Josh Charney & Chaos Magic - Chaos Magic (2018)

Josh Charney is a performer, composer, and musicologist based in Southern California. With sounds that traverse the realms of chamber music, jazz, rock, and free improvisation, Charney’s music engages with intricate rhythmic structures and visceral melodies. His music has been performed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the REDCAT Theater, the Carlsbad Music Festival, Springfest SD, and the Nief-Norf Summer Festival. In addition, his compositions have been featured on KCRW and WNYC's New Sounds with John Schaefer. As a pianist, he has performed with John Lindberg, Wadada Leo Smith, Mark Dresser, Alphonso Johnson, and Rahman Jamaal. Charney received his M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts where he studied with Wadada Leo Smith. He is currently studying with Anthony Davis at the University of California, San Diego, where he is pursuing a dual Ph.D. in composition and musicology. Charney also composes and plays piano in the Sibarg Ensemble, a group that creates a unique hybrid of traditional Iranian music and jazz.

In regards to research, his interests include Iranian music and culture as well as topics surrounding improvisation. Charney’s dissertation investigates the Shiraz Arts Festival, a historic and politically significant event held annually in Iran in the 1970s that established a culturally democratic space, connected with Iranian national identity, and mobilized a revolution. A portion of the dissertation will be published next year by I.B. Tauris in a collection on Iranian performance.



Track List:
1. The Test. 3:23
2. The Jump. 9:04
3. The Quarry. 8:22
4. The Carnage. 6:41
5. The Farewell. 6:38

- Joshua Charney / piano
- Kyle Motl / bass
- Andrew Munsey / drums

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