INTERVIEW with John Butcher – Sculpting with Air: a Pandora’s Box of Possibilities Part Two: Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 2007

By Laurence Svirchev, on February 22nd, 2012%

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In 2007, I had two conversations with John Butcher, the improvising saxophonist. The first discussion was during the annual February Time Flies, and the second was during the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Part One covers biographical aspects of his work and his choices in collaborators. Part . . . → Read More: INTERVIEW with John Butcher – Sculpting with Air: a Pandora’s Box of Possibilities Part Two: Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 2007

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INTERVIEW with John Butcher – Complexity That Reaches Beyond the Possibilities Of the Imagination Part One: Time Flies, Vancouver, February 2007

By Laurence Svirchev, on February 22nd, 2012%

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In 2007, I had two conversations with John Butcher, the improvising saxophonist. The first discussion was during the annual February Time Flies, and the second was during the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Part One covers biographical aspects of his work and his choices in collaborators. Part . . . → Read More: INTERVIEW with John Butcher – Complexity That Reaches Beyond the Possibilities Of the Imagination Part One: Time Flies, Vancouver, February 2007

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The Architectural Analogy: The Structure and Composition Possibilities of Inscape Tableaux “Like a Salvation Army Band, But Much Nicer” An Interview with Barry Guy (Part II)

By Laurence Svirchev, on January 25th, 2011%

Tampere, Finland – Nov 3, 2001

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Introduction:

In 2001, I interviewed Barry Guy about Inscape – Tableaux (Intakt CD 066), the composition he had just presented at the Tampere, Finland Jazz Happening. The interview was as long and complex as the . . . → Read More: The Architectural Analogy: The Structure and Composition Possibilities of Inscape Tableaux “Like a Salvation Army Band, But Much Nicer” An Interview with Barry Guy (Part II)

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The Architectural Analogy: The Structure and Composition Possibilities of Inscape – Tableaux “A Subway Map of Connections” An Interview with Barry Guy (Part I)

By Laurence Svirchev, on January 25th, 2011%

Dateline: Tampere, Finland – Nov 3, 2001

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Introduction: In 2001, I interviewed Barry Guy about Inscape – Tableaux (Intakt CD 066), the composition he had just presented at the Tampere, Finland Jazz Happening. The interview was as long and complex as the music. It . . . → Read More: The Architectural Analogy: The Structure and Composition Possibilities of Inscape – Tableaux “A Subway Map of Connections” An Interview with Barry Guy (Part I)

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Robert Dick & Ursel Schlicht: Photosphere

By Laurence Svirchev, on January 21st, 2011%

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Lapis lazuli is a gem stone whose intensity entrances the eye and seduces the mind into a state of heightened awareness. The intensity of the blue’s specular reflections transmits powerful forces, potent stuff eligible for assimilation by an attentive soul. The diffuse reflections from the golden . . . → Read More: Robert Dick & Ursel Schlicht: Photosphere

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“If You Start from Point-Zero, You have to Imagine Something” An interview with Alexander von Schlippenbach

By Laurence Svirchev, on January 13th, 2011%

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LS: You’ve been playing this music a long time. Would you tell the JazzPhoto audience how your music has changed. Perhaps you can start from the beginning of your career.

Schlippenbach: I started to get in touch with jazz at the age of 11 or 12 at . . . → Read More: “If You Start from Point-Zero, You have to Imagine Something” An interview with Alexander von Schlippenbach

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