» creative string music http://christianhowes.com Learn how to play jazz violin and improv with jazz violinist Christian Howes. Sat, 19 May 2012 19:04:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Rufus Cappadocia- world cellist- from a night of Creative String Music in Brooklyn http://christianhowes.com/2009/11/28/rufus-carpadaccio-world-cellist-from-a-night-of-creative-string-music-in-brooklyn/ http://christianhowes.com/2009/11/28/rufus-carpadaccio-world-cellist-from-a-night-of-creative-string-music-in-brooklyn/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:34:20 +0000 chowes http://christianhowes.com/blog/?p=339 DSC_0133_2This is the first part of a series covering the Creative String Music scene in New York City. This particular evening found many of us performing together at Jalopy in Brooklyn. I hadn’t seen Rufus in a while, and it was great to capture some of his solo performance and check in to see what he’s up to these days. In a soon-to-follow blog I’ll showcase the performance which followed Rufus, by Joel Harrison‘s String Choir, performing the music of Paul Motian. It featured myself, violinist Sam Bardfeld, violist Mat Maneri, and cellist Choi Fairbanks as well as guitarist/composer Joel Harrison and guitarist Liberty Ellman. The videos below give a glimpse into the amazingly original playing of Rufus and a peek into his current activities and interests, as well as his explanation of “roots music”, a term I had heard often but never really understood.

You can find more info on Rufus Cappadocia by visiting rufusmusic.com.

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