JAMES EMERY

Avant-Garde Jazz / Third Stream • United States
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James Emery, guitarist and composer, has been active on the international jazz and contemporary music scene since 1975. He has recorded 26 CDs as a leader or co-leader and has performed his works in over 25 countries worldwide. He has received international critical acclaim for his work leading various ensemble formations, and he is recognized for his work with the String Trio of New York, which celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2012.

Emery has become known for his distinctive and highly original approach to both improvisation and composition. His sound and ideas are immediately recognizable, leading the distinguished music critic Francis Davis to observe "Absolutely nobody sounds like Emery". This unique artistic expression has resulted in many awards, grants and commissions, most notably a Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition in 1995. His sensibility as a musician draws in nearly equal measures on formal notions of structure and technique and a robust
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JAMES EMERY Exo Eso album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Exo Eso
Avant-Garde Jazz 1987
JAMES EMERY James Emery / Iliad Quartet ‎: Turbulence album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
James Emery / Iliad Quartet ‎: Turbulence
Avant-Garde Jazz 1991
JAMES EMERY Standing On A Whale Fishing For Minnows album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Standing On A Whale Fishing For Minnows
Avant-Garde Jazz 1997
JAMES EMERY Spectral Domains album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Spectral Domains
Avant-Garde Jazz 1998
JAMES EMERY Luminous Cycles album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Luminous Cycles
Avant-Garde Jazz 2000
JAMES EMERY James Emery / Joe Lovano / Judi Silvano / Drew Gress : Fourth World album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
James Emery / Joe Lovano / Judi Silvano / Drew Gress : Fourth World
Avant-Garde Jazz 2001
JAMES EMERY Transformations album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Transformations
Third Stream 2003

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JAMES EMERY Artlife (Featuring Leroy Jenkins) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Artlife (Featuring Leroy Jenkins)
Avant-Garde Jazz 1982

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