Fritz Novotny and Sepp Mitterbauer are once again safely ensconced and active in Vienna. As much as I despise self-aggrandizement (or what can appear as such), and am not entirely comfortable with “blogging” in this manner, I must state that this was an amazing weekend filled with, quite frankly, spectacular music and deep camaraderie ..read more
Jun 23rd, 2015
Trio/Sextet 1 (preface)
Trio (excerpt 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WoDUCqWJ_w
Trio (excerpt 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaWeI32bspo
Sextet 1 (excerpt 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSe_ylSsu0U
Sextet 1 (excerpt 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZVheAfLixE
Sextet 1 (excerpt 3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWv1Aa2ncs4
Sextet 1 (excerpt 4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtzfKBfOZys
Sextet 2 (excerpt 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuetyx1-rS0
Sextet 2 (excerpt 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLFAGPMBi_0
Sextet 2 (excerpt 3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHgv2ShNPU8
Nonet (excerpt 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMAjlNhVoiM
Nonet (excerpt 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2HCOISzU8w
(Richard Mann: videographer [editing on “preface”]; Charles Gillett/Amy Myrbo: photos; Milo Fine: ..read more
May 2nd, 2015
Fritz Novotny and Sepp Mitterbauer will be featured in 3 concerts (May 15/16/17, 2015) at Studio Toile d’Angles. I will join Fritz and Sepp for the first concert under the reformARTwest banner. (https://milofine.com/2014/04/20/a-bona-fide-member/) The remaining two evenings will spotlight the trio in sextet configurations with Elaine Evans/Daniel Furuta/Benjamin J Mansavage Klein on 5/16; and ..read more
Apr 1st, 2015
“Earlier Outbreaks of Iconoclasm”, a 2 CD set on Emanem, has just been released. (Click here for the back story.) A limited number of copies will be available at upcoming concerts and from this website, with ongoing availability via Emanem and affiliated distributors.
Sep 26th, 2014
The discography listing on the back of the LP AGAINST THE BETRAYERS, published in 1980, includes an LP scheduled for release on the Italian HORO label early the following year. I very seldom make definitive public pronouncements in advance of a publication, but, everything was in place; including the fact that Steve and I ..read more
Sep 13th, 2014
After some thought, I have decided to publish my 2004 essay on Bill Dixon. (It’s website location is under “Aesthetics Addenda” on the right hand column of any page but “Home”.) Likewise, but under “Articles/Interviews”, there is an 8 part e-mail dialogue with valued friend and (long distance) colleague Stefan Kac.
Jul 26th, 2014
As previously announced, an irregular series of concerts will commence at Studio Toile d’Angles on August 31 and September 7. The former, a spoken word evening featuring Michael Mann and George Roberts, came to be as the result of a conversation with Michael while the studio was under construction. As he is an unassuming, quiet ..read more
Apr 20th, 2014
In recent communications with the Reform Art Unit’s spiritus rector Fritz Novotny, he alerted me to his updated Wikipedia page. Accessing it (and, unfortunately, being a typical uni-lingual american, having to have it translated), I noticed that, in spite of my few collaborations with the RAU, I wasn’t included in the list of “Significant ..read more