Dec 6th, 2015
In May, 2015, trumpeter Sepp Mitterbauer, co-founder of Austria’s Reform Art Unit (est. 1965) made his first North American appearance at Minneapolis’ Studio Toile d’Angles alongside his comrade and RAU spiritus rector Fritz Novotny. His playing was as ebullient and indefatigably inventive as his personality was warm, open and giving. 6 months later he had ..read more
Oct 9th, 2015
Aug 26th, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml_lzcxDm5g
From a 2 hour + concert @ the Kitty Cat Klub 8/17/15 as part of the Tourniquet Noise Series curated by Kevin Cosgrove and Dolores Dewberry. (Thanks to Jon Copeland for taking the snapshot and getting the green light to post.)
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