Name: Slow Birds by Jennie C Jones
Duration: 1 min 19 s
Description: one of my early sound pieces, rempving all instruments from the song "Little Max" chaining together a string or micro drum solo's with 4 Charlie Parker notes altered tempo

one of my early sound pieces, rempving all instruments from the song "Little Max" chaining together a string or micro drum solo's with 4 Charlie Parker notes altered tempo

Slow Birds

Commissioned by OTHER MINDS. 
This is the final movement. 
Featuring: Alicia Hall Moran, Mary Halvorson, Jason Moran, Tarus Mateen, Nasheet Waits, and the voices of Jonas and Malcolm Moran.  

This work is based on some  jazz slang and terminology.  

Tag Solo Loop Session Cat Snap Pocket
Trade Head Break Yeah Top Hip
Out Straight Vonce Bomb Jazz Cookin
Free Comp Hear-It Shed Axe Call-One Bag
Set-it-up Groid Blues Cool Killing Dark
Gig Changes Swing Vibe Chart Dig
Jam Tag A B Stop-Time Jive Bad
Crib Blow Cake Dough Ridiculous Lay-out Trainwreck
Count-it-Off Cookin 1 2 3 4

SLANG - Finale

Jennie C Jones is a sonic and visual artist, living and working in Brooklyn NY. Her work has been exhibited and heard at The Kitchen (NYC), The Hirshhorn Museum of Art (Washington DC) The Studio Museum in Harlem and The Contemporary Art Museum Houston among numerous other venues. 

Her audio works most often function in tandem with the installation of 'acoustic panel paintings' and 'scores' or works on paper. She has a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Rutgers University. 

Slow Birds

Jennie C Jones

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