On the rare occasions I’ve been afforded the opportunity to present my work outside the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, the logistics have consistently been less than ideal. (The reasons for this state of affairs are clear. As I’ve reiterated too many times, I am not a “viable commodity” in the niche world of free jazz/improvised music. … Read More

Back story minutiae: Gmunden is a small, quintessentially/stereotypically picturesque “destination” town in upper Austria; surrounded by farmland and nestled among mountains and a fairly large body of water. (Concerning the former, as one mountaintop appears to be a human profile, there is a legend having to do with, I believe, a princess, underwater inhabitants and … Read More

While mitigating circumstances impacted my travel/acclimation — at times to the point of absurdity/embarrassment — the music and camaradarie at the core of my recent visit to Austria more than compensated for these “difficulties”. I am extremely grateful to Siegfried (Holzbauer) and Fritz (Novotny), who provided the means to get me to Austria, and, from … Read More

Thanks to the efforts of Reform Art Unit spiritus rector Fritz Novotny and polymath Siegfried Holzbauer, I will, barring life’s vagaries, be returning to Austria at the end of August as a member of Three Motions. (When Fritz first proposed the trip, he thought to call the threesome of himself, Paul Fields and me the reformARTtrio. … Read More

“I am starting this thing with the hopes of breaking even, but I think there will be intangible benefits even if that fails.” — Atrocious Gnosis When THE ONLY DIGNITY IS OBLIVION was released in 2017, my thought was that, for many reasons, it would be the last document of my work to be issued … Read More

From the film QUATERMASS AND THE PIT: Colonel Breen: Do you ever find your early career catching up with you? Quatermass: I never had a career. Only work. From the book DIXONIA: “I’ve spent my entire career trying to do something for this art form; meanwhile, my contemporaries have spent their careers trying to do … Read More

A first, after 48 years (and counting)…More to the point, this happened without any networking or hustling on my part. (In this regard, it should also be noted I am not a viable commodity in the now, and for some time commodified world of improvised music/free jazz, and, additionally, have no “handlers”.) So, particularly in this … Read More