Inheritor Of Bargains (Nathan Pape and Evan Mazunik)

Resume An Activity After An Interruption (Nathan Pape and Evan Mazunik)

Unbusied (Nathan Pape and Evan Mazunik)

Bill Dunlap - saxophone
Nathan Alexander Pape - guitar

Ground Floor

though he is navigating the busy parts of town

Duo improvisation: Patrick Breiner (clarinet) + Nathan Alexander Pape (steel string guitar)

that good old fashioned feline connecting us to the infinite

Duo improvisation: Patrick Breiner (saxophone) + Nathan Pape (steel string guitar)

brings to his task a refreshingly conversational [ ]

Commissioned by James Belflower. Using material from "Jesus is a Dying Bedmaker."

Contour for Fahey

Commissioned by James Belflower. For James Belflower.

Contour for Belflower 1

Contour for Belflower 2

Nathan Alexander Pape is a listener, musician, mathematician, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY.

Instead of simply defying the constraints of the guitar to proclaim the finding of a new music, Nathan uses the limitations and traditions of the instrument as viable sources for inspiration and creation. 

In addition to Nathan's solo work which focuses on the sonic expansion of the steel-string acoustic guitar through improvisation, he has a regularly performing duo with percussionist John O'Brien and is currently collaborating with James Belflower to develop flexible structures that allow for musical interaction with James' performative poetry.

You may also hear him performing finger-style guitar in the vein of John Fahey and other American Primitive Guitar practitioners, simply because he loves that music and it makes people happy.