John Bruce Wallace
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| Background information | |
| Born | December 31, 1949 Calais, Maine, United States |
| Genres | Avant-rock, experimental, free improvisation, free jazz, industrial |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Labels | Waving Bye |
| Website | johnbrucewallace |
John Bruce Wallace is an American composer and improvisational guitarist.[1]
Biography
John Bruce Wallace was born February 6, 1950, in Calais, Maine. His improvised compositions often incorporate multi-tonal qualities, dense, interwoven passages embellished with harmonic and micro-tonal sound.[2] Tours have included festivals in Russia and Lithuania, at the Vilnius Jazz Festival.[3][4]
In a 1994 review of Wallace's improvisational album Loud Noises in a Corner: Engagements on Urban Terrain, Mark Jenkins wrote in Washington City Paper Wallace "is a lot less predictable than that of many guitar warriors, and the best of it has a savage beauty that Eddie Van Halen couldn't achieve with six months of overdubs."[5]
Discography
- Impaled Dreams of the Believer
- Riding the Cusp of Time
- Electro Static Time Line
- Loud Noises in a Corner: Engagements On Urban Terrain
- John Bruce Wallace in Russia
- Plumbing the Depths of Reason
- Krank Cauls Disturb My Sleep
References
- ^ Lord, Tom (December 2000). The jazz discography. Lord Music Reference. ISBN 978-1-881993-23-0. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "All About Jazz: John Bruce Wallace". All About Jazz. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "Vilnius Jazz Festival". Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^ "Vilnius Jazz Festival History 1991". Vilnius Jazz Festival. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^ Picking Himself Into a Corner, October 28, 1994
External links
Categories:
- American experimental guitarists
- American male guitarists
- Avant-garde guitarists
- Free jazz guitarists
- Experimental composers
- Free improvisation
- American industrial musicians
- University of Southern Maine alumni
- University of Maryland University College alumni
- University of Oregon alumni
- People from Calais, Maine
- Musicians from Portland, Maine
- Musicians from Maine
- Living people
- 20th-century American guitarists
- 21st-century American guitarists
- 1950 births