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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1930

Muhal Richard Abrams

From: Chicago, IL

Muhal Richard Abrams: Think All, Focus One

Muhal Richard Abrams: Think All, Focus One

To Muhal Richard Abrams, there are no boundaries. Any label we put on something—fixed composition vs. spontaneous improvisation, group vs. individual, even old music vs. new music—is artificial and limits...

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1959

Mark Gustavson

From: Brooklyn, New York

Sound Heard: Mark Gustavson—Dissolving Images

Sound Heard: Mark Gustavson—Dissolving Images

Dissolving Images is a great introduction to Mark Gustavson’s compositional aesthetic, one which seamlessly blends heady structural rigor with emotional intensity and humor. Although each of these five pieces—two solos...

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1946

Abdullah Felipe Hall

From: Colon, Panama

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1911

Weldon Hart

From: Bear-Palce Spring, Tennessee | Died: 1957

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1926

Robert Jordahl

From: Ottumwa, Iowa | Died: 2008

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1952

Henry Kaiser

From: Oakland, California

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1900

Solomon Pimsleur

From: Paris, France | Died: 1962

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1929

Shooby Taylor

Died: 2003

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1969

Cuong Vu

From: Saigon, Vietnam

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1975

Christopher M. Wicks

From: Silverton, Oregon