Robert Dick
The traditions of classical music are combined with the improvisation of and technical skills of jazz to create the imaginative music of New York-born and Switzerland-based flute player, Robert Dick. Describing himself as "a musician with twenty-first century skills and eighteenth century attitudes," Dick continues to pioneer a new role for the flute in modern music. Performing as a soloist, or in a duo that he shares with pianist Anthony DeMare, Dick continues to take such a high energy approach to his instrument that he has been dubbed, "the Hendrix of the flute." "I play the flute," he said during a 2000 interview, "as a human-powered synthesizer."
A graduate of the Yale School of Music, Dick is one of only two Americans to have been awarded both the Composers Fellowship (twice) and a solo recital grant by N.E.A., as a composer of classical music. Equally distinguished as a jazz musician, he performs with a Europe-based group, the A.D.D. Trio, with electric guitarist Steve Arguelles and drummer Christy Doran, And a New York-based ambient band, King Chubby, featuring keyboardist/sampler Ed Bialek and percussionist Will Ryan. Dick has also performed with John Zorn, Steve Lacy and Ned Rothenberg and has collaborated on a performance piece with vocalist and performance artist, Rinde Eckert.
During the 2001 -- 2002 season, Dick was commissioned to compose a sextet, "A New Prehistory", for the New York New Music Ensemble. The Boland-Dowdall Duo introduced his blues-tinged duet for flute and guitar, "Pounce Of Now", during a series of special premier concerts.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Vindonissa
Paul Giger, Robert Dick, Satoshi Takeishi
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 7 Apr 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Are There?
Alternative & Indie - Released by Mulatta Records on 19 Mar 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Solar Wind
Joëlle Léandre, Robert Dick, Miya Masaoka
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by NotTwo on 27 Jan 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Structures of Unreason
Jazz - Released by Shhpuma on 18 Jun 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Aurealis
Robert Dick, John Wolf Brennan, Daniele Patumi
Jazz - Released by Les Disques VICTO on 1 Jan 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Robert Dick - Third Stone From the Sun
Jazz - Released by New World Records on 1 Jan 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Robert Dick, Uli Johannes Kieckbusch, Alfred Zimmerlin
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by Unit Records on 13 Oct 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Laugh and Lie Down
Jazz - Released by Chant Records on 22 Jan 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
VAYU: Multi-cultural Flute Solos From the Twenty-First Century
Classical - Released by AMP Recordings on 2 Jun 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ladder of Escape 5
Classical - Released by Attacca on 24 Mar 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Powers Of Two
Robert Dick, Leszek Hefi Wisniowski
Alternative & Indie - Released by Hefi Records on 17 Nov 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -