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Friday 15, September 2023
Monochromes with Jon Irabagon, Zeena Parkins + Tom Rainey out now!

Monochromes with Jon Irabagon, Zeena Parkins + Tom Rainey out now!

Monochromes is out now on Intakt Records! Please visit their Bandcamp for digital downloads and my site for the CD
Making Monochromes was a three-year-long process that started in February 2020. It involved creating multi-layered sound mass tape pieces out of recorded sounds from Nate Wooley (trumpet), Adam Matlock (accordion), and percussion (Tom Rainey) and connecting them with solo, duo and quartet improvisations by Jon Irabagon, Zeena Parkins, Tom Rainey and I. The last segment on the record was performed live by JD Allen, David Breskin and I on Harry Bertoia's unique and amazing Sonambient Sculptures.
Thursday 31, March 2022
The Last Quiet Place  now out on Pyroclastic Records

The Last Quiet Place now out on Pyroclastic Records

"The Last Quiet Place" is now out on Pyroclastic Records! Please visit my Bandcamp to listen or to purchase a copy! 

Ingrid Laubrock saxophones, composition, Mazz Swift violin, Tomeka Reid cello, Brandon Seabrook guitar, Michael Formanek double bass, Tom Rainey drums.

Recorded by Nick Lloyd at Firehouse 12, New Haven CT, September 2019 Mixed by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio. Mt. Vernon, NY Produced by Ingrid Laubrock

Recording was made possible with the kind support of The Shifting Foundation Released on Pyroclastic Records, March 31, 2023 www.pyroclasticrecords.com

 

Sunday 23, January 2022

Mivos/Kanter String Quartet Prize

I am beyond thrilled to be the 2022 Mivos/Kanter String Quartet Composition Prize winner! I have heard Mivos perform so many times and can't wait to hear this incredible group perform my quartet "Ashes" -- commissioned by the Robert D. Bielecki Foundation -- later this year! 

Friday 02, September 2022
Counterfeit Mars by Laubrock Tom Rainey now out on Relative Pitch Records

Counterfeit Mars by Laubrock Tom Rainey now out on Relative Pitch Records

Counterfeit Mars by Tom Rainey and myself is officially out now on Relative Pitch Records! Please visit my Bandcamp to listen or to purchase a copy! 

About the record: Early in 2020 as the pandemic was forcing us to isolate from our friends and live performing, we began a weekly series of duets which we called “Stir Crazy”. For over a year, we offered these home recordings free of charge on Bandcamp as a way to stay connected to our supporters and to continue developing new music. After 60 episodes we retired the series to begin preparing for our next studio recording "Counterfeit Mars".

This record is the culmination of that year of uncertainty, isolation and concentrated duo explorations. The music combines compositions as well as improvisations and hopefully conveys our deepened connection to both.

Ingrid Laubrock + Tom Rainey

 

Tuesday 12, April 2022

Unveiled

I am very excited to share the video of my composition Unveiled with you! A huge thank you to everyone involved, especially Augusta Reed Thomas, the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition, Timothy Weiss and the Grossman Ensemble.

The Grossman Ensemble premieres "Unveiled" by Ingrid Laubrock on March 4, 2022 at the University of Chicago's Logan Center for the Arts in Chicago, IL. Commissioned by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition. Grossman Ensemble Timothy Weiss, conductor Christopher L. Willis, audio recording and production Mike Grittani, video production https://cccc.uchicago.edu 

Video reposted from the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/oX76kJAiZYk 

 

I am a tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer, living in Brooklyn/NYC.

Featured release

And Other Desert Towns

And Other Desert Towns -

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Musicians on record:

Ingrid Laubrock (soprano, alto and tenor saxophones) Tom Rainey (drums

This is our debut record as a duo - long overdue as we have been talking about this for years. We will also be touring the States in May 2014, confirmed and tbc dates are here

 

 

 

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