With the release of the recording with Paul Dunmall and Mark Sanders, I’ve completed the current series of download albums, and I’ve been taking a break from releasing new recordings. The albums so far—all Creative Commons licensed, and free or ‘name your price’—are collated here and on the downloads page. With a break in the [...]
Tag Archives: Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith
site update: Metis 9
The (provisional) project page for Metis 9 is now live: Metis 9 is a collection of improvisative tactics, and higher-level interactive macros for ensemble performance designed, designated and specified by Han-earl Park. Metis 9 has ‘glorious noise’ or ‘frenzy’ at its root, yet it is not so much structuring the noise as it is a [...]
more reviews: Catherine Sikora, Ian Smith and Han-earl Park (Cork, 04–04–11)
“Courageous, exciting and iconoclastic.” Of Catherine Sikora, Ian Smith and Han-earl Park’s download album, Andrew Rigmore writes in the December 2012 issue of jazzColo[u]rs: Questo album è solo un assaggio della musica coraggiosa, entusiasmante ed iconoclastica che si può trovare gratuitamente — sotto licenza Creative Commons— sul sito dell’etichetta Bandcamp ed altri ad essa collegati. [...]
tonight: Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith’s Silver Orchestra at the Roulette, Brooklyn
Tonight (December 16, 2011), at 8:00pm: My first gig in NY! I will be performing as part of Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith’s Silver Orchestra, plus the Golden Quintet (Golden Quartet +1) and Organic. The event takes place at the Roulette (509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217). Tickets: $15 ($10) [get tickets…]. [Details…]
relocating to New York
I will be moving to New York in December 2011. A couple of exciting gigs coming up in NY including a performance as part of Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith’s Silver Orchestra at the Roulette (TBC) (Confirmed!), and a duo with Tracy McMullen at the Downtown Music Gallery (see the performance diary for up-to-date details). As [...]
photos: Mathilde 253 with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (Cork, 2011)
Photographs of (top to bottom) Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Marian Murray, and Mathilde 253 (Han-earl Park, Charles Hayward and Ian Smith) taken at the Half Moon Theatre (Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork, Ireland), March 30, 2011 [Details…]. All photographs by, and copyright 2011, Julia Healy. The performance was presented with funding from the Music [...]





