St. Louis composer Fred Tompkins, who's been exploring the intersections of jazz, new music and contemporary classical since the late 1960s, has just released a new CD entitled Curve Extended.The album includes nine pieces composed by Tompkins between 2002 and this year, ranging from ensemble works to electronic music to settings for the words of St. Louis poet Michael Castro. Tompkins plays flute, piano and E-mu sampler on the CD, aided by vocalist Debby Lennon, Paul DeMarinis on saxophones, Dave Black on guitar and Charles Dent on drums. You can find out more about Tompkins, hear samples of the music and, if you like, purchase a copy of the CD by visiting his Web site.
(Note: In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I've known Tompkins for about 15 years, and worked with him as an event producer and a musician on several projects during the mid-to-late 1990s.)
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