Douglas Ewart at Haynes School in Chinatown, Chicago. Improvisation in Mozart with Robert Levin, piano and the Acadamy of Ancient Music with Christopher Hogwood. John Zorn and Cobra. Improvisation in religious and devotional music and communities with: Naji Hakim - organ improvisations in Paris. Gaelic psalm singing on the Scottish Isles of Harris and Lewis. Indian singing with Pundit Hanuman Misra.
Tracing the effects of migration on improvising links across continents and the production of new styles from the combinations: Qawwali from the Sufis in New Delhi, Northern India. Hindu music of Rajistan with Ram Narayan. Early medieval music performed in Andalucia by Symphony (Stevie Wishart, Mark Loopuy, Jim Denley). Improvisation in dance with: Mario Maya, flamenco. Indian kathak mime and movement. Egyptian gypsy music. The mixture of Cuban music and jazz with Eddie Palmieri.
Concentrating on jazz based and free improvisation. With Max Roach at the Harlam School of the Arts; Butch Morris conducting (with, among others, Shelley Hirsch); Sang-Won Park and Korean music; Max Eastley's sound sculptures; Derek Bailey (solo and fleetingly with Phil Wachsmann, Steve Noble and Alex Ward); Steve Noble and Alex Ward duo; Nashville musicians including Buddy Emmons; Eugene Chadbourne.
With Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead. Buddy Guy. George Lewis and computers (and in quartet with Douglas Ewart and sound and video generation). Mbira music from Zimbabwe. Music of the Tonga people. Concluding with a house party on the Lower East side.
