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Michael Eaton - Individuation Quartet
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The Individuation Quartet/Quintet is my primary ensemble for composing and improvising. Its sound is characterized by rhythmic techniques prevalent in modern jazz (including use of odd and mixed meter, rhythmic cycles, and polyrhythm); chromatic harmony drawn from contemporary jazz and classical music; textural, melodic, and temporal aspects of minimalism; and a synthesis of various groove-based musics. The quartet's first release is. Destiny Records, 2014), with. To be recorded in April 2016. Endeavored...
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Michael Eaton - About
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Michael's 2014 debut album on Destiny Records,. Highlights original music performed by his New York quartet along with trumpeter Jon Crowley. Integrates angular themes and propulsive modern jazz with intricately rhythmic minimalistic vamps, freebop, Cageian prepared piano, and multi-layered open platforms. The band is joined on several cuts by a very special guest, master musician and saxophonist David Liebman. A. LlAboutJazz's Dan Bilawsky calls. An auspicious debut that marks Eaton as one to watch.
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Michael Eaton - Anderson/Eaton/Minkoff
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Anderson/Eaton/Minkoff are long time musical co-horts who have performed in NYC in many configurations and genres, principally with Adam Minkoff. The trio improvises fluently without predirection or premeditation, and their quicksilver connection gives the music a fluid architecture that shifts structure moment by moment, blazing through bombastic, explosive rock territory to ferocious, cascading squalls of noise to granular, atomistic motifs in equal measure. Nick Anderson - drums. Live at Spectrum NYC.
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Michael Eaton - Press
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Naija Rhythm Affair, NYC:. The unmistakable Afrobeat presence of 'Mr. Sabi,' features superb tenor sax work by Michael Eaton, bringing an air of authenticity to the palpitating rhythm.". James Nadal, AllAboutJazz. On "Michael Eaton and Adam Minkoff Present John Coltrane's Ascension". Nate Chinen, NY Times. Jim Macnie, Village Voice. June 8, 2015. Liebman.brings out the best in Eaton, as the younger player works and succeeds at holding his own against the veteran.". Dan Bilawsky, AllAboutJazz. Tunes like ...
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Michael Eaton
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At Primary Sound Studios, wrapping up a 2 day session with trumpeter Kyle Quass. From L to R: Ben Lumsdaine (drums), Mark Tuttle (tenor and soprano saxes), Adam Davis (guitar), Kyle Quass (trumpet), Jeremy Allen (bass), Michael Eaton (tenor sax). Playing with Pat Harbison and Tom Walsh for the tribute to David Baker on August 25, 2016. Listening during the David Baker tribute. Hanging with one of my mentors, the outstanding jazz educator and saxophonist Tom Walsh. Photo by Luis Ruiz. Set for release Sept...
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Michael Eaton - Education
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I am an active educator, and every week I work with students privately, primarily in one-on-one settings but also sometimes in small ensembles. In the act of learning about the instrument, and in the continual process of learning itself (the root meaning of the word "discipline"), an individual gains knowledge about herself and her own responses. In the process of interacting with a machine at ever-more-subtle levels, it is really your body/mind which becomes, or is, the instrument. I am inspired by many...
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Michael Eaton - Music
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Searching through the hypnotic blue skyline,. Looking for signs of end times. Clouds laugh loud in puffy white burst. Breaking the still silence of things to come. Groveling for a glimpse of something other than nothing,. There is no longer hope on earth,. There has to be more. It has been written so many times before,. There has to be more. There has to be more than this right? Planet of panic looking for answers. Pastors of promise preaching rewards. What is really in store? There has to be more. The a...
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Michael Eaton - Photos
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The original Saxophone Cartel sextet in 2004, at Bear's Place in Bloomington, Indiana. A peak musical experience. Performing with David Miller (trumpet) and Steve Johnson (bass) in Art Deco Quartet at Cafe Django, Bloomington, IN. Probably 2006. The Art Deco Quartet at Cafe Django in Bloomington, IN. My first studio release as co-leader of the (x)tet, from Bloomington, IN. Recorded in 2007 and released on Watercourse Records in 2009. Michael Eaton Quintet at The Shrine, 2011. Lifesquad at Spectrum NYC.
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