Guitar music.
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Sekou Diabate Bembeya Band.
Series of twelve one-hour concerts.|SEKOU DIABATE BEMBEYA BAND. SERIES: Face the music : Pacifica’s East and West coast concert series| no. 12 Twelvth in a series of twelve 1-hour concerts. CONTENT: Performance by Sekou Toumani Diabate, one of Africa’s leading guitarists, who combines Bembeya jazz, and Spanish classical guitar. BROADCAST: Satellite, 1990. |Performance by Sekou…
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Meredith Monk and John Zorn and Fred Frith / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Len Perskie.
Performance music documentary. Composer Monk brings the ancestral power of the voice into contemporary music through humming, nonsensical syllables, tongue clicks and other sounds. Zorn, a saxophonist, and First, a guitarist, combine old instruments into a truly avant garde musical form.|MEREDITH MONK AND JOHN ZORN and FRED FRITH / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Len…
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John Hartford and Utah Phillips / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Len Perskie.
Performance music documentary. Hartford, composer of “Gentle on my Mind,” and many other his tunes, sings his old and new songs and plays the guitar, fiddle and banjo. Phillips, a satirical humorist, spins tales, songs, poems, anecdotes and political humor.|JOHN HARTFORD AND UTAH PHILLIPS / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Len Perskie. SERIES: At the…
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Walt Michael and Friends and The Red Clay Ramblers / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Len Perskie.
Performance music documentary. Michael plays a large version of the dulcimer within a group which features vocals, fiddle, guitar, bass and viola. “The Red Clay Ramblers” combine bluegrass, hillbilly, country, Irish, jazz, blues and rock ‘n’ roll with modern mountain string band.|WALT MICHAEL AND FRIENDS AND THE RED CLAY RAMBLERS / produced by Elisabethy Perez-Luna…
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Billy Bang and the string trio of New York / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Len Perskie.
Performance music documentary. Jazz violinist Bang plays in a style which combines blues and raw jazz, utilizing bebop, funk, free improvisation, and modern classical music. “The String Trio of New York” features bassist John Lindberg, guitarist James Emery and violinist Charles Burnham, spans jazz and folk forms in an innovative way.|BILLY BANG AND THE STRING…
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John McLaughlin : guitar satori / produced by John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas.
Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. John McLaughlin is a musician who has changed the shape of his instrument and the music it plays. His fusion group. The Mahavishnu Orchestra is the yardstick against which all such music is measured. McLaughlin reflects on his career with Jan Hammer, Al DiMeola,…
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Al Dimeola and Scott Johnson : frets, forms and fusions / produced by John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas.
Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Two guitarists who take a radically different approach to composition and performance. Al DiMeola upped that speed stakes in fusion while simultaneously crafting Spanish influenced compositions. Scott Johnson combines fiery guitar with sound first. His recent score for the film “Patty Hearst,” finds him…
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Bill Nelson and Phil Mansanera : mystic landscapes / produced by John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas.
Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Bill Nelson and Phil Mansanera are guitarists who have extended the sound of their instruments and incorporated syntehsizers to create a personal music. Mansanera was a member of the pop group Roxy Music with Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno. Bill Nelson played in Be-Bop…
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Andy Summers and David Torn : guitar extensions / produced by John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas.
Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Summers, who attained the pinnacle of popularity in The Police, explains his more adventurous, atmospheric approach to music–an approach heard in recordings with Robert Fripp, Eberhard Schoener and his instrumental recording “Mysterious Barricades.” Torn uses complex processing to create multi-layered electric guitar tapestries. He…
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Steve Tibbetts : exploded view / produced by John Biliberto and Kimberly Haas.
Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Tibbetts, a Minneapolis guitarist, contrasts electronic guitar sonorities with the more plaintive accoustic guitars, and blends them through multi-national influences to create a world music.|STEVE TIBBETTS : EXPLODED VIEWS / produced by John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas. SERIES: Totally wired II| no. 13 Weekly…