Gerry Hemingway
Fall/Winter Music Series, curated by Ned Rothenberg
October 20, 2001
Time: 8PM

“…undoubtedly one of the most stimulating percussionists on the planet.” Andy Hamilton, Jazz Review (6/01)

Location One presented a solo performance by composer and performer Gerry Hemingway. Since 1974, Hemingway has worked as both a solo and an ensemble musician. Hemingway has led numerous groups including, most recently, a quartet with Ellery Eskelin, Ray Anderson and Mark Dresser, and worked in collaborative groups with Georg Graewe, Ernst Reijseger, Marilyn Crispell, Tambastics, BassDrumBone, Thomas Lehn, John Butcher and many others.

“Hemingway is an extraordinary and highly original drummer. Using mallets or his hands more frequently than sticks, and preferring arcs of rhythm to a continuous beat, he shapes his solo pieces with concern for dynamic balance and thematic continuity. While Hemingway is not averse to employing unconventional techniques, in his hands the uncommon effect never becomes an end in itself.” Bob Blumenthal, Boston Globe (2/97)

“…Hemingway has adapted “abstract” techniques of tape manipulation to create non-programmatic sound images (i.e., not imitations of visual images) that suggest the vagaries of Nature, the three dimensionality of sculpture and a belief in ghosts.” Art Lange, Fanfare (10/96)