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Either/Orchestra

Will Friedwald spricht mit dem Saxophonisten Russ Gershon, der vor etwa 25 Jahren das Either/Orchestra gegründet hatte ( Wall Street Journal ). Gershon berichtet, dass die Wahl des Namens vor allem auf die Diversität der Musik anspiele; jeder Bezug auf den Essay "Either/Or" des Philosophen Søren Kierkegaard wäre "rein unterbewusst". Es war auf jeden Fall ein Wortspiel, das hängen blieb. Wann immer er für die Band schreibt, versucht er sich vorzustellen, was ihn als Mitglied des Publikums bei Interesse halten würde. Seine größte Inspiration sei Duke Ellington, und eine Art für ihn, Ellingtons Ästhetik näher zu kommen, sei es gewesen, die Band so viele Konzerte wie nur irgend möglich spielen zu lassen, so "dass die Musik eine Art zweiter Natur wurde and we could play with her. "Today, they play only" a concert every couple weeks. "Recently, he was fascinated by ancient Ethiopian records, and brought his band to an invitation to Ethiopia, where in 2005 her" Live in Addis recorded.

Will Friedwald saxophonist Russ Gershon to the talks who had formed the Either / Orchestra some 25 years ago ( Wall Street Journal ). Gershon says the choice of name was to describe the diversity of the band's music, any reference to the essay "Either / Or" by philosopher Soren Kierkegaard would have been "purely subconscious." It was a pun that stuck. In writing for the band he always tries to imagine what would keep him interested if he were part of the audience. His big inspiration has always been Duke Ellington, and one way to get close to Ellington's aesthetic was for the band to play as much as possible so "that the music became second nature and we could take chances with it". Nowadays they play "a concert every few weeks or so". A recent fascination had been old Ethiopian recordings, resulting in arrangements that landed the band an invitation to perform in that country and record its 2005 album "Live in Addis".