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Two pianos :: Two minds

*NEWS FLASH* Three new videos, South Kensington 5 a, b and c, are now available to watch on our website - www.jackandbruno.com. Part b has a dark, brewding quality that Jack is pretty fond of.
We're two pianists from London and have formed a free improvisation duo. Two pianos, no score, no agreed framework, and no agreed duration! Our mutual influences are; Keith Jarrett, Glenn Gould, Steve Reich, Shostakovitch, Bach, Chopin, and many others.
We met at Goldsmiths College while on a BMus degree in classical music. We talked about a possible collaboration and in 2006 it became reality.
Since september 2006, we have recorded around 30 sessions, all of which can be heard in their entirety as MP3s on our website by clicking here.
In July 2007, we were picked by ARTHERTZ to share the stage with John Foxx for the opening night of the RetroFuture exhibition at Fulham Palace in London. A DVD of the concert is now on sale on our website. You can see a 3mns excerpt by clicking here.
What's next? Stay tuned and beome our Friends to find out!

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Member Since: 2/12/2007
Band Website: jackandbruno.com
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Recent news

I have been offered a place on the Graduate Diploma jazz course at Birmingham Conservatoire which is very exciting. I'm looking forward to playing loads with other people and working on my composition...
Posted by jack+bruno on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:42:00 PST

Poem

Three years at Goldsmiths has passed swiftly like a birdThree cheers to Goldsmiths for making ourselves want to be heard
Posted by jack+bruno on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:24:00 PST

Memory

Improvisation is a question of memory. To be able to remember what I have played, in order to forget it and not play it again, or to be able to remember it so as to play it again, but differently.===B...
Posted by jack+bruno on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:27:00 PST

What is a score?

I consider a score as a departure point, an "invitation au voyage", an "embarquement pour Cythère", not aa a path. I just let my fingers i.e. my ears do the walking. Who knows whom or what I may enco...
Posted by jack+bruno on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:24:00 PST

Why I love improvising

I love improvising because it liberates me from what I consider to be the tyranny of the score. I have never been able to be fully faithful to a score. I always take certain liberties with it. I canno...
Posted by jack+bruno on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:06:00 PST

Keith Jarrett in Paris

The trip to Paris to hear Keith Jarrett at Salle Pleyel was a marvelous occasion. Apart from the music, there was also a lesson in performance practice. when a performance does not according to plan, ...
Posted by jack+bruno on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:05:00 PST

A piece of music everyone should hear

Dear all those whose ears are pricked,I've recently been listening to a beautiful piece of music. For all those who aren't aware of it and should be, it is Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich. It's ...
Posted by jack+bruno on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:03:00 PST

Performing with another pianist

Improvising with Jack is a tremendous pleasure. I had started improvisating quite a few years ago, connecting my Midi keyboard to my sequencer (Logic Audio), and letting my fingers run. I built up qui...
Posted by jack+bruno on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:01:00 PST

The Problem with Classical Music from a Musician's Perspective

I expect that most of us enjoy listening to music of any particular performance tradition, so long as it is performed by good musicians. Personally, I feel deep admiration for musicians that have, and...
Posted by jack+bruno on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:28:00 PST