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THIS site will be
ending soon...after 13 years it's
time to move on....
http://www.blaisesiwula.com/
is up and running and will be my future
home page with bio
information
Blaise
Siwula
mp3's
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Born
02-19-1950 in Detroit, MI
I
have been involved with the arts for most of my life. I began
studying the alto sax at the age of 14 in middle school and have been
playing/ studying in varying capacities since.
After
periodic
explorations
of
drama,
poetry,
architecture, visual art, a B.F.A. and
an M.F.A. and a stint in Europe, I arrived in NYC in 1989 with my
family and an alto sax.
In
the past 18 years I have been actively involved with the NYC Improv
Scene: Amica
Bunker,
the Improvisers
Collective and
most recently the C.O.M.A.
series at ABC No-Rio.
recent
as in the
past 10 years
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As a
composer I
have incorporated
traditional musical scoring techniques with visual/graphical and
performance oriented presentations and a simple philosophy- sound and
vision are inter-related in life and art resulting in
communication.
Although
primarily
an
alto
saxophonist I play a number of reed, flute,
percussion and string instruments at varying degrees of competency per
composition requirements and recently began including computer altered
sound files in performance as background for improvisation.
Currently
my
instruments of choice are:
Alto,
Tenor &
Soprano Saxophones
Bb
Clarinet, Eb
Alto Cl & Bb Bass Cl
This has resulted in my performing and
collaborating with an extreme
variety of types of improvised musicians including...
David Haney
Richard Russo
Guitarist
Sten
Hostfalt
Saulo Ferreira, Danny Martin, Paul LeGrande &
Stuart King
Doug
Walker's Alien Planetscapes
Cecil
Taylor's
Ptonagas
Microtone
composer and guitarist
John
Gilbert
William
Hooker's
Ensembles
Judy
Dunaway's
Balloon
Trio
Rowe
Siwula
Miano
Trio
Dialing
Privileges
Trio
w.
Dom Minasi & John Bollinger
BCJ
Trio with Chris Welcome & John McCellan
A + B2 with
Robert Marsh
Market
Street
Jazz
w.
Ken Simon, Hal
Onserud, Karen Borca & Jackson Krall
Dagaz
Trio
w. William
Parker & Michael Evans
BE
Duet w.
Evan Gallagher
Tan
Dun
Katsuyuki
Itakura
Michael
Khoury
The
Improvisors
Collective (NYC)
Glass
Factory w.
Donald Miller
Duet
with Ravi
Padmanabha
The B
& B Duet
w. Bob Meyer
Erie
Nites
w.
Robyn
Siwula
HSM w.
Gary Hassay
& Toshi Makihara
Trio
with Eyal
Maoz & Dale Miller
The Jeff
Platz
Ensemble
Joseph
Scianni
Jeffrey
Hayden
Shurdut
Music in
the
Foreground w. Ge-Suk Yeo
the Slam
trio w.
Adam Lane & Toshi Makihara
The
Lower Eastside
Social Club w.
Matty
Paris,
Gregory Wildes, Christobal
Jacques and Drew Gardner
Expositions
of
Freedom Now! w.
Vattel Cherry
& Jeff Arnal
MAMBO
MANTIS w.
Bonnie Kane,
Chris Welcome & Ray Sage
Guitarist
Carsten
Radtke
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have been honored also to work with these musicians and
composers
- Peter
Kowald,
John Fischer, Perry Robinson, Newman Taylor Baker, John Voigt, Wilber
Morris Clare De Brunner, Joseph Daly, Vincent Chancey, Christoph Irmer,
Maria
de
Alvear, Theo
Jorgesmann, Ralff Schussel, Hans Tammen, Killick, Phillip
Lang,
Tini
Hagler,
Michael Zerang, Fred Lomberg Holmes, Stan Nishimura,
Nils Gerod, Jesse Henry, Louis Barnes, Mark Hennen, Rashid Bakar,
Pelthead, Fly, Frank Keeley, Christian Begemann, Pieter Prije, Olaf
Rupp, Harri
Sjorstrom, Richard Keene, Tor Snyder, Bob Littman, Matt Weston, Eric
Zinman, Glynnis Lomon, Tatsuya Nakatani, Dominic Duval, Jay Rosen,
Heiner Metzger, Hans Schüttler,
Likas Ligeti, Sarah Weaver, James Ilgenfritz, Motoko Shimizu, Ed Chang,
Brian Osborne, Raoul
Björkenheim, Sei
Mguel,
Fala
Mariam, Margarida Garcia, Manuel Mota, Ernesto Rodrigues, Guilherme
Rodrigues, Moe Staiano, Hill
Greene,
Joe
McPhee,
Daniel Carter,
Christopher Forbes, Bern Nix, Paul Hession, Francois Grillot, Yuki
Saga, Ryusaku Ikezawa, Jiro Shoda, Syd Smart, Mario Rechtern, Jacques
Nobili, Hannes Schweiger, Hermann Stangassinger, John Edwards, Mick
Beck, Paul Moore, Mike Fortune, Kit Demos, Gary Wallen, Django
Carranza, Brian Groder, Jordon Schranz, Mike Pride, Alan Wilkinson
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Selected
Discography:
Now Available on
NoFrillsMusic.com
Blaise Siwula Live in London
Konnex
Records:
Fulgornatus
Blaise Siwula alto/tenor sax & clarinet
John Gilbert guitar
Projection:
Zero
Blaise
Siwula
alto/tenor sax
Carsten Radtke guitar
Soon to be released on Ayler
Records
The
Duet -
Blaise Siwula alto & tenor sax
Bob Meyer drums
The
BCJ Trio -
Blaise Siwula alto/tenor sax
Chris Welcome guitar
John McLellan drums
from
Konnex
records The Total
Improvisation Unit
1. New York
Moments
with
Blaise Siwula alto/tenor&sop sax
Dom
Minasi guitar
Nobu Stowe piano Ray Sage drums
2.
Brooklyn Moments with
Blaise Siwula alto/tenor sax, bass cl.
&
flutes Nobu Stowe piano
Ray Sage drums\
Big Hearts
(Cadence Jazz Records) -
Katsuyuki Itakura piano Blaise Siwula
alto/tenor sax / cl
Ryusaku
Ikezawa drums
The Slam Trio (Cadence
Jazz
Records) -
Blaise Siwula alto/tenor/sop. Adam Lane
bass
Toshi Makihara drums
Tandem
Rivers (Cadence Jazz Records) -
Blaise Siwula reeds & Adam Lane
bass
One Eyed Jack
(Cadence Jazz Records) -
Joseph Scianni piano, Blaise Siwula reeds, Ken Filiano bass &
Hal
Onserud bass
Sound Scapes - Denmarkâs Intuitive Music Conference 2001Concerts
in Copenhagen DK
Orange Bird
& Pink Bat (Art.Cappuccinet.Com)
Ge-Suk Yeo vocals & Blaise Siwula reeds
Badlands(C.J.R)-
Expositions
of
Freedom
....Now!
B. Siwula/V. Cherry/J. Arnal
Duet - Blaise Siwula alto sax, Dom Minasi acoustic guitar
Blaise Siwula
Trio - Dialing Privileges (CIMP)
Blaise Siwula al. sax. Dom Minasi 12 strg. guitar, John Bollinger drums
ROWE-SIWULA-MIANO
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Tim Rowe drms, Blaise Siwula rds/perc.,Tonino Miano kybrd
sax Solo sax -solo- sax improvisations 1-11-2000.....
Blaise Siwula alto sax
Watch Out! - solo sax imperovisations 1-09-2001.....
Blaise Siwula alto/sop sax
Publications that have reviewed my projects include: Option, High
Performance, Cadence Jazz Magazine, JazzOSphere (Fr), Modern Drummer,
Jazzimprov (Fr), Jazz Times, All About Jazz, All Music Guide,
Geocities, Pittsburgh Tribune, Columbia Spectator (Columbia U. NYC),
Flagpole (Athens GA) and One Final Note.
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VENUES and/or FESTIVALS,
CONCERTS, EVENTS
NYC- Knitting Factory, Roulette, CBGBâs, CBâs 313 Gallery,
CBGBâs Lounge,Brecht Forum, Under Acme, Cooler, Amica
Bunker Fest-ivals 92-93, Symphony Space, Gargoyle Mechanique, Jerome
Cooper Gallery, ABC No Rio, Amos Eno Gallery, University Settlement,
Brownies, Stork Festival 1994, Angel Orensanz Foundation, U.N. Chapel.
Context
- Improvisors Collective 94-95, Cornelia Street, PS 122, Pink Pony,
Saint Peters - Jazz Concert, Vespers and All Night Soul, The
Alternative Museum, Triad Theatre, Three Jewels Cafe, I&O
Festival
2002 Brooklyn, NYCaravan of Dreams, Rapp Art Center, Cave Canem Crazy
Nannyâs, Gas Station, New Theatre for the Performing Arts, Viva
House Benefit, 6th Street Garden La Perla Garden, La Mama La Galleria,
St. Marks Dance Space, DIA, 5C,
WKCR, WFMU, 1st St. Cafe, 3rd St. Music School, Vision for the 21st
Century,Spiral, Nightengale, Washington Sq.Church, Sothebyâs
Atlanta, GA Eyedrum
2001/02, Athens GA 2001/2002, Cullowee NC 2002, Tucson AZ 2001- Matt
BeveklInstitute, Pittsburgh, PA(Pub. Health Aud), Boxheart Gallery
2001/Baltimore MD(Redroom)/ Washington DC(MOCA Gallery)/New Orleans,
LA(Mermaid Lounge)/Atlanta, GA
(WREK&Eyedrum)/Athens, GA(Engine Room)/ Louisville,
KY(ArtWatch)/
Cahattanooga,
TN(Lamarâs) 2-28/3-10-01Boston, MA - Zeitgeist 9-2000/11-2000,
Middle
Eastern 2-99East Hampton- FlyWheel 9-00, 11-00 Koln, Germany - The Loft
w. Maria de Alvera, Theo Jorgesmann, Ralff Schussel 94 Bremen- MIB w.
Nils Gerold, Michael Drews & Christoph Irmer 96 Hagan- Werkhof
Hohenlimburg,
Wuppertal- Gallerie Epikur & Dusseldorf- R. Steiner Sch.
w.Agora II
Kassel- Schlachof w. Hans Tammen, Martin Speicher, Ove Volquartz
&
Christoph
Irmer 96Berlin- Anorak w. Harri Sjorstrom & Olaf Rupp 96, Bern
&
Zurich, SWD-WIM w. H. Hani & G. Muller 94 Foto-Gallerie w.
Phillip
Lang
& Tini Hagler Amsterdam, The NLD- Binnen Pret, Quelle, De
ConcertZender
w. Tim Rowe & Tonino Miano 95, Nov. 2002 Tour with Ge-Suk Yeo
-Amsterdam,
Hamburg, Darmsatdt,Berlin, Hildesheim & Szczecin Poland
Eindhoven,
The Netherlands- Het Apollohuis - ãNowHereä w. Tim Rowe
&
Tonino Miano 95 Poughkeepsie, N.Y.- The Masc Center for the Performing
Arts w. NY ensemble 90 Cleveland, Ohio- The Cleveland Center for the
Performing Arts w. Evan Gallagher 90 Chicago, Ill- Lunar Cabaret w. Bob
Marsh and Michael Zareng 96 Ypsilanti, Michigan- WEMU w. Bob Marsh
87,88 New Haven, Conn..- ART SPACE, Yale, St Patrickâs, May Day
on the Commons w. Stan Nishimura 92,93,99,00, 01 Hartford Conn.- U. of
Conn. w. William Hooker 94 Princeton, New Jersey - w. W. Hooker, M.
Hennen, L. Barnes and R. Keene 97 Providence, Rhode Island - Rhode
Island School of Design w. William Hooker & Jesse Henry
96Philadelphia, PA- Phil. Music Festival 1995 w, W. Hooker & D.
Walker, 5 Spot w. W.H. 97Windsor (Artists Perf.
Co-operative),Toronto&Montreal (CKUT- McGill U.), Canada w.
Pelthd.Detroit -Contemporary Art Gallery 11-99, Entropy 11-00/6-02
(Artist Market, River front Festival, Paradigm Dance
Studio, Mich. Gallery), Ann Arbor (Art Festival), Canterbury House Ann
Arbor
11/2002, Rochester (Jewish Cultural Center), Pontiac (ISIS) and Royal
Oak
(Olympiad of Theatrical Events), Mich. w. Paradigm Dance Theatre and
(a+b)2
84-89 San Francisco, California (1972-76 Coffee Houses) Big Sur
Experimental
Music Fest 5-2000 The Aladdin Tour with National Touring Musicals to
Singapore,
Bangkok, Thailand, Manila, Philippines and Hong Kong. 12/6/ 94 to
1/12/95.
TV Commercial - Calvin Klein Escape Perfume 1994....Wooden Flute.
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| Scores Top to Bottom: 1. Fancy
Dancer 2. Life on the Otherside 3. What Monk! |
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