Guelph Jazz Festival & Colloquium 2014
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John Corbett: We Are In the Future: Fifteen Thoughts on the Next Phase (GJFC 2014)
John Corbett presented “We Are In the Future: Fifteen Thoughts on the Next Phase” as a keynote address at the 2014 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium.
Other Stories: Sounding the Future (GJFC 2014)
Other Stories: Sounding the Future was a workshop/improvised performance from the 2014 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, featuring musicians Dong-Won Kim (2014 Improviser-in-Residence, South Korea), Dana Reason (Host), Ben Grossman (Guelph, ON), Matt Brubeck (Guelph, ON), Gary Diggins (Guelph, ON), and Paul Cram (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
“What Will Listening Be Like in the Future?”: Jazz Journalists in Conversation (GJFC 2014)
“What Will Listening Be Like in the Future?”: Jazz Journalists in Conversation was presented as a roundtable discussion during the 2014 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium. The roundtable was moderated by John Corbett (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) and featured Kurt Gottschalk, James Hale, Howard Mandel.
Postcommodity performance (GJFC 2014)
One of three improvised musical performances co-presented by Musagetes, the Guelph Jazz Festival, and IICSI at the 2014 Guelph Jazz Festival. Postcommodity performed nine structured noise-songs from their (then), upcoming LP “We Lost Half The Forest, And The Rest Will Burn This Summer”, a 16-song concept album recounting the ever-cycling decay of a desert drought from the view of its flora and fauna.
The Sun Ra Arkestra Parade (GJFC 2014)
The Sun Ra Arkestra kicks off the 2014 Guelph Jazz Festival with a parade through downtown Guelph, Ontario.
The Komagata Maru Project (GJFC 2014)
At the 2014 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, the Neelamjit Dhillon Quartet (BC) presented the The Komagata Maru Project as a workshop/performance.
Jesse Stewart & Dong-Won Kim performance (GJFC 2014)
Improviser and IICSI Researcher Jesse Stewart and 2014 Improviser-in-Residence, Dong-Won Kim perform at the 2014 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium: Sounding Futures.
Black Utopia LP – A Cauleen Smith Movie (GJFC 2014)
During the 2014 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium Cauleen Smith presented “Black Utopia LP – A Cauleen Smith Movie” as a keynote address. “Black Utopia LP – A Cauleen Smith Movie” is a double vinyl LP accompanied by 35mm slides synchronized in a live cinematic performance.
John Szwed, Sun Ra on Earth
During the 2014 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium John Szwed presented “Sun Ra on Earth” as a keynote address.
Randy Weston interviewed by Vijay Iyer – Guelph Jazz Festival 2014
Pianist Randy Weston is interviewed onstage by Vijay Iyer during the 2014 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium.
