Evan Ziporyn - Pop Channel '2022

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
02. Ride Captain Ride
03. Woodstock
04. Along Comes Mary
05. Woodstock Improvisation / Villanova Junction
06. Shining Star
07. That's the Way of the World
08. Portrait of Tracy
09. I Live Above the Hobby Shop
10. Deadbeat Club
11. Strawberry Letter #23
12. Your Gold Teeth II

With POP CHANNEL, award-winning clarinetist and composer Evan Ziporyn does the
impossible, taking us on a wild ride through iconic pop songs spanning 5
decades, all reimagined through his clarinet, or rather a compendium of
clarinets – arranged, layered, and performed by Ziporyn. Pop Channel
takes us through sonic landscapes from 45 years of pop music history.

Beginning with a tour-de-force reimagining of Paul McCartney’s
psychedelic “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey,” Ziporyn progresses
through a dizzying range of repertoire, from one-hit wonders (“Ride
Captain Ride”) and iconic funk masterpieces (“Shining Star,”
“Strawberry Letter #23”), to introspective meditations (Joni
Mitchell’s solo version of “Woodstock”) and hidden B-side
gems (Steely Dan’s “Your Gold Teeth 2”).

At the epicenter of Pop Channel is a fierce, virtuosic solo bass clarinet
rendition of Jimi Hendrix’ incendiary live “Woodstock
Improvisation,” with Ziporyn channeling Hendrix’ electric,
blues-based expressivity through a unique combination of his extended techniques
on the instrument and ferocious guitar distortion effects.

Charting new territories with Pop Channel, Ziporyn crates an exhilarating
– and often mind-blowing – sonic celebration of some of the most
iconic songs of the past fifty years.

Ziporyn is a multi-talented composer-performer with an eclectic resume that
defies categorization. He is best known for his 20 years of touring and
recording with the acclaimed Bang on a Can All-stars, and for his Nonesuch
recording of Steve Reich’s New York Counterpoint. More recently, he
founded the Ambient Orchestra to create and perform Bowie Symphonic: Blackstar
(Islandia Music), a cello concerto for Maya Beiser, based on David
Bowie’s final album. Ziporyn will debut POP CHANNEL on March 27 at the
Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, where he’ll also give the first 21st
century performance of Philip Glass’ 1968 Best Out of Three, a long-lost
‘missing link’ in Glass’ oeuvre, which has not been
performed live in 54 years. 

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