Tom JohnsonCows, Chords & Combinations – Tom Johnson – Compact Disc

The fold-out CD includes a comprehensive 16-page booklet with detailed liner notes by Samuel Vriezen; photographs; multiple score samples and biographies.

Tom Johnson (1939) belongs to a rich tradition of artists, from Marcel Duchamp through John Cage, who prefer ‘finding’ to ‘creating’. In Johnson’s case, a surprising musical beauty is found in the regularity, logic and symmetry of pre-existing mathematical structures. A clarity of texture, an ear for transparent harmony and a preference for simple and elegant rhythmical designs are more than mere characteristics of Johnson’s sound world, they are structural determinants that drive the forms themselves.
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released March 19, 2010

Heiko Geerts, reeds
Erik-Jan de With, reeds
Anton van Houten, trombone
Joey Marijs, percussion
Pete Harden, guitars
Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

Special guest performer
Keir Neuringer, voice (track 7)

Tom Gelissen, recording (tracks 1-7)
Lauran Jurrius, recording (track 8)

Mixed and produced by Tom Gelissen
Artistic direction, Pete Harden
Design by Duel (www.studioduel.nl)
All works published by Editions 75, Paris

Recorded on 3-5 January and 18 July 2009 in The Hague and Amsterdam
This cd was made possible with financial support from Société Gavigniès.
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