Includes bibliographical references and a listening guide.
Contents:
Preface / Ryan Streber. Engineering new music / Bruce Ackley -- In search of sacred space / John Luther Adams -- One approach to improvisation (or) possible perceived DNA of all music : words about sound that hopefully inspire thoughts to create sound / Jim Black -- Short time, long time, short time, long time / Martin Bresnick -- How Nino Rota saved me from a subrerranean freakout / Carter Burwell -- Places in my music/My music in places / Ann Cleare -- Colour talk / Bram de Looze -- Tachitipo : the living passport / Zosha Di Castri -- shards of ether / Ganavya Doraiswamy -- Anatomy of a big band : splintered stories / Sam Eastmond -- Ranting and ruminating on rhythm : and the sweet mysteries of it all / Danny Elfman -- A flickering and thickening : aspects of recorded music released betwee 2010 and 2019 / Sasha Frere-Jones -- The school of the road / Leo Genovese -- Peripheral dromes : unfamiliar earworms / Kate Genitle -- Suite #7 : a conversation between Johnny Gandelsman and Osvaldo Golijov at the end of Osvaldo's "Falling out of time Silkroad" tour and just before Johnny's tour of the violin transcription of Bach's "Six cello suites," edited by Leah Hager Cohen / Oswaldo Golijov -- A brief history of the piano-percussion quartet / Russell Greenberg -- The vibraphone in the music of John Zorn : an observation on the evolution / Sae Hashimoto -- Deep river ... but how deep? : a pianist greets his piano / David Holzman -- "Venit illuminato" : a process notebook / Aaron Jay Kernis -- Thoughts on compositional strategies / Ingrid Laubrock -- A means of production : showing up for the recording session and delivering the magic take / Brandon Lopez -- A mentor / Brian Marsella -- Music and ... football / Christian McBride -- Where I'm at / Bill Nace -- Shapes : a memoir / Miles Okazaki -- Influences / Chris Potter -- Tomeka Reid interviews Diedre Murray / Tomeka Reid -- The flexible role of the bass : observations on the instrument's use in composed and iimprovised contexts / Jorge Roeder -- Unlimited musings on connection, consciousness, inspiration, and purpose / Dan Rosenboom -- Art imitating life / Joel Ross -- Lockwood's piano / Cory Smythe -- Statement on technology and the future of music / Rand Steiger -- Engineering new music / Ryan Streber.
Summary:
Initiated in 1997 and now in its ninth installment, John Zorn's Arcana series is a major source of new music theory and practice in the 21st century. To date, close to 300 musicians spanning three generations have contributed, addressing the inner workings of composing, improvising, teaching, living, touring and thinking about music via essays, manifestoes, interviews, notebook entries, critical papers and more. Arcana illuminates via personal vision and experience through the undiluted words and thoughts of the practitioners themselves. This ninth volume is perhaps the most varied and imaginative installment yet, with contributions from classical masters John Luther Adams, Osvaldo Golijov, Ann Cleare and Aaron Jay Kernis, jazz virtuosos Christian McBride, Chris Potter, Tomeka Reid and Joel Ross, soundtrack composers Danny Elfman and Carter Burwell, vocalist Ganavya Doraiswami, recording engineer Ryan Streber and much, much more. Essential for composers, musicians, students and fans alike, this challenging and original collection provides deep insight into the work, mind and methodologies of some of the most remarkable creative minds of our time.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.