THOMAS BUCKNER
ABOUT THE ARTIST/BIOGRAPHY
For more than 30 years, baritone Thomas Buckner has dedicated himself to the world of new and improvised music. As a performer, producer, and promoter, Buckner has enabled the creation of an extensive body of new works by some of the world¹s leading, most exciting and most challenging composers. Currently, Buckner works regularly with composers Robert Ashley, Roscoe Mitchell, Alvin Lucier, Annea Lockwood, Bun-Ching Lam, Jerome Cooper, David Wessel, Tom Hamilton, Leroy Jenkins, Phill Niblock, Wadada Leo Smith, among others. Back to Artists
LINKS
Thomas Buckner: www.thomasbuckner.com
Interpretations: www.interpretations.info
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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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ROBERT DICK & THOMAS BUCKNER / Flutes & VoicesFlutes & Voices is utterly brilliant improvisation, finding two longtime musicians in top form. Thomas Buckner and Robert Dick have somewhat parallel musical histories. For well over three decades, both Buckner and Dick have redefined what is acoustically possible on their instruments. Both have a profound interest in the development of a highly individual sound language and in free improvisation. |
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JÉRÔME BOURDELLON, THOMAS BUCKNER, DALILA KHATIR, ROSCOE MITCHELL / Kirili et les NymphéasThis deluxe package includes a film by Jean-Paul Fargier Habiter le Présent/To Live the Present, featuring the musicians recorded at the Musée de l¹Orangerie. Enclosed as well are a 16 page booklet with color photos of the musicians among Alain Kirili¹s sculptures and Monet¹s paintings by Ariane Lopez-Huici, and a 20 page booklet containing an essay by French philosopher Paul Audi in both English and French.
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THOMAS BUCKNER / New Music for Baritone & Chamber EnsembleBaritone Thomas Buckner performs works by Annea Lockwood (Luminescence), Tania Leon (Canto), and Petr Kotik (Conceptuality/Life) on this recording. Annea Lockwood is known for her explorations of the rich world of natural acoustic sounds and environments, in works ranging from sound art and installations, through text-sound and performance art to concert music. Lockwood¹s Luminescence is a song cycle based on eight poems from Etel Adnan¹s 'Sea¹. |
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TIMELESS PULSE / Quintet"Timeless Pulse sometimes recalls the soundscapes of Gunter Muller, Butch Morris, David Shea and AMM, and is thus recommended to fans of them and harmonious (yes, that¹s right, with harmony) free-improv."- Mark Keresman
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THOMAS BUCKNER & JÉRÔME BOURDELLON / Totem"Totem is a brilliant disc from two masters of extemporized form, often spanning culture and time in each gesture. While I have long admired Buckner’s work as both producer and artist, Bourdellon’s playing is a new discovery for me, and I look forward to hearing more from each of these artists - preferably in collaboration." - Marc Medwin, Dusted
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THOMAS BUCKNER, MEL GRAVES & GEORGE MARSH / Homage"This project is the product of over thirty years of musical collaboration and personal friendships. The three of us met in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early seventies and worked together in many contexts, exploring improvisation and new music. When I moved to New York in 1983, there was a brief hiatus, and then, on hearing a composition of Mel Graves played here, I asked him to write me a piece. This led to my premiering many works of his and making several recordings. |
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THOMAS BUCKNER / Contexts"At once ethereal and earthy, Buckner travels the poles of idiomatic borrowings, referencing European intellectual art music and spontaneous tribal trance, with an organic ease, achieving a marvel of impromptu, plastic form." - Paul Serralheiro , Squid's Ear
Baritone Thomas Buckner performs solo as well as duos with Borah Bergman and David Darling, as well as on Earl Howard's composition Ilex.
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JEROME COOPER & THOMAS BUCKNER / Alone, Together, ApartJerome Cooper's playing here stands out for its uniquely light but driving touch, although he spends only a fraction of the disc on drumset, moving to keyboard, hand and mallet percussion and "tonal rhythm activator" for long stretches. Thomas Buckner's voice on this set of live duo improvisations delves into low groans, high cries and semi-operatic stylings, but steers clear of harshness. |
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THOMAS BUCKNER & TOM HAMILTON / Jump the Circle, Jump the Line"This is the kind of music that backs my dreams (& occasionally my nitemares) up! A totally different (but quality) musical adventure." - Rotcod Zzaj
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ROSCOE MITCHELL & THOMAS BUCKNER / 8 O'Clock: Two ImprovisationsThe full spectrum voice of baritone Thomas Buckner has been heard for more than two decades in questing improvisations alongside multi-instrumentalist Roscoe Mitchell. This recording documents a further stage in the duo's ongoing research. Mitchell plays flute and percussion as well as alto and soprano saxophones; Buckner couples evident formal training with freedom to roam. Individual sounds and occasional phrases are placed scrupulously within the field of silence. |
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SPACE (THOMAS BUCKNER & ROSCOE MITCHELL) / New Music for Woodwinds and Voice/An Interesting Breakfast Conversation"Putting Roscoe Mitchell, Thomas Buckner and Gerald Oshita in a room together is as good a way as any to ensure a high level of freakiness. Roscoe Mitchell is one of Creative Music's granddaddies, having had a hand in the establishment of both the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago. He plays about a zillion instruments; here, he plays a variety of saxes and clarinets. |