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1991 release. Works by six composers from new music's acclaimed baritone, Thomas Buckner who's been called "the voice of the new". Works written by: Robert Ashley, Jon Gibson, Nils Vigeland, Peter Gena, Annea Lockwood, and Roscoe Mitchell. Personnel: Thomas Buckner - vocals; Tony Barrero - trumpet; Jon Gibson - clarinet, flute; J.D. Parran - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone; "Blue" Gene Tyranny - synthesizer; Joseph Kubera - piano; Tom Hamilton - synthesizer; Michael Pugliese - timpani, percussion.
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2000 release. On His Tone Of Voice, Thomas Buckner offers three works about man's spiritual quest for truth and goodness. The central character in "Blue" Gene Tyranny's collection of songs, His Tone of Voice at 37, realizes something that he had always known, but forgot that he knew -- a secret that frees him to search for a place where there are no more wars or suffering. Mel Graves draws his inspiration for Mediations on Truth from the poems of the 15th-Century Sufi poet, Kabir, whose style was at once, irreverent yet intensely spiritual. Jacques Bekaert brings the story of the gentle Orfeo, who has become a symbol of marital fidelity, non-violence, and of the artist whose greatest ambition is to make the world a better place. Personnel: Thomas Buckner - baritone; Jeffrey Berman - vibraphone; Josef Bergstaller - trumpet; Jay Elfeinbein - contrabass; Ethel (Todd Reynolds and Mary Rowell - violins; Ralph Farris - viola; Dorothy Lawson - cello); Mel Graves - contrabass; Benjamin Herrington - trombone; Leroy Jenkins - solo violin; Joseph Kubera - harpsichord; Jacqueline LeClair - oboe; Ted Mook - cello; Bill Ruyle - bowed marimba; Stefani Starin - flute; "Blue" Gene Tyranny - piano; Christopher Berg - conductor for His Tone of Voice at 37.
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LCD 3023CD
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1998 release. Inner Journey contains works by William Duckworth, Thomas Buckner, Jacques Bekaert, David Wessel, and Somei Satoh - united by their themes of the quest for self-knowledge. Composed of fragments from the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, Gertrude Stein, and Thomas McGrath, William Duckworth's text reveals the multiple perspectives of an unknown couple whose post-modern love story emerges. Thomas Buckner's improvisation, "Inner Journey", is dedicated to the spirit and musical techniques of a beloved friend. Jacques Bekaert takes musical material from a popular Cambodian song to reflect some of the emotions, hopes and pains anyone approaching that tragic land must feel and evoke an inner landscape. In the David Wessel's piece, Buckner's musical discourse is with the computer. Finally, Somei Satoh compares his work for voice and orchestra to his own meditation, "serene on the surface, yet burning vehemently like a flame." Personnel: Thomas Buckner - baritone; Leroy Jenkins - viola; Joseph Kubera - piano; J.D. Parran - bass clarinet; Stefani Starin - flute; David Wessel - synthesizer; Orchestra of the SEM Ensemble, with Petr Kotik as conductor. Recorded and mixed by Tom Hamilton.
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1994 release. Commissioned works dealing with contemporary social and spiritual concerns, all performed by the baritone, Thomas Buckner. Works written by: Jon Gibson, Annea Lockwood, Leroy Jenkins, Brian Smith, and Robert Ashley. Personnel: Thomas Buckner - baritone; Stefani Starin - flute, alto flute, khaen; Jon Gibson - soprano saxophone; Leroy Jenkins, viola; Joseph Kubera - piano; Bill Ruyle - percussion.
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MUTABLE 17528
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"For 30 years, Thomas Buckner has carved out a very special niche -- that of a champion of the avant-garde. In concert halls throughout the world, his 'baritone-mastery' has astonished both audiences and critics. He has an extraordinarily flexible voice; his experience and ability ranges from madrigals, lieder, opera, free improvisation, extended techniques, all the way to electronically processed wordless minimalist song. This wonderful new collection of works for baritone and chamber ensemble were all written specifically for Buckner. Annea Lockwood is known for her explorations of the rich world of natural acoustic sounds and environments, in works ranging from sound art and installations, through text-sound and performance art to concert music. Petr Kotik is a performing musician (conductor and flutist) and the founder and director of the S.E.M. Ensemble which expanded in 1992 as The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble."
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MUTABLE 17520
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"Three improvisations: alone; with David Darling, cello; with Borah Bergman, piano composition: ILEX with Earl Howard, composer and electronics; Gustavo Aguilar, percussion; Wu Man, pipa. For more than 30 years, baritone Thomas Buckner has dedicated himself to the world of new and improvised music. As a performer, producer, and promoter, Buckner has enabled the creation of an extensive body of new works by some of the world's leading, most exciting and most challenging composers. Currently, Buckner works regularly with composers Robert Ashley, Roscoe Mitchell, Alvin Lucier, Annea Lockwood, Bun-Ching Lam, Jerome Cooper, David Wessel, Tom Hamilton, Leroy Jenkins, Phill Niblock, Wadada Leo Smith, among others. More than 70 composers have written works exclusively for him over the last 20 years. Buckner has been featured on over 40 recordings, including five of his own solo albums as well as recordings by Annea Lockwood, Sorrel Hays, Alvin Lucier, the Deep Listening Band, Jin Hi Kim, Roscoe Mitchell, Muhal Richard Abrams and many others."
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