Artist of the Week
The Jack Straw Artist of the Week Podcast highlights work created through the Artist Residency Programs at Jack Straw Cultural Center.-
Greg Williamson and the Pony Boy Large Ensemble
Greg Williamson and the Pony boy Large Ensemble recorded Conversations and Deconstructions: Jazz Traditions during Williamson’s 2005 Artist Residency. The album is a recording of a live performance mixing new jazz compositions with sampled interviews of jazz pioneers.
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Reptet - Snow Leopard
Reptet recently released Agendacide, a 7″ record recorded during Samantha Boshnack’s 2008 Jack Straw artist residency.
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Sandy Diamond and Quasimodo and the Bellringers - Twenty Years
Sandy Diamond’s album with Quasimodo and the Bellringers, Still Life, was recorded during their 2005 Jack Straw Residency.
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Matt Weiner and Del Rey - The Mildred Shuffle
Matt Weiner and Del Rey’s album At the Ukeshack, a collection of bass and ukulele duets, was recorded during their 2006 Jack Straw residency.
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Yerbabuena - Voulez-Vous Danser
Voulez-Vous Danser is from Yerbabuena’s album Vaiven De Mar, recorded during their 2005 Jack Straw residency.
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Ela Lamblin - Eddies
Sculptor and sound artist Ela Lamblin recorded his album Tone Pond during his 2000 Jack Straw Artist residency.
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Unused Lexical Variable - ...Long Term Potential
This piece is on Unused Lexical Variable’s self-titled CD, produced during their 2008 Jack Straw Residency.
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Tom Varner - The Trilling Clouds
Tom Varner‘s album Heaven and Hell – recorded during his 2007 Artist Residency – was just released on Omnitone Records.
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Shulamit Kleinerman - Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is on 2006 Jack Straw Artist Shulamit Kleinerman’s recent album New New Nothing.
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Sean Osborn - Etude in G major - Adagio
Sean Osborn recorded his collection of 32 etudes for clarinet by the 19th century clarinetist Cyrille Rose during his 2006 Jack Straw residency.