by Pete Weise There are three main components to any jazz piece: melody/harmony, time and form. All members of the group are responsible for each of these. It’s easy to relegate the drums to playing time, the bass to outlining the harmony and the guitar to playing the melody. If that’s all that happened in […]
Courtesy of Arts Talk, The arts blog of the Albany Times Union Originally published: 4/15/12 by Tresca Weinstein SARATOGA SPRINGS — “Keeping Company with Cage,” presented Sunday evening at Skidmore College’s Arthur Zankel Music Center, provided a lovely and textured setting for the raw gem of Cage’s “Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano.” Skidmore […]