Douglas Ewart and Inventions September 6, 2008

Douglas Ewart's kaleidoscopic talent has expressed itself in so many forms -- instruments that double as sculptures, music that combines the traditions of four continents with fresh inventions, masks and costumes fit for rituals ominous or joyous, death-defying improvisations combining master musicianship and acting-that the whole might be mistaken for the work of a small culture rather than one man. A longtime member of Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Ewart has peformed with Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, and others.