Red Wierenga

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Stephen "Red" Wierenga (* 1980 in Rochester ) is an American jazz musician ( accordion , piano , keyboard , electronics).

Live and act

Wierenga received a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music , where he took lessons from Harold Danko and Ralph Alessi . During this time he appeared as a soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Eastman School Studio Orchestra and the Ossia formation ; he also worked with Dave Holland , Wycliffe Gordon and Ben Monder . In addition, he dealt with the transcription, arrangement and performance of compositions and recordings by relatively unknown jazz pianists such as Richard Twardzik and Herbie Nichols . After completing his studies in 2002, Wierenga first worked as a radio presenter at Jazz90.1 in Rochester before moving to the Netherlands in 2004, where he studied electronic music at the Institute for Sound and Sound Science at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Joel Ryan. During this time he constructed the Respectron , an interface for gestural control of electronic music. After returning to New York City in 2005, he worked with various formations such as the Respect Sextet and Wierenga Manœuvre, in which he further developed his electroacoustic instruments. In 2011 he started his PhD in composition at the CUNY Graduate Center. Currently (2015) he is a member of the Claudia Quintet . Electronic sound devices developed by him are u. a. used by Keith Rowe and Jim Black . In the field of jazz he was involved in nine recording sessions between 2002 and 2013, including a. with Dave Rivello .

Discographic notes

  • The Respect Sextet: The Full Respect (Roister, 2003)
  • Salo: Sundial Lotus (Innova, 2009), with Alex Hamlin, Ed Rosenberg, Josh Rutner, Andrew Smiley, Ben Gallina, Alex Wyatt
  • The Respect Sextet: Play the Music of Sun Ra & Stockhausen - Sirius Respect (Mode Avant, 2009), with Malcolm Kirby , Ted Poor , Josh Rutner , James Hirschfeld , Eli Asher
  • The Claudia Quintet: September ( Cuneiform Records , 2013)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 28, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Wierenga, Red
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wierenga, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester (New York)