James Ilgenfritz

James Ilgenfritz (born 1978) is an American composer, bassist and multi-instrumentalist.^[1] He is also a jazz sideman.

James Ilgenfritz
Born	November 16, 1978
Origin	Monroe, Michigan, United States
Genres	experimental contemporary classical jazz microtonal
Occupation(s)	composer, performer
Instrument	contrabass
Labels	Infrequent Seams, Telegraph Harp, Indexical
Website	https://www.jamesilgenfritz.net

As a composer, he is known for his surreal experimental multimedia chamber operas, including The Ticket That Exploded (2011, in residency at ISSUE Project Room),^[2] and I Looked At The Eclipse (2019, in residency at Roulette Intermedium),^[3] and frenetic chamber works including In The Summer Every Truth Is Like A Saturday (2019).^[4]

As a jazz and experimental music sideman, he has collaborated with Lukas Ligeti and Eyal Maoz (in the trio Hypercolor), Elliott Sharp, Pauline Oliveros, Roscoe Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Miya Masaoka, JG Thirlwell, Annie Gosfield, SEM Ensemble, Liturgy, and Ghost Ensemble.^[1][5][6][7]

Ilgenfritz studied at UCSD with Mark Dresser, Charles Curtis, and Miller Puckette.^[1][8]

Discography

• You Scream A Rapid Language - CD (Infrequent Seams, December 2019)^[9]
• Opalescence - CD (Telegraph Harp, July 2018)^[10]
• Origami Cosmos - CD (Infrequent Seams, March 2017)^[11]
• The Ticket That Exploded (An Opera) - CD (Con D'Or, 2015)
• Compositions (Braxton) - CD (Infrequent Seams, 2012)