My friend of many years Scott McLemore (we were neighbors and bandmates in Brooklyn before I moved to CA and he to Iceland) recently invited me on his video series "Keep the Flow" to chat about artistic motivation, balancing concurrent careers, and my thoughts on AI in the arts (spoiler: I hate it).
"Internal Exile" is the fourth movement of trumpeter and composer Ian Carey's album Fire in My Head: The Anxiety Suite. Here, Carey talks through the piece along with the score.
The first single from the new album "Fire in My Head: The Anxiety Suite," coming April 24, 2020 from Slow & Steady Records. With Jon Arkin, drums; Sheldon Brown, bass clarinet; Ian Carey, trumpet; Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone; Fred Randolph, bass; and Adam Shulman, piano.
Coming April 24, 2020 from Slow and Steady Records, "Fire In My Head: The Anxiety Suite" is the fifth album from the Ian Carey Quintet+1. The album features Carey's five-movement portrait of personal and community anxiety, commissioned by Chamber Music America
With Ian Carey, trumpet/composer; Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone; Sheldon Brown, bass clarinet; Adam Shulman, piano; Fred Randolph, bass; Jon Arkin, drums. Rec. 2018 at the Joe Henderson Lab, SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco.
Rec. Oakland, CA, 2017. With Alisa Rose & Mia Bella D'Augelli, violins; Jess Ivry, cello; Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone; Ian Carey, trumpet/composer; Lisa Mezzacappa, bass; and Jon Arkin, drums. Rec. by Ben Torres and edited by Ian Carey.
From Ian Carey’s album Interview Music (2016, Kabocha Records). With Carey, trumpet; Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone; Adam Shulman, piano; Sheldon Brown, bass clarinet; Fred Randolph, bass; and Jon Arkin, drums.
With Ian Carey, trumpet & composer; Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone; Alisa Rose & Mia Bella D'Augelli, violins; Jess Ivry, cello; Lisa Mezzacappa, bass; and Jon Arkin, drums.
From the CD release show for Ian Carey Quintet+1's "Roads & Codes," 2013, The Sound Room, Oakland. Carey, flugelhorn/composer; Evan Francis, tenor saxophone; Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone; Fred Randolph, bass; Adam Shulman, piano; Jon Arkin, drums. Video by Ben Torres.
A video commissioned by Music In Place in 2021 featuring Rob Reich and the Circus Bella All-Star Band.
Alisa Rose, violin. Composed by Ian Carey. Recorded live at The Sound Room, Oakland, CA, 9/22/17.
From the CD release show for Ian Carey Quintet+1's "Roads & Codes," 2013, The Sound Room, Oakland. Ian Carey, trumpet/composer; Evan Francis, flute; Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone; Fred Randolph, bass; Adam Shulman, piano; Jon Arkin, drums. Video by Ben Torres.
Recorded live at Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, 3/11/2017. with Adam Shulman, piano; Lyle Link, alto saxophone; Patrick Wolff, tenor saxophone; Ian Carey, trumpet; John Wiitala, bass; and Evan Hughes, drums.
Coming March 22, 2024 from Slow & Steady Records, STRANGE ARTS is the debut album from trumpeter/composer Ian Carey's ensemble WOOD METAL PLASTIC, and his seventh album as a leader.