Hayes Greenfield – Spatial & Immersive Solo Improvisations at Soapbox Gallery

Hayes Greenfield – Spatial & Immersive Solo Improvisations

A lover of risk, Hayes’ electro-acoustic, live, solo spatial performance pushes sonic boundaries in every way. By processing his acoustic instruments through an extensive effects pedal and looper rig, Hayes creates an orchestra of textures and ranges to play with. 

And now with the advent of a technology that has caught up to the practitioner, there’s a way for you, the listener, with your headphones or earbuds plugged into your computer or handheld device, to listen to Hayes, in real time, create one musical layer after another, each one moving independently, swirling and dancing 360 degrees around your head in immersive 3D spatial bliss....

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Hayes Greenfield – Spatial & Immersive Solo Improvisations

A lover of risk, Hayes’ electro-acoustic, live, solo spatial performance pushes sonic boundaries in every way. By processing his acoustic instruments through an extensive effects pedal and looper rig, Hayes creates an orchestra of textures and ranges to play with. 

And now with the advent of a technology that has caught up to the practitioner, there’s a way for you, the listener, with your headphones or earbuds plugged into your computer or handheld device, to listen to Hayes, in real time, create one musical layer after another, each one moving independently, swirling and dancing 360 degrees around your head in immersive 3D spatial bliss.

“Greenfield, with his alto saxophone and a host of effects at the ready can redecorate a room in a sonic rainbow of musical colors…If touch points of the jazz tradition abound, so do traces of countless other disparate genres and forms; unpredictability is assured.”

Steve Futterman, – The New Yorker

Hayes Greenfield, a jazz saxophonist, composer, electro-acoustic musician and educator, has been working and living in New York City since the late 1970s. Hayes has earned awards in all of his endeavors, has released 10 critically acclaimed CD's under his own name, scored countless films, and traveled throughout the US, Canada, and Europe performing at international festivals, concerts, and clubs with his own bands. As sideman, Hayes has built enduring associations with such notable artists as Jaki Byard, Rashied Ali, Paul Bley, Dave Liebman, Barry Altschul, Tony Scott, Richie Havens, Joe Lee Wilson, Dean Johnson, David Berkman, among others. 

Hayes Proudly Endorses Yamaha, Eventide, and Vandoren

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