Li Po, Randy Newman, Rebecca West, John Ford, Andre Kertesz
Allen Ginsberg, Allen Toussaint, Joseph Mitchell, Wong Kar-Wai, Cy Twombley
Ezra Pound, Morton Feldman, W.G. Sebald, Samuel Fuller, William Eggleston
Gary Snyder, Joni Mitchell, John McPhee, Jean-Luc Godard, Mark Rothko
Chuck D, Brian Eno, Saul Bellow, Robert Altman, Bill Traylor
Bob Dylan, The RZA, Gustave Flaubert, Jim Jarmusch, Claude Monet
I write music. I play accordion, piano and a bunch of other stuff. I am in the Claudia Quintet (John Hollenbeck's band). Sometimes I play with Shivaree, Laura Cantrell, Oren Bloedow & Jennifer Charles, and a few other people. I really like to write for films when people let me.
I used to play with Anthony Braxton, David Krakauer, Roberto Rodriguez, Slavic Soul Party, and a lot of other people.
Some of these songs are excerpts of long pieces from my new record. Some are unreleased tracks I thought might be interesting for people to hear.
Other info: I was born in Aroostook County, Maine and did in fact live on a bean farm.
If you really want to know more, I've been writing a blog at:
Surviving The Crunch
this works are actually recorded in the nice tourist town Dresden where Jan lived for 4 years and on several places in germany/thuringia and denmark/sjaeland +++ Jan recorded all with an old 4-track, one old minidisc-recorder, two old guitars and some old pedals and a brand new notebook+++Enrico Wuttke aka Flim helped him out with some Fieldrecordings and beautiful Piano Pieces+++ new tracks are growing every day on his minidisc-walkman he records woods, highways/autobahnen, shopping centers, farms, children rooms, camping sites, rehearsel rooms and roofgardens ...etc and himself and his friends and familys+++ since spring 2007 he lives on a farm in thuringia, germany+++to be continued +++
Hi Ted. I found another album of yours in a tiny record store here in Salzburg, along with a lot of other Tzadik stuff, great music man. Best regards, Halli/Salzburg
In your music is a very interesting mix from jazz and other music: sometimes it seems like Eisler, or avantgarde... I like it very much! Greetz from Hamburg / Germany
Thanks for the add. I'm a big Claudia Quintet fan. Your solo on "Misty Hymen" changed the way I think about the accordion. I really like your Memory Thief score as well. Take care,
hey ted, good to meet you at curtis's mellow edwards gig awhile back. we should play sometime. we're playing at the lizard lounge on dec 27 is you want to come down and check it out.
Ted, i know shoes are important to you and that's why i've asked the Wu-Tang Clan to design the Ted Reichman Wonder Wallabies. bless you and your accordian
Nice accordian! You should play with Whoarfrost at some point. You have to run around with your accordian and a cocktail dress from the 50's, reciting different lessons from Barney the Purple Dino
Ted, thanks.. I'm not in Boston now, but will be there in the fall, and will keep you posted, sure.. I was really moved by the music on your site. very, very inspiring.matti
