Live @ The Draw, by Miles Allen

Live @ The Draw

by Miles Allen

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1.	Composition 23 B 06:09	info
2.	Truth Object 05:24	info	buy track
3.	Duo Improvisation w/ Jason Koth 08:53	info	buy track
4.	-- intermission -- 02:27		buy track
5.	Two Step 04:10	info	buy track
6.	Elmira 07:06	info	buy track
7.	Duo Improvisation w/ Sam Pratt 05:02	info	buy track
8.	More 10:33	info	buy track

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this performance took place on april 28th at the draw in appleton, wisconsin.

"composition 23 b" is by anthony braxton and is from the record "new york, fall 1974". It features aidan sponheim on trumpet, koby brown on drums, and jakob heinemann on bass.

"truth object" is a woodwind quartet I composed between march and april. I was inspired to write something I could play with sarah clewett, nathan gornick, and matt wolke. I was excited by the level of control I could have over the music in this idiom. eventually I decided to relinquish some, and the final form, in 3 short movements, is loosely about realizing nothing can be controlled.

at first I had an idea to do a solo saxophone improvisation with electronics on my recital and I had no experience or gear. I met with jason koth to experiment with the pedals and programs he had. it became immediately clear that a collaboration was the way to go. we quickly developed the system we used for this performance. as I play, jason records, modifies, and plays back sounds. he can also manipulate my sounds live. the dialogue is in real-time and lagging simultaneously. this performance was our fourth improvisation together.

-- intermission --

I wrote the next two tunes to play with matt blair and spencer tweedy.

"two step" was inspired by carla bley's compositions on the album "closer" by paul bley.

"elmira" is a love letter to hometowns in memory of someone.

I love improvising with sam because our approaches tend to contrast/complement.

"more" was the longest piece and was difficult to put together. jakob, jeremiah and matt did an amazing job bringing it to life.

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Thank you so much to everyone who played.

Thank you to Sam Genualdi for making the audio recording.

Thank you to all my teachers, and especially Matt Turner, who advised me in putting the whole thing together.

Thank you to The Draw for letting us perform in your beautiful space.

Thank you to all my friends and family who came and listened.

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released August 14, 2017

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