Excerpt from the brand new CD release from Black Beast of CHANG, an improvised collaboration between Jim Ivy and Zachory Short Jr.

Jim Ivy - alto saxophone, electronics
Zachory Short, Jr. - electronics, bowed guitar

Recorded May 23, 2013 by Zachory Short Jr.
No overdubs or editing. 
Listen to the whole CD at: http://jimivy.bandcamp.com/album/kronos

Saturnalia

This is a rough mix, initial edit, pre-narration for a larger composition called "Discarded Angel" based upon my public bus ride on Lynx # 405 and # 17 on November 26, 2013. Everything you hear comes from manipulated field recordings I made during my trip.

Discarded Angel - 3rd Movement

Solo alto saxophone improvisation, live and unedited. From the 2010 CD, "Nüd", dedicated to the great Eric Dolphy.

Eric Dolphy

The acoustic "half" of my contribution to the "For +Solo" compilation is from a circular breathing exercise that I split into two takes, both on alto saxophone. To hear the completed piece please download the compilation at http://ilse.bandcamp.com/album/for-solo. It's an incredible compilation to benefit the +Solo Gallery in Jacksonville, FL.

Seraphantic Hands

Recorded and mixed June 29, 2012. The background field recording was made early Friday morning, February 24, 2012 from Tom Law's carport in Columbia, SC as it lightly rained. I would like to thank Tom for his gracious hospitality. Please visit his music venue, Conundrum, whenever you are in Columbia.

4AM The Fog Swallows The Marsh And We Are Lost

I recorded this piece for a Pangaea Project compilation last year. The theme was civil air defense and all the tracks revolved around an air raid siren or bomb explosion audio sample, as I recall. Thanks to j thelonious for putting the comp together.

Strontium 90

Recorded September 2011. From the 2011 release "The Fortune" on ILSE Music.

Coda: Blue Cloud

Another excerpt from The Fortune, my 2011 release on ILSE Music. 

“An aural dialogue that portrays a story upon a sound canvas” was the initial concept that led to The Fortune. Story written and spoken by John Ajac. Conceived, arranged and performed by Jim Ivy.

Act Three Section One

Son of CHANG is a cue card driven avant/experimental/prog/noise/rock project. Compositions written and conducted via cue cards by Jim Ivy. This is the beginning section of Zip Zip Tang. Jim Ivy: saxophone, electronics, theremin, samples Danny Feedback: guitar, effects Todd Elliott: bass Evan Shafran: drums

Zip Zip Tang-section 1 of 10

Another excerpt from the upcoming Son of CHANG release. This is the second section of Vrrrooom! Son of CHANG is: Jim Ivy: saxophone, electronics, composition Danny Feedback: guitar, effects Todd Elliott: bass Evan Shafran: drums, trumpet.

Vrrrooom!-section 2 of 9

#74. The Micromagnon series consisted of digital sample ideas that took place over a two year span. There were literally hundreds of them. Many of the micromagnon pieces appear on the Bipediment Music release "Lightbox" by CHANG available for download at www.jimivymusic.com. This was not one of them.

Micromagnon 74

Jim Ivy is an improviser and composer currently residing in Vancouver, WA. His main form of expression is using reed instruments (in particular, saxophones) but he can also be found performing on shakuhachi, electronics, balloons, and an arsenal of game calls and whistles. He has worked with such International artists as Davey Williams, Wade Matthews, Simeon Coxe III, Jack Wright, Tatsuya Nakatani, David Dove, Emily Hay, Jill Burton, and Doug Mathews.

Jim Ivy (Bipediment)

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