MICHAEL DESSEN

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Michael Dessen is a composer-improviser who performs on the slide trombone and computer. Active in a variety of ensembles as leader or collaborator, he creates music for improvisers and engages new technologies of telepresence and digital networking. His music has been praised by critics in numerous jazz and contemporary music publications, released on labels such as Clean Feed, Cuneiform, and Circumvention, and supported by commissions from organizations including Chamber Music America and the Fromm Foundation. Dessen is also a faculty member at the University of California, Irvine, where he co-founded an innovative MFA Music emphasis in Integrated Composition, Improvisation and Technology (ICIT).

In the Michael Dessen Trio, he performs his own compositions on trombone and laptop along with an acoustic bassist and drummer. In 2011, Dessen released his second, critically-acclaimed trio album on Clean Feed Records, Forget the Pixel, featuring Christopher Tordini (bass) and Dan Weiss (drums). Dessen also received a
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MICHAEL DESSEN Lineal album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lineal
Avant-Garde Jazz 2007
MICHAEL DESSEN Between Shadow And Space album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Between Shadow And Space
Avant-Garde Jazz 2008
MICHAEL DESSEN Forget The Pixel album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Forget The Pixel
Avant-Garde Jazz 2011
MICHAEL DESSEN Nourishments album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nourishments
Avant-Garde Jazz 2013
MICHAEL DESSEN Resonating Abstractions album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Resonating Abstractions
Avant-Garde Jazz 2014
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Somewhere in the Upstream
Avant-Garde Jazz 2018

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