Road*Trip @ the Jazz Gallery
Thursday, December 19th at 9pm & 11pm
BEHOLDETH....THE FACEBOOK INVITE.....
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The Ängsudden Song Cycle celebrates Ängsudden, a point in the Swedish archipelago that juts into the Baltic Sea where sea collides with sky in dramatic ways.
Though born without music, the Song Cycle is a collaborative project between the artist MuKha and composer Michael McGinnis who set music to the "song-poems" inspired by Ängsudden. The poems were first written in Tagalog and translated into Swedish and English, then illustrated with brush and ink paintings featuring the Philippine script, a system of writing which is nearly extinct and registered as part of UNESCO's "Memory of the World Programme." McGinnis, inspired by the script and images, as well as the lyrical sound of the poems in three languages, then composed the music for the songs, with arrangements for solo saxophone; for trio (piano, voice, woodwinds), and for chamber ensemble. In an effort to promote and preserve the living script still in use on the island of Palawan, Philippines, the artist MuKha has exhibited her Song Cycle Series of brush and ink works in the Philippines, Sweden and France. Together with other musicians, longtime collaborators McGinnis and MuKha bring music and art alive in the kind of encounter that uniquely defines the influence artists and musicians have on one another in the creation of totally new works. |
"The saxophone playing is deep, but Mike McGinnis has made clarinet his signature horn -- never more so than on his dual new releases Ängsudden Song Cycle (482 Music) and Road*Trip (RKM)" - David Adler, The Village Voice
"The perspicacious clarinetist and composer Mike McGinnis recently released “Road*Trip,” a beautifully realized album of music ..." - Nate Chinen, New York Times
"McGinnis is confidently behind the steering wheel for these two very different releases, maturely navigating through disparate climes on his way to turning his music into art." - Elliot Simon, NYC Jazz Record
“McGinnis navigates the ensemble through a musical landscape full of adventures, surprises, and beautiful vistas.” - David Garland, WNYC
"The perspicacious clarinetist and composer Mike McGinnis recently released “Road*Trip,” a beautifully realized album of music ..." - Nate Chinen, New York Times
"McGinnis is confidently behind the steering wheel for these two very different releases, maturely navigating through disparate climes on his way to turning his music into art." - Elliot Simon, NYC Jazz Record
“McGinnis navigates the ensemble through a musical landscape full of adventures, surprises, and beautiful vistas.” - David Garland, WNYC
Clarinetist/saxophonist/composer Mike McGinnis
places himself firmly within a strong tradition of anti-traditionalists. He can swing in the straight-ahead tradition or improvise on the furthest edge of the avant-garde, bringing the same deep commitment and personal vision to every musical situation. |
ON OCTOBER 8, 2013 - TWO NEW RELEASES
Mike McGinnis +9 - Road*Trip
Recorded live at WNYC Studios
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Angsudden Song Cycle
Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY
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