The Bill Horvitz Expanded Band at The Glaser Center

The Band!
Omid Zoufonoun, conductor.
John Chapman French horn
Kyle Bruckman, oboe, Eng horn
Ned Haran, trombone
Aram Shelton, clarinet, bass cl
Nathan Riebli, tuba
Michael Cooke, bassoon
Wayne Horvitz, piano
Steve Adams, alto sax, flute
Sarah Jo Zaharako , violin
Cory Wright, tenor sax
Crystal Pascucci, cello
Jon Raskin, baritone sax
Dan Seamans, bass
Chris Grady, trumpet
Vijay Anderson, drums
Hal Forman, trumpet
Bill Horvitz, guitar

http://youtu.be/YS5OOCmgftE
Bill Horvitz in Conversation with Derk Richardson About Recording The Long Walk...

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The Band!
Omid Zoufonoun, conductor.
John Chapman French horn
Kyle Bruckman, oboe, Eng horn
Ned Haran, trombone
Aram Shelton, clarinet, bass cl
Nathan Riebli, tuba
Michael Cooke, bassoon
Wayne Horvitz, piano
Steve Adams, alto sax, flute
Sarah Jo Zaharako , violin
Cory Wright, tenor sax
Crystal Pascucci, cello
Jon Raskin, baritone sax
Dan Seamans, bass
Chris Grady, trumpet
Vijay Anderson, drums
Hal Forman, trumpet
Bill Horvitz, guitar

http://youtu.be/YS5OOCmgftE
Bill Horvitz in Conversation with Derk Richardson About Recording The Long Walk

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Stream "Astor Place" from The Long Walk
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The Long Walk is a suite of eight pieces composed by Bill Horvitz for the 17-piece Bill Horvitz Expanded Band as a tribute to his youngest brother Philip Horvitz, who passed away suddenly of heart failure in 2005 at the age of 44. Philip was an inspired writer, director, actor, dancer, and choreographer, who worked primarily in San Francisco and New York. Composed for the Bill Horvitz Expanded Band, the music includes a wide range of styles drawing on jazz, funk, folk, and new music. The compositions are tightly composed and arranged and contain sections of conducted improvisation. Each piece relates in some way to a part of Philip’s life.

The Bill Horvitz Expanded Band is a conducted ensemble that includes a stellar line up of some of the San Francisco Bay Area's (and beyond) finest musicians. Horvitz: “For me the Expanded Band is a dream come true, hugely satisfying to write for, and even more exhilarating to perform with. I’ve been combining composition and improvisation in many different ways, and this instrumentation enables me to shift the colors between a traditional jazz sound and something that goes in other directions.” The Long Walk has been performed in the SF Bay Area and NYC and was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. CD Release date: April 2, 2013.

Bill Horvitz has been composing, performing, collaborating, and recording in a wide range of styles for nearly 40 years. He has composed works for solo guitar and ensembles ranging in size from duo to big band. His long and varied experience has resulted in an entirely original compositional voice, one that is forceful and innovative, yet always intelligently accessible. His music has been described as “meditative, sizzling, earthy, funky, joyous, brooding, gorgeous, serene, and kinetically charged.” Between 1978 and 1988, he lived and worked in New York City, where he extended the sonic range of the guitar and worked in numerous bands. He has performed and recorded with a wide range of musicians, notably Butch Morris, J.A. Deane, Joseph Sabella, Steve Adams, Elliott Sharp, John Zorn, Jon Raskin, Bobby Previte, Shelley Hirsch, Denman Maroney, Herb Robertson, Sara Schoenbeck, Harris Eisenstadt, Alex Cline, Richard Dworkin, David Hofstra, George Cartwright, Phillip Johnston, Vincent Chancey, Jason Hwang, Ken Filiano, Marcus Rojas, Marty Ehrlich, Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb, Myra Melford, Dave Sewelson, and Walter Thompson.

Since 2004, Horvitz has sung and played guitar, banjo, and ukulele with TONE BENT, a duo with his wife, composer,musician, and singer Robin Eschner. Their CD, Say What You Will, has been described as “a roaring ride through the heartland of human experience.” He currently leads the trio, The Skerries, with Scott Walton, bass and Tom Hayashi, drums. As well, Horvitz is one of nine members in the Sonoma County band, Take Jack. He has composed music for theater, film, spoken word, and art installation.

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