![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Beat and Bow: Tabla and Sarangi Performances
From the Odeon recording “Beat and Bow” (MOAE-174) which was also later released by EMI (EALP-1312) three pieces of instrumental Hindustani music. The first work is for solo tabla and is the Teental rhythm (a cycle of 16 beats). The second piece is a Raga for sarangi and tabla and is also in the Teental rhythm. The third work is also for sarangi and tabla and is in the Deepchandi rhythm (a cycle of 14 beats)...
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; World Music
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| Beiderbecke Obscurities
Phil Elwood digs deep into his archive of rare recordings to find nine featuring the solo cornet of Bix Beiderbecke. In his short but brilliant career Bix played with a number of bands and while these selections do not represent the best of his recorded work they are the rarest, some of which languished in obscurity due to mislabeling by the record companies.
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Jazz; Bix Beiderbecke; Phil Elwood
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| Benjamin Lees at KPFA
Charles Amirkhanian interviews the visiting New York composer whose Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra has been recorded for RCA, and whose larger works are finding their places in the repertories of major orchestras the country over. Lees discusses his childhood in San Francisco, and the fact that none of his works have been performed in the Bay Area. Included in the program are the first movement of his Piano Sonata No...
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Orchestral Music; 20th Century Classical; Benjamin Lees
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| Beverly Bellows Harp Concert
Beverly Bellows performs on the harp in a live concert from the KPFA studios on March 5, 1973. Works heard include a number of compositions by Lou Harrison and three pieces for harp by 16th and 17th century Spanish masters. Joining Bellows on some performances are Charles Amirkhanian and Amy Radner on percussion, and Charles’ wife Carol Law can be heard making a few comments.
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; New Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Harp; Beverly Bellows
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| Bland I by Bengt Emil Johnson
Recorded in stereo quadraphonic and given the rather obscure title of “1/1970; (Bland) [(among)] I” this is an engaging piece of electronic music by the Swedish composer and sound poet Bengt Emil Johnson. In assembling a variety of sounds into a continuous yet ever shifting sequence Johnson has created a what sounds like a drive through an hallucinatory landscape inhabited but what one might imagine to be huge insects and other strange aliens.
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Bengt Emil Johnson
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| Brian Eno Interviewed on KPFA's Ode to Gravity, 1980 - Charles Amirkhanian & Brian Eno
Charles Amirkhanian and Brian Eno discuss Phonetic Poetry, how Brian writes his lyrics, and the spirit of inquisitiveness at KPFA Radio on Saturday February 2, 1980. Listen to some of Brian Enos pieces; After the Heat, Everything Merges With the Night, Another Green World, Spirits Drifting and sections of other pieces. Brian Eno also discusses the artist Peter Schmidt and their work on the Oblique Strategies Cards, being a producer, Process vs Product and looping...
Source: Other Minds
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity series; Interview and Music; New Music; Popular Music; Brian Eno
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