Lisa Cay Miller (Canada) joins an international roster of musicians (based in Amsterdam) creating brilliant concise duo and trio abstractions with uncompromising focus, improvised explorations of timbre, texture, form and function.
Lisa Cay Miller - Piano Ig Henneman – Viola Anne La Berge – Flute George Hadow – Drums Yedo Gibson – Soprano Saxophone Mark Morse – Electric Guitar Jasper Stadhouders – Electric Guitar Oguz Buyukberber – Clarinet John Dikeman – Tenor Saxophone Wilbert De Joode – Contrabass Onno Gogovaert – Drums
Pianist Lisa Cay Miller, who is ‘making some of the most intricate and beautiful music that can be heard in Vancouver today’ Alex Varty, The Georgia Straight, presents this album of improvisations with ten of her Amsterdam-based colleagues, assembled for a day of recording at Splendor Amsterdam.
Lisa Cay Miller (Canada) has been visiting Amsterdam regularly since 2010. Beginning with her first visit, Miller began forming connections with the vibrant musicians in the community. This recording documents her work with some of the greatest improvisers of Amsterdam’s vibrant improvisation scene, an international list of award winning musicians dedicated to the art of living in the moment.
Every hour two new musicians would arrive to record concise duos and trios with Miller. Intense and diverse improvisations resulted— fierce miniatures with uncompromising focus upon timbre, texture, instrumental color, form and function, creating brilliant abstraction with passionate expression.
Artist/band: Lisa Cay Miller Title: 682/681 Label: Trytone Records Cat #: TT559-07 contact: lisacay@telus.net