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Music for Drums and Guitar

by Dan Weiss and Miles Okazaki

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Double Vinyl in deluxe gatefold limited edition. Sides A+B contain "The Memory Palace," and sides C+D contain "Middlegame." Mastered for LP by Scott Hull.

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    The complete recording on one Compact Disc.

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“Music For Drums and Guitar is the austerely titled new release from Dan Weiss and Miles Okazaki, who happen to be composer-improvisers of absurdly expansive imaginative resources. Both pieces feel intricately designed yet wide open to possibility, and to the whims of a nearly telepathic rapport. Above all, they speak to a sense of play — albeit play of a highly evolved sort.” - WBGO, “Take Five”

“Both are absolute masters on their instruments, and both have released many albums as leaders of their own groups, often with each other as members, having collaborated for more than twenty years. . . . The songs are jangly, sometimes heavy, borrowing from hard rock and metal as much as jazz, full of surprising musical details. One has the sense that not only can Okazaki and Weiss anticipate each other’s next moves, but that they are both deeply dedicated to realizing each other’s artistic visions.” – The Paris Review

“They’ve since worked in a range of contexts together, including a pair of Okazaki’s albums — but Music For Drums and Guitar captures them in the most direct form of exchange we’ve heard . . . This music is hyperacute and superdynamic, with myriad strategies at play.” – Nate Chinen, WBGO

The Memory Palace and Middlegame were both written in 2020 for the “Stone Commissioning Series,” a project created by saxophonist and composer John Zorn. The Memory Palace (by Miles Okazaki) debuted on February 26th, 2020 at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY. Middlegame (by Dan Weiss) was planned to debut a month later at the same venue, but was postponed by the onset of the global pandemic. Although these two musicians have appeared on a number of projects within various groups, this recording documents for the first time the language that they have developed over the course of 25 years performing together as a duo.

This project was made possible by John Zorn’s “Stone Commissioning Series” and by the generous support of The Shifting Foundation.

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released October 29, 2021

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Dan Weiss and Miles Okazaki Brooklyn, New York

The Memory Palace and Middlegame were
both written in 2020 for the “Stone
Commissioning Series,” a project created by
saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Although these two
musicians have appeared on a number of
projects within various groups, this recording
documents for the first time the language that
they have developed over the course of 25
years performing together as a duo.
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