Wayne Horvitz

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Wayne Horvitz (2016)

Wayne Horvitz (born September 1, 1955 in New York ) is an American jazz musician , composer and band leader . He plays the piano , Hammond organ and synthesizer . Wayne Horvitz also works as a music producer .

biography

Horvitz had piano and flute lessons as a child. He studied at the University of California, Santa Cruz and already performed with his own groups during this time. Back in New York, he was in the "downtown" scene. He has worked and lived in Seattle with his wife, pianist and singer Robin Holcomb , since the mid-1990s . His brother Bill Horvitz (1947-2017) was also a jazz musician.

Musical work

In addition to numerous of his own music projects since the late 1970s, Horvitz is known to a larger audience primarily through his involvement in projects by John Zorn such as the band Naked City . He has worked with many experimental musicians, especially in the fields of new music and jazz . He is involved in numerous sound carriers by John Zorn, but also by Marty Ehrlich , Robin Holcomb, Eugene Chadbourne , Bill Frisell , Tenko , Jon Rose , Zeena Parkins and David Moss . He has also worked on recordings by Peter Apfelbaum , Jerry Granelli , Karen Pernick and Michael Shrieve .

For their joint album "Nine Below Zero", Butch Morris , Bobby Previte and he received the German Record Critics' Prize in 1987 .

Discography (selection)

As a band leader

  • No Place Fast, Parachute, 1979
  • Simple Facts, Theater For Your Mother, 1981
  • Dinner at Eight, Dossier, 1985
  • This New Generation, Elektra / Musician, 1985
  • Monologue, Cavity Search, 1997
  • Film Works, Avant, 2003
  • Some Places Are Forever Afternoon, Songlines, 2015
  • The Snowghost Sessions, Songlines, 2018 (+ Geoff Harper , Eric Eagle )

Wayne Horvitz, 4 + 1 Ensemble (+ Reggie Watts , Eyvind Kang , Julian Priester , Tucker Martine )

  • 4 + 1 ensemble, intuition, 1998
  • From a Window, Avant, 2001

Wayne Horvitz, Gravitas Quartet (+ Ron Miles , Peggy Lee , Sara Schoenbeck )

  • Way Out East, Songlines, 2006

Wayne Horvitz, Sweeter Than the Day (+ Timothy Young , Keith Lowe , Andy Roth )

  • Forever (also released under the CD title "American Bandstand"), Songlines, 2000
  • Sweeter Than the Day, Songlines, 2002
  • Live at the Rendezvous, Liquid City, 2005
  • Walk in the Dark, 2008

Pigpen (Wayne Horvitz, Briggan Krauss ...)

  • Halfrack, Tim Kerr, 1993
  • Miss Ann, Tim Kerr, 1995
  • Live in Poland, Cavity Search, 1996
  • Daylight, Tim Kerr, 1997
  • V as in Victim, Avant, 1997

The President (Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte , Dave Sewelson , Kevin Cosgrove , Joe Gallant / Stew Cutler , Doug Wieselman , Dave Hofstra )

  • The President, Dossier, 1987
  • Bring Yr Camera, Elektra / Musician, 1991
  • Miracle Mile, Elektra / Musician, 1992

Zony Mash (Wayne Horvitz, Timothy Young , Fred Chalenor / Keith Lowe , Andy Roth )

  • Cold Spell, Knitting Factory, 1997
  • Brand Spankin 'New, Knitting Factory, 1998
  • Upper Egypt, Knitting Factory, 2000
  • Live in Seattle, Liquid City, 2002

As a co-leader

Wayne Horvitz, Butch Morris , William Parker Trio

  • Some Order, Long Understood, Black Saint, 1982

Wayne Horvitz, Butch Morris, Bobby Previte Trio

  • Nine Below Zero, sound aspects , 1987
  • Todos Santo, sound aspects, 1988

Wayne Horvitz / Ron Samworth / Peggy Lee / Dylan van der Schyff

  • Intersection Poems, Spool, 2005

Mylab ( Tucker Martine , Wayne Horvitz ...)

  • Mylab, Sony BMG, 2004

New York Composers' Orchestra (Wayne Horvitz, Herb Robertson , Steven Bernstein , Marty Ehrlich, Ray Anderson , Robin Holcomb, ...)

  • NY Composers Orchestra, New World, 1990
  • First Program in Standard Time, New World, 1992

Ponga (Wayne Horvitz, Dave Palmer , Bobby Previte, Skerik )

  • Ponga, Loosegroove, 1998
  • Psychological, P-vine, 2000

The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet (John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Ray Drummond , Bobby Previte)

  • Voodoo, Blacksaint, 1985

John Zorn, Elliott Sharp , Bobby Previte, Wayne Horvitz

  • Downtown Lullaby, Depth of Field, 1998

As a composer

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personal data
SURNAME Horvitz, Wayne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and fusion musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH new York