Henry Kuntz is a
free jazz
Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians during ...
saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. In 1979 he founded Hummingbird Records and Tapes, which released, among other things, live recordings of his free
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
trio, Trio Opeye.
Cadence Magazine
''Cadence: The Independent Journal of Creative Improvised Music'' is a quarterly review of jazz, blues and improvised music. The magazine covers a range of styles, from early jazz and blues to the avant-garde. Critic and historian Bob Rusch fou ...
described his
multitrack recording
Multitrack recording (MTR), also known as multitracking or tracking, is a method of sound recording developed in 1955 that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources or of sound sources recorded at different times to create a ...
technique as "ushering in a new approach to
free improvisation
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician(s) involved. The term can refer to both a technique (employed by any musician in any genre) and as a recognizable genre in its ...
". Writer John Litweiler singles out Kuntz as being a jazz musician still exploring free improvisation.
Partial discography
* 1979 Cross-Eyed Priest
Henry Kuntz Discography at Discogs
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* 1980 Ancient Of Days, Light Of Glory
* 1981 New World Music (with John Kuntz)
* 1998 One One & One (with Don Marvel)
* 2006 The Magic Of Mystery
References
American jazz musicians
Free jazz saxophonists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century saxophonists
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