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Artist:	CAPPELLI, MARCO
Title:	Extreme Guitar Project: Music from Downtown NYC
Label:	MODE
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MODE 157CD

"During May and June 2002, Italian guitarist Marco Cappelli spent time in New York City. While there, Cappelli became involved with the NYC avant-garde scene -- internationally known as Down Town Music -- in which composers / improvisers coming from avant-garde jazz, experimental rock, as well as from academic music, created a common musical language. These experiences and influences inspired Cappelli to a new idea and concept: to make a 'musical photograph' of the Down Town musical scene through the commission of guitar pieces. And so, the concept of 'extreme guitar' was born. Inspired by both the unusual possibilities of Cappelli's guitar playing as well as the proposal to use a mixture of writing techniques (from rigorous written structures to free improvisation), 10 leading Down Town composers wrote for him. These works receive their first recordings here." Artists: Anthony Coleman, Nick Didkovsky, Erik Friedlander, Annie Gosfield, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot, David Shea, Elliott Sharp, Mark Stewart, Otomo Yoshihide.

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