Khyber Pass Podcast
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We are interested in musical improvisers in all genres, from free jazz players to Hindustani vocalists to noise artists to drone musicians. What makes them do what they do? How did they get their start? What inspires them? We delve into the minutia of their art form and where it is heading. Host, Paul Metzger, explored this terrain once a week in a unique interview focused format specializing on the pursuits of improvisers.

Charlie Parr, guitar

An easily confused and very shy individual, Charlie Parr has been traveling around singing his songs ever since leaving Austin Minnesota in the 1980’s...
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JT Bates, drums

JT Bates has worked with artists from the ends of the spectrum.  Equally at home improvising with Paul Metzger, as well as delicately rumbling under a...
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Davu Seru, percussion

Davu Seru is a drummer and composer. He has worked with numerous improvising musicians and composers throughout the United States and France. He is co...
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Pat Moriarty

Pat Moriarty and Phil Hey began playing together in 1973. They have been dedicated jazz musicians and teachers ever since, performing in ensembles med...
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Curt Wenzel, trumpet, electronics

Shaped by 1960’s free jazz and the implications of composers like John Cage, Ornette Coleman and Captain Beefheart, the music of Visitor is chaotic, s...
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George Cartwright, saxophone

George Cartwright is a Minnesota-based composer, performer, bandleader, producer and musical collaborator, with a prolific career spanning over 30 yea...
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Alden Ikeda, drums

Alden has played in Twin Cities and elsewhere. Some of the great Musicians he has worked for include Douglas Ewart, Stephen Goldstein, Carei Thomas,  ...
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