The Big Band at the End of the World asks and provides one of many possible answers to the question: What might improvisational music have to say to the relentlessly numbing and seemingly banal cruelty of our contemporary conjuncture - from border walls, internment camps, and the global rise of reactionary populism, to ubiquitous surveillance, to the melting of the polar ice caps and the extinction of species? We are 16 musicians, a visual artist, and a prose writer/performer. Our answer takes the combined form of words, images, and sound. While the mood cannot but be of sadness, anxiety, and anger, the collective act is one of democratic hope.
Sounds / Words / Images |
Instigator: Gregg Miller
Text/Voice: Stacey Levine
Visuals: Anjali Grant
Viola: Heather Bentley
Viola: Noel Kennon
Cello: Lori Goldston
Bass: Domenic Chiaverini
Electric Guitar: Tom Scully
Electric Guitar: Matt Benham
Harmonium: Nathie Katzoff
Flute/Sax: Kenny Mandell
Saxophone: Jeremy Gonzalez
Saxophone: Alex Liebman
Saxophone: Bryan Lineberry
Saxophone: Gregg Miller
French Horn/Percussion: Greg Campbell
Trombone: Haley Freedlund
Trumpet: Jim Knodle
Percussion: Casey Adams
Percussion: Don Berman
Credits
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