Hayden Chisholm
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Hayden Chisholm is an New Zealand
composer
, record producer
, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.
His work has touched on a wide range of musical genres but he is best known for his jazz
, improvised and contemporary classical music
, and his work with the artist Rebecca Horn
.
He is a member of the quartet Root 70 with trombonist Nils Wogram
.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.
His work has touched on a wide range of musical genres but he is best known for his jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, improvised and contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
, and his work with the artist Rebecca Horn
Rebecca Horn
Rebecca Horn is a German installation artist and film director most famous for her body modifications such as Einhorn , a body-suit with a very large horn projecting vertically from the headpiece, and Pencil Mask, a mesh harness for the head with many pencils projecting out...
.
He is a member of the quartet Root 70 with trombonist Nils Wogram
Nils Wogram
Nils Wogram is a jazz trombonist. He began classical study at twelve and joined the German Federal Jazz Orchestra in 1989. In 1992 he moved to New York City where he lived for a few years...
.