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Solo – October 30th, 2011

Solo Trombone – 30th of October, 2011 @ Mobius in Cambridge, MA Haute Cuisine All of Me Photosynthetica Sacred Harp Medley Last Call All compositions by Randy Pingrey, except – of course – for All of Me… Also: the new … Continue reading

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Music for Lonely Folks

Music for Lonely Folks Randy Pingrey – trombone, paper, tape Ellipsis and Ellipsis Straight Talk Sduoitle Acoustic Not Even Electronic Déjà vu And Ellipsis And a taste of what’s to come: Every solo concert is a learning opportunity, and this … Continue reading

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A Solo Trombone Concert

Randy  Pingrey – Solo Trombone June 22nd, 2010 @ The Outpost Cambridge, MA Night People Charlie & St. John Tricky Another Quiet Feeling Rondo for J. & L. End Game All compositions are by Randy Pingrey, except for Another Quiet … Continue reading

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A Tree Falls…

Randy Pingrey – Solo Trombone St. John’s Church in Jamaica Plain May 6th, 2010 Charlie and Saint John Repose VLADIMIR: (without anger). It’s not certain. ESTRAGON: No, nothing is certain. (Vladimir slowly crosses the stage and sits down beside Estragon.) … Continue reading

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March 7th

Randy Pingrey Trio/Quartet at the Kaji Aso Studio Scribe - for Morton Feldman Thriving - for Anton Webern Short Notes - for Anthony Braxton Grock (Solo Trombone) – for Luciano Berio Long Notes - for Anthony Braxton Four Decembers - for Earle Brown Randy Pingrey – … Continue reading

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More Solo Trombone Improvisations

For the past few months I’ve been working on solo trombone improvisations, but it’s been a while since I’ve thought about it much – I’ve been busy dealing with other issues.  However, just recently my friend James Wylie put on a … Continue reading

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Solo Trombone – Recorded on September 16th and 17th, 2009 Cambridge, MA Missing You Before I Step Outside Avoiding One’s Company Decay Randy Pingrey: trombone It’s been a long time since I’ve posted any solo work – the last time … Continue reading

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None but the lonely trumpet…

Dave Douglas on solo brass playing at Destination:OUT Brilliant!

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Chasing after Derek Bailey (Trio and Part Two of my Solo Experiment)

No time to write right now, but I wanted to put up a sneak peak of my very new project with a trio of horns.  These are the three tunes we’re going to play tomorrow night at Rutman’s.  James was … Continue reading

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Solo Trombone

There is this tradition of solo trombone improvising.  In Derek Bailey’s book on improvisation: The most interesting soloists to my ears often turn out to be trombonists.  Paul Rutherford and George Lewis, in their different ways, both seem to make … Continue reading

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