The BARNETT BAND's strength lies in building structures and
creating ensemble timbres. The resulting sound often grooves,
always excites, and sometimes takes the listener to the outer
reaches of musical experiment.
The BARNETT BAND is a favorite at the legendary New Music Mondays
Series at the Alligator Lounge in Santa Monica, and regularly
tours throughout California and the East Coast. DELAY IN GRAVITY,
the Band's first CD release, on Nine Winds Records, was issued in
November 1993 and has collected worldwide rave reviews.
A recent notable performance was the March 31, 1995 TRANS JAM,
the first transcontinental, videophone-linked jazz performance,
achieved in collaboration with The Electronic Cafe International
and The Kitchen. Members of the Barnett Band, and the East-Coast
based Barnett Quartet, played together simultaneously in Santa
Monica and New York. This pioneer effort was funded by The
Kitchen, and was part of their Feminine Instincts Festival.
The BARNETT BAND has collaborated on numerous other occasions
with The Electronic Cafe, connecting via videophone with
performers and audiences in New York, Toronto, Paris, Tokyo,
Santa Fe, and San Francisco.
BONNIE BARNETT
vocals
contact: 12712 Emelita St., North Hollywood, CA
91607 tel:818/980-3704
PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES:
1992-present BARNETT BAND, with Richard Wood, Hannes Giger, Jim
Connolly and Richie West (Los Angeles)
1992-present THE ZONE, a Zurich-based ensemble, with Hermann
Buhler and Marino Pliakas (Zurich, Switzerland)
Barnett is also the composer of the TUNNEL HUMs, notable
participatory vocal events, in which the public is invited to
come together to sing in resonant environments. In addition she
hosts two avant-garde music radio programs in the Los Angeles
area, Echoes From A Deep Planet (KPFK, 90.7 FM) and Trilogy
(KXLU, 88.9 FM).
Barnett was born in Chicago in 1947, studied at the University of
Illinois (B.S., Music Education, 1968) and with Kenneth Gaburo,
Pauline Oliveros and Robert Erickson at the University of
California, San Diego (M.A., 1972), focusing on vocal
multiphonics and ethnic sources thereof. Since 1981 Barnett has
produced 64 TUNNEL HUMs, including a collaboration with The
Electronic Cafe in 1992, SANTA MONICA/PARIS HUMMING (MURMURANT),
which connected singers in the U.S. and France. Her paper,
"Aspects of Vocal Multiphonics," appeared in Interface,
Journal of New Music Research (Amsterdam and Ghent, 1977);
"Live Radio Art" appeared in the Whole Earth Review
(Sausalito, Winter 1987); "Vibration Is Movement" was
published in MUSICWORKS 55 (Toronto, Spring 1993); and a partial
reprint thereof, "Vibration Is Movement, Movement Is
Change" appeared in the Anthology of North American
Ideophonics, (Minneapolis, Winter 1994). She produced a video
documentary, The Tunnel Hum Project (available on VHS), and
appears on the CD DICE, a collaboration of women musicians
(1994). She will also appear on DICE II, to be released in
October 1996.
Members of the BARNETT BAND
RICHARD WOOD alto sax, flute, clarinet
PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES:
1993-present AND NOW ENSEMBLE
1995-present member of MAHACUISINARTE, with Jeff Kaiser, trumpet,
James Connolly, bass and Richie West, drums (Ventura)
Woodís encyclopedic awareness of the fullness of the history of
jazz lends an unparalleled richness to his improvisational
talents. His sense of humor and wit round out this wildly
expressive musical personality.
HANNES GIGER bass
PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES:
1994-present GIANT ANT FARM
1996-present NON CREDO, with Joe Berardi and Kira Vollman
Giger is a rockclimbing bass player from Switzerland performing
at the crossroads of sounds, images and text. He toured Europe
with the Giant Ant Farm in 1995, and will embark on their ë96
European tour in October of 1996.
JIM CONNOLLY bass
PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES:
1993-present GOVE COUNTY PHILHARMONIC
1994-present AVANT GARDENERS
1991-present QUEEN MAB
Connolly has been playing bass for decades, and enjoys the
avant-garde, straight ahead jazz and even Irish folk music
genres. Composer/founder of the Gove County Philharmonic, he is
an integral part of the Santa Barbara scene, including work with
the Lit Moon Theatre Company. He reknown has now spread down to
Los Angeles County, requiring him to drive long hours to keep
Southern California musicians happy.
RICHIE WEST drums
PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES:
1995-present THE RICHIE WEST TRIO, with Woody Aplanalp and Jason
Chesney.
1995-present MAHACUISINARTE, with Jeff Kaiser, Richard Wood and
James Connolly.
West is a composer, improviser and poet originally from Los
Angeles, who spent time in the wilds of Santa Cruz and performs
regularly with improvisers from all over California as well as
New York.
BONNIE BARNETT & RICHARD
WOOD
vocal & woodwind duo
BONNIE BARNETT vocals
RICHARD WOOD woodwinds
contact: 12712 Emelita St., North Hollywood, CA 91607
tel:818/980-3704
BONNIE BARNETT is a vocalist, teacher, composer of the TUNNEL
HUMs (public participatory vocal events), writer and band leader.
She works with the BARNETT BAND in southern California, the
BARNETT QUARTET in New York, and THE ZONE in Switzerland. Her
Nine Winds CD, DELAY IN GRAVITY, was released in November of l993
and has been receiving enthusiastic reviews worldwide. The
BARNETT BAND made a tour in California in 1994 and again in July
of 1995, including the production of SUMMER HUMMING, Barnettís
58th HUM, and THE ZONE performed at the Knitting Factory in New
York and in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles in October
of '94. In March of 1995 she produced TRANS JAM, a
videophone-linked musical improvisation in collaboration with the
Electronic Cafe International. The BARNETT BAND in Santa Monica
improvised with the BARNETT QUARTET in New York, seeing and
hearing each other through videophone technology; audiences in
both sites enjoyed the total ensemble.
RICHARD WOOD is a jazz composer, a woodwind player (alto sax,
clarinets, flutes) and band leader. He founded the AND NOW
ENSEMBLE, which features all original compositions, blending
spontaneity within a context of the New Orleans marching band
milieu and Ivesian polytonality. Wood plays in the Barnett Band
and Jeff Kaiserís Ventura, CA ensemble MAHACUISINARTE. His San
Francisco ensemble, BRUJERIA, was a pioneer group in the realm of
improvised music in the 1970ís. Studies included work with Bobby
Bradford, Red Callender, G. S. Sachdev and Togi Shanabu.
BARNETT and WOOD are setting up European concert dates for
1997-1998.
Contact Barnett at 12712 Emelita Street, North Hollywood, CA
91607 USA; tel:818/980-3704
AND NOW ENSEMBLE
The AND NOW ENSEMBLE features all original
compositions, which blend spontaneity within a context of the New
Orleans marching band milieu and Ivesian polytonality.
Incorporating influences of music from around the world and the
roots of American music, AND NOW compositions are used as
springboards for the exploration of new sonic frontiers.
The AND NOW ENSEMBLE is a favorite at the legendary New Music
Mondays Series at the Alligator Lounge in Santa Monica, and the
group also plays other local venues.