Discography
Composer-bandleader and solo albums Co-leader and collective albums Sideperson albums (selected)
Portfolio Tag: recordings
Digibone Forest
Michael Dessen, trombone/computer/compositionAccretions, 2019Apple Music | Spotify | Bandcamp Sample track: The Usual Suspects: Sample track: Mensural Refractions: 1. The Usual Suspects2. Ginger Flanger3. Bonegaggle4. Crustard5. Limbo:Mafia6. What Will You Think Of Next7. Limbo:Neurosis8. Percolating Time9. Wiggliness Quotient10. Jackrabbits11. Mensural Refractions About this music As musicians like Tricky Sam Nanton … Read more
Somewhere In The Upstream
by the Michael Dessen TrioMichael Dessen, trombone/computer/compositionChristopher Tordini, bassDan Weiss, drumsClean Feed Records, 2018Score PDF downloadListen on Apple Music, Spotify “Three master improvisers — Dessen on trombone and computer, bassist Christopher Tordini and drummer Dan Weiss — collaborate with help from a computer that acts both as an electronic roadmap … Read more
Resonating Abstractions
by the Michael Dessen TrioMichael Dessen, trombone/computer/compositionChristopher Tordini, bassDan Weiss, drumsClean Feed Records, 2014CD from Clean Feed RecordsListen on Apple Music, SpotifyDownload score PDF (full album) “Michael Dessen is a slide-trombone virtuoso and computer musician of the highest order, and the music his trio crafts on Resonating Abstractions showcases his … Read more
Forget The Pixel
by the Michael Dessen TrioMichael Dessen, trombone/computer/compositionChristopher Tordini, bassDan Weiss, drumsClean Feed Records, 2011CD from Clean Feed RecordsListen on Apple Music, SpotifyDownload score PDF (full album) “These guys don’t just play together—they’re playing. This playfulness, as much as their fluid negotiations of Dessen’s jagged rhythms and elaborate melodies, is the … Read more
Between Shadow And Space
by the Michael Dessen TrioMichael Dessen, trombone/computer/compositionChristopher Tordini, bassTyshawn Sorey, drumsClean Feed Records, 2008Purchase CD from Clean Feed RecordsListen on Apple Music, Spotify “A trombonist with strong roots in the acoustic tradition and a fondness for cutting edge electronic experimentation, Michael Dessen straddles the line between the avant garde and … Read more
Lineal
Circumvention, 2007
Michael Dessen (trombone, composition), Mark Dresser (bass), Susie Ibarra (drums), Vijay Iyer (piano), Terry Jenoure (violin), Bob Weiner (drums), and Jorge Roeder (bass)