eighth blackbird

• formed in 1996
• has won numerous competitions
• is in residence at the Universities of Richmond and Chicago
• likes wine and cheese
• recently performed in the Netherlands, South Korea, Mexico, Poland and all over the US of A including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center
• especially loves Iowa
• has been featured by such acronyms as CBS, NPR, MPR and the NYT
• has released three discs on Cedille: thirteen ways, beginnings and fred
• uses 12 hands, plays over 50 instruments and is at last count 186 years old
• looks good for their age
• is represented by ICM Artists, Ltd.
• occupies one small portion of cyberspace at www.eighthblackbird.com

frederic rzewski

• was born in Westfield, Massachusetts in 1938
• currently lives in Brussels
• has written music that has experimental and improvisational elements
• makes excellent oatmeal
• has written music that uses graphic notation and twelve-tone techniques
• is a fantastic pianist
• sometimes smokes cigars
• likes Shostakovich, who has always been one of his favorite composers
• enjoys green tea
• wrote Pocket Symphony for eighth blackbird in 2000

this cd was made possible by

• eighth blackbird’s incredible families
• their fantastic and supportive spouses/partners
• their dedicated manager at ICM
• their devoted publicist at 21C
• Cedille, their kick-ass record label
• the man himself: Frederic Rzewski
• the letter F and the number 8