Monday 08/31 and weekend of September 5th
PAUL WINTER AT 70
An icon of world fusion and environmental music turns 70
It's hard to think of contemporary music without Paul Winter.
For most of his life, he's been making music that takes its inspiration from the environment. He started out as a saxophonist playing Brazilian jazz sambas, but soon became a full-bore world music exponent and proselytizer for the environment. He was among the first world fusionists and his many Grammys attest to his popularity. Paul Winter has been an important part of Echoes and we’ll celebrate his 70th birthday with a special program that draws from his many Living Room Concerts, interviews and music.
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Tuesday 09/01
AN INTERVIEW WITH BEN NEILL
Mutantrumpet Ninja
Ben Neill is the sole player of an instrument called the mutantrumpet. It has three different bells, two sets ov valves, a mini-trombone slide and electronics. Neill deploys this contraption in electronica forays full of morphing rhythms and melodies that shift through timbral voices as if they were injected into a kaleidoscope. Ben Neill has been playing the mutantrumpet for about two decades and he talks about his latest moves in an album called Night Science.
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Wednesday 09/02
We have new music from Aerosol, the name taken by an electronic artist from Denmark who is creating atmospheric shoegazer moods on a CD called Airborne.
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Thursday 09/03
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH PETER JANSON
Post-Windham Hill guitar reveries
Peter Janson is a guitarist from the Boston area who is a disciple of post-Windham Hill guitar styles. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, he brings a classical sensibility to his finger-style playing with soothing, reflective melodies. Peter comes into the Echoes living room to play live.
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Friday 09/04
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH WHITETREE
Ambient chamber music live
Ludovico Einaudi's music is quiet, elegant and emotionally honed and he's slowly building an international audience the same way with albums like Divenire. Recently he teamed up with Robert and Ronald Lippok as Whitetree, combining electronica, space-jazz drums and Einaudi's haunting melodies. In a rare live performance we caught them on Echoes where they play music from their acclaimed debut, Cloudland. We float on clouds with Whitetree, live on Echoes.
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