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On Saturday, June 4, 2005, at 06:37 AM, Hartung, Kris wrote: > You're leaning cello? Move to Boise asap. I can't find a cello player > in > a 300 miles square radius who is interested in looping and playing > avant-garde music...sort of like Kronos Quartet meets Joe Morris. > Anyone guitar players out there listen to Joe? I have a few of his > CDs...he's kind like the Cecil Taylor or Eric Dolphy of > guitarists...not > for everyone, but seems to be where my mind has been drifting these > days. > > All hail Grover.... > > Kris out > > P.S. I had my first gig a few days ago with my laptop and virtual VST > effect rack. I'll post a soundclip this week of a very experimental > tune > I recorded. > Hey Kris, Joe Morris is indeed cool, I've seen him a couple of times, and he always blows me away. He has such a pure conception, everything is conveyed in his note and harmony choices, his tone and technique seem to be pretty transparent. Beautiful player. Good luck on finding an avant-garde cellist in Boise! Until a few months ago, I would have just laughed at you trying to find any avant players in Boise, but now I think you might at least have a chance. I grew up in far-east Oregon and spent a lot of time Boise as a kid/teenager. Seemed like a real music backwater at the time. But, I played a gig there, as part of the Gene Harris Jazz fest a few months ago, and, after not being back for 20 some years, I was really surprised and pleased at how hip the audience at our show was! Met some very cool people, and felt that our own outward-leaning jazz-funk was well understood and accepted. Met a couple of music students from BSU who had huge ears, I believe the guys we talked to played trumpet and guitar, but the music school might be an avenue for finding cool players.