This months cover design by Aleksandar Ares, layout by K.K.W |
Ras (left) & Shayna. |
Jeanann Dara |
Jeanann Dara |
The only real noticeable good part of the last set was Ras, whose playing really gave it some much needed fire. His flowery sounds rising out of his warm personality and obvious skill, and years of persistence in the face of a society that hardly knows how to value what he does.It was the icing on that cake that made it what it was.
"Art is the reason, art is the way". (1) Part of the dialouge spoken by Michael Caine's Character from the film, "The Man Who would Be King" directed by John Huston, 1975.
Sam Kulik |
David First |
Michael Evans |
William Stanton @ the helm (laptop) |
Ras on Saxophone |
1 comment:
This was the second part of a four date monthly residency series. As the first public performances of a long term project, the delicate balance required for drone based minimalism is close but not quite in hand. The first set was too short, barely enough to warm up an improvisational conversation. The second set was the "slow movement" from what will be a two hour plus opus, the more somber follow-up to the first evening of Enisphere. That set got me and audience members dancing to the drones. Mr. Moshe, a gentle man and scholar, evoked the joy and underlying sadness of township music like the celebrant in a Baroque mass. This music is in the school of Deep Listening and follows sacred music from earlier times and faraway places, which I find a great relief from the hectic mattering details of City life; but then, I grew up a mile from Walden Wood and always heard a different drummer, muted and far away.
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