Dennis Rea

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Manifest Density

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Released: Jan 1, 2009

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Manifest Density
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Uncle Tang's Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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Genre: Experimental / Jazz / Progressive
Location SEATTLE, Washington, US
Profile Views: 19059
Last Login: 4/7/2011
Member Since 1/22/2006
Website www.dennisrea.com
Record Label MoonJune, First World Music, Sky, Palace of Lights
Type of Label Indie
Bio
....Please note:.. Since Myspace has become rather stagnant and I prefer not to depend on an advertiser-driven site, I invite you to visit the official Dennis Rea website at ..www.dennisrea.com.. instead. I'll be doing only minimal maintenance of my Myspace page henceforth... ....Purchase Dennis Rea's book and music online..... Dennis Rea's adventurous guitar playing blends modern jazz, creative rock, experimental music, and world musical traditions into an approach that is uniquely his own, embracing haunting lyricism, enigmatic textures, agile improvisation, and the raw dynamism of rock. He has performed on three continents at such venues as the WOMAD Festival, Beijing International Jazz Festival, Sichuan-China International TV Festival, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Columbia Gorge Amphitheater, and Earshot Jazz Festival. Over the years Dennis has led or been a key contributor to numerous innovative groups, including ..Moraine.., Land, Stackpole, ..Iron Kim Style.., Axolotl, Savant, ..Earthstar.., Ink, ..Eric Apoe & They.., ..Identity Crisis.., the Gang of Formosa, and ..Ting Bu Dong... He has performed or recorded with such prominent creative musicians as European free jazz legend Han Bennink, Chinese rock megastar Cui Jian, acclaimed French composer Hector Zazou, German electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze (as producer of Earthstar), trombone virtuoso Stuart Dempster, and jazz mainstay John Clayton, as well as members of King Crimson, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ministry, and the Sun Ra Arkestra. He has collaborated with many of the most important figures in contemporary Chinese music and was one of the first Western musicians to record an album for the state-owned China Record Company. His activities have included film, theater, radio, and modern dance, and he has appeared on more than two-dozen recordings to date. He was a finalist for Best Guitarist in the 2005 ..Seattle Weekly.. Music Awards, and won a Golden Ear Award for Best Northwest Outside Jazz Group in 2000 as leader of the improvising quartet Stackpole. He is also an accomplished author whose most recent work is the book ....Live at the Forbidden City: Musical Encounters in China and Taiwan..... For more information, see ..Dennis Rea's Web site... Dennis Rea is a ..MoonJune Records.. recording artist..... ....PRESS QUOTES.... .."Dennis is a young, very talented musician who I think will develop into something quite interesting".. —..Stan Getz.. in 1979.. .."One of the most talented instrumentalists in the region, Rea has long distinguished himself in varied settings, creating a dynamic, lyrical, enigmatic blend of modern jazz, boundary-pushing rock, experimental music, and world music traditions. In Seattle, he has participated in some of the most impressive homegrown musical outfits, including the late 1990s juggernaut quartet Stackpole, with whom he won the 2000 Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award for best Northwest 'outside jazz.'".. —....Earshot Jazz...... .."The first time I heard LAND guitarist Dennis Rea, he was playing the greatest phased guitar solo of all time on Earthstar's 1979 classic of Euro-electronica, ..French Skyline...".. —....The Wire...... ..“…Dark timbres, dense harmonic aggregations, and exotic melodies abound … Rea’s guitar work continually imbues the proceedings with splashes of color from his global grab bag of stylistic goodies—including liberal dashes of oriental intrigue.”—..Barry Cleveland.., ....Guitar Player...... .."Rea coaxes lively chords and blazing passion from his ax, fusing old school and modern styles into a unique flavor that shines with an emphatic luster” —..Matt Howarth.., ....Sonic Curiosity.... (Philadelphia).. .."Anybody who can make a guitar sound like my broken radiator is all right by me.".. —audience member at a Dennis Rea solo prepared-dobro performance.. ....LINKS.... ....Dennis Rea Wikipedia entry.... ....2007 feature article in ..Earshot Jazz.. magazine.... ....2001 Interview in ..Exposé.. progressive-rock magazine.... ......China Post..: Jetleggers Reunite in Tainan.... ......Sichuan Youth Daily..: Identity Crisis in Chengdu: Music Makes It All Come True.... ..
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Current and recent projects include ..Moraine.., ..Iron Kim Style.., ..Tempered Steel.., ..Ting Bu Dong.., The Decliners, ..Tom Baker-Brian Heaney-Dennis Rea Guitar Trio.., Tanabata Ensemble, ..Identity Crisis.., and ..Chekov...
Influences
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: John Abercrombie, Art Ensemble of Chicago/AACM, Derek Bailey, Paul Bley, Anthony Braxton, Brotherhood of Breath, John Cage, Eugene Chadbourne, Don Cherry, John Coltrane, Cui Jian, Miles Davis, Stuart Dempster, Eric Dolphy, ECM, Bill Evans, free improvisation, Fred Frith, Stan Getz, Egberto Gismonti, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Gyorgy Ligeti, John McLaughlin, Charles Mingus, Ben Monder, No Wave, William Parker, Harry Partch, Annette Peacock, Jim Pepper, psychedelia, George Russell, Terje Rypdal, Elliott Sharp, Soft Machine, Sun Ra, Toru Takemitsu, Keith Tippett, Ralph Towner, Robert Wyatt, and the music of Brazil, Cambodia, China, Korea, the Naxi people, North Africa, Vietnam, and Xinjiang. EXTRAMUSICAL INSPIRATIONS: Edward Abbey, J.G. Ballard, Paul Bowles, William S. Burroughs, Dadaism, deep ecology, Philip K. Dick, Marcel Duchamp, Federico Fellini, Fluxus, William M. Gaines, Allen Ginsberg, Andy Goldsworthy, Brion Gysin, Jane Jacobs, Ken Kesey, Stanley Kubrick, James Howard Kunstler, Bob Marshall, Russell Means, John Muir, Mardy and Olaus Murie, Pacific Northwest coast and Southwest native cultures, Man Ray, Gary Snyder, David Suzuki, Ichiro Suzuki, Taoism, William T. Vollmann, Alan Watts, Zen
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