Peter Colclasure: My Lai II. Hugh Thompson, Jr.

September 13, 2023

Peter Colclasure‘s My Lai, a new work for piano and string quartet based on the My Lai Massacre, was produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, and performed by Peter and Skyros Quartet. “Hugh Thompson, Jr.” is the piece’s second movement. The recording is available for purchase at https://petercolclasure.bandcamp.com/album/my-lai

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Roger Nelson – Vexations

September 6, 2023

In May of 2010, Jack Straw presented a performance by a rotating cast of 30 pianists, playing through Erik Satie’s infamous “Vexations” theme 840 times, as suggested by the composer’s vexatiously enigmatic note on the original manuscript. The performance started at 4:00pm on Saturday, May 15th, and ended the following day at 11:20am, after the […]

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Last of the RedHot Mamas – P-Pop Blues

August 16, 2023

“P-Pop Blues” is the first single from Last of the RedHot Mamas’ forthcoming album Magick Black Woman, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. Last of the RedHot Mamas is a blues band built around the jazz-inspired, country-sauced songs of Amber Flame. Singing about queer Black life, Flame brings raunchy wordplay, constant hustle, and […]

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Leanna Keith Live at Jack Straw

August 2, 2023

Leanna Keith performed this piece at Jack Straw’s 2022 Fall Artist Showcase as part of a  freely improvised set featuring the flute family and a looper pedal.

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