Dan DiPiero is a musician, Lecturer of Comparative Studies at the Ohio State University, and host of the Public Cultural Studies podcast. His book, Contingent Encounters: Improvisation in Music and Everyday Life compares the music of Eric Dolphy, Mr. K, and the Ingrid Laubrock/Kris Davis duo with improvisations in everyday life in order to re-evaluate improvisation’s aesthetic and political implications. Contingent Encounters is forthcoming from the University of Michigan Press.
Dan DiPiero
Articles
Feeling Spaces and Spatial Feelings: On The Ophelias’ Crocus
Dan DiPiero ponders the origin and category of The Ophelias’ latest album "Crocus."
Bracing For Impact: Music, Millennials, and What Comes After COVID-19
Dan DiPiero talks about music nostalgia during the pandemic and how it shapes his attitudes and politics.
This and The Coming Crisis: Reid Anderson, Dave King, and Craig Taborn’s Golden Valley is Now
Dan DiPiero finds traces of the postmodern in a new album by Reid Anderson, Dave King, and Craig Taborn.
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