Bob Stagner
Encyclopedia
Bob Stagner is an American
drummer
and percussionist who has worked with a wide range of artists in every discipline, from Blueground Undergrass to Derek Bailey and Howard Finster
.
Stagner and Dennis Palmer co-founded the free improvisation
duo the Shaking Ray Levis
and the Shaking Ray Levi Society, an arts education organization that supports emerging artists in performance, art and film. Stagner also works with The Rhythmic Arts Project, founded by drummer Eddie Tuduri. He is not only a musician but also a very talented drum teacher.
United States
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drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
and percussionist who has worked with a wide range of artists in every discipline, from Blueground Undergrass to Derek Bailey and Howard Finster
Howard Finster
Howard Finster was an American artist and Baptist reverend from Georgia. He claimed to be inspired by God to spread the gospel through the environment of Paradise Garden and over 46,000 pieces of art. His creations overlap folk art, outsider art, naïve art, and visionary art...
.
Stagner and Dennis Palmer co-founded the free improvisation
Free improvisation
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician involved. The term can refer to both a technique and as a recognizable genre in its own right....
duo the Shaking Ray Levis
Shaking Ray Levis
The Shaking Ray Levis is an ongoing collaboration of musicians with a common interest in free improvisation. The project was conceived and led by the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based team of Dennis Palmer and Bob Stagner. They use storytelling, synthesizers, samplers and percussion to achieve their...
and the Shaking Ray Levi Society, an arts education organization that supports emerging artists in performance, art and film. Stagner also works with The Rhythmic Arts Project, founded by drummer Eddie Tuduri. He is not only a musician but also a very talented drum teacher.
Selected discography and credits
- Boss Witch, Dennis Palmer, Bob Stagner, J.D. Parran, Steve BeresfordSteve BeresfordSteve Beresford is a British musician who graduated from the University of York. He has played a variety of instruments, including piano, trumpet, euphonium, double-bass and a wide variety of toy instruments, such as the toy piano. He has also played a wide range of music...
, Davey Williams, Frank Pahl, Mary Richards; Shaking Ray RecordsShaking Ray LevisThe Shaking Ray Levis is an ongoing collaboration of musicians with a common interest in free improvisation. The project was conceived and led by the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based team of Dennis Palmer and Bob Stagner. They use storytelling, synthesizers, samplers and percussion to achieve their...
, 1992 - False Prophets or Dang Good Guessers; Shaking Ray Levis (Stagner, Palmer); Incus RecordsIncus RecordsIncus Records is an artist-owned record label, founded by Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Evan Parker and Michael Walters, specialising in the dissemination of free-improvised music. The first release on the label was The Topography of the Lungs, recorded by Bailey, Parker and Han Bennink in 1970...
, 1992 - Live at Lamar's, Derek Bailey, Dennis Palmer, Bob Stagner; Shaking Ray Records, 1999
- Mayor of the Tennessee River David GreenbergerDavid GreenbergerDavid Greenberger is an American artist, writer and radio commentator best known for his Duplex Planet series of zines, comic books, CDs, and spoken word performances and radio plays...
, Frank Pahl, Kenny Palmer, Dennis Palmer, Bob Stagner; PelPel Recordings, 2003 - He Who is Blessed, Bob Stagner, executive producer, Tutto Buono, 2005
- A.S.A.P. Wings, Killick Erik HindsKillick Erik HindsKillick Erik Hinds of Athens, Georgia is active as a composer, performer, and promoter of a wide range of music. He plays quartertone electric guitar, as well as Big Red harp guitar and the H'arpeggione, an 18-stringed upright acoustic instrument with sympathetic strings, both built by Fred Carlson...
, Dennis Palmer, Bob Stagner; Shaking Ray RecordsShaking Ray LevisThe Shaking Ray Levis is an ongoing collaboration of musicians with a common interest in free improvisation. The project was conceived and led by the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based team of Dennis Palmer and Bob Stagner. They use storytelling, synthesizers, samplers and percussion to achieve their...
, 2007
External links
- Bio
- [ Allmusic.com Bio]
- "Mind on Heaven" Shaking Ray Levis (Palmer, Stagner) and Howard FinsterHoward FinsterHoward Finster was an American artist and Baptist reverend from Georgia. He claimed to be inspired by God to spread the gospel through the environment of Paradise Garden and over 46,000 pieces of art. His creations overlap folk art, outsider art, naïve art, and visionary art...
, 1997 - Blood on the pulpit sample (requires free registration), The Mayor of the Tennessee River, 2003
- Heard Out, review of Derek Bailey, Dennis Palmer and Bob Stagner at Tonic, April 12, 2003
- End credits, Dennis Palmer & Bob Stagner - from the soundtrack to Anti-Arktikos - an animated film by Judith Mogul, 2006
- Southern improv at its finest, review, Creative Loafing AtlantaCreative Loafing AtlantaCreative Loafing is a U.S. city newsweekly serving the Atlanta metropolitan area covering local news, politics, arts, entertainment, food, music and events. Its weekly print circulation is 100,000, and its cumulative readership over a four-week period is 608,636 according to the Dec. 2009...
, May 2006 - Rhythmic arts project provides methods of healing, article, Chattanooga Times Free PressChattanooga Times Free PressThe Chattanooga Times Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is distributed in the metro Chattanooga region of Tennessee and Northwest Georgia...
, October 12, 2006 - The Memphis Indie Film Festival: Best in Show?, review, Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 11, 2006
- Insects & Bacon Legs sample, A.S.A.P. Wings, Shaking Ray Levis (Hinds, Palmer, Stagner)