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Bob Gluck is a multi-faceted pianist, composer, software interface designer and historical writer. His repertoire spans jazz performance integrating electronics, free improvisation, avant-garde concert music and music for electronic expansions of acoustical instruments. Among his performing instruments are the Disklavier (computer-assisted piano), ramıs horn and Turkish baglama saz. His 2005 - 2006 tour featuring solo live-electronic versions of the electric music of Miles Davis traveled to Prague (Czech Republic), Keele (UK), Ottawa, Middlebury (Vermont), San Diego and Irvine, California. Other recent performances and showings of his work have been in Los Angeles, Berlin, Bucharest, Miami, Mexico City, New York City (Flea Theater and Lotus Music and Dance), Montreal, Toronto, Atlanta, Dartmouth College and beyond. His recordings include 'Stories Heard and Retold' (1998) and 'Electric Songs' (2003). About 'Stories Heard and Retold', Michael Bergman wrote in the Berkshire Advocate: "The remarkable wave of sound overcomes the consciousness of the listener transporting him or her to another place ..."
Gluck is also a designer of multimedia installations. His works include 'Layered Histories' (2004), an immersive sound and video environment with Cynthia Rubin and 'Sounds of a Community' (2001 - 2002). His historical writings have been published in Leonardo Music Journal, Organized Sound, Journal SEAMUS, Leonardo, Living Music Journal, The Reconstructionist, Tav+ and at the EMF Institute. Bob Gluck's early musical training began at the Julliard and Manhattan Schools of Music. After years of conservatory training, his musical life dramatically changed after hearing Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Miles Davisı electric bands. He studied electronic music at the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Albany, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Gluck is Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Electronic Music Studio at The University at Albany, and Associate Director at the Electronic Music Foundation.
Michael Bisio is a distinctly original bassist and composer whose list of collaborators reads like a who's who of jazz. Bisio has performed regularly with luminaries such as Joe McPhee and Charles Gayle, as well as John Tchai, Marilyn Crispell, Stuart Dempster, Bern Nix, Julian Priester, Joseph Jarman, Andrew Cyrille, and many others. For many years, he was a mainstay of the Seattle jazz and music education scenes. He has performed at the Earshot and Guelph Jazz Festivals, the famed Vision Festival in New York and at Tanglewood and elsewhere. Steven Loewy (All Music Guide) writes: "Bisio's ability to project such a diverse array of timbre and technical skill mark him as one of the leading bassists of his time."
Michael Bisio has twelve recordings to his credit as a leader or co-leader, most recently 'Composance' (Cadence, 2004) and 'Connections' (CIMP, 2005). Bisio also appears on numerous recordings as a band member, including several with Joe McPhee. He has taught bass privately for many years and has served as artist in residence and workshop leader in Vancouver, Seattle and Troy (New York). As a composer, he has penned music for jazz ensembles, film, and stage. Bisio has also performed orchestral music and music for music theater. Andrew Bartlett (Encyclopedia of Northwest Music) sums it up when he writes: "Bisio is an adept performer at all levels, from his blistering solo barrages to his more intricate larger ensemble work."
Dean Sharp is a prolific creative percussionist, producer and remixer. He has performed and recorded with a strikingly diverse array of creative artists including Moby, Brad Mehldau, Stephen Vitiello, Elliott Sharp, Joe Lovano, Marc Ribot, John Stubblefield, Liz Gorrill (aka Kazzrie Jaxen), jazz legend Hugh Brodie, Tony Levin, Steve Swallow, Carter Burwell, David Arner and Jane Siberry. Sharp has written and recorded with notorious loop-miester David Torn (SPLaTTeRCeLL project), co-lead his own ensembles earmight (w/ Dean Jones, David Hofstra, Russ Johnson and Ken Mcgloin) and trio loCo (w/ Marc Dzuiba and StudioStu) and is the creative catalyst of SONic 150 (with trumpet notebender russ johnson), scribbleScrabbLe (with videographer Thomas Moore), 3:2:1 (with Ken Mcgloin and Russ Johnson) and sanDwich (with percussionist Harvey Sorgen and a changing mysterious third guest). He has played a vital role in the recordings and live performances of such innovative singer/songwriters as Rachael Sage, Greg Brown, Donna Lewis, MIMI (goese), Noe Veneble, Jill Sobule and Todd Sickafooseıs Blood Orange.
Dean Sharp has studied with the late Elvin Jones, Colin Walcott and Tony Williams, as well as living legends Jack DeJohnette, Michael Carvin, Narada Michael Walden, Nana Vasconcelos and Montego Joe. As a producer/remixer, he has "pushed the envelope" for projects with Indian flutist Steve Gorn, cellist Stephanie Winters, klezmer/world artist Zoe B. Zak, bassist Steve Rustıs PULSAR and indie faves Louise Taylor and Stoneboat. Multimedia collaborators have included Stephen Vitiello, Nam June Paik and Tom Moore. He has also offered master classes and workshops at SUNY New Paltz, the New School, Unison Arts Center and the Omega Institute. Music Matters Review declares: "Dean Sharp's drums lend mystery and grace" and The Fairfield County Weekly calls him "capable of quietly extraordinary things," a drummer who "has found a way to make jazz fresh."
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