Ted Reichman at the Cambridge Foundry
June 20, 2024 | Co-presented by Non-Event and the Goethe-Institut Boston
Sound and audio recording: Matthew Azevedo
Camera: Anda Volley
Video editing: Wenhua Shi
Ted Reichman began studying jazz piano at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School in 1987 and went on to study experimental music and ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University with Alvin Lucier, Sumarsam, and his most important early mentor, Anthony Braxton. At Braxton’s urging, Reichman began playing accordion, the instrument that would become the basis of his work in music. Reichman moved to New York City where he worked in styles ranging from improvised music and jazz to rock and roll and various forms of Jewish music. In addition to his work with Braxton, he is best known for his ten-year-plus tenure with John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet. He also founded the music series at alt.coffee which would evolve into Tonic, one of the world’s most crucial venues for avant-garde music, where Reichman was the original curator. He has been on the faculty of the New England Conservatory for over ten years, where he coaches ensembles in the Contemporary Musical Arts and Jazz departments and teaches a curriculum he developed on recording and creative audio production techniques. He currently lives outside Boston where he records, produces and mixes albums and composes music for films at his studio Subtext Sound System.