James Ilgenfritz Explained

James Ilgenfritz
Birth Date:	November 16, 1978
Origin:	Monroe, Michigan, United States
Occupation:	composer, performer
Instrument:	contrabass
Label:	Infrequent Seams, Telegraph Harp, Indexical
Associated Acts:	Hypercolor, Ghost Ensemble, Anagram Ensemble
Website:	https://www.jamesilgenfritz.net

James Ilgenfritz (born 1978) is an American composer, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist.^[1] He is also a jazz sideman.

As a composer, he is known for his surreal experimental multimedia chamber operas, including The Ticket That Exploded (2011, in residency at ISSUE Project Room),^[2] and I Looked At The Eclipse (2019, in residency at Roulette Intermedium),^[3] and frenetic chamber works including In The Summer Every Truth Is Like A Saturday (2019).^[4]

As a jazz and experimental music sideman, he has collaborated with Lukas Ligeti and Eyal Maoz (in the trio Hypercolor), Elliott Sharp, Pauline Oliveros, Roscoe Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Miya Masaoka, JG Thirlwell, Annie Gosfield, SEM Ensemble, Liturgy, and Ghost Ensemble.^{[1] [5] [6] [7]}

Ilgenfritz studied at UCSD with Mark Dresser, Charles Curtis, and Miller Puckette.^{[1] [8]}

Discography

• You Scream A Rapid Language - CD (Infrequent Seams, December 2019)^[9]
• Opalescence - CD (Telegraph Harp, July 2018)^[10]
• Origami Cosmos - CD (Infrequent Seams, March 2017)^[11]
• The Ticket That Exploded (An Opera) - CD (Con D'Or, 2015)
• Compositions (Braxton) - CD (Infrequent Seams, 2012)

External links

• Official web site

Notes and References

1. Nastos, Michael. “James Ilgenfritz: Artist Biography” https://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-ilgenfritz-mn0002297215/biography Allmusic. Web. 18 Jan. 2020.
2. Web site: The Ticket That Exploded. Issue Project Room. January 18, 2020.
3. Web site: I Looked At The Eclipse. Roulette. January 18, 2020.
4. Longley, Martin. 2019. "Ostrava Days 2019" https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ostrava-days-2019?pg=2 All About Jazz. Sep 17, 2019. Web. 18 Jan. 2020.
5. Web site: Elasticarts: James Ilgenfritz. Elasticarts. January 18, 2020.
6. Carey, Christian. 24 Jun 2017. "Ghost Ensemble: We Who Walk Again (LP Review)" http://www.sequenza21.com/2018/06/ghost-ensemble-we-who-walk-again-lp-review/ Sequenza21. 24 Jun 2017. Web. 18 Jan. 2020.
7. Gottschalk, Kurt. 2020. "Liturgy" https://www.star-revue.com/liturgys-rite-of-passage-and-metals-new-maturity/ Red Hook Star-Revue.
8. Web site: NewMusicUSA Profile: James Ilgenfritz. NewMusicUSA. January 18, 2020.
9. Web site: James Ilgenfritz - You Scream a Rapid Language (2019). Proper Music. January 18, 2020.
10. Web site: AMN Reviews: Norbert Rodenkirchen / Robbie Lee / James Ilgenfritz – Opalescence [Telegraph Harp]]. Avant Music News. 2 July 2018 . January 18, 2020.
11. Web site: AMN Reviews: Sean Ali – My Tongue Crumbles After [Neither/Nor n/n007]

    James Ilgenfritz – Origami Cosmos [Infrequent Seams 12]]

    . Avant Music News. 17 April 2017 . January 18, 2020.