Poetics OrchestraNew York City-based musician and poet Drew Gardner uses an adaptation of Butch Morris’s conduction system to create wild, spontaneous conductions of improvised music played by indie rock, folk and jazz players combined with poets performing their original work.
Drew Gardner is a poet and multi-instrumentalist. He spent his early years as an avant-garde jazz drummer. He has written three books of poetry, the latest of which is Chomp Away. |
Flarf Orchestra CDRelease by Edge in 2011, the Flarf Orchestra CD features ten tracks with nine flarf poets and twenty-four different musicians. Listen to the entire album free here.
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Flarf Orchestra live at Le Poisson RougeShot live at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City by filmmaker Jesse Sheppard, this features the entire first set from the release party concert for Drew Gardner's Flarf Orchestra CD. It features three poets, five musicians and Drew Gardner's conduction.
Drew Gardner- conduction Ty Cumbie- guitar Katie Degentesh- poetry Ehran Elisha- drums Avram Fefer- sax Nada Gordon- poetry Adam Lane- bass Sharon Mesmer- poetry Dave Ross- guitar |
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