24th August 2013: John O’ Gallagher interviewed on Dave Douglas’ ‘A Noise from the Deep Podcast’ on the Greenleaf Site.

The Anton Webern Project is the debut WWR release from John O’ Gallagher, the grammy-award winning alto saxophonist who is known as one of the most compelling improvisers, composers and music conceptualists at work today on the avant-jazz scene. 

This recording features reworks and adaptations of the music of Anton Webern (the Austrian composer known for his innovations in twelve-tone technique and the musical movement known as ‘Serialism’) for his seven-piece contemporary jazz ensemble, showcasing many of the most respected creative musicians on the global music scene.

The album has been getting a lot of well deserved press (“Courageous stuff and easily the most innovative album of the year.” is what JazzWax said recently) and just yesterday we were very excited to find out that John appeared as the featured guest on “A Noise from the Deep Podcast” over on the Greenleaf website, the record label owned by master trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas.  In the interview John discusses his recent Anton Webern Project release and a new book he authored on Twelve-Tone Improvisation: A Method For Using Tone Rows in Jazz.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

The album also features: Matt Moran – Vibraphone, Pete McCann – Guitar, Russ Lossing – H. Organ, Rhodes, Piano, Johannes Weidenmuller – Double Bass, Tyshawn Sorey – Drums
Margret Grebowicz – Voice

We’d like to thank Dave Douglas and everyone at Greenleaf for featuring John (and one of our releases!) on their amazing and highly informative podcast.  And we recommend that all of you check these out, as well as all the music on the Greenleaf label.