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Avant Jazz and Improvised Music
Description: Aram Shelton is a saxophonist, improviser and composer
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Aram Shelton is an improviser and composer who performs on saxophone, clarinets, and live electronics.
He plays with a distinct, harmonically rich sound and develops musical thoughts through constant motion, tonal shifts and complex sounds alongside clear melodic and rhythmic constructs. His vocabulary utilizes the range of extended techniques including multiphonics and harmonics, circular breathing, wind sounds and an exploration of the outer ranges of the instrument.
He focuses on creative music grounded in and influenced by the rich history of avant-jazz and free improvisation. He's been a member of the creative music communities in Chicago, the San Francisco Bay Area, Copenhagen and Budapest.
zacharyjameswatkins
pink canoes
Avant Jazz and Improvised Music