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Evan Ziporyn

POP CHANNEL

Islandia Music Records
Release Date: March 4, 2022

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1 UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY (5:05) (Wings) Paul & Linda McCartney  
2 RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE (5:07) (Blues Image) Mike Pinera, Frank Konte  
3 WOODSTOCK (5:32) Joni Mitchell  
4 ALONG COMES MARY (3:00) (The Association) Tandyn Almer  
5 WOODSTOCK IMPROVISATION/VILLANOVA JUNCTION (6:42) Jimi Hendrix  
6 SHINING STAR (2:17) (Earth Wind & Fire)  
7 THAT’S THE WAY OF THE WORLD (5:56) (Earth Wind & Fire)  
8 PORTRAIT OF TRACY (2:23) Jaco Pastorius  
9 I LIVE ABOVE THE HOBBY SHOP (3:43) (McFabulous) Benjamin McFadden  
10 DEADBEAT CLUB (4:12) (B-52s) C. Wilson, F. Schneider, K. Strickland, K. Pierson  
11 STRAWBERRY LETTER #23 (5:24) (Brothers Johnson) Shuggie Otis  
12 YOUR GOLD TEETH II (4:03) (Steely Dan) Walter Becker & Donald Fagen  
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On March 4, renowned clarinetist Evan Ziporyn will release his latest album; POP CHANNEL via Islandia Music Records, marking his first “solo” clarinet album in more than two decades.

Ziporyn who released his landmark Cantaloupe Music recording; ‘This Is Not a Clarinet’ in 2001, does the impossible on Pop Channel, taking us through some of the best iconic pop songs during the last 5 decades, imagined through a compendium of clarinets and all arranged, layered, and performed by Ziporyn. Every sound on this album – the lead vocals, guitar solos, backing horns, and even the drum parts - is played by Ziporyn, on a clarinet of one size or another.

?Pop Channel’s sonic landscapes chronicle 45 years of music history. Beginning with a tour-de-force arrangement of Paul McCartney’s “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey,” Ziporyn progresses through a staggering range of repertoire, from one-hit wonders such as “Ride Captain Ride” and iconic funk masterpieces like “Shining Star,” and “Strawberry Letter #23”, to introspective meditations on Joni Mitchell’s solo version of “Woodstock” and B-side gems including; Steely Dan’s “Your Gold Teeth 2.”

Then there’s the fierce, virtuosic solo bass clarinet rendition of Jimi Hendrix’ live “Woodstock Improvisation,” with Ziporyn channeling Hendrix’ through a unique combination of his extended clarinet techniques and effects.

With POP CHANNEL, Ziporyn charts unknown territory for the clarinet inventing new expressive possibilities on the instrument, all the while extending a hand to a broad public.  The result is a joyful, exhilarating - and mind-blowing - sonic celebration of some of the most iconic songs of the past fifty years.

  • Evan Ziporyn returns to Big Ears with multitracked interpretations on Hendrix, Glass, Steely Dan and others
    Posted At: March 18, 2022 12:00 AM
    Returning to Big Ears for the first time in more than a decade is Evan Ziporyn. The renowned clarinetist will perform both solo and multitracked clarinet and bass clarinet interpretations of works by Jimi Hendrix, Philip Glass, Maurice White, Joni Mitchell, Shuggie Otis, Jaco Pastorius, Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, and others.The program centers on two monumental works from the late sixties: Philip Glass’s ...
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