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... keep track of the guys in the Standard. ... "Jay Clarke and Rob Oberdorfer live in Portland," Putnam says.
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Ash Black Bufflo (or Jay Clarke) comes from Portland, Oregon
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... recently renovated building ... gains another identity: dance partner. ... The constant motion and a thrumming minimalist soundscape by Jay Clarke create an atmosphere ... of change and excitement.
- ↑ Thomas, Catherine (June 17, 2010). "Dance review: Keely McIntyre comes into her own with 'Subplot'". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
The best of McIntyre's choreography casts the dancers ... Jay Clarke's original score has the same effect: For much of the dance, the score is livelier than either the mood or the pacing suggests. ...
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Upstart Theatre ... the music of composer Jay Clarke becomes increasingly telling.
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Marwencol, Jeff Malmberg. A quietly radiant debut documentary about art, imagination, addiction, and survival. ...
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Vintage songs and Super 8 footage help sell the alternate reality of Marwencol, presented in mesmerizing montages throughout. ... Pic won the documentary jury prize at SXSW. ... Camera (color, DV, Super 8), Malmberg, Tom Putnam, Matt Radecki, Kevin Walsh; music, Ash Black Bufflo...
- ↑ Waterhouse, Ben (January 28, 2011). "My Mind Is Like an Open Meadow". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
My Mind Is Like an Open Meadow -- theater -- Memory ... and the soundscape created by Ash Black Buffalo ...
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... Dolorean keyboardist and Foureveryoung engineer Jay Clarke ...
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The Unfazed" has an immediacy lacking on Dolorean's earlier albums ... Jay Clarke on keys ...
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When the unfazed members—Jay Clarke (keyboards), ...
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Dolorean's music ... The band—keyboardist Jay Clarke, ...
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... A full-length album, Andasol, will be out in the fall on Knitting Factory Records.
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Portland, Oregon's Ash Black Bufflo ... Andasol is due out May 24 via KF Records. T...
