Improvisation #11

Michael Unruh - bass clarinet, Robert Glassburner - bassoon, Max Ridgway - guitar. Recorded on April 20, 2011.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• free
• improvisation
• modern
• atonal
• jazz
• abstract
• alien
• music
• new

[dieterammann4]

very dense, but never gabby. like the discreet (in the sense of "umsichtige") kind of playing. I think, this is not (only) a strategy, but (also) a part of your personality...?

[MaxRidgway]

@dieterammann4 Yes, I think you are right. I think my personality is an intimate part of playing this way. My only real strategy is to try to respond intelligently to these fabulous players. (It's a little intimidating). Thank you for taking time to watch these - I didn't expect you to so soon!

[experimentalrock]

Really like the expensive chords you were fretting while the boys were going off! You were a little drowned out with the heat of the moment but could pick out your playing most of the time. While I was listening to this my daughter, Harmony said "Daddy, how come you always listen to that? It sounds terrible!" Ha! That is a compliment btw. I dig this stuff! (In small doses) Gotta have the Voodoo Chile most of the time. Compliments to all.

[MaxRidgway]

@experimentalrock Thanks - I'm so glad you were listening to my guitar playing on this. It's a real challenge for me to fit in with these virtuosic wind players. The guitar is so different in timbre and technique - it really makes me listen and think about how to respond. I'm with you and Euterpe on Voodoo Chile - I like to play that too!

[Euterpe420]

Well, damn, I messed up my joke. I meant Stratocaster obviously. And it's not a joke so much as me trying to be amusing and feeling a little nostalgic.

[MaxRidgway]

@Euterpe420 I knew what you meant and I appreciate the sentiment. I've still got the stratocaster, but unfortunately don't have the Marshall amp any more.

[Euterpe420]

I've been trying to learn to appreciate your free improvisation, atonal, highbrow approach to music; I honestly have. I swear. But at this time of night and in the mood I'm in, all I have to say is: Max Ridgway, strap on that Statocaster, plug it into that Marshall amp, play me some "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," and crank it up to 11.