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 music 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
With New Winds
- The Cliff
- Traction
- Digging It Harder from Afar
- Potion
With Semantics
- Semantics
- Bone of Contention
As sideman
With Anthony Braxton
- Creative Orchestra 1978
- Trillium R
- Orchestra 1978
With Robert Dick
- Venturi Shadows
- Worlds of If
With Kip Hanrahan
- Desire Develops an Edge
- Kip Hanrahan, Vertical's Currency
With Denman Maroney
With Steve Nieve
With Evan Parker
- The Moment's Energy
- Evan Parker, Hasselt
- Evan Parker, Seven ElectroAcoustic Septet
With Marc Ribot
- Music from the Performance Inasmuch As Life Is Borrowed
- Scelsi Morning
- Soundtracks II
With Adam Rudolph
- Dream Garden
- Can You Imagine...The Sound of a Dream
With Steve Swell
- Flurries Warm and Clear
- Kanreki: Reflection & Renewal
With John Zorn
With others
- Anthony Coleman, Lapidation
- Samm Bennett, The Big Off
- Elvis Costello, The Juliet Letters
- Marty Ehrlich, The Long View
- Nicolas Collins, 100 of The World's Most Beautiful Melodies
- Heiner Goebbels, Heiner Mueller, Der Mann Im Fahrstuhl
- Phil Haynes Herb Robertson 5tet, Brooklyn-Berlin
- Jason Hwang, Unfolding Stone
- Sato Michihiro, Rodan
- Marisa Monte, Green, Blue, Yellow, Rose and Charcoal
- Sainkho Namtchylak, Stepmother City
- Roy Nathanson, Fire at Keaton's Bar & Grill
- Bob Ostertag, Bob Ostertag Plays the Serge 1978–1983
- Bobby Previte, The 23 Constellations of Joan Miro
- Liu Sola, Blues in the East
- Elliott Sharp, Radiolaria
- Daniel Zamir, Children of Israel