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Ucross Journal by Ernesto Diaz-Infante
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30 tracks | 64 minutes
Released Oct 1999
on Pax Recordings
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:02 the big sky BUY MP3 01:02 the big sky "GIFT MP3" 01:02 the big sky
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:18 yellow fields, yellow hills BUY MP3 01:18 yellow fields, yellow hills "GIFT MP3" 01:18 yellow fields, yellow hills
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:37 the high plains landscapes BUY MP3 01:37 the high plains landscapes "GIFT MP3" 01:37 the high plains landscapes
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:30 road through the Ucross Ranch BUY MP3 02:30 road through the Ucross Ranch "GIFT MP3" 02:30 road through the Ucross Ranch
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:29 Piney Creek BUY MP3 01:29 Piney Creek "GIFT MP3" 01:29 Piney Creek
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:38 Sunday afternoon showers BUY MP3 01:38 Sunday afternoon showers "GIFT MP3" 01:38 Sunday afternoon showers
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:48 Wyoming grey skies BUY MP3 01:48 Wyoming grey skies "GIFT MP3" 01:48 Wyoming grey skies
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:33 East Alum BUY MP3 02:33 East Alum "GIFT MP3" 02:33 East Alum
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:24 16 to clearmont BUY MP3 03:24 16 to clearmont "GIFT MP3" 03:24 16 to clearmont
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:57 immense and mesmerizing blue BUY MP3 01:57 immense and mesmerizing blue "GIFT MP3" 01:57 immense and mesmerizing blue
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:14 allow the love to take shape BUY MP3 02:14 allow the love to take shape "GIFT MP3" 02:14 allow the love to take shape
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:46 the passing of the clouds BUY MP3 01:46 the passing of the clouds "GIFT MP3" 01:46 the passing of the clouds
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:56 Sheridan: 152: county BUY MP3 01:56 Sheridan: 152: county "GIFT MP3" 01:56 Sheridan: 152: county
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:29 vast field / ray of universal moment BUY MP3 01:29 vast field / ray of universal moment "GIFT MP3" 01:29 vast field / ray of universal moment
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:37 snow / feldmanesque BUY MP3 01:37 snow / feldmanesque "GIFT MP3" 01:37 snow / feldmanesque
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:10 untitled BUY MP3 02:10 untitled "GIFT MP3" 02:10 untitled
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:16 play through BUY MP3 02:16 play through "GIFT MP3" 02:16 play through
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:21 don't play harmony til end BUY MP3 02:21 don't play harmony til end "GIFT MP3" 02:21 don't play harmony til end
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:53 untitled BUY MP3 01:53 untitled "GIFT MP3" 01:53 untitled
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:03 roll harmonies BUY MP3 02:03 roll harmonies "GIFT MP3" 02:03 roll harmonies
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:30 retrograde BUY MP3 01:30 retrograde "GIFT MP3" 01:30 retrograde
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:52 break up notes / feldmanesque BUY MP3 01:52 break up notes / feldmanesque "GIFT MP3" 01:52 break up notes / feldmanesque
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:08 Ucross Improvisation I BUY MP3 03:08 Ucross Improvisation I "GIFT MP3" 03:08 Ucross Improvisation I
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:03 Ucross Improvisation II BUY MP3 03:03 Ucross Improvisation II "GIFT MP3" 03:03 Ucross Improvisation II
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:53 Ucross Improvisation III BUY MP3 02:53 Ucross Improvisation III "GIFT MP3" 02:53 Ucross Improvisation III
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:07 Ucross Improvisation IV BUY MP3 03:07 Ucross Improvisation IV "GIFT MP3" 03:07 Ucross Improvisation IV
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:57 Ucross Improvisation V BUY MP3 03:57 Ucross Improvisation V "GIFT MP3" 03:57 Ucross Improvisation V
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Ucross Journal is San Francisco composer Ernesto Diaz-Infante's 1999 solo piano release. Comprised of 25 Feldmanesque short pieces. "Among Diaz-Infante's prolific oeuvre, this is one of the "should haves" --Noah Wane, Splendid E-zine.
Editorial review
Ucross Journal is Ernesto Diaz-Infante's third release in his series of solo piano music, after Itz'at (1997) and Tepeu (1998). While the previous two comprised improvised material, Ucross Journal mostly consists of short pieces written during the pianist's residency at the Ucross Foundation in Ucross, Wyoming. From March 31 to April 24, Diaz-Infante kept a musical journal of his impressions. The 25 resulting pieces are very short (between one and two and a half minutes) and minimalist (the music arches back to Itz'at). Notes are delicately touched, arpeggiated three or four at a time, making up a chord that is held a few seconds before another sequence comes in. The piece is over before the idea had time to wear out. The last five pieces are a little longer (three to four minutes) and are improvisations based on the journal material. Stylistic differences are minimal. Diaz-Infante's music on Ucross Journal is striking. This minimal, very tonal and reflexive approach destabilizes the hard-core avant-garde music fan and yet one couldn't argue that it isn't new or avant-gardist. The influences range from Erik Satie's most delicate pieces to some of Olivier Maessian's piano works. But still, the listener may remain uncertain: is this stripped-down playing a daring aesthetic choice or the result of a lack of technique (a feeling reinforced by the pace at which the pieces were written -- one per day)? This question was to be answered by Diaz-Infante's next solo album Solus. ~ Fran?ois Couture, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Ucross Journal is a collection of improvisations for solo piano by San Francisco-based composer Ernesto Diaz-Infante. The Ucross Journal is comprised of 25 short pieces, written one each day the composer was in residence on the Ucross Foundation Ranch. Each daily entry bears the composer's impressions of that particular day. The Ucross Improvisations are a series of five free improvisations, based on the journal material.
Born in Salinas, California, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, is of Mexican and Native American ancestry. He received his BA from the College of Creative Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara and his MFA in Music Composition from California Institute of the Arts. His musical compositions span a broad perspective: transcendental piano, noise, avant-garde guitar, field recordings, lo-fi four-track manipulations, and experimental song. ED-I has performed throughout Europe and the United States, and his music has been broadcasted internationally.
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