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David Bindman | Art Hirahara | Wes Brown | royal hartigan | Colleagues

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BLOOD DRUM SPIRIT ENSEMBLE

Connecting with the audience on Fred Ho's All Power to the People! from his Black Panther Suite.

David Bindman's composition Crisis, Beijing, China.

David Bindman's composition Threads at the Ancestors concert, St. Stephens Church, Pittsfield, MA.

David Bindman's composition High Definition Truth, Beijing, China.

Ancestors Pittsfield Concert (5/11/08); track 23, 52:25-53:45. CAPTION: Sounds, the people, and the ensemble.

David Bindman

Background.

Playing in Blood Drum Spirit.

Improvisation as a human voice.

David Bindman's solo in High Definition Truth, Beijing, China.

Blood Drum Spirit in China Dashanzi Art Festival; tracks 20-21, 38:00-40:15. CAPTION: David Bindman playing on an 11/8 groove.

Art Hirahara

Background.

Musical path.

Connections.

Contributions to the ensemble.

Art's solo on Crisis in 15/8, Beijing, China.

Art interacting with Wes.

Art soloing in 11/8.

Wes Brown

Background.

World Music.

Role of the bass.

Wes' solo at the Dashanzi Arts Festival, Beijing, China.

royal hartigan

Background, tap dance, music as life.

Tap dance.

Wadsworth Falls composition, Asante Akom and Kete music.

World music cultures.

The gift of music.

Research in Chinese music.

Music and tradition.

Blood Drum Spirit in China Dashanzi Art Festival; track 21, 41:12-43:44. CAPTION: Drum solo on my composition Dreamfireswaking in 11/8 at the Dashanzi Arts Festival, Beijing, China.

COLLEAGUES

Kobena Adzenyah, Kwabena Boateng, Baomi, Weihua Zhang, Danongan Kalanduyan, C. K. Ladzekpo, and others - please see my performance, teaching, research, world music, and people pages.

Hafez Modirzadeh

Blood Drum Spirit China 2004 (CD jazz cafe); chapter 2, track 2, 9:47-13:11. CAPTION: Hafez Modirzadeh's tenor saxophone solo in Wadsworth Falls at the CD Jazz Cafe, Beijing, China.

Blood Drum Spirit China 2004 (CD jazz cafe); chapter 3, track 3, 13:08-16:12. CAPTION: Hafez' soloing in Tabriz at the CD Jazz Cafe, Beijing, China.

Blood Drum Spirit China 2004 (CD jazz cafe); chapter 3, track 3, 18:25-19:20. CAPTION: Hafez' composition Tabriz at the CD Jazz Cafe, Beijing, China.

Blood Drum Spirit China 2004 (CD jazz cafe); chapter 3, track 3, 19:20-21:22. CAPTION: Hafez' chromodal sound.

Masaru Koga, Jon Carlos Perea, Simon Desjardins

Masaru Koga alto saxophone solo in Jon Carlos Perea's Intertribal Blues, with John-Carlos Perea, native American drum and vocals, Simon Desjardins, bass, and Art Hirahara, piano, at Yoshi's, Oakland, CA.

Fred Ho

Fred Ho - Brooklyn Academy of Music Presents Journey Beyond the West, 11/29/97; opening section 2-3 minutes ok, but best spot is Hafez Modirzadeh's tenor saxophone solo around 15-20 minutes into the tape. (there were no time counter numbers on my machine, sorry). TED, I'll try to have it dubbed onto dvd.

C. K. Ladzekpo

Masaru Koga alto saxophone solo in my arrangement of Eve, C. K. Ladzekpo, master drummer, Simon Desjardins, bass, Art Hirahara, piano, Hafez Modirzadeh, saxophone, at Yoshi's, Oakland, CA.