Classical Music Discoveries

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Prolific jazz trumpeter and composer Nate Wooley today released a four-disc box set, Four Experiments– a boundary-defying “anti-instruction-manual” to developing musical technique. Praised by The New York Times for “music of disarming intimacy,” Wooley has crafted Four Experiments as a collection of study pieces where the goal is not step-by-step instruction through known methods, but a guide to charting the uncharted. With an emphasis on expanding knowledge and loosening preconceived attitudes, Wooley’s “experiments” offer insights on composition and improvisation while infusing a uniquely human element: exploring the idea of authorship in contemporary music, mining the complexity of human interaction, and daring to find value in experiencing failure. 

Four Experiments Tracklist

Experiment One: “Bray Trumpets, Blow forever in my head!”

     1. Experiment One (Solo) [27:01]

     2. Experiment One (Duo) [31:51]

Experiment Two: “The voices of the poor, like birds That thud against a sullen pain,” 

     3. Experiment Two (Solo) [18:21]

     4. Experiment Two (Ensemble) [20:35]

Experiment Three: “Touched lips and quiver, as though these worn things...”

     5. Experiment Three (Solo) [22:54]

     6. Experiment Three (Duo I) [6:46]

     7. Experiment Three (Duo II) [8:39]

     8. Experiment Three (Duo III) [8:00]

Experiment Four: “I am dizzy looking at their faces;”

     9. Experiment Four (Solo) [18:21]

     10. Experiment Four (Trio) [20:35]

Total Time: 3:03:03