Written & narrated by Derek Bailey. Produced & directed by Jeremy Marre.
“Nothin’ Premeditated” explores improvisation as a process employed to connect socially to an audience, to fellow music collaborators (be it human or technological), to our ancestors.
"I think it is almost impossible to play the same at all times. Because when I pick up the guitar to play for an audience, I go after the audience. And what I did last night may not reach them tonight, to make them get that jump in their seat, or show me that big smile."
— Buddy Guy
"A good mbira player has got a lot of improvisations in the mbira playing. He thinks of so many
rhythms and so many variations, to bring into the music. Whereas one mbira player, I
call him a rigid player, he is not flexible yet, and if he plays for the spirits they don't want it."
— Chaka Chawasarira
Featuring: Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, George Lewis, Chaka Chawasarira, Beauler Dyoko, Tonga people of the Zambezi Valley, hip hop house party in NYC
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Translation + Subtitles: Ramón del Buey, Chris Cogburn, Fernando Vigueras, Danae Silva
18:00 a 19:00 hrs, Screening
On The Edge: Improvisation in Music
Episode #3 "A Liberating Thing"
19:15 a 19:50 hrs, Contact Mic Workshop #2, testing and sound experiments
Colectivo Aloardi
20:00 a 21:00 hrs, Screening
On The Edge: Improvisation in Music
Episode #4 "Nothin' Premeditated"
21:15 a 22:00 hrs, Concert
Gabriel Castillo
20:00, Screening
On The Edge: Improvisation in Music
Episode #4 "Nothin' Premeditated"
21:00, Concert
Alla Yanovsky, Josep-Manuel Berenguer
20:00, Proyección
Al Borde: Improvisación en la música
Capítulo #4 "Nada premeditado"
21:00, Concierto
Ensemble M-16
Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.