Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

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The third volume in the Percussion series, primarily solo works 
performed by D'Arcy Philip Gray, has recently been released on Mode 
(mode 272):
http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/272-cage.html
It's also Volume 50 in our Cage Edition!

Gray, who was a Merce Cunningham Dance Company musician and worked with 
David Tudor, performs:
- c/Composed Improvisation (all 3 versions: snare drum, bass guitar, and 
frame drum + trio versions via overdubbing)
- One4
- Child of Tree
- Branches

I heard these last two, for amplified plant materials, performed several 
times by Cage in NYC in the 1980s. To be honest, I had not really paid 
much attention to them since (aside from making this recording). 
Listening with fresh ears now, I find these are really very beautiful, 
intimate works.

Brian Brandt
mode records