music recordings
Recordings of music performed and/or composed by © .
genres: computer music • classical • jazz • free jazz • improv • modern • pop
computer music:
Computer music from my undergraduate degree in Music, Science, and Technology (MST, 1999) at Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), colloquially referred to as "The Knoll" owing to its hilltop location overlooking campus.
modern:
Forward-looking piano originals. As Anthony Braxton likes to say, "Get ready for the third millenium, people!"
Performed and composed by John Maurer (piano). Recorded 1998-1999 at Stanford University and 1995 in St. Louis, Missouri (#7). Accompaniment by Stacy Fambro (percussion, #3) and Michelle Rae (flute, #7). Cover art and design: John Maurer.
free jazz:
Old jazz standards receive an eccentric transfusion.
Ken Lenga (bass), John Maurer (piano). Recorded on May 17 (#1-6, 8) and July 3 (#7, 9), 1998 at Braun Music Center, Stanford University.
An improvised set of piano and double-bass duets. Algorithms, and dragons, and jazz: oh my!
Ken Lenga (bass), John Maurer (piano). Recorded on July 21 (#9-10) and August 30 (#5-6), 1998; February 2 (#1-2, 7-8) and April 16 (#3), 1999; and Spring of 1997 (#4) at CCRMA, Stanford University.
An improvised set of piano and double-bass duets. Best heard in a house of mirrors.
Ken Lenga (bass), John Maurer (piano). Recorded on May 13 (#1-6), June 13 (#7-9), and August 30 (#10-11), 1998 at CCRMA, Stanford University.
Abstract jazz. Piano and bass splatter fresh designs on the canvas of your mind.
Ken Lenga (bass), John Maurer (piano). Recorded in 2000 at CCRMA, Stanford University.
jazz:
Four Stanford undergrads and a microphone. And one really old pair of shoes.
Dan Gould (alto sax), John Maurer (piano), Ken Lenga (bass), Jon Bailey (drums). Recorded 1997-1998 at Stanford University.
Time to pump up the jam (J.A.M., that is). Old school solo piano: jazz, rags, boogies, and beyond.
Performed by John Maurer (piano). Recorded lo-fi in 1997 in St. Louis, Missouri (#4-12) and in 2003/2007 in Boulder, Colorado (#1-3).
Solo piano. Jazz with fangs. Recorded at age... yep, you guessed it: 18.
Performed by John Maurer (piano). Recorded lo-fi in 1995 at Braun Music Center, Stanford University.
classical:
Classical music whose color palette highlights the darker hues.
Performed by John Maurer (piano). Recorded lo-fi in 1997 in St. Louis, Missouri (#2-12) and hi-fi in 1999 at Stanford University (#1).
pop/alternative:
Just Only John. Just For Fun!
All tracks produced, composed, and performed in 1995-1998 by John Maurer except where indicated.
free improvisation:
An improvised set of klangfarbenmelodie (German: sound-color-melody, à la Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern).
Ken Lenga (bass, kitchen pots and stuff), John Maurer (piano, kitchen pots and stuff). Recorded on May 13, 1998 (#9), January 24 (#1, 6) and June 20 (#2-5, 7-8, 10), 1999 at CCRMA, Stanford University.
Explore the unearthly soundscape emitting from a galaxy far, far away.
Ken Lenga (bass, kitchen pots and stuff), John Maurer (piano, kitchen pots and stuff). Recorded in 1999-2000 at Stanford University.
Live electronic and acoustic listening music for freaks and psychos.
Ken Lenga and John Maurer: piano, bass, trumpet, electric guitar, water bottle, scissors, bell, music stands, batons, synthesizers, synth drum, tape, and other random percussive/sound-making apparati. Recorded in September (#1-4) and July 21 (#5-9), 1998 at CCRMA, Stanford University. Cover art: Hieronymus Bosch (1453-1513), "The Concert in the Egg".