Bobby Previte
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Previte earned a B.A. in music at the University at Buffalo, where he also studied percussion.
He moved to New York City in 1979, and became active in the city’s thriving jazz and experimental music scenes. He began professional relationships with John Zorn, Elliott Sharp and others that have continued, intermittently, to the present.
While Previte is a technically proficient drummer, fans of his are also attracted to his compositions: A review of his 1988 album Claude’s Late Morning reports that “Perhaps most striking is Previte’s skill in composing music that fully integrates these disparate instruments — including drums and drum machine, electric guitar and keyboards, trombone, harp, accordion, banjo, pedal steel guitar, tuba, and harmonica — while emphasizing each instrument’s unique, individual sound.” [1] Another critic notes Previte’s “driving and propulsive compositions, featuring both fiery jazz expressionism and layered counterpoint that suggested elements of contemporary minimalism.”[2]
Like fellow New Yorker Henry Threadgill, Previte’s works are often tightly arranged, with little or no improvisation. Also like Threadgill, Previte often uses unusual instrumentation and also draws on many non-jazz musics for his compositions.
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b-boy64
Bobby...I STILL LOVE QUINELLA!!!!
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PAN_GROT
OK !
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kitestring
1984!
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cymanon
it's impossible for me not to love him!
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Sgarre1
TOO CLOSE TO THE POLE is just great!
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gakko
Well, what I was trying to say that he is a genious. One of the few.
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gakko
I saw him in Sweden in early 93 with Herb Robertson and Elliot Sharp etc! Fantastic!
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Whickerfloppe
Saw him live at Blue Note last weekend. Extremely good music at 3 in the morning!
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betrazivis
he`s da man! Very great music!
