MUSICIANS: Jason Kao Hwang – composer / violin, Andrew Drury – drum set, gongs, aluminum pots, stainless steel bowls, Tibetan prayer bowl, bells, seed pods, oyster & mussel shells, wood block, cowbell, bronze gear, sink faucet escutcheon, Ken Filiano – string bass On their second CD, violinist Jason Kao Hwang, bassist Ken Filiano, and drummer-percussionist Andrew Drury perform four extended … Continue reading
Soliloquies, Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations For the children of war survivors there are conversations with our parents we wished we had and could not. I often wonder about my parents’ vague allusions to atrocities they survived in China during World War II because their trauma was far greater than I can imagine, even now, over … Continue reading
In Book of Stories, arising from composition, improvisation, synergy, and truth seeking, Critical Response challenges the average listener to find a way in to the ideas that have inspired this album. If the listener is up to it, there are rewards to be mined. Even if the tracks don’t point the direction to a solution, … Continue reading
