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The duo of Carol and Jack is featured on "The Shattering", a cd compiling Carol's appearances at the High Zero Festival 2000 in Baltimore. "It would certainly appear that Genetti is Wright’s vocal collaborator of choice. Genetti’s refreshing and rough-edged spontaneity definitely educes some of Wright’s best playing, perhaps because Wright’s aesthetic approximates a search for the ineffable qualities of the human voice in his palette of reed sounds, not to mention the ineffable vocal qualities of other animal species." ~ Michael A Parker http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r1002_030.htm Mp3 of carol/jack duo Over the past twenty-five years JACK WRIGHT has been a bold saxophonist, as well as an influential musical personality. Either on tour or organizing the next one, he has played in virtually every venue available to experimental improvised music in the US, and many in Europe as well. In 1982 he began Spring Garden Music as a vehicle for organizing an improvisational music community, which continues to grow through regular No Net weekend sessions. As a musical explorer as well, his music passes through radical shifts of style and approach from one year to the next, yet always somehow identifiable as his own. These days he is playing mostly alto and soprano saxophones, in every possible direction, sometimes barely recognizable as those instruments. He lives in Easton Pennsylvania, which enables him to commute easily to NYC and Phila. He is also active in Europe, touring both sides of the Atlantic with European musicians, and recently Japan. The Washington Post says, "In the rarefied, underground world of experimental free improvisation, saxophonist Jack Wright is king". And a German publication, Bad Alchemy, had this to say of his solo: "Wright does not make music, he embodies it, he transforms it with a naiveté of another order. It grows into a sound river, he is part of the diaphragm through which the heterogeneous whispers." Jack has over sixty partners around the US and in Europe with whom he plays on his travels and records. His most recent tours have been with Michael Johnsen, electronicist, in France, Holland, Belgium, etc., joined by Sebastien Cirotteau, French tpt player; with French soprano sax player Michel Doneda and NYC percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani (From Between Trio) in Japan, France, and the US; with Wade Matthews, bass cl, flute, electronics, in the US; with Carol Genetti, and Jon Mueller, in the US; Nate Wooley, trumpet, of NYC in Europe; cellist Bob Marsh of the Bay area; Michael Griener percussion and Sabine Vogel flute of Berlin; Reuben Radding, NYC bassist; and Phil Durrant, English laptop musician.and with trumpet player Tom Djll from Oakland and soprano sax player Bhob Rainey on the West Coast. His recent partners in Europe have been: Michel Doneda, soprano sax; Agnes Palier, vocalist; Sebastien Cirotteau, trumpet; Marlene Jobstl, butoh dancer; Pascal Battus, table guitar; Philippe Berger, violin; Jean-Philippe Gross, electronics; Sharif Sehnaoui, guitar; Christine Sehnaoui, alto sax; Nozalcube, musique concrete, electronics; Benjamin Duboc, bass; Dan Warburton, violin; Stephane Rives, soprano sax; Jean-luc Guionnet, alto sax; David Chiesa, double bass; Jean Borde, double bass; Le Quan Ninh, percussion; Barre Philipps, double bass He has recorded over 35 albums since 1982. For a full bio, writings, sound files and list of recordings visit his website: http://www.springgardenmusic.com feature article in Signal to Noise Magazine: http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/monthly2003/04apr_text.html 2001 interview with John Berndt available in French on his website, as published in Improjazz Jan/Feb. 2004 http://www.springgardenmusic.com/french_translation_of_interview.html 
CAROL GENETTI is considered by many in the experimental music underground to be one of the most exceptional performers to come out of Chicago. She is a vocalist focused on improvisation and the pure sonic exploration of the human voice. Her work is grounded in an almost inhuman extended technique, but also contains a mastery of vocal styles such as jazz and Bulgarian folk singing, creating a distinct non-verbal sound palette that has a provocative depth. Genetti has toured throughout the US, Canada, France and Germany. She has collaborated with many of the most powerful voices in new music, including Pauline Oliveros, Jon Rose, Michael Zerang, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Tatsu Aoki, Eric Leonardson, Yuko Nexus6, Kitamura, Toshi Makihara, Bob Marsh, Jack Wright, Michael Vorfeld and technology artist Andrea Polli. Her voice work appears on many cds including Hans Fjellestad's "Red Sauce Baby," "In the Eye of the Ear Sound Art Festival", and "Sounding Off" accompanying CD to the book of the same name. She has also released duet CDs, including "Animus" (Not In The Family) with Eric Leonardson in 1998 and more recently "In the Garden of Earthly Delights" (Spring Garden Music) with Bob Marsh in the fall of 2000. Most recently, the Shattering" (recorded) CD documents Genetti's performances with a wide variety of national and international musicians at the critically acclaimed High Zero 2000 Festival. Considered by many in the experimental music underground to be one of the most exceptional performers to come out of Chicago, Carol Genetti is a vocalist focused on improvisation and the pure sonic exploration of the human voice. Her work is grounded in an almost inhuman extended technique, but also contains a mastery of vocal styles such as jazz and Bulgarian folk singing, creating a distinct non-verbal sound palette that has a provocative depth. Genetti has toured throughout the US, Canada, France and Germany. She has collaborated with many of the most powerful voices in new music, including Pauline Oliveros, Jon Rose, Michael Zerang, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Tatsu Aoki, Eric Leonardson, Yuko Nexus6, Kitamura, Toshi Makihara, Bob Marsh, Jack Wright, Michael Vorfeld and technology artist Andrea Polli. Her voice work appears on many cds including Hans Fjellestad's "Red Sauce Baby," "In the Eye of the Ear Sound Art Festival", and "Sounding Off" accompanying CD to the book of the same name. She has also released duet CDs, including "Animus" (Not In The Family) with Eric Leonardson in 1998 and more recently "In the Garden of Earthly Delights" (Spring Garden Music) with Bob Marsh in the fall of 2000. Most recently, the Shattering" (recorded) CD documents Genetti's performances with a wide variety of national and international musicians at the critically acclaimed High Zero 2000 Festival. "Genetti's wordless vocals dart and soar with an unforced flexibility. She effortlessly utilizes an impressive rang; leaping from warm, full tones to the highest creaks and lowest growls." – Michael Rosenstein, Cadence (March 2001) "Genetti achieves an unreal quiet glitch that would send a lot of contemporary electronic musicians running to re-program their software." – Michael Anton Parker "Her elastic chords perform feats that seem nearly impossible. Genetti moans, shrieks, bleep, growls, blats, and produces an infinite number of indescribably subversive sputters." – Steven A. Loewy, All Music Guide "Genetti's wordless vocals dart and soar with an unforced flexibility. She effortlessly utilizes an impressive rang; leaping from warm, full tones to the highest creaks and lowest growls." – Michael Rosenstein, Cadence "Her elastic chords perform feats that seem nearly impossible. Genetti moans, shrieks, bleep, growls, blats, and produces an infinite number of indescribably subversive sputters." – Steven A. Loewy, All Music Guide http://www.carolgenetti.com/ |
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