A.L. Nielsen: Supertrios (Disc 1)

Drawing its form and impetus from the propulsive rhythms of the classic piano trio, A.L. Nielsen’s three line stanzas explore everything from the musical stylings of McCoy Tyner to physics to the afterlives of our politics. Supertrios (Disc 1) is the first in a series of musical meditations and lyrics unfolding within modernist traditions and affording the future a second chance.

His book Reading Race, winner of the SAMLA Studies Prize, a Gustavus Myers Citation for books “outstanding in helping shed light on bigotry in America” and the Kayden Award for the best book in the Humanities, has just been banned from the library of the United States Naval Academy.