Numinous performs Vipassana October 28 @ 8pm, Brooklyn Lyceum
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Oct 19, 2009, 5:14:44 PM10/19/09
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Dear innovafans,
Vipassana (innova 720) will be performed on Wednesday October 28th
from 8 pm to around 9 pm at the Brooklyn Lyceum (227 4th Avenue) as
part of the weekly Lyceum Jazz Series and I hope you can join us.
Leading up to the concert I've been writing an Inside Vipassana series
on my blog featuring behind the scenes info about Vipassana as well as
interviews with some of the musicians, so check it out. Here are the
subjects to the series, so far:
Inside Vipassana #1: The Silent Treatment
(how did I come to Vipassana)
Inside Vipassana #2: Seeing the forest for the trees
(where the Vipassana cover photos came from)
Inside Vipassana #3: Harping with Megan Levin
(the story of how a harp came to be in Vipassana and an interview with
Numinous harpist, Megan Levin)
Inside Vipassana #4: Finding More than the Red Lights of Amsterdam
(the inspiration behind Of Climbing Heaven and Gazing on the Earth)
Hope to see some of you innovafans on the 28th!
Take care,
Joe
website: www.numinousmusic.com
blog: numinousmusic.blogspot.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/Numinousmusic
Numinous performs Vipassana
Wednesday October 28, 2009 8 PM (one set only)
$10
Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th Avenue
Park Slope
Take the M, R Train to Union Street
Ben Kono, Rob Mosher, Alden Banta (woodwinds), Evan Weiss (trumpet/
flügelhorn), Deborah Weisz, (trombone), Tom Beckham (vibraphone),
Megan Levin, (harp), Amanda Monaco, Sebastian Noelle (electric
guitars), Carmen Staaf, Michael Eckroth, (pianos), Jared Soldeviero,
Sam Levin, (percussion), Charenee Wade, Amy Cervini, Sara Serpa, Julie
Hardy, Wendy Gilles (voices), Ana Milosavljevic, Scott Tixier
(violins), Nick Revel, Brian Lindgren (violas), Will Martina, Lauren
Riley-Rigby (violoncellos), Kevin Thomas, (bass), Joseph C. Phillips
Jr., (conductor, composer)
Vipassana
In the Pali language of early Buddhist texts, vipassana means “to see
things as they really are.” Today, vipassana is a type of meditation
that seeks spiritual clarity and insight through silence.
A four-part composition by Joseph C. Phillips Jr. featuring 25
instrumentalists and singers, Vipassana is 60 minutes of “beautiful
noise”—a fluid and organic fusion of elements from contemporary
classical, jazz, and popular music. As with much of my music,
Vipassana humbly seeks to create a sense of wonder and beauty that
inspires and enlightens.
“…this is certainly head music for the cerebral, but it’s a dandy
listening date for people that really like their alternative stuff
from left field. More of a spiritual descendant of [Steve Reich’s]
“Music for 18 Musicians” than anything else, it has the appeal of that
dense work but takes you to a different place. Wild and worth it.”—
Midwest Record Review
“Musically, this quartet of stylish and provocative pieces stands
somewhere between the style of Steve Reich and contemporary jazz… [a]
blend that succeeds in being the sum of its parts and to illustrate
his program, which is an unusual one: part symphonic, part spiritual
exegesis… Vipassana is never less than likeable, is sincere in intent,
and is greatly enjoyable to listen to; Joseph C. Phillips Jr. is a
young composer to watch.”—All Music Guide
"...while there have been a couple of attempts at [blending]
minimalism and jazz, they haven't really worked as convincingly as
this album."—John Schaefer, WNYC's New Sounds
“Phillips' writing is brilliant, and the ensemble performs it with
clarity and passion. Count me as a believer.”—Ted Gioia, jazz.com
"And I just got a copy of a (still to be released) CD earlier this
week that knocks my socks off . . . Vipassana. Imagine Steve Reich
collaborating with Maria Schneider . . . If you get a chance to hear
it, check it out." - Ted Gioia
“In Phillips’ writing one can [also] sense the impact of Maria
Schneider’s large-band innovations, her expansive tonal vocabulary
most of all. And given that Pat Metheny is a fellow Steve Reich
devotee, it’s fitting that Vipassana can call to mind the Pat Metheny
Group in one of its darker, more abstract moods. But Phillips arrives
at an imaginative gestalt of his own...”—David Adler, All About Jazz,
New York
Vipassana (innova 720) will be performed on Wednesday October 28th
from 8 pm to around 9 pm at the Brooklyn Lyceum (227 4th Avenue) as
part of the weekly Lyceum Jazz Series and I hope you can join us.
Leading up to the concert I've been writing an Inside Vipassana series
on my blog featuring behind the scenes info about Vipassana as well as
interviews with some of the musicians, so check it out. Here are the
subjects to the series, so far:
Inside Vipassana #1: The Silent Treatment
(how did I come to Vipassana)
Inside Vipassana #2: Seeing the forest for the trees
(where the Vipassana cover photos came from)
Inside Vipassana #3: Harping with Megan Levin
(the story of how a harp came to be in Vipassana and an interview with
Numinous harpist, Megan Levin)
Inside Vipassana #4: Finding More than the Red Lights of Amsterdam
(the inspiration behind Of Climbing Heaven and Gazing on the Earth)
Hope to see some of you innovafans on the 28th!
Take care,
Joe
website: www.numinousmusic.com
blog: numinousmusic.blogspot.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/Numinousmusic
Numinous performs Vipassana
Wednesday October 28, 2009 8 PM (one set only)
$10
Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th Avenue
Park Slope
Take the M, R Train to Union Street
Ben Kono, Rob Mosher, Alden Banta (woodwinds), Evan Weiss (trumpet/
flügelhorn), Deborah Weisz, (trombone), Tom Beckham (vibraphone),
Megan Levin, (harp), Amanda Monaco, Sebastian Noelle (electric
guitars), Carmen Staaf, Michael Eckroth, (pianos), Jared Soldeviero,
Sam Levin, (percussion), Charenee Wade, Amy Cervini, Sara Serpa, Julie
Hardy, Wendy Gilles (voices), Ana Milosavljevic, Scott Tixier
(violins), Nick Revel, Brian Lindgren (violas), Will Martina, Lauren
Riley-Rigby (violoncellos), Kevin Thomas, (bass), Joseph C. Phillips
Jr., (conductor, composer)
Vipassana
In the Pali language of early Buddhist texts, vipassana means “to see
things as they really are.” Today, vipassana is a type of meditation
that seeks spiritual clarity and insight through silence.
A four-part composition by Joseph C. Phillips Jr. featuring 25
instrumentalists and singers, Vipassana is 60 minutes of “beautiful
noise”—a fluid and organic fusion of elements from contemporary
classical, jazz, and popular music. As with much of my music,
Vipassana humbly seeks to create a sense of wonder and beauty that
inspires and enlightens.
“…this is certainly head music for the cerebral, but it’s a dandy
listening date for people that really like their alternative stuff
from left field. More of a spiritual descendant of [Steve Reich’s]
“Music for 18 Musicians” than anything else, it has the appeal of that
dense work but takes you to a different place. Wild and worth it.”—
Midwest Record Review
“Musically, this quartet of stylish and provocative pieces stands
somewhere between the style of Steve Reich and contemporary jazz… [a]
blend that succeeds in being the sum of its parts and to illustrate
his program, which is an unusual one: part symphonic, part spiritual
exegesis… Vipassana is never less than likeable, is sincere in intent,
and is greatly enjoyable to listen to; Joseph C. Phillips Jr. is a
young composer to watch.”—All Music Guide
"...while there have been a couple of attempts at [blending]
minimalism and jazz, they haven't really worked as convincingly as
this album."—John Schaefer, WNYC's New Sounds
“Phillips' writing is brilliant, and the ensemble performs it with
clarity and passion. Count me as a believer.”—Ted Gioia, jazz.com
"And I just got a copy of a (still to be released) CD earlier this
week that knocks my socks off . . . Vipassana. Imagine Steve Reich
collaborating with Maria Schneider . . . If you get a chance to hear
it, check it out." - Ted Gioia
“In Phillips’ writing one can [also] sense the impact of Maria
Schneider’s large-band innovations, her expansive tonal vocabulary
most of all. And given that Pat Metheny is a fellow Steve Reich
devotee, it’s fitting that Vipassana can call to mind the Pat Metheny
Group in one of its darker, more abstract moods. But Phillips arrives
at an imaginative gestalt of his own...”—David Adler, All About Jazz,
New York
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