/5/08
I added some new photos from 2007! Enjoy! Also enjoy a few
new Brainkiller MP3s on the audio page.
1/3/08
Synapse (Allen/Malaby/Rainey) now available on iTunes in
addition to several other fine vendors and this website.
12/18/07
Just added a video section to my website. Should be easy to
navigate there.
12/15/07
I hope you like the new website. Check out the new YouTube
videos of some older material of mine: Texas Tech Jazz Trombone
Band, SKETCHY + percussion ensemble.
12/12/07
Brainkiller trio mexico tour was a great success. Thanks to
everybody who came to the shows and to Hernan for making such a
great tour. Check out several videos from the tour youtube and
myspace
10/7/07
new videos with hernan hecht and brainkiller (above)
visit brainkiller myspace
see more duo videos on YouTube
10/5/07
Hernan and I finished our CD last week at the end of the tour
and we're pretty pumped about it. Lots of other cool things
(tours, CDs) are in the works for the fall and spring. Stay
tuned!
8/12/07
Hernan Hecht and I just recorded a bunch of music in Mexico
City. We're putting some things together for a CD release in
early September, in time for our southwestern tour! This will
be the first time we've played in the U.S. Check out our duo
page with MP3s and other crucial info.
I'm thrilled to announce that Abrazo has received a grant from
Meet the Composer's MetLife Creative Connections Program to
host San Francisco composer Dominique Leone in a series of
events with the Brazosport community this October. Abrazo is a
locally based organization that I began in 2000 to help
facilitate musical performance and educational events here.
We've had dozens of guest artists and clinicians interacting
with the Brazosport community over the years.
For more information on Abrazo, check out the website here.
There will be much more information on the events with Mr.
Leone and our organization in the near future.
7/15/07
Two new CD releases with my compositions:
Tina Marsh and the Creative Opportunity Orchestra - Migration.
My composition "Sopra" is the first track and I play in the
band on all the tracks. for more info: www.creop.org
Texas Tech University Jazz Ensemble - Glimmer of Night and Day.
My composition "Glimmer" is the first track and snippets of my
arrangement of Thelonious Monk's "Well You Needn't" appear on
the track "Weather You Needn't".
I just had a premiere of a new piece, "Seen and Unseen,"
commissioned by Esther Baeza for trumpet quintet, at the Texas
Tech Band and Orchestra Camp.
August will see the premiere of some new Jimi Hendrix
arrangements for the Low Frequency Tuba Band at the Jazz in
August Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. for more info:
http://www.musica.gulbenkian.pt/jazz/
I'm off this Saturday to Mexico City to play some gigs and
record some duo music with Hernan Hecht. We hope to have a new
recording for our US tour in September.
I've got three new etudes selected for the 2007-2008 IAJE Texas
All State Jazz Ensemble Audition etudes. Trombone players look
out!
6/2/07
I am on NPR!! Check out the NPR All Things Considered Sound
Clips Series for my amplified trombone .... listen here ....
I had a recent premiere of a trombone and trumpet duo called
"Running as Root", commissioned by Don Lucas (Boston
University Professor of Trombone) and performed this week by
Don and Jon Lewis (LA-based trumpet studio phenom on Matrix
soundtracks, etc.) Don reports over 800 enthusiastic people in
attendance for the special concert at his old high school in
Falls Church, Virginia. I hope to have a recording of this
soon.
Several gigs, tours and recordings planned this summer and fall
on the west coast, southwest and Mexico with Brainkiller,
Hernan Hecht, and Dominique Leone. Watch out!
5/8/07
I just uploaded the film, music and program notes to "for" a
new composition for wind ensemble and film, performed by the
Brazoswood HS Symphonic Band. Check out the recent Rubber Band
video, too. Check the audio/video page.
Check out the MP3 for "SLAB" a new composition for beginning
band, played by the Rasco Middle School and being played by the
combined Rasco/Clute Middle Schools at the Band O Rama May 17.
See Events page for more info.
There will be the premiere of "Dreads and Tabouli" a big band
composition next week also on May 14. Look for an MP3 up
sometime soon after.
June 15 will be the CD release gig by the Creative Opportunity
Orchestra in Austin. I will have a composition entitled
"Sopra" on the recording.
Many new performances, recordings, and tours are happening and
being planned throughout the summer and fall with Brainkiller
and a new duo with Mexico City based drummer Hernan Hecht.
brainkiller press kit pdf
hernan hecht's website
4/5/07
I have a nice feature in the Brazosport Facts from March 28 of
my Mexico stuff. Here are some scans of the article or see the
online version.
The first remix of "six years L8R" is up by John Pekowski.
Listen here and learn more.
My solo trombone piece "ondre" is performed at Illinois
Weslayan University today as part of the 60x60 VoxNovus Midwest
Mix.
I had a good time with the Creative Opportunity Orchestra and
ICP Orchestra last week in Austin and got a good recording of
"Sopra" for possible future release.
Please come see the premiere of my new band piece "for" with
film on April 10 at Brazoswood HS!
3/25/07
Downbeat Reviews Synapse!!! April 2007 issue
Hi-Res Scan
Lo-Res Scan
Text Only
Mexico City week was amazing. Check out a local newspaper
article. Four beautiful gigs with the quartet and a recording
and gig with Hernan Hecht's Gru-B project with Daniel Zlotnik
(sax + electronics) and Marco (bass with Jaguares.) jamming
with and meeting many great people like Remi Alvarez (sax) and
Rodrigo Barbosa (drums.) Check out the bands of these
musicians:
Los Dorados
Craneo de Jade
I'm looking forward to premiere of my new piece for wind
ensemble in April 10 at Brazoswood HS. I'm making a short film
to accompany it.
Also looking forward to seeing ICP orchestra this week in
Austin and then performing and recording with the Creative
Opportunity Orchestra. I may have a piece on the concert.
3/9/07
I'm pumped about going to Mexico City this Sunday for a week of
gigs with the Mexican Quartet! Maybe I'll have some new stuff
for here when I get back. I'm also planning some neat things
for my new solo amplified trombone recording sixyearsL8R, but
it looks like that won't be until a few more weeks, too. In
the meantime:
some new MP3s are up at the audio page, a new big tune called
"dreads and tabouli" is available for purchase at the braintone
music page. a video of my Rubber Band Quartet is up on the
audio page and also at YouTube.
2/11/07
new pictures from my art book UC?UC.
2/07/07
The Mexican Quartet page is up! Check it out for videos, MP3s,
artwork and more. There are updates throughout the sit, but
here are some highlights:
* new MP3s
* new information/samples on my braintone music page. You can
purchase my pieces via PayPal for mail or electronic (PDF
format) delivery and see PDF score samples in addition to sound
samples for nearly every composition
* updated press/quote/review info
* new photos
there will be more exciting stuff (events and announcements)
being updated over the next few weeks. thanks for looking!
some videos from the mexican quartet can also be found here on
youtube.
2/1/07
"Six Years L8R" is here! Produced for the occasion of my
Mexico trip, it is my new solo CD with all amplified trombone.
That means sticking a tiny mic into places I didn't know
existed inside a trombone and hearing a completely new world of
sound. Each CD is hand designed and assembled by me. See
"Recordings" for more info. At this time, it is only available
here.
12/31/06
I'm headed to Merida, Mexico tomorrow and really excited about
this quartet and a new batch of music and ideas. Today I found
a new review of "Synapse" in the All About Jazz January 2007 NY
Newspaper (see my press page) and I'm excited about that. I
added a Synapse MP3 to audio. You can also purchase Synapse
through JazzLoft (see my recordings page)in addition to
Downtown Music Gallery, CDBaby and right here.
I've been making these little books called UC?UC (see picture
one + picture two) of my drawings for friends and folks that
helped make Synapse a reality. I also update the photos and
artwork page quite a bit, especially the photos page. In
general, I'm always messing with stuff on the whole site and
expect to have some new Mp3s (maybe videos, too) after I get
back in January.
I have a new solo trombone CD called "six years L8R" that will
also be available then. It is all amplified acoustic trombone.
There are some neat sounds and unique original packaging. I
will have more details soon. Happy New Year!!
9/3/06
I have a piece selected for performance in the VoxNovus 60X60
project, which is an hour long piece featuring sixty different
composers each with a minute of music. The first premiere is
at the Electronic Music Midwest (EMM) festival at Lewis
University, Thursday, October 12. My piece is called "ondre"
and is a piece for solo trombone. Here are the program notes.
7/25/06
I have been awarded a grant from Meet the Composer Global
Connections!!! This is for me to work with musicians in
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico for a week!! This should be in January
2007. More details soon.
6/9/06
You can buy "Synapse" at CD Baby now. Watch for more reviews.
Here are pictures from recent performances with Satoko Fujii
Orchestra NY and Anthony Braxton 100TubaTet:
Anthony Braxton 100TubaTet at the Bang on a Can Marathon 6/4/06
"luxuriating in tuba tone, somewhere between elegy and
exorcism" - New York Times
Set One (I'm in the first picture)
Set Two
Set Three
NYTimes Article
In addition, this event was extensively videotaped, recorded
and photographed.
Satoko Fujii Orchestra NY at The Stone 6/7/06
DowntownMusic.net
brainkiller trio in mexico!
after that, I'll have a busy fall coming with many concerts, most of them solo, on the east coast and the south throughout september and october and into next year. keep an eye on braintone.com toward the end of this month for some neat things regarding these solo concerts.
in case you missed the allen/hecht duos at brazosport college, just click here for five clips from the concert.
4/8/08
Hernan is coming to Texas again next week for some duo concerts
with me. Check the events page for details and performance
times and locations.
Jacob, Hernan and I just laid down some pretty rocking tracks
in Phoenix for a future Brainkiller Trio release. As always,
stay tuned for that and the upcoming activities.
Reviews for "Synapse," my trio CD with Tony Malaby and Tom
Rainey are still coming in! Check out the press page for a new
one from the Greek Jazz Magazine "Jazz and Tazz" or go here.
1/5/08
I added some new photos from 2007! Enjoy! Also enjoy a few
new Brainkiller MP3s on the audio page.
1/3/08
Synapse (Allen/Malaby/Rainey) now available on iTunes in
addition to several other fine vendors and this website.
12/18/07
Just added a video section to my website. Should be easy to
navigate there.
12/15/07
I hope you like the new website. Check out the new YouTube
videos of some older material of mine: Texas Tech Jazz Trombone
Band, SKETCHY + percussion ensemble.
12/12/07
Brainkiller trio mexico tour was a great success. Thanks to
everybody who came to the shows and to Hernan for making such a
great tour. Check out several videos from the tour youtube and
myspace
10/7/07
new videos with hernan hecht and brainkiller (above)
visit brainkiller myspace
see more duo videos on YouTube
10/5/07
Hernan and I finished our CD last week at the end of the tour
and we're pretty pumped about it. Lots of other cool things
(tours, CDs) are in the works for the fall and spring. Stay
tuned!
8/12/07
Hernan Hecht and I just recorded a bunch of music in Mexico
City. We're putting some things together for a CD release in
early September, in time for our southwestern tour! This will
be the first time we've played in the U.S. Check out our duo
page with MP3s and other crucial info.
I'm thrilled to announce that Abrazo has received a grant from
Meet the Composer's MetLife Creative Connections Program to
host San Francisco composer Dominique Leone in a series of
events with the Brazosport community this October. Abrazo is a
locally based organization that I began in 2000 to help
facilitate musical performance and educational events here.
We've had dozens of guest artists and clinicians interacting
with the Brazosport community over the years.
For more information on Abrazo, check out the website here.
There will be much more information on the events with Mr.
Leone and our organization in the near future.
7/15/07
Two new CD releases with my compositions:
Tina Marsh and the Creative Opportunity Orchestra - Migration.
My composition "Sopra" is the first track and I play in the
band on all the tracks. for more info: www.creop.org
Texas Tech University Jazz Ensemble - Glimmer of Night and Day.
My composition "Glimmer" is the first track and snippets of my
arrangement of Thelonious Monk's "Well You Needn't" appear on
the track "Weather You Needn't".
I just had a premiere of a new piece, "Seen and Unseen,"
commissioned by Esther Baeza for trumpet quintet, at the Texas
Tech Band and Orchestra Camp.
August will see the premiere of some new Jimi Hendrix
arrangements for the Low Frequency Tuba Band at the Jazz in
August Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. for more info:
http://www.musica.gulbenkian.pt/jazz/
I'm off this Saturday to Mexico City to play some gigs and
record some duo music with Hernan Hecht. We hope to have a new
recording for our US tour in September.
I've got three new etudes selected for the 2007-2008 IAJE Texas
All State Jazz Ensemble Audition etudes. Trombone players look
out!
6/2/07
I am on NPR!! Check out the NPR All Things Considered Sound
Clips Series for my amplified trombone .... listen here ....
I had a recent premiere of a trombone and trumpet duo called
"Running as Root", commissioned by Don Lucas (Boston
University Professor of Trombone) and performed this week by
Don and Jon Lewis (LA-based trumpet studio phenom on Matrix
soundtracks, etc.) Don reports over 800 enthusiastic people in
attendance for the special concert at his old high school in
Falls Church, Virginia. I hope to have a recording of this
soon.
Several gigs, tours and recordings planned this summer and fall
on the west coast, southwest and Mexico with Brainkiller,
Hernan Hecht, and Dominique Leone. Watch out!
5/8/07
I just uploaded the film, music and program notes to "for" a
new composition for wind ensemble and film, performed by the
Brazoswood HS Symphonic Band. Check out the recent Rubber Band
video, too. Check the audio/video page.
Check out the MP3 for "SLAB" a new composition for beginning
band, played by the Rasco Middle School and being played by the
combined Rasco/Clute Middle Schools at the Band O Rama May 17.
See Events page for more info.
There will be the premiere of "Dreads and Tabouli" a big band
composition next week also on May 14. Look for an MP3 up
sometime soon after.
June 15 will be the CD release gig by the Creative Opportunity
Orchestra in Austin. I will have a composition entitled
"Sopra" on the recording.
Many new performances, recordings, and tours are happening and
being planned throughout the summer and fall with Brainkiller
and a new duo with Mexico City based drummer Hernan Hecht.
brainkiller press kit pdf
hernan hecht's website
4/5/07
I have a nice feature in the Brazosport Facts from March 28 of
my Mexico stuff. Here are some scans of the article or see the
online version.
The first remix of "six years L8R" is up by John Pekowski.
Listen here and learn more.
My solo trombone piece "ondre" is performed at Illinois
Weslayan University today as part of the 60x60 VoxNovus Midwest
Mix.
I had a good time with the Creative Opportunity Orchestra and
ICP Orchestra last week in Austin and got a good recording of
"Sopra" for possible future release.
Please come see the premiere of my new band piece "for" with
film on April 10 at Brazoswood HS!
3/25/07
Downbeat Reviews Synapse!!! April 2007 issue
Hi-Res Scan
Lo-Res Scan
Text Only
Mexico City week was amazing. Check out a local newspaper
article. Four beautiful gigs with the quartet and a recording
and gig with Hernan Hecht's Gru-B project with Daniel Zlotnik
(sax + electronics) and Marco (bass with Jaguares.) jamming
with and meeting many great people like Remi Alvarez (sax) and
Rodrigo Barbosa (drums.) Check out the bands of these
musicians:
Los Dorados
Craneo de Jade
I'm looking forward to premiere of my new piece for wind
ensemble in April 10 at Brazoswood HS. I'm making a short film
to accompany it.
Also looking forward to seeing ICP orchestra this week in
Austin and then performing and recording with the Creative
Opportunity Orchestra. I may have a piece on the concert.
3/9/07
I'm pumped about going to Mexico City this Sunday for a week of
gigs with the Mexican Quartet! Maybe I'll have some new stuff
for here when I get back. I'm also planning some neat things
for my new solo amplified trombone recording sixyearsL8R, but
it looks like that won't be until a few more weeks, too. In
the meantime:
some new MP3s are up at the audio page, a new big tune called
"dreads and tabouli" is available for purchase at the braintone
music page. a video of my Rubber Band Quartet is up on the
audio page and also at YouTube.
2/11/07
new pictures from my art book UC?UC.
2/07/07
The Mexican Quartet page is up! Check it out for videos, MP3s,
artwork and more. There are updates throughout the sit, but
here are some highlights:
* new MP3s
* new information/samples on my braintone music page. You can
purchase my pieces via PayPal for mail or electronic (PDF
format) delivery and see PDF score samples in addition to sound
samples for nearly every composition
* updated press/quote/review info
* new photos
there will be more exciting stuff (events and announcements)
being updated over the next few weeks. thanks for looking!
some videos from the mexican quartet can also be found here on
youtube.
2/1/07
"Six Years L8R" is here! Produced for the occasion of my
Mexico trip, it is my new solo CD with all amplified trombone.
That means sticking a tiny mic into places I didn't know
existed inside a trombone and hearing a completely new world of
sound. Each CD is hand designed and assembled by me. See
"Recordings" for more info. At this time, it is only available
here.
12/31/06
I'm headed to Merida, Mexico tomorrow and really excited about
this quartet and a new batch of music and ideas. Today I found
a new review of "Synapse" in the All About Jazz January 2007 NY
Newspaper (see my press page) and I'm excited about that. I
added a Synapse MP3 to audio. You can also purchase Synapse
through JazzLoft (see my recordings page)in addition to
Downtown Music Gallery, CDBaby and right here.
I've been making these little books called UC?UC (see picture
one + picture two) of my drawings for friends and folks that
helped make Synapse a reality. I also update the photos and
artwork page quite a bit, especially the photos page. In
general, I'm always messing with stuff on the whole site and
expect to have some new Mp3s (maybe videos, too) after I get
back in January.
I have a new solo trombone CD called "six years L8R" that will
also be available then. It is all amplified acoustic trombone.
There are some neat sounds and unique original packaging. I
will have more details soon. Happy New Year!!
9/3/06
I have a piece selected for performance in the VoxNovus 60X60
project, which is an hour long piece featuring sixty different
composers each with a minute of music. The first premiere is
at the Electronic Music Midwest (EMM) festival at Lewis
University, Thursday, October 12. My piece is called "ondre"
and is a piece for solo trombone. Here are the program notes.
7/25/06
I have been awarded a grant from Meet the Composer Global
Connections!!! This is for me to work with musicians in
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico for a week!! This should be in January
2007. More details soon.
6/9/06
You can buy "Synapse" at CD Baby now. Watch for more reviews.
Here are pictures from recent performances with Satoko Fujii
Orchestra NY and Anthony Braxton 100TubaTet:
Anthony Braxton 100TubaTet at the Bang on a Can Marathon 6/4/06
"luxuriating in tuba tone, somewhere between elegy and
exorcism" - New York Times
Set One (I'm in the first picture)
Set Two
Set Three
NYTimes Article
In addition, this event was extensively videotaped, recorded
and photographed.
Satoko Fujii Orchestra NY at The Stone 6/7/06
DowntownMusic.net
