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Van Sutra.  This is an improvisation from August 2013.

Day Glow Meadows Part III

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a (sleeping beauty)

Artist Title: Daniel Carter, Ayumi Ishito, Eric Plaks, Zach Swanson, Jon Panikkar 
Album Title:  Open Question Vol. 1
Label: 577 Records
File Under: Avant, Avantgarde, Experimental
Release Date: 1/21/22
Cat#: 5869-1
Format: CD/Digital
Barcode CD: 755491217429
CD-577R-5869-1

Open Question Vol. 1 — soon to be followed by a second volume—is the first of two albums that rely on stellar, warm, collective, and freely improvised music. The band formed organically in 2019 from weekly jam sessions in Harlem; it is comprised of tenor saxophonist Ayumi Ishito, pianist Eric Plaks, bassist Zach Swanson, and drummer Jon Panikkar, and later, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter. Recording an album with only free improvisation was Ishito’s long-time dream, stalled by the pandemic, and realized only this year. Open Question’s music today, while fully improvised, remains firmly rooted in the jazz tradition. This is best heard on “Synchronicity,” the last recorded piece of the session, where each musician’s trajectory diverges even as the piece holds together. On the track, Carter starts out with soprano sax then later switches to tenor toward the middle of the piece, as Carter and Ishito playfully spar with competing tenor melodies. This album marks Ayumi Ishito’s second album on 577 Records, following her widely-acclaimed Ayumi Ishito & the Spacemen Vol. 1 (2021).

577 Records is an independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York 
operating since 2001

577 Records
Brooklyn, New York
www.577records.com
©+℗ 2021

Daniel Carter, Ayumi Ishito with Plaks, Swanson, Panikkar : Synchronicity from Open Question Vol. 1

excerpt from EP "First Scene" by Free variety theatre & André D.

FULL ALBUM / LISTEN & DOWNLOAD FOR FREE here http://dariusimprovise.bandcamp.com/album/first-scene
Released with Modisti Netlabel (Madrid, Spain).2013.

please take a look at the Free variety theatre's pages:
https://soundcloud.com/free-variety-theatre
http://cargocollective.com/FreeVarietyTheatre/Free-Variety-Theatre-About-Contact

"Memory Overload I" by FVT & André D. (FULL ALBUM/FREE DOWNLOAD) see description

This is a live excerpt of me playing in Don Caballero in 1994.  I put some turd polish on the board recording to spice it up a bit.  For a live recording, I think its pretty good. 

Don Caballero REPEAT DEFENDER EXCERPT live at Brownies 1994

George Draguns on guitar. Julius Masri on drums. Recorded on March 6, 2013

Basement Federation: Random Prep Suite 2

German Oak - Hagen Von Tronje

Dragunsound is a profile dedicated to the music of George Draguns and the people/bands he plays with.  My music ranges from being lucid and calm to manic and frenetic.

The Bands past and present:

SLAG (late 1980s Mike Banfield G Len Jarabeck G Neal Witmer D Darren Zentek D George Draguns B)

Don Caballero (1995-1996 Mike Banfield G Ian Williams G Damon Che D George Draguns B)

Storm and Stress (1995? Kevin Shea D Ian Williams G George Draguns B)

The Clear Spots ( 2004-2006 Matt Bugaj G Kevin Moist G Adam Bugaj D/E Tom Bugaj D/E George Draguns B just a few sessions)

Flying Sutra (2006 to 2012 Bob Cozzolino D George Draguns G)

The Brown Spots (2008 to present Matt Bugaj G Neal Witmer D sometimes Tom and Adam Bugaj E/G)

MFM (2010 to present too many members to list)

Van Sutra (2012 to present Julius Masri D George Draguns G)

Form and Mess (2013 Kevin Shea D Nick Millevoi G George Draguns B)

DISCOGRAPHY:

SLAG 7" 1989 (broken giraffe)

Don Caballero "Singles Breaking Up"  (Touch and Go)

George Draguns "Huffing Gas"  (Dragunsound)

Flying Sutra "Levitate and Dissolve", "Glowering and Glowing Red"  (Deep Water Acres)

"Flying Sutra for Beginners" DVD (Geoff T Graham/Dragunsound)

FILM SOUNDTRACKS

Too many to mention for Sixstair (formerly NCP films)


Don Caballero REPEAT DEFENDER EXCERPT live at Brownies 1994

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