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Esther’s Story Continues Feat. Andrew Sterman by Bob Gluck

Artist Biography For Bob Gluck

US-American Jazz Pianist. After Years Of Conservatory Training Bob Gluck's Musical Life Dramatically Changed After Hearing Jimi Hendrix Frank Zappa And Miles Davis' Electric Bands Early In High School. His Musical Work Has Evolved During The Past Decade To Span Several Musical Fields Among Them Jazz Piano Live Electronic Musical Performance Using Systems Of His Own Design Multimedia Installation And Musicology. Bob's Repertoire Spans Jazz Performance Both Acoustic And With Electronics And Free Improvisation Avant-Garde Concert Music Funk And Music For Electronic Expansions Of Acoustical Instruments. Bob Gluck Is Associate Professor Of Music And He Teaches In The Department Of Africana Studies And The Program In Judaic Studies. Gluck Is A Pianist And Composer. Gluck Has Released Nine Recordings And His Work Appears On Several Compilations. Among These Are Two Duet CDs On Ictus Records ÒTropeletsÓ With Andrew Sterman And ÒTextures And PulsationsÓ With Aruan Ortiz. His Three Critically Acclaimed CDs On The British Jazz Label FMR Document The Work Of His Two Trios ÒSomething QuietÓ With Bassist Christopher Dean Sullivan And Saxophonist Joe Giardullo And ÒSidewaysÓ And ÒReturningÓ With Bassist Michael Bisio And Drummer Dean Sharp. Gluck's Performance Of Neil Rolnick's "Faith" Appears On Rolnick's CD "Extended Family." Bob Gluck's Writings Include Modern Jazz History And Document The International History Of Electronic Music. He Is Author Of ÒYouÕll Know When You Get There Herbie Hancock And The Mwandishi BandÓ University Of Chicago Press 2012 And The Forthcoming "Revolutionary EnsemblesÓ Working Title University Of Chicago Press 2015 About The Miles Davis ÒLostÓ Quintet Circle And The Revolutionary Ensemble. His Essays Have Been Published In Leonardo Music Journal Organized Sound Journal SEAMUS Leonardo Living Music Journal The Reconstructionist Tav The EMF Institute And In Various Conference Proceedings. He Has Performed Internationally At Among Other Places The Stone New York City Le Poisson Rouge New York City Spanish Synagogue Prague Czech Republic Connecticut College Keele University United Kingdom Concordia University Montreal Middlebury College University Of California At San Diego And Irvine Brown University Johns Hopkins University The Flea Theater New York City Mobius Gallery Boston Dartmouth College And Bard College. Gluck's Music On Tape Has Been Heard In Mexico City Bucharest Berlin And Elsewhere. His Work Has Been Widely Reviewed In JazzTimes Down Beat London Times Literary Supplement The New York Times The Wire And Elsewhere Featured Articles Have Appeared In The Computer Music Journal Moment The Forward Organized Sound Reconstructionism Today Hadassah Magazine And In Seth RogovoyÕs "The Essential Klezmer." Gluck's Multimedia Installation Works Include 'Layered Histories' 2004 An Immersive Sound And Video Environment With Cynthia Rubin Shown At SIGGRAPH Los Angeles ACM Multimedia 2004 New York City Emmersive Gallery Toronto Prague Jewish Music Czech Republic ICMC Miami The Fine Family Gallery At The Marcus JCC Atlanta Pixelerations Providence RI And The Joseph Slifka Center For Jewish Life At Yale University And 'Sounds Of A Community' 2001 - 2002 In Which Visitors Trigger And Shape Pre-Recorded Sounds By Interacting With Seven Electronic Musical Sculptures. Gluck's Musical Training Is From The Julliard Manhattan And Crane Schools Of Music The State University Of New York At Albany BA 1977 And Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute MFA 2001 . His Primary Teacher Of Piano Was Regina Rubinoff First In The Juilliard Preparatory Division . He Is Also A Rabbi A 1989 Graduate Of The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College And He Holds A Master's In Hebrew Letters From The RRC 1989 And A Master's In Social Work From Yeshiva University's Wurzweiler School Of Social Work 1984 . He Has Held Various Senior Leadership Positions In The Jewish Reconstructionist Movement.

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