Thomas Buckner

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Thomas Buckner (* 1941 ) is an American singer ( baritone ) and composer who is considered to be the "voice of the downtown scene" of New York ( Allmusic ).

Live and act

Buckner, who comes from a wealthy family ( Thomas J. Watson was his grandfather), first studied business administration at Yale University and also sang there in the Yale Glee Club and with the Alley Cats . Then he moved to California, where he worked in an IBM factory and sang jazz . Then he finished his university education at the Jesuit Santa Clara University . In Berkeley he founded the label 1750 Arch Records , which released more than 50 albums by 1984. In 1983 he ended this activity and moved to New York, where he worked closely with Robert Ashley and contributed to his trilogy Private Parts . In the 1990s he interpreted works by David First and appeared with Bruce Arnold , Tom Hamilton and Ratzo Harris in the experimental group The Act of Finding , but also presented his own works for improvising baritones . Buckner also performed with creative jazz musicians such as Muhal Richard Abrams ( The Visibility of Thought ), Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill .

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  1. ↑ Kirili et les Nymphéas (documentation)
personal data
SURNAME Buckner, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer (baritone) and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1941