NED ROTHENBERG

Ned Rothenberg composes and performs on saxophones, bass clarinet, flute and shakuhachi (an end blown Japanese bamboo flute). He has been internationally acclaimed for his solo music which he has presented for the past 17 years in hundreds of concerts worldwide.

He leads the ensembles Double Band and Power Lines and is a founding member of the cooperative group New Winds (with Robert Dick, flutes and Herb Robertson, trumpet). His most recent group is Sync, with guitarist/bassist Jerome Harris and Tabla virtuoso Samir Chatterjee.

His co - collaborators in other projects have included Marc Ribot, Paul Dresher, Yuji Takahashi, Sainkho Namchylak, Masahiko Sato, Elliott Sharp, Samm Bennett, John Zorn, Katsuya Yokoyama and Fred Frith. He's lived and worked in New York City since 1978.

Rothenberg's musical interests are numerous and his work varies widely in its sonic, emotive and stylistic profiles.
A strong underlying element of his instrumental voice is the extension of the woodwind language to incorporate polyphony and accurate microtonal organization through the manipulation of multiphonics, circular breathing, and overtone control, not only using his horns in their standard melodic role but also as rhythmic and harmonic engines in both solo and ensemble contexts.

Listen to: At Altitude from the CD Amulet

As a composer he can move from "Jazz-funk in cubist perspective, dizzying, yet visceral" (Double Band) to a solo music that is "intense, slightly melancholic, rhapsodic without being sentimental"*, "while avoiding the use of mere effect- crafting distinct, evocative compositions that boast shape as well as texture."*
(*Jon Pareles and Edward Rothstein, NY Times and Neil Tesser, Chicago Reader)

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