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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut

The NAXOS Library Presents: "Creative Music for Creative Listening" comes to us after a decade of uncompromising work by one of the first relevant artists of the 21st Century.  A champion of his generation, and most prolific among his peers, CMCL brings you the next chapter in Jeffrey H. Shurdut's long legacy. JEFFREY HAYDEN SHURDUT is the first living artist celebrated by Ayler Records with a Box Set (2007), and only figure today with three documentaries;  NorthCountry (2002-2007), Ayler Records (2007-2011), and JaZt Tapes (2011- present). "Visionary" WNUR, Chicago; "Talent and Vision to Spare", AllMusicGuide; "This Music Lives Up to Its Name", The Village Voice; "Viscerally Thrilling, Ethereal, Evoking", Cadence Magazine;  "Incendiary", Time Out New York; Columbia University, Annual Art Instillation Award, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (1994); The University of Pennsylvania, Guest Artist, Ars Nova (2006); MM&A Foundation Grant Award (2014), "Top 10" Todd McComb (2012), "Top 10" The Village Voice (2008).    "If any one musician arguably epitomizes cooperative total improvisation in the 21st Century, then it’s New York-based guitarist and keyboardist Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut."  (Ken Waxman).  Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut (Am. b. 1967) is Founder and Director of  THIS IS THE MUSIC OF LIFE: A series featuring both inter-disciplinary and multi-instrumental artists who have a place in American History and emerging artists dedicated to documenting the essential connection between the visual, movement, music, and word in a living and creative space.   Guest artist, and performance showcases include: The Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial,  The University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, The Stone, TONIC, CBGB's, The Knitting Factory, The Vision Festival Club Series. Formal connections include: Guillermo Gregorio, Joe McPhee, Sonny Simmons, Oliver Lake, Marshall Allen, Luther Thomas, Jameel Moondoc, Bern Nix, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Frode Gjerstad, Lukas Ligeti, Gene Moore, Paul Flaherty, Gene Janas, John Moloney, Brian Osborne, Marcus Cummins, and Kevin Shea.  _____________ Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut (Am. b)  Polarizing and warmly embraced, Shurdut first gained critical acclaim for his approach on guitar. Affectionately known as 'etuning', Shurdut's music strongly suggests that living above 3rd avenue inspired him most. When asked how the music came to him, Shurdut says, 'I opened my window, and there it was. I just tuned my guitar to 35 miles an hour and played.'  There are stories from the early 1990's of Shurdut sitting in the basement of Avery Fisher Hall and listening to the Philharmonic at night. There are also accounts of Shurdut in local music stores, recording himself, on their equipment, during the exodus of NY's creative venues.

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut at the Whitney Museum of Art, Biennial 2008

Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut at the Whitney Museum of Art, Biennial 2008

Source: All About Jazz

JEFFREY HAYDEN SHURDUT presents “Pianos are instruments not furniture"

Live public performance and interview on Neighborhood Public Radio as part of

The Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008 March 8, 2008 3pm 88.9- 91.9 FM

Shurdut descends from his perch on East 74th Street in search of a local piano to pounce and claw in his vigorous pro-active public amble, “Pianos are instruments not furniture."

“HEY MADISON AVE., PIANOS ARE INSTRUMENTS- NOT FURNITURE." ...

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut at the Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008

Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut at the Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008

Source: All About Jazz

JEFFREY HAYDEN SHURDUT presents “Pianos are instruments not furniture"

Live public performance and interview on Neighborhood Public Radio as part of The Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008 March 8, 2008 3pm 91.9 FM

Shurdut descends from his perch on East 74th Street in search of a local piano to pounce and claw in his vigorous pro-active public amble, “Pianos are instruments not furniture."

“HEY MADISON AVE., PIANOS ARE INSTRUMENTS- NOT FURNITURE." --Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut ...

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut at the Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008

Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut at the Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008

Source: All About Jazz

JEFFREY HAYDEN SHURDUT presents “Pianos are instruments not furniture"

Live public performance and interview on Neighborhood Public Radio as part of The Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008

March 8, Saturday, 3pm (FM frequency to be announced.)

“HEY MADISON AVE., PIANOS ARE INSTRUMENTS- NOT FURNITURE." Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut

I grew up in a society where music was considered an after school activity; a recreational babysitter.

25 years later I decided to walk the streets of ...

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Ayler Records Announces Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut as First Living Artist Chosen for Box Set

Ayler Records Announces Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut as First Living Artist Chosen for Box Set

Source: All About Jazz

November 2007, Sweden -- Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut (New York City) is chosen as the first living artist to have a box set released by the Scandinavian record label Ayler Records.

Shurdut's Box Set documents the artist's journey into Environmental Tuning with the players who have been a part of his revolutionary vision.

This very unique box will include collaborations with Joe McPhee, Blaise Siwula, Brian Osborne, Daniel Carter, Luther Thomas, Sonny Simmons, Frode Gjerstad, Lukas Ligeti, Tom Chess, Marc Edwards, ...

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut Retrospective Exclusively on itunes. Available Now!

Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut Retrospective Exclusively on itunes.  Available Now!

Source: All About Jazz

"Sound Mind and Body" with: Daniel Carter Luther Thomas Bern Nix Blaise Siwula Frode Gjerstad Sabir Mateen Andrew Barker Adam Lane Hill Greene Lukas Ligeti Enrico Oliva Elliott Levin Brian Osborne Mike Fortune Chris Forbes Todd Capp Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre Other recordings released on ITUNES include ...

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut to Release Retrospective

Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut to Release Retrospective

Source: All About Jazz


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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut's "Allemansratten"

Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut's  "Allemansratten"

Source: All About Jazz

Jeffrey hayden Shurdut Quintet Allemansratten Ayler Records, aylDL-045

Gaz-Eta By Tom Sekowski

“Allemansratten" or “all of man's right to freedom" is a perfect translation of guitarist/composer Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut's concept of music. His take on leadership is that “a leader who knows how to lead without leading."

Quintet he amassed in 2005 includes alto saxophonist Blaise Siwula, Ras Moshe on tenor, Nick Gianni on various woodwinds and mandolin and Mike Fortune on percussion. Shurdut ...

Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut’s “THIS IS THE MUSIC OF LIFE” “This Music Lives Up To Its Name.” -The Village Voice (2005) “A luta continua… intense, astringent , multipoint,… engrossing level of improvisitory interaction… a viscerally thrilling ride.” -Cadence Magazine “Shurdut pledges allegiance to the spirit of ecstasy with a band of ebullient blow torches, including Sonny Simmons, and Blaise Siwula.” -Time Out NY (2005) “Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut leads a sextet featuring legend Sonny Simmons.” -The New York Times (2005) “Daniel Carter with Jeff Shurdut ...Haunting, Reflective, and Engaging.” -Downtown Music Gallery “Jeff Shurdut’s THIS IS THE MUSIC OF LIFE with Marshall Allen and Sabir Mateen… Wynton Marsalis should get this group over to Lincoln Center.” -The Village Voice (2005) “Top notch incendiary Free Jazz from Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut's Collective.” -Time Out New York

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