Name: TERRY RILEY In C by The Antithesis Project in All In C
Duration: 22 min 22 s
Description: Recorded Live by Jonn Robinet at Gamut Gallery on 11.2.2013

All In C

Second attempt at a solo recording on 9/30/13.
Work in progress
Recorded in a practice room using Loopy HD for iOS, pardon the saxophones

Terry Riley: In C

Recorded Live by Jonn Robinet at Gamut Gallery on 11.2.2013

TERRY RILEY In C

Terry Riley  In C (6 Pianos)

In South Louisiana, Clifton Chenier (1925-1987) grew up hearing his father play a style of music known as La La at house dances held in Black French Creole communities. It had a percussive and syncopated sound, played in spare combinations of an accordion and a washboard used to scrub out a rhythm. After picking up accordion as a curious teenager, Chenier soon brought into this sound the rhythm and blues that dominated radios and jukeboxes, crafting a new style that would be called zydeco. In the 1950s, he recorded for Elko, Specialty, and Chess, and joined national package show tours with stars like Little Richard and Etta James. A decade later, Chenier was quietly settled in Houston, the big stages seemingly behind him. But one rainy Saturday night at a Houston neighborhood bar, Chenier’s cousin Lightning Hopkins introduced him to Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records, where zydeco and Clifton Chenier would find a new home and champion.  

King of Louisiana Blues & Zydeco is a 4 CD/6 LP retrospective box set assembled in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Chenier’s birth. The set features a chronology of Chenier’s landmark work with Arhoolie and other labels, alongside a healthy dose of previously unissued gems. The 160-page book includes photos, posters, and other graphic artifacts from the Strachwitz Collection and deeply researched liner note essays by Grammy award-winning writer Adam Machado, public folklorist and radio host Nick Spitzer and longtime Louisiana journalist Herman Fusilier, along with a moving personal remembrance by Clifton’s son, Zydeco musician C.J. Chenier. The set is the first release on Arhoolie since the label became a part of Smithsonian Folkways.  

With music and storytelling and abundant visual imagery, this set demonstrates Clifton Chenier's life as a transformative artist -- from his earliest days practicing in the barn back home, to his reign as the undisputed King of Zydeco. 

Clifton Chenier - "My Mama Told Me" (Live)

Clifton Chenier - "Baby What You Want Me to Do (Live)"

Terry Riley - In C (Limited Taste Remix)

Is this the shortest version of Terry Riley’s “In C” ever?
Midi realisation of “In C” by Terry Riley (1964). The score of Ïn C” consists of one sheet with 53 short, numbered melodic patterns, lasting from half a beat to 32 beats and two pages with Performing Directions by Terry Riley. C. The score is the part for all players. 
This version of the piece violates quite a number of the basic directions. And it’s short (3:30 minutes) compared to the usual length (45 minutes to 1,5 hours). 

You can download the score from http://www.flagmusic.com/work.php?r=trjhinc
(and listen to a beautiful Midi realisation of “In C” by Jeffrey C. Hall)

Maybe you want to watch on Unos cuantos punticos (A few little points) on YouTube (with the sound switched off) while listening to this track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2wJIJNuGMc

Image: The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai


Terry Riley - In C  (Limited Taste Remix)

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Los Originarios del Plan are one of the West Coast's best kept musical secrets. The arpa grande (big harp) group plays rousing, exuberant music with centuries of roots in western Mexico. The style has thrived in diasporic communities of agricultural workers and music fans in California and Washington. From backyard family gatherings to the stage at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the group provides an essential sonic link to the homeland of these groups of immigrants. On ¡Puritito Michoacán! they perform corridos, sones planecos, canciones rancheras, and more from their vast repertoire of traditionals and standards.   

TERRY RILEY In C

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