Half a year ago, as a result of playing and talking about compositional software with bass player Stefan Lievestro, I started studying SuperCollider. Last week I visited Stefan again and we had a great evening together. Discussing topics like planning a composition (activity based, product based and result based), ways of looking at musical parameters, ways to sketch aspects of a composition,...
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LINK TO the complete concert: Live Concert: Maria Mendes, Wim Dijkgraaf, Mike del Ferro, Mar… Marvelous LIVE jazz concert on Facebook, recorded on the 15th of October.9:55 Innocent Travels – Pat Metheny15:47 For The Time Being – Bert Joris23: 30 Obsession – Dori Caymmi30:51 Verao – Rossa Passos36:21 Come Rain Or Come Shine – Harold Arlen44:26 Bilhete –...
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Recorded on the 13th of September 2017 at Blue Note Rio. Wim Dijkgraaf – harmonica Jan Dumee – electric guitar Lula Galvāo – acoustic guitar Jaques Morelenbaum – cello Rafael Barata –...
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I write this blog post in Rio de Janeiro as we are doing the preparation for a concert in Blue Note Rio. The last couple of weeks I’ve been working on programming in P3 in order to improve the playability of the DM48. I was in doubt but brought the DM48 with me to Brazil. Now having some time to try and experiment and it’s really great to be able to do silent practicing in my hotel...
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Hidden Landscapes – Wim Dijkgraaf (reviewed by Dave Franklin Aug. 12th, 2017) I have to confess that harmonica led jazz is not my normal area of expertise, but that’s fine, it just means that I get to drop my bag of well-worn indie clichés and pop puns and approach the music like the wide-eyed music lover that I have always been. And there is a lot to love here. The album is nothing if not...
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