Ned Rothenberg


Ned Rothenberg is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He specializes in woodwind instruments, including the alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and shakuhachi. He is known for his work in contemporary classical and free improvisation. Rothenberg is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He was a founding member of the woodwind trio New Winds with J. D. Parran and Robert Dick. He has performed with Samm Bennett, Paul Dresher, Fred Frith, Evan Parker, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, John Zorn, Yuji Takahashi, Sainkho Namtchylak, and Katsuya Yokoyama.

Discography

As leader

Trials of the Argo Portal Trespass Overlays Opposites Attract with Paul Dresher Power Lines Real and Imagined Time Amulet with Sainkho Monkey Puzzle with Evan Parker Port of Entry Ghost Stories Tools of The Trade with Denman Maroney, Intervals Decisive Action with Satoh Masahiko En Passant with Peter A. Schmid Harbinger Falling into Place with Slava Ganelin El Nino with Matthias Ziegler, Peter A. Schmid Live at Roulette with Evan Parker The Fell Clutch with Tony Buck, Stomu Takeishi Inner Diaspora While You Were Out with Catherine Jauniaux, Barre Phillips Free Zone Appleby 2007 with Evan Parker, Paolo Angeli Live at DOM with Vladimir Volkov Quintet for Clarinet and Strings Ryu Nashi/No School-New Music for Shakuhachi World of Odd Harmonics In Cahoots with Mark Feldman, Sylvie Courvoisier, Strings 2 with Perelman/Maneri/Roberts
With New WindsThe Cliff Traction Digging It Harder from Afar Potion
With SemanticsSemantics
  • ''Bone of Contention''

As sideman

With Anthony BraxtonCreative Orchestra (Köln) 1978 Trillium R Orchestra 1978
With Robert DickVenturi Shadows Worlds of If
With Kip HanrahanDesire Develops an Edge Vertical's Currency
With Denman MaroneyFluxations Gaga Udentity
With Steve NieveMumu Welcome to the Voice
With Evan ParkerThe Moment's Energy Hasselt Seven ElectroAcoustic Septet
With Marc RibotMusic from the Performance Inasmuch As Life Is Borrowed Scelsi Morning Soundtracks Volume 2
With Adam RudolphDream Garden Can You Imagine...The Sound of a Dream
With Steve SwellFlurries Warm and Clear Kanreki: Reflection & Renewal
With John ZornThe Big Gundown Music Romance Volume III: The Gift Dictée/Liber Novus
With others