Rob Mazurek

"Robert Mazurek" redirects here. For the journalist, see Robert Mazurek (journalist).
Rob Mazurek
Performing in Aarhus, Denmark 2015
Performing in Aarhus, Denmark 2015
Background information
Birth nameRobert Mazurek[1]
Born1965 (age 59–60)
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresJazz, experimental, avant-garde
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, visual artist
Instrument(s)Cornet, electronics, piano, vocals
Years active1983–present
Member ofExploding Star Orchestra
Chicago Underground
Sao Paulo Underground
Pharaoh and the Underground
Pulsar Quartet
Rob Mazurek Quintet
Rob Mazurek Octet
Starlicker
Websiterobmazurek.com

Rob Mazurek (born 1965) is an American composer, cornetist, and visual artist based in Chicago.[2]

Biography

Mazurek was born in 1965 in Jersey City, New Jersey,[3] and played trumpet and cornet in high school in Naperville, Illinois. He first learned the foundations of improvised music while studying jazz theory and practice with David Bloom at the Bloom School of Jazz in Chicago,[4] eventually working with other Chicago musicians like Kenny Prince, Robert Barry, Jodie Christian, Lin Halliday and Earma Thompson.[5]

In 1996, Mazurek formed the longstanding Chicago Underground Collective with guitarist Jeff Parker and drummer Chad Taylor, a unit that ranges in size from duo to orchestra. The Collective earned Mazurek the attention of Chicago's underground community at the beginning of the 21st century, resulting in high-profile collaborations with other genre-defying artists like Gastr Del Sol, Jim O'Rourke, Sam Prekop, Stereolab and Tortoise. Isotope 217 (started by Jeff Parker) was consequently born from these endeavors.[6]

While living in Brazil from 2000 to 2005, Mazurek constructed exotic soundscapes from the sounds of the Amazonian rain forest, including electric eels recorded at INPA research laboratory in Manaus and audio culled from storm systems on the outskirts of Brasília. It was in São Paulo that Mazurek met Mauricio Takara and Guilherme Granado, his partners in the São Paulo Underground, a group dedicated to exploring and expanding upon Brazilian musical traditions.[7]

Originally inspired by a joint commission from the Chicago Cultural Center and Jazz Institute of Chicago, Mazurek founded the Exploding Star Orchestra in 2005 to investigate Chicago's avant-garde musical traditions.[8] The Orchestra has premiered a number of extended suites since its inception, including "Sting Ray and the Beginning of Time," "Cosmic Tomes for Sleepwalking Lovers," "Constellations for Inner Light Projections for Bill Dixon," "Stars Have Shapes," "63 Moons of Jupiter", "Transgressions Suite" and "Galactic Parables."

Mazurek currently leads a number of ensembles, including Exploding Star Orchestra, Pharaoh and the Underground (featuring Pharoah Sanders), Chicago Underground, Pulsar Quartet, São Paulo Underground, Skull Sessions, Sound Is Quintet, Starlicker, Mandarin Movie, and Throne of the House of Good and Evil, each of which possesses its own distinct musical personality. He has collaborated with a wide variety of artists, such as Bill Dixon, Pharoah Sanders, Mike Ladd, Roscoe Mitchell, Yusef Lateef, Fred Anderson, Naná Vasconcelos, Mamelo Sound System, Alexandre Kassin, Marcelo Camelo, and others.

Mazurek at the 2013 German Jazz Festival

As a composer, Mazurek has written over 300 original compositions over the past 30 years, and has released at least 55 recordings on various labels including Aesthetics, Cuneiform, Delmark, Family Vineyard, Mego, Northern Spy, Submarine, Thrill Jockey, and his own label Infinity Dogs. Beyond his ensemble efforts, Mazurek's solo endeavors reflect his interest in musique concrete and electronic sound manipulation, with releases on Aesthetics, Bottrop-Boy, Delmark, Mego and Moikai that document his cornet playing augmented by computer programming, electronic effects and keyboards.

Mazurek has also been awarded a number of commissions and awards. In 2016, he received a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts for an experimental film titled "The Farnsworth Scores" in collaboration with filmmaker Lee Anne Schmitt, which was shot at Mies van der Rohe's iconic Farnsworth House. In 2013, he was commissioned to compose the "Galactic Parables" suite by the Sant'Anna Arresi Jazz Festival in Sant'Anna Arresi, Sardinia, Italy. In 2011, he was commissioned to compose "Violent Orchid Suite" by the Jazz & Wine Festival in Cormons, Italy, and "Transgressions Suite", also by the Sant'Anna Arresi Jazz Festival. In 2010, he received the Commissioning Music/USA grant from Meet the Composer for a multi-media work developed in collaboration with video artist/choreographer Marianne Kim.

Additionally, Mazurek works as a visual artist (incorporating sound, painting and video) with numerous international performances, exhibitions and artist residencies. He has shown his multi-media works at locations throughout the United States and Europe, including the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, where his paintings hang on the office walls. His pieces have also appeared at Marfa Book Company (Marfa, Texas), Galleria Coletivo (São Paulo, Brazil), Abbey Royal de Fontevraud (Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Anjou, France), Gantner Multi-Media Center (Bourogne, France), Heaven Gallery (Chicago, Illinois, USA), Naked Duck Gallery (New York, New York, USA), Le Grande Fabrique (Dieppe, France) and URDLA Centre Estampe et Livre (Villeurbanne, France).[9]

Discography

as Chicago Underground

Year released Title Label Notes
1998 12 Degrees of Freedom Thrill Jockey
1998 Playground Delmark
1999 Possible Cube Delmark
2000 Flamethrower Delmark
2000 Synesthesia Thrill Jockey
2001 Chicago Underground Quartet Thrill Jockey
2002 Axis and Alignment Thrill Jockey
2004 Slon Thrill Jockey
2006 In Praise of Shadows Thrill Jockey
2007 Chronicle Delmark Trio
2010 Boca Negra Thrill Jockey
2012 Age of Energy Northern Spy
2014 Primative Jupiter Clean Feed With São Paulo Underground and Pharoah Sanders
2014 Spiral Mercury Clean Feed With São Paulo Underground and Pharoah Sanders
2014 Locus (Northern Spy) Duo
2000 A Night Walking Through Mirrors Cuneiform Records As Chicago London Underground
2020 Good Days Astral Spirits Records Quartet

as Sao Paulo Underground

Year released Title Label Notes
2006 Sauna: Um, Dois, Tres Aesthetics
2008 The Principle of Intrusive Relationships Aesthetics
2011 Tres Cabecas Loucuras Cuneiform/Submarine
2013 Beija Flors Velho E Sujo Cuneiform/Infinity Dogs
2016 Beija Flors Velho E Sujo Cuneiform/Infinity Dogs
2016 Cantos Invisiveis (Cuneiform) Cuneiform/Infinity Dogs

as Isotope 217

Year released Title Label Notes
1998 The Unstable Molecule Thrill Jockey
1999 Utonian Automatic Thrill Jockey
2000 Who Stole The I Walkman Thrill Jockey

as Tigersmilk

Year released Title Label Notes
2003 Tigersmilk Family Vineyard
2005 Tales From The Bottle Family Vineyard
2007 Android Love Cry Family Vineyard

as Exploding Star Orchestra

Year released Title Label Notes
2007 We Are All from Somewhere Else Thrill Jockey
2008 Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra Thrill Jockey
2010 Stars Have Shapes Delmark
2013 Matter Anti-Matter RogueArt With Roscoe Mitchell
2013 The Space Between Delmark As Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble
2015 Galactic Parables: Volume 1 Cuneiform
2020 Dimensional Stardust International Anthem / Nonesuch Records
2023 Lightning Dreamers[10] International Anthem Recording Company[11]

as solo and others

  • 1994 Rob Mazurek Quartet Man Facing East (Hep)
  • 1995 Rob Mazurek Quintet Badlands (Hep)
  • 1997 Rob Mazurek Quintet Green & Blue (Hep)
  • 1999 Orton Socket 99 Explosions (Moikai)
  • 2002 Rob Mazurek Amorphic Winged (Walking Road)
  • 2002 Rob Mazurek Silver Spines (Delmark)
  • 2003 Rob Mazurek/Liam Gillick Thought Farming (En/Of [Bottrop-Boy])
  • 2004 Rob Mazurek Music For Shattered Light Box and 7 Posters (Bottrop-Boy)
  • 2004 Rob Mazurek Sweet and Vicious Like Frankenstein (mego)
  • 2005 Mandarin Movie Mandarin Movie (Aesthetics Records)
  • 2008 Rob Mazurek Abstraction on Robert D'Arbrissel (Adluna)
  • 2009 Rob Mazurek Quintet Sound Is (Delmark)
  • 2009 Rohrer/Mazurek/Takara/Barely Projections of a Seven Foot Ghost (Peligro)
  • 2010 Rob Mazurek Calma Gente (Submarine)
  • 2011 Starlicker Double Demon (Delmark)
  • 2012 Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet Stellar Pulsations (Delmark)
  • 2012 Rob Mazurek/Carlos Issa Eclusa (Submarine)
  • 2013 Rob Mazurek Episodes (Wapapura)
  • 2013 Rob Mazurek Octet Skull Sessions (Cuneiform)
  • 2014 Rob Mazurek Mother Ode (Corbett vs Dempsey)
  • 2014 Rob Mazurek Alternate Moon Cycles Waning Crescent (International Anthem Recording Co.)
  • 2014 Rob Mazurek Black Cube SP Return the Tides: Ascension Suite and Holy Ghost (Cuneiform Records)
  • 2015 Rob Mazurek Vortice of the Faun (Astral Spirits)
  • 2016 Rob Mazurek and Emmett Kelly Alien Flower Sutra (International Anthem Recording Company)
  • 2024 Rob Mazurek Quartet (Rob Mazurek, Angelica Sanchez, Tomeka Reid, Chad Taylor) Color Systems (RogueArt) [12]

References

  1. ^ "Rob Mazurek". Discogs.
  2. ^ "The Wire Issue 354 – August 2013". Thewire.co.uk. May 13, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  3. ^ "Rob Mazurek Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Dugan, John. "Jazz Departments: Rob Mazurek – By John Dugan — Jazz Articles". Jazztimes.com. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  5. ^ "The Wire Issue 201 – November 2000". Thewire.co.uk. May 13, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  6. ^ "Rob Mazurek @ All About Jazz". Musicians.allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  7. ^ "Sao Paulo Underground: Beija Flors Velho E Sujo". Allaboutjazz.com. July 4, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  8. ^ "Thrill Jockey". Thrilljockey.com. August 9, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  9. ^ Patrick, Michael (November 4, 2011). "Rob Mazurek: Jazz Composer / Visual Artist Challenges Boundaries of Sound, Light, and Color | ALARM". Alarm-magazine.com. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  10. ^ Metacritic: Lightning Dreamers by Rob Mazurek Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic, accessdate: May 23, 2023
  11. ^ Jazz Album: Lightning Dreamers by: Jazz Album: Lightning Dreamers by, accessdate: May 23, 2023
  12. ^ "Color Systems". RogueArts. September 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.

Read other articles:

تحالفات أجنبية لفرنسا

هذه المقالة يتيمة إذ تصل إليها مقالات أخرى قليلة جدًا. فضلًا، ساعد بإضافة وصلة إليها في مقالات متعلقة بها. (أكتوبر 2021) التحالفات الأجنبية لفرنسا لها تاريخ طويل ومعقد يمتد لأكثر من ألف عام. إحدى السمات التقليدية للدبلوماسية الفرنسية للتحالفات هي التي تهدف إلى التحالف مع الد�...

 

 

Taman Lahan Basah Nasional Xixi

Taman Lahan Basah Nasional Xixi西溪国家湿地公园LetakHangzhou, Zhejiang, TiongkokLuas1.150 hektare (2.800 ekar)Didirikan2005www.xixiwetland.com.cn Taman Lahan Basah Nasional Xixi Taman Lahan Basah Nasional Xixi (Hanzi: 西溪国家湿地公园) adalah kawasan lahan basah yang terletak di bagian barat Provinsi Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Tiongkok, seluas total 1.150 hektare. Taman lahan basah ini dipadati dengan enam anak sungai utama yang saling bersilangan, termasuk di antaranya berbagai ...

 

 

Limone Extreme

Skyrunning competitionLimone ExtremeDateOctoberLocation Limone sul GardaEvent typeSkyRaceVertical kilometerDistance29 km / 2,500 m 3.7 km / 1,080 mEstablished2011Official siteLimone Extreme The victorious arrival of Marco De Gasperi at the 2017 edition of Limone Extreme Skyrace. The Limone Extreme is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2011. It runs every year in Limone sul Garda (Italy) in October and consists of two races SkyRace and Vertical Kilometer both va...

SummerSlam (2020)

WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event SummerSlamPromotional poster featuring The Fiend Bray WyattPromotionWWEBrand(s)RawSmackDownDateAugust 23, 2020CityOrlando, FloridaVenueWWE ThunderDome at Amway CenterAttendance0 (behind closed doors)[Note 1]Tagline(s)You'll Never See It ComingWWE Network event chronology ← PreviousNXT TakeOver XXX Next →Payback SummerSlam chronology ← Previous2019 Next →2021 The 2020 SummerSlam was the 33rd annual SummerSlam professi...

 

 

List of cities in Lithuania

Vilnius is the largest city of Lithuania with urban population over 700,000 inhabitants In Lithuania, there are 103 cities (in Lithuanian: singular – miestas, plural – miestai). The term city is defined by the Parliament of Lithuania as a compact urban area with more than 3,000 people, of whom at least two-thirds work in the industry or service sector. Settlements with a population of less than 3,000 but with historical city status are still considered to be cities. Smaller settlements a...

 

 

Encyclopaedia Biblica

Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religion History, the Archeology, Geography and Natural History of the Bible (Ensiklopedia Alkitab: Kamus Kritis Sastra, Politik dan Agama, Sejarah, Arkeologi, Geografi dan Sejarah Alam dari Alkitab) (1899), disunting oleh Thomas Kelly Cheyne dan J. Sutherland Black, adalah suatu ensiklopedia kritis Alkitab. Dalam teologi dan studi Alkitab, sering dirujuk sebagai Enc. Bib., atau Cheyne and Black Gambar ilustrasi ...

土库曼斯坦总统

土库曼斯坦总统土库曼斯坦国徽土库曼斯坦总统旗現任谢尔达尔·别尔德穆哈梅多夫自2022年3月19日官邸阿什哈巴德总统府（Oguzkhan Presidential Palace）機關所在地阿什哈巴德任命者直接选举任期7年，可连选连任首任萨帕尔穆拉特·尼亚佐夫设立1991年10月27日 土库曼斯坦土库曼斯坦政府与政治 国家政府 土库曼斯坦宪法 国旗 国徽 国歌 立法機關（英语：National Council of Turkmenistan） ...

 

 

2010–11 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

American college basketball season 2010–11 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketballNCAA tournament, Round of 32ConferenceBig Ten ConferenceRankingCoachesNo. 17APNo. 13Record26–8 (14–4 Big Ten)Head coachMatt Painter (6th Season)Assistant coaches Paul Lusk Jack Owens Mike Jackson Home arenaMackey ArenaSeasons← 2009–102011–12 → 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings vte Conf Overall Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT ...

 

 

Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf

5th vice president of Iraq Taha Muhie-eldin Maroufطه محيي الدين معروفMarouf in 1978Vice President of IraqIn officeApril 1974 – April 2003Serving with Saddam Hussein (until 1979), Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (after 1979) and Taha Yassin Ramadan (after 1991)PresidentAhmed Hassan al-BakrSaddam HusseinPreceded bySalih Mahdi AmmashSucceeded byIzzat Ibrahim al-Douri Personal detailsBorn1924Sulaymaniyah, Mandatory IraqDied7 August 2009(2009-08-07) (aged 84–85)Amm...

Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor

American-born English politician The Right HonourableThe Viscount AstorDLParliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of HealthIn office24 June 1919 – 7 April 1921MonarchGeorge VPrime MinisterDavid Lloyd GeorgePreceded byoffice establishedSucceeded byThe Earl of OnslowParliamentary Secretary to the Local Government BoardIn office27 January 1919 – 24 June 1919MonarchGeorge VPrime MinisterDavid Lloyd GeorgePreceded byStephen WalshSucceeded byoffice abolishedParliamentary Secret...

 

 

VR Troopers

Television series VR TroopersAlso known asSaban's VR TroopersGenreScience fictionSuperheroAction/AdventureTokusatsuCreated byHaim SabanShuki LevyToei CompanyBased onSpace Sheriff Shaider,Jikuu Senshi Spielban, & Choujinki Metalderby Toei CompanyStarringBrad HawkinsSarah BrownMichael BaconDavid CarrGardner BaldwinRichard RabagoJulian CombsMichael SorichAaron PrunerZebVoices ofGardner BaldwinKerrigan MahanMichael SorichMike ReynoldsRichard EpcarDave MallowComposersShuki LevyKussa MahchiJere...

 

 

Si Cecep & Si Yoyo

Si Cecep & Si YoyoGenreDramaRemajaPembuatPenthouse ProductionsDitulis olehAntonSutradaraChikoPemeran Yosua Anton Winny Yovita NaratorAntonLagu pembuka Si Cecep Si Yoyo, Alena Wu Lagu penutup Si Cecep Si Yoyo, Alena Wu Penata musikIwang ModulusNegara asalIndonesiaBahasa asliIndonesiaJmlh. episode17 ([episode])ProduksiProduser eksekutifMbak EllaProduserYosuaLokasi produksi Meruya Utara, Kembangan, Jakarta Barat, DKI Jakarta Cikokol, Tangerang, Kota Tangerang, Banten PenyuntingChikoPe...

Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Consortium of American universities Oak Ridge Associated UniversitiesAbbreviationORAUFormation1946Legal statusActiveHeadquartersOak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.Membership 150+ colleges and universitiesPresidentAndy PageWebsitewww.orau.orgFormerly calledOak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies (ORINS) Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a consortium of American universities headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with offices in Arvada, Colorado and Cincinnati, Ohio and staff at other locations...

 

 

Kenneth Braaten

Norwegian nordic combined skier Kenneth Braaten Medal record Men's nordic combined Representing  Norway Olympic Games 1998 Nagano 4 x 5 km team World Championships 2001 Lahti 4 x 5 km team 1999 Ramsau 4 x 5 km team Kenneth Braaten (born 24 September 1974) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1994 to 2005. He won the 4 x 5 km team event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Braaten also won two medals in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Cham...

 

 

Lois Lane

Fictional character in the Superman series This article is about the comic book character. For other uses, see Lois Lane (disambiguation). Comics character Lois LaneArt by Gary FrankPublication informationPublisherDC ComicsFirst appearanceAction Comics #1(June 1938)Created byJerry SiegelJoe ShusterIn-story informationSpeciesHumanTeam affiliationsDaily PlanetGalaxy CommunicationsPartnershipsClark KentJimmy OlsenSupporting character ofSupermanSuperboyNotable aliasesSuperwomanRed TornadoAbilitie...

Muhamad Muchidin

Muhamad Muchidin Pa Sahli Tk. III Bid. Wassus & LH Panglima TNIMasa jabatan4 November 2022 – 29 Maret 2023PendahuluMochamad Syafei KasnoPenggantiPuji CahyonoInspektur Komando Daerah Militer XVI/PattimuraMasa jabatan21 Januari 2022 – 4 November 2022PendahuluDwi DarmadiPenggantiDadang Rukhiyana Informasi pribadiLahir26 Juni 1968 (umur 56)Cimahi, Jawa BaratAlma materAkademi Militer (1992)Karier militerPihak IndonesiaDinas/cabang TNI Angkatan DaratMasa din...

 

 

Lakshminath Bezbarua

Lakshminath BezbaruaNama asalলক্ষ্মীনাথ বেজবৰুৱাLahir14 Oktober 1864Aahatguri, Nagaon, Assam, Kemaharajaan BritaniaMeninggal26 Maret 1938(1938-03-26) (umur 69)Dibrugarh, Assam, IndiaPekerjaanPenulis, novelis, dramawan, penyair, editor, satiris, pedagang kayuSuami/istriPrajnasundari DeviOrang tuaDinanath Bezbarua (ayah) Lakshminath Bezbarua (bahasa Assam: লক্ষ্মীনাথ বেজবৰুৱা, lahir 14 November 1864) merupaka...

 

 

Field marshal (Uganda)

Field marshalAmin as field marshal, October 1975Country Uganda (Second Republic)Service branchUganda ArmyRank groupGeneral officerRankField marshalFormation17 July 1975Abolished3 June 1979Next lower rankGeneral Field marshal was the highest rank in the military of Uganda, during the regime of Idi Amin. History of the rank On 17 July 1975, Idi Amin, President of Uganda and the commander-in-chief of the country's military at the time, the Uganda Army (UA), awarded himself the rank of field...

Albert Laponneraye

French republican socialist, journalist, historian, educator and editor This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Albert Laponneraye – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article includes a list of references, related reading, or ext...

 

 

1992 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont

1992 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont ← 1990 November 3, 1992 1994 →   Nominee Bernie Sanders Tim Philbin Lewis E. Young Party Independent Republican Democratic Popular vote 162,724 86,901 22,279 Percentage 57.8% 30.9% 7.9% County results Municipality resultsSanders:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%   &#...