PARTICLE ENSEMBLE / Particle EnsembleThomas Buckner, Earl Howard, Mari Kimura, and J D Parran join forces in the Particle Ensemble. The ensemble - formed after several successful collaborations - perform compositions and improvisation by its members. The three works on this release were all recorded live in concert and include a duo, a trio and a full quartet work. Compositions are by Parran and Howard, with a duo improvisation between Buckner and Howard.
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EARL HOWARD/Strong Force"There is little in today's world of music that is more complex and challenging than Howard's ensemble scores, so alien to melody and rhythm as one can be without sounding cacophonous." Piero Scaruffi
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EARL HOWARD / 5 Saxophone SolosEarl Howard is a virtuoso saxophonist and has developed an extended repertoire for the instrument including Cinco Centavos for solo saxophone and Naked Charm for saxophone and tape which was performed at the New Music America festival in Hartford, Connecticut. He has received Composer fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation on the Arts. |