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Title	On Collaboration
Performer(s)	Aebi, Irene; Lacy, Steve; Waldman, Anne.
Subject 1	Music and literature.
Subject 2	Artistic collaboration.
Subject 3	Improvisation (Music)
Abstract	Irene Aebi and Steve Lacy lecture on improvisation and collaboration in jazz. Lacy and Aebi discuss their musical background and the history of putting literature to jazz. The recording includes brief performances and ends with a question and answer session.
Content	0:00 Introduction by Anne Waldman 4:00 Irene discusses early history in San Francisco and elsewhere 5:00 Jack Spicer 7:20 Steve begins a discussion of his background 9:30 Free Jazz and Improvisation 14:00 "You can't do jazz by yourself." 15:00 Cecil Taylor 18:00 Discussion of text choice 19:40 Putting literature into jazz; late 60's, jazz had lost it melody 21:00 Lao-tzu, Buckminster Fuller, others, put to music 23:30 Richard Feinman (Scientist) books put to music 26:50 Performance begins 31:10 Ends, discuss performance 33:20 Article on race, from the New York times, set to music 34:00 Begins 37:00 Anne asks about musical decisions, operas; they discuss "Futurities" with Robert Creeley 42:30 The necessity of playing a piece frequently enough that it takes on a life of its own 45:50 "Train Goes By" 47:05 Cuts out in the middle (side change), resumes 49:10 Discussion of poem called "Happy Marriage" encountered in "The New Yorker"; Teslima Manacerin? 54:00 Formation of the opera called "The Cry" troubles with it 59:00 Anne recalls performance with Allen Ginsberg in France that received bomb threats 62:10 "Agenda" from Jack Spicer poem, "For Hal" 63:15 Musical performance of "Agenda" begins 66:50 Question and answer: first question about Buckminster Fuller adaptation 72:00 Question about the collaborative mind; Lacy responds: "I follow the music, the music doesn't follow me" 74:00 Anne recalls Richard Tuttle "Makeup on Empty Space" collaboration 79:00 Question about Irene's vocal technique and process 82:30 Question about disagreement, Steve says it's not generally a problem
Type of Event	lecure
Engineer's Notes	Good
Date Recorded	2001-07-13
File Format	mp3
Performance Length	1:24:20
Rights Information	Copyright release given to Naropa University for the purposes of preservation, marketing and educational use. All other rights reserved to individual performers.
Department	Writing
Original Format	Audio cassette
Publisher	Naropa University Archives
Type	Sound
Language	eng
File Name	01P104.mp3

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