Jeffrey Allport

Solo Percussion Improvisation | 2008 | 20:00mins | Canada

Jeffrey Allport is a Vancouver based percussionist who approaches the physical nature of his chosen instrument through a variety of preparations and implements to liberate a unique palette of sounds. Respecting each carefully extracted tone, thump and scrape in addition to the silence from which they are borne, his exploratory improvisations inhabit minute sound worlds, eschewing the grand gesture. In addition to solo work, Allport has enjoyed a lengthy collaboration with Tim Olive, releasing three CD’s since 1998. He has toured in Canada, the US, Western Europe and Japan. Summer 2007 saw the LP release of his duo with Tetuzi Akiyama, recorded during a small tour of the Northwest in the summer of 2006. Frequently participating in once-only groupings has led him to performing and recording with a wide variety of improvisers from around the world including Annette Krebs, Nate Wooley, Gust Burns, Andrea Neumann, and Keith Rowe.

Featured in: Immortal Noise
Featured in: NOISE Artist Talk: Science of Sound
Critical Writing: On Jeffrey Allport: Quite Noise by Anju Singh and Alexander Muir

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Jeffrey Allport - Solo Percussion Improvisation