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• Glenn Astarita review

  Featured Artist: Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra CD Title: Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra Year: 2008 Record Label: Thrill Jockey Style: Free Jazz / Avante Garde Review: Legendary free-jazz trumpeter/educator and stylist Bill Dixon doesn’t record much, but thankfully, he connected with cornetist/composer Rob Mazurek and founder of the Exploding Star Orchestra. As the storyline goes,... | continue reading »

• Rob Mazurek Interview with Alarm Magazine

  Rob Mazurek Is The Force Behind Free Form Jazz Ensemble, Exploding Star Orchestra URL to article: http://www.alarmpress.com/2688/music-interview/rob-mazurek-is-the-force-behind-free-form-jazz-ensemble-exploding-star-orchestra/ ALARM Magazine "Music & Art Beyond Comparison" | continue reading »

• The Rothko Scores

  THE ROTHKO SCORES IS COLLECTED RESEARCH Sound Harmonics (improvisation, written material), Color Harmonics (painted material, video projection) Text Harmonics ( written material) SOUND IS color color is sound text is color SOUND IS text The IMPROVISATION forms from Past-Present-Future circumstances based on COLLECTED and UN-COLLECTED RESEARCH, and the INTERACTION with the Mark Rothko paintings, room dynamics,... | continue reading »

• Troy Collins Review

  Bill Dixon With Exploding Star Orchestra Bill Dixon | Thrill Jockey (2008) By Troy Collins comments The arrival of a new recording featuring an extremely rare appearance by legendary trumpeter Bill Dixon is reason enough for celebration. When said album also features cornetist Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, the rewards are twofold. Bill Dixon came to prominence organizing the 1964 October... | continue reading »