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Readers and friends, It’s been a fun ride. Effective immediately, bagatellen is permanently closing shop. What started as a joint music blog in early 2003 quickly grew into a community, so it’s saddening to have to put it to rest. Looking back over the archives in recent months, it’s been amazing to consider [...]

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a sound challenge, vol. 2

Next, and perhaps final, contest round. This time a really, really big take for the winner. As asked in the first contest…Care to have the ears kissed by some engaging music? I can tell you from my own hours spent with the music offered here, this is a really nice opportunity. [...]

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Bags-Live, Second Round: Rempis/Rosaly Duo
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• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Rempis/Rosaly Duo FINALIZES TOUR DATES for December 2009 Dave Rempis and Frank Rosaly, two of the most active players in Chicago’s world-renowned scene of jazz and improvised music, have finalized the schedule for their twelve-concert North American tour in late fall of 2009, coinciding with the release of their first duo cd, [...] read on.
Earl Howard / Dom Minasi at Roulette, 11/12 & 12/10
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• This may be of interest to New York area Bags readers: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Interpretations Presents: Earl Howard and Edmund Campion Thursday, November 12, 2009 8PM at Roulette 20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand) “Alchemies between music and theater, text, movement, and ritual” – Benjamin Frandzel, San Francisco Classical Voice The 21st Season of Thomas Buckner’s innovative series of new music continues on [...] read on.
a sound challenge, vol. 2
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• Next, and perhaps final, contest round. This time a really, really big take for the winner. As asked in the first contest…Care to have the ears kissed by some engaging music? I can tell you from my own hours spent with the music offered here, this is a really nice opportunity. [...] read on.
Bill Dixon at AAJ, part 1 of 3
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• Trumpeter, composer and visual artist Bill Dixon almost always finds a way to provoke the thoughts and keyboards of the Bagatellen community. I got to spend a week with him in 2008, which was extraordinarily fruitful, even for a pre-existing fan such as myself. Though the saga of publishing the results isn’t something I’ll go [...] read on.